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Data scientist, game enjoyer, & occasional game dev. 📍 Chicago My finest work: https://sparrowsolitaire.com/ Video game ratings: https://www.backloggd.com/u/vogelscript/ Board game ratings: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/madvogel
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This year I'm excited to get back into gaming more and want to stay on top of logging what I play on Backloggd. To keep me motivated, I'll continuously update this thread with impressions or a brief review of every new game I play in 2025! 🧵 More details here: www.backloggd.com/u/vogelscript/

【C105 新刊情報】 冬コミケ、出ます!! 今回は本です!! 「英語がわからなくても遊べる! PLAYDATEソフト100選」 Playdateがもっと日本で流行って欲しいので本を書きました!! 12月30日月曜日、 西う31bです!! 宜しくお願いします!! #Playdate #Playdatedev #c105 #1bit @play.date

Spotify wrapped is nice but how about letting us see our listening stats year-round like the old Google Play music and iTunes used to do?

👋 Hi, I'm Mac! I've been lurking for long time now without introducing myself properly. I'm a data scientist based in Chicago and I love design, data visualization, urbanism, all forms of gaming, and game dev. I may not post much but I try to follow & share along these interests 🙂. Cheers!

The results of the @play.date Community Census 2024 are ready to view. playdate-wiki.com/wiki/Playdat... Once again, this data science and summary wouldn't have been possible without @vogelscript.bsky.social. Now let me share a few highlights. #playdate

Thought I was being cool by throwing the orb... it had other plans.

📣 I just open sourced and released the⚙️Options menu we use in #SparrowSolitaire https://t.co/LkUriO9Q8H This a stand-alone class with many common menu features like dirty tracking, reset to defaults, toggle switches, sliders, and more! Lmk if you have questions or comments! https://t.co/xwQcg...

#TearsOfTheKingdom is my favorite Pilotwings game

This is such a cool list! I've played 46 of these games, how about you? https://twitter.com/samwrite/status/1656283318499913728

Incredible to see our dock support in the wild, thank you! https://twitter.com/StivX_/status/1653053104747687938

All the games in this drop are great but ART& is the standout for me so far. Feels like a mini open world experience on Playdate. So much to do and see! A Pulp technical marvel 🧐 https://twitter.com/LDBR_art/status/1650910803497828385

I hope people find this little new cursor shortcut useful. I added it by accident when @gingerbeardman originally described his "charging the cursor" concept. https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/1649809657047728128

➡️Out now: a large v1.1 update for #SparrowSolitaire! Includes new tile designs, rebalanced audio, weather effects, a docked music playing mode, advanced cursor shortcuts, bug fixes, and more! 📝Changelog here: https://t.co/qcDyDYYgNS https://t.co/ExuIZL4UPX

While Matt was writing this *excellent* post, I wrapped up edits on the official #SparrowSolitaire wiki page! https://t.co/KZJj78O6hy It includes things like - 📝strategy tips - 💡trivia - ⚙️how to mod the game with your own tileset or background designs Check it out! https://t.co/yEF3t41heU

Not too different from what we ended up with! https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/1355460562143113218

I hope the world will appreciate @gingerbeardman's dedication to "font tweaks" over the last 24 hours 😂(there's an entire second page to this)

Opened the source code for my 8 month old prototype for the first time in a while... 🤔

Admiring the golden gate scenery and the @strangestIO physical copy of Shining/Shadow Gadget while catching ghosts on my Land's End hike. #totallynotanad #notsponsored #playdate #gdc

So glad it (kinda) worked out! Great photos! It was an honor to carry you guys around on my iPad, and the battery only drained 60%! https://twitter.com/Guv_Bubbs/status/1638347036511842305

Today is a great day to buy #SparrowSolitaire! Not only is it @itchio creator day, but the early-access discount will end in a few weeks. The amount of content in the release version (for a measly $2 extra) is mind-blowing; I can't wait to show it off! https://vogelscript.itch.io/sparrow-solitaire

I spent too much time playing all the new #playdate Catalog games over the past few days. There's plenty of variety and likely something for everyone, even if they weren't all my jam. Check out my reviews here: https://www.backloggd.com/u/vogelscript/list/playdate-catalog-games/ #indiegames

Timelapse of using the #SparrowSolitaire built-in level editor to create a brand new layout (featuring our new un-removable "barrier" tiles). #screenshotsaturday #playdate #gamedev https://t.co/Xuh0FRsNCN

Great discussion and highly recommend listening if you want to learn more about Sparrow Solitaire before buying. Or, wait a bit longer and get the full release when it's ready which will incorporate a lot of the feedback mentioned in this episode! https://t.co/fMrZHBOkFb

Super cool to be featured here! And good timing too, since we're hoping the full release will be out in a month or so. I also recently started a devlog detailing more of the new features on the Playdate Squad Discord here https://t.co/61zgH0XOBT https://t.co/dS4ctgAqRN

I can't stop buying purple gaming accessories😍

We're entering the final stretch of #SparrowSolitaire 🐦🀄️ development! As we wrap up our roadmap for the full release, we wanted to call out for any other suggestions you all may have: https://vogelscript.itch.io/sparrow-solitaire/devlog/484004/entering-the-final-stretch

Hey! Sparrow Solitaire🐦🀄️ is on sale via @strangestIO's Megadrop bundle along with 7 other top tier games! https://t.co/W8MSGdynqJ I promise we're still working on the "big full release" update but life keeps getting in the way. Looking forward to having more to share soon.

can't believe they forgot about "playdate game dev" in this list https://twitter.com/andykreed/status/1571649871295426562

Final 12 hours for the Playdate Community Bundle! People are loving these games, so get them at a 50% discount while you can! https://itch.io/b/1531/playdate-community-bundle https://twitter.com/Wallmasterr/status/1567438788875485184

The first @Playdate Community Bundle is out now! Myself and twelve other talented developers have joined forces to boost the Playdate sideloading scene on @itchio! Get thirteen diverse games for $29 at the link below (available until Sept 7th) https://itch.io/b/1531/playdate-community-bundle