Josh
@joshmlabelle.bsky.social
Writer & Narrative Designer || Creative Director on Disney Dreamlight Valley ||"Hunter: The Reckoning - Day for Night" coming 2026 || "A Crown of Sorcery & Steel" out from Choice of Games || 1st place IFComp 2020🏆|| Opinions my own || www.joshlabelle.com
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Josh
@joshmlabelle.bsky.social
· Oct 9
Hunter: The Reckoning — Day For Night on Steam
These monsters aren’t just in the movies! Will you hunt the vampires, werewolves and others stalking Hollywood, or will you become a monster instead? An interactive, text-based game set in the World o...
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Just announced! I've been working on an interactive novel in the Hunter: The Reckoning franchise!
Day For Night lets you play as a veteran Hunter fighting back against the monsters of Hollywood over one blockbuster summer.
store.steampowered.com/app/3133670/...
Day For Night lets you play as a veteran Hunter fighting back against the monsters of Hollywood over one blockbuster summer.
store.steampowered.com/app/3133670/...
I'm gutted to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara.
Dreamlight Valley is one of the only video games that she lent her voice to (quite possibly the first as well?) and we were all so incredibly excited to have her as our Sally.
What a career. Absolute legend.
Dreamlight Valley is one of the only video games that she lent her voice to (quite possibly the first as well?) and we were all so incredibly excited to have her as our Sally.
What a career. Absolute legend.
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I'm gutted to hear about the loss of Catherine O'Hara.
Dreamlight Valley is one of the only video games that she lent her voice to (quite possibly the first as well?) and we were all so incredibly excited to have her as our Sally.
What a career. Absolute legend.
Dreamlight Valley is one of the only video games that she lent her voice to (quite possibly the first as well?) and we were all so incredibly excited to have her as our Sally.
What a career. Absolute legend.
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shakespeare was on fire writing the history plays and im not afraid to say it. in henry IV part 2 the king laments that his son will take the throne and "commit the oldest sins the newest kinds of ways" which goes absolutely crazy
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
shakespeare was on fire writing the history plays and im not afraid to say it. in henry IV part 2 the king laments that his son will take the throne and "commit the oldest sins the newest kinds of ways" which goes absolutely crazy
There's a very interesting tension in Geese/Cameron Winter of whether you become great artists by embodying the quirks of your generation or by transcending them and I like that the tension is so far genuinely unresolved; anyway that SNL performance rocked
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM
There's a very interesting tension in Geese/Cameron Winter of whether you become great artists by embodying the quirks of your generation or by transcending them and I like that the tension is so far genuinely unresolved; anyway that SNL performance rocked
George Harrison's vibe in the Beatles Anthology whenever Paul does something goofy is "ugh you're going to embarrass me in front of Bob Dylan and the other Traveling Wilburys"
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 AM
George Harrison's vibe in the Beatles Anthology whenever Paul does something goofy is "ugh you're going to embarrass me in front of Bob Dylan and the other Traveling Wilburys"
This live concert where the piano had a bunch of busted keys and Cameron Winter had to transpose a bunch of his songs into other keys on the fly and perform them that way is pretty amazing. I'm bullish on this guy being the real deal.
youtu.be/pUIj2pB_1S0?...
youtu.be/pUIj2pB_1S0?...
Cameron Winter - Live at St Matthias's Church, London, 24/04/2025
YouTube video by roustghoti
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
This live concert where the piano had a bunch of busted keys and Cameron Winter had to transpose a bunch of his songs into other keys on the fly and perform them that way is pretty amazing. I'm bullish on this guy being the real deal.
youtu.be/pUIj2pB_1S0?...
youtu.be/pUIj2pB_1S0?...
Pleased to share that I'll be giving a talk at GDC this year!
Looking forward to hopefully chat with some mutuals at my first GDC.
schedule.gdconf.com/session/brin...
Looking forward to hopefully chat with some mutuals at my first GDC.
schedule.gdconf.com/session/brin...
Bringing Narrative to 'Disney Dreamlight Valley' | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
TheGDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.
schedule.gdconf.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Pleased to share that I'll be giving a talk at GDC this year!
Looking forward to hopefully chat with some mutuals at my first GDC.
schedule.gdconf.com/session/brin...
Looking forward to hopefully chat with some mutuals at my first GDC.
schedule.gdconf.com/session/brin...
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Lord of Light — Jack Kirby, 1978
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lord of Light — Jack Kirby, 1978
Being a Canadian in Paris during what is apparently for them a fairly significant snowfall event has been a lot of fun. Snowball fights everywhere. People intentionally sliding down the icy streets of Montmartre. Dogs going apeshit trying to eat the snow.
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Being a Canadian in Paris during what is apparently for them a fairly significant snowfall event has been a lot of fun. Snowball fights everywhere. People intentionally sliding down the icy streets of Montmartre. Dogs going apeshit trying to eat the snow.
Today on a visit to Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, I learned that Paris not only has wild parakeets but they all seem to have originated from two incidents of pet parakeets escaping from the airport and that is extremely wild.
January 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Today on a visit to Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, I learned that Paris not only has wild parakeets but they all seem to have originated from two incidents of pet parakeets escaping from the airport and that is extremely wild.
