I forgot to post about it, but today was Pioneer Day, meaning it's the 1-year anniversary of Island Off Outer Darkness' release. Thank you to everyone for, like, everything, the past year. 💚
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they/them Go play Island Off Outer Darkness.
Gotta make a fifth ending to IOOD now
Jeff VanderMeer@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2w agooh i guess this piece also kinda casually announces abdication, a story collection, and natalie portman developing my story Constellations for film too, as well as confirming Borne is in development at AMC as a series lol... very info rich
Formally announcing that IOODancing will launch with DualSense-exclusive experimental adaptive rumble AS WELL AS light bar support for the PS controller line. The game is designed around that control scheme. So get your DualWhatevers ready for IOODancing hopefully end of next month
My favorite part of attending GDQ is all the gristle. I was out on the patio getting some air and the Snowboard Kids runners and the Aussie commentator came out to smoke and I got to hear em talk about the run and the game and laugh along. Amazing
I’m at SGDQ 2026, by the by! I live here so I won’t be staying on-site but I will be commuting over every day.
Finally reached season level 100 in Marathon and I feel like now's a good time to stop playing it actively and instead just put it on the backburner and play it w/ friends. Overall: holy cow! Hard to describe what exactly about it is so good but it's so much more than the sum of its parts.
I should say the main reason I want an industry job is because I live in the U.S. and am a cancer survivor with bipolar 2 and so my healthcare costs are absolutely fucking insane. Before insurance my daily meds are like $2,000 a month, and my monthly ketamine infusions are $350 (not covered!).
Zugerujk@zugerujk.bsky.social · last mo.Fantastic vid from @jasonschreier.bsky.social. I was the category of being a community college student whose mom pays all my bills and whose dad gave me money to commission all my talented friends. Had no idea how to promote IOOD (I was 21) and it got lost in the fog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKND...
Fantastic vid from @jasonschreier.bsky.social. I was the category of being a community college student whose mom pays all my bills and whose dad gave me money to commission all my talented friends. Had no idea how to promote IOOD (I was 21) and it got lost in the fog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKND...
Making Indie Games Is Like Buying A Lottery Ticket
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Island Off Outer Darkness is 30% off — its biggest sale yet — and is just $9.79! Go pick up the game @austinwalker.bsky.social bravely and sagely nominated for an EGOTY and which many have called their game of the year! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3661790/...
Save 30% on Island Off Outer Darkness on Steam
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withe...
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I was a skeptic and rarely play first-person shooters but, guys, Marathon is really really good. The onboarding is horrendous but stick with it!
Zugerujk@zugerujk.bsky.social · 2mo agoTrying out Marathon and I’m absolutely in love with Destroyer’s design. They gave me some cosmetics but idk why I’d ever want to be anything other than a Jegan!
Trying out Marathon and I’m absolutely in love with Destroyer’s design. They gave me some cosmetics but idk why I’d ever want to be anything other than a Jegan!
Big news: you can now wishlist Island Off Outer Dancing, the rhythm game sequel to IOOD, on Steam! Very excited to get this to all of you as soon as I possibly can. It’s quite different, obviously, but I hope y'all stick with it. Don't forget — it'll be free! store.steampowered.com/app/4584700/...
Island Off Outer Dancing on Steam
A narrative rhythm game following DC, taking place shortly after the ending of Island Off Outer Darkness. Meet the new Postman, Utah, as a fresh mystery envelops Rekkieg...
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New blog posts on my website after a month and a half. Did you know I own ANTHEM now? I’m an owner of Anthem Legion of Dawn edition!!! I also reviewed the Mormon “Dirty Mountain Dew” and it was Dr Pepper Dark Berry bad. And something about my response to IOOD blowing up, or whatever. zugerujk.net
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The official website of Zug. Finally.
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Honestly, I don't want to hear about how near-future novels are too pessimistic or without hope. Look at the goddamn world around you. This is peak dystopia.
I have now purchased Oklahoma's cheapest menthol-infused Steam Deck off Facebook Marketplace. A compatibility patch for IOOD will be coming sometime soon (before IOODancing).
This week on the podcast Mark salvages fun through the various versions of tactical mech series Front Mission; Daniel delivers mail at the edge of the world in Island Off Outer Darkness (@zugerujk.bsky.social); We both sail the seven trees of TTRPG The Wildsea (@mythworks.bsky.social)
149 - The Wildsea, Front Mission, Island Off Outer Darkness
Mark plays Front Mission; Daniel delivers mail in Island Off Outer Darkness; We sail the seven trees of TTRPG The Wildsea; fake games, druids & more.
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I have received word that Aesop the crow passed away. He will be dearly missed by all those who loved him, and I'm forever honored I got to feature him in Island Off Outer Darkness. 🖤
Oh shit DC made it
Faytuks Network@faytuksnetwork.bsky.social · 2mo agoReports of an explosion heard around Boston are believed to be a significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere, a very large flash was detected by GOES-19 satellite that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. https://t.co/MSDGX6ZnMA
this summer im going to be streaming sea horror/mystery games to friends. i wanted to doodle some previews for each game :-)
Working on IOODancing rn and adapting the Sound Test menu, and I just realized that it's misaligned by 1 pixel in IOOD. Fuck. It's fucking over. I don't know how I can ever come back from this
All of my political views and policy ideas have basically collapsed to "Punish the Villains" and I mumble it to myself every time I see a news article these days
Realize I forgot to announce it here: Island Off Outer Dancing, the rhythm game sequel to Island Off Outer Darkness, is releasing this summer, **for free**!!!! Woahh!!!! Stay tuned for more news as production continues 😌
I’ve lowkey been helping playtest this game since trying it out at last year’s SGDQ and it’s phenooooomenal. Gooooo wishlist it! store.steampowered.com/app/2346760/...
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Ammo is Movement. Do-Re-Mi is your moveset. You are Flute, a shapeshifting creature who plays music to move. Collect Notes to form melodies and fire them outwards to move through the air. A kaizo-insp...
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Inpulse@inpulsegame.bsky.social · 3mo agowhat if there was a platformer where you played music to move? what if the notes you played determined your moveset?
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into fucking outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- Matthew 8:12
This is actually the exact location I implemented this softlock prevention feature for 😭
Keith J Carberry@carberry.deals · 3mo agonew movement tech
Island Off Outer Darkness is just so so so good. One of the most overlooked games I've played in a minute. Wish I could go back in time and beg to have it submitted to the IGF when it first came out. store.steampowered.com/app/3661790/...
Island Off Outer Darkness on Steam
A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withe...
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Friends at the Table@friends-table.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week's Side Story is live! It's a pretty special one, partly because we get to talk about an excellent game that we haven't seen discussed at length anywhere else! It's @zugerujk.bsky.social's Island off Outer darkness, and we fucking love it. Listen here: sidestory.show/25-submerged...
Island Off Outer Darkness is really something special and you owe it to yourself to play it. Austin and Keith and I already knew we all liked the game before we sat down to record but it was such a joy to compare notes and talk about the thing.
Friends at the Table@friends-table.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis week's Side Story is live! It's a pretty special one, partly because we get to talk about an excellent game that we haven't seen discussed at length anywhere else! It's @zugerujk.bsky.social's Island off Outer darkness, and we fucking love it. Listen here: sidestory.show/25-submerged...
bucephalus and alex from island off outer darkness: characters of 2026