Daniel Cook

I'll do 24g caffienated (2x 12g pour overs) and 12-24g decaf

I tend to water down my pour overs since I don't actually like the super high extraction.

I think we're alone now. Would you like to know more?

'Alone' is an adjective that means 'there doesn't seem to be anyone around.'

it's 100 x 102 positive. now I need 400 more!! come on... make a boat!!

We live in the Internet Court. My personal definitions matter than than hoped.

Internally, we are obsessed with making our games *safer*. We care. We'll do our best. But in this fear-driven society, that will never be enough. Worth acknowledging.

I think we'll pivot to talking about positives we provide. Opportunities for kindness. A friendly community. Moments of connection.

Had an interesting discussion about how 'safe' is an impossible promise. There is always harm possible in any meaningful human interaction. You may build a system a million times safer than an existing process. But one person experiences harm and that promise of safety is seen as a blatant lie.

🌴DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT🌴 Surprise! I am thrilled to announce that the demo for Ourlands, my cozy island builder, just went live! Take a break from, well, everything, and go craft your perfect slice of paradise.

Enjoy!

s.team/a/2074470

we have 6 different clouds all collaborating:
- Dynamic mask clouds based on "cloud cover" parameter
- High up stylized cirrus clouds to create direction\interest
- Far static horizon cumulonimbus, to create a "back plane"
- 2x static midground clouds for parralax
-"bounce plane" clouds

sometimes you record a little timelapse and stare lovingly at the clouds in your video game

Yo listen up heres a story
About a little guy
That lives in a bear world
And all day and all night
And everything they see is just bear
Like them inside and outside
Bear their house
With a bear little window
& a bear little pet
& everything is bear for them
& themself and everybeardy around

You'll all lose your shit when you see how easy it is to self-host Chatto. Why am I even starting a company around this? Nobody is going to give me money to host it for them. I made it too simple. I'm a terrible businessmans

Yes. Yes. We need to celebrate every dev who goes over to the Cozy Side.

True, some resist for years. But when the latent urge finally bursts out into the open, they are (and always have been) one of us. 🚢🍾

Spirit Crossing | Patch Notes for Version 14.7 Greetings, wanderers! Spry Fox is turning 16 years old today! 🥳And we have even more reason to celebrate, with the release of the 14.7 update that brings with it balancing changes to waystation tre…

Spirit Crossing 14.7 is now live! 🧡

we've got..
🌳 big tree changes
🏙️ new decor and hairstyles
🚂 fluffalo train ride boosts
🎨 art changes & improvements
+ requested Quality of Life updates!

available now on Android and iOS (via Testflight)

+ more details here. ↓
spryfox.com/spirit-cross...

Is this trying to tell us something?

Last night was an unexpected interpretation of Backstreet Boys.

The Olympics involves a collision of The Power by Snap and bowling shirts. I watch it all through Eurovision-colored glasses.

Susasus is suspicious of Pegasus

Oh dear. Somehow monsters are on the brink of extinction in...Monster Hunter.

I can track my tiredness by how many typos I make in a single sentence. Today is an 'edit a response three times' day.

😂

a screenshot from the game Spirit Crossing by the studio Spry Fox. the screenshot takes place inside a teahouse owned by a character named Marj who is standing behind a counter. four player-characters look at her from the other side of the counter, one holding their head in confusion with a question mark in a thought bubble.

we now have a subreddit for Spirit Crossing!

this is a great place to share longer videos, write expressive fan lore, ask the community questions, or discuss the large knife strapped to Marj's back that you all discovered using camera mode.

just normal stuff.

reddit.com/r/SpiritCrossing/

"Demon rabbits are in, but we still need to work on occult reptiles"

Blessed be cozy games.

As promised: Faces! 😁 Here's a thread about some technical details for how stylized faces get made in Spirit Crossing. 🧵

The game is inspired by media like Ghibli and BotW, but our faces are unique. There was lots of early discussion about face style & we landed on dot-eyes early...

The Unfair Lie That Ruined Demos What could go wrong if I misinterpret data to make a shocking argument?

This is an amazing story about why a whole decade of game devs thought demos were bad. jboger.substack.com/p/the-unfair...

I do enjoy the pre-dawn vibes

Feels like bleary eyed waiting for the school bus hour

Tami Lam - Netflix | LinkedIn Producer-shaped person doing the video games thing for 20 years. Nominated for an… · Experience: Netflix · Education: AnimSchool · Location: Irvine · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Tami Lam’s prof...

Hey folks so I’m not good at this but, I’m a Sr. Producer seeking work!

💼 20 years of game production XP across Netflix Games/Spry Fox, Bungie, Blizzard, Zynga, Riot Games, and more
⭐️ indie, AAA, PC/console/mobile, 8-400 person teams, internal and ex-dev

www.linkedin.com/in/cuppycake...

Rewriting the Player Contract: Legibility and Trust in Game Development Whether you mean to or not, as a game developer, you will find yourself embedded in contracts with your players, of both explicit and implicit varieties.

"Rewriting the Player Contract" suggests 4 framings for managing high trust with your players:
1 - Tiered commitments (core pillars vs possibility spaces)
2 - Trust Reserves (over-deliver small promises)
3 - Provisional language
4 - Protect mysteries

Read more: polarisgamedesign.com/2025/rewriti...

Reach the summit in Cairn!

Climb anywhere as Aava and challenge deadly Mt. Kami. Choose your route carefully on the giant mountain. Explore for supplies to fill your pack and discover long lost history. Camp, rest, and prepare meals to recover.

Survive and overcome!

See: Voice changer in Arc, Ping system in Apex.

Lots of interesting things happening in PVP PVE. They're working with a toxic-with-strangers legacy of LAN party games. But tons of examples.

That has like 270 million downloads. And growing. I suspect way people have played Sky than have played Journey.