Tom Happ
@axiomverge.bsky.social
Solo dev who made Axiom Verge. Likes too many things and tries to do them all.
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star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
The thing about Star Trek is that the majority of it has the crew spending most of the episode trying to figure out, through arguing and investigating, what's the right thing to do in a complicated situation and I don't think any shows do that now? Like in a Very Special Episode but not all the time
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
star trek is about a utopian vision of the future bordering on fantasy where people someday will be able to make good choices about complicated problems by talking to each other and involving people who know about things
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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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just asking a question
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
just asking a question
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Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
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35 years ago, I was being thoroughly wowed by Mega Man 2. Capcom's legendary platformer was a top-tier NES classic. I described it as "incredibly tricky," which in today's parlance means "Dark Souls is comparatively a big wet pansy." Back then we gamers were all hard as nails. 😆
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
35 years ago, I was being thoroughly wowed by Mega Man 2. Capcom's legendary platformer was a top-tier NES classic. I described it as "incredibly tricky," which in today's parlance means "Dark Souls is comparatively a big wet pansy." Back then we gamers were all hard as nails. 😆
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let it rain on us forever
November 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
let it rain on us forever
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And here's *research* lospec.com/palette-list...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
And here's *research* lospec.com/palette-list...
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Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ah, I'm awake again. Time to open the psychological harm app
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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I strongly urge you all to spend the next 23 minutes and 9 seconds discovering the edge of Skyrim.
youtu.be/ozqXdUbPdJY?...
youtu.be/ozqXdUbPdJY?...
What's On The Edge Of Skyrim?
YouTube video by Any Austin
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I strongly urge you all to spend the next 23 minutes and 9 seconds discovering the edge of Skyrim.
youtu.be/ozqXdUbPdJY?...
youtu.be/ozqXdUbPdJY?...
Anyone know what this icon is?
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anyone know what this icon is?
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This is what programming is actually like for me
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is what programming is actually like for me
Presently sitting here with a flat tire waiting for a tow truck
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Presently sitting here with a flat tire waiting for a tow truck
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November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Microsoft drops NDAs and publishes Xbox Game Publishing Guide public, NDA-free and accessible to everyone
makes planning and launching games on Xbox consoles and PC easier for Indie Developers.
www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
makes planning and launching games on Xbox consoles and PC easier for Indie Developers.
www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Microsoft drops NDAs and publishes Xbox Game Publishing Guide public, NDA-free and accessible to everyone
makes planning and launching games on Xbox consoles and PC easier for Indie Developers.
www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
makes planning and launching games on Xbox consoles and PC easier for Indie Developers.
www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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connecting caverns
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
connecting caverns
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The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
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Anyway, play Alien Isolation
I feel like however one might land on Metroid prime 1 wrt gameplay it at least understood that the core emotional experience was tension, isolation, and a brooding ominousness, and the further they moved from sci-fi towards science fantasy space opera the more it felt like they lost that
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Anyway, play Alien Isolation
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Kotaku wants to get in touch with developers about how AI is being used in your studio.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
November 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Kotaku wants to get in touch with developers about how AI is being used in your studio.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
You can contact our tips hotline [email protected] or my secure email at [email protected]
We'll keep your identity protected and anonymize info so it's not traced back to you.
Was there more drama at the other place recently?
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Was there more drama at the other place recently?
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i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...
The strength of Super Metroid's soundtrack is in its silences
Super Metroid's music is crucial to the game's unsettling, hostile atmosphere--and especially the way that soundtrack uses silence.
www.avclub.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
i wrote an article recently about how powerful silence is in super metroid and i am thinking about it today for i guess no reason www.avclub.com/super-metroi...