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Simoose

@simoose.bsky.social

I'm a Belgian father of two. A game designer making educational games like Kadet, Wouw, Fluo, Luna, Mol en Beer & Kweetet for educational publisher die Keure. I was on the game design team for Ghost on the Shore by like Charlie. Love DnD and cycling.

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We're developing an educational game aimed at practicing spelling. It's a puzzle-exploration game with non-violent turn based "combat". #labo

22.03.2025 08:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this!

10.12.2024 17:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The creative adult is the child who survived."

<3

10.12.2024 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 57    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wealth, shown to scale Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:

eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...

07.12.2024 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 960    ๐Ÿ” 394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66

Had the unfortunate pleasure of our company being bought and landing in the gambling industry. The narrative was that "most don't get addicted" and "we force nobody to play". When I suggested the same 'arguments' are used by drug dealers, I was being hyperbolic. I left due to ethical reasons.

07.12.2024 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm taking a deep dive into the world of Turn Based Tactical Combat design. If anyone has good resources to share, very much appreciated!

04.12.2024 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just saw they offered you 30%, guess we got screwed even more than I thought.

27.11.2024 11:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had the exact same thing happen to us last year. Get in contact with your unity rep, we got a 10% discount (which still sucked tbh but our backlog is entirely unity so...)
Thanks for being vocal about this!

27.11.2024 11:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character named spongebob is making a heart with his hands ALT: a cartoon character named spongebob is making a heart with his hands

The existence of rainbows is fricking awesome!

27.11.2024 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What would you call this fellow?

23.11.2024 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey @thomas.flying-oak.com , thanks for the insightful talk yesterday at Game:Feel!

22.11.2024 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Sander! I happened to be at the event too. Did you attend the showcase as well?

22.11.2024 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a lot of people are following back (thanks and well met!), I'll repost this introduction from a couple of months ago so we can get to know each other. This is me! Please tell me more about yourselves :)

19.11.2024 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jeg lรฆrer norsk, og รฅ hรธre pรฅ 'spรฆll' er en av de beste og morsomste รธvelsene jeg har funnet.

15.11.2024 10:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would've been cool. The players decided they'd rather end things here though.

26.08.2024 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Total party kill. All player characters died during the same encounter, abruptly ending the campaign.

23.08.2024 09:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Experienced a TPK for the first time as a DM yesterday. It sucked. The table was set, all the die rolls went poorly, I had no more way to intervene except for providing deus ex machina. At least the players took it like champs. This is a 3y running campaign, nearing it's finally. I'm sad. #gaming

23.08.2024 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like a great challenge!
Looking forward to the official mod support in september, curious what that will bring to the table.

22.08.2024 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Didn't really dig into the mods yet, except for the Trials of Tav.
I was wondering if there's already mods for the DnD classes and subclasses not included in the base game? Any other good mod recommendations?

22.08.2024 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just keep finding myself being sucked back into Baldur's Gate 3 from time to time. Act 1 is just such a fun way to experiment with DnD builds. #gaming #bg3

22.08.2024 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

- Papo & yo
- That dragon, cancer

13.08.2024 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got into dice making a while back. Made a ton of them. Loved the creative process. Hate Hate HATE sanding. It eventually got me to stop making dice.

11.08.2024 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Late to the party, so let me give you 5 to jump in.
- Outer Wilds
- Portal
- Super Meat Boy
- Super Crate Box
- Magic The Gathering
#GameChallenge #Games

11.08.2024 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
STEAM DEMO CHEAT SHEET
Demos can now appear in New & Trending and New on Steam!
When you launch your demo, email wishlisters:
You can do this ONCE within a 2 week period.
A demo can now have its own page (or not).
Should you give your demo its own page?
It's up to you! Some things to consider:
Yes: Demo gets own page, Gets dedicated Steam reviews
More pages means more discovery?
No: Linked from main game, Simpler to manage just one page, Can focus on one URL to promote?
STEAM NEXT FEST: Your demo can only appear in ONE, so pick the one nearest launch.
Matt Hackett
Aug 2024
valadria.com

STEAM DEMO CHEAT SHEET Demos can now appear in New & Trending and New on Steam! When you launch your demo, email wishlisters: You can do this ONCE within a 2 week period. A demo can now have its own page (or not). Should you give your demo its own page? It's up to you! Some things to consider: Yes: Demo gets own page, Gets dedicated Steam reviews More pages means more discovery? No: Linked from main game, Simpler to manage just one page, Can focus on one URL to promote? STEAM NEXT FEST: Your demo can only appear in ONE, so pick the one nearest launch. Matt Hackett Aug 2024 valadria.com

Steam game devs, demos have changed a LOT:

๐Ÿ”ฅ You can now EMAIL wishlisters (this is huge)
๐Ÿ“ˆ Demos can now appear in NEW & TRENDING!
โœ… You can give your demo its own page (if you want)

Here's a quick cheat sheet:

#gamedev #indiedev

06.08.2024 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I got two YouTube videos in before it broke ๐Ÿ‘Œ

06.08.2024 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reading How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe and this sentence hits home : โ€œI was no longer someone who had so much potential. I was quickly becoming someone who hadnโ€™t reached it.โ€

05.08.2024 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last day before vacation. Do any of you have a 'last day at work' ritual? Mine is cleaning up the scattered notes with (by now) meaningless numbers, sketches of hexagon grids, written down lists of variables and semi-thought out game flow diagrams I had to track some day. #gamedev

02.08.2024 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One type of damage AI does comes from this imo. As the general public wises up about AI, it starts to get recognised and actively pushed back against. In that proces actual amazing art styles that took artists years to develop get labeled 'cheap', as they are what AI tries to emulate.

01.08.2024 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hi Matt, looks great! Any plans on Dutch loca? I have an 8y old that would love to play.

01.08.2024 05:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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