Douglas Watt
@catdw.bsky.social
Freelance Game Consultant, 12+ years in games and another 5 in enterprise software
Specializing in Game Design, Dev/Platform Relations, and Production Management
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Specializing in Game Design, Dev/Platform Relations, and Production Management
Pronoun Collector
The great folks at @tokyogamebridge.bsky.social are holding another event!
It's our second Gamecraft Paper Jam: Make a game pitch using papercraft! Fee is 2,000 yen to cover space & materials. BYOB! Only room for 24!
Sign up form:
forms.gle/BxoUWv8SLBnX...
#gamejam #papercraft #Tokyo
It's our second Gamecraft Paper Jam: Make a game pitch using papercraft! Fee is 2,000 yen to cover space & materials. BYOB! Only room for 24!
Sign up form:
forms.gle/BxoUWv8SLBnX...
#gamejam #papercraft #Tokyo
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The great folks at @tokyogamebridge.bsky.social are holding another event!
It's our second Gamecraft Paper Jam: Make a game pitch using papercraft! Fee is 2,000 yen to cover space & materials. BYOB! Only room for 24!
Sign up form:
forms.gle/BxoUWv8SLBnX...
#gamejam #papercraft #Tokyo
It's our second Gamecraft Paper Jam: Make a game pitch using papercraft! Fee is 2,000 yen to cover space & materials. BYOB! Only room for 24!
Sign up form:
forms.gle/BxoUWv8SLBnX...
#gamejam #papercraft #Tokyo
Been working hard to get this setup over the last 3 months! So glad it's finally happening!
TGB will be hosting a indie game showcase in Kyoto during BitSummit at the C2 Kyoto! Come check out the games and socialize with industry peers! @c2kyoto.com #TokyoGameBridge #kyoto #indiegames #indiedev #gamedevelopment #networking #bitsummit #games #fun
July 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Been working hard to get this setup over the last 3 months! So glad it's finally happening!
Tokyo Game Bridge continues! We're doing a session with ファミキャリ (Famitsu Career) and some other guests on improving your job hunting. If you're in Tokyo on the 26th, drop by! 日本語の方ももちろん大歓迎！
Meetup Link: www.meetup.com/meetup-group...
#gamedev #Tokyo #TGB #ゲーム開発
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Meetup Link: www.meetup.com/meetup-group...
#gamedev #Tokyo #TGB #ゲーム開発
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June 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tokyo Game Bridge continues! We're doing a session with ファミキャリ (Famitsu Career) and some other guests on improving your job hunting. If you're in Tokyo on the 26th, drop by! 日本語の方ももちろん大歓迎！
Meetup Link: www.meetup.com/meetup-group...
#gamedev #Tokyo #TGB #ゲーム開発
bsky.app/profile/toky...
Meetup Link: www.meetup.com/meetup-group...
#gamedev #Tokyo #TGB #ゲーム開発
bsky.app/profile/toky...
Little reminder: The NPO I co-founded, Tokyo Game Bridge, is throwing their first concert tomorrow night! If you're looking for nice tracks to vibe to on a Friday night, I hope you'll check it out!
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #Tokyo #FridayNight
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#gamedev #Tokyo #FridayNight
May's TGB Event: Retro Sound ThrowDown! 5/30/2025. Join TGB for an audio experience. RSVP in bio for a drink token! forms.gle/qUrzLN6ko7Wh...
#gamedevelopment #tokyodev #soundart #DJ #TokyoGameBridge #tokyonetworking #tokyocreative #tokyoarts
#gamedevelopment #tokyodev #soundart #DJ #TokyoGameBridge #tokyonetworking #tokyocreative #tokyoarts
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Little reminder: The NPO I co-founded, Tokyo Game Bridge, is throwing their first concert tomorrow night! If you're looking for nice tracks to vibe to on a Friday night, I hope you'll check it out!
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #Tokyo #FridayNight
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #Tokyo #FridayNight
The Tokyo Game Bridge, of which I am a founding member, now has a linktree! Would you please keep it in mind?
