bsg_joel

@bsg-joel.bsky.social

Programmer, writer & community on DREDGE 🎣 at Black Salt Games 🇳🇿 Nebula, Hugo and 4x BAFTA nominee.

please enjoy the very first (and very early) screenshot from our second game. there's a lot of this world still left to build, but i can promise that none of it will ever involve gen-AI.

a screenshot from a game. the shot looks out over a cliff, with green grass and seed-heads in the foreground. it's dark, in the early hours of the morning. the cloudless sky is a greeny-blue with smudges of pink and purple purple. unknown constellations. on the ground below the cliff, a forest sprawls into the foggy distance. a low saddle-hill rises in the distance.

2025 has seen some great video games, but there's one that took me by surprise, and i've not seen enough folks talk about: DEATH HOWL by @11bitstudios.bsky.social it's an earthy, primal, pixel-art deckbuilder that is NOT a roguelike, for once. it's a total breath of fresh air and i adore it.

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you should've seen my face a few months ago when i spent all weekend playing Two Point Museum and then got into work the next day to find an email from them in our inbox asking to collab

Two Point Museum 🦕@twopointstudios.bsky.social · 11mo ago

You might not like what finds you in the next Digiverse rift... Scour the depths, and discover why some things are best left forgotten. Two Point Museum x @blacksaltgames.com's DREDGE is out now! 🎣 youtu.be/K2L_z9phxxw

cast n chill is an extremely beautiful and considered take on cozy fishing. fighting the fish feels realistic and satisfying, but it never relies on tension gauges or silly minigames. very happy to be able to set this up with the team over the ditch

Wombat Brawler@wombatbrawler.com · last yr.

We’re beyond excited to launch the DREDGE x Cast n Chill Bundle - a perfect pairing of two very different (but equally awesome) fishing games, now available together at 10% off! 🎣 Cast your line into both worlds today! store.steampowered.com/bundle/55945...

girls tell me that it doesn't matter how small your dev team is, the important thing is how cohesive you are it's entirely possible to be a solo dev and still not be aligned to the core vision of your game

the black salt christmas gift this year was a set of greenstone hooks; one for each of us, carved from the same stone in the style of the hook from the dredge logo. incredible

3 fish hook greenstone necklaces

they tell you not to release a game on a friday but true masochism is releasing one on xmas day. DREDGE is now free on EPIC. happy xmas from new zealand

a screenshot of the epic games store showing that dredge is available for free