Jon Simantov
@jonsimantov.bsky.social
Made Cranky Cove for #Playdate • crankycove.com
Game design: Liberation, Vamp on the Batwalk, Draught Trick
@videogameworkers.bsky.social member
Blood on the Clocktower fan
he/him • ❤️♾ • 🌎 NYer in CA
Game design: Liberation, Vamp on the Batwalk, Draught Trick
@videogameworkers.bsky.social member
Blood on the Clocktower fan
he/him • ❤️♾ • 🌎 NYer in CA
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Jon Simantov
@jonsimantov.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Cranky Cove is OUT NOW on #Playdate Catalog! 🎉
It's a crafting/time-management game where you use the crank to spin 3 rings of workers, tools, & materials. Line them up to craft items—hopefully before the customers get cranky!
If you have a @play.date, grab it on Catalog: play.date/games/cranky...
It's a crafting/time-management game where you use the crank to spin 3 rings of workers, tools, & materials. Line them up to craft items—hopefully before the customers get cranky!
If you have a @play.date, grab it on Catalog: play.date/games/cranky...
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i made a helpful reference
September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
i made a helpful reference
WOW, what a wonderful review of Cranky Cove by the Hello Playdate podcast! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game, and I appreciate all your compliments and kind words!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAF...
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WOW, what a wonderful review of Cranky Cove by the Hello Playdate podcast! I'm so glad you enjoyed the game, and I appreciate all your compliments and kind words!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYAF...
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Blippo+ is out NOW and in FULL COLOR on PC and Switch!!!
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
📡 Steam
blippo.plus/steam
📡 Switch
blippo.plus/switch
📺 Tune in and get bent today!! blippo.plus 💫
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August 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hundreds of Diablo Game Developers Join Communications Workers of America
Today, over 450 game developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.
cwa-union.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
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Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove!
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
【Playdate】海辺の町の物語、ご機嫌いかが？【Cranky Cove】
YouTube video by y.playdate.channel
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove!
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove!
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
【Playdate】海辺の町の物語、ご機嫌いかが？【Cranky Cove】
YouTube video by y.playdate.channel
youtu.be
August 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Whoa, Japanese YouTube channel Yukkuri #Playdate Channel posted a video about Cranky Cove!
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
"You can really feel the love the creators have for the game."
☺️
youtu.be/rS3_bksfSSE
Went ahead and put some quotes praising Cranky Cove on its #Playdate Catalog page.
My favorite one is from @indievoice.bsky.social: “It's like a zen garden, if the zen garden demanded perfectly-aligned crab cakes.” 😁
play.date/games/cranky...
My favorite one is from @indievoice.bsky.social: “It's like a zen garden, if the zen garden demanded perfectly-aligned crab cakes.” 😁
play.date/games/cranky...
Cranky Cove for Playdate
Spin, craft, serve, and grow a thriving town!
play.date
August 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Went ahead and put some quotes praising Cranky Cove on its #Playdate Catalog page.
My favorite one is from @indievoice.bsky.social: “It's like a zen garden, if the zen garden demanded perfectly-aligned crab cakes.” 😁
play.date/games/cranky...
My favorite one is from @indievoice.bsky.social: “It's like a zen garden, if the zen garden demanded perfectly-aligned crab cakes.” 😁
play.date/games/cranky...
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We do! The term is "game night."
August 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We do! The term is "game night."
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Back Marceline up if (when) the BGG trolls come out!
CGE made a mistake, and they can listen to trans leaders like Marceline about how to make it right. But until they do, #BlacklistCGE
CGE made a mistake, and they can listen to trans leaders like Marceline about how to make it right. But until they do, #BlacklistCGE
I created a thread where I share the link to the zine I made on bgg for the new codenames.
Surely there will be transphobes who come to attack me for it—so please help support me on there!
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35536...
Surely there will be transphobes who come to attack me for it—so please help support me on there!
boardgamegeek.com/thread/35536...
#Blacklist CGE | Codenames: Back to Hogwarts
Hey everyone! It’s the day after Gen Con and I’m planning to be in recovery for at least a week before I can really be active again—but I wanted to offer this resource to the community who wants it.
...
boardgamegeek.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Back Marceline up if (when) the BGG trolls come out!
CGE made a mistake, and they can listen to trans leaders like Marceline about how to make it right. But until they do, #BlacklistCGE
CGE made a mistake, and they can listen to trans leaders like Marceline about how to make it right. But until they do, #BlacklistCGE
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Played a Peak Kickstarter Euro game & it was like Stefon fr Saturday Night Live: "This game has EVERYTHING! Area control, deck building, multi-use cards, set collection, modular board, tech trees, auctions, worker placement, variable player powers, tile laying, expansions, Game Trayz, & solo mode!"
