Slammed this so hard onto my Steam wishlist, Gaben's yacht almost capsized

Two of my more successful bonsai in development: A Chinese elm (larger, green leaves) and a barberry, which is a “shohin” style, meaning it’s small enough to be held in your palm.

Hello! Are you a game developer who has been impacted by restrictive or confusing contract clauses that essentially prevent you from working on side projects in your own time? If so, I'd love to chat with you (anonymously or otherwise) for a report I'm working on for @gamedeveloper.bsky.social!

System Shock + Myst + Umberto Eco + Dinosaurs One of the most odd-but-interesting games I’ve ever played, with unprecedented tech and some truly remarkable world-building.

HELP Every time I go to play one of the untouched games in my backlog I end up playing Against the Storm, I swear it's not me am I blacking out why is this happening to m

I feel incredibly seen

Endorsed! It's the best of the series, IMO. But I crave expressive character mechanics and concentrated tactical blitzes, rather than deep customizability and epic strategic scope. I suppose sales show I'm the outlier strategy gamer, but that's okay. I still have my Shadow Watch, Kingdom, PvZ, etc.

Do you make games? Do you study or teach games? Do you create videos or blog about games? -- What theories or ideas help make good games? -- Share your opinion in our 10min online survey w @dooleymurphy.bsky.social & @florencesn.bsky.social res58.itu.dk/limesurvey/I...

Also, I could go and vibe-code one of my unrealized game ideas on my own, but... I ENJOY working with programmers and artists and QA, et al, and I LOVE what they bring to a project! Why would I want to build games with machines instead of with friends??

TALK ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Emma Kinema & Carolyn Jong This session dives into how fascism takes root in games, how bosses have benefitted from harassment campaigns led by gaming audiences, and what what we can all collectively do to combat the rise of fascism in our industry.

Saw a picture of the Call of the Elder Gods dedication that reads "to all those who lost their job in the games industry because of the greed, incompetence, or sheer stupidity of a few. They can't take away our drive to create. Keep up the good work." and... yeah. Yeah.

I wrote about Mixtape, I game I liked and then began to have increasingly complex feelings about:

Hey, friends-- If you played Beast Breaker on Steam, please leave a review! We just need a couple more reviews to show off our Very Positive (95%) rating!

SO GLAD I didn't look at the soundtrack listing for Mixtape before finishing it. The song that leads into the credits is very special to me; it played at the conclusion of my wedding ceremony. The game deploys it perfectly. When I heard it my heart exploded. Mixtape is a delight!

I wrote a short essay about making good game design pillars! Good pillars cleanly articulate a project's vision to enable communication and arbitration at any stage of development. They are lodestars the team can look to when there is disagreement or loss of focus. misterfoldy.com/essays#/on-g...

LAY IT ON ME PAPA

Max: I can change history. Max: So can I! *Initiates convoluted, extremely violent shenanigans that leads to multiple political figures being ousted from office and the entire country of Great Britain to sink below the sea*

"Brain drain is killing video games" I'm lining up my own potential path out of games right now... So, uh, if anyone out there wants to keep this 🧠 from draining, DO REACH OUT! 🧠 = 27-yr veteran designer/manager, expert in blending systems+narrative & in robust collaboration with all disciplines

Cloud Gardens! A number of games are set in abandoned urban wastelands being reclaimed by wild plant life, but I only know of one in which YOU do the reclaiming. The technology behind the organically growing 3D pixel plants is kind of gobsmacking. store.steampowered.com/app/1372320/...

store.steampowered.com/app/4011790/... Beast Breaker is a charming, queer, and very unlikely combination of Peggle and Monster Hunter. It released quietly years ago as an Epic exclusive shortly before the dev team had to disband, only recently making its way to Steam under a new publisher.

I really appreciate hearing from Luc and Michel at this moment. The way the franchise continued after LiS2 was probably not what they would have chosen, but both at the time and today in this interview, they have been incredibly gracious toward Deck Nine and the later games. They are true artists! 💙

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Stream has just gone live with Beast Breaker! (Giveaway Ongoing) New companion!! Come watch over at twitch.tv/leil13 !!!

Important follow-up: You should then REVIEW Beast Breaker! 🙏🙏🙏

You should play beast breaker

privilege

One of the most dangerous things about LLMs is precisely that they output language. Human beings are wired to interpret language as a product of thought and reason. But LLMs explicitly employ neither.

Stream has just gone live with Beast Breaker! (Giveaway Ongoing) I think I figured out how the bow works!! Come watch over at twitch.tv/leil13 !!!

As you all know myself and 33 others were fired from Rockstar Games in what we believe was a ruthless and illegal act of Union Busting. We're fighting this tooth and nail. If you are able, please consider donating to our fighting fund so we can hold them to account!! 🌱✊ tinyurl.com/rockstarwork...

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

i mean, who among us

if I was a gambling man I'd happily wager that Pope Leo XIV (Bishop of Rome, Pontifex Maximus, Vicar of Christ, Servant of the Servants of God, Patriarch of the West, Master of Divinity, Doctor of Canon Law) has substantially more theological training than JD Vance.

My college is hiring a full time game design faculty, with a strong union! please share around, link in reply. $85k-100k Salary Benefits and retirement matching Design, Programming or Art disciplines Seattle Area

I did the grid.

Missing: “Want some rye? …’COURSE ya do!” (Return to Zork, 1993)

The president just working his way down the list of Stupidest Battles to Pick. Next up... Dolly Parton and Puppies

New Video is up! Today, Im going over the Top 5 indie games I played in March! It was hard picking just 5, but each for their own reasons, I absolutely adored these games. Come hear my thoughts on all of them! #indiegames #indiegame #gaming youtu.be/7DEjTwKOFI4

Beast Breaker, but I’m Using a Rat Toy Controller

Does stuff bouncing around your screen bring you joy? Us too! The Bouncing Bundle includes our fast-paced autobonker Ballionaire & tactical ricochet RPG Beast Breaker. It's a great day to grab it as it's the final day of the Beast Breaker sale. https://bit.ly/bouncingbundle Go go go!

I love the experience of seeing movies at Denver-area Alamos, but the QR code ordering has made it worse, for viewers & workers. @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social bring back no phones, paper ordering, and the lovely wait staff! (Guess I’m seeing The Drama elsewhere w/dim projection & chatty audience.)

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

The life and times of Grace Coolidge, first lady of the United States! I wanted to make a detective game set in the White House starring Mrs Coolidge and Abraham Lincoln's ghost. Idea came when I read she was the first to report seeing his ghost. (Also, they both had young sons that died in the WH.)

Congrats to Jimmy and the whole team at Iridium! People of Note looks spectacular--can't wait to blast people with the power of Big Giant Circles! 🎶✨💥

Y'all. Get this game. I cannot stress enough just how FANTASTIC Beast Breaker is.

"Beast Breaker" has such a unique gameplay loop! It's a little like Shadow of the Colossus doing an Arkanoid impression, but with 2D Monster Hunter elements. I will not explain further, just go play the demo. This one's on sale for the next 3 days & worth every penny.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

After we designed 175 unique abilities for Beast Breaker, someone had to create 175 ICONS! @stopboorider.bsky.social not only made them look awesome, he designed a whole visual vocabulary: Framing & directionality communicates component slot. Background colors/patterns = gameplay properties.