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jcsirron.bsky.social
Digital and analog game designer. One third of The Adventure Mechanics. https://podcast.theadventuremechanics.com/
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It's official! My first microtalk at GDC, alongside @nehapolitan.bsky.social and @rikukat.bsky.social ! It's part of the Independent Games Summit, entitled You Are Not Alone. I'm super excited! Details: schedule.gdconf.com/session/inde...

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

I'm working on a game jam and this is the basic effect I have for the auto-battler portion of it:

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

The #LDJam and #GameDev community are the best. 💜 I had only started making my announcement that I was stepping away to "make money to pay scary bills", before the community stepped up to say "nah". 💜 ldjam.com/events/ludum... I'm not ready to say LD2025 is uncancelled, but things are optimistic.

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

support this man. ludum dare is very important #GameDev #GameJam #LDJam www.patreon.com/mikekasprzak

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

chris crawford is on bsky! inspiring 1993 talk youtu.be/CBrj4S24074?... classic game studies book ahead of the time ia902207.us.archive.org/31/items/art... thread with his 2020 visit on my podcast and links to interviews bsky.app/profile/chri... many new interviews, projects, look'em up! follow

submitted 46 days ago • 1 comment

Reupload: Full Metul Jakket

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

"games didn't used to need yellow paint" sure level of detail was so low there wasn't any distraction. no realistic clutter. simple light & shadow. nearly every door was identical, or you'd go to the enormous differently lit hole. I liked this and still do but that isn't what most people buy anymore

submitted 63 days ago • 10 comments

Build 42 UNSTABLE has arrived for #ProjectZomboid! Find out what's in it, what's coming soon, and how you can join in the testing here: projectzomboid.com/blog/news/20...

submitted 76 days ago • 11 comments

Game devs, why do you do it?

submitted 82 days ago • 14 comments

It's Steam Awards nominations time, and I want to make a case for @juliaminamata.bsky.social's game, "The Crimson Diamond" for "Outstanding Visual Style." Look at that lovingly crafted EGA and tell me it isn't the very definition of outstanding in the homogeneity of today's gaming landscape.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Big news for my cozy little game: 🐷🫧 Pixel Washer will appear in INDIE Live Expo! Stream goes live Saturday, December 7th at 10am GMT. It's late in my timezone but I'm so happy to be included that I might stay up for it 😭 https://youtube.com/live/Vy8hA7qKAdk #INDIELiveExpo #screenshotsaturday

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

ENSEMBLE Interviewed me about creating the pixel art for The Crimson Diamond! It's a great chat and includes some fun side-by-side comparisons of rough sketches vs finished art! Check it out! www.ensemble.art/blog/creatin...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament can now be downloaded for free, Epic Games just gave the OldUnreal folks permission to host installers for both games on their website. It'll install the games and the OldUnreal patches to make them run on modern systems without hassles.

submitted 109 days ago • 65 comments

Playing some UFO 50: Quibble Racing with my spouse this evening. I think I may end up on the couch, the way I'm playing!

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

For all that is game dev, please stop thinking other game designers are your target audience! There's simply not enough designers in the world to make that push worth while. If you want feedback, then sure, show it to other devs. For sales? Make. Your. Player. Profile. Game devs aren't it.

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

A new #TheAdventureMechanics side quest is out! I talk about using game reviews to improve your game. Listen here: podcast.theadventuremechanics.com/2024/10/chan...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Happy hallow-week, #ScreenshotSaturday friends! MythForce may be a cartoon-themed action game, mechanically, but it's also chockablock full of horror-fantasy monsters. Perfect for a little halloweenesque co-op fun with your friends!

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

A new #TheAdventureMechanics episode is out! We talk about Far: Lone Sails, the cinematic side scroller. Listen here: podcast.theadventuremechanics.com/2024/09/podc... #Podcast

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

A new #TheAdventureMechanics is out! I talk about step two of getting started in game design. Listen here: podcast.theadventuremechanics.com/2024/04/podc... #podcast #gamedev

submitted 322 days ago • 0 comments

Hot off the presses! 📰The latest Crimson Gazette! My game dev chat with @cosmicvoid.bsky.social ! @aghotspot.bsky.social's "33 Upcoming Adventure Games of 2024"! Plus my EGA portraits in NoClip's Monkey Island doc, cross-stitching progress, & more! www.thecrimsondiamond.com/CrimsonGazet...

submitted 380 days ago • 0 comments