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tokyogamebridge | Instagram | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
linktr.ee
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The Tokyo Game Bridge, of which I am a founding member, now has a linktree! Would you please keep it in mind?
linktr.ee/tokyogamebri...
linktr.ee/tokyogamebri...
Reminder, Tokyo Game Bridge is holding their first papercraft game jam later today (Saturday)! We hope to see lots of people there!
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #gamejam #papercraft
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#gamedev #gamejam #papercraft
April 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reminder, Tokyo Game Bridge is holding their first papercraft game jam later today (Saturday)! We hope to see lots of people there!
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #gamejam #papercraft
bsky.app/profile/toky...
#gamedev #gamejam #papercraft
I'm going to be there! Should be some silly fun: come up with an idea to pitch, but you can only pitch with a presentation where you have to handcraft your visual aids in the specified time allocated!
TGB’s next event: GameCraft Paper Jam
Have fun, form teams, design, craft, pitch, win!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#TGB #gamejam #gamedev #gamedevelopment #tokyogamedev
Have fun, form teams, design, craft, pitch, win!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#TGB #gamejam #gamedev #gamedevelopment #tokyogamedev
TGB GameCraft Paper Jam Game Competiton Sign-up! ゲームコンテストにサインアップ！
RSVP to join in!
docs.google.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I'm going to be there! Should be some silly fun: come up with an idea to pitch, but you can only pitch with a presentation where you have to handcraft your visual aids in the specified time allocated!
Really happy to have been a part of this! And really happy for the next event, the craft game jam later this month!
#gamedev #gamejam #Tokyo
#gamedev #gamejam #Tokyo
It wasagreat night! Thanks to everyong for coming out! Thanks to Fabian Adler #TokyoGameBridge #gamedev #meetup #gamecommunity #LegacyLounge #Tokyo
April 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reposted by Douglas Watt
From the #TokyoGameBridge pizza party kick off in #Roppongi - Thanks to all. Next event 3/27 ! #GameDev #gamedevelopment #gamemakers #gamejam #gamedesign #tokyo
March 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
From the #TokyoGameBridge pizza party kick off in #Roppongi - Thanks to all. Next event 3/27 ! #GameDev #gamedevelopment #gamemakers #gamejam #gamedesign #tokyo
Reposted by Douglas Watt
Community Linkup! An event for the game dev communities! #tokyogamedev #TokyoGameBridge #tokyogamescene #gamedev
March 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Community Linkup! An event for the game dev communities! #tokyogamedev #TokyoGameBridge #tokyogamescene #gamedev
Hey, Japanese government! Rice prices are up 70% year on year. It's time to take action and study French history. That is, unless you're gambling that modern Japan has forgotten how to rumble. But I think that taking that gamble would be a very bad idea.
February 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hey, Japanese government! Rice prices are up 70% year on year. It's time to take action and study French history. That is, unless you're gambling that modern Japan has forgotten how to rumble. But I think that taking that gamble would be a very bad idea.
New year, mandatory new post. Year too new, got nothing to say yet.
January 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New year, mandatory new post. Year too new, got nothing to say yet.
I wish I could go to every indie dev who is looking for funding for their game and tell them "make them pay full price"! It doesn't matter if you can make the game without any investment. Professional work demands a professional payment. No discounts for passion.
December 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I wish I could go to every indie dev who is looking for funding for their game and tell them "make them pay full price"! It doesn't matter if you can make the game without any investment. Professional work demands a professional payment. No discounts for passion.
Really loving the design here, and hope we will eventually get a deep dive about how optimization is done, @vuthric.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwD6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwD6...
A Slime simulator - what if you feed it soda? (Physically correct)
YouTube video by Asher Zhu
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Really loving the design here, and hope we will eventually get a deep dive about how optimization is done, @vuthric.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwD6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwD6...
Remember, even if you are doing #characterdesign, there's some twist you can still add to make your designs standout more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uw...
#gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uw...
#gamedev
Fantasy Haircut
YouTube video by DoodletmeGO
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Remember, even if you are doing #characterdesign, there's some twist you can still add to make your designs standout more:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uw...
