This event was awesome! Thanks to the folks who came and participated. Goofy and fun expression. And then I busked improvised piano at the corner of the convention center for over an hour, which was also awesome!

john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · last wk.

www.gencon.com/events/313440 Gen Con folks - I'm hosting an event for my game Piano People: An Interactive Performance and Game. It's a party game and interactive live music experience. Rotate between the roles of the collaborative performer, chaotic conductor, and curious audience. Sunday!

Recap of Gen Con day 1: I just realized that I had my shirt on backwards all day.

www.gencon.com/events/313440 Gen Con folks - I'm hosting an event for my game Piano People: An Interactive Performance and Game. It's a party game and interactive live music experience. Rotate between the roles of the collaborative performer, chaotic conductor, and curious audience. Sunday!

I'm going to be car-less for Gen Con, so I'm going to try the local bike share, bus system or maybe even walk. I was thinking about cancelling my event on Sunday, but instead, I'm modifying it so I can carry around my keyboard on foot and also be a weirdo busker on the way if I feel like it.

glitch art as a symbol of liberation because the machine must break 💭 🤔

I got three bullet holes in my parked car this morning (not covered by my insurance), so it seems like an okay time to self-promote and say that it's totally reasonable to pay for video games that are pay-what-you-can. johnflannelly.itch.io Also, half of individual purchases go to non-profits.

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Hello. We're currently working on the next entry in The Zium series, and it's going very well. Perhaps we will start showing some work-in-progress glimpses occasionally. Here is one from our new gallery overworld, designed and art directed by the wickedly talented @jpotterfield.bsky.social

All Systems Brough - BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS We're joined by @dryad.technology, @ellaguro.bsky.social, and @alt254.bsky.social to discuss the 7th game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's wide-ranging oeuvre: secretlives.games/all-systems-...

The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS

We're joined by Liz Ryerson (musician, writer, podcaster), Patrick LeMieux (UC Davis), and Andi McClure (BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS, Jumpman) to discuss BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 ...

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Going to Gen Con? Check out my event on Sunday afternoon! Tix still available. www.gencon.com/events/313440

Did you know this years ENNIEs judges were 100% white and 80% male? Anyway unrelatedly here's the application to judge next year ennie-awards.com/judge-applic...

john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · last mo.

First batch of additional modes is available: EASY MODE HARD MODE MARKER MODE SKY MODE WATERCOLOR MODE johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-sou...

First batch of additional modes is available: EASY MODE HARD MODE MARKER MODE SKY MODE WATERCOLOR MODE johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-sou...

First Batch of Additional Modes

(Images from left to right: Marker - Sky - Watercolor - Easy - Hard) Hello! The first batch of additional modes are now available. Make sure you've downloaded the base game first - these are additiona...

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john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · last mo.

Additional modes coming soon. Learn more here: johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-sou...

The first annual SOUPJAM draws to a close with an absolutely stellar turnout! There's a lot of great SOUP on display here, so grab a spoon and dig in! Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's jam and helped make it a success! See you in 2027 for the next one! itch.io/jam/soupjam2...

Submissions to SOUPJAM2026

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I found the source of the excessive heat this week in Indianapolis. Essential new work from artist Neil Clifton Cain (www.patternhungry.com)

Q U I Z ...Those are the four letters!

john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · last mo.

For this game, I created music for each letter using only instruments that start with that letter in Bosca Ceoil Blue (yurisizov.itch.io/boscaceoil-b...) by @terrycavanaghgames.com and @yurisizov.bsky.social Can you guess which four letters did not have any instruments?

If a game like High Tide can be a success, it forces me to rethink what success looks like and aim higher! We must imbue our games with our human spirit, our connection to the earth, and our storied lineage of play—starting with how they are crafted as aesthetic objects to touch, hold, and move

Additional modes coming soon. Learn more here: johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-sou...

Alphabet Soup is here! A Roadmap for additional modes...

Hi! Alphabet Soup is now available. Please enjoy checking it out. I want to give you a general roadmap for when the additional modes will be available. The Default Mode is a full experience in and of....

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For this game, I created music for each letter using only instruments that start with that letter in Bosca Ceoil Blue (yurisizov.itch.io/boscaceoil-b...) by @terrycavanaghgames.com and @yurisizov.bsky.social Can you guess which four letters did not have any instruments?

Bosca Ceoil: The Blue Album by Yuri Sizov

A beginner-friendly music making app!

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john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · last mo.

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johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-soup Alphabet Soup has arrived for SOUPJAM 2026!

Alphabet Soup by John.Flannelly

An abstract way to explore, create, score or investigate with letters.

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Kite Line@kiteline.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Happy to announce that we will be hosting our first SOUPJAM on Itch starting next month! If you're interested in the SOUP-like microgenre of art-games then this is a great opportunity to make some SOUP of your own! Together we will teach the world to SOUP! itch.io/jam/soupjam2...

johnflannelly.itch.io/alphabet-soup

Alphabet Soup by John.Flannelly

An abstract way to explore, create, score or investigate with letters.

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Preparing for our All Systems Brough episode on Become a Great Artist, super excited to record. Here's a useful Great Artist beginner's guide by @gemstonez.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHXm... Folks have been sharing their Great Artist output in the TSLOG Discord, beautiful stuff!

beginner's mind's guide to great artist

YouTube video by John Flannelly

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If you want to do something nice for me this father's day, you could throw some cash towards supporting NAMNAM Space, a queer anarchist community space in Toky. And experience the incredible QUEER GAMES BLIND DATE ZINE! I'm in there... Can you find me?

CJです@illuminesce.net · 2mo ago

Thank you so much to everyone who came, to @npckc.net and @shinji.zone for sharing their thoughts alongside me, and for #NAMNAMSpace for hosting us. For those of you who couldn't make it out to Koenji, the digital zine is now LIVE! illuminesce.itch.io/blind-date-z...

Same colors of markers on different colored papers:

A note about Ren'py - Day Dreamer johnflannelly.itch.io/day-dreamer/...

A note about Ren'py

Hello! Thanks to everyone who has experienced Day Dreamer so far. Day Dreamer was created in an open source visual novel engine called Ren'Py. The creator of Ren'Py recently shared publicly the he use...

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1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Thank you, Warp Door, for exploring under the rocks of the algorithm and highlighting projects like mine. @warpdoor.com has an incredibly curated site of unique and interesting games. Explore their site!

Warp Door@warpdoor.com · 2mo ago

DAY DREAMER (@gemstonez.bsky.social) "DAY DREAMER is a virtual calendar and time capsule captured on May 1st 2026 in Indianapolis and compiled throughout the following few weeks." PWYC to download / play on itch.io - Windows, Linux, Browser: warpdoor.com/2026/06/05/d...

The web version is now available!! You can now easily experience Day Dreamer directly in your browser on computers and phones.

john.flannelly@gemstonez.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Johnflannelly.itch.io/day-dreamer Available now: DAY DREAMER An experimental virtual calendar and time capsule. Please share and help spread the word! It makes a huge difference!

I'm going back to the full-time employment factory next week (making bread again) so that means my pace for creative projects will slow down, but I'll still be working on stuff. I'm currently working on a video game project called ALPHABET SOUP that will be here by the end of June!