It's the last week to get your submissions in for Leftfield 2025. They close on Friday 1st of August: airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

I've looked & I could have missed it, maybe its saved in their drafts but @ukieofficial.bsky.social TIGA, BFI, that new video game council. Which UK body representing games is stepping up to publicly speak about the mass censorship of the cultural form they represent? www.polygon.com/news/615910/...

UK playful pals & mutuals- we've been given a bit more capacity for our boutique Car Boot Casino night at Develop on Tues 8 July If you enjoy homebrew card & bluffing games, poker visors, janky prizes then ticket details are below: www.ticketsource.co.uk/booking/t-zz... Code: DOGPLAYINGPOKER

Obviously I'm massively biased, but this video on the wilmot's warehouse board game is great, both fun and insightful.

A reminder to apply to join us in London on July 11 for the symposium on the question WHAT IS THE ANTIFASCIST GAME. Applications due May 17! reimaginingvalue.ca/antifagame/

after 100 years of making my blog look really pretty instead of finishing any of the posts i have half-written, i started finished and post a post today!! about one of my favourite tiny games on itch that i keep coming back to play :) knivesforcats.online/tiny-islands...

It’s the first day of @nowplaythis.bsky.social today and they kindly reprinted a bunch of Games For People zines for the event. Also they are hosting a digital version of the zine here and @v21.bsky.social wrote a little intro for it! nowplaythis.net/game/games-f...

West Midland games folk, join us on Monday 28 April in Leamington Spa for... Let's Go Indie!? An evening of practical support & guidance for those considering starting their own independent game studio, or new studios starting out. free but RSVPs are essential letsgoindie.eventbrite.co.uk

I finished teaching my Playful Theory class, a seminar for studio artists focused on games. It was my first academic course in the post-ChatGPT era, so I tried out a few strategies to handle students potentially skimming readings and submitting AI-generated response papers. Thread🧵

We're close to the deadline for GAIA 2025 applications. We're looking for curators, streamers, reviewers, festival organizers, advocates & more! If your work involves celebrating, documenting, curating, educating, organizing in games & playful arts, please apply! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

www.lego.com/en-gb/career... THE CORRECT POSTING IS HERE! (Sorry!)

I made a tiny protest game about the terrifying reality of biking in Toronto without bike lanes marieflanagan.com/loserlane

I had a nice chat with Dan about Tiny Islands, the Wilmot's Warehouse boardgame and also dodged some challenging questions about the nature of art, games and education.

The lovely folks at @eurogamer.bsky.social are celebrating 25 years, and asked me for a feature ‘where will games be in another 25 years’. I had two answers: a realistic one, and a hopeful one. They kindly allowed me to share both here: medium.com/@h.k.nicklin...

Wilmot's Warehouse is a memory game. Let me finish! It's a memory game but good. But great. But a miracle. My review: spacebiff.com/2024/08/06/w...

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2024 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to 6 thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: October 7th More Info: grants.draknek.org

I've been working on this board game for 4 years, so I'm excited to be able to announce Wilmot's Warehouse. You can watch a trailer for it here: youtube.com/watch?v=bHa1... And preorder it here: cmyk.games/products/wil...

It's been a while since I've gone back and played Tiny Islands, I'm definitely not at my peak. dr-d-king.itch.io/tiny-islands

Always great when a graduate student puts there game out in the wild. I really enjoyed the first version of the puzzle game Sticky Arrow which was made on the course and I'm looking forward to seeing what Tong Yu has done with this latest version. store.steampowered.com/app/2879470/...

Shifting Shores a little puzzle game I made using puzzlescript dr-d-king.itch.io/shifting-sho...

It's finally here! Downpour is out! Downpour is my tool for making games on your phone in literal minutes. Collage together images & text, link them up, then share online. No coding necessary! 🌐 downpour.games 🤖 play.google.com/store/apps/d... 🍎 apps.apple.com/us/app/downp...

This looks like an amazing opportunity. If you already have a Masters degree, love games, and want to relocate to Gothenburg. boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/158... I don't have an MA/MSc but anyway I'm not sure if I can bring myself to move long-term to another country that gets so cold.

I have revived my Medium to post a talk I gave for MA students at the London College of Communications, University of the Arts London. The Unbearable Weight of Worldbuiling is a provocation reflecting on the politics of worldbuilding. medium.com/@h.k.nicklin...

My first game made using puzzlescript. 5 levels of slipping, sliding and pushing blocks of ice to get the Penguins back to their nests. dr-d-king.itch.io/nesting-peng...

some personal news, as they say: my game making app Downpour is coming out in three weeks time! you can sign up for the mailing list & see the shiny new screenshots here: downpour.games

After touring film festivals and galleries around the world our multichannel installation film ‘The Grannies’ is now available to watch online for free as part of ACMI’s Gallery 5…. www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/the...