Owen Goss
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Owen Goss
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Canadian indie game designer/dev. Half of Milkbag Games: Kickoff League, Disco Zoo, FutureGrind, Sidewords, SantaCraft, Photobomb. Amateur potter. He/him
Links: owengoss.com
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Hi! I'm Owen, and I've been a game developer for 20+ years. I'm half of Milkbag Games, an indie studio in Ontario, Canada. We made Disco Zoo, FutureGrind, Sidewords, and more.

I mostly post about game dev, or games-adjacent stuff, but I'm also a hobbyist potter, so sometimes I post about that too!
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basically all of these films were major points of obsession for me in college, and now you can watch them all just on youtube. amazing. in particular Mirror basically changed my entire relationship with film after i took a Russian cinema class on a whim and it made me change to a film major.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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7DFPS 2025 - JOIN THE JAM - TELL A FRIEND
itch.io/jam/7dfps

#7dfps #gamedev #gamejam #itchio
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I sit down on the couch wondering where the cat is, as a paw emerges silently from beneath the furniture and takes aim at my foot.
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Hey duders, my talk on how to leverage assets in your game will be live TONIGHT at 7:30pm EST on the HES Twitch channel - give it a lookie!!

www.twitch.tv/handeyesociety
November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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SIMOGO 15TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Watch now
youtu.be/-3KAFjba92s
Simogo 15th Anniversary Special
YouTube video by simogogames
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Remembering that one Halloween in my 20s where I went to a friend’s party dressed up like an 18th century adventurer and tied little plastic toy soldiers all over my body with string, and then spent the whole party having to explain what Gulliver’s Travels was.
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🕹️ The Super FESTival Torontron Map is here!

Our retro arcade cabinets return Nov 1–7, featuring indie games across Toronto — from Dundas to Queen to Scarborough.

Find them, play them, tag us @HandEyeSociety 👀
Which stop will you check out first?
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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hey im doin a game design talk !!

I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE

ive been collecting my thoughts on the last year of making little games again, what i've learned, what's been fun, how to do a lot with a little and so on

thinkygames.com/events/think...
Day 1 of ThinkyCon 2025 · Thinky Games
Puzzle design, art, development, production — learn about every aspect of crafting thinky games.
thinkygames.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In Ontario, "Go Jays!" has officially replaced "Hey, how are you" and "See you later" as the standard hello and goodbye
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Be a game designer, they said. You don't want to spend all day staring at spreadsheets, they said.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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the next time we send out a newsletter we may or may not be announcing our next game 😇

Sign up so you don't miss it buttondown.com/ko_op
KO_OP Newsletter
The KO_OP newsletter — Updates on our games, announcements, information on working in a co-operative model, and team picks of some of the most interesting things on the internet. KO_OP is a democratic...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
if that game had gone on much longer, sports sites would have had to redesign their game info tables
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Do not miss the Simogo 15th Anniversary Special video tomorrow on YouTube! There will be lots of news (even though its runtime is only like a tenth of the last kirby direct!).
www.youtube.com/simogogames
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Managed to get out and photograph Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) last night! This is 15 mins of integration from my Seestar S30, processed in Siril, Graxpert, Seti Astro Suite, and Photoshop.
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Managed to get out and photograph Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) last night! This is 15 mins of integration from my Seestar S30, processed in Siril, Graxpert, Seti Astro Suite, and Photoshop.
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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ANNOUNCEMENT: introducing our latest game!

The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕

💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters

Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I don’t often post about sports, but I will say this about the World Series: Go Jays Go!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thinking about how in the original Super Mario Bros game the sound of Mario collecting that first mushroom became part of the 1-1 music in my mind. I played it so much, and the growing sfx always played at the exact same time in the music, that I can't separate the two.
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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This looks like something that would cause all manner of shenanigans on Deep Space Nine
I’ve been working on this side project for several months now. It’s a hand-made ceramic video game? It’s still a WIP, but I got everything wired up for the first time last night so I could test controlling all the lights individually. Exciting step! Now I “just” have to make it interactive. 😅
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I’ve been working on this side project for several months now. It’s a hand-made ceramic video game? It’s still a WIP, but I got everything wired up for the first time last night so I could test controlling all the lights individually. Exciting step! Now I “just” have to make it interactive. 😅
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’ve been working on this side project for several months now. It’s a hand-made ceramic video game? It’s still a WIP, but I got everything wired up for the first time last night so I could test controlling all the lights individually. Exciting step! Now I “just” have to make it interactive. 😅
October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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@raiganburns.bsky.social will be playing some of the new levels at 3pm EST! If you want to join in the fun, we'll be streaming here: www.twitch.tv/metanet_soft...
and you can sign up in the discord to play (details below)!
And the celebrations don't stop here! This weekend, @raiganburns.bsky.social will be playing through the brand new multiplayer levels on twitch with fans - want to play too? He'll be arranging things on the multiplayer channel of the N++ discord, so get on over there! :D discord.com/invite/nplusplus
Join the N++ Discord Server!
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about dodging around obstacles and narrowly evading enemies. | 4390 members
discord.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Some more astrophotography! I captured 885 x 30s exposures of The Pleiades - M45 (about 7.4hrs integration) with my Seestar S30, and processed the data in Siril, Graxpert, and Photoshop. This is an open star cluster and reflection nebula about 444 light years from Earth.
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Some more astrophotography! I captured 885 x 30s exposures of The Pleiades - M45 (about 7.4hrs integration) with my Seestar S30, and processed the data in Siril, Graxpert, and Photoshop. This is an open star cluster and reflection nebula about 444 light years from Earth.
October 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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🎙️ The #SuperFESTival2025 Talks, Panels & Workshops schedule is LIVE!
🧠 Free in-person sessions at InterAccess (RSVP required)
💻 Free online talks (no RSVP needed)

Featuring @unity.com + @actratoronto.bsky.social !

🎟️ Full schedule + tickets: handeyesociety.com/fundraising/...
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM