I wrote an article about dialogue choice as part of a narrative designer’s toolkit *aside* from branching, instead considering how choice can invite us to *perform* a character. My case study is South of Circle’s beautiful fuzzy meaning-making (using symbols instead of words). 💜 Give it a go!

new blog post: Life notes (2019-2025) + Sweet Sixteenth (16th) Blog Anniversary Mega-Roundup

when AI crashes, will we able to use the leftover GPUs for games again? or are they so different from regular GPUs they’ll be useless? or will the chips be so burned out they’ll be useless?

Last 12 hours in the Angeline Era launch sale - Thank you to so many for bumpslashing and searching over the last two weeks!!! The reception has been amazing and we look forward to making many more games!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

new blog post: Life notes (2019-2025) + Sweet Sixteenth (16th) Blog Anniversary Mega-Roundup

one must on occasion assemble a virtual town and proceed to walk its streets with a camera in hand

So, today I'm wrapping up People Watching. Massive thanks to everyone who has supported it & all the cool people I've met and drawn. I wrote an article in the Sunday Magazine today talking about the lessons I've learned doing it - and there were so many. www.thepost.co.nz/culture/3609...

it’s cool how time is like a technology / political construct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

hanging out with a geologist is hilarious. they really do get excited about rocks, like all the time. and when there’s an exposed cliff, hoo boy, it’s like a feast for them

Announcing The Hacker Update. A brand-new hero with their own unique way of playing Q-UP. Help the Hacker escape the game before being deleted by QA! Steal skills from the other heroes!! Misspell common English words!!! Also: Q-UP IS ON SALE FOR 25% OFF store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...

new vlog: canoeing in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSPVjMt3f/

hamburger and fries texture. make yourself a one #gamedev #texture

fav thing about camping is how it teaches you to value drinkable water again. then you get to a house and all this clean water comes out of a tap and you’re like holy shit

thanks for the @eurogamer.bsky.social writeup, @ednights.bsky.social !!

research / brainstorming / thinking is also maybe the most enjoyable part of a creative project to me? kinda sad to beg AI to take it from you

lol I’m doing a 5 day canoeing trip and I almost died like twice… this was supposed to be ok for children wtf

making a tiktok for this game was tricky radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

making a tiktok for this game was tricky radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

new game release: Rainbows Are Carnivores is an experimental gay fishing romance / aquaculture management sim. Free, 10-20 min, play in mobile or desktop browser radiatoryang.itch.io/rainbows

I was one of the other authors whose free games were used as a basis for this (by permission, under contract). Read the thread for details; I agree with every word Alan has written (both the positives about the game, and the negatives about Jonathan Blow).

rewatched Happy Together... still so good ugh

doin some landscaping. working on some big wide gravel steps with old random wood planks on the sides

are there any games that let you dissociate? diegetically, I guess opening your inventory screen or menu is like your character just standing there staring off into space

you gotta admit “GDC moving from San Francisco to Saudi Arabia” is pretty funny

Lets try this agin with our release date video: BIG HOPS is releasing January 12th, 2026 on PC, Switch, and PS5. It's about 15 hours long, will cost $20 USD, and yes it runs GREAT on the Switch 2! Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...

Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam This is where we're at now.

watching Andor s2 and can't believe the whole concept and worldbuilding for this new planet is just "they're french and they like spiders"

new vlog: how to find the secret boss at the top of Waitakere Dam in Aotearoa New Zealand vt.tiktok.com/ZSPFkyeKk/

Soar as an albatross embarking on an epic journey to reunite with their family in this relaxing, story-driven flight game grounded in the Māori world. Toroa: Skycall by @atawhaigames.bsky.social is out now!

Angeline Era is OUT NOW!!! 🔍Every level hidden in plain sight… 🗺️… chart your own path through the world! ⚔️Tons of thrilling combat, mysterious places… 👼… and a soul-shattering story! GET IT HERE!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...

DESPELOTE: FIFTH TRAILER youtu.be/_MXKlgMZ3Jc?...

Big ups to Julian, our next-door neighbor at NYU's Game Innovation Lab, a long-time AI researcher protesting full-human-replacement as evil?! I recommend the accompanying blog-post; really articulates some high stakes at play in this discourse, and gives me many thoughts.

submitted my Quake level "One Need Not Be A House" to Quake Brutalist Jam 3, one of 50+ maps!! the mod will maybe release in a few weeks, after QA and bug fixes

Lazy Kickers (@sosowski.bsky.social) "A short incremental soccer game" Free - Browser: warpdoor.com/2025/12/08/l...

imo noclip.website needs vagrant story

tried to convince my mom to watch the gay hockey show but as soon as she heard "hockey" she was like nope

omg wow the fifa trophies have looked evil and monstrous and cursed for years already, like a fuckin dark souls item that will bring a new era of unfathomable suffering and despair

a few episodes into Severance S2… did the original writers leave or something? or maybe S1 was bad and I’m only realizing it now. or maybe there’s nowhere else for the concept to go

so many gay men discovering all the gay hockey sex books that straight women have already known about for years

Good idea using gaussians for tiled floor vegetation: yunfan.zone/gswt_webpage/ #3dgs #gamedev #rendering

my fav Unity dialogue system plugin making plans for a visual novel toolkit and more

one of the big national news stories in New Zealand right now: the country's first Ikea is opening, and everyone's embarrassed it's national news, but here we are

We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com

this is part of a train heist level I'm blocking out right now! the ladders let you sneak on top of the carriages (or maybe the NPC guards will flank you idk)

I have a Somewhat Unfavorable opinion of Justinian I

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

quake brutalism jam update. starting playtests now (grab it in the discord if you want to help) and then gonna squeeze in a final polish / set dressing pass before the deadline

I tried to make all the (non-american geriatric) millennials at my party participate in a tiktok trend and it did not go over well

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