FurbyFubar
@furbyfubar.bsky.social
Swedish game designer and player of most sorts of games, juggler, and general nerd who's listening to synth-pop and electronica.
🏳️🌈 He/Him
I made the free daily word game Squardle: https://fubargames.se/squardle/
🏳️🌈 He/Him
I made the free daily word game Squardle: https://fubargames.se/squardle/
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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screenshot of someone who leans on AI to interpret data on charts 😂
I teach a project-based, practical, no exam format, & *still* see genAI derail new people. false sense of quick progress on weak foundation, discouraged at 1st obstacle they skipped steps to understand, impatiently give up and quit
I teach a project-based, practical, no exam format, & *still* see genAI derail new people. false sense of quick progress on weak foundation, discouraged at 1st obstacle they skipped steps to understand, impatiently give up and quit
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
screenshot of someone who leans on AI to interpret data on charts 😂
I teach a project-based, practical, no exam format, & *still* see genAI derail new people. false sense of quick progress on weak foundation, discouraged at 1st obstacle they skipped steps to understand, impatiently give up and quit
I teach a project-based, practical, no exam format, & *still* see genAI derail new people. false sense of quick progress on weak foundation, discouraged at 1st obstacle they skipped steps to understand, impatiently give up and quit
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one of the things I love about game dev is how much we support each other. when I was in the vocal performance field, it never felt like anyone truly wished the best for me. I was always watching my back. transitioning to game dev, that was the first thing I noticed; colleagues want you to succeed ❤️
I genuinely have never understood seeing fellow writers as competition. They’re colleagues and friends; they get the struggle. Players or readers generally like more than one writer, so we can help each other get discovered :)
Oh, and incidentally. Those other writers, they are not your competition. They are your colleagues, and the kinder, more generous you are to them the better things will go for you.
December 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
one of the things I love about game dev is how much we support each other. when I was in the vocal performance field, it never felt like anyone truly wished the best for me. I was always watching my back. transitioning to game dev, that was the first thing I noticed; colleagues want you to succeed ❤️
Sorry non-Swedes, but just this once:
Notera att set är "Vad är en bal på slottet?" inte "Vad är väl en bal på slottet?" och "Hon är säkrad gamla Bettan!" inte "Hon är säker gamla Bettan!".
Vad mer citerar folk fel ifrån Kalle och hans vänner?
God Jul!
Notera att set är "Vad är en bal på slottet?" inte "Vad är väl en bal på slottet?" och "Hon är säkrad gamla Bettan!" inte "Hon är säker gamla Bettan!".
Vad mer citerar folk fel ifrån Kalle och hans vänner?
God Jul!
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sorry non-Swedes, but just this once:
Notera att set är "Vad är en bal på slottet?" inte "Vad är väl en bal på slottet?" och "Hon är säkrad gamla Bettan!" inte "Hon är säker gamla Bettan!".
Vad mer citerar folk fel ifrån Kalle och hans vänner?
God Jul!
Notera att set är "Vad är en bal på slottet?" inte "Vad är väl en bal på slottet?" och "Hon är säkrad gamla Bettan!" inte "Hon är säker gamla Bettan!".
Vad mer citerar folk fel ifrån Kalle och hans vänner?
God Jul!
Misgender? I barely know him!
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Misgender? I barely know him!
Testing new potential white square emoji.
I won Daily Squardle #1409 with 6 guesses to spare!
Word found after 4 guesses:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛🔲🟥🟥
🔲🔳🔲🔳🟥
🔲🔲🟩🔲🔲
fubargames.se/squardle/
Old emoji would have been
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛⬜🟥🟥
⬜🔳⬜🔳🟥
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
and it looks unaligned in the fonts used by some apps/browser.
I won Daily Squardle #1409 with 6 guesses to spare!
Word found after 4 guesses:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛🔲🟥🟥
🔲🔳🔲🔳🟥
🔲🔲🟩🔲🔲
fubargames.se/squardle/
Old emoji would have been
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛⬜🟥🟥
⬜🔳⬜🔳🟥
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
and it looks unaligned in the fonts used by some apps/browser.
December 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Testing new potential white square emoji.
I won Daily Squardle #1409 with 6 guesses to spare!
Word found after 4 guesses:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛🔲🟥🟥
🔲🔳🔲🔳🟥
🔲🔲🟩🔲🔲
fubargames.se/squardle/
Old emoji would have been
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛⬜🟥🟥
⬜🔳⬜🔳🟥
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
and it looks unaligned in the fonts used by some apps/browser.
I won Daily Squardle #1409 with 6 guesses to spare!
Word found after 4 guesses:
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛🔲🟥🟥
🔲🔳🔲🔳🟥
🔲🔲🟩🔲🔲
fubargames.se/squardle/
Old emoji would have been
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟥🔳⬛🔳🟨
🟥⬛⬜🟥🟥
⬜🔳⬜🔳🟥
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
and it looks unaligned in the fonts used by some apps/browser.
Why do condoms have a use before date printed on them when they're mainly used *after* successful dates?
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Why do condoms have a use before date printed on them when they're mainly used *after* successful dates?
Weekly Squardle #177: Found a trap where one of my last squares could be 3 different letters. Needed to see it coming earlier than I did to not rely on luck & it cost me a guess. Still, 5 guesses left over in the end is OK. Board after 5 guesses:
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟥
🟧🟨🟥🟥🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟥
⬛🟥🟥🟧🟥
🟨🟩🟥🟨🟨
fubargames.se/squardle/
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟥
🟧🟨🟥🟥🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟥
⬛🟥🟥🟧🟥
🟨🟩🟥🟨🟨
fubargames.se/squardle/
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Weekly Squardle #177: Found a trap where one of my last squares could be 3 different letters. Needed to see it coming earlier than I did to not rely on luck & it cost me a guess. Still, 5 guesses left over in the end is OK. Board after 5 guesses:
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟥
🟧🟨🟥🟥🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟥
⬛🟥🟥🟧🟥
🟨🟩🟥🟨🟨
fubargames.se/squardle/
⬛🟨🟩🟨🟥
🟧🟨🟥🟥🟨
🟨🟨⬛🟩🟥
⬛🟥🟥🟧🟥
🟨🟩🟥🟨🟨
fubargames.se/squardle/
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I think I'm starting to understand what the word "distraction" means to a lot of people in the US: "something that doesn't affect me personally."
August 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I think I'm starting to understand what the word "distraction" means to a lot of people in the US: "something that doesn't affect me personally."
"There are some things money can't buy; for everything else, unless some Christian puritans object to it, there's Mastercard."
Did #Mastercard not think this move through to how much harder it's going to write their ad copy in their future?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Did #Mastercard not think this move through to how much harder it's going to write their ad copy in their future?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io
Payment platforms demand services remove NSFW content after open letter from Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout, triggering accusations of censorship
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"There are some things money can't buy; for everything else, unless some Christian puritans object to it, there's Mastercard."
Did #Mastercard not think this move through to how much harder it's going to write their ad copy in their future?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Did #Mastercard not think this move through to how much harder it's going to write their ad copy in their future?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:
July 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:
If you are in the EU or the Great Britain, take a moment to sign this petition to help preserve games.
This is important to sign and share. I archive Dutch language educational games (yeah very niche, that's why they require archiving) and I have to deal with lost media a lot. Don't let games disappear, please.
stopkillinggames.com
stopkillinggames.com
Stop Killing Games
stopkillinggames.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
If you are in the EU or the Great Britain, take a moment to sign this petition to help preserve games.
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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I would really love it if mainstream journalists would seriously consider the possibility that RFK Jr.'s politicized HHS under Trump is as accurate about gender-affirming medicine as it is on autism or vaccination.
May 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I would really love it if mainstream journalists would seriously consider the possibility that RFK Jr.'s politicized HHS under Trump is as accurate about gender-affirming medicine as it is on autism or vaccination.
[Clicks "Yes I know what a joke is" before replying.]
Strong agree. But may I suggest also fact-checking the good news before reposting, and check the cute dogs for signs of being made by generative AI?
Or, if you think ignorance is bliss: Skip the reposting and go directly to happily logging off.
Strong agree. But may I suggest also fact-checking the good news before reposting, and check the cute dogs for signs of being made by generative AI?
Or, if you think ignorance is bliss: Skip the reposting and go directly to happily logging off.
The thing about social media is that when you open an app and see good news, you should repost it, stop scrolling, and close your browser. Don't keep putting money in the slot machine once you've won the jackpot.
Take your cute dog photos and go before you get 5 more planes falling out of the sky.
Take your cute dog photos and go before you get 5 more planes falling out of the sky.
