Steve Dennis
@subcide.com
By day, Staff Product Designer, writes occasionally about design, design systems, leadership, and tech @ clipcontent.substack.com. By day also (but the weekends) indie game dev of SpinShot for Playdate.
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Steve Dennis
@subcide.com
· Dec 14
My first game, SpinShot is finally releasing exclusively for #playdate on Jan 20th, 2026. It's a block-breaker score-chaser with a spin.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
SpinShot is nearly at 100 sales for #playdate in its first two weeks. Can we push it over the top this weekend? #indiegames #retrogaming
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 AM
SpinShot is nearly at 100 sales for #playdate in its first two weeks. Can we push it over the top this weekend? #indiegames #retrogaming
@frycandle.bsky.social This felt like important design feedback to forward. XD
January 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM
@frycandle.bsky.social This felt like important design feedback to forward. XD
That fun feeling when your phone dies randomly in a completely unrecoverable way a few months before the phone you're actually excited about releases. 🥲
January 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM
That fun feeling when your phone dies randomly in a completely unrecoverable way a few months before the phone you're actually excited about releases. 🥲
With a name like 'Noble Futures', you know their heart is in the right place. Right?
Kindness and innovation probably values on their corporate slide deck.
😬
Kindness and innovation probably values on their corporate slide deck.
😬
⑤ You're a pilot and it's your job to recover mysterious energy artifacts known as COINs (Cyclic Omni-Inertial Nodes) for the terraforming corporation known as Noble Futures.
🚀 play.date/games/spins...
🚀 play.date/games/spins...
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
With a name like 'Noble Futures', you know their heart is in the right place. Right?
Kindness and innovation probably values on their corporate slide deck.
😬
Kindness and innovation probably values on their corporate slide deck.
😬
SpinShot is out on #playdate Catalog and itch.io!
It's an arcade block-breaker score-chaser with a spin, and a completely unnecessary sci-fi story mode full of puns and anti-corporate sentiment.
Pick it up, tell your friends with Playdates, or wishlist for later!
play.date/games/spinsh...
It's an arcade block-breaker score-chaser with a spin, and a completely unnecessary sci-fi story mode full of puns and anti-corporate sentiment.
Pick it up, tell your friends with Playdates, or wishlist for later!
play.date/games/spinsh...
January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
SpinShot is out on #playdate Catalog and itch.io!
It's an arcade block-breaker score-chaser with a spin, and a completely unnecessary sci-fi story mode full of puns and anti-corporate sentiment.
Pick it up, tell your friends with Playdates, or wishlist for later!
play.date/games/spinsh...
It's an arcade block-breaker score-chaser with a spin, and a completely unnecessary sci-fi story mode full of puns and anti-corporate sentiment.
Pick it up, tell your friends with Playdates, or wishlist for later!
play.date/games/spinsh...
SpinShot is releasing on #Playdate Catalog and Itch in 4 days! (Tuesday the 20th Jan). The reviewer community for PD is *tiny*, but if you do review playdate games, feel free to DM me for a review code. Excited and nervous and proud and relieved all at the same time!
January 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
SpinShot is releasing on #Playdate Catalog and Itch in 4 days! (Tuesday the 20th Jan). The reviewer community for PD is *tiny*, but if you do review playdate games, feel free to DM me for a review code. Excited and nervous and proud and relieved all at the same time!
Maybe when the AI bubble inevitably bursts, we'll be able to get SUPER cheap RAM second hand from data centre closures, the same way everyone was able to get second hand Herman Miller chairs after the .com bubble and financial crisis.
January 15, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Maybe when the AI bubble inevitably bursts, we'll be able to get SUPER cheap RAM second hand from data centre closures, the same way everyone was able to get second hand Herman Miller chairs after the .com bubble and financial crisis.
3rd day stuck in Amsterdam after what was supposed to be a 1h KLM stopover to London on Saturday. Currently scheduled for a flight on Wednesday afternoon.
Do not recommend.
Do not recommend.
January 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM
3rd day stuck in Amsterdam after what was supposed to be a 1h KLM stopover to London on Saturday. Currently scheduled for a flight on Wednesday afternoon.
Do not recommend.
Do not recommend.
In awe of the technical achievement here, knowing the limitations of the PD hardware. Can't wait to give this a shot!
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In awe of the technical achievement here, knowing the limitations of the PD hardware. Can't wait to give this a shot!
My first game, SpinShot is finally releasing exclusively for #playdate on Jan 20th, 2026. It's a block-breaker score-chaser with a spin.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
December 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My first game, SpinShot is finally releasing exclusively for #playdate on Jan 20th, 2026. It's a block-breaker score-chaser with a spin.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
Play through 48 story levels across 4 biomes. Master 3 unique abilities and a suite of upgrades, and see how far you can get in the endless Arcade mode.
Reposted by Steve Dennis
🔄 labsylle, a cool word puzzle game about the "building blocks" of the english language, is launching 02.24.2026 for #playdate and personal computers!!
available on playdate catalog at launch day — stay tuned!
save the itch page: raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
available on playdate catalog at launch day — stay tuned!
save the itch page: raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🔄 labsylle, a cool word puzzle game about the "building blocks" of the english language, is launching 02.24.2026 for #playdate and personal computers!!
available on playdate catalog at launch day — stay tuned!
save the itch page: raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
available on playdate catalog at launch day — stay tuned!
save the itch page: raewtf.itch.io/labsylle
Reposted by Steve Dennis
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reposted by Steve Dennis
Are human engineers named Claude OK?
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Are human engineers named Claude OK?
All this AI investment, but we still can't figure out how to get The Tea Party's full album back catalog on streaming services :'(
October 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
All this AI investment, but we still can't figure out how to get The Tea Party's full album back catalog on streaming services :'(
Little yellow #Playdate console friends, if you have some time over the next week to help me out and play test SpinShot (an arcade block breaker score chaser with a spin) pop your details into the play testing form and I'll be in touch. forms.gle/sng14hFABTkA...
October 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Little yellow #Playdate console friends, if you have some time over the next week to help me out and play test SpinShot (an arcade block breaker score chaser with a spin) pop your details into the play testing form and I'll be in touch. forms.gle/sng14hFABTkA...
Reposted by Steve Dennis
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
It's been such a great year for fans of the particular flavour of heavy music I happen to be into.
We've gotten new albums from Sleep Token, Deftones, Thornhill, Spiritbox, Bloodywood, Igorrr, Architects - and new songs from Karnivool, Don Bronco, Dayseeker, President, and more.
We feasting. 🤘
We've gotten new albums from Sleep Token, Deftones, Thornhill, Spiritbox, Bloodywood, Igorrr, Architects - and new songs from Karnivool, Don Bronco, Dayseeker, President, and more.
We feasting. 🤘
September 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It's been such a great year for fans of the particular flavour of heavy music I happen to be into.
We've gotten new albums from Sleep Token, Deftones, Thornhill, Spiritbox, Bloodywood, Igorrr, Architects - and new songs from Karnivool, Don Bronco, Dayseeker, President, and more.
We feasting. 🤘
We've gotten new albums from Sleep Token, Deftones, Thornhill, Spiritbox, Bloodywood, Igorrr, Architects - and new songs from Karnivool, Don Bronco, Dayseeker, President, and more.
We feasting. 🤘
All those sensible game devs who said the hardest part about making a game is finishing a game. Not wrong. Not wrong at all.
September 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
All those sensible game devs who said the hardest part about making a game is finishing a game. Not wrong. Not wrong at all.
Development on SpinShot for the #playdate continues and is going great. I've been putting time into achievements and tutorials recently.
Also busy polishing the story, UI, and added an endless Arcade mode.
Also busy polishing the story, UI, and added an endless Arcade mode.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Development on SpinShot for the #playdate continues and is going great. I've been putting time into achievements and tutorials recently.
Also busy polishing the story, UI, and added an endless Arcade mode.
Also busy polishing the story, UI, and added an endless Arcade mode.
Whoever at @atlassian.bsky.social needs to hear it, please fund a small team to continue developing Arc and maybe even make it open source?
September 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Whoever at @atlassian.bsky.social needs to hear it, please fund a small team to continue developing Arc and maybe even make it open source?
I don't think I've ever randomly stumbled across such Google reviews drama before, but this is wild. Yikes.
August 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I don't think I've ever randomly stumbled across such Google reviews drama before, but this is wild. Yikes.
Not sure Microsoft is going to win this AI race.
August 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Not sure Microsoft is going to win this AI race.
A nice reminder that this Friday's Euromillions jackpot is a whopping 174 million pounds, or put another way 0.05% of Elon Musk's net worth.
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A nice reminder that this Friday's Euromillions jackpot is a whopping 174 million pounds, or put another way 0.05% of Elon Musk's net worth.
Reposted by Steve Dennis
We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...