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@michaelklamerus.bsky.social

Makes tiny games. Currently in grad school to be a librarian. Helps organize local game dev stuff near Detroit. they/them https://michael-klamerus.itch.io/ https://virtualmoose.org/

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Cole City #1 - A retro futurist comic on hope and rebellion Inspired by Final Fantasy VII, Upton Sinclair, and Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Cole City is a stylish story about finding your fight.

Cole City Kickstarter is liiiiiiiiveee! Story by me, phenomenal art by @facundonehuenlopez.bsky.social! Stellar variant cover by @janetklee.bsky.social! Fun stretch goals to come!

#indiecomics #comics #crowdfunding #kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/fas...

09.03.2026 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

it is a trip when you have something sitting in your rss feed that has been inactive for multiple years and it gets a new post

09.03.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IMO 2025 was the best year for adventure games in a long time, with Rosewater being one of the highlights among the point-and-click adventures

09.03.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As part of our talk we released the FULL CONTRACT for Outersloth!!!

Give it a read! None of it so changed other than removing addresses! All our games have this deal! WHOA!

β€οΈπŸ™

09.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 204    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

tbh you're probably better off not knowing about any bluesky drama

09.03.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I think a lot of people a year or two ago would have been happy to pay for the service and that good will has slowly been drained in that time

09.03.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

on one hand it's probably good to no longer have a CEO that just yells waffles at people but on the other hand "venture capitalist" lol good lord

09.03.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Here, hear it from the man himself.

09.03.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 399    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

can confirm it works!

09.03.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dragon’s Lair – β€œDirk, who knew no fear” When Zzap! 64 interviewed Chris Butler about making Ghosts’n Goblins, the interviewer reacted strongly to the game Butler said he’d be working on next. β€œSpace Harrier! You’re joking?! [&#8230…

Even among 1986's ambitious arcade conversions, Dragon's Lair was baffling. How did anyone look at its laserdisc-powered lushness and think "this would work perfectly on C64"?

It turns out, no one did.

New post on how it happened, and proved a success, anyway:

superchartisland.com/dragons-lair/

09.03.2026 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

now, more than ever, the whole world is thinking "maybe it will happen today"

09.03.2026 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
Internally, WigglyPaint maintains three image buffers and edits them simultaneously, with different types of randomization applied for different drawing tools; many tools apply a random position offset between stroke segments or randomly select different brush shapes and sizes:

Internet Janitor just uploaded a blog post that I think you should read if you enjoy #WigglyPaint or Decker:

beyondloom.com/blog/onwiggl...

It really sucks to see just how many people have stolen WigglyPaint to slap β€œsend money to me (instead of the developer)” buttons all over it.

#wiggly-paint

05.03.2026 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
The Lost World of HeroMUD | The Virtual Moose

just remembered that a few years ago I wrote about a MUD set in Ann Arbor that was lost a few decades ago. Always up for learning more about the game if anyone has info that isn't in here

virtualmoose.org/2022/09/26/t...

05.03.2026 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What have you been driving? I don't think I'm buying a car in the next year but whatever I get next will be hybrid or electric

09.03.2026 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can probably just follow through RSS so it's not a big deal but when I try to subscribe through the box at the bottom of the page I get "Failed to send magic link email"

09.03.2026 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nancy 3/7/26

08.03.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1339    πŸ” 252    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 14
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Game Developers Conference - Wikipedia

a games convention can just be some people hanging out at someone's house, like the first GDC

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_De...

22.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The US & Israel, supported by most EU nations & Gulf states, just poisoned a city of 9 million people...

It also rained black after Hiroshima & Nagasaki.

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I didn’t realize you made your own engine. That’s really cool!

08.03.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy international women’s day! Why not read my latest column about Being a Woman and Station to Station here:

08.03.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

thank you!

08.03.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I heard Visionaire is very good but I don’t want to use anything that isn’t free and open source

08.03.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shadow: A Parable of Sappho on Steam Shadow: A Parable of Sappho is a narrative-driven gothic adventure set in Ancient Greece. Play as the famous poet Sappho of Lesbos: help the Seven Sages, comfort the population, speak with the Gods an...

πŸ₯€ What if poetry was your only weapon against a deadly plague? Play as Sappho of Lesbos πŸ›οΈ in our narrative-driven #pointandclick adventure full of #mythology, puzzles… and horror.

πŸ“œ Help the Seven Sages and fight the shadows.

Add it to your wishlist! πŸ‘‡ bit.ly/shadow-steam #IndieGame #PixelArt

08.03.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'll have to give that a try. Thank you!

08.03.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you've got this!

08.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeahhhhh I really, really wish this was in there

08.03.2026 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For folks running Adventure Game Studio on Mac/Linux, how are you doing this? Planning on ditching Windows soonish and I see a few options for AGS but was wondering what folks on here were happy with.

08.03.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Save 20% on Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...

This weekend you can get Perfect Tides: Station to Station for 20% off!

If you like coming of age narrative games set in 2003 that *happen to be* up for 2 IGF awards, here's your chance to get it for a song.

store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...

07.03.2026 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

thinking ill probably extend this for a week just because, not posting on the other site = very little traction lol so come get your juice while its bubbling <3

08.03.2026 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0