Joe Wintergreen
@joewintergreen.com
video game dev. weird west, influx redux, much much more
buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
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buy influx redux: https://store.steampowered.com/app/867150/InFlux_Redux/
internet blog on the internet: https://www.joewintergreen.com/
friendly dev chat: http://discord.gg/TyexPhe
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Hey everyone! The remaster I've been working on for like 6 years is out! It's a remaster of my 11 year old game InFlux! It's a marble-rolling puzzle game! You can buy it! Please leave positive reviews for it so the algo doesn't immediately bury it?!?! Ily
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
One thing I keep hearing about my puzzle game INFLUX REDUX is "i didn't think i would like it because i'm not into puzzle games but it isn't what i expected". WELL. I made it and I'm not into puzzle games either. OR ball rolling games. I haven't played ANYTHING. so buy it and find out if you like it
blocked someone for taking too dim a view of humanity
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
blocked someone for taking too dim a view of humanity
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i actually think trump could go with that. "i sucked a little dick, sure, but i never swallowed". his homophobic base would go with him on this i suspect
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
i actually think trump could go with that. "i sucked a little dick, sure, but i never swallowed". his homophobic base would go with him on this i suspect
clinton should be like "i didn't inhale!! tell ya who did tho"
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
clinton should be like "i didn't inhale!! tell ya who did tho"
occurs to me owing to today's posts that people might think i'm across the gaming news... i must tell you i don't know what the fuck a metroid even is. no clue what you're all on about
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 AM
occurs to me owing to today's posts that people might think i'm across the gaming news... i must tell you i don't know what the fuck a metroid even is. no clue what you're all on about
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what was going on in 2022
December 2, 2024 at 9:51 AM
what was going on in 2022
sucking clinton's dick is the coolest thing donald trump ever did. shit i'd suck it. gives you a solid anecdote
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 AM
sucking clinton's dick is the coolest thing donald trump ever did. shit i'd suck it. gives you a solid anecdote
"can we please make the game on the assumption that whoever is playing has decided to so" has always got me blank stares at work unforch
it's certainly been frustrating to see devs say more and more "sorry guys but we need to make our games shout out every thing and handhold every last point so that someone who doesn't give a fuck about it can sleepwalk through it"
like why pander to people who, essentially, do not like your work?
like why pander to people who, essentially, do not like your work?
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"can we please make the game on the assumption that whoever is playing has decided to so" has always got me blank stares at work unforch
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seems silly to be talking about if people who play AAA games have long enough attention spans when the people who own AAA game studios don't have long enough attention spans to let teams actually make stuff
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
seems silly to be talking about if people who play AAA games have long enough attention spans when the people who own AAA game studios don't have long enough attention spans to let teams actually make stuff
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just remembered i was asked for advice last night and came out with "don't be afraid to lie to these fucking vultures", only dimly recall what about. good advice across the board though imo
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
just remembered i was asked for advice last night and came out with "don't be afraid to lie to these fucking vultures", only dimly recall what about. good advice across the board though imo
One thing I keep hearing about my puzzle game INFLUX REDUX is "i didn't think i would like it because i'm not into puzzle games but it isn't what i expected". WELL. I made it and I'm not into puzzle games either. OR ball rolling games. I haven't played ANYTHING. so buy it and find out if you like it
Hey everyone! The remaster I've been working on for like 6 years is out! It's a remaster of my 11 year old game InFlux! It's a marble-rolling puzzle game! You can buy it! Please leave positive reviews for it so the algo doesn't immediately bury it?!?! Ily
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
steamcommunity.com/games/867150...
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
One thing I keep hearing about my puzzle game INFLUX REDUX is "i didn't think i would like it because i'm not into puzzle games but it isn't what i expected". WELL. I made it and I'm not into puzzle games either. OR ball rolling games. I haven't played ANYTHING. so buy it and find out if you like it
a couple friends of mine made this cool short vibey little indie game that i would describe as "cognitively nutritious", they're the sorts of people you want making more stuff so you should go exchange some money for it
It'd be sick if you left a nice review and told all your pals. The people must know...
Thanks, friends. ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/2467100/...
Thanks, friends. ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/2467100/...
