Daniel Cook

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Chief Creative Officer: http://Spryfox.com Blog: http://www.lostgarden.com . Game Design: Triple Town, Cozy Grove, Alphabear, Beartopia, Road Not Taken, Steambirds, etc.
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Life Cohorts

Calais Maine isn’t the sort of town one would expect to produce writers, artists or thinkers. Most folks worked at the papermill in the next town over. And everyone else achieved the enforced equality that comes from borderline poverty. For teenagers, entertainment was limited. In summer, there was drinking in the woods. In winter, when the ice turns porcelain, folks would hunker in their trucks in the empty parking lot of Gays Shop ‘n Save, roll down the…

https://lostgarden.com/2025/05/24/life-cohorts/

Life Cohorts

Calais Maine isn’t the sort of town one would expect to produce writers, artists or thinkers. Most folks worked at the papermill in the next town over. And everyone else achieved the enforced equal…

Lostgarden

What is a social systems designer? A brief definition with links.

https://lostgarden.com/2025/03/22/what-is-a-social-systems-designer/

What is a Social Systems Designer?

A brief definition of the emerging game design discipline of Social Systems Designer. With references for further exploration.

Lostgarden

I'll be honest. I kind of love what Matt is doing in his battle against WP Engine. Yes, it would be nice if everything was peaceful all the time. But aggressive parasitic capitalism is not peaceful. Despite their aggrieved proclamations.

So sometimes it is not possible to both to take a critical moral stance and also be everyone's gentlest best friend. Actively doing something about a creep in a suit should be respected.

I always read COVID testing as CORVID testing 🐦‍⬛
Cool dice game by a friend. Demo available. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3139270/Dice_with_the_Devil/
Steam で 15% オフ:Dice with the Devil

Dice with the Devil is a party-based, dice-chucking, deck-building roguelike. Assemble your crew of adventurers, Defeat the DEVIL!

UFO 50: "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"
"How long is your game?" they asked.
"How long is a city?" I replied.
"Builder of new cities discovers that there are limited job opening for building new cities"
Can your latest book be called YA fiction?
- Is the heroine/hero an insanely capable 16-18 year old? Perhaps secretly? Even to herself?
- Are dramatic arcs resolved in 1 page or less?
- Does it smell like a movie script if you squint?
Reminder to those preaching the techno revolution:
- Businesses are the ones with the money. Feudalism is real.
- Most business is boring.
- They have boring problems.
- They need boring solutions.