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JDAG

@jdag.bsky.social

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Game dev with a penchant for funny little guys. Was @johndaguerra on twitter You might know me from: Cobalt Core 🛸🚀 Investi-Gator 🐊🔎 Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 1h

It's subtler than a lychee

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7h

do you think AI bros ever used Smarterchild. would their heads explode if they tried it

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 8h

I could write a whole essay about the part where the giant lady sings to you

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 8h

I can't stop thinking about Baby Steps. How is Baby Steps my favorite narrative this year

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 1d

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
another good one for the funniest filter

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 1d

Hello media enjoyers:

If you liked Baby Steps, may I recommend you watch Mindgame

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❤️jamie p!💚 @jamies.page · 6d

you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 4d

That sounds kinda sick actually. As a structure for a game

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Bennett @foddy.net · 5d

Lovely thoughtful writeup

Kayin @kayin.moe · 5d

kayin.moe/baby-steps

Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.

Kayinworks - Game Journal: Baby Steps

I've been a pretty consistent fan of Bennett Foddy's work. I love Getting Over It to the point where I got a Gold Pot by accident, just by casually playing over and over again. I've even had the pleas...

kayin.moe

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 5d

Hey you know what, I will. Played it on Switch years ago, loved it. That game is REALLY, REALLY clever + funny. Loved how often you'd go to insane lengths for one gag. Inspiring, honestly.

happy to buy a copy and rate your game up 👍

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 5d

Easily my favorite entry thus far. I'd be so excited to run into this character in literally any game

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 6d

That's the youngest Johnny Cash I've ever seen. Has he been taking my youth??? Is that the secret?????

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 6d

pouring lemonade directly into my air conditioner and carrying it into the shower, thank you

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 6d

i am now older than before

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 6d

(Including one cause of death!)

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7d

do you think a Shower Iced Lemonade would work

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7d

Golden Idol 2's final DLC was another banger. Loved to see how many things came full circle since the first game, both in and outside the narrative

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 7d

Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles illustration by Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) for Weekly Famitsu No. 1915:

Various FFT jobs are depicted including White Mages, Knight, Mimic, Summoner, Time Mage, Dragoon, Chemist, Monk, and more.

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JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7d

And yet: hard choice

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 7d

Made it to the literal second-to-last step of the Manbreaker twice today. Back at the bottom now

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 8d

(I'm the FFTA plot enjoyer, but I think not many people agree on that)

JDAG @jdag.bsky.social · 8d

oof. which boss, do you remember?

I like FFTA and FFTA2 a lot mechanically and flavor-wise, even though I know they don't hold a candle narratively to the original