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Jake Sawyer

@naxum

Developer Experience at Apple. Designer, prototyper, occasional engineer. Probably dreams in SwiftUI at this point.

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Outer Wilds, if you haven't played it yet, is one of the best games of all time. It's a fun space exploration game with a timeloop twist, and 90% of all game progress happens in your head, as you learn things about the universe and your situation.

Absolutely play it if you haven't yet.

23.02.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 428 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 10
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We made a documentary about BIG HOPS!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtee...
#indiegames #gamedev #bighops

16.02.2026 22:49 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Quark 4.1-473 and Zeta 1.1-38 for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Neoforge

Quark 4.1-473 and Zeta 1.1-38 for Minecraft 1.21.1 on Neoforge - New VM Forum Post by Siuol

14.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
How is work/life balance in the industry? I had a friend who left a large studio many years ago due to long hours and increased pressure/stress

How is work/life balance in the industry? I had a friend who left a large studio many years ago due to long hours and increased pressure/stress

I'm the worst person to ask because I work for the VFX shop that probably has the highest standard of work/life balance that I know of -- but from what I hear not much has changed in the industry recently. My advice: YOU as an artist have to put your foot down with your hours.

07.02.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Take 2 minutes of your time and watch "The Hyrule Fantasy", a lovely Zelda fan film by french animator Ousmane CissΓ©.
www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...

07.02.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 4359 πŸ” 1675 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 53

You love to see it!!

06.02.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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FREE UPDATE DROP! This our way to thanks everyone!!

🧩 230+ new puzzles
🐭 100+ new rodents pictures
βš™ New QoL Settings
πŸŒ™ Improved night mode
πŸ“¦Walls & Edge furniture
⚑The Spirit and the Mouse items
πŸ“and much more (full patch note below!)

To celebrate, we're 20% off for a week!

squeakross.cool

06.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 537 πŸ” 244 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 28
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Xcode 26.3 RC Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation Update your apps to use new features, and test your apps against API changes.

Xcode now supports coding agents from Anthropic and OpenAI 😁
developer.apple.com/documentatio...

03.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Plinky fans, meet Unread β€” Easily Save Links | Enjoy Them Later Plinky Pro subscribers are eligible for a 50% discount on Unread Premium (and vice versa).

I'm excited to announce a new partnership β€” the best combo since peanut butter and jelly β€” Plinky Γ— Unread. Plinky Pro subscribers are eligible for a 50% discount for the award-winning RSS reader: Unread. And the reverse is true β€” Unread Premium subscribers can subscribe to Plinky Pro for 50% off!

22.01.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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BIG HOPS is OUT NOW and to celebrate: meet the Animal Adventurers Bundle. 4 amazing games about being a cute critter exploring a big world. 🐸🐊🐦😻
#bighops #ashorthike #lilgatorgame #littlekittybigcity #indiegames

12.01.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 164 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 9
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A Fool’s Errand β€” our latest game for @play.date β€” is out now!

Get it now: play.date/games/a-fool...

Learn more: www.iorama.studio/afoolserrand

12.01.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1206 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 15

Happens to the best of us

11.01.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If one can believe in the passage of time, it's been 13 years since my brave little pooch did nothing in the face of chaos. Thank u for allowing him to burn. πŸ™† πŸ™‡

09.01.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2684 πŸ” 552 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 17
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Spark: Puzzles for the Curious App - App Store Download Spark: Puzzles for the Curious by The Mind Company on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Spark:…

I love my wife to pieces, but I have only her to blame for my time-consuming daily games habit. First she works on Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, and Strands at The NY Times, and now my whole friend group is obsessed with Spark so I’m playing that every day.

21.12.2025 02:16 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This is just like a parade of bangers. These are the kinds of games I have been wishing Adam would switch back to making for the last decade. Just totally fantastic one after another

11.12.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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happy wii shop wednesday to all who celebrate

11.12.2025 03:30 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

So I emphasize with your pain!

02.12.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have this problem at home and it was power surges that momentarily fail to give enough power to the computer and it would freeze and reboot. Got a UPS and it’s significantly improved, though it doesn’t seem to protect the computer if it’s not pulling enough power…

02.12.2025 02:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It gets nice stains on the bits that reach the floor though

02.12.2025 02:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

135 customers can’t be wrong

25.11.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started skipping the example footage of cringe moments… I believe you dude don’t show me this

24.11.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Couple more tiles

#pixelart

21.11.2025 07:36 πŸ‘ 2917 πŸ” 234 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 3

eye animations are in! pretty cool to see how they work

01.11.2025 02:21 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A fast, lightweight replacement for SwiftData Replace SwiftData with a fast, ergonomic and lightweight suite of tools powered by SQL. It provides APIs similar to @Model, @Query and #Predicate, but is tuned for direct access to the underlying data...

Have you seen SQLiteData? May work for this use case

www.pointfree.co/blog/posts/1...

25.10.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sleepy time bear

Sleepy time bear

It's Friday night baby

19.07.2025 03:01 πŸ‘ 10961 πŸ” 2186 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 111

I really love how some PokΓ©mon fans are embracing fun, creative (and often inexpensive) collections over seeking high-pieced hits and thrills in their card collections so I wrote about them:

24.10.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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All the tools in the my game have these little little visualisers for their status that were super fun to make.

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #videogames #pixelart #retro

24.10.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 204 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Looks fun! I’d definitely recommend against shifting the UI upwards for the β€œmaybe later” notification button, someone could be reading or trying to tap during that moment. Probably better to reserve the space

20.10.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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And that’s a wrap on Zeitgeist’s new onboarding. I had no clear plan when I started, but I’m really happy with how it turned out.
#BuildInPublic

20.10.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

That is amazing! 🀩 so smooth

19.10.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0