Erik Dewhurst
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Erik Dewhurst
@erikdewhurst.bsky.social
I make games
I have cats
Portfolio: www.erikdewhurst.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikdewhurst/
I found this gem in old family photos.
A felted wool cowboy boot "Stocking" with Santa's sleigh pulled by roadrunners.

Pretty sure mom made this when we moved to New Mexico circa 1980.

#throwback #retro
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Played the game "Aspens" with my partner earlier today.
Really good pacing and real easy to learn.

In about 25 minutes we covered the board with trees.
November 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Meeting doodle
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Doodles for the day.

Ball point is such a good medium.
Accessible. And I don't get precious about the things I draw on yellow pad with a cheap pen.
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Heard some stuff about Ezra Klein and was reminded of this bit of art in our kitchen.
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Getting some new glasses.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A doodle of the physical embodiment of pain.

#lego #doodle #pain
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Doodle of the day.

A pair of things I drew when sitting in meetings.

You can see the words "Myths are Public Dreams" written on the back of the page.

#doodles #sketches #fountainpen
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Doodles of geometry dissolving into particles.

I doodle a lot at my day job.

When I compile them, I redact all work related notes. This helps me see the art in the doodles divorced from business analysis.
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A glimpse of my art/design "pipeline".

The plan was to build a complex systemic puzzle.

The reality: our story told us to abandon the entire space station idea. 🤷

#gamedev #indiedev #process #conceptart #design
September 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another sci-fi doodle that won't be in the game we're working on.
But there was still value in doing this. The story this was depicting got reworked, and yet we still need a bedroom with a similar layout.

#gamedev #indiedev #doodle
September 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Me:
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Script says:
"Player flips page in notebook"

Then I had to figure out how THAT was gonna happen in-game.
Not so simple, but very satisfying.

#gamedev #indiedev #videogames
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Another doodle.
This one is likely to become real.

I'll post this again when I have the lobby's 3D model in a good place.

Game Dev is a slow process.
But thankfully, doodles aren't.

#gamedev #solodev #indiegames
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Daily doodles.
A bunch of sketches for sci-fi UI/UX.
Again these were abandoned because the larger concept didn't fit the story.
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sometimes I put a lot of effort into a doodle, only to later realize it was going in the wrong direction.

This was a concept that had to be abandoned because it wasn't true to the needs of the story.

#indiedev #gamedev #conceptart
August 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today's doodle shows the difference between my initial imagination and what happens when I start building the models.

Things are similar, but not the same.

#doodle #gamedev #indiedev #solodev
August 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another doodle I did while at work daydreaming about game development.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev
August 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Just finished 3 post comic series.
I'm not a huge comic reader, but I really liked this.

It scratched the PKD and short story itch.
After chapter 2, I was honestly worried it wouldn't end well, but it definitely does.

Thanks to @benhwinters.bsky.social and
Oni Press.

#PhilipKDick #comics
August 28, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I think about game Dev while at my day job. So I take my doodles, redact the work related things, and put them in a reference scrap book.

#gamedev #indiedev #solodev
August 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I doodle a lot when making games.
Helps me visualize.
Maybe I'll share more here.

#indiegames #gamedev #solodev
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
My partner is in leadership at a company and gets Harvard Business review (@hbr.org)

We were both disappointed and a bit disgusted by their decision to use AI for this cover.

My partner is likely to unsubscribe.
I'm not surprised, but I suppose it shows their actual level of integrity.
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And if I had it on CD I could pull out my CD player and listen to it that way. If you don't have it just say so...

Maybe I should just whistle the tune to myself.
August 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was watching TikToks on my couch after work. Then I saw my cat, Dean playing with a twist tie and realized; "wow, this is so much more entertaining"

So I played with Dean for a while.

Go play with your cat.
August 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Just Lily
August 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM