Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.bsky.social
Unemployed professional gamedev, dad of two. Vegetarian, jazz fan, MTG player. I like thinking about a positive eco friendly future, and learning about technology of the past
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Jameson Thatcher
@sireel.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Lunch Rush by SirEel
Make burgers, as fast as you can
sireel.itch.io
Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
Make burgers, as fast as you can!
Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported
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Human brains produce new ideas every second of every day. Sit down with a tiny child and ask them to explain something they're doing and you will hear half a dozen of them. Ideas are what humans *do*. The idea is by far the easiest part of any creative process.
But the point (there is a point) is, people fetishise the idea over the hard work of plotting and character development and research and internal consistency and just writing the fucker, because the Idea is the sparkly magic bit.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
And this is what makes them put value in the AI prompt.
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Human brains produce new ideas every second of every day. Sit down with a tiny child and ask them to explain something they're doing and you will hear half a dozen of them. Ideas are what humans *do*. The idea is by far the easiest part of any creative process.
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🧵 A thread about doing sound effects for web games etc, to give me a short break from doing sound effects for a web game
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🧵 A thread about doing sound effects for web games etc, to give me a short break from doing sound effects for a web game
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Working in the game industry
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Working in the game industry
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Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
(This is a slightly cleaned up version of my two Bluesky threads on Jennell Jaquays, preserved in a hopefully easier to read format. Thank Amanda P for reminding me that having these things stored …
pathikablog.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
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What a remarkable human, and what a remarkable thing to know that she passed bemused at reading her own eulogies.
Rest in peace, Rebecca. Thank you for everything.
Rest in peace, Rebecca. Thank you for everything.
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What a remarkable human, and what a remarkable thing to know that she passed bemused at reading her own eulogies.
Rest in peace, Rebecca. Thank you for everything.
Rest in peace, Rebecca. Thank you for everything.
QTP with your first Pokémon game and starter!
I got blue very early, because I found a US import copy. It was super cheap - £20 instead of the standard 30 (which the copy of red next to it was priced at!)
I'd long since finished the game before it really hit big here, which felt weird
I got blue very early, because I found a US import copy. It was super cheap - £20 instead of the standard 30 (which the copy of red next to it was priced at!)
I'd long since finished the game before it really hit big here, which felt weird
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
QTP with your first Pokémon game and starter!
I got blue very early, because I found a US import copy. It was super cheap - £20 instead of the standard 30 (which the copy of red next to it was priced at!)
I'd long since finished the game before it really hit big here, which felt weird
I got blue very early, because I found a US import copy. It was super cheap - £20 instead of the standard 30 (which the copy of red next to it was priced at!)
I'd long since finished the game before it really hit big here, which felt weird
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Remember everyone, when you look back at your life you'll remember the cool shit you tried, even if you failed, way more than you remember the boring safe choices.
For indie game devs specifically, maybe your game fails, but you'll remember making a game more than working a safe desk job.
For indie game devs specifically, maybe your game fails, but you'll remember making a game more than working a safe desk job.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Remember everyone, when you look back at your life you'll remember the cool shit you tried, even if you failed, way more than you remember the boring safe choices.
For indie game devs specifically, maybe your game fails, but you'll remember making a game more than working a safe desk job.
For indie game devs specifically, maybe your game fails, but you'll remember making a game more than working a safe desk job.
I have been gripped by a madness, and thought of a reasonably small set of changes that would make Lunch Rush work as an arcade machine.
It only got 150 plays on itch, there's no way it's worth the effort, surely?
It only got 150 plays on itch, there's no way it's worth the effort, surely?
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I have been gripped by a madness, and thought of a reasonably small set of changes that would make Lunch Rush work as an arcade machine.
It only got 150 plays on itch, there's no way it's worth the effort, surely?
It only got 150 plays on itch, there's no way it's worth the effort, surely?
