Antonio 🇯🇵
@antonio86.bsky.social
Program Manager based in Tokyo, with a background in Localization.
(Trying to) make games on the side.
(Trying to) make games on the side.
I just backed A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6
The beloved gaming mag returns, with Astro Bot's Nicolas Doucet, Danganronpa's Kazutaka Kodaka, Team Ninja's Fumihiko Yasuda and more!
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I just backed A Profound Waste of Time: Issue 6 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/caz...
“How was lunch yesterday?”
October 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“How was lunch yesterday?”
October 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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The demo for Slots & Daggers is out NOW!
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
September 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The demo for Slots & Daggers is out NOW!
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
I’ve made a little trailer that explains exactly what the game is, so everyone knows what to expect <3
Have a look, try the demo and tell your friends 🖤🎰⚔️
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My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo
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Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
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It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
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I'm BAAAAAAACK!
That's right! it's me, Doc, and I'm here to tell you all about guns in first person shooters, hopefully helping you be way more creative in your weapon design by breaking 'em down into the basics
that's right, it's FPS Design 102: da guns
docseuss.medium.com/the-way-of-t...
That's right! it's me, Doc, and I'm here to tell you all about guns in first person shooters, hopefully helping you be way more creative in your weapon design by breaking 'em down into the basics
that's right, it's FPS Design 102: da guns
docseuss.medium.com/the-way-of-t...
the way of the gun: part 2 of building a better shooter
So! Last year, I wrote a thread on social media talking about how much I missed a specific style of first person shooter — they just don’t…
docseuss.medium.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm BAAAAAAACK!
That's right! it's me, Doc, and I'm here to tell you all about guns in first person shooters, hopefully helping you be way more creative in your weapon design by breaking 'em down into the basics
that's right, it's FPS Design 102: da guns
docseuss.medium.com/the-way-of-t...
That's right! it's me, Doc, and I'm here to tell you all about guns in first person shooters, hopefully helping you be way more creative in your weapon design by breaking 'em down into the basics
that's right, it's FPS Design 102: da guns
docseuss.medium.com/the-way-of-t...
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you're the main reason to keep on going
August 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
you're the main reason to keep on going
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😎 Hyperclay 🆒
hyperclay.com
“Experience the Zen of making, hosting, and sharing great software in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file.
Build web apps like you're sculpting clay, not managing infrastructure.”
this is very cool 😌
hyperclay.com
“Experience the Zen of making, hosting, and sharing great software in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file.
Build web apps like you're sculpting clay, not managing infrastructure.”
this is very cool 😌
Hyperclay | HTML APPS
A single HTML file is all you need to build a web app. Hyperclay hosts these HTML files so you can create personal, malleable software easily.
hyperclay.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
😎 Hyperclay 🆒
hyperclay.com
“Experience the Zen of making, hosting, and sharing great software in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file.
Build web apps like you're sculpting clay, not managing infrastructure.”
this is very cool 😌
hyperclay.com
“Experience the Zen of making, hosting, and sharing great software in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file.
Build web apps like you're sculpting clay, not managing infrastructure.”
this is very cool 😌
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if you need something delightful/awe-inducing, the Dark Sky Society just posted images from a pretty cool contest about stars and darkness and cool stuff
darksky.org/what-we-do/e...
darksky.org/what-we-do/e...
Capture the Dark 2025: Winning photographs
They say a photograph is worth a thousand words. With over 2,400 entries, from over 22 countries, together we’ve created a powerful story of the night…
darksky.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
if you need something delightful/awe-inducing, the Dark Sky Society just posted images from a pretty cool contest about stars and darkness and cool stuff
darksky.org/what-we-do/e...
darksky.org/what-we-do/e...
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If you’re a fan of puzzle games that play with language, we’ve got just the article for you (and a list to go with it)!
thinkygames.com/feat...
thinkygames.com/feat...
A linguist’s guide to thinky games that play with language · Thinky Games
Word Play is a new roguelike blend of Scrabble and Balatro from Game Maker’s Toolkit. It joins games like Baba Is You, LOK Digital, and Heaven’s Vault as a great game for language nerds.
thinkygames.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you’re a fan of puzzle games that play with language, we’ve got just the article for you (and a list to go with it)!
thinkygames.com/feat...
thinkygames.com/feat...
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NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Rami Ismail (@ramiismail.com) – Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor, Agent and Mentor
Talk: Rami’s Talk
Video: youtu.be/tb-gcg6g-FY
Rami brings sharp and practical (business) advice for developers.
