John Wordsworth
@johnwordsworth.bsky.social
Game developer & tech leader in Sweden. All about games, TTRPGs, and board games. Former Tech Director at Paradox Interactive. Maths PhD Survivor. OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - Wishlist Now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/Occult_Cleanup_Agency/
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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My time at Unity is coming to a premature end, with our consulting team being dismantled. That means that ✨Sparkling Code✨ is available again for all your C++, performance, graphics and gamedev needs, now with premium Unity expertise too!
Super excited for this to release in just TWO WEEKS now! The team at Mojang are lovely, smart and delightful to work with and they've built an excellent game that's a lot of fun. If you're looking for a family-friendly, co-op, Diablo-esque ARPG to play in the coming weeks - you should check it out!
Marc Watson@marc-irl.bsky.social · 6d agoSneaking very carefully, dressed very thematically. 👀 Read about the preorder-exclusive Twisted Cape and how you can get it in Minecraft (pictured) at: www.minecraft.net/article/mine... ⏰ We're launching Minecraft Dungeons II on September 29th! Preorder at: www.minecraft.net/store/minecr...
Thanks for the kind words sir! Can't wait to share more of the game with you (and the rest of the world). Huge thanks for the re-share - much appreciated!
Chris@lordchancellor.bsky.social · 3d agoMy incredibly talented friend is a part of a small indie team making a game. I was lucky enough to get my hands on the first mission (albeit as a test subject 😉) and I had an enormous amount of fun with it. Go and check out Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam and pop it on your wish list for their reach!
Occult Cleanup Agency A deductive, paranormal, cleaning sim releasing 2027. Investigate the scene. Solve the mystery. Clean away all evidence of the horrors that occurred. Golden Idol + Power Wash Sim + X-Files. Wishlists and reshares massively appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
store.steampowered.com
All right, here's the first call out. Within hours of me publishing an incredibly in-depth piece on CMON's finances, which covers a multitude of stock exchange filings from across several weeks, this article appeared on @tabletopgamingnews.bsky.social: www.tabletopgamingnews.com/cmon-is-suff...
CMON Faces Make-or-Break Moment as It Warns of "Prolonged Structural Downturn" - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
CMON has issued a stark warning about its future, telling investors its core business is stuck in a "prolonged structural downturn" and still burning through
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BoardGameWire@boardgamewire.bsky.social · 7d agoIt's become hugely dispiriting how frequently I'm having to contact other tabletop news sites asking that they -please- cite BoardGameWire as the source of the story they've just directly lifted, slightly reworded or run through ChatGPT before slapping it on their site without attribution.
Have seen the posts before but only just today took the time to look into Vampirium: 1997. It looks super interesting and something I want to sink my teeth into! Also nice that it looks like a macOS build is on the cards, because this is exactly the sort of game that should play well on a laptop.
Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 2mo agoProud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...
Doodling our Occult Cleanup Agency protagonist. Cosmic horrors come in all shapes and sizes I guess ♥️ Steam link for more info! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Upgraded Occult Cleanup Agency to Unity 6.6 yesterday. For the first time in a while, I'm excited by the updates. Project Auditor and Unity CLI are great. Not got faster shader builds working yet, but hopefully soon. Then CoreCLR is just around the corner... store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
store.steampowered.com
This is all I can think of whenever I see the images going around about the upcoming Apple Launch event...
Oh, that’s right - we now have a first trailer for Occult Cleanup Agency! Check it out! Please share and wishlist as we make our first push at sharing the game we’ve been working on. It’s hugely appreciated, and we hope you will enjoy it when it’s released!
Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣@jefftanton.bsky.social · 2w agoOCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - our deductive 📸, paranormal 👻, job-sim 🪣 - now with recovered in-game footage. - Search the Site - Learn the Truth - Clean it Away Share and wishlist now + HUGE thanks to those who already have! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Immense gratitude for all the love this got. Couldn’t have hoped for a better start! We have LOTS of content to share so let me know if there’s anything you want to see more of 📸👻🪣
Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣@jefftanton.bsky.social · 3w agoOCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - a deductive 📸, paranormal 👻, job-sim 🪣 - Investigate sites of recent horrors - Solve the mystery of what occurred there - Clean all traces of it away so nobody finds out Golden Idol x Power Wash Sim Releasing in 2027 - wishlist now store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...!
Needed a couple of M3 nuts with M3.8 bolts for a 3D printed project. And now, as is tradition, I have a box of about 7 million little nuts and bolts and I will use about 4 of them every few months…
I can't imagine having a Gamescom ruined by having your equipment and copies of your game stolen. It's stressful enough being there pitching or showing off your game, so this would be devastating. Feel terrible for everyone who was affected.
VGC@videogameschronicle.com · 3w ago"It's heartbreaking" - Numerous exhibitors at Gamescom have reported that their equipment, including laptops containing game code, has been stolen. The robberies have seemingly been taking place overnight when the venue is closed. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-hea...
I don’t want to become too obsessed with watching the numbers, but after announcing Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam yesterday, I couldn’t help but make a little Stream Deck widget to keep track of the Wishlists! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - a deductive 📸, paranormal 👻, job-sim 🪣 - Investigate sites of recent horrors - Solve the mystery of what occurred there - Clean all traces of it away so nobody finds out Golden Idol x Power Wash Sim Releasing in 2027 - wishlist now store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...!
Very excited to share that we have now have a Steam page for our game - Occult Cleanup Agency! We're still a long way from release, but it's great to start talking about our paranormal cleaning-sim & investigation game set in the 1990s! (Yes, we're old). store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
store.steampowered.com
Heading to Gamescom with @amypearson.bsky.social to talk new studio and new game! Mutuals hit me up. It’s been too long since we ate battered foods in the shadow of a Castlevania cathedral together.
I love my MX Mechanical Mini keyboard - not least because it's the most efficient I've ever had at switching between 3 devices (less than a second?). It's a few years old now, and while a couple of keys have broken - they have been saved by 3D printing, and they are surprisingly fine to use!
I was quite intrigued to revisit Halo once more with Halo: Campaign Evolved, but 4 crashes in 20 minutes of play means that I guess I’ll be waiting a while before I boot it up again :(.
Haven't played much D&D recently, but I'm stoked to see Dark Sun making a return! Respect to the team for trying - must be hard to modernise Athas in a way that keeps the harsh feeling while losing the contentious topics. Fingers crossed it turns out good! www.dungeonsanddragons.com/dark-sun/
my god it’s true, I’ve been making a videogame with @amypearson.bsky.social and @johnwordsworth.bsky.social for over a year
John Wordsworth@johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 2mo agoWent through the exciting steps of setting up our Steam Partner account today - we will soon be able to start talking about the game we have been making for over a year! Very exciting - can’t wait to start talking more about it.
Went through the exciting steps of setting up our Steam Partner account today - we will soon be able to start talking about the game we have been making for over a year! Very exciting - can’t wait to start talking more about it.
"Show this part of London after the Earth has heated up dramatically due to global warming"
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2mo agoGoogle Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Home from a week in Tromsø and it's been surprisingly nice to have darkness at night again! It was surreal going to bed with the light shining around the curtains at all hours but super nice being somewhere cool when hiking through nature. Here is a photo of a fjord at midnight!
That’s pretty sleazy, which is a shame - because so have a lot of love for Chip Theory overall. There is no explicit mention of “Wroth” as a product (just “the Universe”) which means I would assume those badges are for this game. Borders on false advertising TBH!
No Pun Included@nopunincluded.com · 2mo agocall me old fashioned, but I find it pretty disingenuous to say that your one game called Wroth and your one unreleased game called Wreck is an "Award Winning Wroth Universe" and then slapping all the badges Wroth got in such a way to make it look like Wreck has them.
Been working on this as part of my Levelling The Playing Field program for a while, as part of a mission of creating fairer access to knowledge. Eight 101 video courses for independent game dev, €40 each, available soon. Sign up for the launch announcement & newsletter at courses.ramiismail.com
Check out the trailer for my buddy's game! youtu.be/B0N7Y9jRies?...
Stationbreak - Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Broken Spaceship
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A factor I keep thinking about is the extent to which the drain of decision-making might play into the desire to stick with the most popular game, D&D. We make thousands of decisions a day, and that makes us tired. What's one decision you can choose to not make? Your game of choice.
