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the statues are bleeding green iggi phd student @ uni of york researching game design & player creativity [games & zines] fuzul.itch.io [other links] linktr.ee/dorukb

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · Feb 26

my first paper, which I co-authored with @jaakkostenros.bsky.social and @sotamaa.bsky.social, is now published!! it is essentially an invitation, and a tool, to reflect on and experiment with the rules we play by to invent personal metagames and shape agencies. open access dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Em Reed (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social · 3d

A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... 😈 domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

BONEYARD JAM

Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025

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tom (cool) @tomsmizzle.itch.io · 5d

maybe i made a game for this domino club jam, maybe I got pissed off at a bug in a red dress for a month. you're gonna have to play them all to make sure domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

BONEYARD JAM

Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025

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freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 5d

Exciting news! DOMINO CLUB returns for the 10th jam! It's possible I made something for it! See all the new games here:

domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

BONEYARD JAM

Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 6d

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cathode ray tubetop @nightelectricity.com · 9d

hello, truly sorry to do this but i'm struggling to keep my head above water, it is very difficult to find work while trans and autistic on terf island. anything helps, though please do not feel obligated, i have been through worse and am lucky to have a partner to get me through this. thank you.

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🎀 i'm katey! @bagenzos.house · 15d

💡🚪new game: baetyl
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
🧀made for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! ❤️

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 16d

New Game: Blank Page Boogie-Woogie.

A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.

illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 18d

someone had to do it 🙏

doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 18d

and i did it in one bus ride

doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 18d

glad it helped 🙏

doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 18d

i did it you can stop thinking about it, i just solved The Male Loneliness Epidemic downpour.games/~doruk/solut...

" Solutions To The Male Loneliness Epidemic" by doruk

A Downpour game by doruk

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 18d

making downpour game at lunch i think this one will heal the world

doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · 23d

dear reader is a cool game because:
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios

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Junch @junchgaming.bsky.social · 24d

The support for the Games for Palestine charity bundle has been immensely appreciated these past weeks. With 6 days to go, we are about $14k from reaching $100,000.

Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...

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BeeSky @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 25d

Free Palestine forever 🇵🇸

An illustration that says "free palestine" with drawn elements representing familiar Palestinian cultural iconography

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Em Reed (Debut novel MORE BUGS out now)!!! @dayofthemutants.bsky.social · 26d

Awesome bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/project...

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

bogdanthegeek.github.io

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iGGi CDT @iggi-phd.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎉 iGGi Researcher talks!
📅 Sept 10–11 • University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
✨ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
👀 Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign

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⚱ fotocopiadora ⚱ @fotocopiadora.bsky.social · Aug 27

im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else

James Wragg @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social · Aug 27

Contrary to what you might think, we've actually 𝑛𝑜𝑡 been sleeping and / or dead since launching Dread Delusion...

...we've been making a dying earth JRPG called

🍄 ⚔️ 💀 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐘 💀 ⚔️ 🍄

& you can wishlist it on Steam rn!
store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · Aug 27

cool horse

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Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net · Aug 27

Strip the humanity from the things we do and create. Embrace conformity with a new template made by those who don’t care about existing humans except to exploit them, excusing their scrabble for increasing wealth by waving at technocentric utilitarian religions that happen to align with their egos

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · Aug 27

made another downpour in a (short) flight downpour.games/~doruk/hey-l...

"hey, listen to me" by doruk

A Downpour game by doruk

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · Aug 26

thought this was anthology of the killer for a sec

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doruk @dorukb.bsky.social · Aug 24

im getting on a plane again so might make another stupid ass game on it