I've been commissioned to write a piece about games based on real places that changed peoples' perception of that place or had some kind of local impact - are you a dev who made a game like this? Or are you a player who has a story about a game that inspired you to visit somewhere? Let me know!

THERAPIST: How are you feeling today? PATIENT: Like I could ship an indie game. THERAPIST: I think we need to reduce your dosage.

I could play Slice & Dice forever with this lad

Been at this point in the game project for the last month where it's become so huge the following things have happened: 1. Weird, unpredictable bugs frequently emerging from sprawling codebase. A shocking bug yesterday: congratulations on reaching the end - oh wait you're dead. 1/5

grok put John in a bikini

i feel attacked

Game Development

In this Choose Your Own Adventure, you can go to bed or... implement that game save feature. YOU HAVE SELECTED THE BAD ENDING: YOU ARE NOW PERMANENTLY TIRED, FOREVER

Is this like @electrondance.com

Last reminder that I posted the 34th Crashbook last week. You can find it here: www.electrondance.co... SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Routine, The Killing Stone, Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists, VHOLUME

'Tis Christmas and I offer a Crashbook to read. Twenty-seven games I spotted but have not played. Are they good or are they not so good? That is the question Shakespeare once mused. The unplayed games are here: www.electrondance.co... SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Oeuf, Prophet Margin, Katanaut, Keeper.

Another day, another Crashbook. This is a joke, of course, as I haven't posted a new Crashbook for months. But here it is: www.electrondance.co... SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: Cadence, Caput Mortum, Denshattack!, Horsess

A week ago I posted the latest Crashbook containing 27 games I haven't played. Today, I actually post about it on social media. Find them all on the site here: www.electrondance.co... SCREENSHOTS SHOWN: 9 Kings, Apparatus Examinus, Archrebel Tactics, Blippo+

This Christmas I made a short twine that needed my two children to coordinate a search for infrastructure id codes eg. lamp post, a bridge. The reward was the final Xmas present (the board game Diatoms). It worked great, was fun watching live video feed of my daughter running around the streets 😂

Grudge match with @vfig.bsky.social #DavesWordGame

Awesome - Woodworm has been released commercially! The original free version was an ingenious little thing and much harder than you'd expect. store.steampowered.com/app/3404590/...

Last reminder that I wrote a short post on the bite-sized DAVE'S WORD GAME. "So far I’ve never scored a full board, but I have scored a board minus one. This is the way." In fact, I have scored a full board since posting the article. HA. Read: www.electrondance.co...

Joel's words on DAVE'S WORD GAME. "Five minutes of picking out words you like morphs into fifteen minutes of headshotting critical targets with laser precision because you give the FULLEST of fucks, plotting not just the next move, but the next move beyond." Read here: www.electrondance.co...

On Dave's Word Game from @bearwaves.com: "There’s nothing like miscalculating and finishing a row, seeing your hard work at assembling a 4×4 strike vandalised with renewed letters, like so much GRAFFITI." A few more words on the subject can be found here: www.electrondance.co...

After seeing discussions about the game's dictionary today, I fear I might have just mistyped. It's not the first time I got the proportionally think I's in the wrong place

"You got the six-letter word HOUSES? Nice, have six points. You got the six-letter word ZYGOTE? Nice, have six points. Oh, you sweated over it? Nice, have six points. You think you deserve more? Nice, have six points." I wrote about my current daily crush, DAVE'S WORD GAME: www.electrondance.co...

Ok this is pretty fun Tempted to add this to the Lexispell lol

I made myself a Cinco Paus shirt. Fifty magic sigils 🤘🤘

Yup, 255 passages now, almost at the magic number of 16²

Well @vfig.bsky.social I guess this is how it's going to be going forward, forever trumping my WISDOM with your OBSTINATE words

So I finally finally cleared the board in Dave's Word Game and I've managed to achieve a score worse than yesterday's towering 200, this is unfair and I demand emotional reparations

I was quite proud of the work I did here today. Best score I've ever pulled off in Dave's Word Game.

Just like that old IT adage: you should always eat your own crabfood

I originally pitched the title "Dave's Word Game Best Word Game Fun Relaxing Puzzle Brain Training With Friends 2025" But the guys turned it down for being "obvious SEO bait", "bad for our brand" and "makes me want to vomit" Too late to change it now Playdwg.com #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev

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?

can they be in the same bedroom

To be fair, London does feel like it exists in its own private timezone

not saying I've gone abroad too often this year but I'm currently writing while on a train to Oxford and just looked at the time then reminded myself that I had to account for the......time difference? with London?

106 hours of inking. The end is nigh. #TTRPG #InkDrawing #WorkInProgress

Herd is now finally out. Available as a physical game and as print files. Physical version is also part of the Letibus Bundle for 10% off. There are 100 free community copies of print files on Itch.io. blazgracar.com/herd

Well this sucks, what the fuck, letters Dave's Word Game coming soon from @bearwaves.com - find words, get high score from line/block clearing. As much about geometry and planning ahead as word searching.

Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS. Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.

Well this sucks, what the fuck, letters Dave's Word Game coming soon from @bearwaves.com - find words, get high score from line/block clearing. As much about geometry and planning ahead as word searching.

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/...

Endlight is 50% off ($10CAN/$7.50US). If you're EST, you've got 6.5 hours to prepare! If you're in Tokyo ... look just buy it. This "Right To Replay" has been fine tuned and I hate hate HATE the final level. At the time I thought it was funny (it has Infected Hoops), but NOPE.

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 🧡

Sleeping

I suspect even if I finish The Game before Christmas - I'm definitely on the final lap now - it probably won't be a good time to put it out - early January then? And once it is done, the final part of Black Prince will be posted. why, no, these aren't related at all why would you think that

Back in the home town, a few minutes of nostalgia before the vape shops come crushing in

incredible quote lol

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

Never underestimate Ozymandius

13 Mar 2021, 6.23pm: I wonder what shit they're getting up to in Doctor Who, I don't even like the series, but just curious (clicks a Who video on YouTube) Every day since: don't recommend this Who channel, don't recommend this Who channel, don't recommend