Ok, in no particular order, here are the best games I played this year: 1. Blue Prince (my GOTY) 2. Pentiment 3. Immortality 4. Hollow Knight: Silksong 5. Strange Jigsaws 6. Detective Beebo: Night at the Mansion 7. 1000xResist 8. Wednesdays 9. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 10. 11:45 A Vivid Life 🧵

I rolled credits on nearly 100 games this year, which I think is probably a new record for me. Whether or not I have the patience to write a top 10 list is anyone’s guess

I RELEASED A NEW TTRPG!! it's very silly & full of jewish shitposting!! your attributes are "GREAT", "MIRACLE", "HAPPENED", and "THERE!", your progress clock is candles on a menorah, and these are the kind of tables i put in there. if we do $613 in sales before Jan 1 i'll do a trifold print run!

Announcing the IndieCade Festival 2025 Nominated Games! Discover them all: www.indiecade.com/festival-202... Join us January 16th-30th for our Awards, Steam Event, and more! www.indiecade.com/festival-2025/ #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiecade #Awards #games

📢 ISO OF LARIAN WORKERS 📢 I HIGHLY doubt everyone at Larian is OK with Gen A/I. If you work (or worked) for Larian, my DMs are open to you. I’m a journalist and I’m happy to talk about and/or publish anonymously your thoughts on this. If so, I’ll do a full piece about this. 🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁

Everyone who said “GDC would be so much better if it wasn’t in the US” just felt the monkey’s paw curl www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...

can't play HORSES on steam but you can play *checks notes* Sex with Hitler 1, 2, and 3

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal. youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...

Who’s buying me the $1500 Kim Kitsursgi thought cabinet bomber for my birthday atelier.zaumstudio.com/products/kim...

This one makes more sense. Percentage of respondents making more than $100k, by seniority. Has your company been shifting to a contractor model? Here's why.

One of the best things to recognise in yourself as a creative person is when you are Sauceless. Not art blocked. Not struggling with a difficult creative problem. Being Sauceless is when you've done good work but have been staring at it for too long, and risk making it worse through noodling.

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

i find baseball dreadfully boring to watch, but riveting to hear about, so this social media environment is really the ideal baseball experience for me

Trying to cope with the fact that this is a real piece of news from the nyc mayoral campaign www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Googling “baseball” to see what all the fuss is about

Here’s me promoting something of my dad’s for once. I got to see some of this and it’s very hype. Keep your eyes peeled

Everyone who witnessed that MLB game through the Bluesky feed reactions just got a taste of what the prime blaseball experience was like. Equally as incomprehensible.

Want to know more about the game I'm working on and see the through-line of some of my vague posts? Read the FIRST EVER devlog for the game here! www.miloduclayan.com/post/marked-...

some days, TTRPG work means trawling through hours of videos of people walking through rural towns and scouring google maps satellites and street view

hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ? i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme! gofund.me/394dc2e93

So great to see lesbians supporting each other

I think the biggest issue with the GDC rebrand is that they’re using the Fortnite font

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

It feels weird to post random essays when the world is on fire, but life goes on anyways. This one is about character sheets and live theater! www.miloduclayan.com/post/the-sha...

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...

what if we stopped laying off every writer who has ever lived

I've been working on this TTRPG for like 3 years now and I made this post to hopefully stop myself from changing the core resolution system every 3 months. Anyways I think this is a good one. www.miloduclayan.com/post/the-two...

There's another essay out today! I have the power to write about popular games too! www.miloduclayan.com/post/when-on...

In other, certainly unrelated news, i'll be at flamecon on Saturday

Should I get last minute tickets to flamecon? And/or if cool people I met at GDC are gonna be in the city, where will yall be so I can swing by and say hello?

I've started up a blog on my website where I'll be talking about things that nobody will pay me to write about. Check out my first essay! www.miloduclayan.com/post/detecti...

We finally have a chance for the Mayor Who Doesn’t Suck Shit

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

I have no doubts about Bremen reaching it's goal, but I would strongly recommend anyone who likes self-contained ttrpgs check this out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

We're proud to announce that Possum Creek will be publishing LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by @seaexcursion.itch.io. Four doomed musicians flee from the devil in this dramatic RPG, soon to be available in print for the first time! bit.ly/bremen_bk

My game is up on steam now! You can play it! I did a lot of stuff on it, but primarily narrative design & general production work! store.steampowered.com/app/3561430/...

Started playing blue prince. So far every person I’ve told has thought I was making a funny joke about editing my Unreal project. I desperately need more non-game dev friends.

Sometimes I do poetry and sometimes you can find said poetry in places where other people decide to publish them www.thewordsfaire.com/words/you-ar...

Hey game writers - apart from this looking like a great opportunity for the right (write) person, the job listing is refreshingly transparent & specific with the details re: their expectations & the recruitment process!

🦥 HIRING 🦥 Looking for a freelance Senior Writer! Help us on something fun~ - Experience with Ink/other narrative scripting languages and comedic writing a plus - Kind approach to working w/ others - Remote, contract Apply before Apr 22! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/31

Everything has its own story... uncover them all in #TheBrownstone 💡 🖌️ by @ichorteeth.bsky.social #Wilderook #gamedev #conceptart #indiegame #digitalart #art #procreate #videogameart #cozy #story

Am I part of this project? Perhaps…

GDC was so fun and truly like lovely and inspiring and affirming and I love my friends and truly feel so supportive and loved

GDC is like if they made cool people real

Me too, expo hall game. Me too.

I’m going to GDC this year! I’ll be hopping around to most of the narrative get-togethers, but have plenty of time to meet folks in other places around the con

This Saturday, Indiepocalypse Radio returns at 2pm ET time with guests @itsmigdalltime.bsky.social & @gannon.bsky.social (@thatguttershow.bsky.social), @magentaskull.bsky.social, and @antennasunite.bsky.social Tune in it at indiepocalypse.com/radio Send questions to indiepocalypse.com/questions

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