Yeah I don't know how I didn't see this coming. Ten billion sales. Gabe will purchase his very own yacht factory
Dbrand announces Companion Cube for Steam Machine, coming in 2026 buff.ly/vPuJr5E
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Yeah I don't know how I didn't see this coming. Ten billion sales. Gabe will purchase his very own yacht factory
Truly a hero of my people
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Truly a hero of my people
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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low polyamory
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
low polyamory
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From FB: GTA 1's insanely aggressive police! 😂
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
From FB: GTA 1's insanely aggressive police! 😂
I'm trying a novel thing where I wrote down my game design instead of imagining the whole thing then making it. I think this could catch on
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm trying a novel thing where I wrote down my game design instead of imagining the whole thing then making it. I think this could catch on
I did it (with my partner, anyway)
I beat blue prince. What a game! We tried to get as little help as possible, we got spoiled on a small number of puzzles but we mostly solved every scrap ourselves.
Definitely a game for the insatiably curious :D
I beat blue prince. What a game! We tried to get as little help as possible, we got spoiled on a small number of puzzles but we mostly solved every scrap ourselves.
Definitely a game for the insatiably curious :D
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I did it (with my partner, anyway)
I beat blue prince. What a game! We tried to get as little help as possible, we got spoiled on a small number of puzzles but we mostly solved every scrap ourselves.
Definitely a game for the insatiably curious :D
I beat blue prince. What a game! We tried to get as little help as possible, we got spoiled on a small number of puzzles but we mostly solved every scrap ourselves.
Definitely a game for the insatiably curious :D
Fun discovery today: my kid has heard of Rosalind Franklin, but not James Watson
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Fun discovery today: my kid has heard of Rosalind Franklin, but not James Watson
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IT. IS. DONE! At 40 years old, I've finally fulfilled my dream of making and releasing my own game. Never forget that there is nothing you can't do. No matter what you dream, the power to make it real is yours to command!
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Steam #Gaming #2DGames #PitchYaGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Steam #Gaming #2DGames #PitchYaGame
Curtains The Clown on Steam
Meet Curtains. An exiled alien clown in search of a home. While passing through a distant galaxy, he was forced to land when his ship's fuel cells ran dry. Now stranded in a far away world, Curtains m...
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
IT. IS. DONE! At 40 years old, I've finally fulfilled my dream of making and releasing my own game. Never forget that there is nothing you can't do. No matter what you dream, the power to make it real is yours to command!
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Steam #Gaming #2DGames #PitchYaGame
#GameDev #SoloDev #IndieDev #IndieGames #Steam #Gaming #2DGames #PitchYaGame
"no one who works full time should live in poverty"
Wrong. Tiny brain take.
No-one should live in poverty. No-one needs to, if distribution of resources was fair no-one f unless they wanted to
"but what about people who won't work?" I don't care. What about billionaires who don't work?
Wrong. Tiny brain take.
No-one should live in poverty. No-one needs to, if distribution of resources was fair no-one f unless they wanted to
"but what about people who won't work?" I don't care. What about billionaires who don't work?
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"no one who works full time should live in poverty"
Wrong. Tiny brain take.
No-one should live in poverty. No-one needs to, if distribution of resources was fair no-one f unless they wanted to
"but what about people who won't work?" I don't care. What about billionaires who don't work?
Wrong. Tiny brain take.
No-one should live in poverty. No-one needs to, if distribution of resources was fair no-one f unless they wanted to
"but what about people who won't work?" I don't care. What about billionaires who don't work?
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Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Games industry forces RTOs (often involving moving cities for a job that may not exist in a few months) because being in office together on zoom is just ~*so heckin valuable*~
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
but then replaces as many people as they can get away with with chatbots because the human connection doesn’t matter
Hmm!
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for the record: I develop games for people who play games to have fun
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
for the record: I develop games for people who play games to have fun
Made a trivial bug fix to Lunch Rush (bun tops now animate correctly if dropped onto a plate)
But!
I did it from Linux on my laptop. Took a bit of fussing to get all the tools in place, but it's working now 😁
sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
But!
I did it from Linux on my laptop. Took a bit of fussing to get all the tools in place, but it's working now 😁
sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
Lunch Rush by SirEel
Fast action, tall burgers
sireel.itch.io
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Made a trivial bug fix to Lunch Rush (bun tops now animate correctly if dropped onto a plate)
But!
I did it from Linux on my laptop. Took a bit of fussing to get all the tools in place, but it's working now 😁
sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush
But!
I did it from Linux on my laptop. Took a bit of fussing to get all the tools in place, but it's working now 😁
sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush