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Dave Pickett @davidmpickett.bsky.social · Jan 7
Hello! I am mainly joining this app to serve as a dev log for my GBStudio game.

It’s a 2D mascot platformer from the suburbs of an alternate dimension. Pug Z Pizza must defend Malltopia from the incursion of Homework.

Working title is “Pug Z Pizza Cuts Class”
Screenshot of Pug Z Pizza slicing through some homework.
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secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
BIG NEWS:

We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:

The Secret Lives of Games

AND ALSO:

We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!

secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender
Pink blob person saying "oh no"
November 20, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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reki.gay
"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 4:18 PM
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winkwinkerson.bsky.social
Wink and the Broken Robot is shipping! Digital version is on sale to celebrate (plus all my other games!)

Sale here: https://itch.io/s/167109/winks-release-sale

#Gamedev #IndieGames #PixelArt #videogames #gamer #gaming #gameboy #gameboygame #gameboycolor #90s #retrogames #Nintendo #NintendoGameboy
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
okay, update: i have had this question answered, and I am now looking to speak to game QA testers ON the record about the weirdest, silliest-sounding things they've had to do to make sure games work. the wackier the better. happy to keep folks anon if they prefer. DMs open, email/Signal in bio
duckvalentine.bsky.social Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 26d
would anyone who works in or adjacent to game testing/QA be willing to answer a couple questions for me? off the record, not to be quoted - just need some background info on automations to know whether a scenario someone described in a talk is common or unusual.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
This shelf is reserved for stylish platforming animals.
Sparkster and Toree plushies on a shelf, looking dope
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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tzemingdynasty.bsky.social
Girl, I am losing my mind
I think it is glitching autocorrecting to ‘glorching’
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
After an episode exploring UFO 50's metanarrative this week, we'll be doing a LIVE finale for the series next week!

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games Presents: A Year of UFO 50 Finale Eggstravaganza - LIVE!

09/17 at 5:30pm PST @ twitch.tv/eggplantshow

(And after that, a final dev interview!)
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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klardonics.bsky.social
We're down to the last 24 hours for the Kickstarter❗️

At 55% funded, hitting the funding goal seems out of reach, but who knows! 👀

#indiegame #videogames #indiedev #pcgaming #Steam
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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qjurecic.bsky.social
It’s that time again
PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social I am a *lawyer who practices federal law.* Several times a week I see a headline that makes me think "there's no way the President can do that, right?" and I look into it and it turns out that maybe he can because Congress ceded some of its power in the What's the Worst That Could Happen Act of 1983 May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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jacobtlevy.bsky.social
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ... theverge.com The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5 successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting with in 2023. Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output." The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary ...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Hooray!

For all y’all new players on Switch:
We’ve been doing A Year of UFO 50 since the initial launch, a weekly book club podcast, one game/episode per week.

We’re almost at the end, but you should start at the start!

Here’s our intro episode for the series:

eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...
mossmouth.bsky.social Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · Aug 7
🍒 Whoa, what's this?!

UFO 50 is available right now on #NintendoSwitch!

#UFO50 #IndieWorld
August 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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perryjon.bsky.social
Answering some important localization questions for UFO 50.
Q: What gender(s) is/are Donkus's seven spouses? A: A mixture of all possible genders.
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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mikerayhawk.bsky.social
I beg your pardon. Some of us worked on Bionicle
theophite.bsky.social rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Jun 30
there is only one real conspiracy to turn kids trans and it began and ended with the release of Fallout: New Vegas
July 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
So glad lego finally made a goth bisexual baba yaga pride set 🩷💜💙
A witchy cottage with legs next to a raven with highlights in the colors of the bisexual pride flag. This is an official LEGO set.
June 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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luckshotgames.com
🚨HUGE News🚨

🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!

✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)
May 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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mnateshyamalan.bsky.social
wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?

guard: [looking away] fine

wife: did something happen?

guard: [tearing up] no

wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
May 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
I really love how #BluePrince makes instruction manuals a valuable in-game resource. And also makes them all unique and fun. The description of Red Rooms is perfect.
Type: Red Rooms Color: Red Associated Resource: Vexation Average Number of Doors: 3-4 Extra Items?: Seldom Synergies: - Shelter - Tomato Soup - Skilled Players
May 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
As @laurakbuzz.bsky.social has written, you can learn a lot about a game from its butts. In #kerokerocowboy by @metagamemike.bsky.social, you can "eat" enemies but can't swallow them. Accordingly, when viewed from behind, the only cheeks in sight are facial.

It's diegetic indigestion.
May 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
davidmpickett.bsky.social
Opened the NYT app and was delighted to see The Muppets are doing another movie.
Awkward video freeze frame of a cardinal in shadow. There are shapes that kind of look like googly eyes on top of his head A Muppet Conclave
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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rjs.bsky.social
being a game dev is knowing sometimes 10/10 is too much but 11/10 is just right
an screenshot of a video with the caption: "fixed bug where cat was too round (he is rounder now)" a beautifully very round cat is pictured
April 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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okremiok.bsky.social
look at him go
March 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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hollowponds.bsky.social
All of our games are on sale as part of Steam's Spring Sale.

Wilmot Works It Out! Flock! Hohokum! Loot Rascals! I Am Dead! Wilmot's Warehouse!

Up to 60% off! Grab yourself a bargain!

store.steampowered.com/developer/ho...
A screenshot from Wilmot Works It Out showing the main character Wilmot sat in his living room and on his sofa with his dog. There are a variety of colourful pictures framed and hung on the wall behind him A screenshot from the videogame Hohokum showing the player character, a colourful snake flying past a bearded old man. The old man is called the Eye Monk and is standing amidst lots of statues of eyes, he is waving at the player. A screenshot from the videogame Flock showing the player character flying with a large flock of colourful creatures through a forest full of giant mushrooms. There is another player character in the distance with their own flock of strange and wonderful creatures. A screenshot from the videogame I Am Dead showing a meadow full of colourful flowers, there beehives dotted around the meadow and one of the beehives is being inspected by the beekeeper who is standing holding a honeycomb frame. In the distance an allotment and various old fishing sheds can be seen.
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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mossmouth.bsky.social
UFO 50 is 20% off for the #SteamSpringSale!

Verified on Deck ✅ and recent winner of the Best Retro and Play with Friends (local multiplayer) DIGY Awards. 🏆

Get it here: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
March 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Caramel Caramel

We're joined by Madison Karrh, @animalwell.bsky.social, and
Steve Gillham to discuss game #24 - Caramel Caramel

"Melon got a new camera and is going on a galactic adventure to try it out!"
eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games: EP: A Year of UFO 50 - Caramel Caramel
We're joined by guest host Madison Karrh (Birth), Billy Basso (Animal Well), and Steve Gillham (OzymandiasAV) to discuss Caramel Caramel, the 24th game in the UFO 50 collection. “Melon got a new camer...
eggplant.show
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM