We officially launched yesterday, and the response has meant a lot. 480% increase in visitors since yesterday! For anyone who missed it, the Game Doctor website is now live a new home for deeper game reviews, design distinctions, articles, and developer tools 🥰

The Game Doctor@thegamedoctor.bsky.social · 2w ago

ITS LIVE! gamedoctor.io is now available for everyone There is no more excuses or "we are listening" The ultimate tool for #gamedev and #gamer A universal language we can use to create expanded results I hope you all have fun as we slowly uncover years of hard work

Hey @punkcake.club where did you guys go, The gaming industry needs you guys, a constant dose of creativity and display of what it means to be indie artists. Sincerely hungry Game Doc, -Esty 💙

ITS LIVE! gamedoctor.io is now available for everyone There is no more excuses or "we are listening" The ultimate tool for #gamedev and #gamer A universal language we can use to create expanded results I hope you all have fun as we slowly uncover years of hard work

The Game Doctor website launches in two days. One of the features I’m excited about is called Booster Packs: curated collections of games built to help #GameDevs study one specific design principle through real examples.

The Game Doctor website won’t just have reviews for #gamedev It will also house our articles, manifestos, breakdowns, and deeper design work all free and accessible in one place Not surface level tips. LENSES that change how you see games, the industry, and your own work🤓 1/3

You can dislike a well designed game, and love a badly designed one TASTE AND CRAFT ARENT THE SAME MEASUREMENT! Game Doc reviews go beyond “I liked it” or “I dont like it.” Player feedback identifies the symptoms Game Doctor reviews uncover the root causes creating them. 1/4

gamedoctor.io launches in 5 days. Game reviews based on craft instead of feelings. Deep design rubrics. Tools for developers that create insight through new lenses. A new language to describe games effectively. Over the next 5 days, I’ll show you why this matters #indiedev #gamedesign

Hearing ANOTHER #indiedev say "oh you wanted save and quit? look we are listening" Like we industry hasn't said it for the last 10 years+

Ill be doing a PUBLIC live DEEP DIVE for my clients game! You get to be a fly on the wall, peek into conversations you should be having around your game but never have The type of convos that take you away from "we are listening" and "great feedback" Start in 30 👇 #gamedev

milkypossum has put together the most incredible OST for Folder Dungeon 🎵 The Game Over track is my absolute favourite! Glad to see @thegamedoctor.bsky.social agrees The Pubic Playtest is this monday! store.steampowered.com/app/2853830/...

STOP FUCKING DOING THIS! There are artists and PEOPLE contributing to the Development of your game! A GAME isnt just code, a movie, isnt just script, RESPECT YOUR FUCKEN PEOPLE! DO BETTER 👏 #gamedev

Most Dev advice sounds like: "Here's how to get more wishlists." Almost no advice: "Here's how to make a game people won't stop talking about." Try dancing in more powerful conversations, everything gets so much more simple. #gamedev #thegamedoctor

This morning im going to show you (with a successful game this time) how the industry moves, and why we keep falling in the same hurdles with launches with a real time example! #gamedev Its very clear once you think about it. 🥸👇

Check out my clients new game! Its a blast! #gamedev its also on Gamepass! 🤩 store.steampowered.com/app/3430340/...

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The Game Doctor work is going to set this whole industry on fire and I'm here for it!! This is a rock n roll takeover. People around the space will just continue to make better games, this is the point My clients arent getting "lucky" they control the narrative Level up 🍬

You can have the most “correct” systems on paper… …and still make a game that feels slow, confusing, or exhausting to play. Because players don’t experience your design doc. They experience how it feels minute to minute. Getting a unattached trained vision is the key #gamedev 🗝️

My clients released/releasing games the next couple weeks! 🥳 First up: Underboard @Headless_Games @2_left_thumbs (1/3) Zainey and Colorful take on a Autobattler roguelike You get the stats and numbers to bend and break while still being digestible. Combat feels really crunch!

This is an excellent opportunity to get some free gamedev coaching from Esty. I can highly recommend him, he's proofen his sense for analytical thinking multiple times to me already.

The Game Doctor@thegamedoctor.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Hey #gamedev Looking for one lucky dev to coach on today or tomorrows show. Comment 👇 -Free of charge (about 200$ value) -Available at 1PM EST -MIC -Coachable -DMs open so i can reach out *If you have a area you want/need confidence in or a guidance come knowing that 🤓😊

Hey #gamedev Looking for one lucky dev to coach on today or tomorrows show. Comment 👇 -Free of charge (about 200$ value) -Available at 1PM EST -MIC -Coachable -DMs open so i can reach out *If you have a area you want/need confidence in or a guidance come knowing that 🤓😊

My top 10 Game of the year list for 2025 Per usual, No scores- No Ranking Thread 🧵👇 #gaming #gamedev

If you reach out to me with your games I WILL be able to tell you (before release, earlier the better) #gamedev -around where it will land -its friction points -its magic moments -what problems you will be worrying about from "community feedback" -if you should push harder or get it out the door

Demos #gamedevs are GREAT with a big if IF your game is good. Its the same with everything If you try a sample and you dont care for it are you likely to eat from there ? If its good, its often a no brainer they will pick it up. The "too generous" of a demo thing is often fake.

A lot of games don’t fail because of budget, marketing, or luck. They fail because the fundamentals and planning quietly break player trust in the first 10 minutes. The scary part? Most teams never realize that’s what happened.

A game is offering $$$ for people to get views on videos I get it, teams want visibility But the sad part is we pour money into advertising while avoiding the work that would make visibility actually matter That product work is cheaper And it’s the part that changes outcomes 👇

The Changing part 2 🧶 Im BEGGING to get to a place where: Devs ask questions early Ego isn’t the blocker Skills and fundamentals are the foundation Marketing becomes an amplifier, not a crutch Teams realize that most problems ARE solvable with the right conversations 1-

This WILL happen SOON (Thread 🧶) For #gamedevs SOON someone way louder then me will start the conversation that games outcome is determined by skills and fundamentals. Success in game development is built on skill and fundamentals, not wishlists, not algorithms, not luck 1-

Hey #gamedev Tomorrow we are doing a #TheGameDoctor Design Talk on SYNERGY Ill be getting interviewed by Mr Joshua Kritz PHD at Queen Mary University of London Who is trying to discovery the true essence of SYNERGY in gaming WONT want to miss it

There’s this deep fear in #gamedev that “outsiders” only show up to tell you what to do That fear didn’t come from nowhere — years of Early Access trained devs to brace for a flood of feedback from players who demand things but rarely understand design or vision 1/3

Chances are #gamedev | You dont know how to punish players, you dont know how to create "harder" mechanics The hard truths from someone that digests the whole market FOR YOU #TheGameDoctor Reduce the noise, plug into powerful conversation 👇 www.youtube.com/shorts/vq6I0...

the lazy way to introduce hard mode #gamedesign #shorts

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I've been #solodev ing for years now... Watching my hair develop on its own, collecting feedback, watching tutorials, checking analytics and cutting it all myself ✂️ and the results? ... Lets just say patches have been frequent and uneven edges you could call a aesthetic choice