Clinton Shepherd
@foolhardygames.bsky.social
Senior Game Designer at Mighty Games (Keywords). Coffee, game dev and painting minis, in no particular order... (he/him)
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"The Bridge", my short, arcade-y, tower-defense-like is now up on @itch.io for anyone to play; foolhardygames.itch.io/the-bridge
Use your limited crew of three to defend against an ever encroaching enemy until the infernal BRIDGE can be destroyed!
#pico8 #gamedev
Use your limited crew of three to defend against an ever encroaching enemy until the infernal BRIDGE can be destroyed!
#pico8 #gamedev
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Do you like #pico8? Of course you do! 🕹️
@nerdyteachers.bsky.social published this years PICO-View full of amazing articles! Reviews, dev articles, showcases, everything your heart might desire!
Cover Art by OK_Letterhead1848
nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/pico-...
#indiedev #retrogaming
@nerdyteachers.bsky.social published this years PICO-View full of amazing articles! Reviews, dev articles, showcases, everything your heart might desire!
Cover Art by OK_Letterhead1848
nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/pico-...
#indiedev #retrogaming
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Do you like #pico8? Of course you do! 🕹️
@nerdyteachers.bsky.social published this years PICO-View full of amazing articles! Reviews, dev articles, showcases, everything your heart might desire!
Cover Art by OK_Letterhead1848
nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/pico-...
#indiedev #retrogaming
@nerdyteachers.bsky.social published this years PICO-View full of amazing articles! Reviews, dev articles, showcases, everything your heart might desire!
Cover Art by OK_Letterhead1848
nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/pico-...
#indiedev #retrogaming
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I am on the lookout for a contract games designer for paid work. Preferably with experience in Unreal and at least 1 shipped game (due to the responsibilities).
Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required.
Send them my way for a chat!
Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required.
Send them my way for a chat!
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
I am on the lookout for a contract games designer for paid work. Preferably with experience in Unreal and at least 1 shipped game (due to the responsibilities).
Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required.
Send them my way for a chat!
Remote Australia, VIC preference but not required.
Send them my way for a chat!
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My kid Tom loves drawing cities, so we made a game where you can draw them like he does! Go play Tom City here -> tomanddad.itch.io/TomCity
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My kid Tom loves drawing cities, so we made a game where you can draw them like he does! Go play Tom City here -> tomanddad.itch.io/TomCity
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NEW VIDEO! The last Scanlines for the year is APPROACHING FAST, and it's a look at Darius Extra for the #megadrive/#genesis, which shows off a neat case of a fan project going legit and filling an ever so unique gap!
As well as being a fantastic shmup!
#retrogaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAr...
As well as being a fantastic shmup!
#retrogaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAr...
Darius Extra (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis): Huge Battleships Are Approaching Fast!
YouTube video by Beyond The Scanlines
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
NEW VIDEO! The last Scanlines for the year is APPROACHING FAST, and it's a look at Darius Extra for the #megadrive/#genesis, which shows off a neat case of a fan project going legit and filling an ever so unique gap!
As well as being a fantastic shmup!
#retrogaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAr...
As well as being a fantastic shmup!
#retrogaming
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bAr...
Been making the most of the Xmas/NYE time void by chipping away at my current #pico8 project; a little hex-grid, turn-based strategy game dubbed "Oh Nobles!". Currently have most of the core-gameplay down and a basic dumb-as-bricks AI to play against, so things are coming along nicely!
December 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Been making the most of the Xmas/NYE time void by chipping away at my current #pico8 project; a little hex-grid, turn-based strategy game dubbed "Oh Nobles!". Currently have most of the core-gameplay down and a basic dumb-as-bricks AI to play against, so things are coming along nicely!
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Top 5 Pico-8 Games of 2025 ::: Best #Pico8 games released this year (out of those I'd played / in my opinion). What's your favourite #indiegame title on the platform?
Links to all games are in the video description.
» www.youtube.com/watch?v=83YO... «
Links to all games are in the video description.
» www.youtube.com/watch?v=83YO... «
Top 5 Pico-8 Games (I've Played in) 2025
YouTube video by LastofAvari
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Top 5 Pico-8 Games of 2025 ::: Best #Pico8 games released this year (out of those I'd played / in my opinion). What's your favourite #indiegame title on the platform?
Links to all games are in the video description.
» www.youtube.com/watch?v=83YO... «
Links to all games are in the video description.
» www.youtube.com/watch?v=83YO... «
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This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
1/
December 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This year I wrote and released a set of methodologies for measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of videogame making, distributing, playing, etc. (with a lot of help and input)
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
I think they’re pretty neat and provide new pathways to reduce those emissions
sustainablegamesalliance.org/standard/
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🕛 Final 12 hours of ModDB voting
Didn’t expect this at all, but Tiberian Sun Rising made it into the Top 100 Mods of 2025 ❤️
After a long year focused on deep optimisation, it honestly means a lot to know the project still resonates.
www.moddb.com/groups/2025-...
