Shawn Alexander Allen
@shawndoublea.bsky.social
Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Pinned
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
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So much yes.
Game creators should also go to the theatre more often.
Game creators should also go to the theatre more often.
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So much yes.
Game creators should also go to the theatre more often.
Game creators should also go to the theatre more often.
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I interviewed CHILD ACTOR, producer for the indie rap likes of @mike-eagle.bsky.social and @backwoodzstudioz.bsky.social, for CABBAGES.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/child-actor-...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/child-actor-...
Growing Up In Public: An Interview With Child Actor
A go-to producer for indie rappers ELUCID, Navy Blue, and Open Mike Eagle discusses his approach to collaboration.
www.cabbageshiphop.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I interviewed CHILD ACTOR, producer for the indie rap likes of @mike-eagle.bsky.social and @backwoodzstudioz.bsky.social, for CABBAGES.
www.cabbageshiphop.com/child-actor-...
www.cabbageshiphop.com/child-actor-...
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
It is *incredibly* dangerous for a platform to ban a game with no expressed reason as to why, with no way to appeal.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It is *incredibly* dangerous for a platform to ban a game with no expressed reason as to why, with no way to appeal.
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
FROM MASHER TO MASTER 2 IS OUT!
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
If you want to get into fighting games but don't know where to begin, this book will guide your journey.
Featuring art by @koh.money and a foreword by Gerald Lee of Core-A Gaming!
patrickmiller.itch.io/from-masher-...
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku.
Rules next. Reposts appreciated!
I helped design a MLB VR app where you could watch the game on a screen above a 3D field & follow the stats, 3D pitch & hit placement on a field below.
Was a pretty cool concept when it worked. Requires an MLB
tv subscription, which is where most of the negative reviews come from.
Was a pretty cool concept when it worked. Requires an MLB
tv subscription, which is where most of the negative reviews come from.
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I helped design a MLB VR app where you could watch the game on a screen above a 3D field & follow the stats, 3D pitch & hit placement on a field below.
Was a pretty cool concept when it worked. Requires an MLB
tv subscription, which is where most of the negative reviews come from.
Was a pretty cool concept when it worked. Requires an MLB
tv subscription, which is where most of the negative reviews come from.
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Happy to fill the void 🫡
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to fill the void 🫡
Reminds me of
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reminds me of
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Bluesky needs a bit of a culture shift
I'm noticing that engagement has kindof been cratering, but favs haven't. People will fav a post but not comment or repost it, I've noticed this with others as well.
If you like something, spread it! Try commenting to bump it or repost it eh?
I'm noticing that engagement has kindof been cratering, but favs haven't. People will fav a post but not comment or repost it, I've noticed this with others as well.
If you like something, spread it! Try commenting to bump it or repost it eh?
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Bluesky needs a bit of a culture shift
I'm noticing that engagement has kindof been cratering, but favs haven't. People will fav a post but not comment or repost it, I've noticed this with others as well.
If you like something, spread it! Try commenting to bump it or repost it eh?
I'm noticing that engagement has kindof been cratering, but favs haven't. People will fav a post but not comment or repost it, I've noticed this with others as well.
If you like something, spread it! Try commenting to bump it or repost it eh?
Denied advanced piano lesson scholarship at 7 (was v. poor)
Told my poetry was bad by a vindictive HS teacher
Created lore heavy comic because of struggle with faith, also in HS
Wanted comic to be a game
Fought to get into 3D major
3D + working full time = 🤬
Hired at R*
Met cool indies at E3 party
Told my poetry was bad by a vindictive HS teacher
Created lore heavy comic because of struggle with faith, also in HS
Wanted comic to be a game
Fought to get into 3D major
3D + working full time = 🤬
Hired at R*
Met cool indies at E3 party
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Denied advanced piano lesson scholarship at 7 (was v. poor)
Told my poetry was bad by a vindictive HS teacher
Created lore heavy comic because of struggle with faith, also in HS
Wanted comic to be a game
Fought to get into 3D major
3D + working full time = 🤬
Hired at R*
Met cool indies at E3 party
Told my poetry was bad by a vindictive HS teacher
Created lore heavy comic because of struggle with faith, also in HS
Wanted comic to be a game
Fought to get into 3D major
3D + working full time = 🤬
Hired at R*
Met cool indies at E3 party
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My Feedly Pro annual subscription finally expired, so I switched to @inoreader.com on @molly.wiki's recommendation. It does everything Feedly did but better, without shoving unwanted AI features and ads for creepy corporate surveillance/threat intelligence services down my throat. Recommended!
Inoreader – Build your own newsfeed
With Inoreader, content comes to you the minute it's available. Follow websites, social media feeds, podcasts, blogs, and newsletters. Enjoy what's important to you, all in one place.
www.inoreader.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My Feedly Pro annual subscription finally expired, so I switched to @inoreader.com on @molly.wiki's recommendation. It does everything Feedly did but better, without shoving unwanted AI features and ads for creepy corporate surveillance/threat intelligence services down my throat. Recommended!
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Demonschool is so good
Great art, great combat, great characters, amazing stuff 💯💯💯
Great art, great combat, great characters, amazing stuff 💯💯💯
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Demonschool is so good
Great art, great combat, great characters, amazing stuff 💯💯💯
Great art, great combat, great characters, amazing stuff 💯💯💯
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Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Gmail users!!
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.
Pass it on!!
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Anyone on here in NYC want to see the creator of Cowboy Bebop Shinichiro Watanabe intro a screening of Macross Plus: the Movie at 1pm at Japan Society? I’m less then two weeks out from deadline on a screenplay & want to stay home and write. First response gets em for free.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Anyone on here in NYC want to see the creator of Cowboy Bebop Shinichiro Watanabe intro a screening of Macross Plus: the Movie at 1pm at Japan Society? I’m less then two weeks out from deadline on a screenplay & want to stay home and write. First response gets em for free.
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Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
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Can't stress enough how much fun I'm having doing procgen narrative on this game and making people root for terrible things to happen to babies and immediately regretting their cheers for a drug relapse or death by crop monster.
everyone on a game is a storyteller and the storytellers on Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator fuckin’ despise the incentives of late stage capitalism
also that kid beto is pretty cool
also that kid beto is pretty cool
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Can't stress enough how much fun I'm having doing procgen narrative on this game and making people root for terrible things to happen to babies and immediately regretting their cheers for a drug relapse or death by crop monster.
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This week's What's Good is live! New music from De La Soul, Deniro Farrar & Child Actor, Ransom & Conductor Williams, Chuck Strangers & Evidence, Miri Tyler, Converge, and much more! Tap in, tell a friend, etc.
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
What's Good (Week of 11/16/25)
New music from Converge, Chuck Strangers & Evidence, De La Soul, Deniro Farrar & Child Actor, Thee Marloes, Miri Tyler, Nolan The Ninja, Ransom & Conductor Williams, and more!
blog.djregular.tech
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This week's What's Good is live! New music from De La Soul, Deniro Farrar & Child Actor, Ransom & Conductor Williams, Chuck Strangers & Evidence, Miri Tyler, Converge, and much more! Tap in, tell a friend, etc.
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
blog.djregular.tech/whats-good-w...
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BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Introduction
We're joined by Frank Lantz (Q-UP) and Mare Sheppard + Raigan Burns of Metanet (N++) for the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long exploration of the work of Michael Brough. We share our th...
secretlives.games
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BIG NEWS:
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
We are no longer Eggplant. We are, simply:
The Secret Lives of Games
AND ALSO:
We've launched the first episode of All Systems Brough, a year-long, one-a-month series exploring the work of @smestorp.bsky.social. Join us and play along!
secretlives.games/all-systems-...
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If you're enjoying Demonschool, please review it on your platform of choice! We would love to reach 500 reviews by the end of the month on Steam, especially. If we can achieve that goal we will put something very stupid into the game for you all as a reward......
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you're enjoying Demonschool, please review it on your platform of choice! We would love to reach 500 reviews by the end of the month on Steam, especially. If we can achieve that goal we will put something very stupid into the game for you all as a reward......