Joseph Humfrey
@joe.inkle.co
Co-founder of @inkle.co, narrative game studio.
⛰️ A Highland Song
🚢 Overboard! & Expelled!
🕌 Heaven’s Vault
🌍 80 Days
🖋️ ink
📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭
🏴🇩🇪
⛰️ A Highland Song
🚢 Overboard! & Expelled!
🕌 Heaven’s Vault
🌍 80 Days
🖋️ ink
📱 Apps @ https://Selkie.Design 🦭
🏴🇩🇪
FINALLY finished the "new" Substage trailer I started... a few months ago 😳 Quite happy with how it turned out!
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
FINALLY finished the "new" Substage trailer I started... a few months ago 😳 Quite happy with how it turned out!
Stopped by Bletchley Park earlier this year with @jon.inkle.co. Took a few snaps of the old machines. I love how the mechanisms work, but even after building TR-49 around Pemberton’s circuit diagrams, nothing quite lines up, even though the logic is mathematically sound and matches the Godot code.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Stopped by Bletchley Park earlier this year with @jon.inkle.co. Took a few snaps of the old machines. I love how the mechanisms work, but even after building TR-49 around Pemberton’s circuit diagrams, nothing quite lines up, even though the logic is mathematically sound and matches the Godot code.
👀 looking sharp as always
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
👀 looking sharp as always
Today I’ve been working on a lot of clunk clunk tucka tucka tucka tucka zzzt zzt pssshssh rrbbrbrblllll
Beeeeep. KerCHUNK
Beeeeep. KerCHUNK
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today I’ve been working on a lot of clunk clunk tucka tucka tucka tucka zzzt zzt pssshssh rrbbrbrblllll
Beeeeep. KerCHUNK
Beeeeep. KerCHUNK
Tired: doom scrolling freesound.org to find the right mechanical sound for your game project
Wired: realising you have the PERFECT foley equipment at home already
Wired: realising you have the PERFECT foley equipment at home already
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Tired: doom scrolling freesound.org to find the right mechanical sound for your game project
Wired: realising you have the PERFECT foley equipment at home already
Wired: realising you have the PERFECT foley equipment at home already
The best lighting operator 🐭
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The best lighting operator 🐭
This is what game development looks like for me right now
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This is what game development looks like for me right now
Trying something different for Hour by Hour's paywall (under the expectation that the user will be pleasantly surprised with where the pricing will land!)
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trying something different for Hour by Hour's paywall (under the expectation that the user will be pleasantly surprised with where the pricing will land!)
Why am I lusting after the Steam Machine so much when I know I’d almost never use it 😭
Also, love the vibe of this wood faceplate 😙👌
Also, love the vibe of this wood faceplate 😙👌
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Why am I lusting after the Steam Machine so much when I know I’d almost never use it 😭
Also, love the vibe of this wood faceplate 😙👌
Also, love the vibe of this wood faceplate 😙👌
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for an SF Symbol: chaos.
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for one emoji: extremely competent.
So Hour by Hour now uses emoji as a middle layer for icon picking. Welcome to modern computing.
Details in my blog post: joethephish.me/blog/apple-f...
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for one emoji: extremely competent.
So Hour by Hour now uses emoji as a middle layer for icon picking. Welcome to modern computing.
Details in my blog post: joethephish.me/blog/apple-f...
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for an SF Symbol: chaos.
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for one emoji: extremely competent.
So Hour by Hour now uses emoji as a middle layer for icon picking. Welcome to modern computing.
Details in my blog post: joethephish.me/blog/apple-f...
Apple’s on-device LLM when asked for one emoji: extremely competent.
So Hour by Hour now uses emoji as a middle layer for icon picking. Welcome to modern computing.
Details in my blog post: joethephish.me/blog/apple-f...
Dug up my ~25 year old Casio graphing calculator yesterday. It still worked (after putting new batteries), and the little games I surreptitiously made during maths class were still on it!
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Dug up my ~25 year old Casio graphing calculator yesterday. It still worked (after putting new batteries), and the little games I surreptitiously made during maths class were still on it!
How I felt at the start of this week
November 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How I felt at the start of this week
Been working on my own take on iOS 26’s swipe actions, it’s satisfying getting these little interactions working!
SwiftUI only provides the .swipeActions modifier on List views (which I’m not using).
SwiftUI only provides the .swipeActions modifier on List views (which I’m not using).
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Been working on my own take on iOS 26’s swipe actions, it’s satisfying getting these little interactions working!
SwiftUI only provides the .swipeActions modifier on List views (which I’m not using).
SwiftUI only provides the .swipeActions modifier on List views (which I’m not using).
Swapped coffee with @strasser.bsky.social, made my first cup of C•Sol and this morning, it’s delicious!
Now drinking my first ever cup from home roasted beans from @pbobak.bsky.social, tastes amazing too!
Thanks coffee buddies 🫶
My current library (not including already frozen beans!)
Now drinking my first ever cup from home roasted beans from @pbobak.bsky.social, tastes amazing too!
Thanks coffee buddies 🫶
My current library (not including already frozen beans!)
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Swapped coffee with @strasser.bsky.social, made my first cup of C•Sol and this morning, it’s delicious!
Now drinking my first ever cup from home roasted beans from @pbobak.bsky.social, tastes amazing too!
Thanks coffee buddies 🫶
My current library (not including already frozen beans!)
Now drinking my first ever cup from home roasted beans from @pbobak.bsky.social, tastes amazing too!
Thanks coffee buddies 🫶
My current library (not including already frozen beans!)
Just got back from @swiftleeds.co.uk, it was fantastic! My first non-game conference, and my first small conference - it had a great, friendly, welcoming vibe. GDC is always fun but it’s also MASSIVE and by comparison impersonal and super commercial.
Leeds is a beautiful and vibrant town!
Leeds is a beautiful and vibrant town!
October 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just got back from @swiftleeds.co.uk, it was fantastic! My first non-game conference, and my first small conference - it had a great, friendly, welcoming vibe. GDC is always fun but it’s also MASSIVE and by comparison impersonal and super commercial.
Leeds is a beautiful and vibrant town!
Leeds is a beautiful and vibrant town!
My younger son holding up a drawing with “I want to be a game developer when I grow up” with a drawing of Mario.
No idea where he gets these silly juvenile ideas.
❤️
No idea where he gets these silly juvenile ideas.
❤️
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My younger son holding up a drawing with “I want to be a game developer when I grow up” with a drawing of Mario.
No idea where he gets these silly juvenile ideas.
❤️
No idea where he gets these silly juvenile ideas.
❤️
Spatial scenes on iOS 26 are super impressive in general and have been near perfect in my experience. Great fun on a lock screen!
So I was curious to see how it would interpret a full frame photo of a painting. Valiant attempt but not great 😅
So I was curious to see how it would interpret a full frame photo of a painting. Valiant attempt but not great 😅
September 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Spatial scenes on iOS 26 are super impressive in general and have been near perfect in my experience. Great fun on a lock screen!
So I was curious to see how it would interpret a full frame photo of a painting. Valiant attempt but not great 😅
So I was curious to see how it would interpret a full frame photo of a painting. Valiant attempt but not great 😅
Started a new little trailer for Substage ever since adding Homebrew support, since I don't think I've done a good job of just how much it can do now! (markdown, epubs, PDF manipulation, animated gifs and more).
Trailer is very much work in progress, but here are the first few shots!
Trailer is very much work in progress, but here are the first few shots!
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Started a new little trailer for Substage ever since adding Homebrew support, since I don't think I've done a good job of just how much it can do now! (markdown, epubs, PDF manipulation, animated gifs and more).
Trailer is very much work in progress, but here are the first few shots!
Trailer is very much work in progress, but here are the first few shots!
😱 guess I’m waiting until my shiny new iPhone 17 Pro arrives on Friday then 😀
September 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
😱 guess I’m waiting until my shiny new iPhone 17 Pro arrives on Friday then 😀
Running out of space for all the amazing HS related stuff! An excellent problem to have.
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Running out of space for all the amazing HS related stuff! An excellent problem to have.
Awww @superraregames.bsky.social sent us a developer plaque for A Highland Song! Love this ❤️
September 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Awww @superraregames.bsky.social sent us a developer plaque for A Highland Song! Love this ❤️
This one came out pretty well! I still can’t pour super consistently, but it’s exciting when it’s one of the good ones
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This one came out pretty well! I still can’t pour super consistently, but it’s exciting when it’s one of the good ones
Uuuuh coulda given us credit at least 🙄🙄🙄
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Uuuuh coulda given us credit at least 🙄🙄🙄
My window this morning. No idea why the droplets formed a grid but i think it looks kinda cool?
Might use it as my phone wallpaper in time for iOS 26!
Might use it as my phone wallpaper in time for iOS 26!
September 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My window this morning. No idea why the droplets formed a grid but i think it looks kinda cool?
Might use it as my phone wallpaper in time for iOS 26!
Might use it as my phone wallpaper in time for iOS 26!