DJ DeWitt
@djdewitt.bsky.social
I make software by day and indie games by night, but mostly I’m just living the suburbs dream with my wife, dog, and baby girls. 🍻
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DJ DeWitt
@djdewitt.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Hello! I’m DJ. I love making games and software more generally. I got to marry my best friend and be a dad to two amazing girls and one rambunctious lab. I believe the strengths of human history are found in how we come together to build institutions that lift up and protect our most vulnerable.
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Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
May 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to us and it is now fully independent and employee-owned. We'll see you all on Tuesday for the Giant Bombcast.
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
For more info right now, head over to www.giantbomb.com/join
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The longest filibuster in history of the U.S. Congress was conducted in 1957 by S.C. Senator Strom Thurmond, who spent 24 hours and 18 minutes attempting to stop the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Cory Booker just crossed hour 19 and is still going strong.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Cory Booker just crossed hour 19 and is still going strong.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Cory Booker Has Been Bashing Trump on Senate Floor for 17 Straight Hours
Sen. Cory Booker, Democrat from New Jersey, has been bashing Donald Trump on the Senate floor for 17 straight hours.
www.rollingstone.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The longest filibuster in history of the U.S. Congress was conducted in 1957 by S.C. Senator Strom Thurmond, who spent 24 hours and 18 minutes attempting to stop the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Cory Booker just crossed hour 19 and is still going strong.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Cory Booker just crossed hour 19 and is still going strong.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Game Informer is back! The entire team is returning and we can't wait to reconnect. Come join us to celebrate the best in games, the people who make games, and the people who play games from all around the world.
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
www.gameinformer.com/letter-from-...
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I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’
Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.
www.wired.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today we're publishing a monster feature that dives deep into the initial six weeks over Elon Musk's government takeover. Our entire newsroom came together to help make this story happen. Read this culmination of our blood, sweat, and tears:
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Again this is why you talk openly about things you like and enjoyed and feel others may like as well. Stop just sharing only what you hated cos it’s easy engagement but put the effort into sharing what is good cos it does make a difference.
Last year, an author mentioned my shop on her substack. It changed my income so drastically that this is the spike of orders from that *one* mention last year. Word of mouth for an artist can change everything.
March 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Again this is why you talk openly about things you like and enjoyed and feel others may like as well. Stop just sharing only what you hated cos it’s easy engagement but put the effort into sharing what is good cos it does make a difference.
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Now that Scarlet Hollow's back, it's once again time to talk about its relationship system.
We were frustrated with the standard approval binary most RPGs use, so we decided to track a huge amount of info to make characters feel more dynamic.
blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-d...
We were frustrated with the standard approval binary most RPGs use, so we decided to track a huge amount of info to make characters feel more dynamic.
blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-d...
Creating a dynamic relationship system in Scarlet Hollow
In our first run at figuring out the relationship system for Scarlet Hollow (play Episode 1 for free on Steam), we tried a kind of Dragon…
blacktabbygames.medium.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Now that Scarlet Hollow's back, it's once again time to talk about its relationship system.
We were frustrated with the standard approval binary most RPGs use, so we decided to track a huge amount of info to make characters feel more dynamic.
blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-d...
We were frustrated with the standard approval binary most RPGs use, so we decided to track a huge amount of info to make characters feel more dynamic.
blacktabbygames.medium.com/creating-a-d...
One thing ingrained in me studying Latin and English Literature at an early age for so many years is there are just no new problems. Every millennia mostly deals with similar people having similar problems of individualism, organization, scarcity, cooperation, competition, and power.
This is the game right here. This is reason for why everything is the way it is.
Or as Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote way back in 1821:
"The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the State is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism."
Or as Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote way back in 1821:
"The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the State is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism."
Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted a new analysis showing that the wealthiest 1% has extracted $79 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans since 1975. In 2023 alone, $3.9 trillion was redirected upward—enough to provide every U.S. worker with a $32,000 raise.
March 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One thing ingrained in me studying Latin and English Literature at an early age for so many years is there are just no new problems. Every millennia mostly deals with similar people having similar problems of individualism, organization, scarcity, cooperation, competition, and power.
18F is an important part of recent American government history and people should know about it.
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
March 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
18F is an important part of recent American government history and people should know about it.
This is so gorgeous, and made me realize how bonkers it is we never got a Deus Ex remake in the HR engine? It would have been so dang cool to see that iconic yellow replaced by this UNATCO blue!
February 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is so gorgeous, and made me realize how bonkers it is we never got a Deus Ex remake in the HR engine? It would have been so dang cool to see that iconic yellow replaced by this UNATCO blue!
Read this thread. Federal workers - like all the workers the modern republicans have attacked over the last decade (doctors, teachers, journalists) work hard for little pay and lesser accolades.
When OMB head Russ Vought talks about deliberate efforts to put federal employees "in trauma" and make them quit their jobs, he's talking about people like Michelle, recently fired by Musk/Trump.
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
www.sfgate.com/california/a...
February 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Read this thread. Federal workers - like all the workers the modern republicans have attacked over the last decade (doctors, teachers, journalists) work hard for little pay and lesser accolades.
Samus Aran maroons on a densely populated city planet, and must bounty hunt like a neo-noir detective against a backdrop painted with the colors of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cool World, and old school Men in Black (the canceled Prey 2, but more campy and colorful)
I imagined how goofy the shoulders would end up looking, giggled, then immediately drew it because I needed to see it made real
February 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Samus Aran maroons on a densely populated city planet, and must bounty hunt like a neo-noir detective against a backdrop painted with the colors of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cool World, and old school Men in Black (the canceled Prey 2, but more campy and colorful)
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He had 6 companies facing 32 investigations from 11 government agencies. Only a miracle could save his net worth and then…November 5th 2024.
Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.
Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.
Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Government investigations into Mr. Musk’s companies are stalling amid President Trump’s firings and Biden administration resignations.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
He had 6 companies facing 32 investigations from 11 government agencies. Only a miracle could save his net worth and then…November 5th 2024.
Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.
Now the rest is history. Or some would say, oligarchy.
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Can Elon block federal grants and loans to other EV makers? What’s the status of his security clearance? What do his close ties to China mean for his work inside the US government? I wrote about some of the known unknowns of government by Elon: heatmap.news/politics/elo...
The Known Unknowns of President Elon
What we don’t know about Elon Musk’s federal takeover
heatmap.news
February 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Can Elon block federal grants and loans to other EV makers? What’s the status of his security clearance? What do his close ties to China mean for his work inside the US government? I wrote about some of the known unknowns of government by Elon: heatmap.news/politics/elo...
I canceled a lot of subs recently to save money, but this is the piece that got me to sub to Wired. Absurdly affordable, super snappy flow on iPhone with Apple Pay.
Wired has impressed many these past days with their fearless, no bullshit reporting on the gutting of our government. Support them!
Wired has impressed many these past days with their fearless, no bullshit reporting on the gutting of our government. Support them!
Had a sobering day of reporting on DOGE's impact on HIV/AIDS work: www.wired.com/story/usaid-...
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid Cuts
The Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I canceled a lot of subs recently to save money, but this is the piece that got me to sub to Wired. Absurdly affordable, super snappy flow on iPhone with Apple Pay.
Wired has impressed many these past days with their fearless, no bullshit reporting on the gutting of our government. Support them!
Wired has impressed many these past days with their fearless, no bullshit reporting on the gutting of our government. Support them!
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Inspiring to see hundreds turn out to protest NYU cutting off care to young trans people. Coming together to hold institutions accountable when they preemptively comply with fascist initiatives is a pretty good way to fight the overwhelm.
February 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Inspiring to see hundreds turn out to protest NYU cutting off care to young trans people. Coming together to hold institutions accountable when they preemptively comply with fascist initiatives is a pretty good way to fight the overwhelm.
This is a fantastic, simple website that explains what USAID does and the consequences of losing it. It also tells you what you can do, as an individual or a representative of an organizarion, can do to protect it.
www.usaidstopwork.com
www.usaidstopwork.com
USAIDStopWork
www.usaidstopwork.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This is a fantastic, simple website that explains what USAID does and the consequences of losing it. It also tells you what you can do, as an individual or a representative of an organizarion, can do to protect it.
www.usaidstopwork.com
www.usaidstopwork.com
Jake/Grey Alien is a true “working indie”- thoughtful, helpful, and tirelessly releasing games for decades that keep the lights on in a tough, changing market.
Card (Balatro) and indie horror (Buckshot Roulette) are hot- they are perfectly positioned for a big hit and they’ve certainly earned it!
Card (Balatro) and indie horror (Buckshot Roulette) are hot- they are perfectly positioned for a big hit and they’ve certainly earned it!
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!
A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
With @slicknicklives.bsky.social
A 1995 CD-ROM. A game buried for a reason. You flip a card. The screen glitches. Something is watching.
Forbidden Solitaire—a dungeon horror from the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.
store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...
With @slicknicklives.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Jake/Grey Alien is a true “working indie”- thoughtful, helpful, and tirelessly releasing games for decades that keep the lights on in a tough, changing market.
Card (Balatro) and indie horror (Buckshot Roulette) are hot- they are perfectly positioned for a big hit and they’ve certainly earned it!
Card (Balatro) and indie horror (Buckshot Roulette) are hot- they are perfectly positioned for a big hit and they’ve certainly earned it!
This is good advice and a good thread of folks to support (even more in the replies and quotes).
