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🇨🇦 25 | He/they | Bisexual autistic furry mess | I like puzzle games and sometimes platformers | pfp: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/321535 DM for my Discord server

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Julia@insertdomain.name · 7d ago

The people bitching about byte for byte ai assisted decomps are funny to me because as someone who worked on pokemerald- you have no idea how much work goes into that shit, and how much of it is just semantic analysis and shit that llms are good at. It's a genuine good fit, and legally green.

gate@gate.itch.io · 3d ago

hello i have no shame in using any mention of jon blow to advertise my game again. store.steampowered.com/app/3641010/...

Derelict Star on Steam

A precise momentum-based platformer that emphasizes exploration and navigation puzzles. Run and jump your way through a wide variety of obstacles and challenges as you explore an abandoned derelict fr...

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gate@gate.itch.io · 5mo ago

got a new pull quote for Derelict Star courtesy of Jonathan Blow. thank you so much for playing my game!

Reviews "I seriously cannot recommend this game enough" Raigan Burns "It is absolutely lovely" Daniel Linssen "The intro level made me rage quit" Jonathan Blow
gate@gate.itch.io · 5mo ago

got a new pull quote for Derelict Star courtesy of Jonathan Blow. thank you so much for playing my game!

Reviews "I seriously cannot recommend this game enough" Raigan Burns "It is absolutely lovely" Daniel Linssen "The intro level made me rage quit" Jonathan Blow
vibe-free lifestyle and smiling apple purveyor@ellaguro.bsky.social · 4d ago

Isles of Sea and Sky, Salad Fields, Bonfire Peaks, He Who Watches, A Monster's Expedition, etc (puzzle games you could be playing instead of Order of the Sinking Star)

Nick Suttner@nsuttner.bsky.social · 4d ago

I gave Braid an A+ back in my press days. I spent 100s of hours working on The Witness at PlayStation, fighting for it, getting it into conferences, and being Jon's personal wrangler. I even coined "Metroidbrainia" after it. I will not be buying Order of the Sinking Star, and neither should you.

Nick Suttner@nsuttner.bsky.social · 4d ago

I gave Braid an A+ back in my press days. I spent 100s of hours working on The Witness at PlayStation, fighting for it, getting it into conferences, and being Jon's personal wrangler. I even coined "Metroidbrainia" after it. I will not be buying Order of the Sinking Star, and neither should you.

Jake Sones@jakeson.es · 5d ago

On the eve of the "New Jonathan Blow Game" (Order Of The Sinking Star), I think it's worth re-sharing @alanhazelden.bsky.social's thread from the announcement.

Draknek & Friends@draknek.bsky.social · 10mo ago

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

Giovanni Colantonio@marioprime.bsky.social · 5d ago

If you want a really killer 2026 puzzle game that feels truly mind-bending, innovative, secret-filled, and full of compounding rules, I can't recommend He Who Watches enough. store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

He Who Watches on Steam

Walk on walls. Manipulate gravity. Discover secrets. In this first-person puzzle game, delve deep into an ancient labyrinth of intricate conundrums, seeking an imprisoned god at the centre.

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Jagriff@jagriff.bsky.social · 5d ago

Let me tell you about a huge open-world sokobanish puzzler from an award winning designer. It focuses on the combinatorial explosion of combining many simple mechanics, but it also goes deep with secrets and an open world of nested levels. It's 26% off on Steam for another day!

The Gammelier@thegammelier.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pretty much where I land in my review Play Void Stranger or Down the Bunburrows or Isles of Sea & Sky or a million other games that already drank Blow’s milkshake youtu.be/4uk9zOiptYw

Should You Give Jon Blow Your Money? An OSS Review

YouTube video by The Gammelier

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Michael@michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 5d ago

instead of hand wringing about if folks should play the new Jon Blow game or not, what if folks just played the billion other good puzzle games instead that you can find on sites like here? thinkygames.com

itch.io@itch.io · 5d ago

🫢 Oh and one more thing today! Spoiler text and collapsible details are now available for editing within the text editor

Supper Mario Broth@mariobrothblog.bsky.social · last wk.

Super Mario Sunshine is surprisingly more realistic than later Mario games in one specific aspect: here, Mario will start drowning if he hangs on to a ledge in such a way that water is flowing into his nose and mouth, as one would in real life.

Observe Mario holding on to a ledge that water is flowing over in Super Mario Galaxy (left) and Super Mario Odyssey (right). If realistic physics applied, he should start drowning since his nostrils and mouth are covered by water flowing into them. However, in these games the air depletion/drowning state is tied to the swimming animation. As long as Mario is not visibly swimming, he cannot be drowning even if he is covered by water. In Super Mario Sunshine, however, air depletion is decoupled from swimming as an action, allowing Mario to realistically start drowning in this situation (note him flashing red and his air meter depleting). However, he is saved by Sunshine's (also unique among 3D Mario platformers) ledge tiredness mechanic. After hanging on for 20 seconds, Mario will let go. This is also realistic, since why would he let himself drown? Source: discovery by YouTube user @miguelgcgamer, screenshots by Supper Mario Broth