Save 15% on Chiaroscuro Imago on Steam
A short piece of horror fiction about honey and lies; entomology and etymology; murky secrets and stark realities. Find out what happened to the moths.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
a couple friends of mine made this cool short vibey little indie game that i would describe as "cognitively nutritious", they're the sorts of people you want making more stuff so you should go exchange some money for it
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AND ANOTHER THING, you know what kids aren't switching out of every 2 seconds to check some other app? Minecraft. Fortnite. Roblox probably. Shit that actually lets you play it. Half the devs out here are falling over themselves to present you with a game that plays like a series of error messages
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
AND ANOTHER THING, you know what kids aren't switching out of every 2 seconds to check some other app? Minecraft. Fortnite. Roblox probably. Shit that actually lets you play it. Half the devs out here are falling over themselves to present you with a game that plays like a series of error messages
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I've been feeling this for decades now. maybe attention spans have gotten shorter irdk, but sometimes when I hear about this I'm like "have you tried being more interesting??"
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I've been feeling this for decades now. maybe attention spans have gotten shorter irdk, but sometimes when I hear about this I'm like "have you tried being more interesting??"
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oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
People were talking about yellow paint in games again, and I got thoughts on that and the sorts of things you should do instead, so here's a blog post on that. Imo read my blog post and buy influx redux
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
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it's 100% this, this is all born from "how do we get people who normally wouldn't play this to keep playing it" in AAA powerhouses like EA and ubi and then it seeped into the soil like poison and became "professional game design" everywhere else as those people left to different teams
November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's 100% this, this is all born from "how do we get people who normally wouldn't play this to keep playing it" in AAA powerhouses like EA and ubi and then it seeped into the soil like poison and became "professional game design" everywhere else as those people left to different teams
ice cream with shit dialogue
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
ice cream with shit dialogue
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You're only ever fighting an attention span war if you accept up-front the premise that you are fighting an attention span war, and if you accept that, you WILL lose, because you are incapable of being interesting. It's a loadbearing (and disrespectful) misunderstanding of your fellow humans
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
You're only ever fighting an attention span war if you accept up-front the premise that you are fighting an attention span war, and if you accept that, you WILL lose, because you are incapable of being interesting. It's a loadbearing (and disrespectful) misunderstanding of your fellow humans
this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
You wanna know why we're having nag line discourse in 2025? Because developers know we're fighting an attention economy war we'll lose no matter what. Players don't read, have TikTok open next to them, god forbid we are scared you miss something and then blame us for not giving you all the info.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
this is so cart-before-horse to me. i don't accept that people's attention spans are shorter in a way that has to matter. the problem is that we keep thinking that and "complying in advance" with the imagined boogieman of "people not paying attention nowadays". nothing done in that direction helps
oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
People were talking about yellow paint in games again, and I got thoughts on that and the sorts of things you should do instead, so here's a blog post on that. Imo read my blog post and buy influx redux
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
www.joewintergreen.com/what-i-recko...
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
oh y'all are talkin about overbearing ways to direct the player's attention again huh. well this stuff is all solved, the only relevant attention span is your own and that of your boss
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Started playing through Influx Redux, and while it's not the kind of puzzle game I thought it was going to be, it ticks a lot of my puzzle game boxes. Plus it's pretty. The water on the beach at sunset, even in still pics looks nice, but in motion, it's quite unique and frankly stunning!
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Started playing through Influx Redux, and while it's not the kind of puzzle game I thought it was going to be, it ticks a lot of my puzzle game boxes. Plus it's pretty. The water on the beach at sunset, even in still pics looks nice, but in motion, it's quite unique and frankly stunning!
the nodding emoji is head_shaking_vertically...sure why not. we're all gonna die soon
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
the nodding emoji is head_shaking_vertically...sure why not. we're all gonna die soon
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November 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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NOW ON STEAM! Chiaroscuro Imago - a short horror game about bugs, faith, and honey. Find out what happened to the moths.
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NOW ON STEAM! Chiaroscuro Imago - a short horror game about bugs, faith, and honey. Find out what happened to the moths.
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
Link below... 🐝📞🍯
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
me @ any given headline these days
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
me @ any given headline these days