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
he/him
Game Systems Designer, dangerously unsupervised (prev Big Blue Sky Games, Blizzard, Bungie, Irrational, etc)
Hire me!
#GameDev
he/him
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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
Overwatch needs to start up a gene-hacking post-humanist faction pushing back against the android/robot advance.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
February 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Overwatch needs to start up a gene-hacking post-humanist faction pushing back against the android/robot advance.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
Yeah that's right: Overwatch should go full furry.
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blog post about how using ai shit makes you a scab
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
blog post about how using ai shit makes you a scab
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Read it and weep
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
"We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average"
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
arxiv.org/abs/2601.20245
How AI Impacts Skill Formation
AI assistance produces significant productivity gains across professional domains, particularly for novice workers. Yet how this assistance affects the development of skills required to effectively su...
arxiv.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Read it and weep
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
WE TOLD YOU
ATODASO! I Fucking ATODASO!
The best to ever do it.
After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
The best to ever do it.
We regret to inform you the juice has been banned
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We regret to inform you the juice has been banned
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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
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
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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White supremacists and transphobes will choose to remain in a social circle brimming with pedophiles as long as there are no black and trans people in them. Youtubers chose this. Network anchors chose this. Presidents chose this. Happily. Willingly. Are STILL choosing it.
Hi I hate it here thanks.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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Tremendous.
Some terrifically titled papers from a discovered collection of NASA research documents found in a skip
(with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)
(with thanks to @juliarez.placid.horse)
February 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Tremendous.
Man, this screencap makes me extremely glad I didn't click when I first heard this.
That's horrifying.
That's horrifying.
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Man, this screencap makes me extremely glad I didn't click when I first heard this.
That's horrifying.
That's horrifying.
That'll definitely fix the cost issue.
SpaceX has officially acquired xAI with new focus on creating orbital AI data centers
SpaceX has officially acquired xAI with new focus on creating orbital AI data centers
SpaceX and xAI will team up on deploying orbital AI data centers.
dlvr.it
February 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
That'll definitely fix the cost issue.
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This talk at GDC 2013 by Ruth Tomandil is a huge part of why I became a producer. I think it’s still a great primer on what a producer is and why the role is important. gdcvault.com/play/1017680...
Producer Bootcamp: Production 101
Making games is fun, but complicated. The complexities of games increases with each new generation of gaming, and customer expectations grow. Production roles have become even more critical, whether y...
gdcvault.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
This talk at GDC 2013 by Ruth Tomandil is a huge part of why I became a producer. I think it’s still a great primer on what a producer is and why the role is important. gdcvault.com/play/1017680...
Kitchen hack: sourdough
February 2, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Kitchen hack: sourdough
I'm sure she has at LEAST 1000 on AO3.
If anyone says Lupita Nyong’o is miscast as the most beautiful woman in the world, you know you can safely discard any further opinions from that person
February 2, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I'm sure she has at LEAST 1000 on AO3.
Kitchen hack: Bartender's Friend
February 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Kitchen hack: Bartender's Friend
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Honestly a thousand ships seems a little light for Lupita Nyong'o.
February 2, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Honestly a thousand ships seems a little light for Lupita Nyong'o.