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DynamicDonut

@dynamicdonut.bsky.social

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Game dev, SEGA game fan and avid record collector; he/him. https://bwgamedesign.com /// https://linktr.ee/dynamicdonut

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DynamicDonut @dynamicdonut.bsky.social · Oct 22

Hey all! I'm DynamicDonut.

I've been designing games for years, 4 of those creating puzzles for the game Two Dots. I also have a huge passion for game design teaching!

I'm always willing to chat about any new indie releases and you can see my personal work over at bwgamedesign.com!

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www.bwgamedesign.com

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 17h

I can get people wanting to see all available content in a game but imagine applying the same idiocy to anything else

No you haven't really 'beaten' Batrider unless you've done so with every character, in every team combination, with every character variation, across all modes🤔

Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, but spooky 🦇 @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 17h

I'm going to embarrass myself and admit I don't get why the prevailing wisdom is visual novels/dating sims, etc. are only complete after clearing every route.

Game reacting to my decisions and ending accordingly? Magic.
Repeating until I've exhausted every choice? That's a checklist, not a story.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 2d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Karl Olson 🎃 Ultraklystron @karlrolson.com · 2d

If the thrust of your streaming platform is that it's the best place for watching a subtitled medium, it's a natural business sideline to then build an industry-leading subtitling & playback engine that is so good, your competitors would want to licence it, not to replace that with something worse.

unhinged eldritch abomination @rhymeswithk.bsky.social · 2d

Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥

a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

Alt: a girl in a blue dress is dancing next to a jukebox

media.tenor.com

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davemakes🔶 @mixolumia.com · Feb 22

found this in my notes, good advice for aspiring devs

Rules for Game Dev
1. The gamer is always gamer
2. Games aren't finished, only completed
3. Always keep at least one infinite loop in your game to trap malevolent spirits
4. Don't code the small stuff (it's all stuff)
5. Respect the seven axes of player motivation
6. A bad game is bad forever, but a broken game is right twice a day
7. It's not about who you know, it's about knowing who
8. Disregard the eighth axis of player motivation
9. You couldn't make Super Mario today. Try again tomorrow.
10. The game developer with the most victory points at the end is the winner
11. Do not acknowledge the howling skull

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 14d

While RPG overworlds arose from technical limitations, they offer solutions to open world bloat that many modern games could learn from.

We Haven’t Properly Mourned the Death of RPG Overworlds

While RPG overworlds arose out of technical limitations, they offer solutions to open world bloat that many modern games could learn from.

www.endlessmode.com

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D. Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 7d

DISASTER ARMS IS OUT
30 BOSSES
2 ARMS
1 SOLDIER
0 TURNING BACK

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Evan Palmer @evanpalmercomics.com · 7d

Here's the full art for the front. I think I'd love to do more takes on different box art styles. Maybe I could even convince someone to make it a real model.

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Sgt M @sgtm.bsky.social · 8d

"I don't like the idea of
Milhouse getting two
spaghetti dinners in one day."

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8d

This should be getting as much attention as Jimmy Kimmel

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 8d

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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the gabagool miracle @jimpjorps.bsky.social · 8d

if being on somethingawful has taught me anything, there is no shame in posting on a site where you hate the mods

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Bigg @bpbigg.bsky.social · 8d

There are a lot of ways in which Cohost was empirically the better website, but the most pertinent one today is that it had a 100%-Poster staff. And the thing people don't appreciate about being a true Poster is that a huge part of it is knowing when to Not Post

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 14d

Rest In Power ✊🏼

"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
-Assata Shakur

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divine beastmode @gunstreet.bsky.social · 15d

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 15d

It's difficult to overstate the influence Recettear's surprise hit of a digital English release was in terms of getting the Japanese games industry to turn their heads towards PC as a viable release platform.

We all owe a lot to Andrew and his work and I'm so sad to hear this.

AndyAML @andyaml.bsky.social · 15d

Absolutely devastated by this news. SpaceDrake was no doubt a huge influence in drumming up interest for Japanese indie games localized into English and pushing for them on digital distribution storefronts like steam. Huge loss. Might be time for another playthrough of Recettear in his honour.

A tweet from Robin Light-Williams (@BlondRobin) stating the following: Hello to anyone reading this. I am Robin Light-Williams, formerly lead translator for Carpe Fulgur. I am very sorry to announce that my friend and business partner Andrew Dice, @SpaceDrakeCF, has passed away. Pursuant to that, Carpe Fulgur will be ceasing operations.

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Peaches von Strangle @vantablackvamp.blacksky.app · 15d

Never debate the inhumane about your humanity.
It’s a fools errand.

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DynamicDonut @dynamicdonut.bsky.social · 15d

I definitely think some of that is just missing the time while the iron was hot, but I also don't necessarily mean it *has* to be more Amuro/Char stories.

Just exploring that world after Zeon's being "rebuilt" a second time but is relatively quiet has promise

DynamicDonut @dynamicdonut.bsky.social · 19d

Maybe this is more the case with manga releases, but I'm surprised Sunrise doesn't explore the UC timeline between ZZ and Char's Counterattack more.

Maybe there's not much there to mine for, but it feels (predictably) lopsided, seeing how much stuff is made right before or right after the OYW.

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T. Ashley 🌸 Jenkins @fluttersprite.itch.io · 19d

Presenting my project for Falling Block Jam 2025:

Paranatural: Spirit Stackers!

Join the Activity Club as they hone their spectral abilities in this classic arcade-style competitive puzzler! Play with a friend, or challenge the Arcade Mode!

fluttersprite.itch.io/spiritstackers

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DynamicDonut @dynamicdonut.bsky.social · 20d

I'm still trying to catch up on the Skydevilpalm shit, damn

DynamicDonut @dynamicdonut.bsky.social · 20d

I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing that I've been so caught up in current work that every time I check out bsky I'm seeing like 5 new main topics randomly pop up that I heard nothing about prior

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pagodrink @pagodrink.bsky.social · 20d

I honestly would just prefer if users were able to label their own stuff w/o being punished by algorithms. It's the equivalent of getting rid of a product in a store because it warned that it contained peanuts in it. My brother in christ, I saw the warning, I'm not gonna buy if I'm allergic!

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 21d

I understand why because it's a sensitive topic, but a corporation deciding *what* exactly makes a work of art nonconsensual will always do more harm than good because this will lead to thousands of creators getting mistakenly caught in the censorship net. It can kill our livelihoods.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22d

This is why everything sucks. It's not trans people. It's not immigrants. You are being robbed blind before your eyes and those same people also own all the tech and media networks to tell you that the cause is not them

@MorePerfectUS
U.S. billionaires reached a record breaking $7.6 trillion in wealth as of September 2025, an increase of $4.7 trillion in the less than eight years.

Most of that wealth hasn’t been taxed and won’t be taxed under our current system — per
@4TaxFairness
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onion person @junlper.beer · 23d

the most important thing for everyone in this country right now is to practice self preservation. they are entirely rolling back the first amendment and the ability to protest, be careful

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Annie💀 @anniemay.bsky.social · 27d

Every time someone says "I didn't agree with all of his ideas" when begging for civility around Charlie Kirk, just ask a simple question "which of his ideas did you agree with?"

It's all you have to do.

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