you gotta check out ozymandias’ badass new statue man. it’s two big feet and nothing else. he made it that way

Spoilers for Strange Finds without context

Preparing for another round of playtesting Strange Finds... may the Lord have mercy on my soul...

I am particularly excited about this amphora... that's a nice amphora man

Almost ready to playtest Strange Finds again... I am very excited to get people's feedback on all these puzzles

Do you know about Medjed? This little bean, known as "The Smiter", is a minor deity who appears in some copies of The Book of the Dead.

Classical reception studies lives in the abyss and Christopher Nolan is about to send us all a meaty whale carcass to consume for months

My favorite video game from The Islamic Republic of Japan is Super Mahmoud Bros.

THE ACKROOMS

It's out. The demo for Throughput is live. A city sim where the traffic, the pathfinding, and the soundtrack are the same system--build the city, watch it breathe. Free to try, link's below. Go build something unexpected #gamedev #dnb

Strange Finds has crossed 1,000 wishlists! Here's a look behind the scenes at what's been going on, ft. Mitso the donkey once again:

We all want what Wall-E had, we all want to meet an elegant baddie that is low-key a little scary with it that you can show all your Items to

Very important in game dev to have a go-to Little Guy for all your placeholder art

Really incredible game at a frankly silly price, jump on this

A 1,500 year old Roman mosaic from Istanbul/Constantinople depicting a scene from rural life, (featuring a rather suspicious donkey). The Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul. #History #HistoryMatters

Tired: How far along are you? (pregnancy) Wired: How far along are you? (Outer Wilds Echoes of the Eye DLC)

we're seeing if grogu's entire body can fit inside the gom jabbar box

I started doing this kind of thing a long time ago to give the fully remote teams I was on something to talk about together! Five years later and the WIP Shitpost Agenda still lives on...

"And he does, indeed, go on." When I start a rant, there's really no stopping me, and apparently I ranted enough during my chat about AI with @woodwould.bsky.social that he was able to write an entire other article about it. 😅

At least I finally have some more pottery though

Manually overriding my deepest rooted conditioning with a screwdriver in order to get this game done in a way that doesn't split me into pieces in the process ☺️☺️🙏

What does an archaeologist do all day? Well… I’m glad you asked

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: an amazing #Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Presumably made in workshop in Cologne, found in a grave in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, 4th c. AD. 🧵1/2

This is also one of the most humbling parts of working on a big IP. As a fan, you see each universe as a, at minimum, intentional decision factory. Then you join the army of professionals... making stuff up to hit deadlines. Not a bad thing! Just, how the thing you love was made in the first place.

Steam Next Fest is behind us, but you can still check out the demo of Strange Finds on Steam! Thanks to everyone who has supported the game's development so far🏺🧿

I think if you call yourself sumerian records and then you have an egyptian setting in your fucking icon you should be arrested

Day 63 of posting a new The Parthenon from my archaeology game

My lifelong ambition of putting Lucian on the map continues apace 😤😤 Be sure to check out this conversation with me and my very cool coworkers!

Just put a TikTok in my drafts for the first time instead of posting it immediately, because I have the poise and self-restraint of an ancient philosopher

Ayyy everygobby! I had some time to think about the demos we played last night, here's a couple of my favorites! Strange Finds - by @thelordofhands.bsky.social Unearth ancient ruins to piece together the lost history of your ancestors. store.steampowered.com/app/4278870/...

Truck-Kun is Supporting Me From Another World - by @strangescaffold.bsky.social Assist a business woman you unceremoniously isekai into an RPG world by plowing into more things for her level up with. Really solid, arcade-y fun. New Age Simpsons Road Rage. store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” ― James Baldwin

🏺 I knew that votive phallic pieces were a thing, but I’ve never seen one made of faience before. The more you know, I guess! From the Royal Ontario Museum 📜 collections.rom.on.ca/objects/2051...

After two hundred years of polishing up my Gameplay Loop and Player Fantasy I am finally beginning work on Level 3 of Strange Finds, with no time to waste. Every site in the game is going to look like this for at least a couple of weeks

Never knew I needed manlet Odysseus in my life

One! One Thousand Downloads of the Demo for Strange Finds! Ah, Ah, Ah

Being in Greece always gives me dangerous ideas... what if I overhauled the shrub system

Ten years ago, in Delos, on Mama's birthday.

Unironically using stories I’ve heard from the gaming industry in the last few years to flesh out the Bronze Age collapse scenario in my archaeology game

I've added a player feedback questionnaire to the demo build of Strange Finds which is currently part of Steam Next Fest. If you have played the game and you have a moment, please let me know your thoughts on it! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We have extended the Games and Archaeological Play call for zines until July 17th! Anyone can submit a zine: you do not need to attend or register for the conference to submit. gapworkshop.org/call-for-pap...

One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth

Why do I make videogames? It’s simple: more notifications when I get up in the morning

maybe the reason video games take so long to make now is that everyone knows that shipping a video game is the fastest path to being laid off

The house we are staying in has this book full of detailed reconstructions of ancient Greek ships… are you Kidding me Man…..

I am in a ferry crossing the Aegean now as I am designing a puzzle about trade routes crossing the Archipelago… the content writes itself

The demo for Strange Finds is live as an early part of Steam Next Fest! Dig up ruins, piece together finds, and restore the timeline of a lost civilization... Huge thanks to @writnelson.bsky.social for helping to bring the game this far! Check it out at store.steampowered.com/app/4278870/...

just bloom already

Play this game and enjoy my wack ass mafia vampires