If you could use some extra air purification right about now, this site helped me build a cheap low-power unit using case fans, furnace filters and hardware you might have laying around. filterboxbuilder.com

If you could use some extra air purification right about now, this site helped me build a cheap low-power unit using case fans, furnace filters and hardware you might have laying around. filterboxbuilder.com

OTT/\W/\..! TOMORROW, WE RIDE..!! /\/\/\/\// Join us for our last Show n Chill for the summer!! /\/\/\\ Games. Pals. Vibes. You. Me. Everyone else! July 15th @avantgardebar.bsky.social 8PM Also, join our discord to never miss a dirty beat dirty-rectangles.com/discord

Updated Fellow Feeling again - now up to 200 lines (100 positive, 100 negative): steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... Likely done until the new localization beta goes live. And if you ever wanted to try Caves of Qud but it seemed too much, I wrote a guide here: www.hangedmandesign.com/into-the-cav...

Updated Fellow Feeling again - now up to 200 lines (100 positive, 100 negative): steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... Likely done until the new localization beta goes live. And if you ever wanted to try Caves of Qud but it seemed too much, I wrote a guide here: www.hangedmandesign.com/into-the-cav...

Uploaded a "V50a" hotfix for a couple of small issues.

Wednesday 17th 8pm-12am @ Demo Room The event spawned by @lintilion.itch.io's infamous OFF-HAND REMARK and @jamesedsmith.bsky.social's BOOKING NIGHTMARE becomes real! Sit on a real couch (REAL) and play games from Dirty Rectangles Past. (FUN) All of it, "in concert" with @torontogamesweek.com

Quest 64 Randomizer "MERROW" v50 has arrived! hangedman.itch.io/merrow Quick patch shortcuts, shuffled enemy packs (maybe unstable), Beigis in boss shuffle, new (old) Bubble spell, and more. I delayed v50 a long time to build a big milestone, but then I ran out of space on the 'What's New' list, so,

I don't disagree with Jonah's assessment, but I also have my own take on games, so here it is. Every game is either about not touching bad things, learning about something that's happened in the past, or determining someone's fate, or somewhere in between.

"Fellow Feeling" is a mod I made for Caves of Qud, one of my favourite games. It adds 100+ new "faction feelings", those little bits of text that explain why legendary characters keep getting into fights between the bazaar stalls at the Six Day Stilt. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

Helpin' out some friends

868-BACK is out. Yet another incredible thing I've been privileged to be a small part of. Hack together your own puzzle boxes, escape from them again and again, take things, break things, make noise, see the matrix. store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

All of the works from the 2026 “My Famicase Exhibition” are now available to view on our website! famicase.com/26/ 👈👀

Updated my Caves Of Qud mod "Fellow Feeling" to add 25 new positive and 25 new negative faction feelings; now 150 in all. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... I could probably write a thousand of these, if no one stops me

/_<>/_<>/_<>/_<> 0TT/\W/\ SH0W n CH1LL /_<>/_<>/_<>/_<> cool times w. cool friends may 20th <> 8pm @avantgardebar.bsky.social 🏄‍♂️

Just posted v4 of my "Super Mario RPG ReGoogled" hack, an old multitranslated-until-it's-nonsense hack that I substantially updated to complete the text and make it stream-safe. If you know the original real well and want a new spin on it, try this: www.romhacking.net/hacks/8101/

"Fellow Feeling" is a mod I made for Caves of Qud, one of my favourite games. It adds 100+ new "faction feelings", those little bits of text that explain why legendary characters keep getting into fights between the bazaar stalls at the Six Day Stilt. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

The wait is almost over, hackers! 👾 868-BACK is releasing May 28th! Play the free demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

complicated feelings on this because the industry (tbh all industry) is in the Worst Place and finding work and/or money can feel impossible but even inside that: if someone is telling you to get out of games because there's "no future" here as anything beyond a dark joke, i'd raise an eyebrow

Happy Earth Day! Don't forget to celebrate by investing spirit levels into Earth so you can spin Lv. 3 Rocks above your head in a vulgar display of power

Anthology of the Killer is OUT NOW on PS5 and Nintendo Switch! The groundbreaking and dreamlike, IGF Nuovo-winning horror-comedy series from legendary auteur thecatamites, is finally on console! Play once and remember forever.

