a new jingle for @amazefest.bsky.social awards with music & sound design by @odaodaoda.bsky.social. i finally used render farm for the first time and it was like a 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂. ty again for the opportunity to renew it this time!

A Maze day 2: went to a series of inspiring talks by @farfama.bsky.social, @qdork.bsky.social, Iván McGill of Shaman Garage, Joanna Lyu of rect repair (collective from Shanghai) and watched the iconic Hyper Talks featuring @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com’s houses on pole My attention span is fine 👍

Nominees and their categories are now live! Really happy with the selection we made. They'll all be playable at the festival but you can try many of them now too. So many standout games. I'll be presenting some of the winners on the 15th.

I'll be at A MAZE this year doing various things - Talk on Experiential Design. Creating emotional resonance though visual poetics: Fri May 15, 12:00 - 12:30 CEST - Open Screens: Fri May 15, 14:00 - Presenting an award: Fri May 15, 19:30 CEST - One other thing TBA Check out the full schedule now!

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

I wrote a short sci-fi/fantasy piece for The Zium Digest which released in April. My story is about a phenomenon we experience everyday on Earth, but happens only once a lifetime on another planet. It's a vignette about the fear and wonder of something that seems so natural and innocent to us.

On May.15th between 2PM - 5PM in Berlin, I will be premiering an interactive sound art project/performance at @amazefest.bsky.social Open Screens, inspired by artist Pauline Oliveros. I will have a headphone splitter so multiple people can listen to the experience. This is a call to player: listen

Just finished playing this and it's a profoundly beautiful experience. 300 characters is not enough to covey how much I loved this. Will be processing my thoughts and sharing a longer blog post and review(ie. immense praise) soon. Blown away. Just please play this and support Denhop.

Trying to learn active ragdoll and I've made some strange progress

I'm riding 40 miles in the 5 Boro Bike Tour May 3 to raise funds for @gdocexpo.com! GDoCExpo has granted over $400K to game devs of color. Last year's event had 1,200+ attendees online & at 14 IRL watch parties, 1M+ showcase views. Donate now, it's tax-deductible: givebutter.com/GDoCBike/cattsmall

Bought Book of Travels today. I don't play MMOs but I've suddenly become interested because it's shutting down. Adds a melancholic meta narrative layer to the game. Since it's also a slower more meditative experience, it feels like the online equivalent to Season: A Letter to the Future

Working on the Japanese version of Solastalgia. Translation provided by @nicolith.bsky.social who has translated games like Mouthwashing, Arctic Eggs, 'No, I'm not a Human', & other small & big indie games. This version will premiere at an exhibition in June Warning: Loud discordant noises in video

Strongly considering making my own super tiny game engine for one very specific extremely small experience. The act of making the engine as the art piece. I have almost zero knowledge of what it takes to make an engine, but I want to burn the food in my own messy invention.

When I traveled to Ethiopia recently, I watched this hacker thriller film on the plane. There's a scene where a girl goes on a long explanation about the fundamentals of web development to the point it kinda feels like mid movie lecture

before and after post processing

I've been spending lots of time on post processing and camera movement. I'm heavily inspired by filmmakers Béla Tarr and Terrence Malick.

This was initially about 8 games, but I brought it down to 3 that matched the vibe I was going for. Atmospheric, esoteric, and mysterious. Check them out (and the glittery star tiled background on the page ✨✨✨)

Went to The International House of Curry aka CoCo Ichibanya WORLD, aka fast food chain cosplaying as fancy food. Was good. Met up with indie game translator extraordinaire @npckc.net and @nicolith.bsky.social. Many games nominated at A MAZE. were translated into Japanese by nicolith. So cool.

I still don't know how I survived making this. Try out Dust to Dust (extreme seizure warning) and all the other games that use Counter-Strike as the material for art.

Check out Dinwaa. It's a short visual novel about life as a switchboard operator in 1911 Chinatown. The Chinese Telephone Exchange was operated by a group of women that spoke five dialects of Chinese and had over 2000 names and numbers memorized.

city::ephemera has 99 ratings. Whether you liked it or hated it, now is your chance to take the coveted 100th spot. infinitetears.itch.io/cityephemera

New Exhibit:Play Curation 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social Counter-Strike as creative material. These projects use the classic multiplayer shooter as a canvas for artistic experimentation.

Started playing the nominations. It's been a really enjoyable experience. I'm making sure to write lots of notes and to play with a clear focused mind. After every game I go for a long walk to reflect and think instead of moving on to the next one. Treating every game with full care and attention.

Me, @gaemz.bsky.social, and @kaho.bsky.social are hosting an Alternate Reality game jam with Shanghai based collective [[rect*]]repair. If you're free in Tokyo on Saturday March.21st, signups are still open for the in-person [[alternative reality]]: JAM!. More details here itch.io/jam/alternat...

This week I've been really focused on some unique curated lists for @exhibitplay.com. - Struggling Standup Comedians - Arthouse Counter-Strike - Diegetic Game Boy Gameplay - Desert Wandering (focused on minimal gameplay, atmosphere, getting lost) - Wintery Wandering (same as above but winter)

I made my first original blender model. It's an Ethiopian basket. Used as wall decoration, but also to hold items or food. Texture sourced from a recent trip to Ethiopia.

so excited to be judging A MAZE entries this year - SO many cool and beautiful works to immerse myself in and share with you all 🔥

Super excited to be part of the jury for the A MAZE. Awards this year. So many incredible nominations. Feeling grateful for the opportunity to play a big role in the award show. See you in Berlin!

Testing Unity's strand-based hair package. It works pretty well for what I want to do. One of the main systems in TORI is the characters hair getting longer and longer throughout the experience.

We are excited to share the nominees for the 2026 A MAZE. Awards!  Congratulations to all the selected works!🦩 A huge thank you to all the incredible variety of interactive works, 435 entries from 78 countries, submitted. 🏆   #AMazeAwards #amaze2026 #mbbfunded #arthousegames

Tomorrow I'll be sharing two curated lists for @exhibitplay.com I made focused on short form atmospheric wandering. Deserts and Winter. No objectives or goals. Wandering as the main mechanic. It's also the direction I want to go with this site more. Small group of games. Less is more approach.

Check out the Dig Deeper section for a lot of cool links including a paper by @emmavphd.bsky.social titled "Tom Nook, Capitalist or Comrade?: On Nook Discourse and the Millennial Housing Crisis"

kevin’s PLAYING in berlin is out! Play it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3982990/... Play it on itch: kevindu.itch.io/berlin

New from Exhibit:Play 𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 Curated by @farfama.bsky.social Megastructure parkour games focused on vertical traversal, speed-climbing, and precision platforming through monolithic architecture. Filter by the aesthetics of brutalism, industrial, frutigo aero, and liminal.

Just finished playing Love Eternal. It's more than just a well made precision platformer. I'm not good at these games, but I happily stuck with it because of the unconventional storytelling that uses games as materials to tell an experimental narrative. I enjoyed it a lot. Very evocative atmosphere.

I just watched this deeply personal video essay about a lot of incredible tiny experimental games. @titanomachyrpg.com talks about these games with a lot respect, reflection, and attention. ocean::ephemera is discussed in the video alongside many other incredible experiences.

Question for anyone with Blender/texturing experience. What would the workflow look like to buy actual clothes (shirt, pants, hat), take photos of them together laid out flat (as if someone was wearing an outfit), and then mapping them to a low poly 3D character model?

Also found this interesting TTRPG where you need to solve a small town mystery through a group chat. "...instead of speaking, send text messages back and forth to the other characters in a group chat, as well as individually, as though they aren’t in the same place together." www.aliceismissing.com

At GÆMZ Tokyo meetup tonight, @thisisdotiris.bsky.social showed this meticulously crafted, deeply atmospheric liminal exploration game based on walking through Tokyo suburbs at night. Being made with a lot of care and attention by a two person (husband and wife) studio. Really looking forward to it.

New Exhibit:Play Curated List Curated by @farfama.bsky.social 🧠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡-𝐍𝐨𝐢𝐫 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 🧠 exhibitplay.com/tech-noir-ne... Neural hacking interfaces, memory manipulation, and dystopian mysteries in this curated collection of tech-noir brain hacking games.

Today’s the day!!! “David Lynch in Games: The Politics of the Surreal” going live at 6pm GMT youtu.be/xhojVR8vRjk?...

messed with some shaders and it turned out really cool

My game curation project @exhibitplay.com received its first supporter! This will go towards a fund for commissioning written pieces and original micro games based on one of the current lists. A call for pitches will happen soon. If you have the means, you can support the project on buymeacoffee.

On Monday 2 February at 6pm GMT, grab two cookies and a Gaza Cola, and join us for Game Assist’s first ever video podcast! We talk about David Lynch’s influence on games and the politics of the surreal for 3 hours, and we’ve even made some skits for you… Link to the premiere in reply!

Forgot to cite this quote. It's from the book 'Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy' by @benadavis.bsky.social. It's an incredible analysis of the current state of art. The quote is aptly at the very end of the 'AI Aesthetics and Capitalism' chapter.

Next Wednesday I'll be hosting our first experimental games meetup of the year. Come share what you're working on! Everyone is encouraged to share a bit about what you're working on. Share the ups, downs, sideways, and insides of your passion projects in this cozy little space.

I wish all games had a mode where it turns off all objectives, UI, encounters, quests, etc and just lets you vibe and appreciate well crafted environments. It becomes a completely different experience when you roam with only your own zero distraction curiosity.

I'll be at Tokyo Indies tonight to support my friends presentations about his game Doom Spiral. I've been helping out with the project a bit and it'll be releasing soon! He'll be sharing how the feedback at various Tokyo Indies demo sessions has helped the project.

The Procession of Horses in Motion. A 5 minute 55 second experimental software film made with Unity3D that renders thousands of horses in realtime. The focus for this was purely on cinematic poetics rather than interactivity. Download and watch infinitetears.itch.io/the-processi...