#gamedev
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uw...
#gamedev
Pizza, the one thing in my life that never lets me down.
a woman is laying on a bed next to a pizza box that says " i love you "
ALT: a woman is laying on a bed next to a pizza box that says " i love you "
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December 14, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Pizza, the one thing in my life that never lets me down.
Funko Pop using an AI that caused Itch.io to be taken down (if even for a short time) is the kind of dyspoopia I knew we were living in, but it's still disappointing that it happened.
December 10, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Funko Pop using an AI that caused Itch.io to be taken down (if even for a short time) is the kind of dyspoopia I knew we were living in, but it's still disappointing that it happened.
Really hate that payment providers are allowed to act as de-facto censors. Until a law is passed that mandates that digital payment providers must process transactions equally, just as cash is mandated in person, then this shit will only get worse.
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Visa Japan’s CEO says disabling card payment for legal adult content is “necessary to protect the brand” - AUTOMATON WEST
President of Visa's Japan subsidiary Seetan Kitney reponds to inquiries about Visa being unusable on legal adult content platforms.
automaton-media.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Really hate that payment providers are allowed to act as de-facto censors. Until a law is passed that mandates that digital payment providers must process transactions equally, just as cash is mandated in person, then this shit will only get worse.
automaton-media.com/en/news/visa...
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The new lawsuit news from Japan today. Man I wanna comment, but I'm going to bite my tongue out of professional courtesy. Most simply, Machida-san now has a responsibility to explain things clearly to the backers, from the earliest stages. #gamedev
November 22, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The new lawsuit news from Japan today. Man I wanna comment, but I'm going to bite my tongue out of professional courtesy. Most simply, Machida-san now has a responsibility to explain things clearly to the backers, from the earliest stages. #gamedev
Reminded myself of the PS1 GitS game today, watched @catsuka.bsky.social's upscale, found new avatar.
November 22, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Reminded myself of the PS1 GitS game today, watched @catsuka.bsky.social's upscale, found new avatar.
Hey, #gamedesign people: Just a suggestion, but unless your whole game's theme is "silly hard", maybe don't make multiphase boss fights with only 1 heal, minimal telegraphing, and unblockable/unparryable attacks, esp. near the start. Not naming names, but there's more than 1 game this applies to.
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Hey, #gamedesign people: Just a suggestion, but unless your whole game's theme is "silly hard", maybe don't make multiphase boss fights with only 1 heal, minimal telegraphing, and unblockable/unparryable attacks, esp. near the start. Not naming names, but there's more than 1 game this applies to.
My first smartphone was an iPhone 3G, bought in 2008. It's been 16 years since then. I managed to go 15 years with never dropping a phone in a way to crack the screen. Somehow I've managed to do it twice this year.
a girl with short hair says i think there might be something wrong with me
ALT: a girl with short hair says i think there might be something wrong with me
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November 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
My first smartphone was an iPhone 3G, bought in 2008. It's been 16 years since then. I managed to go 15 years with never dropping a phone in a way to crack the screen. Somehow I've managed to do it twice this year.
It still amazes me that, after almost 13 years in the game industry with more than 6 titles released, the thing I'm most satisfied with having been a part of is the soundtrack to The 25th Ward. Yamaoka-san asked me for some track name suggestions, and he accepted them. #gamedev
November 13, 2024 at 6:12 PM
It still amazes me that, after almost 13 years in the game industry with more than 6 titles released, the thing I'm most satisfied with having been a part of is the soundtrack to The 25th Ward. Yamaoka-san asked me for some track name suggestions, and he accepted them. #gamedev
Ended up having a meeting canceled today, so it was time to reach Phase 5. The factory grows. Alas, no way to use a digital time crystal to give me more play time.
a man wearing a helmet and goggles is standing in front of a building
ALT: a man wearing a helmet and goggles is standing in front of a building
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October 25, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Ended up having a meeting canceled today, so it was time to reach Phase 5. The factory grows. Alas, no way to use a digital time crystal to give me more play time.