Ted DiNola
@esdin.net
Game programmer, designer, and consultant. Helping folks build games, studios, and other things with intention.
Hit up Dazzling Nights at the Leu Gardens and it sure was pretty
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hit up Dazzling Nights at the Leu Gardens and it sure was pretty
Welp, I only lasted 5 days til I lost #whamagedon.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Welp, I only lasted 5 days til I lost #whamagedon.
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Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
My first level of Improv was all about getting out of our heads and embracing the chaos.
As a counterpart, Improv 2 has put all of us back into our heads and we doubt everything we do and feel deep shame about the bad choices we make in our scenes.
As a counterpart, Improv 2 has put all of us back into our heads and we doubt everything we do and feel deep shame about the bad choices we make in our scenes.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My first level of Improv was all about getting out of our heads and embracing the chaos.
As a counterpart, Improv 2 has put all of us back into our heads and we doubt everything we do and feel deep shame about the bad choices we make in our scenes.
As a counterpart, Improv 2 has put all of us back into our heads and we doubt everything we do and feel deep shame about the bad choices we make in our scenes.
“Maybe if we just keep pouring money into AI and Crypto investment we can somehow avoid impending economic collapse”
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“Maybe if we just keep pouring money into AI and Crypto investment we can somehow avoid impending economic collapse”
Had fun with The Outer Worlds 2, though it’s stingy with skill points. Locks you in to only a few focuses for them to pass checks, and gameplay doesn’t vary enough incentivize going back to try other builds. Did enjoy dumping everything into speech and talking my way out of boss fights.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Had fun with The Outer Worlds 2, though it’s stingy with skill points. Locks you in to only a few focuses for them to pass checks, and gameplay doesn’t vary enough incentivize going back to try other builds. Did enjoy dumping everything into speech and talking my way out of boss fights.
Kinda darkly funny that despite a huge number of game makers being out of work, GDC’s registration page has company information as mandatory fields.
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Kinda darkly funny that despite a huge number of game makers being out of work, GDC’s registration page has company information as mandatory fields.
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🎮 Super FESTival 2025 continues!
💻 Catch two online talks streaming live on Twitch:
🕕 6PM — Everyday Excel: Using It Effectively
🕢 7:30PM — AI Can’t Take This From Us!
📺 twitch.tv/handeyesociety
🗓 Full schedule → handeyesociety.com/superfestival
💻 Catch two online talks streaming live on Twitch:
🕕 6PM — Everyday Excel: Using It Effectively
🕢 7:30PM — AI Can’t Take This From Us!
📺 twitch.tv/handeyesociety
🗓 Full schedule → handeyesociety.com/superfestival
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🎮 Super FESTival 2025 continues!
💻 Catch two online talks streaming live on Twitch:
🕕 6PM — Everyday Excel: Using It Effectively
🕢 7:30PM — AI Can’t Take This From Us!
📺 twitch.tv/handeyesociety
🗓 Full schedule → handeyesociety.com/superfestival
💻 Catch two online talks streaming live on Twitch:
🕕 6PM — Everyday Excel: Using It Effectively
🕢 7:30PM — AI Can’t Take This From Us!
📺 twitch.tv/handeyesociety
🗓 Full schedule → handeyesociety.com/superfestival
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It wasn't Gabriel Knight 3's cat mustache puzzle that killed "adventure games." They never died, even if the industry killed off Sierra On-line. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
The Death of Adventure Games: The Cat Mustache Was Never the Issue Here
It wasn't Gabriel Knight 3's cat mustache puzzle that "adventure games." They never died, even if the industry killed off Sierra On-line.
www.endlessmode.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It wasn't Gabriel Knight 3's cat mustache puzzle that killed "adventure games." They never died, even if the industry killed off Sierra On-line. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...
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Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW!
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW!
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
🚂🧟🧛
Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.
Steam: s.team/a/3352310
itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express
iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842...
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
The Long Walk is excellently timely for its commentary on toxic vs positive masculinity and on the casual destruction of life by the crushing wheels of society.
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The Long Walk is excellently timely for its commentary on toxic vs positive masculinity and on the casual destruction of life by the crushing wheels of society.
We literally sold out 😆
Had a blast on stage with my improv fam!
Had a blast on stage with my improv fam!
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
We literally sold out 😆
Had a blast on stage with my improv fam!
Had a blast on stage with my improv fam!
In Orlando? Want to see some pro improvisers at work? If so, this show is not the one for you! But if you’re up to watch some beginners run around and have a blast, our Improv Showcase is October 1st at SAK! Come on out!
www.sakcomedylab.com/shows/5993
www.sakcomedylab.com/shows/5993
September 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In Orlando? Want to see some pro improvisers at work? If so, this show is not the one for you! But if you’re up to watch some beginners run around and have a blast, our Improv Showcase is October 1st at SAK! Come on out!
www.sakcomedylab.com/shows/5993
www.sakcomedylab.com/shows/5993
This was one of the hardest things I have ever done in a video game
September 19, 2025 at 4:18 AM
This was one of the hardest things I have ever done in a video game
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Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trailer for our new #inidegame called Penguin Colony! We are collaborating with Lenval Brown (Disco Elysium, Ultrakill) to bring this unique re-imagining to life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylG...
The great thing about Silksong is that every time you feel like you’re bad at it you know you’re not the only one feeling that way.
September 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The great thing about Silksong is that every time you feel like you’re bad at it you know you’re not the only one feeling that way.
This dude doesn’t have a name in game, but they could have called him “Pogo Tutorial”. I went in but a Pogo-Boy, and came out a Pogo-Man. (After many avoidable deaths)
September 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This dude doesn’t have a name in game, but they could have called him “Pogo Tutorial”. I went in but a Pogo-Boy, and came out a Pogo-Man. (After many avoidable deaths)
Woo 🦅
Go birds
September 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Woo 🦅
For the first time in 15 years I’m not working in games day-to-day and it feels weird, but PMing some non-game stuff means I have a lot of energy for improv classes.
August 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
For the first time in 15 years I’m not working in games day-to-day and it feels weird, but PMing some non-game stuff means I have a lot of energy for improv classes.
Reposted by Ted DiNola
Some big news - after generous support from Screen NSW last year through the Digital Games Seed Development Program, my 1990s-MicroProse inspired space ship command game, Deck & Conn, is being published by none of than @microprose.bsky.social itself!
Deck & Conn on Steam
Take command of a nuclear-powered space corvette in a Cold War-flavored sci-fi campaign. Balance tactics, crew, and limited resources in a dynamic forever-war. Retro pixel art meets deep strategy fift...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Some big news - after generous support from Screen NSW last year through the Digital Games Seed Development Program, my 1990s-MicroProse inspired space ship command game, Deck & Conn, is being published by none of than @microprose.bsky.social itself!
Signing up for an improv class was a good decision.
August 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Signing up for an improv class was a good decision.
K-Pop Demon Hunters was really pretty
July 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
K-Pop Demon Hunters was really pretty
Political news these days is like “I heard you like distractions so I put a distraction on your distraction to distract you from your distraction”
July 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Political news these days is like “I heard you like distractions so I put a distraction on your distraction to distract you from your distraction”