Unless you are trying to prove the player's own futility to them or frustrate them :) which is a valid game design decision! Just uh, be aware that this is what you're doing.

in the city #photography

🩷 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜 🏙️

Grateful to podcasts 99% Invisible and The Empty Bowl for distracting me from my physical misery during a particularly nasty flu these last few days

Pretty disappointed in both @humblebundle.com and especially in @girlswhocode.bsky.social. Please teach girls how to code, don't push them into generative AI. That won't build their skills. Prioritize foundational programming skills and awaken their interest. "Tired of long days writing code"???

Quantic Foundry does legit trustworthy analysis of gamer behaviour, and these survey results are shockingly negative toward genAI, to the point where I’m more hopeful that data driven mobile and AAA backpedals on their uses.

recent places #photography

Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:

Hello everyone! Just want to remind you that the deadline for BitSummit submissions is December 31st (submission fee: ¥2750). Late entries are open until January 16, 2026 (¥5500). Looking forward to seeing your games! For more information visit bitsummit.org.

The only acceptable amount of genAI usage is zero, IMO.

I'd forgotten what it was like before I had anti-dust mite sheets and didn't think about getting some where we're currently staying until just recently, when I realised that it's probably why I've been having regular coughing fits for nearly two months.

Eating is multi-purpose in BIG HOPS

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Maruyama Park, Ito, Dec 3rd.

The ginkgos at Yoyogi park looked magical last week

BITS & BOPS IS OUT NOW! 🎶 🎮 Over 20 original rhythm mini-games! 🎵 Catchy music! ⚡ Snappy gameplay! ✨ Gorgeous 2D animation! PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM! 💕

Where my 3D animators at?

more recent places #photography

Important update from our trip to the Izu Peninsula

some photos I took yesterday #photography

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

Btw, Tim proposed. (It was exactly one month ago, on our 9th anniversary, on a bridge with this view.) @ironicaccount.bsky.social is a pretty good guy, so I said yes.

It's Chiikawa Bakery Time

Never gonna tire of autumn foliage here. This time closer to home, in Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park in Tokyo. 🍁

Japan is the only place in the world where I can see my game physically in a store. It makes me happy every time. Thanks @sdxgames.bsky.social ❤️

Went out for dinner with @shelleylowe.com and @conundrum.bsky.social and cooked an okonomiyaki with an entire camembert cheese wheel inside

escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator

this is a real indie dev horror story an unorthodox game getting pre banned by steam and the team patently and methodically attempting to get in touch with a human at valve to sort it out and just getting nowhere

"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...

Met up with @mixolumia.com at an izakaya and got gifted a snack by a nice random drunk guy who came over to our table to say hello. Then upon payment the waitress gave me a hand-made coupon for two free yakitori skewers. (Is it two skewers or two per person?)

The highlight of the day for me though was Choanji Temple in peak autumn foliage season.

That awkward moment when you realise the cute cafe/bookshop you've sat down in clearly belongs to a cult

Shinkansen trips never get old. On our way to Hakone earlier this week.

let this be the beginning #pixel #pixelart

🚨 NEW MYTHMATCH DEMO 🚨 🏹 2 hours 🏹 Progress will carry to the full game! 🏹 New Olympian + Minigame store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... #cozyquest2025

𝖇𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖔 𝖘𝖊𝖒 𝖋𝖎𝖒 #pixelart

What's that on the Steam homepage? Oh it's Unpacking as a ✨ Daily Deal ✨ at our lowest discount yet, 60% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/...

Ado concert at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday was amazing as always! 💙🩵

If you thought Frankenstein's Tower in the Guillermo del Toro movie looked cool, check out the real-world inspiration behind it...

A little while ago we got ourselves a very tall and skinny bin, and today I finally got some sorting stickers for it! We have three others for additional bin categories. I want to get some kind of crates or squat bins that will fit under our sink for those...

Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art. I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

Lovely Assistant

Yesterday we happened upon an elderly man walking his pet giant tortoise. They stopped for a snack and let me take a photo.

It's one thing to understand it. It's another to internalize it. I've been getting a lot of help with both recently. 😌 (Diagrams by me because diagraming & documenting is a critical part of my internalization process.)

I know it's not Halloween anymore but I just finished this game and what a delight it was ❤️ highly recommend!

Over 11 years in the making, undoubtedly the most accomplished, polished management sim I've ever played and it just launched! Congratulations @greenheartgames.bsky.social

A friend wanted me to complete her Animate stamp card before they are retired tomorrow so Tim and I became Hazbin Hotel fans and went to the Hazbin Hotel Butler Cafe & Lounge

Hey so uh @ironicaccount.bsky.social and I are in Tokyo for a year. What's up Japan-based pals 👋🏼

I'm not sure If I ever shared this here as a gif - but its neat so take a look