c.diffin
@cdiffin.bsky.social
Maker of Games and Sounds. Better in person. He/Him 📚 - Graduated MA Games Design @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social 🔜 - Square Zero Games 🕹️ - cdiffin.itch.io
Excellent pico-8 find this week: Carrot Kingdom! 🥕🥕 Thanks @donutshunter.com !! www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=156...
still glowing after GIGF26 @glasgowindiegamesfest.org its heartening to see so many beautiful people exploring the potential of indie games by just following their own personal fascinations and micro obsessions my faith in the medium has been restored for another year
The Dealer is having a lovely time at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org. So far, he’s climbed some stairs, done a little exercise routine, and had a little sleep.
Uh oh… looks like someone from the back back office gave the Dealer a box budget for this manifestation at @glasgowindiegamesfest.org…
I think I’m ready to embark on the right of passage all true games designers must undergo. (I am thinking about making a sokoban)
I think that being in Ireland and seeing that the Irish government has paid for there to be pride flags literally everywhere and having bus drivers that aren’t ground down to within an inch of their last nerve has really brought home how worried I am about my home rn
So I snuck something in to the manifesto jam last night. It’s about how we have games design practices at home. I considered updating it with an image and better formatting today, but on reflection I think that would be missing my own point. cdiffin.itch.io/games-design...
Games Design has a Backlog Problem by c.diffin
A manifesto for Manifesto Jam 2026
cdiffin.itch.io
@haraiva.bsky.social hey! I’m trying to fling my entry under the closing door but itch doesn’t seem to want to let me choose it as an option on the jam page? Has anyone else encountered this?
Sadly, someone tipped me $5 for The Invisible Casino last night so I didn't read this (to be safe). Talk about timing! But I'm reliably told this is dead on
I wrote a manifesto for making games, and (not) selling them, for #manifestojam illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...
This August, I will be replacing all other voice chat with Big Walk. Phone calls, FaceTime, Discord, Teams… out. I will only be reachable via Big Walk.
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Our new game about walking and talking comes out August 4 on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world.
"It's Scorched Earth, Pale" 🚀>Contact Protocol: SCORCHED-EARTH👨🚀 is a six page fan made comic adaptation, written by @hlroberts.bsky.social and illustrated by @livnimbe.bsky.social for the upcoming game Contact Protocol by @coldzephyrgames.bsky.social Coming out next week on the 12th!
Games Garden Party is part unconference and part games show-and-tell. Join us in NW London on June 27th for an afternoon of chats and games. More info and sign up here: gamesgarden.neocities.org
Games Garden
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Good weather for blasting this out the window youtu.be/q2MoQJP-PhA?...
Kate Nash - GERM (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Kate Nash
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The emotional rollercoaster of seeing Wes Streeting had quit (yay), then thinking he’d be doing a leadership bid (oh no), to him saying he wouldn’t (lol), to now people saying he is… has been a lot.
If you’ve a card, betting or bluffing game/ prototype or idea for one that you’d like to grace the Car Boot Casino floor with in future then let me know this-a-way -> forms.gle/HVi9q7irnX21...
Sending out my absolute biggest pit boss love & thanks to everyone who graced the c/kasino floor at @amazefest.bsky.social yesterday. Those moments when the whole room stopped, many heart in mouth, the tinkling of the the piano as everyone awaited the results of each horse race test.
It's been a while since I shared a long read! I spent several months looking at gender representation in the world of board games. Hugely grateful for the time of the designers who shared their stories with me.
Board games are bigger and more welcoming than ever, but women still face an uphill battle for the right kind of representation. www.wargamer.com/board-games/... #BoardGames #Wingspan #Tabletop
“Do not play games by using in-game functions in a manner other than what they were originally intended for.” - FromSoftware, Elden Ring, 2022
🦩Attention @amazefest.bsky.social attendees! Our data suggests that the Dealer will manifest at the open screens today at 17:00! Proceed with caution.
I’ve reached the point in learning CSS where I now know the situations where the usual logic doesn’t apply, but don’t quite understand the different logic that applies in those cases. My spellbook grows…
The Dealer is ready. They even have a new tie…
We're doing it again, only this time in German! The Car Boot Casino will be passing through Google Translate to open its doors 3:30pm Sat 16 May at @amazefest.bsky.social as the Krimskramskasino. As always we've got a hecking great line up of croupiers + maybe some piano + maybe some horses.
I can highly recommend going to this! Not least because I'm showing two things in it 😄 MY DATE WITH PIERCE BROSNAN will be running on 6 Jun 💖 THE BOOK RITUAL will be playable throughout the weekend 📚
NEWS: The full line-up for Voidspace Live, the UK’s biggest festival of grassroots interactive performance, games and playable art, has been announced, and features new work from the likes of John Robertson, Yannick Trapman-O'Brien and UNCLE BARRY. www.immersiverumours.com/post/full-li...
I love trains. I wish more people loved trains. I think making them affordable would probably help a lot. But there is a thing as too much train.
Recently realised just how much I think about this page from Wanderhome by @jdragsky.bsky.social It’s basically every day, and I just love it so much. I want nothing more than to be making spaces where people can show up and feel connection, even if talking is too much. That’s the goal.
I played Power Grid yesterday for the first time and I can't stop thinking about it. There is exactly 1 source of randomness in the whole game, which is tuned to produce absolute maximum schadenfreude, and then its just raw competency contingency all the way down.
No-one prepares you for the leap in arcane lore skill required for the CSS dungeon. I'm going back to farm HTML for a bit.
im at the Whitechapel (tube station) i dont see you here dawg tiny ass hamburgers tiny ass cheeseburgers tiny ass chicken sandwiches its outlandish kid …
Who doesn’t want to play a game about being a seagull, pooping everywhere and robbing chips? Saw the full process of LJ designing this and it’s lovely to see it (hopefully) made available!
Recently showcased it at a board game expo🤩, where many players got to try it for the first time. Grateful for everyone who played, supported, and shared their thoughts! And now it is Available on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jie...