🌸 Johannes 🌸
@jfoolsguard.bsky.social
He/him. Analog game designer based in Copenhagen
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Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.
January 24, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Want to be very clear to anyone even remotely thinking about coming to events like GDC: Don't. It's not safe to be in the US, nobody's hiring or financing anyway, and it's not worth your life.
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I worked with the irrepressible @jonremedios.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social @rainysector.bsky.social @bravemule.bsky.social to write a paper on why permadeath (and other forms of loss in games) appeals, and what we lose when we try to paper over it with metaprogression. Check it out!
It's the Polaris 2025 reports! They've come! They're here! It's a bumper crop of five, count'em FIVE papers! We got comedy, we got death, we got cringe, we got trust... something for the whole team.
Piping hot game design knowledge and insight await:
polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
Piping hot game design knowledge and insight await:
polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I worked with the irrepressible @jonremedios.bsky.social @tylermakesgames.bsky.social @rainysector.bsky.social @bravemule.bsky.social to write a paper on why permadeath (and other forms of loss in games) appeals, and what we lose when we try to paper over it with metaprogression. Check it out!
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Uploaded a TON of cool art onto my Patreon today, which you can check out in the post below! ☺️
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Uploaded a TON of cool art onto my Patreon today, which you can check out in the post below! ☺️
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What's the best way to deal with political fatigue? Sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom recommends getting more involved.
January 20, 2026 at 10:36 PM
What's the best way to deal with political fatigue? Sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom recommends getting more involved.
I needed to read this today
One tiny comfort I experience as a creator right now:
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
Some of the richest people on the planet have poured billions into a plagiarism machine because they are so utterly desperate to be us
But no machine learning program can give them our skills, our vision, or our heart
And they hate that
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I needed to read this today
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Calling yourself a "content creator" or a "creative" is positioning yourself as a service provider within capitalism and actually preclude you from being an artist. Artists are selves in contention with problematic cultural narratives, not in service to them.
We need to stop saying shit like "IP" and "content" when we mean art. Don't let them strip the walls in your own brain, man.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Calling yourself a "content creator" or a "creative" is positioning yourself as a service provider within capitalism and actually preclude you from being an artist. Artists are selves in contention with problematic cultural narratives, not in service to them.
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Happy New Year
2025
Last piece of the year. To the couple that got me through the finals bits.
2025
Last piece of the year. To the couple that got me through the finals bits.
December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Happy New Year
2025
Last piece of the year. To the couple that got me through the finals bits.
2025
Last piece of the year. To the couple that got me through the finals bits.
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Crow. King. Thief.
December 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Crow. King. Thief.
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Red Knight: Winter Season
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Red Knight: Winter Season
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I don't find making a game to be a good way to proclaim a statement but I find it an excellent way to ask a question
December 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I don't find making a game to be a good way to proclaim a statement but I find it an excellent way to ask a question
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💼 I’m looking for work as a board game designer.
🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work.
⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work.
⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
💼 I’m looking for work as a board game designer.
🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work.
⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
🌎 I’m open to in-person, hybrid or remote work.
⭐ I’ve previously worked at the Uzzle and made Abandon All Artichokes, Starry Night Sky, and other board games.
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![A mysterious knight is wearing elaborate golden armour while holding a sword and a large spiked sheild. A text box like those seen in rpg’’s or text adventures says ‘you have encountered [redacted] the unknowable’ a second text box has ‘attack, flirt, dance, flee’ in descending order. Flirt is selcted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jg23z6h3tznj5wsefwste6xl/bafkreibwxs4ryx36qh6jcakgjxsmfxmmkxj2j37sarx3v4bg2p5yslge6a@jpeg)
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Part 151 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd or finding Mew under the truck by S.S. Anne (we swear)
Art Deco Ingrid parfum bottle made of malachite glass by Riedel glassworks, depicting a nude under a waterfall. Bohemia, Czech Republic. 1930's
Art Deco Ingrid parfum bottle made of malachite glass by Riedel glassworks, depicting a nude under a waterfall. Bohemia, Czech Republic. 1930's
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Part 151 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd or finding Mew under the truck by S.S. Anne (we swear)
Art Deco Ingrid parfum bottle made of malachite glass by Riedel glassworks, depicting a nude under a waterfall. Bohemia, Czech Republic. 1930's
Art Deco Ingrid parfum bottle made of malachite glass by Riedel glassworks, depicting a nude under a waterfall. Bohemia, Czech Republic. 1930's
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Pieced Together is full of relatable experiences, many of which are from my own life!!
Wishlist today if you enjoy heartfelt games with true to life stories.
zurl.co/SPeAH
#cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
Wishlist today if you enjoy heartfelt games with true to life stories.
zurl.co/SPeAH
#cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Pieced Together is full of relatable experiences, many of which are from my own life!!
Wishlist today if you enjoy heartfelt games with true to life stories.
zurl.co/SPeAH
#cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
Wishlist today if you enjoy heartfelt games with true to life stories.
zurl.co/SPeAH
#cozygame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
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convey a message in cloud form
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
convey a message in cloud form
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If the last 15 years of the tightening chokeholds on society and culture from the tech sector and the American conservative animus have taught us anything, it’s that it’s healthy to be extremely skeptical of anyone calling the humanities “low utility” or similar
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If the last 15 years of the tightening chokeholds on society and culture from the tech sector and the American conservative animus have taught us anything, it’s that it’s healthy to be extremely skeptical of anyone calling the humanities “low utility” or similar
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Here is another watercolour drawing done on location in Winchester. This shows Dean Garnier's Garden which lies on the site of what was once the monk’s dormitory of the Benedictine Monastery. I still have the original of this tucked away somewhere.
#art #watercolour #Winchester
#art #watercolour #Winchester
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here is another watercolour drawing done on location in Winchester. This shows Dean Garnier's Garden which lies on the site of what was once the monk’s dormitory of the Benedictine Monastery. I still have the original of this tucked away somewhere.
#art #watercolour #Winchester
#art #watercolour #Winchester
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
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Hey #GameMaker devs! I just released my second @gamemaker.io library called Figgy for @tabularelf.com's fifth #gmcookbook library jam!
Figgy is a centralized, persistent and live-editable config manager that lets you seamlessly tune and balance your games!
glebtsereteli.itch.io/figgy
Figgy is a centralized, persistent and live-editable config manager that lets you seamlessly tune and balance your games!
glebtsereteli.itch.io/figgy
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hey #GameMaker devs! I just released my second @gamemaker.io library called Figgy for @tabularelf.com's fifth #gmcookbook library jam!
Figgy is a centralized, persistent and live-editable config manager that lets you seamlessly tune and balance your games!
glebtsereteli.itch.io/figgy
Figgy is a centralized, persistent and live-editable config manager that lets you seamlessly tune and balance your games!
glebtsereteli.itch.io/figgy
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Japanese woodblock prints by Iwao Akiyama, an artist known for distinctive prints of owls and cats. Akiyama was born in 1921 in Takeda, Ōita Prefecture and studied drawing under the direction of a Buddhist monk during his childhood. Images via Google Image Search
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Japanese woodblock prints by Iwao Akiyama, an artist known for distinctive prints of owls and cats. Akiyama was born in 1921 in Takeda, Ōita Prefecture and studied drawing under the direction of a Buddhist monk during his childhood. Images via Google Image Search