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@bsg-joel

Programmer, writer & community on DREDGE ๐ŸŽฃ at Black Salt Games ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Nebula, Hugo and 4x BAFTA nominee.

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i'm going to show you i care by releasing a $20 dlc of new mackerel sprites

20.02.2026 21:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a steam forum post reading: "Since you no longer love this game nor care. Maybe you the Devs could maybe sell off the rights? Maybe open this up to modders?"

a steam forum post reading: "Since you no longer love this game nor care. Maybe you the Devs could maybe sell off the rights? Maybe open this up to modders?"

was feeling too good about myself so decided to visit our steam forums

20.02.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 166 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

being bad at rimworld is better than being good at rimworld

04.01.2026 18:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a screenshot from a game. the shot looks out over a cliff, with green grass and seed-heads in the foreground. it's dark, in the early hours of the morning. the cloudless sky is a greeny-blue with smudges of pink and purple purple. unknown constellations. on the ground below the cliff, a forest sprawls into the foggy distance. a low saddle-hill rises in the distance.

a screenshot from a game. the shot looks out over a cliff, with green grass and seed-heads in the foreground. it's dark, in the early hours of the morning. the cloudless sky is a greeny-blue with smudges of pink and purple purple. unknown constellations. on the ground below the cliff, a forest sprawls into the foggy distance. a low saddle-hill rises in the distance.

please enjoy the very first (and very early) screenshot from our second game.

there's a lot of this world still left to build, but i can promise that none of it will ever involve gen-AI.

27.12.2025 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 93 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025 has seen some great video games, but there's one that took me by surprise, and i've not seen enough folks talk about: DEATH HOWL by @11bitstudios.bsky.social

it's an earthy, primal, pixel-art deckbuilder that is NOT a roguelike, for once. it's a total breath of fresh air and i adore it.

26.12.2025 19:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

agree, i will never not simp for this game

26.12.2025 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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luna says happy christmas from new zealand

24.12.2025 19:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 20 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

omg hell yes

19.12.2025 07:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

followed by the cut to the extremely tepid "it's a shame" comment from trump

14.12.2025 05:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

congratulations on the launch!

09.12.2025 22:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

honestly i think you win the photo competition. badass pic

05.12.2025 08:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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we won ipad game of the year lmao

05.12.2025 04:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 85 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we almost made an RTS instead of making dredge but decided that it was too risky because the audience was too hard to please

02.12.2025 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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filming something

27.11.2025 04:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

very stoked to be nominated; however, i am now obligated to travel to LA in the coming weeks

20.11.2025 02:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

show the card

19.11.2025 03:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it was honestly such a great experience and thoroughly honoured the destiny saga in both gameplay and narrative

13.11.2025 05:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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insane to be stacked up amongst these other great games

13.11.2025 01:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they will improve discoverability by helping me identify which games i will not play

05.11.2025 19:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

worked for me

25.09.2025 00:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

he helped broker a recent ceasefire between cambodia and thailand

30.08.2025 05:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you'll be the first to know

28.08.2025 23:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜Ž

28.08.2025 22:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's so funny to me that this keeps happening. i was literally playing Dave the Diver when I got a discord DM from jaeho

28.08.2025 22:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you should've seen my face a few months ago when i spent all weekend playing Two Point Museum and then got into work the next day to find an email from them in our inbox asking to collab

28.08.2025 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 70 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wait until you find out you can slot additional, randomly generated skill trees into that one

25.08.2025 08:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

our friends next door JUST announced their tactical rollerblading game

20.08.2025 04:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you for letting me add another fish shirt to my collection

18.08.2025 02:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

concerning news for joels

25.07.2025 00:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the opening track from godspeed you! was my gateway into the entire post rock genre

05.07.2025 02:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0