I love being on vacation in a different time zone because my brain does this weird magical thing where I think about the people I know back home and go: "Ha. For them, it is 5 o'clock. Anxious fools. They don't know that I am in the future where it is 11 o'clock and everything is fine."
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I love being on vacation in a different time zone because my brain does this weird magical thing where I think about the people I know back home and go: "Ha. For them, it is 5 o'clock. Anxious fools. They don't know that I am in the future where it is 11 o'clock and everything is fine."
I've only visited European cities a couple of times now, but each time I've been struck by how incredibly subtle design choices affect how you feel in a space, and most of those choices come down to what you say yes but mainly what you say no to.
January 3, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I've only visited European cities a couple of times now, but each time I've been struck by how incredibly subtle design choices affect how you feel in a space, and most of those choices come down to what you say yes but mainly what you say no to.
It's pretty wild how much this album cover now just looks like a Gen Z bedroom pop album thumbnail on SoundCloud or something. The camera's not even much of a giveaway since it looks so aesthetically retro. Like I think you could trick a few people with this.
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It's pretty wild how much this album cover now just looks like a Gen Z bedroom pop album thumbnail on SoundCloud or something. The camera's not even much of a giveaway since it looks so aesthetically retro. Like I think you could trick a few people with this.
This Christmas, every family will be supplied with Billy Preston to break the tension and maintain good vibes at their festivities
December 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This Christmas, every family will be supplied with Billy Preston to break the tension and maintain good vibes at their festivities
I still check in on Twitter on occasion and recently it's started defaulting me to the algorithmic For You timeline. While I'm served a pretty diverse range of ideologies by it, one thing that unites everything I'm shown is how savagely and casually mean-spirited it all is.
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I still check in on Twitter on occasion and recently it's started defaulting me to the algorithmic For You timeline. While I'm served a pretty diverse range of ideologies by it, one thing that unites everything I'm shown is how savagely and casually mean-spirited it all is.
One like = one great game/movie/show/album/thing that I loved from 2025. Let's go!
December 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One like = one great game/movie/show/album/thing that I loved from 2025. Let's go!
Setting myself a goal to get my father-in-law into Geese this holiday season. Wish me luck. I think I've got a full-proof plan.
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Setting myself a goal to get my father-in-law into Geese this holiday season. Wish me luck. I think I've got a full-proof plan.
Every time I visit family and the TV is on, I find out they're still searching Oak Island for that money pit. How many seasons could this possibly take?
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Every time I visit family and the TV is on, I find out they're still searching Oak Island for that money pit. How many seasons could this possibly take?
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at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
December 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.
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This is such a powerful image
November 8, 2023 at 5:16 PM
This is such a powerful image
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Saw this and momentarily thought Rachel Brosnahan had gotten engaged to Ernie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Saw this and momentarily thought Rachel Brosnahan had gotten engaged to Ernie.
I had the pleasure of seeing this performed live by the TSO recently. It sticks out as a top live music experience.
They also performed selections from Romeo & Juliet, including Dance of the Knights. That's long been a fav piece and was incredible to hear in person.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgq...
They also performed selections from Romeo & Juliet, including Dance of the Knights. That's long been a fav piece and was incredible to hear in person.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgq...
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Valery Gergiev)
YouTube video by EuroArtsChannel
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I had the pleasure of seeing this performed live by the TSO recently. It sticks out as a top live music experience.
They also performed selections from Romeo & Juliet, including Dance of the Knights. That's long been a fav piece and was incredible to hear in person.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgq...
They also performed selections from Romeo & Juliet, including Dance of the Knights. That's long been a fav piece and was incredible to hear in person.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGgq...
If you're trying to get better at writing interactive dialogue, it's hard to beat the Shadowrun games by Harebrained Schemes as a reference point. Every dialogue has some element of conflict and tension, and some interesting choice about which way you push the relationship with the NPCs.
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If you're trying to get better at writing interactive dialogue, it's hard to beat the Shadowrun games by Harebrained Schemes as a reference point. Every dialogue has some element of conflict and tension, and some interesting choice about which way you push the relationship with the NPCs.
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Trapped with your terrible family today? Not cool enough for the cousin walk? Try text adventures! Text adventures: they let you ignore people you don't like!
Tower Behind the Moon
You are already an archmage–can you become an immortal? Use magic and cunning to thwart rivals, fight demons, and outwit gods so you can join their ranks.
www.choiceofgames.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Trapped with your terrible family today? Not cool enough for the cousin walk? Try text adventures! Text adventures: they let you ignore people you don't like!
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Remember: no matter what game you're working on, you'll end up making about 25% of it in the end. The key is to choose the correct 25%.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Remember: no matter what game you're working on, you'll end up making about 25% of it in the end. The key is to choose the correct 25%.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
I spent the first day of my post-expansion launch staycation getting a ton of writing done on my side-project, then building backlog Lego sets while rewatching A-tier Buffy eps (School Hard, The Wish).
The last part is really reminding me how much story we used to be able to pack into 44 minutes.
The last part is really reminding me how much story we used to be able to pack into 44 minutes.
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I spent the first day of my post-expansion launch staycation getting a ton of writing done on my side-project, then building backlog Lego sets while rewatching A-tier Buffy eps (School Hard, The Wish).
The last part is really reminding me how much story we used to be able to pack into 44 minutes.
The last part is really reminding me how much story we used to be able to pack into 44 minutes.