February 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
[Clicks "Yes I know what a joke is" before replying.]
Strong agree. But may I suggest also fact-checking the good news before reposting, and check the cute dogs for signs of being made by generative AI?
Or, if you think ignorance is bliss: Skip the reposting and go directly to happily logging off.
Strong agree. But may I suggest also fact-checking the good news before reposting, and check the cute dogs for signs of being made by generative AI?
Or, if you think ignorance is bliss: Skip the reposting and go directly to happily logging off.
Weekly Squardle #147 was brutal for me! I think I spent over an hour on it. Mainly because I refused guess words that didn't fit my clues. Pretty much every time I made notes for a possible guess it resulted in some other part of the board having letter combinations I couldn't think of a word for.
February 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weekly Squardle #147 was brutal for me! I think I spent over an hour on it. Mainly because I refused guess words that didn't fit my clues. Pretty much every time I made notes for a possible guess it resulted in some other part of the board having letter combinations I couldn't think of a word for.
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I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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But wait I was told it was just about fairness in sports and children making "life altering" health decisions before they're ready
February 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
But wait I was told it was just about fairness in sports and children making "life altering" health decisions before they're ready
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Really solid video on juice (aka game feel) in turn-based games on a grid. #gamedevelopment #gamedesign youtu.be/xSYVQc7cH-4?...
Jeremiah Reid - Juice your Turns
YouTube video by Roguelike Celebration
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Really solid video on juice (aka game feel) in turn-based games on a grid. #gamedevelopment #gamedesign youtu.be/xSYVQc7cH-4?...
If you ask a cop what their favorite movie is, they have to tell you!
Otherwise it's Entrapment (1999).
Otherwise it's Entrapment (1999).
January 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you ask a cop what their favorite movie is, they have to tell you!
Otherwise it's Entrapment (1999).
Otherwise it's Entrapment (1999).
I couldn't sleep tonight despite being exhausted. So at 5:30 I got up and tried to Photoshop some art for a puzzle game I'm working on instead. Probably a better choice than trying to code, but I'm still not very happy with the result. Back in bed again now, hoping to get a few hours of sleep.
January 10, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I couldn't sleep tonight despite being exhausted. So at 5:30 I got up and tried to Photoshop some art for a puzzle game I'm working on instead. Probably a better choice than trying to code, but I'm still not very happy with the result. Back in bed again now, hoping to get a few hours of sleep.
Playing my own game to prove to myself that my brain is in fact online today. Though I think what it proved was more along the lines that I've had that one odd word come up before. Still counts!
I won Daily Squardle #1064 with 7 guesses to spare!
fubargames.se/squardle/
I won Daily Squardle #1064 with 7 guesses to spare!
fubargames.se/squardle/
January 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Playing my own game to prove to myself that my brain is in fact online today. Though I think what it proved was more along the lines that I've had that one odd word come up before. Still counts!
I won Daily Squardle #1064 with 7 guesses to spare!
fubargames.se/squardle/
I won Daily Squardle #1064 with 7 guesses to spare!
fubargames.se/squardle/
I suffer from a condition that makes it so I can't hear or read the word "phenomena" without these fuckers sounding off in my head.
Spread the word to make more people understand my suffering (by infecting them as well).
Spread the word to make more people understand my suffering (by infecting them as well).
December 23, 2024 at 5:09 AM
I suffer from a condition that makes it so I can't hear or read the word "phenomena" without these fuckers sounding off in my head.
Spread the word to make more people understand my suffering (by infecting them as well).
Spread the word to make more people understand my suffering (by infecting them as well).
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I wrote a story about CATLY that was so involved, I afterwards went to bed instead of also writing one on how ZENLESS ZONE ZERO briefly upset their fanbase by making it difficult to see characters’ butts.
So yeah, not that, but CATLY!
youtu.be/UpBUbt91kzU
So yeah, not that, but CATLY!
youtu.be/UpBUbt91kzU
Catly and the Tokens || CheckPoint 572
YouTube video by LRR Videogames
youtu.be
December 20, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I wrote a story about CATLY that was so involved, I afterwards went to bed instead of also writing one on how ZENLESS ZONE ZERO briefly upset their fanbase by making it difficult to see characters’ butts.
So yeah, not that, but CATLY!
youtu.be/UpBUbt91kzU
So yeah, not that, but CATLY!
youtu.be/UpBUbt91kzU