JDAG
@jdag.bsky.social
Game dev with a penchant for funny little guys. Was @johndaguerra on twitter
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core 🛸🚀
Investi-Gator 🐊🔎
Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟
You might know me from:
Cobalt Core 🛸🚀
Investi-Gator 🐊🔎
Sunshine Heavy Industries 🚀🌟
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you must continue to love the world even when it feels like too little of it loves you back. dogs and cats like you. animals outside can be befriended. some people are nice.
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
you must continue to love the world even when it feels like too little of it loves you back. dogs and cats like you. animals outside can be befriended. some people are nice.
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campbells condensed lcl
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
campbells condensed lcl
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Put me in the Evangelion soup. I could handle it
November 7, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Put me in the Evangelion soup. I could handle it
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friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
I wanna see the stats on Price Is Right wins. The last player has to win way more often, right??
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I wanna see the stats on Price Is Right wins. The last player has to win way more often, right??
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I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I revisited my "Trees Hate You" project. I'm just continuing to come up with new ways to get bullied by foliage. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiegame #ragegame
IGF judging ends early next week, but I was away on my honeymoon for like 80% of the judging period, so I've got some catching up to do 😫
I'm still at 21 games rated, but most of those are just games I'd already played this year. Gotta try some weirder niche ones!
I'm still at 21 games rated, but most of those are just games I'd already played this year. Gotta try some weirder niche ones!
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
IGF judging ends early next week, but I was away on my honeymoon for like 80% of the judging period, so I've got some catching up to do 😫
I'm still at 21 games rated, but most of those are just games I'd already played this year. Gotta try some weirder niche ones!
I'm still at 21 games rated, but most of those are just games I'd already played this year. Gotta try some weirder niche ones!
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November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I wonder how many tabs I've closed in my life
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I wonder how many tabs I've closed in my life
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Huge AI button gets added to Notion. I ask the AI how to get rid of the button. It's unable to help. Useless
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Huge AI button gets added to Notion. I ask the AI how to get rid of the button. It's unable to help. Useless
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they should invent time travel, but only for food expiration dates
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
they should invent time travel, but only for food expiration dates
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Wonder how people would've felt if Silksong had a dedicated combat zone that gave you infinite shards, to get good at using red tools... Feel like it would've been divisive
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Wonder how people would've felt if Silksong had a dedicated combat zone that gave you infinite shards, to get good at using red tools... Feel like it would've been divisive
picturing the related game mechanics and grinning. Is this:
- an Ape Escape situation and you control your sword with the right stick?
- tying weapon speed to stats, and you have to make a "slow swing" build?
- turnbased? Go X turns without attacking?
- how long you spent in the battle menu???
- an Ape Escape situation and you control your sword with the right stick?
- tying weapon speed to stats, and you have to make a "slow swing" build?
- turnbased? Go X turns without attacking?
- how long you spent in the battle menu???
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
picturing the related game mechanics and grinning. Is this:
- an Ape Escape situation and you control your sword with the right stick?
- tying weapon speed to stats, and you have to make a "slow swing" build?
- turnbased? Go X turns without attacking?
- how long you spent in the battle menu???
- an Ape Escape situation and you control your sword with the right stick?
- tying weapon speed to stats, and you have to make a "slow swing" build?
- turnbased? Go X turns without attacking?
- how long you spent in the battle menu???
I'm like a pokemon, in that I also gain Experience when I eat a Rare Candy
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I'm like a pokemon, in that I also gain Experience when I eat a Rare Candy
do you think AI bros ever used Smarterchild. would their heads explode if they tried it
October 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
do you think AI bros ever used Smarterchild. would their heads explode if they tried it
I can't stop thinking about Baby Steps. How is Baby Steps my favorite narrative this year
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I can't stop thinking about Baby Steps. How is Baby Steps my favorite narrative this year
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
Hello media enjoyers:
If you liked Baby Steps, may I recommend you watch Mindgame
If you liked Baby Steps, may I recommend you watch Mindgame
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Hello media enjoyers:
If you liked Baby Steps, may I recommend you watch Mindgame
If you liked Baby Steps, may I recommend you watch Mindgame
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you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it
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Lovely thoughtful writeup
kayin.moe/baby-steps
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.
Wasn't expecting to do a more full writeup but whatever, here's Baby Steps, talking about Hiking, Climbing, and Being a Fucking Loser.
Kayinworks - Game Journal: Baby Steps
I've been a pretty consistent fan of Bennett Foddy's work. I love Getting Over It to the point where I got a Gold Pot by accident, just by casually playing over and over again. I've even had the pleas...
kayin.moe
October 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Lovely thoughtful writeup