Jay Tholen
@jaytholen.net
https://jaytholen.net lead designer, writer, artist, & composer for Dropsy, 1999 web sim Hypnospace Outlaw, & Slayers X. Clickteam software oldhead. follower of Jesus. husband of Katie. dad. 70s prog/fusion/zeuhl guy. Braunschweig, DE / Florida
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Jay Tholen
@jaytholen.net
· Feb 5
Hi, I'm the lead dev of Dropsy and Hypnospace Outlaw. and I've been working on my website lately!
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Just finished playing Hypnospace Outlaw, here's my review. backloggd.com/u/SerialK86/...
SerialK86's review of Hypnospace Outlaw | Backloggd
(This is a long read, skip to the TLDR section below if you're not reading the entire thing)<br><br>Welcome to Hypnospace, the online network accessible via HypnOS, the operating system by Merchantsof...
backloggd.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Just finished playing Hypnospace Outlaw, here's my review. backloggd.com/u/SerialK86/...
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I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
Gilt on Steam
Embark on a quest of redemption across the planet of Gilt to restore a disillusioned priest's faith, a dying God's power, and the waning hope of a people who have forgotten how to believe. A sci-fi fa...
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m super happy to officially announce our next project, spearheaded by @threeohfour.bsky.social!
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
“Gilt” is a sci-fi/fantasy game about a priest haunted by a dying God.
Learn more (and wishlist!) over here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3979770
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something beautiful is going to happen
youtu.be/60p4GF9UkWc
youtu.be/60p4GF9UkWc
The Making of Disco Elysium - Noclip Series Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by /noclip
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
something beautiful is going to happen
youtu.be/60p4GF9UkWc
youtu.be/60p4GF9UkWc
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This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
Demonschool: Is OUT. It's out. Finally it is out. We hope you enjoy it.
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This thing took so much work, from so many people - RPGs have so many little working parts, and we did so much to try to make this world feel alive. The team is just vibrating right now, seeing how this all goes, but for now it's great to just have it out there, in people's hands.
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YOU 🫵 LOVE ❤️ CARS
Pave paradise and wishlist Car Park Capital:
store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...
Pave paradise and wishlist Car Park Capital:
store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
YOU 🫵 LOVE ❤️ CARS
Pave paradise and wishlist Car Park Capital:
store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...
Pave paradise and wishlist Car Park Capital:
store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/...
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you're talking about microphones when there's a dang CHEETOH in the white house!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
you're talking about microphones when there's a dang CHEETOH in the white house!!
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here's a silly bee song i made up with my kids
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
here's a silly bee song i made up with my kids
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HYPOTHETICAL:
If I started a service where I handled your (you == indie dev with little time and resources to do admin junk) team's / collaborator's / contractor's royalty payments in exchange for a small % / hourly fee / per-team-member / per-income-source fee, would that be useful to anyone?
If I started a service where I handled your (you == indie dev with little time and resources to do admin junk) team's / collaborator's / contractor's royalty payments in exchange for a small % / hourly fee / per-team-member / per-income-source fee, would that be useful to anyone?
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
HYPOTHETICAL:
If I started a service where I handled your (you == indie dev with little time and resources to do admin junk) team's / collaborator's / contractor's royalty payments in exchange for a small % / hourly fee / per-team-member / per-income-source fee, would that be useful to anyone?
If I started a service where I handled your (you == indie dev with little time and resources to do admin junk) team's / collaborator's / contractor's royalty payments in exchange for a small % / hourly fee / per-team-member / per-income-source fee, would that be useful to anyone?
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live action zelda director talking to a guy sitting at a production bay: this is as bland as we can make it look? can’t look any blander than this, at all? well, alright, i guess it’ll have to do.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
live action zelda director talking to a guy sitting at a production bay: this is as bland as we can make it look? can’t look any blander than this, at all? well, alright, i guess it’ll have to do.
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Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Easy choice if you're a deer deciding where to buy a house
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Even if you have no idea what this is or who these people are, even if you're not that into magic, bookmark and watch this masterpiece of oration and showmanship
Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Even if you have no idea what this is or who these people are, even if you're not that into magic, bookmark and watch this masterpiece of oration and showmanship
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i love when people use search engines in movies but i love when people use search engines in hallmark movies most of all
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
i love when people use search engines in movies but i love when people use search engines in hallmark movies most of all
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Have you seen the stuff on the Knytt developer's next game? Looks pretty rad.
store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
Rhythm Doggo on Steam
You wanted to play a video game and just got transformed into a dog! Rhythm Doggo is a classic platform adventure where you play as a dog and make music on the way. Can you go back to your human form?
store.steampowered.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Have you seen the stuff on the Knytt developer's next game? Looks pretty rad.
store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/...
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New idea for anyone who misses "Going to websites", updating your default home page when you find a new favourite, and using bookmarks.
Just start going to them. Even the inactive ones. Remake your favourites.
Check every day.
Idk maybe if there's enough traffic the old internet can come back.
Just start going to them. Even the inactive ones. Remake your favourites.
Check every day.
Idk maybe if there's enough traffic the old internet can come back.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New idea for anyone who misses "Going to websites", updating your default home page when you find a new favourite, and using bookmarks.
Just start going to them. Even the inactive ones. Remake your favourites.
Check every day.
Idk maybe if there's enough traffic the old internet can come back.
Just start going to them. Even the inactive ones. Remake your favourites.
Check every day.
Idk maybe if there's enough traffic the old internet can come back.
tbh I would've loved an open world metroid game with tons of empty/useless space but all the other stuff seems p bad so far. sad.
November 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
tbh I would've loved an open world metroid game with tons of empty/useless space but all the other stuff seems p bad so far. sad.
this has me wondering if the version they threw out a few years ago was actually brilliant but didn't match their new drive into the western manbaby market
We were all so afraid of it being a Nintendopen world game that we didn't anticipate it could be something far worse, a Marvel movie.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
this has me wondering if the version they threw out a few years ago was actually brilliant but didn't match their new drive into the western manbaby market
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thinking about this piece lately
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkC...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkC...
Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1975)
YouTube video by Échangeurs d'airs
m.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
thinking about this piece lately
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkC...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkC...
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ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
The Museum of Anything Goes: Blurring the Line Between Art and Game and CD-ROM dreams
YouTube video by The Genesis Temple
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
ICYMI, I was able to finish a video that I was close to deleting because for two months, I was depressed and had writer's block. I guess sometimes publishing a video is its own reward.
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
Come visit The Museum of Anything Goes, a capsule of the internet... before the internet??
my son had a week off so we did computers! he completed three Putt-Putt games over two days and then switched to Mini Metro/Mini Motorways' endless modes, dropping the adventure genre entirely. :(
most recently he has been trying to figure out Sim City 2000, tho he mostly makes roads/track routes.
most recently he has been trying to figure out Sim City 2000, tho he mostly makes roads/track routes.
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
my son had a week off so we did computers! he completed three Putt-Putt games over two days and then switched to Mini Metro/Mini Motorways' endless modes, dropping the adventure genre entirely. :(
most recently he has been trying to figure out Sim City 2000, tho he mostly makes roads/track routes.
most recently he has been trying to figure out Sim City 2000, tho he mostly makes roads/track routes.
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About a week ago a certain someone told me I should definitely get around to Hypnospace Outlaw, so I said yeah, I really should, I'll make a note of it so I don't forget.
Today, I find myself muttering, "wait, why do I have notepad open?" so I clicked on it to see:
Today, I find myself muttering, "wait, why do I have notepad open?" so I clicked on it to see:
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
About a week ago a certain someone told me I should definitely get around to Hypnospace Outlaw, so I said yeah, I really should, I'll make a note of it so I don't forget.
Today, I find myself muttering, "wait, why do I have notepad open?" so I clicked on it to see:
Today, I find myself muttering, "wait, why do I have notepad open?" so I clicked on it to see:
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i highly recommend Les Blank's documentaries on folk music traditions in america, food culture, and the intersection thereof
not to engagement bait post, but curious what people's favourite music docs are. ESPECIALLY ones that aren't the super well known ones (please don't tell me about The Last Waltz)
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
i highly recommend Les Blank's documentaries on folk music traditions in america, food culture, and the intersection thereof
massively underrated prog metal from 2001. production is so detailed.
Resurrection
YouTube video by Ark - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
massively underrated prog metal from 2001. production is so detailed.