dhamster
@dhamster.bsky.social
making @megaknockdown.com with @alanmcmillian.bsky.social
i post about fighting games, indie games, and other stuff.
i post about fighting games, indie games, and other stuff.
new york selfies (2014 & 2026)
January 2, 2026 at 3:31 AM
new york selfies (2014 & 2026)
Brooklyn nets arena gave up and just started showing baseball instead
January 2, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Brooklyn nets arena gave up and just started showing baseball instead
22 degree halo around the moon tonight (caused by refraction of moonlight by ice in the atmosphere)
January 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
22 degree halo around the moon tonight (caused by refraction of moonlight by ice in the atmosphere)
Some 2025 favorites...
Movie: Sinners
New Game: A Solitaire Mystery
New (to me) Game: Kenshi
New TV Show: The Rehearsal Season 2
New (to me) TV Show: Better Call Saul
Chess opening: Stafford Gambit
Movie: Sinners
New Game: A Solitaire Mystery
New (to me) Game: Kenshi
New TV Show: The Rehearsal Season 2
New (to me) TV Show: Better Call Saul
Chess opening: Stafford Gambit
December 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Some 2025 favorites...
Movie: Sinners
New Game: A Solitaire Mystery
New (to me) Game: Kenshi
New TV Show: The Rehearsal Season 2
New (to me) TV Show: Better Call Saul
Chess opening: Stafford Gambit
Movie: Sinners
New Game: A Solitaire Mystery
New (to me) Game: Kenshi
New TV Show: The Rehearsal Season 2
New (to me) TV Show: Better Call Saul
Chess opening: Stafford Gambit
I just registered for COMBO BREAKER 2026 www.start.gg/cb2026 #CB2026
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December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I just registered for COMBO BREAKER 2026 www.start.gg/cb2026 #CB2026
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We've been working hard on the next new character for Mega Knockdown. They won't be out for a few months, but our Patreon supporters can try them out... right now!
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Patron Exclusive Preview: Character #9 NOW PLAYABLE On Beta | Mega Knockdown
Get more from Mega Knockdown on Patreon
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December 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We've been working hard on the next new character for Mega Knockdown. They won't be out for a few months, but our Patreon supporters can try them out... right now!
www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
www.patreon.com/posts/patron...
My wife got me a tortilla press for Christmas. Infinite taco glitch?
December 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My wife got me a tortilla press for Christmas. Infinite taco glitch?
man photoshop is fucking annoying now, it keeps pushing tools I will never use like "generative upscale" within other unrelated parts of the app.
December 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
man photoshop is fucking annoying now, it keeps pushing tools I will never use like "generative upscale" within other unrelated parts of the app.
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Details, screenshots and other behind the scenes stuff of my next game are now on the Patreon, free to view for everyone.
This new game is called "Void of Meaning". Info about it is below and I would appreciate if you had a look : )
#gamedev #indiedev #burgerking #burgerking
This new game is called "Void of Meaning". Info about it is below and I would appreciate if you had a look : )
#gamedev #indiedev #burgerking #burgerking
December 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Details, screenshots and other behind the scenes stuff of my next game are now on the Patreon, free to view for everyone.
This new game is called "Void of Meaning". Info about it is below and I would appreciate if you had a look : )
#gamedev #indiedev #burgerking #burgerking
This new game is called "Void of Meaning". Info about it is below and I would appreciate if you had a look : )
#gamedev #indiedev #burgerking #burgerking
my parents did try to instill values in me like "honesty is important" and then their brains got destroyed by fox news and.. now it doesn't seem like we share any values at all these days
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
my parents did try to instill values in me like "honesty is important" and then their brains got destroyed by fox news and.. now it doesn't seem like we share any values at all these days
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I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential
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I guess there's another Twitter influx happening? Not surprised tbh.
-The posts on there just aren't very good. The algorithm pushes mostly engagement bait
-It's not very useful for promoting stuff. I had 2k followers on there for MKD and my posts would just not be shown to them most of the time
-The posts on there just aren't very good. The algorithm pushes mostly engagement bait
-It's not very useful for promoting stuff. I had 2k followers on there for MKD and my posts would just not be shown to them most of the time
December 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I guess there's another Twitter influx happening? Not surprised tbh.
