DynamicDonut
@dynamicdonut.bsky.social
Game dev, SEGA game fan and avid record collector; he/him.
https://bwgamedesign.com /// https://linktr.ee/dynamicdonut
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DynamicDonut
@dynamicdonut.bsky.social
· Oct 22
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Hey all! I'm DynamicDonut.
I've been designing games for years, 4 of those creating puzzles for the game Two Dots. I also have a huge passion for game design teaching!
I'm always willing to chat about any new indie releases and you can see my personal work over at bwgamedesign.com!
I've been designing games for years, 4 of those creating puzzles for the game Two Dots. I also have a huge passion for game design teaching!
I'm always willing to chat about any new indie releases and you can see my personal work over at bwgamedesign.com!
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@marcelineleiman.bsky.social has been such a great mouthpiece for the IGNM and the indie design scene in general. I'm shit at promoting the things I'm doing, so it's nice to have her be so excited about the event and spread the word.
As promised, here’s a chat I had with designer @marcelineleiman.bsky.social who wants YOU to make games for Indie Games Night Market. If you are looking to break into games, you’ll want to watch this interview.
youtu.be/-np-0dZWFPs
youtu.be/-np-0dZWFPs
Designer Marceline Leiman wants YOU to make games for Indie Games Night Market - TCbH PAX Interview
YouTube video by The Cardboard Herald
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
@marcelineleiman.bsky.social has been such a great mouthpiece for the IGNM and the indie design scene in general. I'm shit at promoting the things I'm doing, so it's nice to have her be so excited about the event and spread the word.
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Dirtbag Mahjong (@dirtbag-mahjong.bsky.social) by @paranoodle.bsky.social, a mahjong game with a twist, is out now! [PC]
It's riichi mahjong, with a few dirty tricks. No one plays fair here, not even you! Built for complete newbies to learn and keep experienced players guessing.
#indiegame
It's riichi mahjong, with a few dirty tricks. No one plays fair here, not even you! Built for complete newbies to learn and keep experienced players guessing.
#indiegame
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dirtbag Mahjong (@dirtbag-mahjong.bsky.social) by @paranoodle.bsky.social, a mahjong game with a twist, is out now! [PC]
It's riichi mahjong, with a few dirty tricks. No one plays fair here, not even you! Built for complete newbies to learn and keep experienced players guessing.
#indiegame
It's riichi mahjong, with a few dirty tricks. No one plays fair here, not even you! Built for complete newbies to learn and keep experienced players guessing.
#indiegame
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Still, god bless Takehito Ito and his Towards Stars universe. Guns that shoot magic, spaceships with arms, and a planet so sexy it forces Cartoon Network to create a successful adult programming division. One of my favorite things in the world.
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Still, god bless Takehito Ito and his Towards Stars universe. Guns that shoot magic, spaceships with arms, and a planet so sexy it forces Cartoon Network to create a successful adult programming division. One of my favorite things in the world.
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seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
Now that's it's been a couple of days and my voice isn't shot, PAX Unplugged was fun!
It's been years since I've gone (I think 2018?) but it's still a fun experience to just play some new titles without the "home space" investment with the boxes.
It's been years since I've gone (I think 2018?) but it's still a fun experience to just play some new titles without the "home space" investment with the boxes.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Now that's it's been a couple of days and my voice isn't shot, PAX Unplugged was fun!
It's been years since I've gone (I think 2018?) but it's still a fun experience to just play some new titles without the "home space" investment with the boxes.
It's been years since I've gone (I think 2018?) but it's still a fun experience to just play some new titles without the "home space" investment with the boxes.
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we don't just need to be funding small studios to make one game, we need to be funding them to make the ones they can fuck up before they can make the ones they learn from.
The winner takes all-instant hit-meme-flywheel mentality that has completely overtaken the games industry and even #indiedev is poison.
It deteriorates the space for risk and sustainable growth, until all that's left is to to either make slot-machines or slop-machines.
It deteriorates the space for risk and sustainable growth, until all that's left is to to either make slot-machines or slop-machines.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
we don't just need to be funding small studios to make one game, we need to be funding them to make the ones they can fuck up before they can make the ones they learn from.
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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Thanks to everyone who suggested out of print anime for this column!!! I’m deeply appreciative and did my best to attribute credit as titles came up!
And thanks for making this such a fun one, @bwprowl.bsky.social!
And thanks for making this such a fun one, @bwprowl.bsky.social!
Forget new series that never get legal streams, what about all of the old series that are impossible to find? Chris and Lucas discuss some really buried treasure.
This Week in Anime - OOPs, There it Goes
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thanks to everyone who suggested out of print anime for this column!!! I’m deeply appreciative and did my best to attribute credit as titles came up!
And thanks for making this such a fun one, @bwprowl.bsky.social!
And thanks for making this such a fun one, @bwprowl.bsky.social!
"wonder when's the last time I've updated my media thread"
"...what do you mean it's been 2.5 months"
I apologize everyone beforehand now 🙇♂️
"...what do you mean it's been 2.5 months"
I apologize everyone beforehand now 🙇♂️
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"wonder when's the last time I've updated my media thread"
"...what do you mean it's been 2.5 months"
I apologize everyone beforehand now 🙇♂️
"...what do you mean it's been 2.5 months"
I apologize everyone beforehand now 🙇♂️
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This might be the most realistic portrayal of being an artist working for indecisive directors/leads I've ever seen on tv. Everyone needs to be watching The Chair Company.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This might be the most realistic portrayal of being an artist working for indecisive directors/leads I've ever seen on tv. Everyone needs to be watching The Chair Company.
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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In the decade-plus I've been making my weekly videos, Rebecca was the only developer to have jumped into my comments to clear up a point I was unclear about—then she graciously agreed to be on the podcast. I found her to be as generous and kind as she was talented. It's truly tragic that she's gone.
In hearing of the passing of Rebecca Heineman, I thought it would be worth sharing this wonderful interview she did on @retronauts.bsky.social:
retronauts.com/article/1167...
retronauts.com/article/1167...
Episode 211 explores the career of Rebecca Heineman
A whirlwind overview of a legendary programmer's work.
retronauts.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
In the decade-plus I've been making my weekly videos, Rebecca was the only developer to have jumped into my comments to clear up a point I was unclear about—then she graciously agreed to be on the podcast. I found her to be as generous and kind as she was talented. It's truly tragic that she's gone.
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
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The GOTY nominees are in! Huge congrats to
- deltarune ch3+4
- outrun 2006
- guilty gear strive ranked mode
- kunitsu-gami: path of the goddess
- killer7
- umamusume: pretty derby
- jack garland
- the music video for the daoko track in once upon a katamari
- deltarune ch3+4
- outrun 2006
- guilty gear strive ranked mode
- kunitsu-gami: path of the goddess
- killer7
- umamusume: pretty derby
- jack garland
- the music video for the daoko track in once upon a katamari
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The GOTY nominees are in! Huge congrats to
- deltarune ch3+4
- outrun 2006
- guilty gear strive ranked mode
- kunitsu-gami: path of the goddess
- killer7
- umamusume: pretty derby
- jack garland
- the music video for the daoko track in once upon a katamari
- deltarune ch3+4
- outrun 2006
- guilty gear strive ranked mode
- kunitsu-gami: path of the goddess
- killer7
- umamusume: pretty derby
- jack garland
- the music video for the daoko track in once upon a katamari
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Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
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It's nice to see Ultraman having a moment in the US. More. More.
The audience size here is also kinda nuts, the people yearn for Tokusatsu.
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's nice to see Ultraman having a moment in the US. More. More.
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It is interesting to consider that some of the most beloved cinematic classics were either a modest success back in their day or underperformed at the box office.
Thanks to home media and even television broadcasts, they became re-evaluated and garnered the classic status that they have today.
Thanks to home media and even television broadcasts, they became re-evaluated and garnered the classic status that they have today.
November 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It is interesting to consider that some of the most beloved cinematic classics were either a modest success back in their day or underperformed at the box office.
Thanks to home media and even television broadcasts, they became re-evaluated and garnered the classic status that they have today.
Thanks to home media and even television broadcasts, they became re-evaluated and garnered the classic status that they have today.
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The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The owner of this business is a old, wonderful friend & a former employer of mine, so please, I need all of my Pacific Northwest followers keeping an eye out for this stuff, especially if you run in nerd circles, so that his dream business, built via decades of grinding, can keep running.
truly the Dicey Dungeons experience
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
truly the Dicey Dungeons experience
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not to sound like a boomer but I have been watching this image play out for 30 years when does it stop
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
not to sound like a boomer but I have been watching this image play out for 30 years when does it stop
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How cool is it that Japanese fighting game fans use to distribute their combo videos on VHS?
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How cool is it that Japanese fighting game fans use to distribute their combo videos on VHS?
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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we've been talking about zohran mamdani for far longer than we ever talked about charlie kirk
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
we've been talking about zohran mamdani for far longer than we ever talked about charlie kirk