Chris Maire

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

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Happy father's day

Took forever to get the rotations working, but this feels like a decent stopping point for now.

Tempted to do an art pass as a break but really next is probably better map generation, more resource/economy stuff, then starting on progression.

Boston Indies: No money, No Problems - DIY Indie Publishing, Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup What is it like to make games with no money? What is it like to publish games with (basically) no money? For the past 5 years with the indie game anthology Indiepocalypse,

Boston Indies next month will be @pizzapranks.bsky.social talkin about his monthly DIY game anthology INDIEPOCALYPSE which now has 64 issues(!!!)

Come hear about this cool alt publishing model, and maybe learn about some neat games!!

June 18, 6 - 9 pm
MIT Open Space

www.meetup.com/bostongamede...

while the cell highlight was kinda interesting to write I think actually it feels better to just snap the whole thing on/off

More noodling on this survival buildy thing; been a minute since I did any shader work in Unity, this is a quick shader that draws the grid + highlights current tile

from Anna Anthropy's 'Rise of the Videogame Zinesters' (2012)

really enjoyed this; it's part history, part design manifesto, part instruction manual. The first half is a lot of history and a bit dated/overly expository but when she gets into the why and how of making games it remains very relevant

broke 3 toes so I've had some time to start noodling on an idea I've had kicking around for a while. Wicked early obvs but the start of a survival town builder.

we lived right behind there on Dover St, and loved that whole block...Cafe Barada and Urban Hearth are great, the organizing shop, Little Details, made our garage super tidy.

one thing to watch out for is Spindler usually closes for the summer in June/July for like 2 months!

It's been a couple years, but they used to! it's a small shop, the tempering machine was behind the counter in the right window.

Oh hey my wife used to work here! I ate so many of the little crispy hazelnut guys and the owner is very nice.

$15k for 15 Years! Boston Compass Newspaper 15 Year Anniversary Fundraiser BCN wants to continue platforming local artists and writers! We need you to spread the word. Print is back. Let’s raise $15,000 for our 15th Anniversary special!

The Boston Compass Newspaper is a free, artist-run newspaper that's been going for 15 years, but its future is in jeopardy.
Please share and donate to BCN's fundraiser if you can; I'll be devastated if my community loses something this wonderful. crowdfundr.com/62WCB8?ref=a...

Introducing BOSTON GAMEDEV WEEK - May 5-11! 🥳

Traveling to Boston for PAX East? Join us early for a week full of developer-focused events including meetups, roundtable chats, GodotCon, indies demo night and more!

Full schedule at gamedev.boston

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

Hey bsky! We're Boston Game Dev, a community nonprofit supporting the local game development scene. We help groups big and small run meetups, jams, demo nights, lectures and more. Watch this space for more news about what we have coming up!

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

aight I'm out

This was a very good one; thanks everyone for hanging out and helping me recharge, I'm excited to get home and get back to making some GAMES

Yeah and for what it's worth I think Smugglers has the same problem. It would be #1 but there's always a line and getting a drink can take forever.

every time I see a Tommy's marg in a menu/book/article I'm blown away again that a small and fairly nondescript restaurant made such a big mark on boozing

controversial take, but the logic is solid

yeah nothin' against Zombie Village, just stiff competition. That drink with the little pandan popsicle? Incredible

Soooo you're saying you'd rank it above Tonga

drink quality, service, music choices...it's good if you go early but after like 7 it's crazy in there

Chris' SF Tiki Bar Ranking

Forbidden Island
Smugglers Cove
Last Rites
Pagan Idol
Zombie Village
Trader Vics
Tonga Room
Tradr Sams

#GDC2025

"So long! Suckers!" slayed me, nice puzzle and congrats!!

The front page of puzzmo.com for March 4th 2025

Today’s @puzzmo.com crossword is my first for the site (!!) and a collab with the excellent @e-a-rly.bsky.social

www.puzzmo.com/today

bro you can't keep doing this to me, already got wrecked by wizard tower this week

I’m fucking crying 😂

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