Curious about ways to create city simulations? You're in luck: my talk from GDC 2024 about the techniques we used in SimCity and Cityscapes is now free to watch for everyone: gdcvault.com/play/1034347...

Happy egg-dying day!

Raccoin is out!! Get ready to push some coins 🪙

Fish Around and Find Out What Fishing is all About! New playtest starting on March 25th with a BRAND NEW PHYSICS FISHING SYSTEM (Fishics?) I have some early access opportunities before the playtest starts. Hit me up!

Okay Coin Pushers! It's time to request keys for RACCOIN (Launching March 31st) If you are interested in covering the game, please fill in the form here: forms.gle/aXY3MtKK9SSo... Thank you!

In case you missed it, here are the slides to our Spreadsheet GDC talk #gdc2026 -- and the video should be available soon on the vault docs.google.com/presentation...

We had another great crew of spreadsheet lovers this year, with some new faces and some returning for a 2nd round. Yes it was nerdy, but in all the best ways. Also, if I put you on the spot before the talk and asked you about your first spreadsheet, know that it came from a place of love!

THANK YOU for coming to the #GDC2026 Spreadsheets Microtalks with @tylermakesgames.bsky.social , @legulm.bsky.social , @rhythmicsheep.bsky.social , @everest.bsky.social , @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social , and @turtlerockstudios.bsky.social - what were your takeaways and what will you be doing differently?

Pierre: The Dark Water Loot Pyramid #GDC26

And that’s a wrap for spreadsheets at GDC! Thanks to everyone who came to see us nerd out

If GDC keep letting me talk (about spreadsheets) then I’ll keep talking (about spreadsheets)

What's going on with the Power of Community section on GDC's website? Guess we'll find out starting tomorrow! #whatisbrg

Every time I talked to people about last year’s spreadsheet talk followed the same sequence: 1. Nervous laugh 2. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SPREADSHEET I USE It’s going to be a fun time again!

I’m speaking at GDC next week, along with @tylermakesgames.bsky.social , @rhythmicsheep.bsky.social , @funnygodmother.bsky.social , @everest.bsky.social , @tomomoriwaki.bsky.social and Mike Rossmassler from @turtlerockstudios.bsky.social — all with our own take on spreadsheets! 4:30pm on Tuesday

Less than a week away! Y'all ready to hear me talk about VLOOKUP in front of a live audience?

KAWS & Calder at the SFMOMA, just across the street from where GDC will be in a week’s time

Sunset walk, West Berkeley-style

Me: Living near San Francisco is so expensive, is it really worth it? San Francisco:

Good reminder to always watch for baby salamanders when going outside at night

@chaimg.bsky.social my kids have discovered Earth: A Primer again 😊

Just finished the first pass of my GDC slide deck. Hope y’all are ready to hear about VLOOKUP, ISNA and OFFSET!

Retro-style fishing mystery game About Fishing announced for PS5, PC Publisher Playstack and Arctic Eggs developer The Water Museum have announced About Fishing, a fishing mystery game "made out of love for Shenmue and SEGA Bass Fishing." It will be available for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. A…

Checking out my great-grandfather’s military book from WW1 for Veterans Day. His one citation was for getting people out of harm’s way just a couple months before the end of the war ⛑️

@gamediscoverco.bsky.social did you see this post from the GenExile dev, and how they sold 300 copies with 30k wishlists at launch? www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...

I've been playing this for a while and it's 🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙🪙

Playstack publisher sale on Steam buff.ly/ZqnGYrJ

This is the most bananas calendar I’ve ever seen

Spreadsheet nerds are once again coming to GDC 📈📉🫥

Content creators! If you specialise in short-form content, we want to hear from you. Submit your application to work with us here: www.playstack.com/shortformsur... #contentcreators #gamingcreators #playstack

Abiotic Factor has been nominated for both “Best Indie Game” and “PC Game of the Year” at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025! 🕹️ Vote here by 5pm PDT / 8pm EDT / midnight BST on 31 October 2025: www.goldenjoysticks.com #abioticfactor #goldenjoysticks2025

Just came back from Angel Island on a foggy Bay Area fall day, and saw a shark eat a seagull (not pictured)

We're looking for a technical artist to help out with our current project at Magic Fuel Games -- please share if you know someone! jobs-playstack.breezy.hr/p/ee793c4739...

When you’re a snail, can you move away at any speed other than “slowly”?

VOID/BREAKER is out! Congratulations to Daniel Stubbington and the rest of the team at @playstack.com This time I helped out with production, community and some spreadsheets too :) store.steampowered.com/app/2615540/...

LOOK AT THE PLAYSTACK GANG AT GAMESCOM ALL KILLER NO FILLER

You should give you a try! The playtest will give you a good taste for what this game will do to your brain on full release

It’s a coffee-and-Raccoin-in-bed kind of morning

⚠️REMINDER⚠️ INVASION update is LIVE! This update sees 4 new enemies. Use your favourite weapon or try out our new Harpoon gun to defeat them! With a new location, submarine weapons, improvements… and a JUMBO CRAB!? 20% off on Steam until 19.08: store.steampowered.com/app/619540/D...

Sign up for the RACCOIN playtest here: store.steampowered.com/app/3784030/... #roguelike #indiegame

I know I’m biased but this game is *awesome*. Can’t wait for people to try it out!

Darkwater's first major update, INVASION is now live! New enemies New stealth mechanic New submarine equipment to help you take down a monolithic creature... Read the patch notes here and grab it for 20% off this week on Steam: store.steampowered.com/news/app/619... #HorrorGame #IndieGameDev

Somehow I had never been to the Disney Family Museum in the Presidio, but they have an amazing collection

Dipping my toes into Tiny Glade again, and @pouncelight.bsky.social is not disappointing with the new “stairs update” — it’s so much easier to make bridges to a 🏰

My brand of being-mildly-annoying-to-my-spouse involves taking black and white pictures of colorful subjects

Enter The Chilling Continuation in Cold Fusion! Abiotic Factor has launched into 1.0! 🏘️ Residence Sector 🌌 New portal worlds 🛠️ Equipment upgrading ⛩️ Torii Home World 🌝 Many bobbleheads 🎮 Console launch and Optional Crossplay & more! store.steampowered.com/news/app/427...

Never change, Berkeley cyclists. 🚴 ⚰️

@philsalv.bsky.social look who I found

In related news, I’m looking for a couple folks interested in being part of next year’s top rated microtalks about spreadsheets

Come to see what top-rated GDC microtalks look like, stay for the cool spreadsheet tips gdconf.com/gdc-call-for...