JDAG
@jdag.bsky.social
Game dev with a penchant for funny little guys. Was @johndaguerra on twitter
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core 🛸🚀
Investi-Gator 🐊🔎
Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core 🛸🚀
Investi-Gator 🐊🔎
Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟
a watched clock stops twice a day
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
a watched clock stops twice a day
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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two messages from john, two hours apart
December 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
two messages from john, two hours apart
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Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Going into 2026, a reminder for everyone who's fallen off the creative wagon, game dev, writing, art, music, whatever, no matter how long:
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looked up the etymology of "doujin" and it literally means "same-person", as in denoting shared interests amongst people, while "indie" is short for independence, for solitude and iconoclasm.... really makes you think (smokes bubble pipe)
You know what lets let the studios have "indie", it's time to make doujin games
December 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
looked up the etymology of "doujin" and it literally means "same-person", as in denoting shared interests amongst people, while "indie" is short for independence, for solitude and iconoclasm.... really makes you think (smokes bubble pipe)
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complicated situation here, handled with grace by Alan
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
complicated situation here, handled with grace by Alan
I cannot BELIEVE I slept on Consume Me for so long. No wonder this won all the IGFs. That's some of the all-time best gameplay+narrative harmony I've ever seen
That would NOT have worked as well if you removed any one part of it. Fantastic
That would NOT have worked as well if you removed any one part of it. Fantastic
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I cannot BELIEVE I slept on Consume Me for so long. No wonder this won all the IGFs. That's some of the all-time best gameplay+narrative harmony I've ever seen
That would NOT have worked as well if you removed any one part of it. Fantastic
That would NOT have worked as well if you removed any one part of it. Fantastic
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Oh, you’re watching the Game Awards? Heh. I’m not watching that slop. I shall be instead refreshing a feed of posts from people who are all watching the Game Awards
December 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Oh, you’re watching the Game Awards? Heh. I’m not watching that slop. I shall be instead refreshing a feed of posts from people who are all watching the Game Awards
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Cobalt Core is a part of IGN’s Award Nominations Humble Bundle, along with other amazing titles like
Chicory and I was a Teenage Exocolonist (some of our Vancouver indie friends)
You can get an awesome discount while supporting a great cause with @takethis.org
www.humblebundle.com/games/award-...
Chicory and I was a Teenage Exocolonist (some of our Vancouver indie friends)
You can get an awesome discount while supporting a great cause with @takethis.org
www.humblebundle.com/games/award-...
December 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Cobalt Core is a part of IGN’s Award Nominations Humble Bundle, along with other amazing titles like
Chicory and I was a Teenage Exocolonist (some of our Vancouver indie friends)
You can get an awesome discount while supporting a great cause with @takethis.org
www.humblebundle.com/games/award-...
Chicory and I was a Teenage Exocolonist (some of our Vancouver indie friends)
You can get an awesome discount while supporting a great cause with @takethis.org
www.humblebundle.com/games/award-...
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You hit the button. That's it.
Rhythm Doctor is leaving Early Access on DECEMBER 6TH, 2025!
Save patients with your rhythm mastery, all the way through the final Act and our big finale.
🎵 Trailer directed by @rj.dcellgames.com with VFX by thefinals
Rhythm Doctor is leaving Early Access on DECEMBER 6TH, 2025!
Save patients with your rhythm mastery, all the way through the final Act and our big finale.
🎵 Trailer directed by @rj.dcellgames.com with VFX by thefinals
September 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
You hit the button. That's it.
Rhythm Doctor is leaving Early Access on DECEMBER 6TH, 2025!
Save patients with your rhythm mastery, all the way through the final Act and our big finale.
🎵 Trailer directed by @rj.dcellgames.com with VFX by thefinals
Rhythm Doctor is leaving Early Access on DECEMBER 6TH, 2025!
Save patients with your rhythm mastery, all the way through the final Act and our big finale.
🎵 Trailer directed by @rj.dcellgames.com with VFX by thefinals
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Still my favorite twitch-action roguelike. Will ABSOLUTELY be diving into this update tonight
It took a while, but Nuclear Throne Update 100 is out now! (and 50% off on Steam) store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Still my favorite twitch-action roguelike. Will ABSOLUTELY be diving into this update tonight
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It took a while, but Nuclear Throne Update 100 is out now! (and 50% off on Steam) store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...
December 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It took a while, but Nuclear Throne Update 100 is out now! (and 50% off on Steam) store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...
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I've flown a lot this year, and I've ordered an apple juice on every single flight. It's sky juice to me now
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I've flown a lot this year, and I've ordered an apple juice on every single flight. It's sky juice to me now
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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extremely Here For This
😶🌫️ Remecarving: or, Forgettings
a collection of 829 computational poems, each depicting the gradual algorithmic *forgetting* of a sentence found in Wikipedia that exhorts the reader to remember
last-minute entry for NaNoGenMo 2025!
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
a collection of 829 computational poems, each depicting the gradual algorithmic *forgetting* of a sentence found in Wikipedia that exhorts the reader to remember
last-minute entry for NaNoGenMo 2025!
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
extremely Here For This
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
I have a lot of game ideas I'll never make, but I think "Seven Hotdog" is the #1 contender
I'll never make it because the idea is called Seven Hotdog, and that's dumb. but [Kojima voice] once you accept the meaning of Seven Hotdog, you will regret your words and your deeds
I'll never make it because the idea is called Seven Hotdog, and that's dumb. but [Kojima voice] once you accept the meaning of Seven Hotdog, you will regret your words and your deeds
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I have a lot of game ideas I'll never make, but I think "Seven Hotdog" is the #1 contender
I'll never make it because the idea is called Seven Hotdog, and that's dumb. but [Kojima voice] once you accept the meaning of Seven Hotdog, you will regret your words and your deeds
I'll never make it because the idea is called Seven Hotdog, and that's dumb. but [Kojima voice] once you accept the meaning of Seven Hotdog, you will regret your words and your deeds
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I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I got so stoned at a Mets game once I compared the Jumbotron to the top screen of a Nintendo DS bc it had “a bunch of useful contextual information” and the field to the bottom screen bc “it’s where the game is actually played”
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i don't really like to give creative advice so much anymore, but i hope i can at least encourage other creators to stop writing under self-inflicted disney s&p
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
i don't really like to give creative advice so much anymore, but i hope i can at least encourage other creators to stop writing under self-inflicted disney s&p
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