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Adam Jerrett
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Hi, I'm Adam, a game designer who wants to make the world a better place. Reality gamer, developer, and educator by day; pizza-loving, corgi-cuddling, and podcast-hosting by night.

Find me at: https://drjmakes.games

I made this: https://whatwetakewith.us
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twoleft.bsky.social
Busy redoing my portfolio so I revived Tyler: an undergrad puzzle game I treated like a real indie project. Ice tiles, portals, sarcasm, and yes, the Stanley Parable's narrator (somehow). Didn't always age well, but at least it's now live on itch.
🎮 cyberchaosza.itch.io/tyler

#indie #gamedev #xna
Tyler by CyberchaosZA
A 2D tile-based puzzle game about heartbreak and dungeons, with narration by Kevan Brighting (The Stanley Parable).
cyberchaosza.itch.io
July 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Pete and I wrote about The Last of Us S2. A game and season I found really hard to love, so it was even harder to write about. Game Ellie becomes a monster because we make her one, but Show Ellie gets stripped of that agency, and so do we.
theconversation.com/the-last-of-...

#tlou2 #review #games
The Last of Us: season two forgets what made its video game unforgettable
What works over a weekend of play may falter over week-by-week seasons of television, experienced years apart.
theconversation.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 In collab with the @igda.org LGBTQ+ SIG, we’re brewing a podcast on "Queer Monstrosities" celebrating the deviant, the divine, and the deliciously horrific. Queer and horror game devs, I want to hear about your work! Step on me, mommies and daddies!
#indie #horror
a woman in a white dress and hat is standing next to a couch .
Alt: Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil GIF
media.tenor.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
After missing April, Game Academy is back for May (just)! I chatted many moons ago to Dr Matt Whitby, a designer at Rebellion North about the transition from academia to industry, and NDA'd (but now released) games, so hey, listen! shows.acast.com/game-academy...
#podcast #games #gameacademy
"Okay... I'm Going to Need You To Roll for Reflection" with Dr Matthew Whitby | Game Academy
shows.acast.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
From earlier, I now have a booking calendar for my British game dev research 🎮. Come get spicy with me!

TL;DR: 30-min Zoom chat asking: “What does British game development mean to you?”

Book: calendar.app.google/v52WVNM7tuG7...
Consent Form: forms.gle/MhNj1fhqSxYt...

#GameDev #British #Research
British Game Dev Interviews - Adam Jerrett (May) - Adam Jerrett
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May 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
twoleft.bsky.social
Running a research study for British DiGRA:
💬 What does British game dev mean to you?

30-min Zoom chat. Students, devs, educators. If you're UK-adjacent, I want you!

📅 Chats: 12–16 May
📋 Form: forms.gle/sxbUsFLUQNm2...
🗣️ Rant, reflect, ramble. Let's go.

#GameDev #UKGames #Research
Expression of Interest – British Game Development Research Interview
Thank you for your interest in participating in this study on British game development. This form is to register your interest so I can follow up with more details. You’ll receive the Participant Info...
forms.gle
May 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Every year, I teach gameplay students about design patterns: Command, Factory, State.

Clean, modular thinking.

And every year, someone hardcodes twelve ghost behaviours and asks, “There must be a better way?!”

Mate. That was it. That was LITERALLY the module.

#DesignPatterns #GameProgramming
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
twoleft.bsky.social
Off to Japan! In the actual car, so of course now begins the "holy fuck I DEFINITELY forgot everything". Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka. Last minute tips please!
April 15, 2025 at 6:52 AM
twoleft.bsky.social
You know, I actually like generative AI in the sense that I'm fascinated at how good new models have gotten at a glance. But then you ask it to make a human version of your father-in-law's adorable Yorkshire Terrier as an old man and, well...
A man standing next to another old man, with a series of increasingly smaller old men, the last one of which is holding a tiny dog.
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
The greatest relationship advice I can give is that you should find someone who loves you just as much as I love the Uniqlo Airism Oversized White T-Shirt. Apologies to my wife.
April 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
The transparency, as @joshscherr.bsky.social pointed out is awesome to see. I would also apply to this about 5 days ago if my imposter syndrome wasn't so pervasive and my portfolio was actually up to date. I need to fix my damn website.
innersloth.com Innersloth @innersloth.com · Apr 7
🦥 HIRING 🦥

Looking for a freelance Senior Writer! Help us on something fun~
- Experience with Ink/other narrative scripting languages and comedic writing a plus
- Kind approach to working w/ others
- Remote, contract

