jonah
@jonah-srg.itch.io
Making computer games.
https://jonah-srg.itch.io
https://jonah-srg.itch.io
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jonah
@jonah-srg.itch.io
· May 24
I made a little drawing app for the Playdate! It's called Fineliner.
jonah-srg.itch.io/fineliner
A line art drawing tool with daily art prompts. Drawing continuously on the grid is a fun limitation, and the crank-to-erase action is so satisfying.
#playdate #indiedev
jonah-srg.itch.io/fineliner
A line art drawing tool with daily art prompts. Drawing continuously on the grid is a fun limitation, and the crank-to-erase action is so satisfying.
#playdate #indiedev
We are in dire need of a games formalism movement.
thinking about how like 99% of pop game design discourse is just this tweet: it's something that SEEMS really smart to say, and then once you think about it for more than about ten seconds, you realize it's not even correct.
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We are in dire need of a games formalism movement.
Digital games can be distilled to only having five verbs, they are: Move, Jump, Shoot, Select, and Observe.
Innovative mechanics in games are simply combinations and sequences of those verbs in patterns you've never considered.
Innovative mechanics in games are simply combinations and sequences of those verbs in patterns you've never considered.
October 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Digital games can be distilled to only having five verbs, they are: Move, Jump, Shoot, Select, and Observe.
Innovative mechanics in games are simply combinations and sequences of those verbs in patterns you've never considered.
Innovative mechanics in games are simply combinations and sequences of those verbs in patterns you've never considered.
Gonna play a bunch of falling block jam games tonight. Send ‘em my way! #fallingblockjam
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Gonna play a bunch of falling block jam games tonight. Send ‘em my way! #fallingblockjam
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Tomorrow Penguin Colony will drop. Some of you are gonna be pretty excited when you see who we are working with
September 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tomorrow Penguin Colony will drop. Some of you are gonna be pretty excited when you see who we are working with
Falling Block Jam... I can't even explain what this is yet. There are sheeps and zzzs and I don't even know where else this is going.
September 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Falling Block Jam... I can't even explain what this is yet. There are sheeps and zzzs and I don't even know where else this is going.
I have become a victim of the ThriftBooks industrial complex. Send help.
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I have become a victim of the ThriftBooks industrial complex. Send help.
Reposted by jonah
August 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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"a CHAR"? are they manufacturing them now or something?
August 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"a CHAR"? are they manufacturing them now or something?
I got off github a while ago now and can endorse Codeberg as a great alternative; and it's a non-profit to boot.
docs.codeberg.org/getting-star...
docs.codeberg.org/getting-star...
August 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I got off github a while ago now and can endorse Codeberg as a great alternative; and it's a non-profit to boot.
docs.codeberg.org/getting-star...
docs.codeberg.org/getting-star...
New IDLES, what a nice surprise. idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/rabbit...
Rabbit Run, by IDLES
1 track album
idlesband.bandcamp.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New IDLES, what a nice surprise. idlesband.bandcamp.com/album/rabbit...
After a long jam hiatus, I am back and have submitted what is perhaps my most primitive game for this year's GMTK jam: sproqet
jonah-srg.itch.io/sproqet
I am simultaneously self-conscious and quite proud about this little thing, and I'll tell you why in a thread here.
#gamejam #gmtk #gmtkjam
jonah-srg.itch.io/sproqet
I am simultaneously self-conscious and quite proud about this little thing, and I'll tell you why in a thread here.
#gamejam #gmtk #gmtkjam
sproqet by jonah-srg
looping color collector
jonah-srg.itch.io
August 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
After a long jam hiatus, I am back and have submitted what is perhaps my most primitive game for this year's GMTK jam: sproqet
jonah-srg.itch.io/sproqet
I am simultaneously self-conscious and quite proud about this little thing, and I'll tell you why in a thread here.
#gamejam #gmtk #gmtkjam
jonah-srg.itch.io/sproqet
I am simultaneously self-conscious and quite proud about this little thing, and I'll tell you why in a thread here.
#gamejam #gmtk #gmtkjam
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Hey y'all, I recently wrapped up my UX Writing contract with Alaska Airlines and I'm looking for my next role! Would love to connect about any leads for positions in UX Writing, Narrative Design, Content Writing, and Editorial.
www.philrussell.me
www.philrussell.me
Phillip Russell
Writer in more than one place.
www.philrussell.me
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey y'all, I recently wrapped up my UX Writing contract with Alaska Airlines and I'm looking for my next role! Would love to connect about any leads for positions in UX Writing, Narrative Design, Content Writing, and Editorial.
www.philrussell.me
www.philrussell.me
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Hey, would you look at that, A Solitaire Mystery is out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3743220/...
#gamedev
#gamedev
Save 10% on A Solitaire Mystery on Steam
A collection of mysterious solitaires. The solitaires included vary from fairly standard cardgames to funky reimplementations of other games in solitaire form.
store.steampowered.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey, would you look at that, A Solitaire Mystery is out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3743220/...
#gamedev
#gamedev
Any pygame folks around here? Wondering if there are any good tutorials on getting a nice workflow going.
June 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Any pygame folks around here? Wondering if there are any good tutorials on getting a nice workflow going.
Software has been maintained by humans who code for decades, so tell me what you really mean by “unsustainable”? How about you admit, all of a sudden, those senior engineers propping up your business are worth less to you? The other cool execs you’re trying to mimic aren’t beating around the bush.
June 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Software has been maintained by humans who code for decades, so tell me what you really mean by “unsustainable”? How about you admit, all of a sudden, those senior engineers propping up your business are worth less to you? The other cool execs you’re trying to mimic aren’t beating around the bush.
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I have uploaded a new video :]
I use an app for the play date called Fineliner!
I hope y’all can bear with my clumsy way of talking hehe.
youtu.be/FwV8RnJ9rP4?...
I use an app for the play date called Fineliner!
I hope y’all can bear with my clumsy way of talking hehe.
youtu.be/FwV8RnJ9rP4?...
Enjoying my time with Fineliner :]
YouTube video by Oretal
youtu.be
June 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I have uploaded a new video :]
I use an app for the play date called Fineliner!
I hope y’all can bear with my clumsy way of talking hehe.
youtu.be/FwV8RnJ9rP4?...
I use an app for the play date called Fineliner!
I hope y’all can bear with my clumsy way of talking hehe.
youtu.be/FwV8RnJ9rP4?...
This is a heartening read as someone who is feeling burnt out creatively, due in no small part to feeling walled-in by tools. It’s inspiring and I would love to read more about how others are using lighter weight frameworks or hand-rolled solutions. Even more so for fantasy console devs.
I've been making video games in some form for 20 years, so I wrote an article about my process - and why I don't use an engine.
noelberry.ca/posts/making...
noelberry.ca/posts/making...
Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games
noelberry.ca
June 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is a heartening read as someone who is feeling burnt out creatively, due in no small part to feeling walled-in by tools. It’s inspiring and I would love to read more about how others are using lighter weight frameworks or hand-rolled solutions. Even more so for fantasy console devs.
Mouse controls for Kentucky Route Zero on Switch 2 is a concept just wild enough to fix me as a person.
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mouse controls for Kentucky Route Zero on Switch 2 is a concept just wild enough to fix me as a person.
Managed to pick up a Switch 2 and all I need a Mario Paint game stat.
June 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Managed to pick up a Switch 2 and all I need a Mario Paint game stat.
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hey folks! so i'm co-organizing a DIY game showcase stream called The Unearthed Treasure Room with @hantani.bsky.social this Thursday 7pm ET.
we reached out to a bunch of people to talk about their favorite recent underappreciated games. we'll be co-streaming it on both of own youtube channels
we reached out to a bunch of people to talk about their favorite recent underappreciated games. we'll be co-streaming it on both of own youtube channels
I've got a new showcase I'm organizing...
💰THE UNEARTHED TREASURE ROOM💎
🗺️June 5th / 4 PM PST
Featuring a curation of recent overlooked games we want YOU to play!!
Subscribe here to catch the stream! www.youtube.com/@analgesicpr... (reposts appreciated!!)
💰THE UNEARTHED TREASURE ROOM💎
🗺️June 5th / 4 PM PST
Featuring a curation of recent overlooked games we want YOU to play!!
Subscribe here to catch the stream! www.youtube.com/@analgesicpr... (reposts appreciated!!)
May 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
hey folks! so i'm co-organizing a DIY game showcase stream called The Unearthed Treasure Room with @hantani.bsky.social this Thursday 7pm ET.
we reached out to a bunch of people to talk about their favorite recent underappreciated games. we'll be co-streaming it on both of own youtube channels
we reached out to a bunch of people to talk about their favorite recent underappreciated games. we'll be co-streaming it on both of own youtube channels
Picross heads, your time has come.
Inspired by One Million Checkboxes, I created a collaborative, realtime nonogram logic game, where you work together to solve all 24,976,511 possible 5x5 nonogram puzzles.
Check it out!
pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no...
Check it out!
pixelogic.app/every-5x5-no...
Every 5x5 Nonogram
pixelogic.app
May 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Picross heads, your time has come.
Reposted by jonah
Someone made a website where we all collectively solve every possible 5x5 Nonogram (aka Picross) 😅
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
May 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Someone made a website where we all collectively solve every possible 5x5 Nonogram (aka Picross) 😅
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
11,263 down, 24,965,248 to go! Let's do it, folks!
pixelogic.app/every-...
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✨Dig! Dig! Dino! is out now!!!✨
Grab your shovel and dig up 💎treasure & 🦖dinosaur bones! Spend 💰money on ⛏️tools & upgrades! Put together the 💀skeletons of strange new dinosaurs and collect weird 🧩artifacts!
Get it as part of @play.date Season 2 with 11 other games!!
play.date/games/season...
Grab your shovel and dig up 💎treasure & 🦖dinosaur bones! Spend 💰money on ⛏️tools & upgrades! Put together the 💀skeletons of strange new dinosaurs and collect weird 🧩artifacts!
Get it as part of @play.date Season 2 with 11 other games!!
play.date/games/season...
May 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
✨Dig! Dig! Dino! is out now!!!✨
Grab your shovel and dig up 💎treasure & 🦖dinosaur bones! Spend 💰money on ⛏️tools & upgrades! Put together the 💀skeletons of strange new dinosaurs and collect weird 🧩artifacts!
Get it as part of @play.date Season 2 with 11 other games!!
play.date/games/season...
Grab your shovel and dig up 💎treasure & 🦖dinosaur bones! Spend 💰money on ⛏️tools & upgrades! Put together the 💀skeletons of strange new dinosaurs and collect weird 🧩artifacts!
Get it as part of @play.date Season 2 with 11 other games!!
play.date/games/season...
Repost for those who may have missed it, I made a cute little Playdate game!
A daily art app with fun limitations. Most importantly, you get exciting (or ordinary) prompts every day! For 5/28, a great one: Draw a CAMERA. A nice little freebie in advance of _Season 2_. #playdate #gamedev
A daily art app with fun limitations. Most importantly, you get exciting (or ordinary) prompts every day! For 5/28, a great one: Draw a CAMERA. A nice little freebie in advance of _Season 2_. #playdate #gamedev
I made a little drawing app for the Playdate! It's called Fineliner.
jonah-srg.itch.io/fineliner
A line art drawing tool with daily art prompts. Drawing continuously on the grid is a fun limitation, and the crank-to-erase action is so satisfying.
#playdate #indiedev
jonah-srg.itch.io/fineliner
A line art drawing tool with daily art prompts. Drawing continuously on the grid is a fun limitation, and the crank-to-erase action is so satisfying.
#playdate #indiedev
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM