JDAG
@jdag.bsky.social
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 🚀🌟
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core 🛸🚀
Investi-Gator 🐊🔎
Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟
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*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 AM
*fully restores your HP as you scroll past*
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Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales
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Finally went back and did the extra secrets in Öoo... This is one of the most tightly designed games I've ever played
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Finally went back and did the extra secrets in Öoo... This is one of the most tightly designed games I've ever played
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congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X)
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January 21, 2026 at 3:40 AM
congratulations to rogue bus guy on the new job
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Gently places my isometric environment art onto your feed
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Gently places my isometric environment art onto your feed
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I want game covers to be a thing. Why does music get to do covers and games don't???
January 18, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I want game covers to be a thing. Why does music get to do covers and games don't???
The bigger a project, the longer it takes to tuck the whole design into my brain. It's like I'm trying to fit a big complicated shape under one blanket, and I gotta fold + tetris the shape until it fits
but when it all fits.... and you can just cook the whole thing at once.... oh! chefs kiss
but when it all fits.... and you can just cook the whole thing at once.... oh! chefs kiss
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The bigger a project, the longer it takes to tuck the whole design into my brain. It's like I'm trying to fit a big complicated shape under one blanket, and I gotta fold + tetris the shape until it fits
but when it all fits.... and you can just cook the whole thing at once.... oh! chefs kiss
but when it all fits.... and you can just cook the whole thing at once.... oh! chefs kiss
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vertical shmups have names like "Understated Sadness" and sidescrolling shmups have names like "Glorbian"
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
vertical shmups have names like "Understated Sadness" and sidescrolling shmups have names like "Glorbian"
IGF judges, how do you decide between "wanting to participate in IGF judging" and "wanting to submit your games to the IGF"
Being an IGF judge gives me so many ideas for cool games....
games I wanna submit....!
but if I submit them then I'll have to skip judging that year.........!!!!!
Being an IGF judge gives me so many ideas for cool games....
games I wanna submit....!
but if I submit them then I'll have to skip judging that year.........!!!!!
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
IGF judges, how do you decide between "wanting to participate in IGF judging" and "wanting to submit your games to the IGF"
Being an IGF judge gives me so many ideas for cool games....
games I wanna submit....!
but if I submit them then I'll have to skip judging that year.........!!!!!
Being an IGF judge gives me so many ideas for cool games....
games I wanna submit....!
but if I submit them then I'll have to skip judging that year.........!!!!!
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"average indie game dev gets an IGF nomination" factoid actually just statistical error. AP Thomson, who lives in a cave and got 9 nominations over two years, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
"average indie game dev gets an IGF nomination" factoid actually just statistical error. AP Thomson, who lives in a cave and got 9 nominations over two years, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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not a new observation but still striking how many things boil down to the difference between people who get power and go “ok, I better try not to be a jerk” and people who get power and go “now I get to be a jerk”
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
not a new observation but still striking how many things boil down to the difference between people who get power and go “ok, I better try not to be a jerk” and people who get power and go “now I get to be a jerk”
Titanium Court got announced!
I got to play this for IGF and it's so, so, so good
I got to play this for IGF and it's so, so, so good
Titanium Court on Steam
A surreal strategy game for clowns and criminals.
store.steampowered.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Titanium Court got announced!
I got to play this for IGF and it's so, so, so good
I got to play this for IGF and it's so, so, so good
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IGF nominations are out and I can finally say that this is Titanium Court, which I enjoyed so, so much
2:12 am going back for more Game I Can’t Talk About
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
IGF nominations are out and I can finally say that this is Titanium Court, which I enjoyed so, so much
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Huh? AP Thomson's what? AP Thomson's what's the name of that game?
Finally I can fuckin talk about it!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
Finally I can fuckin talk about it!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Huh? AP Thomson's what? AP Thomson's what's the name of that game?
Finally I can fuckin talk about it!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
Finally I can fuckin talk about it!!!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...
Hey can anyone tell me if Metroid Prime 4 ends with the planet exploding? And if Samus did it? I wanna know her planet killcount
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Hey can anyone tell me if Metroid Prime 4 ends with the planet exploding? And if Samus did it? I wanna know her planet killcount
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More game developers should study the visual language and techniques used in opera scenery and opera staging
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 4:49 AM
More game developers should study the visual language and techniques used in opera scenery and opera staging
Looking at the Switch eshop makes games feel so bleak... It's like 93% AI slop, 5% real games that are getting rereleased to their tenth console, and 2% real indies trying and failing to get their foot in the door
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Looking at the Switch eshop makes games feel so bleak... It's like 93% AI slop, 5% real games that are getting rereleased to their tenth console, and 2% real indies trying and failing to get their foot in the door