Michael Fitch
@fitchgames.bsky.social
Game developer, father, cultural critic.
Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
Wishlist Thick As Thieves on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3341000/Thick_As_Thieves/
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Michael Fitch
@fitchgames.bsky.social
· Sep 21
25 years of game development: a long, strange trip | Michael Fitch posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Hi. My name is Michael. I've been making games professionally for 25 years now. June 5, 2000, I walked into Atomic games with a leather messenger bag, a comp book, an absurd number of pens, and a w...
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For anyone who’s just stumbling across me and wondering, “who is this idiot?”, here’s the end of a career retrospective I wrote this summer:
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Going to be at loose ends in London on Saturday - anyone have suggestions for things to do?
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Going to be at loose ends in London on Saturday - anyone have suggestions for things to do?
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I'd love for this tweet to go viral and potentially give my life some stability.
I'd take the bad with the good there. (But also we would share our success with those who worked on this and hopefully hire some unemployed peeps too.)
I'd take the bad with the good there. (But also we would share our success with those who worked on this and hopefully hire some unemployed peeps too.)
As a heads up - GHOST HUNTER SIMULATOR WILL BE ON SALE from Jan 21 to Feb 4th on Steam!
This is the lowest the price will ever go, so if you've been waiting, this is your chance!
store.steampowered.com/app/3256780/...
Wishlist now, then snag it in the sale!
This is the lowest the price will ever go, so if you've been waiting, this is your chance!
store.steampowered.com/app/3256780/...
Wishlist now, then snag it in the sale!
Ghost Hunter Simulator on Steam
Build your own Ghost Hunting social media empire in Ghost Hunter Simulator - the only game that lets you decide if ghosts are real or not! A cozy game about exploring *allegedly* haunted locations and...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I'd love for this tweet to go viral and potentially give my life some stability.
I'd take the bad with the good there. (But also we would share our success with those who worked on this and hopefully hire some unemployed peeps too.)
I'd take the bad with the good there. (But also we would share our success with those who worked on this and hopefully hire some unemployed peeps too.)
I am glad the era of scripted cinematic sequences to open games seems to have faded.
Having to do an arbitrary sequence of things doesn’t make me feel like a hero. It just reminds me I’m playing a game, which is the opposite of the desired effect.
Having to do an arbitrary sequence of things doesn’t make me feel like a hero. It just reminds me I’m playing a game, which is the opposite of the desired effect.
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I am glad the era of scripted cinematic sequences to open games seems to have faded.
Having to do an arbitrary sequence of things doesn’t make me feel like a hero. It just reminds me I’m playing a game, which is the opposite of the desired effect.
Having to do an arbitrary sequence of things doesn’t make me feel like a hero. It just reminds me I’m playing a game, which is the opposite of the desired effect.
If you are asking people to do real work to oppose Fascism and fascist power structures,
But you’re doing it on Substack
You need to get the beam out of your eye.
But you’re doing it on Substack
You need to get the beam out of your eye.
January 19, 2026 at 7:08 PM
If you are asking people to do real work to oppose Fascism and fascist power structures,
But you’re doing it on Substack
You need to get the beam out of your eye.
But you’re doing it on Substack
You need to get the beam out of your eye.
I am old enough that pop culture has passed me by. I have a vague sense of who Chappell Roan is from entertainment news.
So, I was not prepared for 8 tiny voices singing in unison at my daughter’s birthday:
“Ima keep on dancing out in West Hollywood
At the Pink Pony Club.”
So, I was not prepared for 8 tiny voices singing in unison at my daughter’s birthday:
“Ima keep on dancing out in West Hollywood
At the Pink Pony Club.”
January 19, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I am old enough that pop culture has passed me by. I have a vague sense of who Chappell Roan is from entertainment news.
So, I was not prepared for 8 tiny voices singing in unison at my daughter’s birthday:
“Ima keep on dancing out in West Hollywood
At the Pink Pony Club.”
So, I was not prepared for 8 tiny voices singing in unison at my daughter’s birthday:
“Ima keep on dancing out in West Hollywood
At the Pink Pony Club.”
Snowflakes. Seriously.
What you’re calling “verbal assaults” are US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights while being threatened with murder by paid thugs.
Get a spine or get off the stage.
What you’re calling “verbal assaults” are US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights while being threatened with murder by paid thugs.
Get a spine or get off the stage.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Snowflakes. Seriously.
What you’re calling “verbal assaults” are US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights while being threatened with murder by paid thugs.
Get a spine or get off the stage.
What you’re calling “verbal assaults” are US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment rights while being threatened with murder by paid thugs.
Get a spine or get off the stage.
This whole RFK thing is absurd.
Stupid people hate it when smart people are right about things stupid people don’t understand, so thousands of families have to go through tragedies that could have been prevented.
