going to a gig and running into a whole lot people you care about but havent seen in a while is beautiful actually

im so considerate for not doing any birthday related things in october where everyone wants to double and triple-book each other's events... im basically a saint AND the most important person in the worl

love this song...... the guitar in the chorus... im so weak for this type of arrangement www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8fS...

a game is never truly "accessible" unless it can be played in the browser

When Stephen Hester died, his grave was already occupied. Leaftaker is a short deduction game in the vein of Type Help and The Roottrees are Dead. Search the internet, call some people, and maybe uncover something even deeper. made for the Scream Jam 2025 k-ramstack.itch.io/leaftaker

juvenile magpies really have perfected the "im useless and i cant do anything on my own :(" voice its beautiful

watching a guy do his duolingos in his kinda loud idling car right under my balcony. wonder what language it is....

dunno about "worst game" to hit credits of on my own volition but my most disappointing experience playing through the entirety of a game in recent years was easily signalis. thoroughly frustrating narrative experience.

ORANGEPEEL, ONIONSKIN is out for free! For twenty years, Mona has prepared to deliver the god that sleeps in Lave's belly. Now, four nights, and four rituals, remain. 80+ images and 17.5k words written with @pepperbloom.bsky.social, for #erohorrorVNjam godaughtr.itch.io/orangepeel-o...

Wife City, City of Wifes

periodically think about this www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Yy...

nature's labubu

"Nature's Labubu"

had a few people mention sudden death to me last week (including at pax lol yay) and well it IS a banger... dominoclub.itch.io/sudden-death bsky.app/profile/hara...

NEW GAME >>> SUDDEN DEATH is a game about love and sports. it's gay, it's very australian, and it's great. this game was made for the latest DOMINO CLUB jam with Nat (nat-pussy.itch.io), who co-wrote and did SFX. 18+, linear interactive fiction, ~45 mins PLAY >>> dominoclub.itch.io/sudden-death

likely accidental like everything else in the show but alien earth's protagonists reflecting exactly who the audience for the show is (children in adult bodies) is pretty funny to me

it's my favvvv time of year, come get dressed up

been having the music/games 'industry' parallel on the mind all the way through games week, and that always leads back to me thinking about steve albini being essentially my standard for the kind of person i want to be in a scene/community. heres a little something from a reddit ama he did ages ago

'indie game devs' thinking making games is somehow like making movies when really at our level making games is exactly like being in a band

typically when i arrive in a new location i send out a pulse, an electromagnetic wave that helps me "see" the surroundings. it also helps me locate nearby objects of interest to my mission, like power sources or communication hubs

due to vampirism ive become more sensitive to the sun over the past six months and well i guess i have to walk around with sunscreen on me at all times now huh

games week is about hanging out

Three indie games, three different takes on a digital nightmare. While Proximate, Without a Dawn, and Dead Letter Dept. differ in their approaches, the takeaway is the same: our very perception of the world has been warped by systems outside our control. youtu.be/0zxQ9YAzy00

PROXIMATE MENTIONED bsky.app/profile/jaco...

being at pax to booth your friends game and people coming by to see you specifically is so funny but so nice

operation birthday was successful... the goal is to have an interesting birthday. it worked!

its my birthday come see the proximate pax booth for an ass kicking

rate my meeting spot diagram

A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... 😈 domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

@10pmclub.bsky.social please share your sources document from the parallels presentation! also the one from freeplay angles lol

yes... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dustdustdust.bandcamp.com/album/sky-is...

The Device Strikes

bro the pollen today... pop a antihistamine before you head outside for parallels folks

the thing about a week like this where you have lots of people from out of town visiting for events related to the field you work in is that it's fun to have some sort of catchphrase to bring up whenever you have the chance and this year mine is "melbourne is in its flop era"

@brkeogh.bsky.social how long are you staying in melb this time around? would love to catch up but hey i have plenty excuses to go to brisbane so

despelote is 30% off as part of the steam autumn sale! people always say this is the best season to play soccer, maybe it is also the best season to play despelote? (unless ur in ecuador where we have no seasons so it is always the best time to play soccer) buy it now!

of two minds about the enthusiasm people who already have personal websites talk about personal websites where i think obviously everyone should at least try making one, but then what? i feel like theres so little thought put into the reasons why people are on social media in the first place

Exciting news! DOMINO CLUB returns for the 10th jam! It's possible I made something for it! See all the new games here: domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

the iceberg above water: ice below water: even more ice

im so bad at introducing myself to people now i forget thats a thing youre supposed to do

accidentally dropping my id card in front of you revealing that i am in fact a renaissance man (d.o.b. 1458, male)

tswift kinda the perfect encapsulation of the typical american "bully who thinks theyre the underdog" psychology

thinking about a few ideas i had for cool community-type things back when i was running the firepit discord and im very glad i didnt follow through on most of those because looking at it in hindsight its clear to me that it wouldnt have worked out the way i'd envision it

some new shots that didn’t make the cut

thinking about this eurodance banger my dad was obsessed with in the 90s www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6xl...

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

fine. my migw plans: - taking up space - freakon (i have a spare ticket if anyone wants one btw) - digital gaming intimacies summit @ rmit - parallels - proximate pax booth (weekend mornings mainly) (still deciding if i wanna dish out $25 for the interactive narrative social 🥴)

sometimes i'll be posting a random thought and then i forget being me on the internet means it will be a interpreted as sign for some to condescend at me and its like cool thanks

Parasensor’s revamped reveal trailer! 🪳 New and better gameplay shots, same mysterious reveal Thanks @horrorgameawards.bsky.social for showcasing our trailer in the 2025 Halloween Showcase! youtu.be/74yOtFSqHYM