Jolted awake from a disorienting nightmare, struggled to fall asleep again, only to dream that I uncovered a lost Beastie Boys demo where they considered breaking their "no marketing" rule in 2002 so they could make a collab song for King's Field IV Not exactly Kublai Khan, is it

Oh hey, did you hear we spun up a 3rd Chapter..!? Checkout the inaugural Kitchener & Waterloo Show & Chill next month, April 1st (first Wednesday of the month) ---------- And if you're a Kitchener / Waterloo dev you should join our discord (link in bio) and find your new favourite community! 🍕🦖

本年度も「わたしのファミカセ展」では、3月1日の0時より作品募集を開始いたします📣 Submissions for #Famicase2025 will open at 12:00 a.m. JST on March 1. A sample ZIP file is available on the official website. Please review it & use it as a reference. famicase.com/ent.html

SOME GENERAL TIPS FOR STEAM GAME DEMOS (from someone who has played so many of them) Note: These tips also apply to games in general! They're good tips!

👾‼️ Play the highly anticipated 868-BACK demo in Steam Next Fest - AVAILABLE NOW! Your mission: dismantle capitalism one computer server at a time.

Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something. www.ign.com/articles/tun...

Ottawa is melting and under all that snow was videogames...! /|/ // FEBRUARY SHOW n CHILL /|/ WED FEB 17TH @ 8 PM /|/ // @avantgardebar.bsky.social

Finally got a minute to do a quick writeup on how I printed the arcade cabinet, since many folks asked about making their own. www.hangedmandesign.com/mute-city-ar...

This distills several of the ideas I've been trying to get across to otherwise-sensible-people in the last while, both in and out of games: - There's always a reason why decisions get made (even if sometimes the reason is bad) - The more invested someone is, the less they can be trusted to judge it

👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK! Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough! Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

We need your help! Dirty Rectangles is putting together an informal list of every game made in Toronto from 2020 to 2026 as well as the general location of its development in the city for the purposes of a fun exhibition during Toronto Games Week. Know a game? Tell us! dirty-rectangles.com/toronto

Hauled the Mute City out to Perfect Storm this weekend, now featuring realistic panel weathering (definitely not due to cheap vinyl) and my new signage that'll hopefully save me a few questions

Every day I wake up and step out the door into cold that could kill. But by grit, wit, spit, writ, and the collective calluses of endless people I'll never get the chance to know, I survive. That's pretty cool. Hard to remember, sometimes; but hard to forget, these days.

also i had a reeaaaallly good time playing a absolute truckload of short-leg-on-purpose CorgiJam games with @hangedman.bsky.social last week www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKE... some good good good games in there <3

// OTTAWA // FRIENDS // DEVS // COME CELEBRATE 16 YEARS OF 'TANGLIN' IN THE CAPITAL // LOCAL GAMES n LOCAL VIBES // // JANUARY 21st // 8PM // @avantgardebar.bsky.social

Made a little cryptic puzzle game prototype for CorgiJam last weekend. Runs in browser, only a handful of levels and no polish, but pretty pleased all the same. hangedman.itch.io/wisdom-will

Made a little cryptic puzzle game prototype for CorgiJam last weekend. Runs in browser, only a handful of levels and no polish, but pretty pleased all the same. hangedman.itch.io/wisdom-will

This is a patch I made to fix some incorrect text, in one regional language version of a very old game, that few will play due to its poor reputation. I don't know if this will matter to anyone. But I had the skills to do it, and if even one person benefits, why not? Merveillez, comme je l'ai fait.

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

Not much for rankings, so here's what I enjoyed this year. Congratulations to Awarded of Game.

excessive but very fun part of the corgispace trailer was working with @hangedman.bsky.social to create this physical CORGISPACE cartridge and box (which was rigged with fishing line pulls for various uh effects shots) i think it turned out unironically beautiful ??

Out now: WHALE ROADS The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary. Available now, and it's 100% completely free. sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads

Finally got to show off this project at Tidal Waves last weekend. Turns out if you can't get an Astro City, you can just print your own. Much assembly required, though.

This strange project's nearly finished.

This is how it feels to play Quest 64 on a handheld

I strongly believe in the breadth and influence of independent art, to grant us oblique angles on the world and ourselves. But also every indie game is somewhere on this spectrum: