Good mail day from @brainfruit.bsky.social

famicase submitted! thanks @super-meteor.bsky.social for doing this every year!

hello! meet MOSS, the newest painting toy from @brainfruit.bsky.social MOSS is a pixel art creator with programmable brushes and shareable pads. it's kind of like if procreate and asesprite got together and made something weird together. www.moss.town

Golf is the quintessential palm-size sports game. Contains rules and three portable golf courses, each with 18 holes. Just like real life, every hole is a slightly different challenge, a unique combination of fairway, rough, water, sand, and trees

Galaxy is a sci-fi space explorer. Navigate home through 40 sectors including 6 encounters and 3 monster battles. Gather weapons and bounty, avoid danger, fight enemies, monitor your ship’s shields and fuel, +more

Dungeon is a classic fantasy game. Pixelated vibes with all the fantasy stuff you want in a 60-page notebook: character sheet, HP tracking, coins, enemies, obstacles, +more

The second baking does strange and marvelous things to the hash brown

a simple star pattern that i enjoyed making and looking at

Game & Watch screens when you first put the batteries in:

We are opening up beta testing for RogueSlide - a sliding-tile puzzle roguelike for iOS and Android. If you are interesting in testing AND giving feedback, you can sign up here: forms.fillout.com/t/4dBvV75yKWus

We are opening up beta testing for RogueSlide - a sliding-tile puzzle roguelike for iOS and Android. If you are interesting in testing AND giving feedback, you can sign up here: forms.fillout.com/t/4dBvV75yKWus

i'm also working on a port of TOGGLEBOT from #playdate back over to #picotron! love how easy it is to add different palette options.

Paper Apps for Two? It isn't a dream, it's GOLF XL. Launching today. Makes a great Valentine's gift. 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️ gladdendesign.com/products/pap...

Save your phone battery (or ditch the Torment Nexus altogether) and play a Paper App instead. Paper Apps from @brin.town are tiny notebooks filled with old-school roll-and-write puzzles (PLUS we snagged d6 pip pencils - one is included with every game)

Finally launched a two-player version of Paper Apps GOLF, just in time for Valentine's day. Reposts on the original post would be super appreciated!

Paper Apps for Two? It isn't a dream, it's GOLF XL. Launching today. Makes a great Valentine's gift. 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♀️ gladdendesign.com/products/pap...

the floatiest controls in the deep blue sea! working on a port of my #picotron game Inky the Squid for #playdate @play.date

the floatiest controls in the deep blue sea! working on a port of my #picotron game Inky the Squid for #playdate @play.date

I just backed The Daily Weather on @kickstarter.com @buttonshy.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/239...

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

ARRIVING NEXT FRIDAY: Paper Apps by @brin.town 📝 Tiny notebooks filled with old-school roll-and-write puzzles - a space-exploring adventure, a classic dungeon crawl, and lil golf game (plus each comes with a mini d6 pencil, yes those are pips and we LOVE IT)

The mobile version of RogueSlide is nearing completion! The game was always meant for a casual experience like this so I am excited. Formatted for mobile but with tons of updates! More bosses, items, enemies — more everything! If you’d be interested in beta testing shoot me a DM!

cool out of print book on making pop-up book mechanisms: naolab.nexodesign.com.br/wp-content/u...

The mobile version of RogueSlide is nearing completion! The game was always meant for a casual experience like this so I am excited. Formatted for mobile but with tons of updates! More bosses, items, enemies — more everything! If you’d be interested in beta testing shoot me a DM!

should we start calling all bands with guitars "beatles-likes"

I made a frog sticker! 🐸 Designers listed in order by column ✨

It’s a dungeon crawler morning at MAGFest @brin.town @mossmouth.bsky.social @tigerthelion.bsky.social

i'm working on Paper Apps PRACTICE - a creativity diary with randomly generated prompts and grids. (this will replace Paper Apps NOTES.) here are some examples:

Only 16 colors then?

Creative Playthings this is what i'm chasing in terms of simplicity/impact for products and packaging

put together a new "About Us" page for 2026, explaining a bit more of the what, why, and how of Gladden Design. check it out here: gladdendesign.com/pages/about-us

psst... grab TOGGLEBOT for $1 off before the new year! play.date/games/toggle...

psst... grab TOGGLEBOT for $1 off before the new year! play.date/games/toggle...

Sneak peek at Outpour's new look! Outpour is a puzzle game where you redirect flowing water across dreamy cathedral rooftops. Manipulate your surroundings to guide a dynamic water system, traverse high places, and restore harmony to sacred structures.

Peak graphic design is this poster advertising the general concept of smoothie

my favorite album from any artist is "their creative peak"

Made a small batch of non-alcoholic Festive Punch™️ for neighbor gifts this year. My thermal printer came in handy for creating the labels.

Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :) The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used > neal.fun/size-of-life/

having fun with Paper Apps Dungeon from gladden design, and you know i had to do it to em

human existence, or, as i call it:

these are all fun, portable, single-player roll-and-write games. so far, Galaxy and Labyrinth are my favorites. go check out game designer @brin.town for more info

still convinced that this branding was the result of a 1960s psychological experiment to see if it was possible to change americans’ perception of color

thought this was a cybertruck for a second

I seriously love the Paper Apps games. I've played them all. Galaxy was my companion on my PAX Unplugged flight a week ago. Portable and easy to play on the go (I just use a dice app on my phone) each book is unique (some schmancy algorithm he made). They're quite clever and fun.

Hey! Doing a rare sale on Paper Apps this weekend. Use the code “SCREENFREEHOLIDAYS” for 20% off orders of $20+

kinda sucks that i had to add this to the FAQs on the gladden.design website:

Sticker from @jackapedia.design. Magnets from a discount store 10 years ago. Fridge from Costco.

BIG PEGBOARD

there needs to be an ISO standard for tupperware lid sizes so that they are all interchangeable