Steve Troughton-Smith

Great interview with The Witness and Braid creator Jonathan Blow where he talks about game design, programming languages, his $3M/yr burn rate, AI, and then he goes into his new game's editor and shows off some of the gorgeous level design and debug views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNdRv5LFuQk

How To Make Indie Games In 2026 w/ Jonathan Blow — Full Time Game Dev Podcast Ep. 061

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@stroughtonsmith Blow on Trump: "He is the best President we have had in my entire life, by far. It's a miracle."

Several creators of the puzzles and content that went into his latest game regret their involvement due to Blow's progressively extremist politics: Alan Hazelden, Tim Borrelli, Sean Barrett, and Jonah Ostroff. Thread: https://bsky.app/profile/draknek.bsky.social/post/3m7qybidq7k2s

Sad to see this guy boosted.

Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social)

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

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