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Daniel James Diggle @danieldiggle.bsky.social · 4h

A pretty decent cloud reveal / fog of war effect for the mission map!! #shmup #gamedev #indiedev

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 1d

Game writing tip #56: Be sure to end every error message with a pointed insult. "You cannot build here. Loser."

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 3d

our sweet little friend of trees Francesca 🧡

GP Animations @gpanimations.bsky.social · 4d

Day 316 of #DrawingEveryday is #FrancesaDuClaw from @spryfox.bsky.social #CozyGrove

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 3d

(That set and fashion choices are an Aesthetic!)

Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 3d

Ever get the feeling that this century is speed running the song 2525?

Like people said, "We can do better than that!" But in our incredibly dumb number-go-up culture, they mistook "faster" as "better". www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB...

Zager And Evans - In The Year 2525

YouTube video by eitan19611

www.youtube.com

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 5d

ARM PC laptops are kind of amazing. I had forgotten what it was like to be able to work without a power cord.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 5d

In the 99th inning, someone won. A sleepy child raises their head, "Seattle has a baseball team?"

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 5d

Okay, true, it *is* longer. But it is also more readable!

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 5d

I'm too in love with nice headings, white space and bullets to ever create a concise 1-pager

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 7d

you can just drop onto a roof and start playing wind instruments at people. no one can stop you.

this is the game we're creating.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 5d

So on point 😂🌈

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Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · 6d

developer: put it down. we don't need another one

concept artist: (clutching tighter) no. this is my emotional support sky whale

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 8d

If you are curious what goes into art direction in one of our games.

Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 9d

✍️ our newest developer blog comes from Justin, one of our Art Leads at Spry Fox.

Justin sat down to walk us through the inspirations & thoughts that went into concepting the visuals for the Shrineworks in Spirit Crossing.

let's have a read!
→ spryfox.com/2025/10/07/developer-blog-shrineworks/

A digital illustration showcasing concept art for "Shrineworks", living stone structures in the world of Spirit Crossing (a game being developed by Spry Fox.) The structures are beige-grey and covered with moss. An assortment of tubes is sticking out of them in a life-like manner.

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 9d

✍️ our newest developer blog comes from Justin, one of our Art Leads at Spry Fox.

Justin sat down to walk us through the inspirations & thoughts that went into concepting the visuals for the Shrineworks in Spirit Crossing.

let's have a read!
→ spryfox.com/2025/10/07/developer-blog-shrineworks/

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 10d

NSFW

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 11d

Me: Two coin flipping games came out in the same week. How weird is that?

My wife: What are the chances!

Me: Fifty-fifty

Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 11d

The key difference between Q-Up and Unfair Flips is that this Steam review would be in Q-Up’s written narrative as a bit, and Unfair Flips simply sends people so mad they voluntarily write it themselves.

Kara Ling @metacrab.org · 11d

The game in which the premise is "the odds are real but gamers struggle to conceptualize or even believe them" has negative reviews from gamers who don't believe the odds are real (game: Unfair Flips)

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 11d

Base building: Find your seat, your people.
Inventory: Garbage bag. Water bottle. Merch
Terrain: Seething masses. Rain. Mud. Security. The Groper.
Hunger: Joy. Gained by consuming music from ideal locations
Mid goal: Expensive Beer. Bathroom.
End goal: Leaving happy. Not very, very sad.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 11d

The Fame Sun calls us! Like celestial moths, winning means burning.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 11d

What if:
"Hell, but fun?"
"Open world field of millions of wildflowers?"
"mayor of Chicago but also a kaiju giraffe?"
"zombie-sim, post death of last human?"
"concert survival where you really have to find a good place to pee?"

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 11d

Truth be told, I experience this exact sensation every time I remember to clean my glasses. "I can See! It is a Miracle sent from Heaven!"

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 12d

I dreamed that I had forgotten to take the thin protective transparent film off my new glasses. Turns out it was applied to both sides of the lens. (Gotta find the corners!)

When I finally peeled it off, I was stunned at how hyper crystal clear the world looked. Like being awoken by ice water.

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 12d

Hang in there, struggling artists

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 12d

fondly remembering the time one of our community members dressed up as Nandor the Relentless and took him on a day of adventures in Spirit Crossing .. 🧛

(screenshots taken by a member of our Discord, thanks BossyRoad! 🧡)
→ discord.gg/spirit-crossing ←

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a vibrant green background full of grass and foliage on rocky outcroppings. there are 4 player-characters in central view, playing music and greeting each other as friends. in the center, a character is dressed up as a popular vampire character.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a greenery on a cliffside, with two player-characters riding "fluffalo" or llama-like creatures that float in the air. the characters are below a cliff but about to come out to the other side to a bright blue sky, where other fluffalo are flying in the distance.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a rocky background with various shapes and sizes of cliffs. in the foreground is a grassy area where four player-characters in various outfits are playing musical instruments together. to the right, another player-character is riding away on a "fluffalo", or a llama-like creature that floats in the air.

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing. the screenshot showcases a wooden dock in the clouds with a bright blue sky beyond. centrally focused is a character dressed up as a popular vampire character (in a brown jacket and fluffy beige hood.) he is catching a large fish and reaching up to show it off. the fish is made of paper: large, thin, and long, colored in green stripes with a white belly.

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 12d

Books that game designers love: The Library at Mount Char
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The Library at Mount Char: A Novel

The Library at Mount Char: A Novel [Hawkins, Scott] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Library at Mount Char: A Novel

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Daniel Cook @danctheduck.bsky.social · 13d

Baseball is just a coin-pusher game.
* People = coins
* Convoluted rules + skill = random generator of incremental progress
* Bases + Strikes & Outs = overflow spaces

Erik Robson @erikrobson.net · 13d

I'm going to take a stab at this:

Among the popular US sports, baseball has the highest extrinsic:intrinsic structure and ruleset.

The meaningful verbs are super-limited:
1. Hit the ball [far].
2. Catch the ball.
3. Throw the ball accurately.
4. Pitch the ball cleverly.

ceej @ceej.online · Mar 28

don’t ask me to explain this, but baseball is definitely the sport that seems the most made up