Jeffrey Doering
@jdoeringdev.bsky.social
Senior Technical Game Designer at System Era Softworks. Formerly Wizards of the Coast / Riot Games / Gearbox Software. Amateur writer. Professional cat pillow. No idea what I'm doing. He/Him
Reposted by Jeffrey Doering
how it started: how it's going:
Station work continues! Excited to invite some of you onto the ESS Starseeker for an internal playtest later this year 🚀⏰
Station work continues! Excited to invite some of you onto the ESS Starseeker for an internal playtest later this year 🚀⏰
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 PM
how it started: how it's going:
Station work continues! Excited to invite some of you onto the ESS Starseeker for an internal playtest later this year 🚀⏰
Station work continues! Excited to invite some of you onto the ESS Starseeker for an internal playtest later this year 🚀⏰
There are some great recommendations in here if you're looking to improve your mobile game library!
Looking for phone game recommendations for something to do while hanging out in a puppy pen! Needs to be playable in vertical orientation with one hand so I can keep the other free to deal with a puppy doing puppy things! Please help, she keeps falling asleep in my lap and I need something to do!
January 19, 2026 at 7:43 PM
There are some great recommendations in here if you're looking to improve your mobile game library!
Looking for phone game recommendations for something to do while hanging out in a puppy pen! Needs to be playable in vertical orientation with one hand so I can keep the other free to deal with a puppy doing puppy things! Please help, she keeps falling asleep in my lap and I need something to do!
January 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Looking for phone game recommendations for something to do while hanging out in a puppy pen! Needs to be playable in vertical orientation with one hand so I can keep the other free to deal with a puppy doing puppy things! Please help, she keeps falling asleep in my lap and I need something to do!
Somebody had a big day of doing absolutely nothing.
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Somebody had a big day of doing absolutely nothing.
Melina is protesting her incarceration in Office Prison.
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Melina is protesting her incarceration in Office Prison.
Melina has started going to the crate by herself for naps and, I gotta say, it's pretty great when a puppy is functionally training herself!
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Melina has started going to the crate by herself for naps and, I gotta say, it's pretty great when a puppy is functionally training herself!
My 2026 will be the year of Melina posting. This is Melina.
January 10, 2026 at 7:12 AM
My 2026 will be the year of Melina posting. This is Melina.
I'm not sure the 5'10" twig man has fully thought through the implications of his own world view.
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I'm not sure the 5'10" twig man has fully thought through the implications of his own world view.
There's probably some other things I can't think of at the moment, but surely this has to be in the Top 5 Most Insane "Foreign Policy" Actions the US has ever engaged in.
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
There's probably some other things I can't think of at the moment, but surely this has to be in the Top 5 Most Insane "Foreign Policy" Actions the US has ever engaged in.
Christmas is past and I still have more than a week off, which obviously means it's time to start Rogue Trader! This is my first time setting foot into the grim dark future, so it better not awaken anything in me.
December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Christmas is past and I still have more than a week off, which obviously means it's time to start Rogue Trader! This is my first time setting foot into the grim dark future, so it better not awaken anything in me.
That Time Tiny Tim Did NOT Die and Did NOT Get Reincarnated as a Slime with a Cell Phone in Another World
December 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
That Time Tiny Tim Did NOT Die and Did NOT Get Reincarnated as a Slime with a Cell Phone in Another World
Damn dude, it's really not that hard to get your idea across as long as you, like, have an idea.
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Damn dude, it's really not that hard to get your idea across as long as you, like, have an idea.
The craziest thing about games and movies is that stock market investors have already figured this out for decades. You make one or two big bets, but mostly you make reliable profit from a ton of smaller bets. Some win, some lose, some get you 1000x your investment.
Not every AAA game needs to be 80+ hours long and take 7 years to make and sell ten million copies to hit “targets.” We don’t need to keep doing that.
December 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The craziest thing about games and movies is that stock market investors have already figured this out for decades. You make one or two big bets, but mostly you make reliable profit from a ton of smaller bets. Some win, some lose, some get you 1000x your investment.
My experience with Unbeatable so far is that it's absolutely a hot mess. But it's an earnest, heartfelt hot mess with impeccable vibes and I love it very much. Games are so much more interesting when they're taking big swings, even if they maybe don't have the time or budget to perfectly back it up.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My experience with Unbeatable so far is that it's absolutely a hot mess. But it's an earnest, heartfelt hot mess with impeccable vibes and I love it very much. Games are so much more interesting when they're taking big swings, even if they maybe don't have the time or budget to perfectly back it up.
This game made me so sad, man. I kept hoping for it to find it's groove, but it legitimately just got worse and worse the more I played. What a disappointment. I'm so bummed.
Metroid Prime 4 definitely feels like somebody tried to make a great Metroid game but their uncle occasionally stopped by and said "Hey, you know what'd be cool?" and for some reason they had to listen to him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This game made me so sad, man. I kept hoping for it to find it's groove, but it legitimately just got worse and worse the more I played. What a disappointment. I'm so bummed.
"More or less OK" is exactly the kind of morale you want out of your workers. That's how the best stuff is made, by people beaten into compliance!
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"More or less OK" is exactly the kind of morale you want out of your workers. That's how the best stuff is made, by people beaten into compliance!
Metroid Prime 4 definitely feels like somebody tried to make a great Metroid game but their uncle occasionally stopped by and said "Hey, you know what'd be cool?" and for some reason they had to listen to him.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Metroid Prime 4 definitely feels like somebody tried to make a great Metroid game but their uncle occasionally stopped by and said "Hey, you know what'd be cool?" and for some reason they had to listen to him.
I'm so curious if whoever designed the challenge levels in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown understands that games are supposed to be, you know, fun.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I'm so curious if whoever designed the challenge levels in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown understands that games are supposed to be, you know, fun.
My wife is out of town, so I'm spending Saturday night watching @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social watch Twilight.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My wife is out of town, so I'm spending Saturday night watching @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social watch Twilight.
I thought everyone on this site was supposed to be a deranged pervert, I know you're stronger than this.
November 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I thought everyone on this site was supposed to be a deranged pervert, I know you're stronger than this.
I've been looking forward to this one for a while, and it's really living up to my own internal hype so far!
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I've been looking forward to this one for a while, and it's really living up to my own internal hype so far!
The House voting 427-1 to release the files is so fucking suspicious I can't even process it. Obviously they're up to something! Like, so SO obviously they are up to something! But I can't imagine what it is that makes them think it could possibly work! It's gotta be insane!
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The House voting 427-1 to release the files is so fucking suspicious I can't even process it. Obviously they're up to something! Like, so SO obviously they are up to something! But I can't imagine what it is that makes them think it could possibly work! It's gotta be insane!
Me starting a game where choices matter: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me confronted with a choice that matters: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me confronted with a choice that matters: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Me starting a game where choices matter: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me confronted with a choice that matters: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me confronted with a choice that matters: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Is he going to an engineering team onsite?
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Is he going to an engineering team onsite?