With a green leaf that makes it look like an abstract tomato for some reason.
With a green leaf that makes it look like an abstract tomato for some reason.
Tip for balancing wizards: keep buffing them til their attacks visibly illuminate your face.
youtu.be/TBELTya013I .
A screenshot of a text box from Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown. Kathryn Janeway: Follow them! We'll get Tuvok's lungs back.
This is what gaming is all about
The Killing Stone is OUT NOW in Early Access
๐ Occult Card Battler
๐บ 17th Century Occult Horror Mystery
๐ Modern and 17th Century English
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Can you beat the Devil at his own game?
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A pink recycling bin sealed with a "coming soon!" label
Are we doing trailers for bins now
Met a very high resolution rabbit tonight, and a very sweet drawing of a rabbit I did not meet tonight.
A screenshot in which an obviously Roman character is greeting me, and my response options include "I'm Roman and I've just come from the future. "
The Forgotten City is a game about going back to Roman times, so when it came time to choose a name, I decided it was worth becoming someone I hate in return for also ruining the game.
If I ever taste a drink that is too spicy for me, it will be the death I always wanted.
(Swung by there today but they ran out! Livid. I might have to make a dedicated trip on Friday)
God damn, this one sounds like my cup of tea.
Tools.Wait(lifetime) StartSinking()
Accidentally summed it up.
"Time to lower my guard, even for a second."
"All of this has been useful so far" is an incredibly Act One sentence.
Bilbo looking at his phone top on bottom is ChatGPT After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it? You're absolutely right โ you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
We need scores out of ten!
My eyes are bad but I won't ruin the vibe with a flashlight.
The brains are in the grenades: How enemies think in Tactical Breach Wizards
youtu.be/gEFfBXQAtYE
I'm not going to GDC this year, so here's a little talk for free - on a thing I want to share before I forget how it works.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Day 3 of being woken up by a long, low foghorn-like sound:
It strikes me now that - given I live near the water and the weather has been foggy for 3 days - the explanation for this phenomenon may be closer to hand than previously realised.
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
My post-layoff professional hiatus has come to an end and I'm looking to rebuild my contact book. If you're in need of:
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The other one I wished I'd written was a Steam review for Pacific Drive:
S. T. A. L. C. A. R.
Sure, making games is great, but has anything I've done in the last 15 years truly matched the high of nailing a good strapline.
Goddamn, I only just saw the Resetera thread for @breachwizards.bsky.social has the best strap I've seen in all our coverage: www.resetera.com/threads/tact...
Rites in Tight Spaces.
Love this bit, when your Christmas License to Indulge has expired but your New Year's Obligation to Live Sensibly hasn't started yet.
Feels like a loophole.
I'll add: if the other game is out, that's a gift.
You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.
Extra-love this shit:
x I've got no choice.
x Fine, I'll do it.
-> I don't like this, but I'll do my duty.
Shepard: "I guess I don't have a choice."
This season, give yourself the gift of giving us less money:
๐งโโ๏ธ Tactical Breach Wizards is 35% off!
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๐ต๏ธ Gunpoint is 75% off!
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๐ Heat Signature is 75% off!
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You could use this phenomenon to write a secret message that people can only see while their skulls are being vibrated, and I just think that's neat.