Michael @ GDC

Michael @ GDC

@mikesochill.bsky.social

Original Concept at Jackbox Games. Retired drummer, now destroying my hands by climbing.

130 Followers 88 Following 52 Posts Joined Aug 2023
1 week ago

this was great last year, come climb!

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3 weeks ago

You’re cataloging every vending machine in O’Hare by taking a selfie with how its contents make you feel?

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3 weeks ago

finally this story ends
bsky.app/profile/mike...

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3 weeks ago
a paper sign on a Whole Foods self-checkout kiosk notifying the discontinuation of the palm authentication system as a method of checking out.

society is healing

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1 month ago

saw it for the first time a few years ago and didn’t find any fault too large to keep me from loving the movie!

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1 month ago

Love the Jackbox mention at the end, happy to be making the alternative to the nightmare that is adult scheduling.

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2 months ago

sung to the tune of “dallas major”

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2 months ago
YouTube
It Only Has to Work for You: How to Create Engaged Teams | MDEV 25 YouTube video by Wisconsin Games Alliance

Well well, my talk on team dynamics is on YouTube!

Never mind the slide loading issues, they do not persist. Hope you find something useful in it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oe4...

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3 months ago

Excited for him but so sad to see Andrew Schulz up there…the contrast!

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3 months ago

great video. longtime destiny player (stopped after final shape), I decided against playing the new borderlands because of its reliance on these mechanics.

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3 months ago

My guess is the Switch would struggle a lot to render the game. Maybe Switch 2? They got Cyberpunk somehow.

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3 months ago

loved the film having both Blanc’s rant at the beginning and father Jud’s call with Louise

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3 months ago

Finished it today, it’s really good! Didn’t expect to hear the word “playtest” so many times!

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4 months ago

I'm at 70 hours...and even with that, had someone a few weeks ago start telling me about something I had never heard of (search "Atelier Blueprints Maze" if you want).

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4 months ago

And to be clear - the “reduction” in price is really coming from no longer including vault access with the talk pass. I think it’s great those aren’t bundled by default, but the obvious solution is to decouple expo hall access from talk access and provide three price points: expo, talks, talks+vault

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4 months ago
Photo showing that the poster is speaking at the MDEV game industry conference. The conference is November 7th and 8th in Madison, Wisconsin.

I'm giving a talk at MDEV this year! I'll be distilling down lessons about team structure and process from the dozen games I've made at Jackbox. 12pm on Friday in Mendota 3!

It Only Has to Work for You: How to Create Engaged Teams

www.mdevconf.com#/agenda?day=...

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4 months ago

@enothestrife.bsky.social Love this review! Thanks for playing. Also, for the Hear Say minigames, there is a "Skip Intermissions" setting under the "More Gameplay" tab to skip those and get straight to the recording!

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5 months ago

Hey that’s me! It’s been great to learn from leaders in games the past few months. Honored, grateful, etc.

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5 months ago
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Gameplay Engineer - Jackbox Games Jackbox Games is looking for a Gameplay Engineer to join our team!Who are We?Jackbox is a small game studio (~80 people) best known for our Jackbox Party Pack franchise: a set of five social party gam...

Hey hey hey, Jackbox is hiring gameplay engineers! Come build party games with your hands!

wrkbl.ink/beVC9TV

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6 months ago

I saw two get pulled! One is held by the nomai.

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6 months ago

Hah! Walked by y’all and said “I wonder if they’re talking about ZA/UM”

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8 months ago

just did a rewatch last week!

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8 months ago

love love love daisies! they sell their pasta and a few sauces at farmers markets too!

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9 months ago
A screenshot of the Trophy of Trophies achievement for Blue Prince. 0.3% of players have the achievement.

Uh oh, the back-of-the-napkin math says I'm one of the ~1000 folks addicted enough to Blue Prince to earn this trophy.

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9 months ago

omg I loved Treasure Mountain as a kid! part of the very first batch of games I ever played.

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9 months ago

glad you enjoyed! that was a fun achievement to design.

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10 months ago

sending this to joe (guy who yelled chicken jockey)

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1 year ago

very down to talk flash! been working in it for seven years now.

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1 year ago

We just got our first puzzle head man, bark worse than bite imo!!

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1 year ago
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ATTN: #GDC2025 folks - we'll be doing our annual bouldering meetups at Dogpatch Boulders again this year, so pack your climbing shoes!

Monday March 17, 7am-9am
Thursday March 20, 7am-9am

Open to all skill levels, it's a very chill time. 🤙

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