-The posts on there just aren't very good. The algorithm pushes mostly engagement bait
-It's not very useful for promoting stuff. I had 2k followers on there for MKD and my posts would just not be shown to them most of the time
-The posts on there just aren't very good. The algorithm pushes mostly engagement bait
-It's not very useful for promoting stuff. I had 2k followers on there for MKD and my posts would just not be shown to them most of the time
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Look I get that bad faith actors have us hesitant to talk abt tech's influence on neurology but can we take a minute to admit that this is blatantly and unapologetically designed to break your dopamine system and reduce you to a gambling addict with some ADHD as collateral damage?
Here’s a “I didn’t play for a week and now the Christmas event stuff started and every recurring revenue system reset requiring a new pop up” version that is somehow twice as long
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Look I get that bad faith actors have us hesitant to talk abt tech's influence on neurology but can we take a minute to admit that this is blatantly and unapologetically designed to break your dopamine system and reduce you to a gambling addict with some ADHD as collateral damage?
It's as if someone asked, "What if we could charge six thousand dollars for the five dollar game Regency Solitaire, but hide the cost behind eighteen premium currencies?"
This is part of why I am really turned off by any game with a free to play model, period. It's always worse and more expensive.
This is part of why I am really turned off by any game with a free to play model, period. It's always worse and more expensive.
People were asking if there’s Solitaire behind the dark patterns and… not really? It’s more dark patterns - the Solitaire framing gives them a bunch of unrevealed cards they can determine the value of as needed to either make you win (feels good) or lose (forcing you to spend money to keep going)
December 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It's as if someone asked, "What if we could charge six thousand dollars for the five dollar game Regency Solitaire, but hide the cost behind eighteen premium currencies?"
This is part of why I am really turned off by any game with a free to play model, period. It's always worse and more expensive.
This is part of why I am really turned off by any game with a free to play model, period. It's always worse and more expensive.
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If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen
you'd think every outcome in a turn based game is intended by the devs but sometimes a wild interaction happens in mega knockdown and I'm just like, "i... guess that makes sense in the context of the game systems"
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
you'd think every outcome in a turn based game is intended by the devs but sometimes a wild interaction happens in mega knockdown and I'm just like, "i... guess that makes sense in the context of the game systems"
making a list of indie fighting games currently on sale that were missing from a recent eventhubs article, let me know if i missed some:
www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/c...
The Steam Winter Sale features over 90 big fighting game deals just in time for the holidays
www.reddit.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
making a list of indie fighting games currently on sale that were missing from a recent eventhubs article, let me know if i missed some:
www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/c...
www.reddit.com/r/Fighters/c...
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Shout out to @dhamster.bsky.social for being the most altruist indie fighting game dev I know, always sharing games made by others at every chance on all socials and finding a lot of cool stuff that flew past my radar. I'm glad to see that his Mega Knockdown trailer was shown in this showcase!!!
If you missed our announcement at the hard drive awards, you can check the VOD here! (timestamp: 1:04:43)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7U6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7U6...
Hard Drive Game Awards 2025
YouTube video by Rongo
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December 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Shout out to @dhamster.bsky.social for being the most altruist indie fighting game dev I know, always sharing games made by others at every chance on all socials and finding a lot of cool stuff that flew past my radar. I'm glad to see that his Mega Knockdown trailer was shown in this showcase!!!
i've never hit unsubscribe faster..
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
i've never hit unsubscribe faster..
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
Thinking about this Neverwinter Nights 1 campaign I played that had a side quest with a talking bush, which asked you to find a rock, then take the rock's stash of weapons. When you do loot the rock, it only has oil. If you bring it back to the bush, it laughs at you and takes the oil.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thinking about this Neverwinter Nights 1 campaign I played that had a side quest with a talking bush, which asked you to find a rock, then take the rock's stash of weapons. When you do loot the rock, it only has oil. If you bring it back to the bush, it laughs at you and takes the oil.
Recently a right wing faux-outrage campaign targeted a college in my area. On reddit and bsky, there is hardly a peep about it (because it was a nothing story). Twitter, meanwhile, is trying to push the bad actors' narrative as hard as possible. It's a major tool for right wing propaganda now.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Recently a right wing faux-outrage campaign targeted a college in my area. On reddit and bsky, there is hardly a peep about it (because it was a nothing story). Twitter, meanwhile, is trying to push the bad actors' narrative as hard as possible. It's a major tool for right wing propaganda now.
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Here's a long thread of many indie fighting game recommendations I posted earlier this year: bsky.app/profile/mega...
Play more indie games.
Play more indie games.
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
December 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Here's a long thread of many indie fighting game recommendations I posted earlier this year: bsky.app/profile/mega...
Play more indie games.
Play more indie games.