Apply before Apr 22! innersloth.bamboohr.com/careers/31
Senior Writer (Freelance)
Hello! Innersloth is a small remote team scattered mostly in North America. We released Among Us in 2018 and are now working on a new game. We are looking to expand our creative team with a full-time,...
innersloth.bamboohr.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Okay, so I'm going to #Japan next week! How exciting, kawaii desu ne etc. We're doing the typical first timer Tokyo/Kyoto/Osaka route with bonus Hakone day for a ryokan. We've got some plans, but I know y'all have thoughts. What do I absolutely need to see and/or do? I have basically 8/9 days.
April 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
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April 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
I'ma be honest, I think the peak of my popularity will be when, like @chrisdeleon.bsky.social gets, someone will go "Hey, I know you from Bluesky".
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Wake up babe, new #GameAcademy just dropped, this time with Matt Bell, ex-Yugioh Organised Play manager/designer talking about physical card game design and his new game Robot Raiders, now on Kickstarter (see my last post). Listen here: shows.acast.com/game-academy...
Activating Trap Cards, Raiding Robots, and Cardboard Comebacks with Matthew Bell | Game Academy
shows.acast.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
twoleft.bsky.social
If you like Kickstarters and incredible card-based tabletop games made by industry peeps who've worked on a plethora of real TCGs, go back this right now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat.... There may or may not be a podcast episode releasing shortly about THIS VERY THING.
Robot Raiders: A 1-4 Player Dungeon Crawling Card Game
Bind your soul to a magical Robot or become a Monster and fight your friends in this 1-4 player tabletop card game experience!
www.kickstarter.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
I loved #GDC2025 but I am now so far behind in literally everything.
March 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
We're going on a trip in my favourite rocket ship!
A Pembroke Welsh Corgi in a dog basket in a car
March 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Okay, so hear me out, Peanut Butter M&M's are what Reece's Pieces wish they were.
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Love seeing studios sharing their work.
March 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
I'm probably going to get flamed for this unpopular opinion, but Golden Oreos are underrated AF. Fight me.
March 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
twoleft.bsky.social
So deeply perturbed that there actually WAS someone from the Double Exposure team around the collect this award on Wednesday night. This needs boosting so everybody knows what this team went through, and that they're still here. Well done Giselle and the rest of the team. Hire game writers.
bewarethesiren.bsky.social Giselle @bewarethesiren.bsky.social · Mar 24
In this case, I would like to break the cycle and the silence on my own erasure. Since the night of the GDC Awards, I often think about what I would have said if I had been given the opportunity to speak. I think it would have been something like this:
"I did not prepare a speech because I did not even know we were nominated. But I am truly honored to accept this award on behalf of my amazing team. When I was first getting into this industry, I was a college student, unsure of whether or not to change my major. The original Life Is Strange was one of the games that made that decision for me, so it was a full circle moment and an honor for me to get to work on this game: bruises, bumps, and all. I would like to thank my wonderful narrative team. Felice Kuan: our phenomenal narrative director, and an even better woman. Our calm in the storm. Deandra Warrick: our lead writer, our rock, who deserves way more recognition and credit than she gets. Mallory Littleton: one of the most talented technical narrative..." "...designers I know. Aysha Farah: lead writer, and one of the most beautiful, fearless, funniest people I know. Andy Auseon: senior writer and our support, constantly juggling way too many things. Elizabeth Ballou: my right-hand woman on all things narrative design. And Zipporah Smith and James Wright: my homies, my loves, my brainstorming partners and the ones who kept me sane throughout this whole process. I can't thank you all enough. And to all of you out there with narrative jobs: all of these amazing people were let go, including myself. Personally, I've been out of a job for an entire year. We are all talented, award-winning writers and you won't regret having us on your team. So please, hire us. Thank you and goodnight!"
March 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
I am back home from #GDC2025 and that is me for this year, folks! I genuinely hope I get to see you all next year (hopefully I lock in a talk)!
March 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
Reading @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social's "Everything is Tuberculosis" and this quote hits so hard even when it's not about disease: In general, colonial infrastructure was not built to STRENGTHEN communities. It was built to DEPLETE them. #capitalismtoo
March 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
twoleft.bsky.social
@midimyers.com Hey Maddy, I didn't want to randomly bug you over whatever other million channels, but you seemed like you might be interested in my lil wellbeing game at the meetup this week, so if you want to play it so it can definitely be a One More Thing (jk lol), here it is: whatwetakewith.us
What We Take With Us
What We Take With Us is a meditation tool that helps you think about the things that matter to you. It aims to help with stress and anxiety so you can have a productive workday.
whatwetakewith.us
March 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM