Nate Wood
@nightsprol.bsky.social
He/him. Hobby game dev using Game maker since I was 12 years old, currently a software engineer. I was @Night_Wood on Twitter, and FKA turboRamble.
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In case you missed it, BIG HOPS has a release date now :)
December 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
In case you missed it, BIG HOPS has a release date now :)
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Announcement time!! 🚨
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines' Stage Editor will officially launch August 8th!! 🪝🐶
BUT we are also making it available as a Public Beta RIGHT NOW!! Wow!!
Head over to GDCC in your steam library and type in 'gdccisagoodgame' to get access :)
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines' Stage Editor will officially launch August 8th!! 🪝🐶
BUT we are also making it available as a Public Beta RIGHT NOW!! Wow!!
Head over to GDCC in your steam library and type in 'gdccisagoodgame' to get access :)
July 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Announcement time!! 🚨
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines' Stage Editor will officially launch August 8th!! 🪝🐶
BUT we are also making it available as a Public Beta RIGHT NOW!! Wow!!
Head over to GDCC in your steam library and type in 'gdccisagoodgame' to get access :)
Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines' Stage Editor will officially launch August 8th!! 🪝🐶
BUT we are also making it available as a Public Beta RIGHT NOW!! Wow!!
Head over to GDCC in your steam library and type in 'gdccisagoodgame' to get access :)
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The Drifter comes out in less than a week :O
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Drifter comes out in less than a week :O
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experimenting with a radial menu 🤔 (among other things, in City of None with @liamberry.ca)
July 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
experimenting with a radial menu 🤔 (among other things, in City of None with @liamberry.ca)
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WE PEAKED
Great lil game, highly recommend with a couple of friends (:
Expected it to be a bit bare bones but was honestly surprised by how many fun little items and unique obstacles it has
Great lil game, highly recommend with a couple of friends (:
Expected it to be a bit bare bones but was honestly surprised by how many fun little items and unique obstacles it has
June 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
WE PEAKED
Great lil game, highly recommend with a couple of friends (:
Expected it to be a bit bare bones but was honestly surprised by how many fun little items and unique obstacles it has
Great lil game, highly recommend with a couple of friends (:
Expected it to be a bit bare bones but was honestly surprised by how many fun little items and unique obstacles it has
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🚨HUGE News🚨
🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!
✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)
🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!
✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)
May 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
🚨HUGE News🚨
🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!
✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)
🐸BIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!
✨Free demo out NOW
🎮Coming to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
💰Our publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)
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taking the subway (City of None with @liamberry.ca)
(metro map still wip / doesn't have art yet)
(metro map still wip / doesn't have art yet)
May 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
taking the subway (City of None with @liamberry.ca)
(metro map still wip / doesn't have art yet)
(metro map still wip / doesn't have art yet)
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User-created puzzles = I get to play my own game “fresh” without any knowledge of the solution 🤩
April 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
User-created puzzles = I get to play my own game “fresh” without any knowledge of the solution 🤩
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I need to write a shader but all I want to do is play Replicube instead it's so good
Like seriously you should play it too it's on sale and everything
store.steampowered.com/app/3401490/...
Like seriously you should play it too it's on sale and everything
store.steampowered.com/app/3401490/...
Save 15% on Replicube on Steam
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game comm...
store.steampowered.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I need to write a shader but all I want to do is play Replicube instead it's so good
Like seriously you should play it too it's on sale and everything
store.steampowered.com/app/3401490/...
Like seriously you should play it too it's on sale and everything
store.steampowered.com/app/3401490/...
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I started making video games in 2005 which means I've been sitting in front of a computer way too much for 20 years now. Here's a cave story rip off I was making in around 2008 or so with @liamberry.ca
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I started making video games in 2005 which means I've been sitting in front of a computer way too much for 20 years now. Here's a cave story rip off I was making in around 2008 or so with @liamberry.ca
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April 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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a checkpoint area in cityofnone.com with @liamberry.ca
April 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
a checkpoint area in cityofnone.com with @liamberry.ca
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ROSEWATER IS OUT!
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
March 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
ROSEWATER IS OUT!
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
A Wild West adventure about friendship, storytelling, and found family.
It's been a journey making this game. I sincerely hope you enjoy it. 🤠🌵
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1226670/...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/rose...
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I've always been mystified by the process of balancing a PvP game, making balance patches, dealing with community feedback, etc. And now it's my job!
So I wrote about our process and tried to answer the questions I used to have about it greglobanov.substack.com/p/balancing-...
So I wrote about our process and tried to answer the questions I used to have about it greglobanov.substack.com/p/balancing-...
Balancing Beastieball
A look at what goes into tuning a PvP turn-based strategy game
greglobanov.substack.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've always been mystified by the process of balancing a PvP game, making balance patches, dealing with community feedback, etc. And now it's my job!
So I wrote about our process and tried to answer the questions I used to have about it greglobanov.substack.com/p/balancing-...
So I wrote about our process and tried to answer the questions I used to have about it greglobanov.substack.com/p/balancing-...
