Dan Johnson (hire me)
@coil.bsky.social
Schipperke owner @PNW
Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me!
#GameDev
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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
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what society has lost is basic decency and, importantly, holding each other to expectations of it
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
what society has lost is basic decency and, importantly, holding each other to expectations of it
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
people who make decisions like this should be shunned, no matter their class, wealth, network. people need to grow backbones.
Wowwwww
Update: their PR manager wrote me back and said that my position on AI was wrong and called me unprofessional for commenting on the game development credentials (or lack thereof) of their board and CEO
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Wowwwww
Amazing game so far.
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Amazing game so far.
Y'all I FROZE.
Then I fell off.
Then I fell off.
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Y'all I FROZE.
Then I fell off.
Then I fell off.
Imagine if a third of the US economy was being propped up by a paradigm that XKCD took to the cleaners TWENTY YEARS AGO.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Imagine if a third of the US economy was being propped up by a paradigm that XKCD took to the cleaners TWENTY YEARS AGO.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
xkcd.com/327/
Infosec has been segregating execution and data for decades, and genAI just looked at all that progress like Garfield looking at a "No Garfields" sign.
An orthopedic podiatrist/physical therapist called Maslow's Higher Arches And Knees
A store to purchase Seed & Feed called Maslow's Hierarchy of Sneed's (formerly Chuck's)
A store for once-ler garments called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Thneeds
February 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
An orthopedic podiatrist/physical therapist called Maslow's Higher Arches And Knees
Y'all should absolutely do a trailer of streamers yelling at their babies.
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Y'all should absolutely do a trailer of streamers yelling at their babies.
It is not encouraging that some of these dudes have clearly made sure to line the skull graphic up with their own facial features.
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 AM
It is not encouraging that some of these dudes have clearly made sure to line the skull graphic up with their own facial features.
Absolutely absurd. Is the instructor also part-time and that's the holes in their day job??
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Absolutely absurd. Is the instructor also part-time and that's the holes in their day job??
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Ubisoft failures, Adobe Animate stupidity, Unity killing its market, and the list goes on. This'll all continue with so many workers getting hurt until the rules and compensation for execs no longer give easy golden parachutes. People need to fail in a way that's meaningful.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Ubisoft failures, Adobe Animate stupidity, Unity killing its market, and the list goes on. This'll all continue with so many workers getting hurt until the rules and compensation for execs no longer give easy golden parachutes. People need to fail in a way that's meaningful.
This is the lesser known half of the shopping cart morality framework.
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
This is the lesser known half of the shopping cart morality framework.
Florida Woman and Arizona Trashbag are a textbook example of convergent evolution
February 4, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Florida Woman and Arizona Trashbag are a textbook example of convergent evolution
Florida Women Did Nothing Wrong
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Florida Women Did Nothing Wrong
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UPDATE: Following user backlash Adobe has changed plans, saying that while active development on Animate will cease, it will remain available for download.
Adobe Is Ruthlessly Killing Off Software That Animators Around The World Are Using Every Day [Update]
'The entire toolshed is being demolished'
aftermath.site
February 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
UPDATE: Following user backlash Adobe has changed plans, saying that while active development on Animate will cease, it will remain available for download.
You know, I'd be ok with a Sam Neill career arc for Markiplier.
February 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You know, I'd be ok with a Sam Neill career arc for Markiplier.
I do appreciate the studios that bother to decline my applications instead of just leaving them unanswered, hanging in the ether.
Still sucks.
Still sucks.
February 3, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I do appreciate the studios that bother to decline my applications instead of just leaving them unanswered, hanging in the ether.
Still sucks.
Still sucks.
The funny thing is
- weird: be yourself instead of what society expects/kill the part of you that cringes
- poser: fake it till you make it, imposter syndrome isn't real
- sell out: we live in capitalist hell, get that bag
Which I guess boils down to "actually it's still about class and community"
- weird: be yourself instead of what society expects/kill the part of you that cringes
- poser: fake it till you make it, imposter syndrome isn't real
- sell out: we live in capitalist hell, get that bag
Which I guess boils down to "actually it's still about class and community"
February 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The funny thing is
- weird: be yourself instead of what society expects/kill the part of you that cringes
- poser: fake it till you make it, imposter syndrome isn't real
- sell out: we live in capitalist hell, get that bag
Which I guess boils down to "actually it's still about class and community"
- weird: be yourself instead of what society expects/kill the part of you that cringes
- poser: fake it till you make it, imposter syndrome isn't real
- sell out: we live in capitalist hell, get that bag
Which I guess boils down to "actually it's still about class and community"
Literally 65%+ of registered Democrats want ICE *abolished*.
Keep up.
Keep up.
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Literally 65%+ of registered Democrats want ICE *abolished*.
Keep up.
Keep up.
Honestly the best thing Florida has ever done.
February 3, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Honestly the best thing Florida has ever done.
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Thinking about this again and realizing that we as an industry need to accept that this is real and that Seventy Bucks is a Hundred Bucks.
February 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Thinking about this again and realizing that we as an industry need to accept that this is real and that Seventy Bucks is a Hundred Bucks.
**award-winning!
I have in fact, won an award.
February 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
**award-winning!
I have no relevant qualifications! but I'm a quick learner and a good teammate, and I have 4 cute dogs for video calls.
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I have no relevant qualifications! but I'm a quick learner and a good teammate, and I have 4 cute dogs for video calls.
Hire an award-winning* level designer today!
*probably, I didn't check. Award-deserving at least. Are there level design awards?
*probably, I didn't check. Award-deserving at least. Are there level design awards?
February 3, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Hire an award-winning* level designer today!
*probably, I didn't check. Award-deserving at least. Are there level design awards?
*probably, I didn't check. Award-deserving at least. Are there level design awards?
I'm available to sub! ✋🙃
February 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I'm available to sub! ✋🙃