Joel
@jhaddock.bsky.social
Writer, Game Designer, Co-Founder of Porch Weather Games. Appreciator of pixels of all sizes. He/Him
Wishlist Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/Camp_Keepalive_Endless_Summer/
Wishlist Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/Camp_Keepalive_Endless_Summer/
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Joel
@jhaddock.bsky.social
· Dec 18
Save 34% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
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Get ready to give yourself (or someone else) the perfect holiday treat - all the 1980's summer camp-based mayhem you could want!
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is on sale right now for its lowest price ever! #indiegame #turnbased #strategygame store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is on sale right now for its lowest price ever! #indiegame #turnbased #strategygame store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
In my random old game music listening, one of my favorite cover vs in-game art discrepancies I've come across is Bubble & Squeak on the Amiga. Someone did not get the correct vibe notification when putting this together.
January 29, 2026 at 8:04 PM
In my random old game music listening, one of my favorite cover vs in-game art discrepancies I've come across is Bubble & Squeak on the Amiga. Someone did not get the correct vibe notification when putting this together.
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SYSTEM ALERT: #TurnBasedThursday engaged! 🎉 Official host protocol activating.
#GameDev / #IndieDev: Initiate upload sequence. Share your turn-based games, demos, and links in the replies.
Players and fans: Execute support functions. Like, repost, and wishlist. Help some indies succeed!
#GameDev / #IndieDev: Initiate upload sequence. Share your turn-based games, demos, and links in the replies.
Players and fans: Execute support functions. Like, repost, and wishlist. Help some indies succeed!
January 29, 2026 at 1:01 PM
SYSTEM ALERT: #TurnBasedThursday engaged! 🎉 Official host protocol activating.
#GameDev / #IndieDev: Initiate upload sequence. Share your turn-based games, demos, and links in the replies.
Players and fans: Execute support functions. Like, repost, and wishlist. Help some indies succeed!
#GameDev / #IndieDev: Initiate upload sequence. Share your turn-based games, demos, and links in the replies.
Players and fans: Execute support functions. Like, repost, and wishlist. Help some indies succeed!
Slowly swapping out placeholder art with some first draft art and animations, and it really does make the whole thing feel so much more alive #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Slowly swapping out placeholder art with some first draft art and animations, and it really does make the whole thing feel so much more alive #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev
Stuck inside under the frozen hand of winter? Why not go somewhere where summer never ends? Camp Keepalive is always open!*
*right up until it's closed due to monster attacks
#indiegame #turnbased #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
*right up until it's closed due to monster attacks
#indiegame #turnbased #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
store.steampowered.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Stuck inside under the frozen hand of winter? Why not go somewhere where summer never ends? Camp Keepalive is always open!*
*right up until it's closed due to monster attacks
#indiegame #turnbased #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
*right up until it's closed due to monster attacks
#indiegame #turnbased #indiedev store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
Ok, by the time I got my actual camera, the first crow had finished and a second crow came along to steal the leftover crust.
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Ok, by the time I got my actual camera, the first crow had finished and a second crow came along to steal the leftover crust.
Crow in the tree behind my yard is eating a whole-ass slice of pepperoni pizza as part of what I assume is snowmageddon prep.
January 23, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Crow in the tree behind my yard is eating a whole-ass slice of pepperoni pizza as part of what I assume is snowmageddon prep.
Busy day today working on - at long last - an art direction. Still playing with designs, but certainly nice to start moving away from the chonky ol' placeholders. #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart
January 22, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Busy day today working on - at long last - an art direction. Still playing with designs, but certainly nice to start moving away from the chonky ol' placeholders. #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart
Sorry, made this little guy as a placeholder and now may have to redesign the entire game to be about him.
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Sorry, made this little guy as a placeholder and now may have to redesign the entire game to be about him.
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We are thrilled to officially host this week’s #TurnBasedThursday! 🎉
🛠️ #GameDev / #IndieDev - drop your turn-based games below and use the hashtag!
🎮 Fans - like, RT, and discover your next obsession in the replies 👇
RPGs, tactics, strategy, all welcome!
🛠️ #GameDev / #IndieDev - drop your turn-based games below and use the hashtag!
🎮 Fans - like, RT, and discover your next obsession in the replies 👇
RPGs, tactics, strategy, all welcome!
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
We are thrilled to officially host this week’s #TurnBasedThursday! 🎉
🛠️ #GameDev / #IndieDev - drop your turn-based games below and use the hashtag!
🎮 Fans - like, RT, and discover your next obsession in the replies 👇
RPGs, tactics, strategy, all welcome!
🛠️ #GameDev / #IndieDev - drop your turn-based games below and use the hashtag!
🎮 Fans - like, RT, and discover your next obsession in the replies 👇
RPGs, tactics, strategy, all welcome!
Today's random old game music: Tronic!
Not a game I ever played (or even knew about), but now I've got its soundtrack stuck in my head. #retrogame #gamemusic
chiptune.app?play=%2FGame...
Not a game I ever played (or even knew about), but now I've got its soundtrack stuck in my head. #retrogame #gamemusic
chiptune.app?play=%2FGame...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Today's random old game music: Tronic!
Not a game I ever played (or even knew about), but now I've got its soundtrack stuck in my head. #retrogame #gamemusic
chiptune.app?play=%2FGame...
