In the airport about to fly to WWDC and I just released a big update to Hour by Hour that allows seamless importing of schedules and agendas from almost anywhere: a URL, a screenshot or just the plain text. So while sitting waiting for my flight I recorded a quick video:

Kickstarter for @thepixelhunt.bsky.social's new game is LIVE! As always, they produce some of the most thought provoking games out there. BACK IT!

The GodotCon talk @franzlazerte.bsky.social & I gave on editor tools is now live: youtu.be/Pk2FFBlgexg We talk about: - tool scripts - inspector buttons & plugins - editor plugins - undo support - shortcuts - how to export to all platforms with a single bash script - and more! #godotengine

Excellent, certainly though not *quite* as excellent as they could be 😏 At the very last minute I heard I’ll be making it to WWDC this year anyhow, can’t wait!

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It's with a heavy heart that I’ve just updated my Bluesky profile to now read ‘QA (retired)’. 😕 My current health situation (Gorlin Syndrome, with ‘permanent’ Vismodegib chemotherapy, along with memory issues, partly from Long Covid) has made the last couple of jobs very difficult. 🫤 Post 1/2.

Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx

Made a wee app today. Might call it Vent Till Late. Might not actually release it though because that's actual work and Americans don't need it anyway 🤷‍♂️

It's my birthday today! So I gift to you four pictures of my cat Fanta.

We have BIG NEWS... Schrodinger's Cat Burglar is OUT NOW! ⚛️ Brain-twisting quantum puzzles 👥 Play in both solo or coop 🔬Plenty of secrets and hidden areas 🎨Full cat customisation! store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

This week (so far???): 2 Apple Design Award nominations, 3 Develop Award nominations including Best Indie Studio. 🤯

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I can highly recommend @kagi.com. Haven’t done a Google search in months. And they have a cute mascot.

We’re pretty thrilled with this - TR-49 has been nominated for *two* Apple design awards We love the mobile form factor and always have - the immediacy of it and the lower barrier to entry - and we’re dead chuffed to have that recognised!

I've been helping test Indigo, and it's fantastic! Beautifully designed, with some suuuper smart features that help integrate Bluesky and Mastodon in genuinely smart ways. Recommended, and congrats on the release @benricem.bsky.social @aaronvegh.melkat.blue

Introducing Indigo A beautiful new app for Bluesky and Mastodon and the best way to experience both social networks together. It's tough keeping up with everyone when they're split across networks but Indigo brings them together for a seamless social experience. apps.apple.com/us/app/indigo-...

The 48 hour digital movie rental deadline was not designed with parents of small kids in mind.

The cat's outta the box! 📦🙀 Schrodinger's Cat Burglar has a launch date! COMING TO STEAM 🗓️ MAY 21 Wishlist now ⤵️ store.steampowered.com/app/2111550/...

📜 HEAVEN'S VAULT - BOOK 4 📜 The Rising Light is OUT NOW from the inkle bookshop! 📕 shorturl.at/o6tqJ 📕 The floodwaters have risen. A new threat looms. The only hope is a lost legend. Can a secret be hidden in a single word? Aliya and Six will have to travel beyond the rivers to find out...

Major Spoilers -- but a great breakdown of the literature behind the literature behind the game

For those of you who have been following the "saga" of Heaven's Vault from its earliest days -- the end is coming, sooner than you might think. forms.gle/DEkeNMu35Vj7...

Steam is apparently taking away the Popular Upcoming list, which takes release dates into account, and replacing it with an Upcoming list with all future releases NOT taking release date into account. are indies losing another opportunity for visibility? www.reddit.com/r/IndieDev/c... #gamedev

Ugggh this is so awful. I'm hoping we can gradually drop our Photoshop addiction. I have so much muscle memory built up, and sometimes PSD is the required format for design assets at various organisations, but maybe I should experiment with other tools some more

Moonrise! I've never seen the moon have such an orange glow on the horizon like this. Crazy! (Shot from my window with my phone)

Come to the sea, Moira. Come as fast as you can! #Beltane

Rasheed’s beautiful, necessary game about the nakba is now crowdfunding. At a time when Palestinian lives, voices and humanity are being erased, it’s more important than ever to support Palestinians making art — particularly, as Rasheed is, in the occupied territories. Support + share please 🔥✨

Just rediscovered this video I made! Such a great moment

I kinda wish it was common to have something part way between open source and commercial software: - you buy the software/subscription and you get the source - you can fork it to add your own features, fix stuff - but it's clear if you contribute back there's no expectation of payment

What is the reason that Apple builds something like Apple Notes backed by an SQLite database as opposed to just a bunch of local rich text files + an index? (Like Obsidian etc)

You can now buy the soundtrack to TR-49 from @composerchapman.bsky.social on Bandcamp!

A very early website design for inkle (2011). I don't think it ever quite looked like this, but the old skeuomorphism did make me smile when I stumbled over it this morning 🙂 You can already see the joined papery aesthetic that made it into Frankenstein and Sorcery!

GodotCon last week was fantastic! A bunch of great talks, and I fell in love with Amsterdam. Happy to have met online friends IRL for the first time, and made some lovely new ones 👋 @adriaan.games, @migueldeicaza.bsky.social, @josephhill.bsky.social @baroness.bsky.social, @esteeland.bsky.social

Lovely discussion A Highland Song by @tinygamechronicles.bsky.social

Coffee pilgrimage to Dak in Amsterdam made! cc @strasser.bsky.social

Super helpful talk from @reduz.bsky.social at #GodotCon on how they decide what PRs / features may be accepted in @godotengine.org#GodotCon Very happy they are strict about this in the interests of preventing Godot getting bloated.

@ziplockbagman.bsky.social you were quoted at #godotcon just now :) in a talk about QA and automation

Super impressive version control tech designed for artists and designers to collaborate with live Google Docs style editing in Godot scene files. Separate from git and actually complementary. Backstitch: #GodotCon

We game developers are a rather homogeneous looking bunch, but if you're at #GodotCon and want to chat inkle, ink, Godot, game dev, this is what I look like!

I find it crazy that by knowing English and German I can read like 60-70% of basic written Dutch, starting from zero. If I lived in the Netherlands, on the one hand I'd never have to learn Dutch (SO much English here). But from seeing it context I'd absorb so much vocabulary really fast, I think.

@nojoule.com great talk! I don’t work with pixel art but the shader magic was very inspiring!

Travelling to Amsterdam for #GodotCon tomorrow! Anyone else I know going?

Proud of this one

If you work in games and want food for thought, there's no food tastier or more nutritious than the Kaleidoscope podcast right now. Every episode has been an absolute banger so far, brilliant thoughtful discussions with great guests. Kudos @jon.inkle.co and @sagarberoshi.bsky.social !

🎉 It's Heaven's Vault's 7th birthday today! 🎉 To celebrate we're sharing a first look at the next Heaven's Vault-related release from us the fourth (and final) book in the novellisation sequence. Here's the gorgeous cover, with art from @anastasiawyatt.bsky.social and design by @joe.inkle.co

congrats to the entire team at @outerloopgames.bsky.social for the launch of Dosa Divas! Will look forward to checking it out soon — it looks thoroughly gorgeous and vibrant 🎉

Feast your eyes

John is my new favourite human. He’s written positive reviews of both Substage and Hour by Hour now 🤩

OMG I couldn't have hoped for a better review of Hour by Hour! Thanks @johnvoorhees.macstories.net ❤️

TR-49 patch is through review, should be out imminently, if not already!