doruk
@dorukb.bsky.social
the statues are bleeding green
iggi phd student @ uni of york
researching game design & player creativity
[games & zines] fuzul.itch.io
[other links] linktr.ee/dorukb
iggi phd student @ uni of york
researching game design & player creativity
[games & zines] fuzul.itch.io
[other links] linktr.ee/dorukb
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@dorukb.bsky.social
· Feb 26
my first paper, which I co-authored with @jaakkostenros.bsky.social and @sotamaa.bsky.social, is now published!! it is essentially an invitation, and a tool, to reflect on and experiment with the rules we play by to invent personal metagames and shape agencies. open access dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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i wrote about Malice, the mediocre 2004 platformer Gwen Stefani was meant to be in, and its beach of souls mechanic, memento mori of ps2 glitchout.blog/2025/11/22/m...
Malice’s resurrection mechanic. grey world of spirits.
the game of Malice (2004, ps2) is a game of collecting the keys and gears. you do this to kill god. once you kill god, you end the game. DOG GOD along the way you deliver girl power type dialogue i…
glitchout.blog
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
i wrote about Malice, the mediocre 2004 platformer Gwen Stefani was meant to be in, and its beach of souls mechanic, memento mori of ps2 glitchout.blog/2025/11/22/m...
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#procjam starts tomorrow! As a reminder: you can bring an old project, you can start early, you can finish late, you can do whatever you want (except use generative AI). Come make something that makes something, and make new friends in our wonderful community too.
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
itch.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#procjam starts tomorrow! As a reminder: you can bring an old project, you can start early, you can finish late, you can do whatever you want (except use generative AI). Come make something that makes something, and make new friends in our wonderful community too.
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no one tells you but you can just make your own awards ceremonies with your own games, with an announcer and fun award art and everyone coming together at once for the event and spectacle. we've been doing it for years in domino club! its fun! who cares about any "official" awards!
game awards? that's old news
domino.gallery/awards/boney...
domino.gallery/awards/boney...
BONEYARD JAM AWARDS
BONEYARD JAM AWARDS
domino.gallery
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
no one tells you but you can just make your own awards ceremonies with your own games, with an announcer and fun award art and everyone coming together at once for the event and spectacle. we've been doing it for years in domino club! its fun! who cares about any "official" awards!
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Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is on the horizon again. This will be out 22nd annual game studies work in progress seminar. The theme is different each year, this time it is Events and Communities.
Check out the CFP.
Check out the CFP.
2026 | Call for Papers
Events are at the heart of game and play cultures. They are organized for many reasons and purposes, bringing people together to play, socialize, compete, learn and teach, network, sell, perform, c…
springseminar.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Tampere Game Research Lab Spring Seminar is on the horizon again. This will be out 22nd annual game studies work in progress seminar. The theme is different each year, this time it is Events and Communities.
Check out the CFP.
Check out the CFP.
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An eternal (and monthly) championing of the underground game scene, it's Indiepocalypse #70!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An eternal (and monthly) championing of the underground game scene, it's Indiepocalypse #70!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
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Oh hey, that's me! Very much looking forward to giving this talk at ITU next week!
Friends! On November 19th at 16:00, in Auditorium 3 at the ITU, we are hosting a talk by Florence Smith Nicholls. The talk is titled How to be a video game archaeologist. You can read about it here: digitalplay.itu.dk/event/floren...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls | Center for Digital Play
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
digitalplay.itu.dk
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Oh hey, that's me! Very much looking forward to giving this talk at ITU next week!
go check this out right now!! i was commissioned to make something and i made a small collection of 3 sound toys for it and the whole issue seems of beautiful games and a zine!!! 👉go👉👉👉
An eternal (and monthly) championing of the underground game scene, it's Indiepocalypse #70!
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
-10 curated games for $15!
-Zine!
-Newly commissioned game by
@dorukb.bsky.social
-Cover by @fairywarriorcat.bsky.social
pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-70
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
go check this out right now!! i was commissioned to make something and i made a small collection of 3 sound toys for it and the whole issue seems of beautiful games and a zine!!! 👉go👉👉👉
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some very good folks have orgainised a Game Manual jam starting in two weeks, one of the most beautiful lost art forms itch.io/jam/game-man...
Game Manual Jam 25
A game jam from 2025-11-14 to 2025-11-28 hosted by hatimb00, boshi's place, mariopartygod & Nichole Shinn. ________ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ __ __ ____ __ / _____// __ // _ ´_ // __ / / _ ´...
itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
some very good folks have orgainised a Game Manual jam starting in two weeks, one of the most beautiful lost art forms itch.io/jam/game-man...
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I ran a session on PCG for keepsake games at Dagstuhl earlier this year, and as part of that @junevamp.bsky.social, @dipikarajesh.bsky.social, @mtrc.bsky.social and I made our own keepsake game, A Sending!