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025
Rami Ismail (@ramiismail.com) – Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor, Agent and Mentor
Talk: Rami’s Talk
Video: youtu.be/tb-gcg6g-FY
Rami brings sharp and practical (business) advice for developers.
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025
Rami Ismail - Rami's Talk - INDIGO 2025
YouTube video by INDIGO Showcase
youtu.be
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW INDIGO 2025 TALK AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Rami Ismail (@ramiismail.com) – Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor, Agent and Mentor
Talk: Rami’s Talk
Video: youtu.be/tb-gcg6g-FY
Rami brings sharp and practical (business) advice for developers.
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025
Rami Ismail (@ramiismail.com) – Games Industry Studio & Project Advisor, Agent and Mentor
Talk: Rami’s Talk
Video: youtu.be/tb-gcg6g-FY
Rami brings sharp and practical (business) advice for developers.
#techtalk #gamedev #indiedev #gameevent #indigo2025
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🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
August 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
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DEEP BREATH: 5 years of meticulously researched game data culminate for us on National Play Day, Weds 6th Aug.
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked with our backers.
🚀We launch Ludocene.com into the world on 6th Aug.
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked with our backers.
🚀We launch Ludocene.com into the world on 6th Aug.
August 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
DEEP BREATH: 5 years of meticulously researched game data culminate for us on National Play Day, Weds 6th Aug.
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked with our backers.
🚀We launch Ludocene.com into the world on 6th Aug.
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked with our backers.
🚀We launch Ludocene.com into the world on 6th Aug.
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Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust
A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.
www.kickstarter.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
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Calling all pocketeers!
We’re holding a very special Steam Free Weekend event for our puzzle-action roguelite, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! From July 10th to July 14th, players will be able to delve into the full game including all of the released DLC completely for free!
We’re holding a very special Steam Free Weekend event for our puzzle-action roguelite, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! From July 10th to July 14th, players will be able to delve into the full game including all of the released DLC completely for free!
July 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Calling all pocketeers!
We’re holding a very special Steam Free Weekend event for our puzzle-action roguelite, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! From July 10th to July 14th, players will be able to delve into the full game including all of the released DLC completely for free!
We’re holding a very special Steam Free Weekend event for our puzzle-action roguelite, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! From July 10th to July 14th, players will be able to delve into the full game including all of the released DLC completely for free!
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Hey. I've written a new article.
One of the difficulties in talking about "how can we do something better" is that it means we gotta talk about what isn't going well.
I wrote this in the hopes that reading it would give you tools to write work you're proud of.
docseuss.medium.com/lets-reconsi...
One of the difficulties in talking about "how can we do something better" is that it means we gotta talk about what isn't going well.
I wrote this in the hopes that reading it would give you tools to write work you're proud of.
docseuss.medium.com/lets-reconsi...
let’s reconsider how we talk about video games
There’s that moment before a tornado where the humidity gets unbearable, the sky — which is often mostly gargantuan cumulonimbus towering…
docseuss.medium.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hey. I've written a new article.
One of the difficulties in talking about "how can we do something better" is that it means we gotta talk about what isn't going well.
I wrote this in the hopes that reading it would give you tools to write work you're proud of.
docseuss.medium.com/lets-reconsi...
One of the difficulties in talking about "how can we do something better" is that it means we gotta talk about what isn't going well.
I wrote this in the hopes that reading it would give you tools to write work you're proud of.
docseuss.medium.com/lets-reconsi...
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UFO 50, our collection of 50 games in one, is on sale for the #SteamSummerSale! A game for every mood (or at least fifty of them).
Includes local multiplayer and ✅Verified on Deck!
🛸: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
Includes local multiplayer and ✅Verified on Deck!
🛸: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
UFO 50, our collection of 50 games in one, is on sale for the #SteamSummerSale! A game for every mood (or at least fifty of them).
Includes local multiplayer and ✅Verified on Deck!
🛸: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
Includes local multiplayer and ✅Verified on Deck!
🛸: store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/...
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Gold sponsor for @godotengine.org , but no time or money to edit out the fucking third hand off of their AI generated social media ad images.
Would not trust one line of code these guys produce.
Would not trust one line of code these guys produce.
June 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Gold sponsor for @godotengine.org , but no time or money to edit out the fucking third hand off of their AI generated social media ad images.
Would not trust one line of code these guys produce.
Would not trust one line of code these guys produce.
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We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library
DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.
dnacreative.notion.site
June 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
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HAPPY LOST IN RANDOM: THE ETERNAL DIE LAUNCH DAY! 🎲🤩
June 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
HAPPY LOST IN RANDOM: THE ETERNAL DIE LAUNCH DAY! 🎲🤩