Brin
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Brin
@beingbrin.net
he/they

game designer of ONE BTN BOSSSS, gardener, occasional teacher at ALUO, anarchist, sellout

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Brin @beingbrin.net · Nov 16
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toki pona....
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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After NINE RELEASE CANDIDATES and over a month of intensive testing, Robotnik's Ring Racers v2.4 is out now.

www.kartkrew.org/index.html

Crossworlds is cool and all but this fangame is designed by and for kart racing and fighting game sickos. Big drop in/drop-out online MP and a huge solo mode too
Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers - Promo (2024)
YouTube video by Kart Krew Dev
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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'indie game devs' thinking making games is somehow like making movies when really at our level making games is exactly like being in a band
October 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Officially started working full time on a new game with @dodoot.bsky.social
Here are the first sketches 🌻
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I think it is better when conferences are led by people who come from the communities the conferences are for, rather than companies who run conferences across many communities.
September 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
hey @gammagames.bsky.social i bought pomopost on my platdate (os3) and it's currently crashing on launch. any idea what could bec ausing this? can i get you a log out of smewhere or something like that?

looks super cute so im excited to use it.
September 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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We have a Steam page for our game! It's a mahjong-inspired deckbuilder with A LOT OF BIRDS! If you have a Steam account and hit the wishlist button - you will have my eternal gratitude 🙏
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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"I'm proposing that the role of the university is to resist AI, that is, to apply rigorous questioning to the idea that AI is inevitable."
danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...
The role of the University is to resist AI
danmcquillan.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Go play discounty yall!!!! I'm very proud of @m-schifter.bsky.social and their team for making a great "life sim" that manages to examine exponential and constant growth as well as what giant corporations can do to communities!!!

store.steampowered.com/app/2274620/...
Save 20% on Discounty on Steam
Manage your own discount supermarket! Get caught up in small-town drama, organize and plan your shop's layout, and strike lucrative trade deals as you expand your secretive aunt's business empire. Sel...
store.steampowered.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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itch dot io's search bar doesnt autocomplete with a complete list of my entire body of work when i type a random cuneiform character. ruining my FUCKIng life 🤬
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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itch.io has been nothing but supportive of LGBTQ+ work since the beginning. it pains me to see the community turn on them like this and so gleefully spread misinformation about them without even giving them a shred of benefit of the doubt.
journalists too...
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
fuck wheel world so good
July 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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i think by being mad at itch.io (and even Steam)...
we are throwing our own under the bus, while killing solidarity in this.
July 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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imo you should never rely on a game engine that makes you log in
July 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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I can confirm that my announced solarpunk game was screened on a brutalist UFO in a remote park in Toronto. Thank you for adventuring into the night, game ravers!
June 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Liberals fear that if people act unruly, Trump will be able to impose totalitarian control.

That gets things backwards. Trump is already imposing totalitarian control. That's what is driving people into the streets.

It's too late to avoid this fight.

We can be passive and lose—or give it our all.
It's Safer in the Front
Faced with intensifying repression and state violence, there is an understandable inclination to seek safety by avoiding confrontation. But this is not always the most effective strategy.
crimethinc.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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A crash course introduction into experimental indie games: Arthouse Games as a force for good & the activism of video games: www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/a-c...
"I’m not yet sure if I’m proud of myself for not giving up, but here it is. It exists. I hope someone out there will appreciate it…"
A crash course introduction into experimental indie games: Arthouse Games as a force for good & the activism of video games – The Candybox Blog
www.nathalielawhead.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Games teaching moots, what is something you think is important for a games programme?
March 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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for those who may have missed it, i'm running a class @boshis.place this summer on games & adaptation (looking mostly at movie tie-in games, and reading adaptation theory from people like jameson, hutcheon, baudrillard, etc)

more info below! :)
this summer i'll be running a class on games & adaptation @boshis.place! we'll be watching movies, playing their adaptation games, and exploring the theoretical underpinnings & modalities of adaptation through readings from Baudrillard, Jameson, Hutcheon, and more.

joeyschutz.com/games-and-ad...
March 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Pondering the depths and delights of 'plunderludics' in tapecaria
Pondering the depths and delights of 'plunderludics' in tapecaria
'I am very interested in movement in games—the general embodying you can achieve with different controls, as well as the feeling of mastery and weirdness of exploring a new body.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Had a lecture about puzzle games / physical game design on the Slovenian Academy of Arts this morning - thanks for inviting me @beingbrin.net !
March 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Friends the day that you can CHOOSE ONE BTN BOSSES on your NINTENDO SWITCH devices is approaching soon, hope you will enjoy loads of pooping time dying to bosses.
March 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
portable things coming in a short amount of time
February 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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found this in my notes, good advice for aspiring devs
February 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM