Richard Flanagan
@richardeflanagan.bsky.social
Design goblin and strategic design consultant for videogames. (Ex) game director from indie to AAA and back. Surely _almost_ irrelevant.
Synaesthete. Dad. He/him
www.richardeflanagan.com
Synaesthete. Dad. He/him
www.richardeflanagan.com
Good design podcast recommendations?
I enjoy hearing about folks making stuff with thoughtful intent.
99 Percent Invisible is the gold standard here.
I listen to design-like podcasts in other fields: food/music/fashion…
Thanks!
I enjoy hearing about folks making stuff with thoughtful intent.
99 Percent Invisible is the gold standard here.
I listen to design-like podcasts in other fields: food/music/fashion…
Thanks!
September 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Good design podcast recommendations?
I enjoy hearing about folks making stuff with thoughtful intent.
99 Percent Invisible is the gold standard here.
I listen to design-like podcasts in other fields: food/music/fashion…
Thanks!
I enjoy hearing about folks making stuff with thoughtful intent.
99 Percent Invisible is the gold standard here.
I listen to design-like podcasts in other fields: food/music/fashion…
Thanks!
Also works great for buttering tiny toasts
My car is going into the garage today so uhh thingsbydan.myshopify.com
Dan Berry
Dan Berry's online shop. The Home of Blade Pens.
thingsbydan.myshopify.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Also works great for buttering tiny toasts
So Iceland is kind of the greatest hits of geological awe?
Fun fact, this formation on Reynisfjara beach was one of the OG references for terrain details for FRACT.
Fun fact, this formation on Reynisfjara beach was one of the OG references for terrain details for FRACT.
August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So Iceland is kind of the greatest hits of geological awe?
Fun fact, this formation on Reynisfjara beach was one of the OG references for terrain details for FRACT.
Fun fact, this formation on Reynisfjara beach was one of the OG references for terrain details for FRACT.
@plante.bsky.social new podcast slaps champ!
July 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@plante.bsky.social new podcast slaps champ!
Ah fark. Also my 9yo had to explain a new meme paradigm to me today. Just turned 44.
According to my 12yo, her friends call us the ‘hot parents’ so not all is lost.
According to my 12yo, her friends call us the ‘hot parents’ so not all is lost.
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ah fark. Also my 9yo had to explain a new meme paradigm to me today. Just turned 44.
According to my 12yo, her friends call us the ‘hot parents’ so not all is lost.
According to my 12yo, her friends call us the ‘hot parents’ so not all is lost.
Being a dad is pretty great
May 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Being a dad is pretty great
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the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
Do you even Krell bro?
January 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Do you even Krell bro?
Excellent new music PSA @doseone.bsky.social’s new Album, All Portrait, No Chorus is incredible. Not only does it have a murderers row of stunning collaborators, but it stays tight, cohesive & feels like a considered sonic space/place/time. All killer no filler!
doseone.bandcamp.com/album/all-po...
doseone.bandcamp.com/album/all-po...
January 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Excellent new music PSA @doseone.bsky.social’s new Album, All Portrait, No Chorus is incredible. Not only does it have a murderers row of stunning collaborators, but it stays tight, cohesive & feels like a considered sonic space/place/time. All killer no filler!
doseone.bandcamp.com/album/all-po...
doseone.bandcamp.com/album/all-po...
Twas a good day. Ankle held out (enough). I’m slower but I’ve still got it 🦾🏂
January 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Twas a good day. Ankle held out (enough). I’m slower but I’ve still got it 🦾🏂
HappyHolidays_v1.PNG 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 8:27 PM
HappyHolidays_v1.PNG 🎄
Steam year in review is 🧐. Been hearing various representations of these numbers as they seem to be on everyone's mind - interesting stuff (if open to a bleak interpretation).
Seems in line with another stat I've heard the vast majority of playtime is owned by games 3+ years old. Good luck folks
Seems in line with another stat I've heard the vast majority of playtime is owned by games 3+ years old. Good luck folks
December 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Steam year in review is 🧐. Been hearing various representations of these numbers as they seem to be on everyone's mind - interesting stuff (if open to a bleak interpretation).
Seems in line with another stat I've heard the vast majority of playtime is owned by games 3+ years old. Good luck folks
Seems in line with another stat I've heard the vast majority of playtime is owned by games 3+ years old. Good luck folks
Fun fact - I love a good scented candle. Quynh and I started making our own and this is maybe my fav so far. Notes of cardamom, bone ash, and tobacco.
December 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Fun fact - I love a good scented candle. Quynh and I started making our own and this is maybe my fav so far. Notes of cardamom, bone ash, and tobacco.
Wow, I dare you to make a game as good as Lil Gator Game.
I knew it was good, picked up for my youngest daughter - did not expect to be almost brought to tears multiple times. Though I am a big softie.
Fuck, what an achievement this thing is.
I knew it was good, picked up for my youngest daughter - did not expect to be almost brought to tears multiple times. Though I am a big softie.
Fuck, what an achievement this thing is.
August 19, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Wow, I dare you to make a game as good as Lil Gator Game.
I knew it was good, picked up for my youngest daughter - did not expect to be almost brought to tears multiple times. Though I am a big softie.