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Have you played Leap Year? If not, you're missing out on some of the most thinky and head-scratching platforming around. If you have played, and want more, the March DLC just dropped today:
thinkygames.com/news...
thinkygames.com/news...
March DLC for the discovery-exploration platformer Leap Year is out today · Thinky Games
Today marks the release of a new chapter in the Leap Year saga: the March DLC for one of the most truly learning-and-knowledge-centric platformer games ever made.
thinkygames.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Have you played Leap Year? If not, you're missing out on some of the most thinky and head-scratching platforming around. If you have played, and want more, the March DLC just dropped today:
thinkygames.com/news...
thinkygames.com/news...
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Elon Musk wants to be CEO of America. How did we get here?
The old federal government is being broken and there is no going back to normal. In a new article for ShatterZone I unravel a timeline of catastrophe. shatterzone.substack.com/p/how-the-fe...
The old federal government is being broken and there is no going back to normal. In a new article for ShatterZone I unravel a timeline of catastrophe. shatterzone.substack.com/p/how-the-fe...
How The Federal Government Fell
Government insiders give a timeline of catastrophe.
shatterzone.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Elon Musk wants to be CEO of America. How did we get here?
The old federal government is being broken and there is no going back to normal. In a new article for ShatterZone I unravel a timeline of catastrophe. shatterzone.substack.com/p/how-the-fe...
The old federal government is being broken and there is no going back to normal. In a new article for ShatterZone I unravel a timeline of catastrophe. shatterzone.substack.com/p/how-the-fe...
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I wanted to know why so many young men are betting on sports. What I learned genuinely shocked me.
My story @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
My story @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
How the quick high of ‘fast-food gambling’ ensnared young men
Betting companies are making huge amounts from the confidence of young, male customers who think they can beat the system
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I wanted to know why so many young men are betting on sports. What I learned genuinely shocked me.
My story @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
My story @us.theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
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This is how easy @itchio.bsky.social (and @gamemaker.io) has made it to integrate version checking in your game. (Thanks guys!) Took me only a few minutes to add this in right before I released the game.
Let me show you! (🧵)
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #tips #tricks #gamemaker #itchio #api
Let me show you! (🧵)
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #tips #tricks #gamemaker #itchio #api
January 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is how easy @itchio.bsky.social (and @gamemaker.io) has made it to integrate version checking in your game. (Thanks guys!) Took me only a few minutes to add this in right before I released the game.
Let me show you! (🧵)
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #tips #tricks #gamemaker #itchio #api
Let me show you! (🧵)
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #tips #tricks #gamemaker #itchio #api
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i got bored so here's THE ULTIMATE GAMEMAKER KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
mfgg.net/gmquiz
it has 58 questions covering everything from basic GML syntax to deep GameMaker lore (yes, we're going there) to determine IF you're a true GameMaker expert, or a just a poser loser 🔥🔥🔥
if you take it show me your scores
mfgg.net/gmquiz
it has 58 questions covering everything from basic GML syntax to deep GameMaker lore (yes, we're going there) to determine IF you're a true GameMaker expert, or a just a poser loser 🔥🔥🔥
if you take it show me your scores
January 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
i got bored so here's THE ULTIMATE GAMEMAKER KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
mfgg.net/gmquiz
it has 58 questions covering everything from basic GML syntax to deep GameMaker lore (yes, we're going there) to determine IF you're a true GameMaker expert, or a just a poser loser 🔥🔥🔥
if you take it show me your scores
mfgg.net/gmquiz
it has 58 questions covering everything from basic GML syntax to deep GameMaker lore (yes, we're going there) to determine IF you're a true GameMaker expert, or a just a poser loser 🔥🔥🔥
if you take it show me your scores
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Final Earthblade Update:
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exok.com/posts/2025-0...
Extremely OK Games, Ltd.
Purveyors of digital amusements.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Final Earthblade Update:
exok.com/posts/2025-0...
exok.com/posts/2025-0...
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if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and it sieg heils like a nazi then you can probably get rid of the duck
January 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck and it sieg heils like a nazi then you can probably get rid of the duck
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I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning
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I'm making a Souls-Like Western called Tombwater! What if Bloodborne was a 2D Zelda, but was 100% more Yee-Haw?
It's just me and my friend Jake whippin' up Eldritch Horrors, wishlists make us really excited!:
store.steampowered.com/app/3308200/...
It's just me and my friend Jake whippin' up Eldritch Horrors, wishlists make us really excited!:
store.steampowered.com/app/3308200/...
Tombwater on Steam
A Souls-Like Western. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the eldritch horrors that lie beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that might just ...
store.steampowered.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I'm making a Souls-Like Western called Tombwater! What if Bloodborne was a 2D Zelda, but was 100% more Yee-Haw?
It's just me and my friend Jake whippin' up Eldritch Horrors, wishlists make us really excited!:
store.steampowered.com/app/3308200/...
It's just me and my friend Jake whippin' up Eldritch Horrors, wishlists make us really excited!:
store.steampowered.com/app/3308200/...