Science is not a matter of political opinion.
Stupid people hate it when smart people are right about things stupid people don’t understand, so thousands of families have to go through tragedies that could have been prevented.
Science is not a matter of political opinion.
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This whole RFK thing is absurd.
Stupid people hate it when smart people are right about things stupid people don’t understand, so thousands of families have to go through tragedies that could have been prevented.
Science is not a matter of political opinion.
Stupid people hate it when smart people are right about things stupid people don’t understand, so thousands of families have to go through tragedies that could have been prevented.
Science is not a matter of political opinion.
Reposted by Michael Fitch
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I can't repeat this enough.
At this point, any vote for any Republican candidate means you support:
- Immunity for rich pedophiles
- US tax dollars being used to attack US citizens
- Unlimited corruption in Washington
- Taking food and health care away from children
This is literally what is happening right now.
- Immunity for rich pedophiles
- US tax dollars being used to attack US citizens
- Unlimited corruption in Washington
- Taking food and health care away from children
This is literally what is happening right now.
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
At this point, any vote for any Republican candidate means you support:
- Immunity for rich pedophiles
- US tax dollars being used to attack US citizens
- Unlimited corruption in Washington
- Taking food and health care away from children
This is literally what is happening right now.
- Immunity for rich pedophiles
- US tax dollars being used to attack US citizens
- Unlimited corruption in Washington
- Taking food and health care away from children
This is literally what is happening right now.
Reposted by Michael Fitch
Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
January 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.
Reposted by Michael Fitch
I had a good sleep for the first time in weeks.
Wow. The future is bright! Feeling 10 years younger. Leapt down the stairs.
Outside? Seattle, in the dead gloom of winter and the sun is shining like it got confused, "Oh, is this summer?"
Wow. The future is bright! Feeling 10 years younger. Leapt down the stairs.
Outside? Seattle, in the dead gloom of winter and the sun is shining like it got confused, "Oh, is this summer?"
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I had a good sleep for the first time in weeks.
Wow. The future is bright! Feeling 10 years younger. Leapt down the stairs.
Outside? Seattle, in the dead gloom of winter and the sun is shining like it got confused, "Oh, is this summer?"
Wow. The future is bright! Feeling 10 years younger. Leapt down the stairs.
Outside? Seattle, in the dead gloom of winter and the sun is shining like it got confused, "Oh, is this summer?"
Reposted by Michael Fitch
As a three-time combat veteran, I get pretty damn hot when a five-time draft dodger like Donald Trump pounds his chest and bangs the war drums.
America is over it.
No more sending our sons & daughters to fight for oil.
America is over it.
No more sending our sons & daughters to fight for oil.
January 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
As a three-time combat veteran, I get pretty damn hot when a five-time draft dodger like Donald Trump pounds his chest and bangs the war drums.
America is over it.
No more sending our sons & daughters to fight for oil.
America is over it.
No more sending our sons & daughters to fight for oil.
Reposted by Michael Fitch
Today is the official release day for Sanibel! This one has a special place in my heart because I made it for my dad, who was an insatiable shark tooth collector and who loved shells as well. He got to play a pre-production copy on Sanibel about 6 weeks before he died last year.
Love you dad ♥️
Love you dad ♥️
January 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Today is the official release day for Sanibel! This one has a special place in my heart because I made it for my dad, who was an insatiable shark tooth collector and who loved shells as well. He got to play a pre-production copy on Sanibel about 6 weeks before he died last year.
Love you dad ♥️
Love you dad ♥️
Am I understanding this correctly?
The President, without authorization from Congress, sent the US military to seize an oil tanker, then sent that tanker to a foreign country, had a private sale of the oil and put the money in an offshore account?
And no one has a problem with this?
The President, without authorization from Congress, sent the US military to seize an oil tanker, then sent that tanker to a foreign country, had a private sale of the oil and put the money in an offshore account?
And no one has a problem with this?
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Am I understanding this correctly?
The President, without authorization from Congress, sent the US military to seize an oil tanker, then sent that tanker to a foreign country, had a private sale of the oil and put the money in an offshore account?
And no one has a problem with this?
The President, without authorization from Congress, sent the US military to seize an oil tanker, then sent that tanker to a foreign country, had a private sale of the oil and put the money in an offshore account?
And no one has a problem with this?
Reposted by Michael Fitch
SURPRISE. 🥰
We just revealed a brand new trailer with an exciting announcement inside..
Spirit Crossing will be coming to Steam! 🎉
We’re SO excited to share this journey with you all, and we’d greatly appreciate it if you could give us a wishlist to help us spread the word. 🧡 s.team/a/2321960
We just revealed a brand new trailer with an exciting announcement inside..
Spirit Crossing will be coming to Steam! 🎉
We’re SO excited to share this journey with you all, and we’d greatly appreciate it if you could give us a wishlist to help us spread the word. 🧡 s.team/a/2321960
EXCLUSIVE: Befriend small bears, mingle with spirits, ride fluffalo, and join a bustling community in Spirit Crossing, a cooperative life-sim from the makers of Cozy Grove. Currently in open Alpha and coming soon to Steam. s.team/a/2321960 #WholesomeSnack2025
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
SURPRISE. 🥰
We just revealed a brand new trailer with an exciting announcement inside..
Spirit Crossing will be coming to Steam! 🎉
We’re SO excited to share this journey with you all, and we’d greatly appreciate it if you could give us a wishlist to help us spread the word. 🧡 s.team/a/2321960
We just revealed a brand new trailer with an exciting announcement inside..
Spirit Crossing will be coming to Steam! 🎉
We’re SO excited to share this journey with you all, and we’d greatly appreciate it if you could give us a wishlist to help us spread the word. 🧡 s.team/a/2321960
Reposted by Michael Fitch
That’s how to do it. Lots of respect.
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
A 16-year-old baby is born! Miracles do happen.
After three years under the Netflix umbrella, Spry Fox is once again a fully independent studio. As a studio, we’ve managed to somehow survive countless industry upheavals and release a whole lot o…
spryfox.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
That’s how to do it. Lots of respect.
Republicans: People should not organize to resist the government.
Democrats: People should not HAVE TO organize to resist the government.
Sane people: STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM BEING SO EVIL THAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE NEED TO RESIST THEM IN ORGANIZED WAYS
Democrats: People should not HAVE TO organize to resist the government.
Sane people: STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM BEING SO EVIL THAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE NEED TO RESIST THEM IN ORGANIZED WAYS
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Republicans: People should not organize to resist the government.
Democrats: People should not HAVE TO organize to resist the government.
Sane people: STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM BEING SO EVIL THAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE NEED TO RESIST THEM IN ORGANIZED WAYS
Democrats: People should not HAVE TO organize to resist the government.
Sane people: STOP THE GOVERNMENT FROM BEING SO EVIL THAT EVERYDAY PEOPLE NEED TO RESIST THEM IN ORGANIZED WAYS
Reposted by Michael Fitch
Spry Fox bosses slashed their salaries to buy out the studio and launch cozy MMO Spirit Crossing later this year
Spry Fox bosses slashed their salaries to buy out the studio and launch cozy MMO Spirit Crossing later this year
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January 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Spry Fox bosses slashed their salaries to buy out the studio and launch cozy MMO Spirit Crossing later this year
Reposted by Michael Fitch
i know our illegitimate president's ego won't permit it, but if people are actively resisting your racist brown shirt stochastic terrorism, maybe /declaring martial law/ will not actually have the effect you want? maybe people aren't afraid, they just want justice.
January 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
i know our illegitimate president's ego won't permit it, but if people are actively resisting your racist brown shirt stochastic terrorism, maybe /declaring martial law/ will not actually have the effect you want? maybe people aren't afraid, they just want justice.
Reposted by Michael Fitch
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
A 16-year-old baby is born! Miracles do happen.
After three years under the Netflix umbrella, Spry Fox is once again a fully independent studio. As a studio, we’ve managed to somehow survive countless industry upheavals and release a whole lot o…
spryfox.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
The federal government has no basis to send armed forces into cities to terrorize citizens.
Our taxes pay for this. Law enforcement works for us. Politicians work for us.
We are citizens, not subjects.
Our taxes pay for this. Law enforcement works for us. Politicians work for us.
We are citizens, not subjects.
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The federal government has no basis to send armed forces into cities to terrorize citizens.
Our taxes pay for this. Law enforcement works for us. Politicians work for us.
We are citizens, not subjects.
Our taxes pay for this. Law enforcement works for us. Politicians work for us.
We are citizens, not subjects.
The idea that partisan gerrymandering is fine, but racial gerrymandering is illegal says so much about what is wrong with our country.
🚨BREAKING: A federal court Wednesday ruled against a Republican challenge to California’s redistricting plan, rejecting the GOP claim that the state had engaged in illegal racial gerrymandering when drawing up its new congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal court rejects GOP bid to block California redistricting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The idea that partisan gerrymandering is fine, but racial gerrymandering is illegal says so much about what is wrong with our country.
I want a president who is unequivocally against people being shot in the street by armed federal agents.
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I want a president who is unequivocally against people being shot in the street by armed federal agents.
If we’re going to do crunch discourse again, I already wrote that article:
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Time in the Game Industry
Imagine it's GDC, somewhere in the early 2010's. The show is over, the last talk has been given, you're at a private party, the upstairs room of a nice restaurant.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If we’re going to do crunch discourse again, I already wrote that article:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-g...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/time-g...
Reposted by Michael Fitch
A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.