You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
A Sending by Florence Smith Nicholls
Send it to someone who needs a holiday
florencesmithnicholls.itch.io
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I ran a session on PCG for keepsake games at Dagstuhl earlier this year, and as part of that @junevamp.bsky.social, @dipikarajesh.bsky.social, @mtrc.bsky.social and I made our own keepsake game, A Sending!
You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
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A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... 😈 domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
BONEYARD JAM
Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025
domino.gallery
October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... 😈 domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
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maybe i made a game for this domino club jam, maybe I got pissed off at a bug in a red dress for a month. you're gonna have to play them all to make sure domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
BONEYARD JAM
Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025
domino.gallery
October 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
maybe i made a game for this domino club jam, maybe I got pissed off at a bug in a red dress for a month. you're gonna have to play them all to make sure domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
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Exciting news! DOMINO CLUB returns for the 10th jam! It's possible I made something for it! See all the new games here:
domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
BONEYARD JAM
Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025
domino.gallery
October 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Exciting news! DOMINO CLUB returns for the 10th jam! It's possible I made something for it! See all the new games here:
domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
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There's currently a subscription drive for Indiepocalypse if a monthly curated 10 game collection of indie games (plus a ~5 year back library) from a *wide* range of devs sounds like something you'd be into.
Every subscription directly supports contributors.
patreon.com/indiepocalypse
Every subscription directly supports contributors.
patreon.com/indiepocalypse
Get more from Indiepocalypse on Patreon
creating Alternative Indie Game Anthologies
patreon.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There's currently a subscription drive for Indiepocalypse if a monthly curated 10 game collection of indie games (plus a ~5 year back library) from a *wide* range of devs sounds like something you'd be into.
Every subscription directly supports contributors.
patreon.com/indiepocalypse
Every subscription directly supports contributors.
patreon.com/indiepocalypse
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hello, truly sorry to do this but i'm struggling to keep my head above water, it is very difficult to find work while trans and autistic on terf island. anything helps, though please do not feel obligated, i have been through worse and am lucky to have a partner to get me through this. thank you.
Buy S.T. a Coffee
Become a supporter of S.T. today!
ko-fi.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
hello, truly sorry to do this but i'm struggling to keep my head above water, it is very difficult to find work while trans and autistic on terf island. anything helps, though please do not feel obligated, i have been through worse and am lucky to have a partner to get me through this. thank you.
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💡🚪new game: baetyl
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
🧀made for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! ❤️
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
🧀made for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! ❤️
September 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
💡🚪new game: baetyl
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
🧀made for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! ❤️
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
🧀made for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! ❤️
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New Game: Blank Page Boogie-Woogie.
A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.
illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.
illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
September 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
New Game: Blank Page Boogie-Woogie.
A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.
illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.
illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
i did it you can stop thinking about it, i just solved The Male Loneliness Epidemic downpour.games/~doruk/solut...
" Solutions To The Male Loneliness Epidemic" by doruk
A Downpour game by doruk
downpour.games
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
i did it you can stop thinking about it, i just solved The Male Loneliness Epidemic downpour.games/~doruk/solut...
making downpour game at lunch i think this one will heal the world
September 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
making downpour game at lunch i think this one will heal the world
dear reader is a cool game because:
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
dear reader is a cool game because:
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios
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The support for the Games for Palestine charity bundle has been immensely appreciated these past weeks. With 6 days to go, we are about $14k from reaching $100,000.
Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...
Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...
September 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The support for the Games for Palestine charity bundle has been immensely appreciated these past weeks. With 6 days to go, we are about $14k from reaching $100,000.
Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...
Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...
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Free Palestine forever 🇵🇸
September 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Free Palestine forever 🇵🇸
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Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape
Someone's trash is another person's web server.
bogdanthegeek.github.io
September 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🎉 iGGi Researcher talks!
📅 Sept 10–11 • University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
✨ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
👀 Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign
📅 Sept 10–11 • University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
✨ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
👀 Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign
September 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎉 iGGi Researcher talks!
📅 Sept 10–11 • University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
✨ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
👀 Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign
📅 Sept 10–11 • University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
✨ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
👀 Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign
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im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else
Contrary to what you might think, we've actually 𝑛𝑜𝑡 been sleeping and / or dead since launching Dread Delusion...
...we've been making a dying earth JRPG called
🍄 ⚔️ 💀 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐘 💀 ⚔️ 🍄
& you can wishlist it on Steam rn!
store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...
...we've been making a dying earth JRPG called
🍄 ⚔️ 💀 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐘 💀 ⚔️ 🍄
& you can wishlist it on Steam rn!
store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/...
August 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else