One thing I keep coming back to is that the people in power can’t conceptualize their victims as individuals, but you can. You can help one specific person and that matters.
One thing I keep coming back to is that the people in power can’t conceptualize their victims as individuals, but you can. You can help one specific person and that matters.
It's hard to know what to say or whether it's even worth adding to the doom - what I will say is buy your trans friends' weird zine, their album, their art game - buy them a beer or a soda or a meal - give them some ko-fi money for doing absolutely nothing. We gotta protect trans kids and adults.
January 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is good advice and a good thread of folks to support (even more in the replies and quotes).
One thing I keep coming back to is that the people in power can’t conceptualize their victims as individuals, but you can. You can help one specific person and that matters.
One thing I keep coming back to is that the people in power can’t conceptualize their victims as individuals, but you can. You can help one specific person and that matters.
Encountered this problem in software dev too!
My galaxy take is that many team inefficiencies are rooted in acquiescing to power-holder (self-perceived) efficiencies, where power-holder can be a lead, another org, a stakeholder, client, etc.
(I say this having been on both sides of the problem!)
My galaxy take is that many team inefficiencies are rooted in acquiescing to power-holder (self-perceived) efficiencies, where power-holder can be a lead, another org, a stakeholder, client, etc.
(I say this having been on both sides of the problem!)
This is not to call anybody specific out but often we reinvent the wheel for project management because directors and leads have ways they like to work, simply do not budge, and then production has to slap something together around that. I like to work with people on systems that help them (cont)
just as an outsider with an interest in video game development, and coming from the film industry, it really feels like the game industry has no standardized workflow. every new project gets a bespoke production system with a lot of uncertainty about tasks, roles and who should be doing what
January 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Encountered this problem in software dev too!
My galaxy take is that many team inefficiencies are rooted in acquiescing to power-holder (self-perceived) efficiencies, where power-holder can be a lead, another org, a stakeholder, client, etc.
(I say this having been on both sides of the problem!)
My galaxy take is that many team inefficiencies are rooted in acquiescing to power-holder (self-perceived) efficiencies, where power-holder can be a lead, another org, a stakeholder, client, etc.
(I say this having been on both sides of the problem!)
Looking for things that make me hopeful. This is one of them. There are WAY more real people than billionaires, and they are affected by real problems, and have real experience dealing with them. They will make their own websites, and bring web credibility back as the consolidated platforms falter.
Pretty amazing that nonprofit Watch Duty -- which says it has 150 volunteers working around the clock to track wildfires -- has become the most trusted source of information on LA fires. Operated by retired/volunteer firefighters, dispatchers, and reporters. Real people.
www.watchduty.org
www.watchduty.org
Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Watch Duty, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.
www.watchduty.org
January 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Looking for things that make me hopeful. This is one of them. There are WAY more real people than billionaires, and they are affected by real problems, and have real experience dealing with them. They will make their own websites, and bring web credibility back as the consolidated platforms falter.
“What if we did for immersive sims what NEON WHITE did for twitch FPS games?” is such a genius pitch. Also has that MOSA LINA energy.
After a year that felt like shuffling a bad hand, we finally revealed gameplay for @sleightofhand.game at
@dayofthedevs.org !
It’s Metal Gear Solid meets Dishonored, but with a twist: your deck of cards is your set of powers. 🃏
Wishlist here! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2857810/...
@dayofthedevs.org !
It’s Metal Gear Solid meets Dishonored, but with a twist: your deck of cards is your set of powers. 🃏
Wishlist here! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2857810/...
Sleight of Hand on Steam
Infiltrate a hardboiled, rain-slicked city of taboo, where ritual magic and cursed artefacts set apart those with power from those without. Sleight of Hand is a 3rd-person Stealth Action Card-Sim abou...
store.steampowered.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:58 AM
“What if we did for immersive sims what NEON WHITE did for twitch FPS games?” is such a genius pitch. Also has that MOSA LINA energy.
I completely missed that @smestorp.bsky.social is on Bluesky and making an 868-HACK sequel! Got just over a week left to lend your support towards the development: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
868-BACK
The sequel to 868-HACK.
A cyberpunk roguelike adventure.
www.backerkit.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I completely missed that @smestorp.bsky.social is on Bluesky and making an 868-HACK sequel! Got just over a week left to lend your support towards the development: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Hello! I’m DJ. I love making games and software more generally. I got to marry my best friend and be a dad to two amazing girls and one rambunctious lab. I believe the strengths of human history are found in how we come together to build institutions that lift up and protect our most vulnerable.
November 7, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Hello! I’m DJ. I love making games and software more generally. I got to marry my best friend and be a dad to two amazing girls and one rambunctious lab. I believe the strengths of human history are found in how we come together to build institutions that lift up and protect our most vulnerable.