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Maddy Thorson

@maddymakesgames.com

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Madeline Stephanie Thorson makes games ~ Celeste, TowerFall, etc 🏳️‍⚧️ gender criminal maddymakesgames.com

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 4d

watching waffles turn from a light-hearted joke about social media dynamics into a right-wing dog whistle in a few days on here has been wild.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 4d

What stage of "great work, Jay" is it when a single follower account going by Francisco Franco is posting AI waffle animations in my repies

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 4d

This is part of why I make romhacks lol

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mcc @dryad.technology · 5d

The function of the waffles joke is an in-group signifier. Singal, Graber, and Oppiliappan are showing in-group solidarity; they're all in on a joke. The joke is they have institutional power, and you don't, and they feel contempt for you, that you still want to have opinions about how power's used.

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

id be fine (arguably better off) without social media if i need to

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

the thing is they're profiting off of the value we add. I find it hard to see staying as an act of defiance, knowing that

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

maybe its time to pack it up

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

its either that or frankly unbelievable incompetence

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

it feels like the only reasonable interpretation of the bsky leadership actions right now is that they actively want trans people to leave

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 6d

yikes

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Amora ✨ @amora.ink · Oct 2

Happy October!! 💜🧡
#BRart

The character Badeline, from the game Celeste, levitating amidst red autumn leaves. She has long, purple hair floating around her, and is holding a yellow cup of coffee.

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 7d

maybe this says more about me, but l feel like that might make them more likely to fuck

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 7d

<3 love the cosplay!! glad you got something out of it :)

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DustinVG @dustinvg.com · 8d

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SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social · 8d

"When we release a game, we don't fully understand it, right? People playing it and talking about it we learn more about it and ourselves." @maddymakesgames.com + @noelfb.bsky.social share the story of CELESTE ahead of their talk at ACMI next week
INTERVIEW: www.sifter.com.au/post/celeste...

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chloe @ccezra.bsky.social · 9d

Game Garden 2025 was a resounding success!! We had roughly 3300 attendees this year and even hit the ppl cap for some of the talks.

If you attended, we have a short public feedback form available. Any and all feedback is appreciated!
forms.gle/78u1aCRE8MCp...

And now I am in HIBERNATION 💤

2025 Game Garden Public Feedback

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 9d

(DEEP BREATH) you can wishlist it NOW, from the comfort of your own home/phone/wherever:

store.steampowered.com/app/2895500/...

and follow my blog for development updates:
blog.radicaldream.land

ANOTHEREAL on Steam

Accompany Astra as she discovers the world outside her solitude and uncovers the mysteries of the Real. Engage in shmup-style combat encounters to leave an impact and fight back against the ones who w...

store.steampowered.com

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Miyanda Nehwati 🇿🇼 @emmessenn.com · Jul 16

Ohhh Andrea Gibson ;(

Text: poem by Andrea Gibson :every time i ever said i want to die
By Andrea Gibson

A difficult life is not less worth living than a gentle one.
Joy is simply easier to carry than sorrow. And your heart could lift a city from how long you've spent holding what's been nearly impossible to hold.
This world needs those who know how to do that.
Those who could find a tunnel that has no light at the end of it, and hold it up like a telescope to know the darkness also contains truths that could bring the light to its knees.
Grief astronomer, adjust the lens, look close, tell us what you see.

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 10d

the update is submitted to smwcentral awaiting moderation and you can play it now if you want to :) www.smwcentral.net?p=section&a=...

hopefully it isnt broken lol

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 10d

...which in turn meant going back to EVERY LEVEL of this game and finding interesting/fun/silly ways to make them harder. I had a blast doing it tbh

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 10d

this is the idea that forced me to make this update lol

Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 10d

im proud of the Masterpiece v1.2 changelog :) pastebin.com/mzBRBWi9

Masterpiece v1.2.8 - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 11d

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is well underway!!

Until 5PM today & from 11AM-5PM tomorrow you can play local indie games, catch some incredible game dev talks, and peruse our artist alley featuring video game artists!

And don’t forget to participate in the Stamp Rally to win some exclusive merch!! 🌷✨

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 12d

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is TOMORROW!! 🎮🌱

Join us on September 27 & 28 at the Roundhouse Community Center for this free, all-ages event full of indie game demos, a video-game-artist alley, educational talks from speakers like Daniel Mullins, Davey Wreden, and Maddy Thorson, and cool prizes! ✨

Green-tinted photo of a young attendee playing a game called City of None on a laptop with a controller at Vancouver Game Garden 2024. The bright pink text reads "1 DAY TO GO!" and "Vancouver Game Garden"

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Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie @greyalien.bsky.social · 12d

I share other people's indie games more often than our own, so for once, here's our one!

Please wishlist Forbidden Solitaire if you fancy playing a cursed CD-ROM game from 1995.

store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Forbidden Solitaire on Steam

Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.

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