Dan Johnson (hire me)
@coil.bsky.social
Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
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Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me!
#GameDev
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Dan Johnson (hire me)
@coil.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Hello newskies! I'm Dan, a game designer currently hailing from the Seattle area. I have lots of schipperkes, ADHD, and many (mostly crafty) hobbies in varying states of hyperfocus or neglect.
Favorite game: Journey
Color: Aqua
Album: Paul Simon - Graceland
Cocktail: Red Hook
Dinosaur: Amargasaurus
Favorite game: Journey
Color: Aqua
Album: Paul Simon - Graceland
Cocktail: Red Hook
Dinosaur: Amargasaurus
Very rude of Bluesky to switch to dark mode at 4-damn-30 in the afternoon 😠
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Very rude of Bluesky to switch to dark mode at 4-damn-30 in the afternoon 😠
Enjoy your c-suite cookie and eventual layoff, scab
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November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Enjoy your c-suite cookie and eventual layoff, scab
Awesome recognition for small teams!
I was also really impressed by Sektori's credits, which include video of their early prototypes alongside the names.
I was also really impressed by Sektori's credits, which include video of their early prototypes alongside the names.
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Awesome recognition for small teams!
I was also really impressed by Sektori's credits, which include video of their early prototypes alongside the names.
I was also really impressed by Sektori's credits, which include video of their early prototypes alongside the names.
Intentoes
Xbox Crocs releasing tomorrow on Crocs Store (Nov 25 - $80) buff.ly/4J97UXm
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Intentoes
Morning coffee buddies
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Morning coffee buddies
Neat thread on punk music and game design.
I used to be in a shitty punk band when I was a teen, and I want to tell a little story about how I learned about creative intuition.
1/10
1/10
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Neat thread on punk music and game design.
Fantastic!
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Fantastic!
Never been more devastated to have a keyboard tray that doesn't have room for a desk mat
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Never been more devastated to have a keyboard tray that doesn't have room for a desk mat
I call this "paws akimbo"
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I call this "paws akimbo"
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Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
Looks like the article has been updated to suggest maybe they misread the policy.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
I see people complaining that this also disabled their spam filters, though I still see new messages showing up in spam so it's still working fine for me after disabling things.
[Correction] Gmail can read your emails and attachments to power "smart features"
Did you know that Gmail can use your emails and attachments for its smart features? Here's how to check your settings.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Turns out this was all much ado about nothing and Google isn’t using your Gmail to train AI and if wanna turn all that stuff back on you can get your spam filters back
You know that video of failing every QTE in the Heavy Rain market chase sequence?
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You know that video of failing every QTE in the Heavy Rain market chase sequence?
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
"Is it 4:30 am" is the wrong question.
"Did I finally clear Campaign Mode in Sektori?" ...Also yes.
"Did I finally clear Campaign Mode in Sektori?" ...Also yes.
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Is it 4:30 am" is the wrong question.
"Did I finally clear Campaign Mode in Sektori?" ...Also yes.
"Did I finally clear Campaign Mode in Sektori?" ...Also yes.
I haven't cared about it in years but man, it's really diving. 15% YoY but over 30% in the last couple months.
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I haven't cared about it in years but man, it's really diving. 15% YoY but over 30% in the last couple months.
Simple mind apple material 4k no AI
GOOD NEWS: I've managed to up the poly count on the mind apples I've been rotating without affecting performance cost, them shits round as hell
I know they're better when you do it yourself but I've been buying all my mind apples pre-rotated lately because I just don't have the time/energy.
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Simple mind apple material 4k no AI
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(third eye opening) a Doctor Strange metroidvania heavily inspired by the Mirror Dimension
it's really cool how in some parts of Hollow Knight you attack your way into someone's dreams and see what's going on in there. It makes me think a metroidvania where you go back and forth between the dream world and the real one and they're two overlaid maps would be really compelling.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
(third eye opening) a Doctor Strange metroidvania heavily inspired by the Mirror Dimension
Absolutely not worth reading, but the gentlewoman from Georgia is resigning at the end of the year because Washington is dysfunctional and nobody likes her. Byeeeee.
(Looks like there will be a special election for her seat by mid-Feb.)
(Looks like there will be a special election for her seat by mid-Feb.)
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Absolutely not worth reading, but the gentlewoman from Georgia is resigning at the end of the year because Washington is dysfunctional and nobody likes her. Byeeeee.
(Looks like there will be a special election for her seat by mid-Feb.)
(Looks like there will be a special election for her seat by mid-Feb.)
Ok NOW I'm dead.
In the time where both technologies were accessible, the text message would have cost as much as the blank CD
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ok NOW I'm dead.
Absurd. We used lasers, of course.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Absurd. We used lasers, of course.
This dude is gonna absolutely flatten me.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This dude is gonna absolutely flatten me.
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Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
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And this loops directly into why people use genai. Many people think that if their art is not a very specific realistic perfect polished style that it's "not good", so they use genai. They might see it as "better", but it's not. It's not better because that definition of what's good is warped.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And this loops directly into why people use genai. Many people think that if their art is not a very specific realistic perfect polished style that it's "not good", so they use genai. They might see it as "better", but it's not. It's not better because that definition of what's good is warped.
DESIGN IS HIS PASSION
I had to
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
DESIGN IS HIS PASSION
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There's gotta be a German word for this shit
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There's gotta be a German word for this shit