Remember: This is not just Trump, this is the Republican Party. This is what they stand for. In ten years when they try to pretend that this never happened, show them this video and remind them that that this is the Republican Party.

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage." I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

Good thread that gets into hidden details.

This tiny stage is free and easy to play. Works on mobile or desktop. Let me know if it’s fun for you! 🕹 https://beep8.org/b8/beep8.html?b8rom=883f1f5ab00a9a8105b860bc19a9206b.b8&bsky=1 #MarketingMonday #indiedevhour #pixelart #gamedev #indiegame

An odd feature of the English language is that terms like 'absolute' and 'utter' will render a large subset of English nouns into an insult, but not all. "You absolute microwave" and "you utter spandrel" obviously work, but not, say, "you complete cleavage".

>>> www.tiny-gaming.net/posts/the-ki... - THE KING IS WATCHING might be a bit of a grindfest, but the core gameplay loop is stellar. Guiding your kingdom with your vigilant gaze, planning your own demise with Prophecy system and wide variety of game plans make this lil' roguelike shine! #indiegames

Some games have distinct phases that can be mapped. Catan’s phases aren’t so strict, but players can tell the difference from early game strategies and late game strategies. #catan #gaming #gamedesign

I don’t get a ton of opportunities to promote my video game, but any time redaction is in the news… ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ ◼️ mrgan.com/blackbar/

I have heard it phrased thus: The player is always right about how they feel. They are usually wrong about the reason. They are always wrong about the solution.

When it comes to player feedback, always take problems seriously, but disregard any proposed solutions Yes, even from other designers!!

Decided to make a rogue like mixed with RTS elements and now it’s store page is live on Steam!?!?!?!!??! Go wishlist!! store.steampowered.com/app/4073470/... #game #indiedev #indie #gamedev #steam #roguelike #pixelart #bugs #programming #rts #newgame

When using randomness, it’s important to think about how often the random element is going to come up. Rolling a die once to determine anything important isn’t fun, but when the dice are rolled many time the probabilities average out better. #catan #gaming #gamedesign

True for games, too. I use a similar quote from him in my class.

I enjoy games with a large helping of decision-making AND a large helping of randomness. When used correctly, this can be lots of fun. #catan #gaming #gamedesign

Here’s one thing most devs won’t tell you — the game you finish is never the one you started. Mine began as a WoW Paladin homage called A Twist of Seals… and evolved into Oathguard. ⚔️  #oathguard #indiegame #indiedev #roguelike #gamedev #storytime

Sometimes resources are used to diversify an experience, like having five resources to collect with different roles. But points are usually used to unify different concepts together. #catan #gaming #gamedesign

Dollars per bushels for games are not looking this good

ALSO. ALSO. Needing us to find Europeans who condemned him for his actions at the time--and there are many! So many! My God so many!--is also some white supremacist bullshit, because the TAINO PEOPLE HE WAS MURDERING CERTAINLY CONDEMNED HIM FOR IT AND THEY WERE HUMAN BEINGS OF HIS TIME TOO.

I like to think of verb types in a chronological sequence. Mental verbs lead to interface verbs which lead to action verbs, and have consequences in reaction verbs. My book has a diagram. #catan #gaming #gamedesign

Thoughtful analysis

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Dynamics are concepts that are not explicitly stated in the rules but are true about a game design. Dynamics lead into systems. #centipede #gaming #gamedesign

Somehow we had a successful game launch in 2025: A thread 🧵 We launched Little Rocket Lab this week, and it's been mega for us. Which is amazing, because well, the industry is bad right now! So I wanna go through the things we did, in the hope that something here can be helpful to someone here ➡️➡️

Arcade acoustics and lighting also influence the design of many classic arcade games. #centipede #gaming #gamedesign

This month, I’m dissecting some games from my book, Anatomy of Game Design. #centipede #gaming #gamedesign

Once a player has lots of goals, it’s useful to organize them. I usually focus on layer-based organizations, but hierarchies can also be useful. #centipede #gaming #gamedesign

Old gaming sales charts are fascinating. I wonder what the rights to Horace and the Spiders costs now.

Dissecting helps you see where games overlap, but not all overlaps are equal. #centipede #gaming #gamedesign

Video games provide a way to understand the world around us.

October is my book’s birthday, so I’m going to be talking about Anatomy of Game Design more than normal. #candycrush #gaming #gamedesign

Board games have the same long-term gameplay issues that many mobile games have, so I’m interested in thinking about ways to steal ideas from mobile to make board gamers engage for longer. #candycrush #gaming #gamedesign

When I worked on match-3, we definitely did that thing where the game adjusts the difficulty when we want to make the player happy. If you’re a returning player who hasn’t played in a while, we’re going to try hard to adjust randomness to make you happy. #candycrush #gaming #gamedesign

The saga in Candy Crush Saga is a long-term goal that was layered on top of an existing game loop, creating a new goal and rocketing the game to success. #candycrush #gaming #gamedesign

I worked on match-3 games for a bit (Crazy Cake Swap for life!) and the game design around them is much more thoughtful than you might expect. #candycrush #gaming #gamedesign

…because it will never be as good as NetHack.

Quote with a game released the year you were born. I’m proud to be born the same year as videogames.

Balancing two things that are both necessary is the foundational interesting decision. #thronefall #gamedesign

1. Work expands to fill the time. 2. Every task has a minimum time. 3. Creatives need room to explore and play. 4. Creatives need deadlines.

I like games with strategic depth. I like games with strategic width. I don’t know what strategic length is, but I’m sure I’d like that, too. #thronefall #gamedesign

Sinclair has been gobbling up network affiliates and red-pilling their trusted local newscasts for years (see 2017 OTM story below). Worse, it was under the radar. Most viewers had no idea they were being brainwashed, or even who Sinclair was before the Kimmel mess... Maybe they will NOW. 🤞

You only get to maintain copyright if you enforce it, right? So I can make a Pokémon game now?

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Juggling cognitive load doesn’t sound like it would be fun, but plenty of games show that humans thrive on this stuff even on their downtime. #thronefall #gamedesign

The stories we tell in games matter. The verbs we give players matter. Think about it when you’re starting your next game. #thronefall #gamedesign

Apparently this game has been out for a few years and I hadn’t even heard of it. And this is exactly the sort of game I love. Game discovery is so hard these days. #thronefall #gamedesign

That’s a good idea. We should do that.

When you address the feedback you get, but decide to double down 🤣 (In current version the definition for circular argument is just: "A circular argument is a circular argument. It's as simple as that... and just as stupid." And people reported it was not a real definition) #gamedev #indiedev

Clever.

Matching string names is such a trap! I was wondering why the mushrooms weren't spawning until I found the typo! So anyways, tiny tip, AnimatedSprite2D can "play at 0 FPS" and select a random frame to easily randomize the appearance of something. Got 30+ variants of all my plants that way. #godot