we won ipad game of the year lmao

filming something

very stoked to be nominated; however, i am now obligated to travel to LA in the coming weeks

insane to be stacked up amongst these other great games

you should've seen my face a few months ago when i spent all weekend playing Two Point Museum and then got into work the next day to find an email from them in our inbox asking to collab

our friends next door JUST announced their tactical rollerblading game

we are making a second game

cast n chill is an extremely beautiful and considered take on cozy fishing. fighting the fish feels realistic and satisfying, but it never relies on tension gauges or silly minigames. very happy to be able to set this up with the team over the ditch

as a kiwi, this depiction of australians in death stranding 2 is extremely funny to me. who is kojima going to pick on next

like it or not but this is the lovecraftian ideal of a man

girls tell me that it doesn't matter how small your dev team is, the important thing is how cohesive you are it's entirely possible to be a solo dev and still not be aligned to the core vision of your game

is this about my cube?

triple vinyls from @lostincult.co.uk seriously beautiful

so that's why my package came late

i don't know if we ever actually told jon this but when we served this at the launch party, the bouncer ((who was high, and kissing people's wrists instead of stamping them)) walked over and put his fist through it

this is what i look like but it doesn't really matter because i'm NOT at GDC #whatagamedevlookslike

if the dev of the northern path is on here i just want to chat

my livelihood is at stake oh DREDGE is out on mobile now btw

my suggestion of using the inverted husk for this post was deemed 'too much'

not a single speck of originality went into this video

joins server with 6.5k people and immediately DMs the owner

the black salt christmas gift this year was a set of greenstone hooks; one for each of us, carved from the same stone in the style of the hook from the dredge logo. incredible

they tell you not to release a game on a friday but true masochism is releasing one on xmas day. DREDGE is now free on EPIC. happy xmas from new zealand

please please stop emailing the web store and complaining that the fish poster is has blurry text. those are eldritch symbols from beyond the realm of human comprehension not a printing error

cheeky update to the plaque

that was the wrong button

replace the entire awards with these muppets

could we have let the developers speak instead

coal again

reprising this bad boy for the xmas party. nzgdc folks remember

this is the worst thing that has ever happened

didn't wanna release over xmas so releasing on my birthday instead

🤯 Oh, hey, come see us talking about @yarnspinner.dev and @blacksaltgames.com's #DREDGE at @officialgdc.bsky.social! schedule.gdconf.com/session/dred... #GDC #GDC25 #GDC2025

opening our unity project live on air in 12 hours

your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

i love game development

when you're an adult you can just put bugs on your wall. they can't stop you

fine 6998476990481253

thought i uninstalled that

hearing hans zimmer coming out of an organ in the london underground at 10pm at night absolutely froze me in place

i looked at this ticket every month for 3 years and thought "there's no way that's ever getting done"

I couldn't find one of these so I made it myself. Starter pack of 📖 Narrative Game Devs 📖 Follow these amazing storytellers making lifechanging games. (also let me know if I missed anyone) go.bsky.app/G7uvZ4W

bifurcated desire path

thinking about the intimate bond between the person who drives the rubbish truck and the passenger operating the little grabby arm

most people who have spoken to me know i've had a tough year. the pressure has never really let off. despite everything, i'm so grateful for everyone's support. seeing the game at 30k overwhelmingly positive is insane. thank you.

new background prop for the daily video call on monday

they should let you A/B test joke tweets

selecting elements of my persona to deploy on this platform like choosing plugins at the start of a new project

hi! i'm here now. i'm joel, the programmer & writer at black salt games. i made DREDGE, and one day i'll make something else, too