Matt Yang
@debaser1215.bsky.social
Indie #gamedev, formerly Maxis, Phoenix Labs. Mutt owner, swing dancer, bad movie lover, #49ers fan. He/him. SF, CA.
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Matt Yang
@debaser1215.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Petunia's Purgatory on Steam
Petunia’s Purgatory is a creepy-cute, idle-farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Plant seeds that grow into horrifying crops, sacrifice animals for blood, and summon assistants to help...
store.steampowered.com
I'm super excited to announce our new game:
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
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a loss to San Francisco and to me personally. we played there for years and years until there was really no way for us to play there. "too big" I guess but I will never be bigger in my mind than what the Bottom of the Hill is in my heart.
breaking (heart) news for SF music heads www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
a loss to San Francisco and to me personally. we played there for years and years until there was really no way for us to play there. "too big" I guess but I will never be bigger in my mind than what the Bottom of the Hill is in my heart.
Dang, this bums me out. One of the last of its kind in SF.
Breaking some news for @coyotemedia.org here.
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Incredibly sad about this — some of the best nights of my life have involved this club — but I’m also so honored and grateful to Ramona, Kathleen and Lynn for trusting me with this story.
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Dang, this bums me out. One of the last of its kind in SF.
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It’s 2026! Here are my ins and outs for Cultured Mag.
January 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It’s 2026! Here are my ins and outs for Cultured Mag.
Listen, I think Gen AI sucks generally, especially when used in creative works, but we gotta stop attacking creators that we *think* might be using AI without any proof.
One of the most insidious thinks about AI is that it makes us doubt what's real. Let's not fall for it. #gamedev
One of the most insidious thinks about AI is that it makes us doubt what's real. Let's not fall for it. #gamedev
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Listen, I think Gen AI sucks generally, especially when used in creative works, but we gotta stop attacking creators that we *think* might be using AI without any proof.
One of the most insidious thinks about AI is that it makes us doubt what's real. Let's not fall for it. #gamedev
One of the most insidious thinks about AI is that it makes us doubt what's real. Let's not fall for it. #gamedev
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The demo for our new game is out NOW! I'm super proud of it and excited to see what y'all think ❤️
#indiegame #cozygame #idlegame #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#indiegame #cozygame #idlegame #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
Petunia's Purgatory on Steam
Petunia’s Purgatory is a creepy-cute, idle-farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Plant seeds that grow into horrifying crops, sacrifice animals for blood, and summon assistants to help...
store.steampowered.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The demo for our new game is out NOW! I'm super proud of it and excited to see what y'all think ❤️
#indiegame #cozygame #idlegame #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#indiegame #cozygame #idlegame #gamedev
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
Did... did Geoff Keighley fuck Miss Piggy?
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Did... did Geoff Keighley fuck Miss Piggy?
There's literally a Black Mirror episode about this, but ok
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There's literally a Black Mirror episode about this, but ok
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I mean, there is only one choice.
December 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I mean, there is only one choice.
I just got added to this list and all I can say is, hell yeah
December 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I just got added to this list and all I can say is, hell yeah
This is probably the best, most level-headed description of the AI bubble I've read.
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is probably the best, most level-headed description of the AI bubble I've read.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
I need just one sip of the Claus juice to become Christmas itself.
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I need just one sip of the Claus juice to become Christmas itself.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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love to see a suspicious amount of people in positions of power who keep getting second and third chances at making studios despite spending years not shipping a title
and i wish that mystery money that pops out of seemingly nowhere went into better, capable hands
and i wish that mystery money that pops out of seemingly nowhere went into better, capable hands
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
love to see a suspicious amount of people in positions of power who keep getting second and third chances at making studios despite spending years not shipping a title
and i wish that mystery money that pops out of seemingly nowhere went into better, capable hands
and i wish that mystery money that pops out of seemingly nowhere went into better, capable hands
Reposted by Matt Yang
I'm super excited to announce our new game:
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
Petunia's Purgatory on Steam
Petunia’s Purgatory is a creepy-cute, idle-farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Plant seeds that grow into horrifying crops, sacrifice animals for blood, and summon assistants to help...
store.steampowered.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'm super excited to announce our new game:
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
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i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
I'm super excited to announce our new game:
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
Petunia's Purgatory on Steam
Petunia’s Purgatory is a creepy-cute, idle-farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Plant seeds that grow into horrifying crops, sacrifice animals for blood, and summon assistants to help...
store.steampowered.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'm super excited to announce our new game:
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
🌸 Petunia's Purgatory 😈
A creepy-cute idle farming game that lives on your desktop!
If this sounds like your jam, we'd love a wishlist.
Demo coming very soon!
store.steampowered.com/app/4009450/...
#gamedev #indiegame #idlegame #cozygame #creepycute
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I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game
NEW NEIL BREEN, THIS IS NOT A DRILL dire-duplicity.com/trailer/
Trailer – Dire Duplicity
dire-duplicity.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
NEW NEIL BREEN, THIS IS NOT A DRILL dire-duplicity.com/trailer/
I just started using my local library to get e-books and it COULD NOT BE EASIER.
Libraries are awesome, get yourself a library card.
Libraries are awesome, get yourself a library card.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I just started using my local library to get e-books and it COULD NOT BE EASIER.
Libraries are awesome, get yourself a library card.
Libraries are awesome, get yourself a library card.
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I like to nurse and break so maybe this is the chair for me
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I like to nurse and break so maybe this is the chair for me
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.