Alex Pine
alex-pine.bsky.social
Alex Pine
@alex-pine.bsky.social
age unknown. origin unknown. power unknown. game designer. kill count unknown

designed Stories from the Outbreak, opinions are my own

i make essays on youtube: www.youtube.com/@alexpinegamedesign
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Perhaps the coolest thing I've made to date is Stories from the Outbreak, a turn-based roguelike where you escape zombie-infested Riga. Play it on your computer device!!

store.steampowered.com/app/1968630/...
Stories from the Outbreak on Steam
Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the u...
store.steampowered.com
a clear sign that I need to find something better to do with my free time: I made an hour-and-a-half long critique of the Binding of Isaac franchise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSV1...
The Binding of Isaac: Game design critique
YouTube video by Alex Pine
www.youtube.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Today's tiny frustration is YouTube's auto-sync feature for subtitles being terrible at splitting up text in a natural and readable way. You have to manually adjust the timings and line breaks if you care about accessibility.
June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've been thinking about how much the bonus puzzles from Talos Principle:RtG mean to me. They're a very rare example of gameplay reaching the artistic heights usually reserved for narrative/audiovisual arts.

@croteam.com crafted pure ludoaesthetic beauty in puzzle form. Never seen anything like it.
May 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
my Black Mirror take is that 15 Million Merits is still by far the best episode - though I have a weak spot for commodification of counter-culture as a topic/theme.
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Patreon-exclusive little blog post from me: "Balatro, and the game that has me losing faith in roguelikes"
www.patreon.com/posts/blog-b...
April 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Difficult to name any other recent indie game that has caused nearly as much damage to the market as Vampire Survivors
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Perhaps the coolest thing I've made to date is Stories from the Outbreak, a turn-based roguelike where you escape zombie-infested Riga. Play it on your computer device!!

store.steampowered.com/app/1968630/...
Stories from the Outbreak on Steam
Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the u...
store.steampowered.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
i made an essay about the politics of idle games! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_U2...
Cultural analysis of idle games
YouTube video by Alex Pine
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
game design
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 AM