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Played a Peak Kickstarter Euro game & it was like Stefon fr Saturday Night Live: "This game has EVERYTHING! Area control, deck building, multi-use cards, set collection, modular board, tech trees, auctions, worker placement, variable player powers, tile laying, expansions, Game Trayz, & solo mode!"
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It's Cranky Cove day (from @jonsimantov.bsky.social) on Playdate Unofficial, and if you like what you read it's ON SALE right now, too! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/cranky-cove
Cranky Cove — Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Crank that, flip it, and reverse it
www.playdateunofficial.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's Cranky Cove day (from @jonsimantov.bsky.social) on Playdate Unofficial, and if you like what you read it's ON SALE right now, too! www.playdateunofficial.com/the-games/cranky-cove
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I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I wanted to share a few thoughts recent discussions around CGE’s decision to partner with JKR for their upcoming @codenamesgame.bsky.social game have prompted. Thankful to those who spoke early to this issue (Marceline, Tiffany, @nopunincluded.com et al) for helping this get the needed attention.
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Buy this game if you have a playdate. It is the perfect example of what creativity the playdate can inspire.
No other game makes me want to hurl my device through a wall due to my own incompetence but also play “just one more round”
Also achievements!
No other game makes me want to hurl my device through a wall due to my own incompetence but also play “just one more round”
Also achievements!
Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc
Cranky Cove for Playdate
Spin, craft, serve, and grow a thriving town!
play.date
July 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Buy this game if you have a playdate. It is the perfect example of what creativity the playdate can inspire.
No other game makes me want to hurl my device through a wall due to my own incompetence but also play “just one more round”
Also achievements!
No other game makes me want to hurl my device through a wall due to my own incompetence but also play “just one more round”
Also achievements!
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Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc
Cranky Cove for Playdate
Spin, craft, serve, and grow a thriving town!
play.date
July 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc
Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc
Cranky Cove for Playdate
Spin, craft, serve, and grow a thriving town!
play.date
July 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Not only is my game Cranky Cove on sale right now at its lowest price ever, but there's also a free demo available! If you have a #Playdate handheld system, now you have no excuse not to try it. play.date/g/cc
Wow, their tepid statement doesn't even name the Codenames game. They truly hope this will just go away.
CGE, you fucked up, but it's not too late to do the right thing. Don't you get it? It's not just "we don't like mean lady," it's "she LITERALLY hurts people with the money YOU are giving her."
CGE, you fucked up, but it's not too late to do the right thing. Don't you get it? It's not just "we don't like mean lady," it's "she LITERALLY hurts people with the money YOU are giving her."
I sent CGE an email expressing my profound disappointment and other thoughts. Hopefully many others do the same.
July 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Wow, their tepid statement doesn't even name the Codenames game. They truly hope this will just go away.
CGE, you fucked up, but it's not too late to do the right thing. Don't you get it? It's not just "we don't like mean lady," it's "she LITERALLY hurts people with the money YOU are giving her."
CGE, you fucked up, but it's not too late to do the right thing. Don't you get it? It's not just "we don't like mean lady," it's "she LITERALLY hurts people with the money YOU are giving her."
I sent CGE an email expressing my profound disappointment and other thoughts. Hopefully many others do the same.
July 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I sent CGE an email expressing my profound disappointment and other thoughts. Hopefully many others do the same.
You mean the character created by two children of immigrants, who is himself an immigrant from another planet, is pro-immigrant? I am shocked.
July 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
You mean the character created by two children of immigrants, who is himself an immigrant from another planet, is pro-immigrant? I am shocked.
I feel this so hard.
June 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I feel this so hard.
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"The Playdate might be more of a Nintendo console than Nintendo’s own console.
…and at half the price 😉
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...
…and at half the price 😉
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...
If you can’t get a Switch 2, now might be the time to get a Playdate
Does the Switch 2's price tag have you down? Then it might be time to grab a Playdate.
www.digitaltrends.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"The Playdate might be more of a Nintendo console than Nintendo’s own console.
…and at half the price 😉
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...
…and at half the price 😉
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/play...
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ZeniMax Workers United becomes the first game developer union to win a contract at a major studio, with Microsoft agreeing to wage increases, minimum salaries, and better credit procedures for Bethesda QA after years of negotiations.
(Read more: Kotaku)
(Read more: Kotaku)
May 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ZeniMax Workers United becomes the first game developer union to win a contract at a major studio, with Microsoft agreeing to wage increases, minimum salaries, and better credit procedures for Bethesda QA after years of negotiations.
(Read more: Kotaku)
(Read more: Kotaku)
11 minutes into the new Andor, we hear an Imperial government bureaucrat complaining about stifling new directives from the administration, coworkers being forced to pledge loyalty oaths, and his elderly parent consuming too much state-sponsored propaganda. This show......
April 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
11 minutes into the new Andor, we hear an Imperial government bureaucrat complaining about stifling new directives from the administration, coworkers being forced to pledge loyalty oaths, and his elderly parent consuming too much state-sponsored propaganda. This show......