Didn’t expect this at all, but Tiberian Sun Rising made it into the Top 100 Mods of 2025 ❤️
After a long year focused on deep optimisation, it honestly means a lot to know the project still resonates.
www.moddb.com/groups/2025-...
Top 100 - 2025 Mod of the Year Awards
The 24th installment of the Mod of the Year Awards has arrived, to crown the best new releases, updates, and upcoming mods from 2025. It's the biggest celebration of modding for developers and players...
www.moddb.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🕛 Final 12 hours of ModDB voting
Didn’t expect this at all, but Tiberian Sun Rising made it into the Top 100 Mods of 2025 ❤️
After a long year focused on deep optimisation, it honestly means a lot to know the project still resonates.
www.moddb.com/groups/2025-...
Didn’t expect this at all, but Tiberian Sun Rising made it into the Top 100 Mods of 2025 ❤️
After a long year focused on deep optimisation, it honestly means a lot to know the project still resonates.
www.moddb.com/groups/2025-...
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Sharpen your swords, steady your nerve, and maybe pack a spare pair of socks, because Scorpion Swamp has officially arrived as the latest DLC gamebook for Fighting Fantasy Classics!
Available now for PC, Mac, iOS and Android, via Steam, Google Play and the App Store.
#choosewiselyfestival
Available now for PC, Mac, iOS and Android, via Steam, Google Play and the App Store.
#choosewiselyfestival
Fighting Fantasy Classics - Choose Wisely in the Scorpion Swamp! - Steam News
Two Steves. One swamp. Infinite bad decisions.
store.steampowered.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Sharpen your swords, steady your nerve, and maybe pack a spare pair of socks, because Scorpion Swamp has officially arrived as the latest DLC gamebook for Fighting Fantasy Classics!
Available now for PC, Mac, iOS and Android, via Steam, Google Play and the App Store.
#choosewiselyfestival
Available now for PC, Mac, iOS and Android, via Steam, Google Play and the App Store.
#choosewiselyfestival
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Thinking about doing more shit like this in my spare time. When I get some.
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thinking about doing more shit like this in my spare time. When I get some.
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My job is create problem and then solve it
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
My job is create problem and then solve it
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This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
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Introducing Barrow!
A Gardening FPS where your Grandma has opened a portal to a decaying underworld in her cottage town.
We were unable to secure funding but I'm excited to share what the team built.
bit.ly/43xLiXG
🎮 Pitch Demo
📄 Project History
🖼️ Gallery
🎶 Soundtrack
🫂Team Credits
A Gardening FPS where your Grandma has opened a portal to a decaying underworld in her cottage town.
We were unable to secure funding but I'm excited to share what the team built.
bit.ly/43xLiXG
🎮 Pitch Demo
📄 Project History
🖼️ Gallery
🎶 Soundtrack
🫂Team Credits
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Introducing Barrow!
A Gardening FPS where your Grandma has opened a portal to a decaying underworld in her cottage town.
We were unable to secure funding but I'm excited to share what the team built.
bit.ly/43xLiXG
🎮 Pitch Demo
📄 Project History
🖼️ Gallery
🎶 Soundtrack
🫂Team Credits
A Gardening FPS where your Grandma has opened a portal to a decaying underworld in her cottage town.
We were unable to secure funding but I'm excited to share what the team built.
bit.ly/43xLiXG
🎮 Pitch Demo
📄 Project History
🖼️ Gallery
🎶 Soundtrack
🫂Team Credits
It doesn't look like much, but I'm pretty happy with my initial attempt at some basic hex-based range-finding/pathing on this new #pico8 project. Still much more to do!
November 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
It doesn't look like much, but I'm pretty happy with my initial attempt at some basic hex-based range-finding/pathing on this new #pico8 project. Still much more to do!
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After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
'Wild' night in city as band shouts $35k in free drinks after gig cancelled
After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
After their homecoming Fed Square gig was cancelled over security fears, Amyl and the Sniffers put $5,000 behind the bar at seven live music venues around Melbourne.
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
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Hey #PitchYaGame, I'm making Crabmeat, a first-person point & click survival horror game where you're a prisoner tasked with crabbing for priceless Southern King Crabs to pay off your debt to the Feudostate.
#survivalhorror #horrorgame
#survivalhorror #horrorgame
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hey #PitchYaGame, I'm making Crabmeat, a first-person point & click survival horror game where you're a prisoner tasked with crabbing for priceless Southern King Crabs to pay off your debt to the Feudostate.
#survivalhorror #horrorgame
#survivalhorror #horrorgame
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It’s true, here’s our exciting news! Dead Static Drive is coming out on NOVEMBER 5TH! This year! Next week, even.
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
Dead Static Drive | Coming to PC and Xbox
Grab your bat, steal a car, and take your chances against the unearthly horrors found along Route 666. This is Dead Static Drive.
www.deadstaticdrive.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
It’s true, here’s our exciting news! Dead Static Drive is coming out on NOVEMBER 5TH! This year! Next week, even.
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
Yee—and we cannot stress this enough—haw 🤠
www.deadstaticdrive.com/releases
I'm mostly just mocking up visuals and working out the layout at the moment, but I've started tentative steps towards my next little #pico8 project; an attempt to revisit a board game prototype I made about ten years ago that I originally didn't think would work digitally, but now...
October 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I'm mostly just mocking up visuals and working out the layout at the moment, but I've started tentative steps towards my next little #pico8 project; an attempt to revisit a board game prototype I made about ten years ago that I originally didn't think would work digitally, but now...
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Malys left Early Access today! I’ve learned so much on this project, and been able to do a lot of very hands on work which has been a delight. ❤️
Big love to Summerfall’s brilliant team. To make a game like Malys in 13 months is a wild achievement and you should all be very proud 🕯️🕯️🕯️
Big love to Summerfall’s brilliant team. To make a game like Malys in 13 months is a wild achievement and you should all be very proud 🕯️🕯️🕯️
🔥 Malys is OUT NOW in 1.0! 🔥
For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤
Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!
For a game about demons, you've all been absolute angels - thank you for your support along the way & we're so happy to share Malys' full release with you 🖤
Check out the launch trailer and then get exorcising below!
Malys 1.0 Launch Trailer
Malys is OUT NOW on Steam!Play the game via bit.ly/playmalysExorcise the infernal and exact vengeance in this unholy roguelite deckbuilder from David Gaider ...
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Malys left Early Access today! I’ve learned so much on this project, and been able to do a lot of very hands on work which has been a delight. ❤️
Big love to Summerfall’s brilliant team. To make a game like Malys in 13 months is a wild achievement and you should all be very proud 🕯️🕯️🕯️
Big love to Summerfall’s brilliant team. To make a game like Malys in 13 months is a wild achievement and you should all be very proud 🕯️🕯️🕯️
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Turn based Tower Defense? 🤔
Indeed after the weird twist of Monsters are Coming! Rock and Road let's check out a #pico8 twist on the genre by @foolhardygames.bsky.social! It also got a daily mode for absolute gamers!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMC...
#indiegame #retrogaming
Indeed after the weird twist of Monsters are Coming! Rock and Road let's check out a #pico8 twist on the genre by @foolhardygames.bsky.social! It also got a daily mode for absolute gamers!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMC...
#indiegame #retrogaming
Turn Based Tower Defense? | The Bridge | PICO-8 Game
YouTube video by AchieGameDev
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Turn based Tower Defense? 🤔
Indeed after the weird twist of Monsters are Coming! Rock and Road let's check out a #pico8 twist on the genre by @foolhardygames.bsky.social! It also got a daily mode for absolute gamers!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMC...
#indiegame #retrogaming
Indeed after the weird twist of Monsters are Coming! Rock and Road let's check out a #pico8 twist on the genre by @foolhardygames.bsky.social! It also got a daily mode for absolute gamers!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTMC...
#indiegame #retrogaming
It’s finally happening… I’m installing Linux
October 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
It’s finally happening… I’m installing Linux
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Terra Firma 2 is in Steam Next Fest 🌱
If you like simulation games, then we definitely recommend jumping into the demo and sculpting your own environments!
#simulator #sandboxgame #terrafirma2 #nature
If you like simulation games, then we definitely recommend jumping into the demo and sculpting your own environments!
#simulator #sandboxgame #terrafirma2 #nature
October 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Terra Firma 2 is in Steam Next Fest 🌱
If you like simulation games, then we definitely recommend jumping into the demo and sculpting your own environments!
#simulator #sandboxgame #terrafirma2 #nature
If you like simulation games, then we definitely recommend jumping into the demo and sculpting your own environments!
#simulator #sandboxgame #terrafirma2 #nature
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I’m working on PROJECT NIRVANA, a prototype for a souls-like inspired by Buddhist mythology and meditation.
I’ve been learning Unreal, 2D / 3D art and combat game design from scratch, so THINGS WILL BE SCRAPPY! But I want to start sharing my dev journey, so let's go!
(1/3)
I’ve been learning Unreal, 2D / 3D art and combat game design from scratch, so THINGS WILL BE SCRAPPY! But I want to start sharing my dev journey, so let's go!
(1/3)
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I’m working on PROJECT NIRVANA, a prototype for a souls-like inspired by Buddhist mythology and meditation.
I’ve been learning Unreal, 2D / 3D art and combat game design from scratch, so THINGS WILL BE SCRAPPY! But I want to start sharing my dev journey, so let's go!
(1/3)
I’ve been learning Unreal, 2D / 3D art and combat game design from scratch, so THINGS WILL BE SCRAPPY! But I want to start sharing my dev journey, so let's go!
(1/3)