Jake Sones

Just wrapping up my second day at board.fun I'm preeeeetty hype on it! I'll be designing games and leading teams to build them for their tabletop console. It's genuinely magic to interact with and I'm looking forward to coming up with new schools of alchemy to expand on what's already there!

19 years? Nah, you must be mistaken, this was my 3rd game at Insomniac. I was in my mid 20s when I worked on it... oh... oh god.

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

IT'S OUT NOW! There is a "Friend pass" so only 1 player has to purchase the game ❤️ s.team/a/4461870

Biddy Blas treats.

We made a game where up to 6 raccoons steal a wagon and drive it off a cliff. It's out now on Steam... We regret nothing. 🦝 10% off until Oct 27. store.steampowered.com/app/3314580/...

Balatro taught me this. Swap two Cards and the same roll does triple the damage. Slumber Realm is out November 4 on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/3325390/... Balatro footage: Haru Zulux #SlumberRealm #indiegame

High On Life 2 is genuinely better than it has any right to be. If you haven't played it, at least check out the intro. I think it's the best starting sequence since Half-Life. Free on Xbox WITHOUT Game Pass.

On the eve of the "New Jonathan Blow Game" (Order Of The Sinking Star), I think it's worth re-sharing @alanhazelden.bsky.social's thread from the announcement.

IT’S SLIME TIME! www.kickstarter.com/projects/aco...

Fun fact: The sole dedicated designer on Running Wild was Brian Allgeier. After this project he worked on Spyro 2 and has been at Insomniac ever since. He was Lead Design on the original Ratchet & Clank (2000) and that or Creative Director on most games in the franchise.

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

🚨 Cute, short, kid friendly, and now $1.99 ! 😘 Go get my bite-sized Zelda-like game Castaway! #RT, like, tell your friends and make me a happy dev 🥰 🖤Steam: bit.ly/Castaway-Steam ❤️Switch: bit.ly/Castaway-Switch 🧡itchio: bit.ly/Castaway-Itch

ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart

Normal Golf Game, the most unconventional take on hitting a golf ball since Wii Sports, is a beautifully weird triumph and a GOTY candidate. It was a pleasure talking to its designer about making such a chaotic experiment https://remapradio.com/articles/the-most-normal-golf-game-ever-made/

Normal Golf Game is $7.99 on Steam (20% off launch discount) buff.ly/ClLBdhJ

Where’s My Water was released 15 years ago today! I was the lead designer. Here is a quick story about its creation.

We have declared October 13th 2026 as official Trash Day! Raccoons will rejoice everywhere... and we will release our game on Steam to commemorate. 🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝🦝

The state of the industry is so incredibly painful. I hate that basically everywhere is dealing with reductions and closures. Of all the ways this could be handled, KO_OP continues to school us on equitable paths, even in the toughest of circumstances. 💔

📣 Announcing the Point-and-Click Showcase 🎉 Together @amanita-design.net and @rustylake.com are hosting a showcase packed with new game trailers, a dedicated Steam sale, and much more to be revealed. 👀 🔗 Apply NOW: forms.gle/z6e1QQFP9xwT... Follow us for future updates! 🖱️

Today?! Well that was MUCH sooner than I expected! Excited to play this one! There's so many times I was tempted to haul my PC into the living room just for this game, but I had faith it would eventually make it to a console I owned.

Y'all saw that Amano Eclipse, right?

If you‘re visiting Gamescom, turn around and try these gems in the indie area instead 👇

Losing Dolly Parton and Tim Curry in the same week is roooouuuugh. One of my favorite things Tim Curry has ever done was beautifully captured by Vice a few years ago: www.vice.com/en/article/a...

The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered most off the top of my head 1. Shake harder, boy! 2. ... which was the style at the time. 3. I'm somewhere where I don't know where I am. 4. It's your window to weight gain! 5. That's the joke.

Dogpile is better than it has any right to be. Well done @folly.studio & @tootgames.com.au! In the deluge of Balatro plus <random>, this one works! I also like the model of free to try, reasonable price to own forever. iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/dogpi... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Awwwww yisssss!!! apps.apple.com/us/app/dogpi...

I keep waiting for another rocket launch during sunset so I can make a time lapse of it. This is the closest I've gotten in a while. You can see the trails at high altitude have blown into a spiral that catches the last bits of the sun after the rest of the sky has gone dark.

Penny's Big Breakaway is $9.89 on US eShop buff.ly/I64BZzg Steam buff.ly/MSZiijo PS5/XSX physical $50.28 at VGP buff.ly/i5kRwIz #ad

Lots of excitement about the squeaky beach sounds in Big Walk! You'll all be happy to know it's the real thing! Was absolutely giddy to get to record them on an actual Australian squeaky beach in Wilson's Promontory. Yes, if you didn't know some beaches there really do squeak. It is pure joy.

🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!

Oh snap, @dannyodwyer.bsky.social picked up the kooky device I've been helping to make games for and had nice things to say about it! Discussion about The Board starts around 01:06:00 if you're curious to hear his thoughts.

🔴🟡🔵 FOUR DAYS 🔵🟡🔴

Years in the making, I finally have a working prototype of my Camera GBD-M2 (previously shared as Game Boy Camera M2). A sequel to the Game Boy Camera M1, this new redesign uses original Game Boy Pocket & Game Boy Camera chips into a camera-like shape roughly the same size as the Ricoh GR III.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

I miss everything having "Big Head Mode."

Of all the games to be adding #Jimothy, I think Trash Day by @offbyonegames.com is the most appropriate. I played in a friends & family test and am pumped for the actual release! www.instagram.com/reel/DbLitB1...

The Incident at Galley House is a must-play

Huge day for deduction puzzle sickos!! The Incident at Galley House is out now with a 10% launch day discount. I was a massive fan of Type Help, and I've been so stoked to playtest Galley House. It's a full remaster with graphics and voice (and ✨secrets✨) store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

The game is out NOW! Go play it, and please consider giving us a steam review if you like it. It's the best way for the game to get visibility.

Made this video to quickly explain my game! #indiegame #indiedev #gamingposts #pcgames

Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Nintendo Switch ❗❗ 20% Launch Discount ❗❗ Our narrative-rich, Greek myth, anti-capitalist merge game is available now on the eShop! Americas: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Europe: www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/... Please repost to help spread the word!

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Four studios being divested (Compulsion, Undead Labs, DoubleFine, Ninja Theory) account for around 350 of the job cuts, I'm told. Arkane could add 100+ more to that total While the fate of those studios will draw a lot of attention, the lion's share of the 3,200 cuts are outside those teams

🚨🚨🚨 One More Day 🚨🚨🚨 Mythmatch is coming to Nintendo Switch tomorrow!! Are you all ready!?

Gonna increase my donations to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social and post these Wikipedia articles for... reasons. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_v.... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Co...

This is Eddie Legs, his favorite thing about @theonion.com is the ads.