"I now lay upon my back, and at full length, on a low framework of wood. The sweep of the pendulum had increased in extent by nearly a yard. As a consequence, its velocity was much greater. I spied a letter with a familiar seal. ESCAPE THE INQUISITION. YOU HAVE AN INDETERMINATE TIME. FASTEST WINS."

These videos are super fun. Lots of incredibly snarky takes on classic British TV, sometimes with songs.

(Writes game largely centered on a bar/nightclub) (Still immediately thinks of Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon)

Edward Kenway is the worst pirate ever. To sink once is bad enough, but to resync?!

Working on combat numbers. Made a little app that simulates a hundred battles every time I click the button, pulling the data straight from my Ink files and giving me an average of how much damage would be done at each challenge tier. Useful, but... I'll be honest, it lacks Drama.

Turns out the rumours of my skipping Gamescom this year were greatly exaggerated. I'll be there after all. If you're working on a cool unannounced PC game, or you're a publisher looking to talk about your upcoming slate, I'd love to catch up. Email me at [email protected].

TADAH! A new NoirReservoir on one of the most cruel of the Sierra Catalogue I have (thus far) played! Leisure Suit Larry 2! Likes and shares at always the best way to support my work. Watch here: youtu.be/Q79uJINmy00

Today's main takeaway from a ton of 'optimising Godot project performance on Mac' frustrations...

Weird dream about a YouTube restoration channel devoted to cursed Lovecraftian items, where every episode gets progressively darker as the terrifying spectre of the unknown increasingly casts a shadow over sanity. Eventually Nyarlathotep gets really fed up of everything getting covered in resin.

Weird dream about a YouTube restoration channel devoted to cursed Lovecraftian items, where every episode gets progressively darker as the terrifying spectre of the unknown increasingly casts a shadow over sanity. Eventually Nyarlathotep gets really fed up of everything getting covered in resin.

Well, this afternoon is done, work wise. See you this evening, obligations!

WADJET EYE IS 20 YEARS OLD!! Which means it’s time to celebrate with another group photo. It’s frankly ridiculous that the universe has allowed me to continue doing this for so long. I’m grateful for it every day. Thank you all.

Yay! Chibi Becca and not quite so chibi Lux and Maze!

(Stares at ceiling at 2:30AM, pondering philosophical matters of life and reality, and deriving new conclusions) There needs to be a Monkey Island game where a down on his luck Stan is by a graveyard selling second hand tattoos.

Idly wondering how many Count Binface jokes have today been written and saved for later use at assorted news agencies. I’m personally hoping that if Reform backs down, every paper in the country leads with “COUNT: YOU’RE CHICKENS!”

Just to say, Suzanne was fantastic to work with on the Nighthawks trailer. Super fast, very responsive with edits and alternate versions and tweaking, and extremely polite in the face of what I’m sure were many cases of hair-pulling “um, I’m not sure, but maybe if we…” developer prevaricating.

I really want to see news agencies treat Count Binface with absolute seriousness, in much the same way that the world collectively agreed to interview Muppets as the living creatures they are instead of merely felt props.

Our version of the main theme from Quest for Glory IV reimagines the gothic rock classic as a decidedly more Hetfield-esque speed metal affair. (It may not sound like it at first, but give it time.) youtu.be/0YEWvY6zAMc Download link in reply 👇

Definitely one I hope to see make it into core, along with better text effects.

Universe, you have a chance to redeem yourself.

This is officially the best Nighthawks bug report I have ever seen.

I've made a new dialogue system. It's open source, has a friendly editor, and runs on Unreal, Unity, Javascript, and Godot. You can find it at patterkit.dev And I've written too much text about it over here: medium.com/@wildwinter/...

I've been trying to track these guys down ever since we started the podcast. Their website has been defunct for a number of years. If you know how we can contact them, please get in touch! We'd love to chat with them on the podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1GT...

First batch is up! Ten fantastic-looking new or upcoming indie games you'll very probably want to stick on your Wishlist asap: kotaku.com/indie-penanc... Please repost this to get these games as much attention as possible. Especially *you*, person with a squillion followers.

One hell of an AI disclosure, mind…

I’ve got an updated visual reel! I feel so unbelievably lucky to have voiced characters like Kate Pryde and Black Widow, to be part of franchises like Ghostbusters, to be nominated for awards and to have worked with so many awesome people. Thanks to @vocaltomes.bsky.social for this update!

Only half ironically waiting for all of Microsoft’s studios to band together and collectively rename themselves Copilot Gaming. Sigh.

Finishing off a Nighthawks playtest today. Each one I do, I give a theme to make it more interesting and try to catch different angles. This one is “actively refuse to do anything that anyone asks”. I do not recommend it. It is a lavishly written sim of grumpily waking up and just going back to bed.

Hey indie peeps. I'm going to be doing Kotaku's Indie Penance Day on Friday July 3 this year. If you have an upcoming or recently released game that deserves eyes, please email me at [email protected] with the subject "INDIE PENANCE 2026", and include a store link and YouTube video. Rules follow.

It's publication day for Montgomery Bonbon: Scandal on the Stage! It's a twisty murder mystery for kids aged 8+ with jokes by me and amazing illustrations by Claire Powell. Please validate my life-choices by buying it! www.walker.co.uk/9781529530476/montgomery-bonbon-scandal-on-the-stage/

Five hours left to snag every inkle game for barely anything so, you know, make a cup of tea, go for a run, have a nap etc www.humblebundle.com/games/comple...

Really tired of services using Persona for age verification. Those games are like 50 hours long and I can never figure out where to upload my save when I’m done.

That thing when you hear your cat make his “I return successful from my hunting trip! Together we shall feast upon fine dead fieldmouse!” and you’re torn between giving him the praise he expects and wants and not wanting to encourage any future dinner party invitations...

MRS HERSHEY: [vomiting from morning sickness] I mustn’t let anyone know I’m pregnant! Not until Mr Hershey has perfected his recipe and we’ve made a fortune! MR HERSHEY: [kissing her] That… darling, you’ve done it! That’s the taste I’ve been searching for!

Cities are big spaces, and we want to feel that scale when we play in them -- @konstantinosd.bsky.social tells us how a dog can help. For the full chat, turn to www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/#podcast

I had a fab Disk Cleanup interview with @ricklane.bsky.social for @pcgamer.com! We chat about what I’m playing now, the mechanics I love, and what my desktop looks like!

“Your cat only loves you because you feed it, cuddle it, and let it sleep on your bed.” Really? I thought it was the great conversation…

Apple Weather spitting hot facts…

Few things can be as stimulating as discussing game city design with @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social. You can listen to our Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Podcast episode here: www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope/

(wakes to the beautiful sound of a thunderstorm)

Psst, Hey you, yeah you. Wanna play one of 'em Queer games? No Ai, just a lot of human made detail in the art and writing? 'Cus i've one you get to play as a cool trans lion guy as he runs about Mars getting into trouble. Mars Vice, 25% off, plus a demo. store.steampowered.com/app/1886910/...

Porting Nighthawks to UE6. The ray traced text boxes will be… epic.

Nice to see Amazon offering a few percent off (checks) cursed nightmare incarnate.

(turns on weather forecast) “Well, it’s another pleasant day here on the surface of the sun-“

It's now 10PM, and I think it's probably time to accept that today will conclude as a true monument to unproductivity.

Not saying that it‘s hot, but I just went on Steam to tag Frostpunk as a cozy game.

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨 Strangeland by @wormwoodstudios.bsky.social is now available for Nintendo Switch!! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Yay!

Sigh. There are few things that feel seedier than reviewing character art and having to reply “Cool, but lose the bra.”