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Dan Johnson @ GDC

@coil

Schipperke owner @PNW Game Systems Designer, one half of Secret Dinosaur and also the other half (previously Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc) Hire me! https://linktr.ee/djdesign.dev #GameDev he/him

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And now for something, completely different:

Darkway: Murder of King Mere

11.03.2026 02:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Mega man is pro union and always has been.

11.03.2026 02:47 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Sheetz locations by state: Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Sheetz locations by state: Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

"East coasters"

*squints in New England*

11.03.2026 02:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brb stopping at the Bob Sheetz in the woods

11.03.2026 02:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For when you want to be off-putting AND inauthentic.

11.03.2026 02:47 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Heroes

11.03.2026 02:35 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Flonase saving my whole ass this week

11.03.2026 02:25 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A+ no notes, many ideas

11.03.2026 02:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@funnygodmother.bsky.social thanks for the localization micro talk! Even at the high-level and speed you delivered, it was easy to see how it worked and how to use the same workflow in other context like a game engine.

11.03.2026 01:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

A+ talk, super useful and tight.

11.03.2026 01:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

GDC update: pet a puppy, new high score

11.03.2026 00:55 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@angeloslh.bsky.social SAID IT WAS JUST AUSTRALIANS

11.03.2026 00:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

20/10 (2x multiplier for 2x jeans)

11.03.2026 00:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In-spire-ing

11.03.2026 00:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This sounds like a trap. Is Australia Instagram poisonous

10.03.2026 23:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

See I didn't know that

10.03.2026 22:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I actually don't know hot chip 😦

10.03.2026 22:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Best GDC hack: get adopted by an extrovert

Second best: $4 meat and cheese snack pack from Target next door

10.03.2026 21:55 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Sometimes #WhatAGameDevLooksLike is escaping to a quiet corner and a packet of emergency peanuts.

10.03.2026 20:49 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey now, Santa Barbara is pretty nice.

10.03.2026 20:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Southern Fisheries Penal Colony is looking for new Expatriates!

🦀Crabmeat is Out Now on Steam 🦀
store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/...

❄️Explore, Get big hauls, Defend your ship from attackers
🧪Blend of First Person and Point and Click gameplay
🕑Short 2-3 hour experience

10.03.2026 19:41 👍 108 🔁 57 💬 4 📌 17

This may not have been my best move.

10.03.2026 19:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Boromir: "Is is a grift."

Boromir: "Is is a grift."

10.03.2026 19:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's so upsetting when one of these assholes grows a beard and it's a Riker-level improvement. You do not get to facial hair your way out of sucking ass.

10.03.2026 19:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nah he looks gorgeous.

10.03.2026 19:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Oh same! Big same. Any time I want.

Whenever I want. Big same. 🫠

10.03.2026 18:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Also, a high-throughput dimensional depot setup for both steel beams and concrete.

Satisfactory, the game for tools engineers and system designers who can't switch off.

10.03.2026 18:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

A good rail blueprint can go a long way to getting past this, especially with auto-connect.

10.03.2026 18:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Panelists on stage at GDC

Panelists on stage at GDC

"Never underestimate expressive choices... The choices that people think don't matter often matter the most."

"Choices matter if they matter in the moment you make them."

'It's Not In The Writer's Manual' Q&A

10.03.2026 17:46 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

All of my best jackets are light jackets 😭

10.03.2026 17:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0