john d. moore

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I make video games. I draw a webcomic. I've made films. I'm a freelance academic copyeditor and proofreader. I work at the University of Utah library. I have an MA in Japanese literature from the University of Oregon (I focused on animation and Gundam) and am interested in Japanese film, postwar literature, early modern culture, and a bunch of other stuff. I love cats. I like birds. 日本語理解できる。he/him
Games@itchhttps://jdmgames.itch.io/
Homepagehttp://john.bombdotcom.net/
I did it, after first messing with bitsy like four (five?) years ago I finally released a bitsy game @ldx https://farawaytimes.itch.io/engorged
Engorged by Far Away Times

Grow and devour.

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The movies were mostly very good, and that was nice. Movies were:

Godzilla Minus One
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
But I'm a Cheerleader
Casino
Duck Soup (rewatch)

Actually realizing rn that those were roughly in ascending order of quality.

Was sad to abandon my #procjam game but realized there might be a game I actually care about making well in this idea (a continual ascent up a randomly generated treacherous tower) and I wasn't close enough to the right specifics of design by jam's end. Also I got to watch 5 movies over the weekend instead of spending those hours crunching on a game.
I've made over 100 games and hope to make 100 more, but I'm pretty sure I'll never top "Frank Sinatra in 'River, Stay Away from My Door.'" https://whatnot.bombdotcom.net/river-stay-away-from-my-door/
Made a new puzzle platformer for the Utah Indie Game Jam over the weekend. Spent yesterday evening polishing it up a bit and adding four new levels. Check out "Parallel Problems," where you shift between two parallel realities that are identical, except offset by 52 inches. https://jdmgames.itch.io/parallel-problems
Parallel Problems by John D. Moore

Switch between perfectly parallel realities, off by just a few feet

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Released a new game on @itchio ! "Unphased" was made as a submission for Oktrollberfest 2023, a disorienting linked-screen platformer in a puzzling world. Available as a free download for Windows. #gamedev https://jdmgames.itch.io/unphased
Unphased by John D. Moore

A puzzling platformer

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I'm not quitting Mastodon, but I've also barely been posting on it. If you're on Bluesky, hit me up there: https://bsky.app/profile/jdm0079.bsky.social
Bluesky

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Golden Words (2009)

Creator(s): Retro Sabotage
Type: Flash
Language: [EN]
Status: Available through emulation