Joe Wintergreen
@joewintergreen.com
video game dev. weird west, influx redux, much much more
buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
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buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
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Hey everyone! The remaster I've been working on for like 6 years is out! It's a remaster of my 11 year old game InFlux! It's a marble-rolling puzzle game! You can buy it! Please leave positive reviews for it so the algo doesn't immediately bury it?!?! Ily
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
One thing I keep hearing about my puzzle game INFLUX REDUX is "i didn't think i would like it because i'm not into puzzle games but it isn't what i expected". WELL. I made it and I'm not into puzzle games either. OR ball rolling games. I haven't played ANYTHING. so buy it and find out if you like it
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In honour of everyone thinking Half-Life 3 might be about to be announced (lmao), and me being the biggest worst/best Half-Life sicko, here I exclusively reveal to you the identity of the Gman
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In honour of everyone thinking Half-Life 3 might be about to be announced (lmao), and me being the biggest worst/best Half-Life sicko, here I exclusively reveal to you the identity of the Gman
i'm gonna stream prince of persia sands of time for a bit and try to go as fast as possible and not rewind. you can watch if you want!!!
www.twitch.tv/joewintergreen
www.twitch.tv/joewintergreen
joewintergreen - Twitch
I make games and stuff, mostly with #UE4. Have a patreon. Hire me for contract work. http://joewintergreen.com http://impromptugames.com
www.twitch.tv
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
i'm gonna stream prince of persia sands of time for a bit and try to go as fast as possible and not rewind. you can watch if you want!!!
www.twitch.tv/joewintergreen
www.twitch.tv/joewintergreen
reminder to buy this. it's also on itch if you want to give me a humongous tip
Hey everyone! The remaster I've been working on for like 6 years is out! It's a remaster of my 11 year old game InFlux! It's a marble-rolling puzzle game! You can buy it! Please leave positive reviews for it so the algo doesn't immediately bury it?!?! Ily
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
reminder to buy this. it's also on itch if you want to give me a humongous tip
trust nobody who doesn't like anything shit or hate anything good
This is the number one issue I find with junior game designers (and unfortunately, non-designers who think anyone can design). So many people cannot tell the difference between "a game I like" and "a game that's designed well" and they get REAL mad if you point out there's a difference
begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
trust nobody who doesn't like anything shit or hate anything good
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This is the number one issue I find with junior game designers (and unfortunately, non-designers who think anyone can design). So many people cannot tell the difference between "a game I like" and "a game that's designed well" and they get REAL mad if you point out there's a difference
begging people to learn to separate “i like it” with “it’s good.”
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
i like some things that are objectively crap. you can admit that you do too. it’s fine
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is the number one issue I find with junior game designers (and unfortunately, non-designers who think anyone can design). So many people cannot tell the difference between "a game I like" and "a game that's designed well" and they get REAL mad if you point out there's a difference
wake up and smell the 90s
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
wake up and smell the 90s
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At work (on @sleightofhand.game), we now have level designers constantly slammin' new maps in and updating older ones. It got hard to make sure I played them all, so I made this editor tool which just displays all levels in order of when they were last saved!
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At work (on @sleightofhand.game), we now have level designers constantly slammin' new maps in and updating older ones. It got hard to make sure I played them all, so I made this editor tool which just displays all levels in order of when they were last saved!
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
God it's nuts how much I hate Windows now. Piece of fuckin shit
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
God it's nuts how much I hate Windows now. Piece of fuckin shit
At work (on @sleightofhand.game), we now have level designers constantly slammin' new maps in and updating older ones. It got hard to make sure I played them all, so I made this editor tool which just displays all levels in order of when they were last saved!
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At work (on @sleightofhand.game), we now have level designers constantly slammin' new maps in and updating older ones. It got hard to make sure I played them all, so I made this editor tool which just displays all levels in order of when they were last saved!
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
Sorta more annoying to do than expected
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"i would have simply made a work that didn't trigger the invisible hand of an anonymous valve employee with a highly specific unknowable beef"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"i would have simply made a work that didn't trigger the invisible hand of an anonymous valve employee with a highly specific unknowable beef"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
"and if i did, i would throw away that project and start anew, confident somehow that this new project would not suffer the same fate"
this again but from steam defenders about Santa Ragione
to be specific, the exact energy being manifested by the itch hating crowd is "mark wahlberg re 9/11"
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
this again but from steam defenders about Santa Ragione
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here's my blog post about how people who use generative ai are deeply estranged from themselves and reality itself, their souls drifting rudderless in open water, asphyxiating
www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
January 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
here's my blog post about how people who use generative ai are deeply estranged from themselves and reality itself, their souls drifting rudderless in open water, asphyxiating
www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
cara rulz
Narrative design is seen as "expendable" because it's not "top-level game design", says BAFTA Breakthrough participant Cara Ellison. But narrative is "the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up."
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
cara rulz
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seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
I recently played some of BG&E for the first time and man, it sure seems like a good thing the version of 2 pictured here was cancelled, because what on earth were they thinking
Also, not a tall order game to make a sequel to at fucking all. What is the holdup. Give it to Double Fine at this point
Also, not a tall order game to make a sequel to at fucking all. What is the holdup. Give it to Double Fine at this point
Unbelievably, 17 years after its original announcement, Ubisoft appears to still be hiring for Beyond Good and Evil 2
www.eurogamer.net/unbelievably...
www.eurogamer.net/unbelievably...
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I recently played some of BG&E for the first time and man, it sure seems like a good thing the version of 2 pictured here was cancelled, because what on earth were they thinking
Also, not a tall order game to make a sequel to at fucking all. What is the holdup. Give it to Double Fine at this point
Also, not a tall order game to make a sequel to at fucking all. What is the holdup. Give it to Double Fine at this point
they don't fuckin cost that. that's what you're spending
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
they don't fuckin cost that. that's what you're spending
folks underestimate the crediting issue on games. when you get fucked on a credit you tend not to want to make a big deal of it, it could make you look bad, and you're never gonna get it changed
i bet most devs, if you check their portfolios you're gonna find games whose credits they're not in
i bet most devs, if you check their portfolios you're gonna find games whose credits they're not in
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
folks underestimate the crediting issue on games. when you get fucked on a credit you tend not to want to make a big deal of it, it could make you look bad, and you're never gonna get it changed
i bet most devs, if you check their portfolios you're gonna find games whose credits they're not in
i bet most devs, if you check their portfolios you're gonna find games whose credits they're not in
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I just remembered to be mad at the fact that, I'm told, none of the people who worked on VTMB2 at Hardsuit before it was ripped from them by Paradox and shat out by The Chinese Room ended up being credited, only Special Thanksed. Who else wants to get mad
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I just remembered to be mad at the fact that, I'm told, none of the people who worked on VTMB2 at Hardsuit before it was ripped from them by Paradox and shat out by The Chinese Room ended up being credited, only Special Thanksed. Who else wants to get mad
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still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
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my man Tax, in this thread, has a big interesting writeup of the trials of an illfated project and the experience of "i thought if i got a bunch of people together who know how to do this kind of work they would do it but they talked it to death instead". relatable
impromptu.zone/t/when-game-...
impromptu.zone/t/when-game-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
my man Tax, in this thread, has a big interesting writeup of the trials of an illfated project and the experience of "i thought if i got a bunch of people together who know how to do this kind of work they would do it but they talked it to death instead". relatable
impromptu.zone/t/when-game-...
impromptu.zone/t/when-game-...
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finished a rambly ruminatey blog post i had in drafts for a long time, curious if yall have seen this also or think i'm full of shit (i am but maybe not about this)
www.joewintergreen.com/gaslighting-...
www.joewintergreen.com/gaslighting-...
shit i keep seeing: “conflict resolution” via gaslighting – joe wintergreen internet zone
www.joewintergreen.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 AM
finished a rambly ruminatey blog post i had in drafts for a long time, curious if yall have seen this also or think i'm full of shit (i am but maybe not about this)
www.joewintergreen.com/gaslighting-...
www.joewintergreen.com/gaslighting-...
i understand the impulse but i think the most boring thing you can do might be critiquing the plausibility of a fictional gun
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
i understand the impulse but i think the most boring thing you can do might be critiquing the plausibility of a fictional gun
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Totally ludicrous that steam is happy to allow its monopolistic store to be flooded with waves of tasteless, tacky bullshit, including borderline scams, and yet will bring itself to intervene when a game's artistic sensibilities don't align with their incredibly vague, nondescript values
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Totally ludicrous that steam is happy to allow its monopolistic store to be flooded with waves of tasteless, tacky bullshit, including borderline scams, and yet will bring itself to intervene when a game's artistic sensibilities don't align with their incredibly vague, nondescript values
This is insane
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is insane
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Did You Know: the keypads in Half-Life 1 don't have speakers? Barney just makes that boop noise with his mouth.
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Did You Know: the keypads in Half-Life 1 don't have speakers? Barney just makes that boop noise with his mouth.