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James York | ちーぷ

@york.bsky.social

Games, play, & language @ Meiji University | Editor of Ludic Language Pedagogy | Founder - York Game Lab | #和太鼓 | #PETSCII | #日本語 (N1合格) | #スマブラ | #chiptune | DMs open

179 Followers  |  193 Following  |  307 Posts  |  Joined: 08.03.2023  |  1.924

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Looks wonderful 😍

16.02.2026 11:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great choice. I remember playing this one and telling all my friends to get it, too. Super disturbing in such a limited space. 🏠

16.02.2026 11:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Things got better though

15.02.2026 22:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sandwiched between my least favourite word at the Hokkaido JALT event yesterday.

15.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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"The Thief's Journal"
My fellow prisoners were moths. They danced frantically beneath the light, blinded by that dangerous urge to disregard the risks. Stupid bastards.

source in a post below

#pico8 #codeart #tweetcart #postcart #generative #sizecoding

08.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 57    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

HBD Aerith 🎂

07.02.2026 06:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Carrick Lomas - Video Game Translator Carrick Lomas - video game translator is a talented and passionate localizer from the UK who juggles freelance work and game publishing.

Interviews with Localizers is back (again)!!! This time with an interview with Japanese to English video game translator and project manager @japantaloons.bsky.social!
#InterviewswithLoc
j-entranslations.com/carrick-loma...

01.02.2026 05:37 — 👍 105    🔁 32    💬 1    📌 3
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New PB!!
自己ベスト更新!!
(キツかったよ〜)

#running #守谷 #ハーフマラソン #halfmarathon

01.02.2026 07:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A tokimeki memorial-like background
function _init()s=8 end
function _update60()s=(s-.25)%8 end
function _draw()
cls(7)
for i=-2,17 do for j=-2,17 do
if(i+j)%2==0 then
x=flr(s)+i*8
y=j*8-flr(s)
rectfill(x,y,x+7,y+7,12)
rectfill(x+8,y+1,x+8,y+7,1)
rectfill(x+1,y+8,x+8,y+8,1)
end
end end
end #PICO8

28.01.2026 22:54 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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政治経済学部で、ここまで本気でゲームを作っていた ―明治大学・ヨーク先生ゼミ訪問記 ―|きっしー こんにちは。「リアル世界を神ゲーに」するゲームフルデザイナーLv99のきっしーです。 2026年1月13日、御茶ノ水にある明治大学・リバティタワーを訪れ、 **政治経済学部 ヨーク,ジェームズ先生のゼミ(遊戯文化論)**に参加させていただきました。 ヨーク先生とは昨夏の日本デジタルゲーム学会で出会いました。 ゼミのテーマは「教育 × ゲーム × 遊び心」。 ゲームデザインスタジオ形式で行われて...

岸本先生の訪問記が出ました🥰

抜粋した文章:
> 正直に言うと、「政治経済学部で、ここまで本気でゲームを作っているとは」というのが最初の率直な驚きでした。

私たちは本気です💪✌️✨

note.com/happy_newt22...

#明治大学 #YorkGameLab #ゲームx教育

22.01.2026 07:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today!

21.01.2026 05:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I really enjoyed hearing @lauraehall.bsky.social talk about murder mystery (LARP) games on @secretlivesofgames.bsky.social podcast. I just played a Group SNE one with my students. Japan based, and unfortunately not in English (yet. Perhaps I can persuade them 😉 )

www.groupsne.co.jp/products/bg/...

20.01.2026 05:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

学習 → 学生*

19.01.2026 02:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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和泉キャンパスでゲームショウを行ってます。

部屋:リエゾン棟 L2教室

空きコマの学習是非遊びに来てください!!

#PICO8 #ゲームデザイン #明治大学

19.01.2026 02:11 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Nono, you good! Thanks for this awesome knowledge 💡 🤯 ✌️

18.01.2026 22:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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After ~10 years of making PICO-8 games, I bundled 16 of them into one collection ✨

SEBI 16 is out now! 🎉

16% launch discount for the first week
store.steampowered.com/app/3946490/...

#pico8 #sebi16 #indiedev

16.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 147    🔁 44    💬 3    📌 4

I thought the console wars-style marketing/trolling was limited to North America. It's interesting that this exists AND is only limited to the JP version! Is the illustration official or fan-based? I'm guessing the latter.

