Amazing to get a comment like this about a game I released 15 years ago. The idea that someone would remember it from their childhood is something I'd never have expected to see 🥲

This is not just a novelty show - it's an application of video game principles to the stage. It's a development of the conversation folk games and B.U.T.T.O.N. and J S Joust started. I think game designers will find a lot conceptually interesting in it, so design folks do come and be a part of it 🧡

This is not just a novelty show - it's an application of video game principles to the stage. It's a development of the conversation folk games and B.U.T.T.O.N. and J S Joust started. I think game designers will find a lot conceptually interesting in it, so design folks do come and be a part of it 🧡

Just submitted my Edinburgh Fringe application. The big adventure begins! Wish me luck... ✨🤞✨

LONDON! The most romantic immersive show starring a talking dummy and a clown is coming to you on FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your lovers! 💖 Play Cupid using your phone, and wreak havoc as my guests in the café of lonely hearts 🥰 Tickets: alistair.games/tickets

I see devs get prickly about playtesting because they're afraid of being "focus grouped" or having the edges sanded off. The point of playtesting is to see if what you intended was what the player actually experienced, and there's no other way to find this out than putting it in front of someone.

join us 2/19 for our first ever lecture series event, featuring @ellaguro.bsky.social: "What Doth Videogame? A personal history of art and life in the age of collapse." following the talk will be a listening party for liz's new album, Saint Elizabeth! rsvp here: www.eventbrite.com/e/boshis-lec...

I like a dark understated background so I generated this using the sprites from @pokedoku.bsky.social 8K version here if you'd like to use it too :) www.alistairaitcheson.com/images/magik...

@noproscenium.com I'm bringing my interactive clown show to London soon and thought you might be interested :) bsky.app/profile/agai...

LONDON! The most romantic immersive show starring a talking dummy and a clown is coming to you on FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your lovers! 💖 Play Cupid using your phone, and wreak havoc as my guests in the café of lonely hearts 🥰 Tickets: alistair.games/tickets

Little teaser of the next Petite Game Buvette by CtrlAltBaguette in la Cité des sciences et de l'industrie on January 17th ! 🥐🛠️🕹️ @leondenise.bsky.social and I will be showcasing Crashboard 2000 and our latest version of Orbital for the first time among other great alternative controllers 🪐🛹

Sometimes I like to pretend I'm the fourth team member and also a giant

Thank you all for your patience! Without further ado, it's This Year In Videogame Blogging 2025, complete with a bonus This Week In Videogame Blogging, December 28, 2025! critical-distance.com/2026/01/01/t...

BRISTOL! New show date for you to look forward to 😀 Thursday 26 Feb hdfst.uk/e144634 Come along to help Pierce Brosnan fall in love with me, and illustrate a storybook for improv superstars The Brothers Grin to turn into a fairytale adventure! ✨💖🏰

This is a really good article - really demonstrates AI as a platform where no user can have a creative voice, because that voice can only ever be the voice of the machine or the voice of what came before it.

This randomly popped up on my YouTube and is super interesting :) youtu.be/dUkLYOPRYH4?...

My big lesson from 2025 is mostly to do with performance but I think it extends to life in general. I'll always have had a bad night's sleep before a show. At least one bit of tech will break on the night, the lights will be too strong, mic too quiet or the stage an awkward layout...

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

I'm running a play test for my LARP, Ruin The Game, between 1-5pm at King's College London on January 2nd. Let me know if you're interested! No previous LARP experience needed. You can find the blurb for the LARP in the Smoke's programme on pages 43-44: thesmoke.org/programme/

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everybody! 😊✨🧡

In case you missed it, I released a game where you follow somebody's notes to draw a map of their hike🗺️ Playable on both PC and mobile, no downloads. You can also ignore the instructions and just make maps for fun. ludipe.itch.io/a-confusing-...

My GOTY this year is Magic Garden :) I pick a GOTY based on what I've discovered this year, not what came out this year, and UFO 50 has been an absolute gem. Still only tried about a third of the games!

Following on from this here's a playlist of the time I played 16 different Sonic games, switching games every time Sonic got a ring. I'd have 4 games going on at once, and whenever I beat one I'd swap it for a new one. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Ran this a few years ago and it's my favourite way to play the ring shuffler. There's a lot of subtle and not-so-subtle choices in Sonic Advance 2's design that mean switching games when you collect a ring significantly changes how you play youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Ooh this is really interesting. I knew the story about Donkey Kong originally being intended as a Popeye game, but had no idea about all the other ways Popeye finds himself at the roots of video games. Fascinating stuff :)

The wheels fell off my suitcase in the middle of the street today. I'd have been annoyed but it was totally in keeping with the suitcase I'd chosen to bring 😄

I'm going to be doing a group call get-together with some friends over Christmas. I need some good browser-based party games for 4-6 players we can all play together. Any recommendations?

