forgive me father for I have blogged simulacrum.pika.page/posts/but-th...

Q-UP is out NOW on Steam! 1. flip a coin on the internet 2. 50% heads, 50% tails 3. flip another coin it's $8.99 ... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips s.team/a/3730790

While we're finishing up Dosa Divas, we're still shopping around two smaller new projects. We wanted to let folks know with enough time and severance. Here's a spreadsheet with info on each person and I'm happy to provide any recommendations for any of them. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Today in keyboard mashing surprise results.

Super on brand though. Building something almost useful.

😇 play this please! i worked hard on it

omg the talk/speaker lineup for Roguelike Celebration (@roguelike.club) 2025 looks sooo good: www.roguelike.club/event2025.html So obviously one of the most vital events in videogames right now, I really hope I can make the time to attend this year.

Noob!

I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design article🧩 This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace. www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...

"Öoo" the bomb caterpillar exploration puzzle platformer, is out now! 🎉 Dive into an adventure packed with discovery and clever puzzles, we hope you enjoy it! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

"We are building an AI lab dedicated to a hypothetical system that exceeds the power of the human brain!"

New RWAC article: A case against the ‘Cult of Growth’ open.substack.com/pub/readgrav...

new blog post: turned my gdc 2025 level design theory talk into a blog post www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/05/spac...

applying for jobs again

It’s like being a tiny bit magic.

i just published... "Why making art matters: We no longer have a type of industry where we can chase financial success. We can only sustainably fail." www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/mak... about sustainable alternatives to existing in the game industry, and the positive impact of failure. #GameDev

Many good ideas don't have a "time window" to execute them, be it musically, artistically, a game you'd like to make. You can make things when you're ready. You can start and stop. You can leave things for years and pick them up again and they'll still be good once you finish them.

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Hi, I'm transmutrix! I'm a programmer and game dev specializing in gamefeel, polish, and tools/workflows. I've spent the past 5 years making online multiplayer games with JS and TS, and now I'm looking for work! I make... all kinds of stuff. 😅 🎮 #SteamDeck #indieGameDev #gamedev #pixelart

Maybe the title is clickbait but I think Leap Year, Vampire Survivors, etc. are far from "about rectangles". IMO it's far from clear that scaling up leads to better games, if anything just the opposite. SokPop, Punkcake, and the Minit crew are the model for indies to follow; real, *special* games.

I am required by law to post every article making the case for why you should have your own little personal website www.figma.com/blog/making-...

Full send in Iceland.

*logged on* yellow-paint-discourse *logged off*

Still one of my favorite timelapses I've ever taken. I wasn't even planning on chasing this day, but luckily, a storm popped up on my way home from work, and the rest is history

Current status, extremely Christmassy.

ok i guess i finished this thing, you can play it for free now #gamedev #indiedev ivysly.itch.io/famulus

interesting article by @hughdavies.bsky.social about indie game dev culture in southern China... they think of indie games as "Original games" vs. big budget commercial "Capital games" journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/article/...

Just completed the Dress to Impress Christmas Quest with my kids. Was interesting to see how many people put it together and how polished it was.

Psst! hey kid, wanna buy some gamefeel? Or shorter iteration times? Nintendo polish? I might have somethin' for ya...

Hey #GameDev friends, we've been releasing fonts for nearly 10 years now and we wanted to give you something special. So we've zipped up all 1200 of our font files in one HUGE pack with one TINY price for full commercial use in your games and projects. Check it out! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Now's a pretty good time to pick up Phantom Spark. It's 35% off on Steam, it got 5/5 stars from Hardcore Gamer and has 98% positive reviews. store.steampowered.com/app/1924180/...

Why does 'finding the fun' fail so often as a design strategy? #gamedesign New designers are told to prototype and 'find the fun'. But the naive version of this is a garbage tactic that mostly results in poorly thought out prototypes that are never going to converge on gameplay.

Day 24 of 30 Wizwag enemies in 30 days: Wisp! I finally got around to making the first ghost enemy, 3 weeks after Halloween. '^^ Making this guy pushed me to go make more tile art, so that was nice. 🎮 #GameDev

blog post - crowdfunding: 868-BACK mightyvision.blogspot.com/2024/11/crow...

43 orbits feels like a lot. 🫣

Hey, I’ve had a load of new people follow over the last few days so thought I’d do an intro.🤘 I’ve been a game dev for just over twenty years now. Currently I’m working at CCP Games making EVE Online. 🚀 My posting here is mostly going to be about a side project I have. But more on that later.

It's been 2 years since we started trialling the 4-day week at Chucklefish! It has been a crowning achievement for myself and the studio as a whole. My role in the trial was to identify risk in the publishing team and implement new processes to make it work. So, how did we do it?

It's been a bit since I've mentioned it, but I'm still on the lookout for a new job. I got laid off 6 months ago when Possibility Space was closed. I'm a game designer with 17 years of professional experience, comfortable with narrative design, mission design, level design, and more.

If you're games industry and following some folks already, reply with who you are and what you do, and then re-post this or whatever it's called. Let's try and find each other on this new place