Not a game I ever played (or even knew about), but now I've got its soundtrack stuck in my head. #retrogame #gamemusic
chiptune.app?play=%2FGame...
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Uh oh, looks like the woodland creatures have joined in on the fight... and not on Jairm's side. I'm sure it'll be fine. #indiedev #indiegame #turnbased
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Uh oh, looks like the woodland creatures have joined in on the fight... and not on Jairm's side. I'm sure it'll be fine. #indiedev #indiegame #turnbased
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Our brand new Eyeball ep is here! Please share with everyone you know!
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
Eyeball
open.spotify.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Our brand new Eyeball ep is here! Please share with everyone you know!
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
open.spotify.com/album/4lOS8c...
Been a bit since my last devlog, but finally back on track! A look at what’s going on with TMF and why this entry was so delayed. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev porchweathergames.com/blog/2026-01...
Devblog - Sometimes You Go Back to Go Forward
What to do when your design isn't working
porchweathergames.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Been a bit since my last devlog, but finally back on track! A look at what’s going on with TMF and why this entry was so delayed. #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev porchweathergames.com/blog/2026-01...
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We’re honoured to be this week’s official #TurnBasedThursday host
#GameDev and #IndieDev, share your turn based projects in the replies with screenshots or videos and your store page link. Don’t forget the hashtag.
Players and fans, support your favourites with likes, reposts and wishlist.
#GameDev and #IndieDev, share your turn based projects in the replies with screenshots or videos and your store page link. Don’t forget the hashtag.
Players and fans, support your favourites with likes, reposts and wishlist.
January 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM
We’re honoured to be this week’s official #TurnBasedThursday host
#GameDev and #IndieDev, share your turn based projects in the replies with screenshots or videos and your store page link. Don’t forget the hashtag.
Players and fans, support your favourites with likes, reposts and wishlist.
#GameDev and #IndieDev, share your turn based projects in the replies with screenshots or videos and your store page link. Don’t forget the hashtag.
Players and fans, support your favourites with likes, reposts and wishlist.
I'm sorry, but if these people are incapable of this little thought or awareness as they go through daily life without a machine to tell them what to do, they should be safely put in a nature preserve or something where they can't harm the rest of us.
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I'm sorry, but if these people are incapable of this little thought or awareness as they go through daily life without a machine to tell them what to do, they should be safely put in a nature preserve or something where they can't harm the rest of us.
Been quiet for a bit on TMF, but that's because I've been doing a major rethink! But today I've finished the initial draft of the totally new tutorial section along with a peek at the new game structure. Still rough, but coming along quickly! #indiedev #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3p...
TMF - Alpha Tutorial
YouTube video by Porch Weather Games
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Been quiet for a bit on TMF, but that's because I've been doing a major rethink! But today I've finished the initial draft of the totally new tutorial section along with a peek at the new game structure. Still rough, but coming along quickly! #indiedev #indiegame www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp3p...
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This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a unique new game by an indie dev couple, filled with mythic monsters from Celtic & English legends. Cook them food or become their next meal!
What's the recipe for your game? Follow @ClumsyBearStudio.com & show us in tomorrow's thread!
What's the recipe for your game? Follow @ClumsyBearStudio.com & show us in tomorrow's thread!
January 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a unique new game by an indie dev couple, filled with mythic monsters from Celtic & English legends. Cook them food or become their next meal!
What's the recipe for your game? Follow @ClumsyBearStudio.com & show us in tomorrow's thread!
What's the recipe for your game? Follow @ClumsyBearStudio.com & show us in tomorrow's thread!
Saw a thing about a "drive-thru coffee" chain opening near me and, from everything I can see, the one thing the place does not actually serve is *coffee*.
Words, right? What do they mean anyway.
Words, right? What do they mean anyway.
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Saw a thing about a "drive-thru coffee" chain opening near me and, from everything I can see, the one thing the place does not actually serve is *coffee*.
Words, right? What do they mean anyway.
Words, right? What do they mean anyway.
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“Don’t get angry about the thing you made up” should be a pinned post in every fandom everywhere.
Stranger Things fans have concocted a theory that suggests a true, secret ending episode to the series is coming out this week — and now the community is having to issue a warning not to get upset when it turns out to be false. https://bit.ly/4qe0bHW
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
“Don’t get angry about the thing you made up” should be a pinned post in every fandom everywhere.
I have finished my tiny cafe. Never have I ever placed a croissant so delicately.
January 6, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I have finished my tiny cafe. Never have I ever placed a croissant so delicately.
My absolute favorite candy bar of the time and somehow one that has never returned.
PB Max (1989-circa 1994): Crunchy whole grain cookies topped with a *thick* layer of creamy peanut butter and cookie pieces and enrobed in milk chocolate. Produced by Mars, Inc.
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
My absolute favorite candy bar of the time and somehow one that has never returned.
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Are you going to MAGFest? I'm going to MAGFest! And I'll have a pixel art panel there, come say hi and watch me draw RPG Maker sprites under pressure!
My panel will be Friday at 6:00 pm, in the Panels 2 room!
My panel will be Friday at 6:00 pm, in the Panels 2 room!
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Are you going to MAGFest? I'm going to MAGFest! And I'll have a pixel art panel there, come say hi and watch me draw RPG Maker sprites under pressure!
My panel will be Friday at 6:00 pm, in the Panels 2 room!
My panel will be Friday at 6:00 pm, in the Panels 2 room!