Gift Jam is back for its 10th edition🎁 Make something small for a friend, your partner, or a relative. Thank them for their help during a hard time or just for making life a little happier. That's the theme! More info on @itch.io Banner by @isi-cano.itch.io. itch.io/jam/gift-jam...

Don't put off making what you want to make because you're "not ready yet" Not knowing how to do something and then doing it anyway is how we learn It's how we surprise ourselves. It's how we discover what no-one would have encountered by doing it "the right way"

London! I've just opened ticket sales for My Date with Pierce Brosnan at Theatre Deli on Friday 6 February Tickets are limited so book early to avoid missing out! www.ticketsource.co.uk/alistair-ait...

When you think about it "dog food" is a really weird name for a food because it's named after the thing that eats it instead of, like, what it is

@Watershed and the Jerram Foundation are excited to introduce our Dreamtime Fellow Gemma Paintin, whose practice spans live art, sound, social practice and work for public space. www.watershed.co.uk/studio/news/...

Random reminder that the last game I released is free - I teamed up with @1neila1.bsky.social and also @agaitcheson.bsky.social did a cool thing in it, and you can download it! It's golf meets platformer meets... shenanigans?

Dressing up Pierce Brosnan for my new act tomorrow. Who says he doesn't have range?

First time plugging in the GameCube after 5 years and it prompts me to adjust the date and time. I wonder why... 😄

Thanks everyone who drew husbands for my new act! I had a very productive rehearsal session with them yesterday :) If any of you have a second to draw me some new husbands that'd be super to help me practise alistair.games/husbands

🚨INDIECADE CREATORS RETREAT IS THIS WEEK🚨 If you haven't already, RSVP at indiecade.com/creators-retreat and get ready to take part in two days of collaboration, connection, and inspiration!

It's official! IndieCade selected me as this year's recipient of the Bernie DeKoven Big Fun Award. I was over the moon when they told me 🥲 Bernie's work is foundational to so much of the work that inspired me, so to be considered a part of what he began is the most incredible honour 🧡

"Oh Aunt Em, I had the most wonderful dream! There was a balloon... and... yeah, that's about all I can remember"

I played this when it was in the @developconference.com Indie Showcase and just fell in love with it. Each new mechanic it opens up is like a cute little toy for your mind 😊

Been reading the schedule and it sounds just wonderful :) A fantastic opportunity to meet fascinating creators and have inspiring conversations! If you can make it I highly recommend taking a trip to LA for this! www.indiecade.com/creators-ret...

You're invited to design cards for Santa Monica's 150th Anniversary Card Game! All are invited. No experience necessary. www.indiecade.com/santa-monica... Submit in-person or online through December 7th! youtu.be/pdxkVDaItXs #santamonica #ArtSamo #SantaMonica150 #SantaMonicaEvents

Final rehearsals done for A Doll’s House, our version set within the world of The Sims www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-dolls-ho... 🎟 last chance to grab tickets

Archive footage of the New Games movement. So much of what I've learnt in my time in games and performance has its roots in this space 🧡

Sainsbury's are winning Christmas 🎄 Just for the idea though. The execution is foul. The main taste is this sickly sweetened crème fraîche which overpowers everything else. It's got this meat-like pink-brown stodge running through it which is disconcerting. But the idea. The idea is incredible 🧡

We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions. It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.

We're looking for a mixologist for our Key of Dreams shows as we've been let down at the last minute. Ideally within easy reach of Monmouthshire 💚

No new @adventjs.itch.io from us this year, but hey - 2024 and 2023's calendars are still there, go follow along and enjoy all the surprises!

I'm working on a new act as a film noir femme fatale, and I need your help. Can you generate some data for me so I can practice? 🍸 Of course you remember my poor departed husbands. Be a dear and tell the detective all about them... 🕵🏻‍♀️ www.alistairaitcheson.com/play/husband...

To get you all in the festive spirit, here is the Christmas Goblin making presents with toilet roll tubes and gaffer tape 🧻🎁✨ youtu.be/Fz-uPz3s_cY?... Exactly 1 year ago today! 😊🎄