Jake Rodkin

@ja2ke@idlethumbs.social
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Hello Internet I am Jake! I design video games at Valve and on my own, host podcasts at http://idlethumbs.net and, like you, bathe in piles of garbage online. he/him

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Currenthttps://valvesoftware.com
Pasthttps://camposanto.com
Casthttps://idlethumbs.net
Co-Adminhttps://idlethumbs.social
Jake RodkinMay 31
Steven FrankMay 30

Playdate Season 2 allows us to finally do what we wanted to do in this grand experiment from day one: give everyone the chance to experience a season together in realtime as the games come out.

Also you get Blippo+, whatever that is.

https://play.date/games/seasons/two/

Season Two for Playdate

A bundle of unique and wonderful new games—discover them each week along with the rest of the Playdate community.

Jake RodkinMay 31
JPMay 25
gerrymandering game genre boundaries to create a new "little guys you must keep safe" category that includes Lemmings, Pikmin, Chu Chu Rocket, etc
Jake RodkinMay 22
danteMay 22
love the network of bike subreddits and the behaviors they foster
Jake RodkinMay 12
moshboyMay 12
igf (independent games festival), game developers conference, san jose, california (2000) https://archive.org/details/computer-games-magazine-issue-115-june-2000/page/n83/mode/2up?view=theater
Computer Games Magazine Issue 115 ( June 2000) : computer games magazine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

computer games magazine volume issue 115 june 2000.

Internet Archive
Jake RodkinApr 19
Gone Home (2013)
https://tech.intersects.art/@roadside/114365600939286912
old roadside pictures (@roadside@tech.intersects.art)

Attached: 1 image ponte vedra lodge, ponte vedra beach, florida, 1990

Tech Intersects Art
Show threadJake RodkinApr 13
Also: shoutout to Telltale for keeping the same forum alive for over twenty years, and double shoutout to the mods who continue to keep it in order after all this time.
Jake RodkinApr 13
Sometimes, you get to update a fifteen-year-old forum thread from two jobs ago with good news, as a treat: https://community.telltale.com/discussion/comment/3061117/#Comment_3061117
Season 3 Soundtrack Waiting Thread (Update: It is REAL!) - Page 16

RIP season 3 soundtrack waiting thread.

Telltale Community
Jake RodkinMar 15
Gonna go to (the city that hosts) GDC next week. Looking forward to it.
Jake RodkinMar 7
Ron Gilbert (NP-hard)Mar 6
I think the most fun I've had working on a game was Delores with @DavidBFox. I think it was because the game was always going to be free (as in root beer) so we didn't care and just built what we wanted using found assets from Thimbleweed Park. Check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1305720/Delores_A_Thimbleweed_Park_MiniAdventure/
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure on Steam

Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

Jake RodkinMar 3
JPMar 3
Really liked this from @joe_wintergreen, "Let Things Be Rare":
https://www.joewintergreen.com/design-thoughts-let-things-be-rare/
It's useful to think of "the investor" as one of many voices in your head when doing creative work, and recognize when it is speaking. Conventional design wisdom is very market-oriented. But sometimes you're devaluing a cool thing more by making "efficient" use of it, and are better off listening to the voices advocating for depth, mystery, delight, experimentation.
design thoughts: let things be rare – joe wintergreen internet zone