Ian Sundstrom
@ian-sundstrom.bsky.social
Made Stacks on Stacks (On Stacks)
Lead Designer on games for BUCK like letsrevolution.com and Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Indie stuff: herringbonegames.com
he/him
Lead Designer on games for BUCK like letsrevolution.com and Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Indie stuff: herringbonegames.com
he/him
In game design, we call this "emergence"
A colleague microwaves fish every Friday lunchtime without fail. Instead of speaking to him like a functioning adult, I've started microwaving popcorn at 11.30a.m. so the office smells better before the seafood apocalypse hits. I will die before confronting him directly.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In game design, we call this "emergence"
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A colleague microwaves fish every Friday lunchtime without fail. Instead of speaking to him like a functioning adult, I've started microwaving popcorn at 11.30a.m. so the office smells better before the seafood apocalypse hits. I will die before confronting him directly.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A colleague microwaves fish every Friday lunchtime without fail. Instead of speaking to him like a functioning adult, I've started microwaving popcorn at 11.30a.m. so the office smells better before the seafood apocalypse hits. I will die before confronting him directly.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Not sure why I can do a radio play with sound effects and background music but when a documentary podcast has them I find them very distracting...
October 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Not sure why I can do a radio play with sound effects and background music but when a documentary podcast has them I find them very distracting...
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Incredibly gross behavior by Google: they reject any app update if the gameplay video's description on YouTube mentions another platform (eg. Steam, App Store, etc).
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Metadata - Play Console Help
Users depend on descriptions of your app to help them understand its functionality and purpose. We don't allow apps with misleading, improperly formatted, non-descriptive, irrelevant, excessive, or in
support.google.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Incredibly gross behavior by Google: they reject any app update if the gameplay video's description on YouTube mentions another platform (eg. Steam, App Store, etc).
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
Blatantly anti-competitive, cunningly not mentioned in their metadata policies: support.google.com/googleplay/a...
#gamedev
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This year's Roguelike Celebration steam sale is up! Check out some awesome games, and don't forget to buy tickets for the conference *this weekend*!
(also @shing.bsky.social's art is so good, I'm so glad we got them to do this year's art!!)
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
(also @shing.bsky.social's art is so good, I'm so glad we got them to do this year's art!!)
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
Roguelike Celebration 2025
a community-generated weekend of talks, games, and conversations about roguelikes and related topics
store.steampowered.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This year's Roguelike Celebration steam sale is up! Check out some awesome games, and don't forget to buy tickets for the conference *this weekend*!
(also @shing.bsky.social's art is so good, I'm so glad we got them to do this year's art!!)
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
(also @shing.bsky.social's art is so good, I'm so glad we got them to do this year's art!!)
store.steampowered.com/curator/4122...
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And I meant it, too!
🧟♂️ Traaaaaaaaiiiiinnnssssss
🧟♂️ Traaaaaaaaiiiiinnnssssss
October 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
And I meant it, too!
🧟♂️ Traaaaaaaaiiiiinnnssssss
🧟♂️ Traaaaaaaaiiiiinnnssssss
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Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’
Ryan Coogler Is Rebooting The X-Files for His Mom
Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’
www.vulture.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ryan Coogler says he’s rebooting ‘The X-Files’ for his mom, a major fan of the show, and she’s already read some pages: ‘She’s fired up.’
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The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing
October 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The PS2 truly is the best console ever because it is constantly becoming more powerful. Each time we say something "looks like a PS2 game" we're talking about a game of a higher fidelity than the last. What the PS2 is capable of in 2025 is so far beyond what it was capable of in 2003. That's amazing
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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Thread on what it took to port Rift Riff, made in Godot, to iOS and Android. 🧵👇
#godotengine #gamedev
#godotengine #gamedev
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thread on what it took to port Rift Riff, made in Godot, to iOS and Android. 🧵👇
#godotengine #gamedev
#godotengine #gamedev
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this sword appeared to me in a vision
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
this sword appeared to me in a vision
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
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🌷Spring Falls is now available on Google Play!🌷
Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#puzzle #android #indiegame
Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#puzzle #android #indiegame
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🌷Spring Falls is now available on Google Play!🌷
Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#puzzle #android #indiegame
Erode the landscape, direct the flow of water, and bring wildflowers to life in this peaceful puzzle game
Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#puzzle #android #indiegame
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Thinking about ray tracing again...
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thinking about ray tracing again...
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My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!
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Sometimes you gotta just chase that random game idea...
What if you were a fly on a lake, how would you survive?
What if you had gnat friends?
#gamedev #indiegames
What if you were a fly on a lake, how would you survive?
What if you had gnat friends?
#gamedev #indiegames
October 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Sometimes you gotta just chase that random game idea...
What if you were a fly on a lake, how would you survive?
What if you had gnat friends?
#gamedev #indiegames
What if you were a fly on a lake, how would you survive?
What if you had gnat friends?
#gamedev #indiegames
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I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago
Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm going to keep saying "this is fascism" until this platform inevitably bans the word fascism, and then I'm going to leave
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🔴, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now!
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🔴, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now!
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
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🔴, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now!
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🔴, a #pico8 bounce shooter, is out now!
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵
Play it in browser on itch: iansundstrom.itch.io/redcircle
Development fun facts itt 🧵