Fuck, what an achievement this thing is.
I knew it was good, picked up for my youngest daughter - did not expect to be almost brought to tears multiple times. Though I am a big softie.
Fuck, what an achievement this thing is.
This family has standards to uphold - made her a big ol skull hoodie for her 9th bday. No tigers gonna sneak up on us! 💀
August 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
This family has standards to uphold - made her a big ol skull hoodie for her 9th bday. No tigers gonna sneak up on us! 💀
Weirdest comment/compliment/diss I’ve ever gotten?!? Stuck with me as I’m not sure how to parse it: pair of neighborhood dads, intelligent, kind, weird guys. They were 70% joking 30% serious
Dad1: “See, I told you, this guy has to be CIA or CSIS”
Dad2: “Richard, are you CIA or something?”
🤔
Dad1: “See, I told you, this guy has to be CIA or CSIS”
Dad2: “Richard, are you CIA or something?”
🤔
July 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Weirdest comment/compliment/diss I’ve ever gotten?!? Stuck with me as I’m not sure how to parse it: pair of neighborhood dads, intelligent, kind, weird guys. They were 70% joking 30% serious
Dad1: “See, I told you, this guy has to be CIA or CSIS”
Dad2: “Richard, are you CIA or something?”
🤔
Dad1: “See, I told you, this guy has to be CIA or CSIS”
Dad2: “Richard, are you CIA or something?”
🤔
I’m a big proponent of well considered, purpose built, interfaces, and love a well executed device that can do more with less.
Sometimes I do crave the opposite: a brutalist sea of knobs and buttons that looks like it came from a cold war era submarine. I’m a freak, but this is inspiring to me 🤷♂️
Sometimes I do crave the opposite: a brutalist sea of knobs and buttons that looks like it came from a cold war era submarine. I’m a freak, but this is inspiring to me 🤷♂️
May 13, 2024 at 10:08 AM
I’m a big proponent of well considered, purpose built, interfaces, and love a well executed device that can do more with less.
Sometimes I do crave the opposite: a brutalist sea of knobs and buttons that looks like it came from a cold war era submarine. I’m a freak, but this is inspiring to me 🤷♂️
Sometimes I do crave the opposite: a brutalist sea of knobs and buttons that looks like it came from a cold war era submarine. I’m a freak, but this is inspiring to me 🤷♂️
Some military grade narcissism, 5 hours of it! But yeah, wild to think we released this thing a decade ago!
youtu.be/NFeo0qAYQFo?...
youtu.be/NFeo0qAYQFo?...
FRACT OSC 10 Year Retrospective Playthrough and Director's Commentary
GET THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MERCH https://society6.com/phosfiend/allGET THE GAME ON STEAM https://store.steampowered.com/app/243220/FRACT_OSC/GET THE ALBUM O...
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April 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Some military grade narcissism, 5 hours of it! But yeah, wild to think we released this thing a decade ago!
youtu.be/NFeo0qAYQFo?...
youtu.be/NFeo0qAYQFo?...
They never write back. 😞
March 12, 2024 at 10:16 PM
They never write back. 😞
Attempting to cobble together some sort of 10 year retrospective on FRACT OSC. If anyone has questions drop at the link, or here? This account doesn’t quite have the same reach, but y’all seem
More likely to be humans
t.co/HbE3lXIyhM
More likely to be humans
t.co/HbE3lXIyhM
February 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Attempting to cobble together some sort of 10 year retrospective on FRACT OSC. If anyone has questions drop at the link, or here? This account doesn’t quite have the same reach, but y’all seem
More likely to be humans
t.co/HbE3lXIyhM
More likely to be humans
t.co/HbE3lXIyhM
I have three game ideas that I like equally, and have been simplifying them to their fundamental parts. They would share a lot of gamefeel and tooling despite being very, very different things.
Tempted to attempt to start all three. What could go wrong?
Tempted to attempt to start all three. What could go wrong?
February 16, 2024 at 12:10 AM
I have three game ideas that I like equally, and have been simplifying them to their fundamental parts. They would share a lot of gamefeel and tooling despite being very, very different things.
Tempted to attempt to start all three. What could go wrong?
Tempted to attempt to start all three. What could go wrong?
New notebook, new projects. A nice feeling.
February 14, 2024 at 8:43 PM
New notebook, new projects. A nice feeling.
Was tidying ye olde hard drive and found this short talk I did on synaesthesia last year. The ideal tool for those curious as to what the world sounds, looks and tastes like to me (hmm, that sounds gross)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ16...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ16...
Synaesthesia & Synthesizers
SYNAESTHESIA & SYNTHESIZERS: A short tale of crossed wires, corporate espionage and very (very) mild superpowers.Recording of a talk I did at Concordia Unive...
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Was tidying ye olde hard drive and found this short talk I did on synaesthesia last year. The ideal tool for those curious as to what the world sounds, looks and tastes like to me (hmm, that sounds gross)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ16...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ16...
I am rotten with synthesizers and gear I never have time to use, but the industrial design of the new Yamaha SEQTRAK is really doing it for me
January 17, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I am rotten with synthesizers and gear I never have time to use, but the industrial design of the new Yamaha SEQTRAK is really doing it for me