Dennispr
@dennis.videogameworkshop.com
I make games that might teach you a thing or two! Currently making cool stuff at www.videogameworkshop.com
I talk about designing developing and playing games + programming.
PhD, Speaker: LEGO, GDC, TEDx
Previous: Hero Elementary + Skillsville
I talk about designing developing and playing games + programming.
PhD, Speaker: LEGO, GDC, TEDx
Previous: Hero Elementary + Skillsville
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Adults Can’t Count Either - Dennis Ramirez & Charlie Mackin (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
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Instead of our usual podcast this week, check out our #ThinkyCon talk about how your players can’t Read, Count, or Listen - and what to do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEvW...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
Instead of our usual podcast this week, check out our #ThinkyCon talk about how your players can’t Read, Count, or Listen - and what to do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEvW...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
Adults Can’t Count Either - Dennis Ramirez & Charlie Mackin (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Instead of our usual podcast this week, check out our #ThinkyCon talk about how your players can’t Read, Count, or Listen - and what to do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEvW...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign @videogameworkshop.com @thinkygames.com @charlie.videogameworkshop.com
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Shader systems are ridiculously powerful if you’re clever enough.
Most people use them to create visual effects. You know what’s cooler?
Running Linux.
Inside an emulated RISC-V CPU. Inside a pixel shader. Inside of VRChat...
Most people use them to create visual effects. You know what’s cooler?
Running Linux.
Inside an emulated RISC-V CPU. Inside a pixel shader. Inside of VRChat...
November 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Shader systems are ridiculously powerful if you’re clever enough.
Most people use them to create visual effects. You know what’s cooler?
Running Linux.
Inside an emulated RISC-V CPU. Inside a pixel shader. Inside of VRChat...
Most people use them to create visual effects. You know what’s cooler?
Running Linux.
Inside an emulated RISC-V CPU. Inside a pixel shader. Inside of VRChat...
Come see @charlie.videogameworkshop.com and I talk about psychology tricks we used when we made games for PBS!
We're going to talk about why your players can't count, and what you can do about it at 1:30 CST at ThinkyCon! Check it out, It's free!
thinkygames.com/events/think...
@thinkygames.com
thinkygames.com/events/think...
@thinkygames.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Come see @charlie.videogameworkshop.com and I talk about psychology tricks we used when we made games for PBS!
Day 1 of @thinkygames.com was great! If you're interested in puzzles and game design it runs for two more days!!
thinkygames.com/events/think...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
thinkygames.com/events/think...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
ThinkyCon 2025 · Thinky Games
Puzzle design, art, development, production — learn about every aspect of crafting thinky games.
thinkygames.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Day 1 of @thinkygames.com was great! If you're interested in puzzles and game design it runs for two more days!!
thinkygames.com/events/think...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
thinkygames.com/events/think...
#gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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An unstoppable monster can get boring. To use them effectively, get creative.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
Unstoppable Enemies | Videogame Workshop
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November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An unstoppable monster can get boring. To use them effectively, get creative.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
Be careful out there y'all! If you run into a vampire just remember that the type of wood you use for a stake makes a difference! If you don't use the right wood, you'll just get a pissed off vampire!
👇🧵
#halloween #vampires #folklore
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#halloween #vampires #folklore
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Be careful out there y'all! If you run into a vampire just remember that the type of wood you use for a stake makes a difference! If you don't use the right wood, you'll just get a pissed off vampire!
👇🧵
#halloween #vampires #folklore
👇🧵
#halloween #vampires #folklore
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Happy Halloween! These game mechanics can make your players feel DREAD.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
Add Dread to Your Game | Videogame Workshop
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October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Happy Halloween! These game mechanics can make your players feel DREAD.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
Get em quick they go fast.
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Get em quick they go fast.
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Do you want to play a horror videogame? 😱
Happy Halloween! We're discussing horror games, our preferences, and what mechanics make a game spooky.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #podcast
Happy Halloween! We're discussing horror games, our preferences, and what mechanics make a game spooky.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #podcast
Horror Games
YouTube video by Videogame Workshop
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October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Do you want to play a horror videogame? 😱
Happy Halloween! We're discussing horror games, our preferences, and what mechanics make a game spooky.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #podcast
Happy Halloween! We're discussing horror games, our preferences, and what mechanics make a game spooky.
#gamedev #indiegamedev #podcast
Be careful trick or treating y'all.
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Be careful trick or treating y'all.
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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This brings new meaning to the Count Chocula universe. Also has implications for Fruit Brute.
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This brings new meaning to the Count Chocula universe. Also has implications for Fruit Brute.
We wrote a blog for spooky season game mechanics!
How do designers keep players in a persistent, ongoing state of dread? Give them something to worry about.
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #GameDesign
Add Dread to Your Game
How do designers keep players in a persistent, ongoing state of dread?
videogameworkshop.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We wrote a blog for spooky season game mechanics!
Do you see the yellow paint?? Mira! Look!!
dora the explorer game design is actually a really good way to describe sony's current direction
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Do you see the yellow paint?? Mira! Look!!
How many heist movies do you all think are being written right now?
October 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
How many heist movies do you all think are being written right now?
The very first message sent on the internet was "Login" but the system crashed after the first two letters. They tried it again and it worked the second time....
Which technically means the first 3 letters transmitted over the internet were "LoL"
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
Which technically means the first 3 letters transmitted over the internet were "LoL"
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
How a simple ‘hello’ became the first message sent via the Internet
No fanfare. No cleverly contrived quote for the history books. And yet, at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1969, three months after Neil Armstrong’s famous step, came another giant leap for mankind....
www.pbs.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The very first message sent on the internet was "Login" but the system crashed after the first two letters. They tried it again and it worked the second time....
Which technically means the first 3 letters transmitted over the internet were "LoL"
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
Which technically means the first 3 letters transmitted over the internet were "LoL"
www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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It's fun to see so many people say they're gonna move to Linux cause of Microsoft's latest thing, but let's be real
Y'all are not desperate, poor or hateful enough... yet.
Y'all are not desperate, poor or hateful enough... yet.
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
It's fun to see so many people say they're gonna move to Linux cause of Microsoft's latest thing, but let's be real
Y'all are not desperate, poor or hateful enough... yet.
Y'all are not desperate, poor or hateful enough... yet.
The plan was simple: remove user input, which had long been the bane of Microsoft, once and for all.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The plan was simple: remove user input, which had long been the bane of Microsoft, once and for all.
Players will enjoy these sidequests and optional things to collect!
The player:
#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev
The player:
#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Players will enjoy these sidequests and optional things to collect!
The player:
#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev
The player:
#gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev
Collect-em-all, but with Frankenstein.
Call it "Body Builder"
Call it "Body Builder"
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Collect-em-all, but with Frankenstein.
Call it "Body Builder"
Call it "Body Builder"
Charlie and I wrote a whole series of blogs about prototypes for #blocktober. This one is more of an intro, and we have one for paper prototypes, wireframes, and greyboxes.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev
Did you know X-Com was almost canceled? They were saved by their prototype.
#gamedesign #gamedev #gameproduction
#gamedesign #gamedev #gameproduction
A Prototype Can Save Your Game
A prototype is a small playable version of your game; making one can save you a lot of time and money.
open.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Charlie and I wrote a whole series of blogs about prototypes for #blocktober. This one is more of an intro, and we have one for paper prototypes, wireframes, and greyboxes.
#gamedev #indiedev
#gamedev #indiedev