some very good folks have orgainised a Game Manual jam starting in two weeks, one of the most beautiful lost art forms itch.io/jam/game-man...
31.10.2025 16:18 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1@dorukb.bsky.social
the statues are bleeding green iggi phd student @ uni of york researching game design & player creativity [games & zines] fuzul.itch.io [other links] linktr.ee/dorukb
some very good folks have orgainised a Game Manual jam starting in two weeks, one of the most beautiful lost art forms itch.io/jam/game-man...
31.10.2025 16:18 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1I ran a session on PCG for keepsake games at Dagstuhl earlier this year, and as part of that @junevamp.bsky.social, @dipikarajesh.bsky.social, @mtrc.bsky.social and I made our own keepsake game, A Sending!
You can download it for free on itch: florencesmithnicholls.itch.io/a-sending
A new batch of Domino Club games dropped this week and I've been too sick/busy with work chaos to post much about it! Maybe that will give you a hint which, if any, of the games I contributed to... or not... ๐ domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
08.10.2025 16:35 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1maybe i made a game for this domino club jam, maybe I got pissed off at a bug in a red dress for a month. you're gonna have to play them all to make sure domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
06.10.2025 11:48 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Exciting news! DOMINO CLUB returns for the 10th jam! It's possible I made something for it! See all the new games here:
domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...
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hello, truly sorry to do this but i'm struggling to keep my head above water, it is very difficult to find work while trans and autistic on terf island. anything helps, though please do not feel obligated, i have been through worse and am lucky to have a partner to get me through this. thank you.
02.10.2025 08:56 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 24 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2๐ก๐ชnew game: baetyl
a lateral thinking puzzle maze, with a mysterious story...
๐งmade for BRIEFS 2025 - CHEESE
be sure to check out the other games as well! โค๏ธ
New Game: Blank Page Boogie-Woogie.
A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.
illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
someone had to do it ๐
23.09.2025 18:58 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0and i did it in one bus ride
23.09.2025 17:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0glad it helped ๐
23.09.2025 17:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0i did it you can stop thinking about it, i just solved The Male Loneliness Epidemic downpour.games/~doruk/solut...
23.09.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0making downpour game at lunch i think this one will heal the world
23.09.2025 13:05 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0dear reader is a cool game because:
-i have no intention of reading most of these books but it's great to get a taste through playing
-it makes me think about prose a lot
-using sentence structures as puzzles is also pushing me to reflect on patterns in writing
-is fun
uncool bcs:
-only on ios
The support for the Games for Palestine charity bundle has been immensely appreciated these past weeks. With 6 days to go, we are about $14k from reaching $100,000.
Please RT and support the bundle itch.io/b/2979/play-...
An illustration that says "free palestine" with drawn elements representing familiar Palestinian cultural iconography
Free Palestine forever ๐ต๐ธ
16.09.2025 17:34 โ ๐ 3201 ๐ 1642 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 5๐ iGGi Researcher talks!
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Sept 10โ11 โข University of York
Next we have game design research, featuring:
โจ Doruk Balci - @dorukb.bsky.social
๐ Full lineup: www.iggi2025.org/talks-panels...
Learn more about the speakers: www.iggi-phd.org/students
#iGGiCon #GamesResearch #GameDesign
im the programmer in this... its good... play it when it comes out or else
27.08.2025 19:07 โ ๐ 106 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0cool horse
27.08.2025 16:43 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Strip the humanity from the things we do and create. Embrace conformity with a new template made by those who donโt care about existing humans except to exploit them, excusing their scrabble for increasing wealth by waving at technocentric utilitarian religions that happen to align with their egos
27.08.2025 11:37 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1made another downpour in a (short) flight downpour.games/~doruk/hey-l...
27.08.2025 10:48 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0thought this was anthology of the killer for a sec
26.08.2025 17:40 โ ๐ 31 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0im getting on a plane again so might make another stupid ass game on it
24.08.2025 18:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0doruk's first downpour
downpour.games/~doruk/the-c...
drawing on the train.. my old friend
22.08.2025 08:16 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0phone icons of Michael Brough games: cinco paus, imbroglio, 868-hack and Zaga 33, with icons of the white face guy from lost highway, possessed laura palmer, nervous mulholland drive guy who goes behind the diner and big face inland empire laura dern
i changed my phones Brough icons to unsettling david lynch characters so i wouldnโt play them so much, it didnโt work and now these are canon to me
21.08.2025 17:52 โ ๐ 109 ๐ 28 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 1The blog continues to grow... I've added a GIGF roundup as well as more book reviews, the latest gig I went to, and a whole new zines tag: hotelpaintings.neocities.org
17.08.2025 11:23 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0