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Jay (Pockets)
@jaylewisartist.bsky.social
Artist | Writer | Númenórean
Kiwi Gamedev - He/Him

Community Mod for BHVR Interactive - Blight: Survival
Community Management for Flightless & Cosmic Soup Games
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me in hell
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Have you wishlisted GO PHISH on Steam yet? It's our killer new Go Fish hacker roguelite. You've got seven days to pay your debts, can you do it? It's waiting for you over on Steam to go hit that wish button! store.steampowered.com/app/3909150/... #indiegames #indiedev #steam #wishlist
GO PHISH on Steam
Go Fish or go homeless. In this rogue-ish debt-builder, pay your rent by phishing a target in a supercharged version of the classic card game. Crack your victim’s password in a dynamic dialogue…
store.steampowered.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Play an exclusive sneak peak of our new game at the Washington State Gaming Expo!

📅 Feb 6–8, 2026

📍 Anime Washington + Washington State Gaming Expo, Puyallup, WA

🕹️ Seattle Indies Game Section

A big thank you to @seattleindies.bsky.social for making this possible.

#gamedev #strategy #jrpg #indie
January 29, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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We do know for sure that genAI and LLMs can’t feel. They are a “yes and?” machine designed to be sycophants, the fact that it keeps generating programming behaviours that are beyond the ability to fix of its creators isn’t proof of life. It’s proof the people making it aren’t as smart as they think
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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This only works as a philosophical position if you have dehumanised everyone on the planet, all of our wants, needs, hopes and desires into an algorithm simple enough for Silicon Valley tech nerds with zero interpersonal skills to approximate by stealing our writing.
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I'm doing community management for a small indie co-op game where you rip off your limbs, throw them at your enemies, and attach new ones for new abilities.

We'd love if you wishlisted it on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/3675340/...
Killing Things With Your Friends on Steam
A chaotic first-person co-op game about surviving lethal experiments with your friends. Work together, dismember your enemies, steal their limbs and escape before time runs out.
store.steampowered.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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BREAKING: Ubisoft is canceling the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake and 5 other games (4 unannounced, 1 mobile). The company says it is also delaying 7 games (including an unannounced project believed to be a Black Flag remake) as part of a larger restructuring.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Ubisoft can't even get nostalgia bait right. Their executive teams seem blissfully unaware of the gaming community's negative perception, and canceling remakes of beloved games is only going to frustrate them further.

Another year of layoffs to come.

Feeling for the Sands of Time devs today.
January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
January 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Oh boy, Predator: Badlands! 10/10 movie. Loved every moment.
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Tate and Logan getting their asses beat within days of each other is one of the best things to come out of the shitshow that is 2025
December 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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i will rag on anybody using an LLM for placeholder text when lorem ipsum has been here for sixty years
ragging on a top game studio for using LLM placeholder text is maybe not the most efficient use of time with all the fires currently burning
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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We've started up a new Discord server where we'll be posting about GO PHISH development and sharing sneak peeks! It'll also be the first place to hear about future playtests. If you're excited for GO PHISH, you should join! #indiegame #indiedev discord.gg/8KxSYJ4AUp
Join the COSMIC SOUP GAMES Discord Server!
COSMIC SOUP GAMES is an independent game studio based in Aotearoa/New Zealand. WISHLIST GO PHISH ON STEAM! | 14 members
discord.gg
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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God, I have so many things to say on this topic, but it all comes down to understanding two main things:

1. Art history
2. Art application

All these games that have a broad techno-fantastic art style with glowy bits are drawing from a very shallow well in both columns.
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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We've been working really hard on this indie game, it's fun and addictive and also a little bit dark and narrative-y. If you could spare a wishy that would be delishy.

Thanks also to @frostygamesfest.com for letting us announce in the showcase!
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I am immediately all about EVERYTHING Go Phish seems to be doing.

It's like CloverPit, but you play Go Fish while phishing people in order to pay your rent as the walls of your apartment slowly close in on you.

Yes yes yes yes yes.
December 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Playing with some stuff
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Horses is so tame that all of the nudity is censored.

Its worst crime is being weird and uncomfortable. It's not even graphic outside of the general themes present.

The time I spent watching my friend spitefully play it over Discord was spent laughing hysterically at the close up chewing scenes.
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
aftermath.site
December 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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writers artists

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getting our best work
🤝 done at 2am 🤝

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criminals santa claus
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM