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Tim Dawson
@ironicaccount.bsky.social
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indie game dev
Assault Android Cactus🔋, Unpacking📦, Tempopo🌷
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Tim Dawson @ironicaccount.bsky.social · Sep 1
hello new followers! I'm Tim, I've been working in games for about 20 years and been an #indiedev for 11

I think of myself as an artist/animator but do a lot of programming and design and collaborate with wonderful people

I don't post too much at the moment due to burnout, but I'm still here!
in-game screenshot of twinstick shooter Assault Android Cactus in-game screenshot of the zen puzzle game Unpacking still from the announcement trailer of musical puzzle game Tempopo
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wrenegade.bsky.social
The highlight of the day for me though was Choanji Temple in peak autumn foliage season.
The gate to the temple grounds. Behind it are a tree with bright yellow leaves and another with bright orange ones. Further down the path there is a tree with dark red leaves, too. Leaves are scattered on the path, corresponding in colour to each of the trees. A stone path leading to a small stone monument in the middle of a dark pond. The surface of the pond is covered in fallen autumn leaves. A statue of a small man riding a catfish also sits just above the surface of the water. Above are tree branches with leaves in almost every colour of the rainbow. Spectacular orange and red autumn leaves partially obscuring a structure on the temple grounds. A path lined with small stone rakan statues winds its way up into the forest on the hill behind it. A small stone monument stands in the midst of green and yellow-leafed trees. The ground is covered in red leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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cleefouti.bsky.social
Monday again
A four frame comic about how tired I am on mondays. I work at a library. The first frame shows me in front of a computer. The text reads: it's monday again. I'm still tired. The second frame shows me staring at a suspiciously green book. The text reads: I'm beginning to think one of our books is full or arsenic. The third frame shows me closer to the book. The text reads: a beautiful, beautiful green... the fourth frame shows me licking the book.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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wrenegade.bsky.social
That awkward moment when you realise the cute cafe/bookshop you've sat down in clearly belongs to a cult
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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saowee.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social
Science Museum
(2025)
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
ironicaccount.bsky.social
a common defence of genAI is it’s a tool, and tools are neutral and can be used in good or bad ways

but LLMs and transformers are tools - chatGPT is a *product*, openAI are using the tools in a bad way!

it‘s like arguing Amazon exploitative practices can be mitigated by shopping well with them
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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wrenegade.bsky.social
Shinkansen trips never get old. On our way to Hakone earlier this week.
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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littlepolygon.bsky.social
I've prioritized idiosyncratic floating-cursor aiming in Nightshift over generic rotation-based aiming to allow fixed-cameras and other "curated" arcade-style experiences, differentiating from generic shooters and feeling more "shmuppy".

🎵 Starfox (SNES) 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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othatsraspberry.com
go to silent hill, get a cool arm

(*results may vary)
Doodle of James from Silent Hill 2 and Hinako from Silent Hill f high fiving with their cool arms (Hinako has a wolf arm, James has a poop arm)
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
ironicaccount.bsky.social
a few more of my photos from our recent travels
Looking down a path that runs through a field of pampas grass with people walking in the distance below a blue sky with clouds Three stone monk statues sit cross legged in a forest of tall trees in autumn foliage A volcanic mountainside crisscrossed with retaining walls while large plumes of white gas emitting from multiple places A large pirate-like ship docked on a lake while in the distance Mt Fuji can be seen poking above a near by mountain
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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cleefouti.bsky.social
Counterattack
A four frames comic about a woman sticking too close to me in the subway. In the first frame, a woman can be seen sticking to the protagonist in a mostly empty subway. The text reads: "Why is this woman so close to me....there's so much free space. In the second frame, the woman has moved even closer to stand shoulder to shoulder and is reading the protagonist's phone. The text reads: "She's brazenly spying on my phone too....wth...". In the third frame, the protagonist thinks: "There's only one solution. Start reading the journal of Cutanous Pathology (Illustrated, ISSN 1600-). In the fourth frame, the woman can be seen moving away, troubled by what she has seen on the phone. The text reads: "It worked." An arrow points to the phone with the mention "Endless horrors.".
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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gameworkers.co.uk
Unions ain't busted.

Our campaign against @rockstargames.com continues - reinstate your workers now!
Photo of Rockstar workers demonstrating outside of Rockstar North. Photo of Rockstar workers demonstrating outside of Rockstar North. Photo of Rockstar workers marching to Scottish Parliament.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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tempopogame.com
We're so excited to be nominated at the Indie Game Awards! We're up for the ANZ Indie Game Award category alongside many incredible games 💗
The Indie Game Awards 2025 Nominee image with our Tempopo Key Art featured. Our Key Art features a few pink blob creatures called Tempopo, a Chomper Guy chasing one, and Hana our Conductor protagonist. indiegameawards.gg
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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chiitan.love
Chiitan started working on washing the plan✈️Going well.

飛行機を洗うお手伝いですっ☆向いてるかもしれませんっ☆
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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tianipixel.bsky.social
Sometimes I hate myself for the kind of gameplay ideas I have, coding this tumbling block physics with the screws was SOO hard

But I'm happy that the block puzzles are getting more varied and better integrated with the platforming, pacing and all

(game is ABYSS X ZERO, btw)

#gamedev #lowpoly #axz
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
ironicaccount.bsky.social
some recent photos from my adventures
city photo showing a row of bicycle stands in front of a railway line with a tall building behind it against a blue sky with clouds a stone path with stairway leading through a wooden gate towards a temple in a forest a large white and grey Japanese castle looming above autumn foliage on an overcast day A view down a canal on a slightly cloudy day with buildings lining each side and a large tower just visible in the distance
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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xkcd.com
Beam Dump

xkcd.com/3168/
Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing at diagram while speaking to three other people] PERSON: If the emergency stop is activated, any riders on the waterslide will be diverted into the beam dump, a large graphite block which will safely absorb their momentum. [caption] We regretted hiring an accelerator physicist to design our water park.
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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zeboydgames.bsky.social
Now whenever a big new game comes out, besides just having to wait for a sale & for the patches to fix the bugs, you also have to wait for them to patch out the genAI that they "accidentally" put into the game.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ironicaccount.bsky.social
neat! Unpacking is a daily deal and on deepest discount so far #indiegame #indiegames
unpackinggame.com Unpacking 📦 @unpackinggame.com · 7d
What's that on the Steam homepage? Oh it's Unpacking as a ✨ Daily Deal ✨ at our lowest discount yet, 60% off!

store.steampowered.com/app/1135690/...
A screenshot of the Discounts & Events section on Steam, which shows Unpacking as "Today's Deal" at 60% off ($7.99)
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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jkcrosbyfun.bsky.social
Working with @nicholasmc1.bsky.social on this fairly unusual game was an absolute joy! re-calibrating my concept work for first person was a pretty interesting challenge as well! ( everyone else wants top down) I made Key art, concepts and a few cheeky 3D characters as well!
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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brunopixels.bsky.social
𝖇𝖚𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖔 𝖘𝖊𝖒 𝖋𝖎𝖒
#pixelart
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
ironicaccount.bsky.social
fascinating writeup and prototype/pitch from a game that didn’t find funding, I hope the team is proud of what they made
nicholasmc1.bsky.social Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d
Introducing Barrow!

A Gardening FPS where your Grandma has opened a portal to a decaying underworld in her cottage town.

We were unable to secure funding but I'm excited to share what the team built.

bit.ly/43xLiXG
🎮 Pitch Demo
📄 Project History
🖼️ Gallery
🎶 Soundtrack
🫂Team Credits
Key art for barrow Shows a girl with gardening equipment holding a plant gun facing a portal full of nature and demons
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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solomai.bsky.social
EGG
August 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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janeprigent.bsky.social
I made a video of my process crafting some creatures of our game Alterfauna✨

I'm using watercolor and colored pencils, my scanner (aka my best friend), Photoshop and Spine

(sorry for the 1rst part's bad quality, I filmed with my shitty phone, I work at night and the light is horrible)
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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letitmelo.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM