"OK, we've got nothing to brag about on quality or price, so what's our selling point?" ... ... "Well, if you're standing right outside..."

In this Columbo ep, he hassles a chess champ enough for the guy to lose one of his 10 simultaneous games. Fair enough, happens to the best of us when we done a bad murder. On closer inspection though, he lost in 2 moves, the literal worst moves possible in chess, and a comedy own-goal.

For sale:

Ever wake up and dice a whole bird's eye chilli into your hot chocolate? If not, I may have discovered why not.

Don't give me the One Ring cos if either of my cats reaches out to me with a paw, all logic leaves my brain and I give them whatever I'm holding. Similar guidance applies to firearms.

I started my new job last month: I'm now studio manager/producer at Suspicious Developments, the team responsible for Tactical Breach Wizards, Heat Signature and Gunpoint!

Increasingly think a lot of the things that didn't kill me made me weaker.

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Finally starting to click with The Bazaar. There was really no stopping this build once I screwed a Silencer onto my Dog.

The scamps both turned 2 today. They have no concept of why they got their favourite stinky fish treats or were allowed to play with The Forbidden Strawberry (a beloved choking hazard I have to watch them closely with) - but they had a lovely time.

Folks on the mailing list will also be getting a little something soon, so if you're not signed up yet, do so here: www.suspiciousdevelopments.com/mail/ .

Tactical Breach Wizards is a year old today! To celebrate, we're rewinding the whole last year to see if it can be done better or if it's just a bullshit level. In the meantime, we're 25% off til Monday! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .

The box opens! Our next game is The Killing Stone, and you won't have to wait overly long on this one... On that note, wishlists welcome as always, friends. store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

A seagull will repeat itself if you ask nicely.

Hi, I'm at WorldCon! The only thing I'm doing is a low key hangout type thing with only 6 spots - if you wanna join for that, register for it in the next hour! You can register at room 326 or here: seattlein2025.org/program-and-...

Yeah I guess you could say I live in a rough area.

Everything that @grahamsmith.bsky.social writes here about the purpose and technique of games criticism is so good that I want to steal it for my own style guide. (Actually a lot of this IS in my style guide, just not so brilliantly or succinctly expressed) www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-p...

Half-Life 2 speedrunning: 2005: we don't take the car cos we can bunnyhop faster. 2025: if we rub a paintcan against a tire while saveload crouchcanceling, we permanently bisect our body's physicality and now our soul leaves our body every time we bodyslam a loot crate.

I raved a bit about The Sandbaggers: a 1979 British show about the running of MI6 that doesn't feel like anything else. youtu.be/-gRXkYpLryc .

Had a lovely chat with @plante.bsky.social for his new podcast, about comedy in games and how we approached it in Breach Wizards. postgame.substack.com/p/how-to-mak... .

If you like having a long, slow YouTube video on the go, this has been mine for the last few days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lgP... "And it seemed like that might be the limit of what's possible." - 20 minutes into a 3 hour history

So happy to see my score for Tactical Breach Wizards was longlisted for the WSA Game Music Awards! If you'd like to give me a vote, you can 1: Make an account here www.filmfestival.be/en/account/r... and 2. Vote here: forms.filmfestival.be/audienceawar... Spread the word!

(Third fuckin' try to get that to post correctly, apologies if you tried to boost the aborted ones)

OK, time for the first proper dev log for the new thing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekDv... Calling it Project Battleaxe for now. 🪓 This is just a 2 minute gameplay clip showing the vibe and feel of our combat prototype, but I'll talk you through the intent as it loops.

I have a question for folks who know more about Dune lore than I do, and my question is this: Chairdog?

Following the cancellation of Hytale, I'm now looking for work after seven years at Hypixel Studios. Please reach out if you'd like to talk game design, worldbuilding, or creative direction. Or books, obviously. I also write books.

Gunpoint, and the Defenestration Trilogy, are 12 today! store.steampowered.com/curator/3463... Gunpoint also just hit 10k reviews, so our 5 games now have a total of 34k reviews, averaging 97% positive. 😳 So grateful to the players & proud of the teams 💙💚💛 store.steampowered.com/developer/su...

These BioShock beta screens are well worth a look, if just for the 'placeholder atrocity'. www.reddit.com/r/Bioshock/c...

May 14th 2025: the first Fun has been had with the next game. 🔊 youtu.be/Hla3gWrV4TA Trying Godot for this, I like it a lot so far! GD Script warms my GameMaker-trained soul, so much less boilerplate and legwork than C# and Unity.

The discourse around the design of Blue Prince has been fascinating, but I wanted to hit room 46 before weighing in. Minimal spoilers! youtu.be/BItfjfaqW2Y Also: how it fares as an information game, and how it overlaps with our next game idea.

Forget playing all the must-play games, I'm struggling to even write down their names as fast as they're coming out atm.

🎉 Skin Deep is RELEASED! 🎉 👉 Steam store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S... 👉 Epic Games Store store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/skin... This game was made with a crew of wonderful folks: blendogames.com/skindeep/cre... We hope you enjoy Skin Deep! ✨

The official Steamworks bsky account is now live. Game devs, give us a follow over at @partner.steamgames.com to learn about new tools, features, updates, data, and more. You can also follow us directly within Steam at steamcommunity.com/groups/steam...

My GDC talk about how we made the levels for Tactical Breach Wizards (and how pleasantly unusual / unusually pleasant it was to work on) is free to watch on the vault, here: gdcvault.com/play/1035209...

Canadians, please vote today! Polls mean nothing if you don't vote. If you haven't registered/didn't receive your VIC? You can still vote today! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Played Blue Prince all morning, then went to an elections office to vote. To validate your ballot, you have to sign a statement saying "Every statement on this envelope is true." Shit, I might need a minute. Can I see the black envelope?

🎉 LAB RAT is out now!! 🎉 - A comedic puzzler that satirizes your favorite games - Over 100 puzzles - At least 10 good belly laughs 👇 Check it out Here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...

I've only just started Lone Star, but this is already the funniest thing a videogame enemy has ever said while exploding.

In the emerging genre of roguelikes that actually try to explain why they Be Like That, Blue Prince comes in hot with "it was your great uncle's dying wish for you to play this like it's a roguelike."

Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen on your podcast app of choice! www.interactive.org/Interviews/t...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @pentadact.com (GUNPOINT, HEAT SIGNATURE, TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS) about going from games journalism to game dev, ideas on challenge and difficulty, weaving gameplay with narrative, thoughts/advice on playtesting, and more! Episode link 👇🎙️

Tactical Breach Wizards is up for a Hugo! A huge honour 🧡

Happy #screenshotsaturday! You could use some light-hearted fun, right? RIGHT!?!? Lab Rat launches in 10 days. Check it out :) 📢Wishlist HERE📢 store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...

I had a weird (good) GDC! Vlog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK1... .

Holy shit indeed

In a career of being nominated for things we know we can't win, I don't think I've ever been more sure of not winning something than the IGF for Excellence in Design last night. Somehow, it was also the first time I've been wrong. Properly stunned, hugely grateful, deeply confused.

This looks so pleasing!

I'll aim to be hanging around the Tactical Breach Wizards booth in the IGF pavilion from 5pm today if anyone's been trying to say hi!