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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@jhaddock.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Save 15% 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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I am extremely happy to announce Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer, is now available!
If you've been waiting for some 80's horror strategy to truly make your summer complete (and who isn't, really?), this is your lucky day!
#indiedev #indiegame #turnbased
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If you've been waiting for some 80's horror strategy to truly make your summer complete (and who isn't, really?), this is your lucky day!
#indiedev #indiegame #turnbased
store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/...
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BREAKING: British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love," dies at 88.
Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love" has died
British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love” has died. He was 88.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BREAKING: British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for “Shakespeare In Love," dies at 88.
Porch Weather Games has been nominated in the 2025 Horror Game Awards "Best Indie Developer"!
Should you vote for us? Only you can answer that for yourself.
Would I like you to vote for us? Yes, absolutely. You should do it here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
#indiegame #indiedev
Should you vote for us? Only you can answer that for yourself.
Would I like you to vote for us? Yes, absolutely. You should do it here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
#indiegame #indiedev
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Porch Weather Games has been nominated in the 2025 Horror Game Awards "Best Indie Developer"!
Should you vote for us? Only you can answer that for yourself.
Would I like you to vote for us? Yes, absolutely. You should do it here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
#indiegame #indiedev
Should you vote for us? Only you can answer that for yourself.
Would I like you to vote for us? Yes, absolutely. You should do it here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
#indiegame #indiedev
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We are thrilled to announce we've been nominated for "Best Indie Developer" in the 2025 Horror Game Awards!
You can cast your vote to help support us now here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Voting closes Dec 3rd, so run - don't walk! - to that link above!
You can cast your vote to help support us now here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Voting closes Dec 3rd, so run - don't walk! - to that link above!
PUBLIC VOTING IS NOW OPEN! — The Horror Game Awards
The time is now! With only two weeks until The Horror Game Awards 2025, presented by Lost in Cult, voting is open on the nominees in all sixteen of our award categories. Choose your favourites, cast ...
www.thehorrorgameawards.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We are thrilled to announce we've been nominated for "Best Indie Developer" in the 2025 Horror Game Awards!
You can cast your vote to help support us now here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Voting closes Dec 3rd, so run - don't walk! - to that link above!
You can cast your vote to help support us now here: www.thehorrorgameawards.com/news/public-...
Voting closes Dec 3rd, so run - don't walk! - to that link above!
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And finished! Another 20 fantastic-looking unknown indie games to play right now or wishlist!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though!
Please repost far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though!
Please repost far and wide!
20 Extraordinary Indie Games To Wishlist This Black Friday
Another incredible selection of unknown games, both out now and coming soon
kotaku.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And finished! Another 20 fantastic-looking unknown indie games to play right now or wishlist!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though!
Please repost far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
Thanks so much to everyone who submitted, and sorry to the hundreds I couldn't include! Very pleased to have managed to get to 40 though!
Please repost far and wide!
You should check out this list in general, but also you should check it out because Camp Keepalive is on it ;)
#indiedev #indiegame
#indiedev #indiegame
Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
20 Incredible Innovative Indie Games To Wishlist This Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgaming 2025 everybody! Celebrate with a huge pile of unknown indies to put on your radar
kotaku.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You should check out this list in general, but also you should check it out because Camp Keepalive is on it ;)
#indiedev #indiegame
#indiedev #indiegame
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Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
20 Incredible Innovative Indie Games To Wishlist This Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgaming 2025 everybody! Celebrate with a huge pile of unknown indies to put on your radar
kotaku.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hooray! The first of the Thanksgaming 2025 posts is up on Kotaku, with an epic TWENTY unknown indies to check out!
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
I'm going to put up another 20 tomorrow.
Spread it far and wide!
kotaku.com/indie-games-...
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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
Time to pay the bagpiper: Disney's DuckTales | NES Works 152
YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the U.S., which means that today I have published my annual "this one's an all-timer" Thanksgiving Eve video retrospective. This time it's Disney's DuckTales for NES: youtu.be/nhS7pn7oXsw
If I were an administration mired in deep accusations of pedophilia, I would probably avoid using the phrase "boy-friendly spaces"
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If I were an administration mired in deep accusations of pedophilia, I would probably avoid using the phrase "boy-friendly spaces"
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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!
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"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
![An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jye22xkea3jqsabskhfec347/bafkreigunh6t53vvgp2sewo2fsy4xttrwgy3zrdwplje7j2qjop5jdeyxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
When you have inexplicably attached your self-worth to whether hammers succeed, every problem looks like a nail.