18.01.2026 22:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Only on the JP version, if you hold C+Start on the 2nd controller when the Sega logo appears, you'll see Mania stomp on a Super Famicom before the intro starts

17.01.2026 09:05 — 👍 273    🔁 101    💬 8    📌 1
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Current state of laptop

(Yes, I’ve done this to every one I’ve owned. And yes, I know it’s a cliche but I don’t care)

18.01.2026 08:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A modern looking cyclops runs gleefully towards splore.p64

A modern looking cyclops runs gleefully towards splore.p64

#picotron 0.2.2 is up on lexaloffle and humble: picotron.net

- Splore (ctrl-1 to toggle fullscreen!)
- Native Window Exports
- Search Across Files
- File chooser() / Generalised Drag & Drop
- Updated Manual with more sections & examples

Changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...

14.01.2026 10:50 — 👍 124    🔁 29    💬 7    📌 1
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Today was the Sophia Game Show (at least that’s what I’m calling my end of semester game showcase). Some really high quality #PICO8 games on show this semester, with equal effort in creating their booths (in one case in particular) 🚋🚋🚋🚋

#GameEducation #GameDesign #SophiaU

15.01.2026 06:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A reminder that this is happening next week.
Come hear my students talk about video games!

🗓️ Wednesday 21st Jan
📍Meiji University's Global Hall
🎟️ Free admission

#Meiji #History #VideoGames #PublicEvent #YorkGameLab

14.01.2026 23:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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PICO RPG : Forest Tileset by Cluly Small 32x128 Forest tileset.

I updated my little #pico8 forest tileset. It's free, have fun. #pixelart #gamedev #itchio cluly.itch.io/pico-rpg-for...

11.01.2026 20:17 — 👍 48    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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今日は高校サッカーの決勝戦だったので、スーファミの「全国高校サッカー」をプレイするのにいいタイミングだった。

地元のチームでプレイしてみたけど、弱かったw

面白いことに、町の名前が逆さまになっている。
「守谷」vs「猿島」

「守谷」vs「島猿」
になる

#SNES #SFC #retrogaming #高校サッカー

12.01.2026 11:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Worked on a card game with my son today. this is the next one we’ll crowdfund. It’s got potential (based on recent playtests with friends).

🪲🐛昆虫🐞🐝
バトルかるた

Coming soon

#cardgame #boardgame #かるた #昆虫

07.01.2026 09:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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次回のTokyo Indiesは1月21日開催です。

会場:MOGRA(秋葉原)
開催時間:19:00 - 23:00(プレゼンは20:30~)
入場料:1500円 (1ドリンク付き)

プレゼン申請はこちらから。
www.tokyoindies.com/present/

06.01.2026 07:41 — 👍 24    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Got inspired to make a new PICO-8 game about getting a seat on the train here in Japan.

DONE
- train moves in
- some rudimentary enemy AI

TODO
- too much!

#gamedev #PICO8

05.01.2026 11:44 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
★彡 SNES DUB EXPEDITION 彡★
YouTube video by James York ★彡 SNES DUB EXPEDITION 彡★

Still my fave mixtape so far. It took quite some time to put together 1 hour of dubby SNES tracks.
Check it out 👇
youtu.be/sPa_sJBkjX8

Featuring:
Adventure Island
Snoopy Concert
Earthbound
Shin Megami Tensei: If...
Thoroughbred Breeder 2
+ loads more

#SNES #dub #VGM #lofi #chill #studyBGM

05.01.2026 00:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just finished up our fan recording of Insert Credit Ep19 - Interactacular. @alexjaffe.bsky.social thanks for the questions (apart for the boner one... 🤣😳). Will be sharing soon (maybe)
@insertcredit.com

28.12.2025 06:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
image of Steam graphics of recommended games that came out in 2025, from right to left: Stray Children, Skin Deep, Baby Steps, HYPERBEAT, Discopup, Consume Me, Blippo+, Angeline Era, Complex 629, Warm Monkey, Babushka's Glitch Dungeon, Eclipsium, ROUTINE, Despelote, No Players Online, Fragrance Point, Mohrta, Brush Burial: Gutter World, Mashina, Asterism

image of Steam graphics of recommended games that came out in 2025, from right to left: Stray Children, Skin Deep, Baby Steps, HYPERBEAT, Discopup, Consume Me, Blippo+, Angeline Era, Complex 629, Warm Monkey, Babushka's Glitch Dungeon, Eclipsium, ROUTINE, Despelote, No Players Online, Fragrance Point, Mohrta, Brush Burial: Gutter World, Mashina, Asterism

hello. here are some games that came out this year, this year of 2025, that are cool to check out. or don't check them out, i dunno it's your decision, i can't make it for you

27.12.2025 16:59 — 👍 175    🔁 38    💬 4    📌 2

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