@robdubbin
utility clown writer & game developer & he/they games @brainfruit.bsky.social proprietor @ https://roblemsolving.com cohost @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social tools @ https://scripto.live previously @ colbert av by @garrett.bsky.social banner by john hwang
the important thing to remember about GDC is you can’t plan anything. trying to arrange lunch with someone even just two blocks away? won’t happen. or if it does not nearly on time. a talk will go long or one of you will be consumed by a social gravity well. the only way to see people is by accident
choosing to remake your hit game from ten years ago AND hitting it out of the park? we simply had to speak with @jwaaaap.com @jukio.bsky.social and @kissakolme.bsky.social about the brilliant well-scoped 100th update to their wasteland proto-roguelite NUCLEAR THRONE secretlives.games/153-returnin...
abstract blobs, kind of dithering into one another, hot pink, purple, yellow cross hatch -- this was testing out a feature that locks the palette to just the limited brush palette colors
colorful rainbow-like nebula and stars, pixel art
red boat on an ocean, light blue on all sides and clouds
abstract pixelart of a bunch of pixel-shifted vhs glitch like artifacts
pixel paintings I made while debugging some new moss features
moss.town
That’s a wrap on final pickups for IGF Awards! Huge thanks to Strangely Compelling for lending us stellar equipment. It will be an IGF show to remember with @karriebear.bsky.social at the helm. Been an honor co-directing this show, and writing with Karrie & @robdubbin.bsky.social
SEE YOU AT GDC
do we have a term yet for "spam that is also slop" ? if not, how about "slurry"
in america’s bleakest hour, when all seemed lost, one voice rose up to say “it’s-a me, i’m-a gonna win”
brilliant game, so funny and sharp yet ALSO has a conscience, extremely rare and precious combo
Future? No Thanks! Has a kind of website now:
futurenothanks.com
futurenothanks.com
futurenothanks.com
And the teaser trailer has been updated with final(?) art just in time for @dayofthedevs.org
going through a whole costuming/wardrobe/prosthetics process to de-age myself and attend this high school. can't wait
the only ring camera i respect
Ep. 153: Returning to the Wasteland with Nuclear Throne
Rob and Zach are joined by @jwaaaap.com, @jukio.bsky.social, and @kissakolme.bsky.social to talk about all that went into the recent 10th-anniversary Update 100 for their classic twin-stick roguelite shooter.
secretlives.games/153-returnin...
choosing to remake your hit game from ten years ago AND hitting it out of the park? we simply had to speak with @jwaaaap.com @jukio.bsky.social and @kissakolme.bsky.social about the brilliant well-scoped 100th update to their wasteland proto-roguelite NUCLEAR THRONE secretlives.games/153-returnin...
If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!
giving myself a participation trophy in my own challenge
Car boot casino poster. A painting of a dog who wears a poker visor and holds a hand of cards. Text reads “Car boot casino. A night of homebrew card, bluffing & betting games”
Friday 27 March your favourite Pitt Boss & croupiers will be opening to doors to the CAR BOOT CASINO once more.
This time we’re at the V&A as part of the Player/Performer Friday Late curated by @susepicious.bsky.social
Tis FREE & no tickets required
www.vam.ac.uk/event/Wl9jvz...
moss solidarity!!! this looks so cool
I made Moss Moss, a #pico8 game about mossing the world and finding secrets. Hope you enjoy ♥
noelcody.itch.io/moss-moss
About to record an @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social interview with two of the Playtopia organizers, if you have any questions for them, send them to us/me (like, in the next 30 minutes) and I'll try to squeeze them in!+
(that '+' char is from my cat stepping on the keyboard, decided to let it stand)
nine pixel clowns, seven of them in a similar blue-purple-red palette, two super doing their own thing
nine more pixel clowns, again seven of them in a similar blue-purple-red palette, two super doing their own thing
nine pixel clowns, eight of them in a similar blue-purple-red palette, one super doing its own thing
~five pixel clowns, four of them in a similar blue-purple-red palette, two super doing their own thing
it turned out MOSS got posted on hacker news and made the top ten, so a lot of people found this weekly challenge and it’s been a bit of a clown show all day. essentially we clowned ourselves. a real thomas clown affair.
in so many industries, there has always been crunch
a horrifying gallery of eight monster clowns, variously degenerate and/or smudged
cw: sooo many clowns
semi-random reminder that I’m running a lil indie dev adjecent discord full of nice folks sharing feedback, fire emojis and food pics: discord.gg/nzFwRFRZWZ
The weekly challenge prompt for MOSS, a pixel painting tool. A basic drawing of an empty face with a clown ruffle. Title is "But Doctor..." and description is "This award-winning famous clown (name withheld for litigious estate reasons) needs to get ready for their show, even though they are a little sad. Can you help?!"
new MOSS weekly challenge, "But Doctor..." is up. this clown has a problem and honestly doesn't seem very on top of solving it, so it looks like that's on you.
play.moss.town/weekly/but-d...
A copy of the starfriends card game
Good mail day from @brainfruit.bsky.social
pixelart made in moss of a knight turning to dust as a neon pink laser explodes from their chest #pixelart
pixel art made in moss of a grown-up watches a child play with a patch of grass as a retrofuturistic hovercraft zooms in the background
pixel art made in moss of a wacom-like cup of pens next to a laptop, short circuits patterns emerging above them
pixel art abstract drawing of pink, purple, and white plaid and some pixel pink dithering
MOSS is already growing some amazing art..
"Map of DefineAs" by DefineAs (linktr.ee/defineas)
"Look out for Jar" by sam (www.chapliboy.com)
"Cup of Wands" by ardy
"This Sleek Tape" by my daughter (age 5, awesome, downstairs)
🌱 draw your own: moss.town
I probably won't post every individual puzzle here (especially this week when I'm traveling), but I am Puzzmo's resident mini creator this month!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
…and that’s 28 crosswords in 28 days! thanks to everybody who checked one out, and to @puzzmo.com and @xws.bsky.social for having me. this residency was a privilege and a delight. i’m sure i’ll write about it more but for now here’s the final puzzle of Robruary
…and that’s 28 crosswords in 28 days! thanks to everybody who checked one out, and to @puzzmo.com and @xws.bsky.social for having me. this residency was a privilege and a delight. i’m sure i’ll write about it more but for now here’s the final puzzle of Robruary