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When you have inexplicably attached your self-worth to whether hammers succeed, every problem looks like a nail.
I have a personal policy of trying not to angry post here, but man AI cultists really push me on that sometimes.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I have a personal policy of trying not to angry post here, but man AI cultists really push me on that sometimes.
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Celebrating TEN years of Arcade Pit in a row, on December 7th. We never missed a single week, a 10 year streak. Also tons of bonus shows and goofy one-off projects.
Sign-ups for a 10-game marathon of Arcade Pit are now open! We need 40 players! arcadep.it
See you at MAGFest too; panel confirmed!
Sign-ups for a 10-game marathon of Arcade Pit are now open! We need 40 players! arcadep.it
See you at MAGFest too; panel confirmed!
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Celebrating TEN years of Arcade Pit in a row, on December 7th. We never missed a single week, a 10 year streak. Also tons of bonus shows and goofy one-off projects.
Sign-ups for a 10-game marathon of Arcade Pit are now open! We need 40 players! arcadep.it
See you at MAGFest too; panel confirmed!
Sign-ups for a 10-game marathon of Arcade Pit are now open! We need 40 players! arcadep.it
See you at MAGFest too; panel confirmed!
New week, new devlog! (...with a missed week in between).
This week, rethinking how units work, from initial concept to today. porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-11... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
This week, rethinking how units work, from initial concept to today. porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-11... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
Devblog - An Absolute Unit
Rethinking the heart of the squad - the humble Unit
porchweathergames.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New week, new devlog! (...with a missed week in between).
This week, rethinking how units work, from initial concept to today. porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-11... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
This week, rethinking how units work, from initial concept to today. porchweathergames.com/blog/2025-11... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
It sort of hurts when the Onion is this incisive, to be honest
Man Trying To Enter Conversation Spends Few Minutes Smiling And Nodding At Edge Of Circle https://theonion.com/man-trying-to-enter-conversation-spends-few-minutes-smi-1819577205/
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It sort of hurts when the Onion is this incisive, to be honest
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This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a German solo dev who got his animal-adventurers-inherit-the-earth dream game launched on Steam and now on Nintendo switch!
Perk up your ears and smooth back your screenshots; follow @OfBladesNTails.bsky.social and showcase in tomorrow's thread!
Perk up your ears and smooth back your screenshots; follow @OfBladesNTails.bsky.social and showcase in tomorrow's thread!
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a German solo dev who got his animal-adventurers-inherit-the-earth dream game launched on Steam and now on Nintendo switch!
Perk up your ears and smooth back your screenshots; follow @OfBladesNTails.bsky.social and showcase in tomorrow's thread!
Perk up your ears and smooth back your screenshots; follow @OfBladesNTails.bsky.social and showcase in tomorrow's thread!
At the dentist and the two receptionists are talking about how great ChatGPT is and they use it to write everything for them. The one even used it to write a birthday card for her granddaughter. People’s brains are so cooked.
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
At the dentist and the two receptionists are talking about how great ChatGPT is and they use it to write everything for them. The one even used it to write a birthday card for her granddaughter. People’s brains are so cooked.
I'm behind on devlogs, but I've got one coming later this week. In the meantime, I've decided to stop worrying about art style and get back to placeholder everything. I feel much better about this decision, and it's let me nail down quite a few problem interactions. More to come! #indiedev #gamedev
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Doing more placeholder units today and added this extremely accurate horse-peg to continue the motif.
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Doing more placeholder units today and added this extremely accurate horse-peg to continue the motif.
It was pretty self-explanatory, Netflix. You really do assume nobody is actually paying attention, do you?
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It was pretty self-explanatory, Netflix. You really do assume nobody is actually paying attention, do you?
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Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Rebecca was one of the founders of Interplay and programmed & designed for some of the most influential games of my youth, notably Bard's Tale I & III and Wasteland. She will be missed.
As someone who has spent the last two days making nothing but placeholder art, the discourse today is feeling very relevant.
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As someone who has spent the last two days making nothing but placeholder art, the discourse today is feeling very relevant.
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Much like gun waiting periods, we have to implement memoir waiting periods. You shouldn't be able to publish that book about that thing that happened for at least 5 years.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Much like gun waiting periods, we have to implement memoir waiting periods. You shouldn't be able to publish that book about that thing that happened for at least 5 years.
FFT is still an incredible game and one of my favorites, but playing again I am reminded of how absolutely out of whack the level scaling is.
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
FFT is still an incredible game and one of my favorites, but playing again I am reminded of how absolutely out of whack the level scaling is.