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James Youngman
@jyoungman.bsky.social
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He/him Game Designer, composer, writer

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/ten-lessons-over-ten-years
http://jamesyoungman.bandcamp.com
https://jyoungman.itch.io

Senior Tech Designer at Elsewhere. All opinions my own.

#gamedev | #gamedesign
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Expanded out some improvising I'd done for the @musicweeklies.bsky.social #YouChoose challenge.

This is "Friend or Foe." Enjoy!
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Can confirm
The front face of a black PC case. The case is black, and the front panel is a smooth sheet, with a number of stickers on it, including a character from Futurama and promo stickers for Ranked Choice Voting and Japanese Knife Imports
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Alarak from StarCraft 2. A white skinned alien with a peaked, ridged skull, wearing black armor that wraps around the bottom part of his face and extends above the back of his head. A black ice cream cone with a swirl of white soft serve in it.
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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Chefchaouen is so blue there aren't mosquitos
A narrow street terminating in stairs to a door. Everything is painted a vibrant, bold, blue paint
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Made it there! I can make it anywhere!
The Hollywood Sign, from a trail below the sign. The mountain between the photographer and the sign is covered in scrub and brush. There is a palm tree in the foreground.
June 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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A map of Los Angeles, with the city of Los Angeles highlighted. Superimposed on the city are the outlines of St Louis, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Boson, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Manhattan. Together, they cover most, but not all, of the city of Los Angeles.
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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I wonder if they're friends with these fine fowl I found
Two ducks and a larger waterfowl.
May 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Does baking count? White chocolate chip + caramelized white chocolate chunk cookies
A pair of large cookies on a baking sheet. The cookies are light brown, and speckled with primary colors from sprinkles in their dough
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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My @musicweeklies.bsky.social entry for #MonsterFightTheme is "Rise or Fall", the main theme of Kaiju Rush, the game @angrymobofsteve.bsky.social and I made for #KaijuJam3!

You can hear it in game as you race to save the city from a giant three-headed monster, or listen to this extended mix here!
March 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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SoundCloud has decided I've uploaded too much already, and Bluesky has decided I can upload even more, so here, directly, is "Hand in Hand", by entry for the #Convergence theme from @musicweeklies.bsky.social!
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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I really wish sense-pleasure was taken more seriously outside of games, too. Touchscreens have stolen the joy of buttons, knobs, and switches from us.
Ever navigated your Switch menu, with all the little cheery chirps and cute snappy noises as you navigate? Ever thought, say, your Xbox was a bit of a slog to navigate because it was sluggish and unresponsive? That's because Nintendo is a toy company, and they pay special attention to the sense-pleasure of engaging with their console. It's not just the hardware you're interacting with, it's the software, and they make sure that engaging with it is pleasurable in and of itself.
March 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Post a meme made by you
A musical score, two lines of grand cleff. The first is captioned "Classical musicians think horses sound like" and shows two measures from Schubert's "Erlkönig" The second is captioned "But metal musicians think horses sound like" and shows two measures from Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"
March 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Post a meme made by you
Meme of an anime student gesturing at a butterfly. The image has been converted to black and white. The caption reads "Is this armistice?" The word "armistice" has been crudely doctored into the image. It sits on a white smudge that obscures the original ending of the text.
February 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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You've been murdered, who do you want on the case?
A screenshot from Shadow of the Colossus. Wander stands, center of frame, looking down at Yorda's body, which is lying on an altar. Behind them, there is a forest in the middle distance.
February 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Tacoma is about to learn why you don't let invasive species establish themselves
Photo taken at Dune Park. In the foreground is a stone ziggurat with metal statues. The statues are of the juvenile form of the sand worms from Dune. A green strip of grass bisects the image; above it, the background shows the waters of Puget Sound. Behind them, hills covered in dark green foliage. The sky is bright, but cloudy.
December 24, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game
Box art for Call of Duty Roads to Victory for the PSP Box art for TopSpin 2K25
December 15, 2024 at 2:06 AM
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post an onion headline that lives in your head rent-free.
Image of a smiling man in a suit standing in front of a law library. The caption reads "Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality"
December 1, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Four games I've worked on
Promotional splash screen for Mafia The Old Country with the text appearing in white over a view of Sicily Platform agnostic cover image for TopSpin 2K25, featuring Serena Williams and Roger Federer dressed in white over a blue background The cover of Drawn to Life, showing a hero being drawn in flanked by characters from the game Cover of the PC edition of Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm, showing the fishing vessel Northwestern on a stormy sea
November 18, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Post a game that you wish was playable on modern consoles:

Tokyo Jungle
African Savanah animals graze in post-apocalyptic Tokyo. The image is captioned "TOKYO JUNGLE".
November 3, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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Hmmm... would a Unit-00 model fit in one of these? I'm sure we're all picturing the same scene
Picture of a white Thermaltake Tower 300 case
October 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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Advertise your account with one image
Sheet music showing the lyrics of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" set to the melody of "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
October 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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This is an L4 autonomous vehicle. You can just look at it and see which L5 claims are obviously bullshit.
A white SUV, modified by Waymo to include LIDAR arrays over each wheel and on the roof.
October 11, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Took a crack at another #MHtober2024 prompt, this time Barioth! Glad to get some more drawing practice in!
A drawing of Barioth, a white quadrupedal dragon, from Monster Hunter
October 9, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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I got a tablet earlier this year because I want to learn to draw. Haven't brought it out since the move, so I'm letting today's #MHtober2024 prompt change that. Here's my take on Gravios, who I'm hoping to see again in Wilds
A Gravios from Monster Hunter reading rearing back and spreading its wings. It's open mouth glows from a fire within.
October 4, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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It's Rosh Hashanah, so I had to make something with honey and something with apples.
A loaf of challah on a white serving dish A slice of apple cheesecake, drizzled with caramel sauce, on a white plate
October 4, 2024 at 2:54 AM