Dave Kosak
@thefargo.bsky.social
Writer, game designer, and creative-at-large. Game development consultant. Previous roles: Co-founder of GameSpy, Narrative and Quest Lead for World of Warcraft and Hearthstone at Blizzard entertainment.
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Dave Kosak
@thefargo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Hello BSky! I'm a #GameDev refugee from the Ex-bird site. You might be familiar with my previous work on World of Warcraft or Hearthstone. I'm most proud of the Mists of Pandaria expansion and development of the Hearthstone Dungeon Run. I also co-founded GameSpy - anyone else that old? :)
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Thankful to my Bluesky feed for giving me these two posts from @mamavitelli.bsky.social and @baronduki.bsky.social back to back
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thankful to my Bluesky feed for giving me these two posts from @mamavitelli.bsky.social and @baronduki.bsky.social back to back
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Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Wish I'd taken the time to figure out @oskarstalberg.bsky.social's dual grid concept earlier. It simplifies everything so much while also enabling nicer tile shapes.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
In short: instead of designing tiles, design the boundary slices between them.
#ProcJam 2025 has just kicked off! A celebration of Procedural Generation for games or art or music or ... well, whatever you want to make something make. Are you building anything this year? The theme is "Cold Places."
itch.io/jam/procjam
itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. The theme for #PROCJAM 2025 is: ❄️ ☃️ COLD PLACES ☃️ ❄️ Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
#ProcJam 2025 has just kicked off! A celebration of Procedural Generation for games or art or music or ... well, whatever you want to make something make. Are you building anything this year? The theme is "Cold Places."
itch.io/jam/procjam
itch.io/jam/procjam
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Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
I don’t post about comics much, but this page composition and the writing - 🖐️ Absolute Cinema 🖐️
Gah. The suspense building on this first page alone has me creeped out for the rest of the issue. Art and words working in perfect unison to dramatic effect with the reader. Any Grimjack reader!
November 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I don’t post about comics much, but this page composition and the writing - 🖐️ Absolute Cinema 🖐️
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GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! ONE MONTH AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
GAME DEVS! GAME JAMMERS! ONE MONTH AWAY from this holiday's easiest jam -- TOY BOX JAM!
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
You get a huge pile of gfx, sfx, music -- what will YOU make with all these toys?
Join here! itch.io/jam/toy-box-...
#toyboxjam2025 #gamejam #pico8 #unity #godot #GameMaker #love2D
Belvedere Presents Daniel Craig, Directed by Taika Waititi: Director’s Cut
YouTube video by BelvedereVodka
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We all dream of creating games that generate issues of this caliber.
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We all dream of creating games that generate issues of this caliber.
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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"Rock Band" was the best video game experience I've ever had and I'm tired of pretending that it wasn't.
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Rock Band" was the best video game experience I've ever had and I'm tired of pretending that it wasn't.
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Getting in the late autumn mood. 🦊
October 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Getting in the late autumn mood. 🦊
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October 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
One time I was having a spicy coffee with Howard Schultz and I said, “hey man you should add some pumpkin to this. You know, for Fall.”
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One time I was having a spicy coffee with Howard Schultz and I said, “hey man you should add some pumpkin to this. You know, for Fall.”
Yesterday morning I slept in past my cat’s breakfast time, so… he scruffed me! He firmly bit the back of my neck, dug his paws into the bed, and … pulled!
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
September 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Yesterday morning I slept in past my cat’s breakfast time, so… he scruffed me! He firmly bit the back of my neck, dug his paws into the bed, and … pulled!
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
The sheer chutzpah of this ten-pound beast trying to bodily haul a 160-pound human out of bed by the neck to get his breakfast! 🤣😼
We know that games bring people together, we know that games encourage people to act - It’s about time our leaders tapped into game design and used it to help bring about a better, more connected, more engaged world!
The Mamdani scavenger hunt event is so smart. It's like LARP lite. You get hundreds, maybe thousands, of people all together in the same place doing a fun activity around the city they love where their first common thread is support for the candidate, and then they make friends with their neighbors.
August 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We know that games bring people together, we know that games encourage people to act - It’s about time our leaders tapped into game design and used it to help bring about a better, more connected, more engaged world!
Hold on, I’m about to make an awkward and desperate plea to my insurance company.
August 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hold on, I’m about to make an awkward and desperate plea to my insurance company.
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The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
At Gamescom, one sentiment remained consistent: We need to make games quicker. And to do that, more and more studios are turning to AI.
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion
And at least part of that plan involves AI
www.gamesindustry.biz
August 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The idea that 'AI can speed up dev cycles' would require a premise that dev cycles are long because people are taking forever to make assets (so you could replace them with shoddy slop and it'd go faster), which you could only believe is true if you've never actually tried to make a video game
I didn’t realize fractals are younger than me! I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a kid. Apparently we needed to create computer graphics to really “discover” them and that’s super cool.
August 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I didn’t realize fractals are younger than me! I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a kid. Apparently we needed to create computer graphics to really “discover” them and that’s super cool.
In this VR game you control a raccoon by making hand-puppet gestures. Super clever! At long last games are being designed around my unique skillsets.
WIP 1 - "Home Is Where The Trash Is".
This is a VR hand puppet game I'm making for Sizzling Shrimp VR Summer Jam. Turn on sound to hear me introduce the game through the raccoon!
#VR #XR #HandTracking #gamedev #IndieGameDev #Raccoon
This is a VR hand puppet game I'm making for Sizzling Shrimp VR Summer Jam. Turn on sound to hear me introduce the game through the raccoon!
#VR #XR #HandTracking #gamedev #IndieGameDev #Raccoon
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In this VR game you control a raccoon by making hand-puppet gestures. Super clever! At long last games are being designed around my unique skillsets.
Yeah so now I’m like… sorting and organizing vacuum tubes? It’s some sort of deep connection with my ancestral geek past. Also, really satisfying somehow.
August 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yeah so now I’m like… sorting and organizing vacuum tubes? It’s some sort of deep connection with my ancestral geek past. Also, really satisfying somehow.
An incredible find at the old neighborhood electronics store. I talked him down to $20 for the whole case! #vacuumtubes
August 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
An incredible find at the old neighborhood electronics store. I talked him down to $20 for the whole case! #vacuumtubes
Life can adapt to so many niches! There’s got to be alien worlds out there. We’ve got alien worlds deep in our own oceans.
This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Life can adapt to so many niches! There’s got to be alien worlds out there. We’ve got alien worlds deep in our own oceans.
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i'm sorry for posting facts:
July 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
i'm sorry for posting facts: