Owen Goss
@owengoss.com
Canadian indie game designer/dev. Half of Milkbag Games: Fivefold, Kickoff League, Disco Zoo, FutureGrind, Sidewords, SantaCraft, Photobomb. Amateur potter. He/him
Links: owengoss.com
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Owen Goss
@owengoss.com
· Nov 18
Hi! I'm Owen, and I've been a game developer for 20+ years. I'm half of Milkbag Games, an indie studio in Ontario, Canada. We made Disco Zoo, FutureGrind, Sidewords, and more.
I mostly post about game dev, or games-adjacent stuff, but I'm also a hobbyist potter, so sometimes I post about that too!
I mostly post about game dev, or games-adjacent stuff, but I'm also a hobbyist potter, so sometimes I post about that too!
This might be my fastest Fivefold time yet
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold: Daily Puzzle
A daily logic puzzle game where the rules are different every day!
fivefold.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This might be my fastest Fivefold time yet
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #15 (Nov 25, 2025) solved in 0:25 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
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was trying to explain what makes Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams so good to a friend and I feel like saying "full physics jigsaw pieces" always undersells it
you can even move the pieces to anywhere else in the house and complete the puzzle on the floor or in the kitchen sink if you wanted
you can even move the pieces to anywhere else in the house and complete the puzzle on the floor or in the kitchen sink if you wanted
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
was trying to explain what makes Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams so good to a friend and I feel like saying "full physics jigsaw pieces" always undersells it
you can even move the pieces to anywhere else in the house and complete the puzzle on the floor or in the kitchen sink if you wanted
you can even move the pieces to anywhere else in the house and complete the puzzle on the floor or in the kitchen sink if you wanted
A challenging Fivefold puzzle today
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #12 (Nov 22, 2025) solved in 4:41 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #12 (Nov 22, 2025) solved in 4:41 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold: Daily Puzzle
A daily logic puzzle game where the rules are different every day!
fivefold.ca
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A challenging Fivefold puzzle today
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #12 (Nov 22, 2025) solved in 4:41 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
Fivefold Daily Puzzle #12 (Nov 22, 2025) solved in 4:41 with 0 hints! fivefold.ca
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Otto's Basketball Game's v0.9 is now playable on Itchio! Help me get this to a v1.0 by giving it a try and leaving a comment here on Bsky (reply or dm) or on Itch!
ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
I made hours' worth of last minute changes, so hopefully I didn't totally break it :--)
#gamedev
ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
I made hours' worth of last minute changes, so hopefully I didn't totally break it :--)
#gamedev
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Otto's Basketball Game's v0.9 is now playable on Itchio! Help me get this to a v1.0 by giving it a try and leaving a comment here on Bsky (reply or dm) or on Itch!
ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
I made hours' worth of last minute changes, so hopefully I didn't totally break it :--)
#gamedev
ottoojala.itch.io/ottos-basket...
I made hours' worth of last minute changes, so hopefully I didn't totally break it :--)
#gamedev
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HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
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Love this miniature sudoku, with additional logic rules.
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Love this miniature sudoku, with additional logic rules.
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This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
1/? ⚛️🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a real image of a real thing that exists in the universe! And because a bunch of humans decided to get together and build a space telescope, we get to see it! 🤯
Got my snow tires put on the car. I have an injured back, so I was trying to figure out how to get the summer tires out of the car when I got home. Grabbed a 2x6 and used it as a ramp to roll the tires down. As I rolled the last one down without hurting my back, I shouted "Physics!!" triumphantly.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Got my snow tires put on the car. I have an injured back, so I was trying to figure out how to get the summer tires out of the car when I got home. Grabbed a 2x6 and used it as a ramp to roll the tires down. As I rolled the last one down without hurting my back, I shouted "Physics!!" triumphantly.
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For the evening crowd...
#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social!
No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*.
Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion.
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*.
Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion.
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
For the evening crowd...
Have spent my entire day so far trying to get my iphone to work. Had a problem where "System Data" was using 71GB! of my storage, and none of the solutions online worked. This morning my phone couldn't do anything because no free space, and anything I deleted immediately got replaced by System Data.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Have spent my entire day so far trying to get my iphone to work. Had a problem where "System Data" was using 71GB! of my storage, and none of the solutions online worked. This morning my phone couldn't do anything because no free space, and anything I deleted immediately got replaced by System Data.
I have been waiting for this!
#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social!
No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*.
Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion.
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*.
Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion.
www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I have been waiting for this!
