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Ian Badcoe
@ianbadcoe.itch.io
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(he/they) nonbinary, poet, father, husband, gardener, *retired* game-dev from Sumo Digital...
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Ian Badcoe @ianbadcoe.itch.io · Mar 31
New intro now I am retired...

Looking to get into some #Indie #GameDev now I have time. Want to write the games I wanted to write all along: #Roguelike #Roguelite #ProceduralContent ...

Also available to help other people with projects/personal development... Commercial or unpaid, drop me a
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Hi all!
I wrote another book... "All the tales a spy might tell." This time it's a hybrid poetry pamphlet and 1950s SciFi Spy story with cosmic horror overtones... [1/3]
A bark blue book entitled "All the tales a spy might tell" with faux battered cover... One page from a poem spread across two pages. The poem is called "Roland's Gambit" and consists of an introductory quatrain: He stalls upon the stairs, these rear and damp and peeling paint, the seldom travelled access Stairs, he's had such thoughts as lead him here, but much now fails to fall out clear, because An arrow points to a large opening brace, inside which are more quatrains. Giving the impression of the start of process to be concluded on the next page (not shown...) All the merry things which do not happen That one small suburb, of the capital declares independence turns back an expeditionary force by force of firm parking regulations two boy scouts and a good stout stick. Cigarette cards showing deeply unlikely things footballers who don't exist cars which never reached production films not made in this universe. That one day in childhood when Mother buys chocolate of a brand never seen before or since and which you loved and she denies was ever real. The thing about the things which do not happen is they usually are as boring as the ones which did. What is it to you, if, under rigorous conditions and thorough shuffling of the deck Part of a two page poem entitled "Side effects". The poem is presented as a 5x5 table with white, grey and black cells, text can be read from cell to cell in any direction, giving the impression of confused and disjointed thought processes. It is not possible to describe the intricate 2D arrangement that makes connections between text in adjoining cells here, but a couple of illustrative cells are: "pretend nothing to say pretend you know nothing pretend you do not understand pretend you are pretend there are" and to the right of that: "you read reports a doctor's reports who doctors the doctor's reports doctors' studies (a skeleton) birds singing" Such that the last two lines can optionally be read across from cell to cell, and other lines do not grammatically read across, but hold related meanings so they comment on each other...
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Planet Plum's orbit (not to scale) is surprisingly circular...
A large plum, dark maroon with greyish surface bloom, sitting on a dark glass hob exactly on the circular line which marks the position of the heating element.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Not any major thing to report, but I tried changed pain pills and blew my sleep cycle up meaning this the first development I've done for a month... [1/3]
Simple computer game graphic showing a basic train, some trucks have 2x4 arrays of little circular holes on top, and some holes have white barrels slotted into them.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Made song lyrics by Ian. Art by Vukobrat art

ditto.fm/pronouns-ian...
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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My friend Emilija released a song they created based on a poem I wrote for TDoV about four years ago. The very appropriately named "Pronouns".

#Song #Poem #Trans #Nonbinary #Pronouns #TDoV #TransDayOfVisibility #Poet #Singer #Songwriter #Composer

https://ditto.fm/pronouns-ian-badcoe
Pronouns
Listen to Pronouns
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November 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Finally, now where did we leave the portal?
A large but simple key, lying on the floor, with a tag tied to it that says "GATE..."
November 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Seem to have grown a pine forest in my coffee cup...
A view into an empty, dirty coffee cup. The wet grounds, in running down to one edge, have produced a series of overlapping, thin, serrated shapes, similar to a side view of close-growing pines...
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I might not know many people in the game writing space, but boosting this totally for interests sake!
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/798206692858970112/this-cartoon-and-others-are-now-in-the
YOU'RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK
This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
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October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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How many of these should I expect to see before they stops being "unexpected" errors?

#error #unexpected #ExpectTheUnexpected
A Mastodon screenshot with 5 unexpected errors listed at the bottom left...
October 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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It might be a G #rune . It might mean #Gandalf was here...

"What would it mean, if it were made by Gandalf?"

I should say, answered #Strider it is a G and an arrow, and it's a sign that Gandalf is here, right now, and sneaking up behind us... [1/2]
A tarmac pavement with a capital G, a line, and an arrow pointing at the viewer...
October 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Village building game, The Matrix edition

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
October 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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PCG explorations

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
October 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Reviews like this make the blood, sweat and tears working on this adventure game while being an underpaid social worker in the US ghetto worth it. And yeah, let's make cyberpunk PUNK again! store.steampowered.com/app/673850/ #cyberpunk #indiegame #indiedev #SteamDeals
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Neofeud is a #cyberpunk adventure game where a cyborg social worker for sentient robots & his transhuman allies fight a cabal of trillionaires in floating palaces. Grab Neofeud 1 (70% off now!) & help me finish the sequel! store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiegame #steamdeck #gamedev
October 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Sometimes a #flaw in the fabric of #reality is more easily spotted than others...
A section of brick pavement split down the middle with a straight line that cuts diagonally across the bricks. The bricks to either side, match in neither colour nor size, although their orientation is consistent...
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Inktober’s here! ✏️ And since Micromega is hand-drawn in black & white… expect more from Mani’s universe this month!

Wishlist now on Steam: bit.ly/micromegaBLU
And don't forget to follow us on Kickstarter: bit.ly/micromegaKS_...

#micromega #indiepuzzle #gameart #behindthescenes #makingof
October 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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📢Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! 🙌The Wait is over!
🚀The Last Worlds has just launched on Kickstarter! ✨Don't miss the start of this NEW adventure!
❤️Like 🔄Repost & SPREAD THE WORD — together we can make history❤️‍🔥
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Coming soon: The Last Worlds Crossed Souls - Open World 3D Action RPG
A game inspired by classic fantasy RPGs. Explore the vast planet Ness-444. Discover your past with your loyal companion, Lupio.
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#light #shadows #carpet #photo
My feet (in stripey socks) and legs casting long shadows across our red hall carpet.
September 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Zack Budryk @BudrykZack The single most important thing a man can do to be an ally is give his woman friends permission to give dudes at the bar his number so when they call he can angrily say that's not funny because she died 15 years ago that very night 3:28 PM • 2020-11-18
September 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Anyone else got more than a #foot of #books on their #ToBeRead pile?
A foot in an orange and white stripey socks, posed in front of a large vertical stack of books
September 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I never knew you could get pills to help with difficulty exploring the delta quadrant...
Three pills arranged on a dark background so they look a little like the Star Trek "Voyager" starship...
September 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Damnit! Looks like I missed a call from my old mate Suspect...
An Android notification saying "Missed Call / Suspected Scam"
September 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Wondering whether this will work, trying to share an animated GIF of a late #RedAdmiral #Bufferfly on the purple #Wallflower this morning, but it's only going to work if there is an in-post #Preview and #Mastodon seems a bit random about whether it generates those or not? [1/2]
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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#streamhighlights #warpedworlds #gameart #indiegamedev #artstreamer #rpg #fantasyart

⚛️✨️Stream Vision Glimpse: A few more highlights from Wed night's #worldbuilding #sketchstream

Catch the replay, subscribe, and hit the 🔔 icon to be notified when we release new YouTubes! 👇

📺 Bit.ly/WarpedWorlds...
Digital conceptual sketch page highlighting select images drawn during a recent YouTube worldbuilding / sketch Livestream, depicting several otherwordly items and concepts--including a Cozy Harvest Sweater (used), a Chimken-bot, a Chimken Egg, and Nay-Nays and Kron---for the vast and boundless Warped Worlds Wonderverse™ created by Canadian artist and solodev Mat André. Find out more and join and support the Wonderstream™ below! Patreon.com/WarpedWorlds Ko-fi.com/WarpedWorlds Bit.ly/WayfindersJournalEA Bit.ly/WarpedWorldsYouTube
September 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM