izzy kestrel
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🎮 game designer/engineer (prev Astra Logical, No Goblin, Funomena) 🏳️⚧️ trans poly bisexual she/her 🇨🇦 Victoria, BC 🦎 Gex’s #1 fan iznaut.com
"you have to collect all the Jincos" - @gameonysus.bsky.social
Remap Radio@remapradio.bsky.social · 23h agoDid you miss that Jump Rank Repeat returned to judge another slate platformer games, with a focus on Rare? A dash of SNES (DKC), before a heaping of the studio’s Nintendo 64 era (Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Banjo, and DK 64) https://remapradio.com/podcasts/episodes/jump-rank-repeat-a-country-of-kongs/
my mom came to visit and brought me this pokemon sticker book she found in my old stuff
and in case anyone is wondering: no @nsuttner.bsky.social has not beat my score yet
The Secret Lives of Games@secretlivesofgames.bsky.social · 22h agoAll Systems Brough - HELIX We're joined by @foddy.net, @iznaut.com, and @v21.bsky.social to discuss this classic spiral-action shmup-like about staying alive, the 8th game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's wide-ranging catalogue. secretlives.games/all-systems-...
announcing: picodevil, my new tool for livecoding visuals by chopping up video with patterns picodevil.com
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picodevil is here to help you livecode visuals! let's chop up some videos with patterns!
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All Systems Brough - HELIX We're joined by @foddy.net, @iznaut.com, and @v21.bsky.social to discuss this classic spiral-action shmup-like about staying alive, the 8th game in our yearlong coverage of @smestorp.bsky.social's wide-ranging catalogue. secretlives.games/all-systems-...
The Secret Lives of Games: All Systems Brough - Helix
We're joined by v buckenham (Downpour, Beasts of Balance), Izzy Kestrel (Electrifying Incident, A Little Game Called Mario), and Bennett Foddy (Baby Steps, QWOP, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy) to discuss Helix, a spiral-action shmuplike about staying alive. It’s the eighth installment in our yearlong special series exploring the work of Michael Brough: All Systems Brough. Next episode: Imbroglio Audio edited by Dylan Shumway. Discussed in this episode: Helix 868-BACK (Out now!! Go buy it!!) Michael Brough’s Website Maypole Game Design Deep Dive: The unique touchscreen action game controls of Helix Bit Pilot Tilt to Live Super Hexagon Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved remake Endings (Michael’s 2015 blog) Playdate Nex Playground Hylics Vangers Tools for Creativity class (virtual) with v buckenham School for Poetic Computation bimbo static site generator
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It is your moral duty to submit Fuck's Quest II to Giant Bomb's weekly game power rankings. It got as high as #7 last time. We can do it
Bomb 12 August 7 2026
The Game Boy Color is just a Game Boy
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🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!
episode where ALF snuck to school with one of the kids kid: ALF you need to be careful, if you lay down on the bench like that everyone is going to see your- *wakes up in a cold sweat* me: ALF hole
“Help! Step brother! I seem to have gotten myself stuck, leaving my ALF hole completely exposed! 🥺”
That's what taxes are, man. That's the definition of taxes. "You are subsidizing things you might never use" man shut the fuck up. My taxes currently subsidize like oil company exec private jets, you think I'm upset at low-income people eating inexpensive bananas?
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
two of my favorite games ever. two of the best games of the last 11~ years. what an absolute steal of a deal.
Brendon Chung@blendogames.bsky.social · 2d agoQuadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏
console.lob() - send this message some random number of lines later console.lop() - erase a random segment of previous message history console.lol() - lol. lmao
izzy kestrel@iznaut.com · 2d agoyeah whatever man. close enough
Falling Block Jam 2026 is now open for sign-ups! For just over a week in September, let's hack together our own ideas in the classic arcade puzzle genre. #FallingBlockJam itch.io/jam/falling-...
Falling Block Jam 2026
A game jam from 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-28 hosted by davemakes. Falling Block Jam celebrates the combination of blocks and gravity in video games. Think Tetris, Puyo Puyo, Panel de Pon, Dr. Mario, and L...
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As of this morning, the itch bundle officially broke 100k. This is a lifeline to our fellow workers and proof that solidarity extends beyond borders, both literal and figurative. Never let anyone tell you that things cannot change.
United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3d agoYou’ve helped us raise over 80k for laid off gamedevs in need so far, and we still have plenty of time left in the bundle’s drive. Everyone who organized this effort was doing so on their own time for the benefit of others. If these companies wanted to, they would. They don’t. We do. Join us. ✊
new blog post: blog.vbuckenham.com/announcing-t...
Announcing: Tools for Creativity at the School For Poetic Computation
I'm running a class for the School of Poetic Computation! It's about making creative tools. Nick Murray is going to be my assistant teacher. Applications are open til Monday 10th August! Let me expl...
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We passed the initial goal in 4 days! So we've upped it - let's push forward to $200k!! Thanks to everyone for buying the bundle and sharing wherever you can.
Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 6d agoIn response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...
times are hard and computers aren’t getting any cheaper so i installed Linux on my kid’s LeapFrog® 2-in-1 LeapTop Touch™ (dual boot, they still need it for their work too) mono sound and screen resolution leaves something to be desired. hard getting used to ABCDEF keyboard layout & lack of a 0 key
We have some games in the Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle, and they're in great company! Get 127 indies games and help some devs survive the greed epidemic in big studios! 💖 itch.io/b/3802/game-industry-hardship-fund 🔥
times are hard and computers aren’t getting any cheaper so i installed Linux on my kid’s LeapFrog® 2-in-1 LeapTop Touch™ (dual boot, they still need it for their work too) mono sound and screen resolution leaves something to be desired. hard getting used to ABCDEF keyboard layout & lack of a 0 key