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I'm going to bump this just one more time here. I don't want to be a downer.
I'm a 25 year professional software/game dev/community organizer that's in *DIRE* need of employment ASAP! I've been stuck in tech-company interview & waiting hell the past 9+ months. I desperately need a job or gig now. 💜
I'm a 25 year professional software/game dev/community organizer that's in *DIRE* need of employment ASAP! I've been stuck in tech-company interview & waiting hell the past 9+ months. I desperately need a job or gig now. 💜
Shit shit shit.
Difficult realization that we're financially at our limit. I need work yesterday to support my wife and I. At this point, anything goes. Full time, part time, you pay and I code for you.
I'm a 20+ year pro software/gamedev in "Fake London" Canada
mikekasprzak.com/Resume-MikeK...
Difficult realization that we're financially at our limit. I need work yesterday to support my wife and I. At this point, anything goes. Full time, part time, you pay and I code for you.
I'm a 20+ year pro software/gamedev in "Fake London" Canada
mikekasprzak.com/Resume-MikeK...
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm going to bump this just one more time here. I don't want to be a downer.
I'm a 25 year professional software/game dev/community organizer that's in *DIRE* need of employment ASAP! I've been stuck in tech-company interview & waiting hell the past 9+ months. I desperately need a job or gig now. 💜
I'm a 25 year professional software/game dev/community organizer that's in *DIRE* need of employment ASAP! I've been stuck in tech-company interview & waiting hell the past 9+ months. I desperately need a job or gig now. 💜
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FRIENDS! 💛
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
FRIENDS! 💛
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
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Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Q-UP hit overwhelmingly positive this weekend which is overwhelmingly flattering!
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
"That's kind of sick when you think about it."
here's some thoughts from my perspective in a thread
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Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold: Daily Puzzle
A daily logic puzzle game where the rules are different every day!
fivefold.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just a little tip for drivers: the lane at the side of the road with large paintings of bicycles on it is ✨for bicycles✨
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Just a little tip for drivers: the lane at the side of the road with large paintings of bicycles on it is ✨for bicycles✨
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Do you like logic puzzles? Sudoku? Futoshiki? Um, other? Try our new daily puzzle browser game, Fivefold!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you like logic puzzles? Sudoku? Futoshiki? Um, other? Try our new daily puzzle browser game, Fivefold!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
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All of the talks from ThinkyCon 2025 are now on YouTube! If you missed them or if you want inspiration for the jam happening right now, you can find them here!
ThinkyCon 2025 · Thinky Games
On 5th to 7th November 2025, Thinky Games held the second ThinkyCon event, an online conference for creators of thinky games.
thinkygames.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
All of the talks from ThinkyCon 2025 are now on YouTube! If you missed them or if you want inspiration for the jam happening right now, you can find them here!
Do you like logic puzzles? Sudoku? Futoshiki? Um, other? Try our new daily puzzle browser game, Fivefold!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you like logic puzzles? Sudoku? Futoshiki? Um, other? Try our new daily puzzle browser game, Fivefold!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
fivefold.ca
The puzzle rules change every day. Today's puzzle is a Medium difficulty, but you can find Easy puzzles in the Dojo to try first, if you want!
I was already excited for Crownfell, but Mike's video explaining the details of how it's played got me even more excited!
Explosions, betrayals, and comebacks, oh my…!
Everything you need to know to play #Crownfell, in less than ten minutes:
Everything you need to know to play #Crownfell, in less than ten minutes:
How to Play Crownfell
YouTube video by Mike Berg
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I was already excited for Crownfell, but Mike's video explaining the details of how it's played got me even more excited!
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Damn, this game is fun. It's sudoku-like but has some fresh ideas and has that hit of satisfaction when everything falls into place. Couple of minutes to finish the daily puzzles when you get the hang of it.
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Damn, this game is fun. It's sudoku-like but has some fresh ideas and has that hit of satisfaction when everything falls into place. Couple of minutes to finish the daily puzzles when you get the hang of it.
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oops, we made another game!
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
Fivefold is a daily logic puzzle where the rules change every day. Play it free in your browser!
fivefold.ca
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basically all of these films were major points of obsession for me in college, and now you can watch them all just on youtube. amazing. in particular Mirror basically changed my entire relationship with film after i took a Russian cinema class on a whim and it made me change to a film major.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
basically all of these films were major points of obsession for me in college, and now you can watch them all just on youtube. amazing. in particular Mirror basically changed my entire relationship with film after i took a Russian cinema class on a whim and it made me change to a film major.