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Herbert @xxgr1llmast3rxx.bsky.social · 8h

making up guys is a psychological shield because actual video game opinions are the elephant's foot and cannot be looked at directly

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Cass (makes games) @cassmakesgames.bsky.social · 15h

New Blog Post: Why I Love Unfair Traps in Arcade Games People usually dislike hard memo traps in arcade games, or at best think they're "not that bad". I love them, though, and I think arcade games would be worse without them. Here's why: duckberet.com/blog/i-like-... (game: Violent Storm)

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 16h

fellow gamedevs, please take care of your spine. do stretches.

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 17h

Younger ppl online have never heard "lurk more" and it shows

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 19h

Forced memo traps are good cuz they require players to get over their overinflated ego and just deal with the game's whims for a bit

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Muchi Pork + Pink Sweets Boosted is frustrating cuz I love Pork and want more ppl to check it out but the port's shit-tier practice tools make it a very poor choice for beginners. Not having boss practice in the year of our lord 2026 is criminal

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Part of why soc media is so crazy is cuz people massively overinflate every statement and action that others day or do by assuming biggest possible impact. It creates almost a sort of permanent state of panic

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Iced Cactus @icedcactus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Backloggd allowing visual novels is like if rateyourmusic allowed podcasts

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fleritz Preview is done! But, I wanted to fix some things before stealth-dropping on you guys. Stay tuned. Changed the tilemaps from skewed perspective to head-on. Fixed some visibility problems I was having with the game and made things 'pop' more imo. Sorry MM8 fans :/

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you disable the voices in Muchi Pork you're anti art btw

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MOMO:NGS (5鯖) @vanartic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Muchi Muchi Pork and Pink Sweets Boosted: good: -More slowdown than PCB on Arcade mode for both games -gadgets -input lag feels good bad: -no MMP matsuri mode -no replay download -no slowdown for both Arrange modes -infinite hadou gun glitch fixed for PS score attack -xbox 360 arrange ost replaced

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's over All the content's done, just need to make music, tweak a few things & draw more shit and it'll be finished

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GSK | ALL CITY SLOP SHOP (ETA SOON) @allcityslopshop.com · 01/10/2026

rolling out today across PS5/Switch/PC: Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets Boosted, a City Connection-published & produced double-pack containing Cave's mid-'00s danmaku STG Muchi Muchi Pork & Pink Sweets, augmented with new optional arranged BGM by Daisuke Matsumoto, Yosuke Yasui, Hagane & Sean Bialo

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Save 10% on Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted on Steam

Hardcore yet cute Danmaku shooting makes a grand comeback!

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's coming

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Mollusk Amongstus @ridgesofsnow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

plz play Boghog's game, me and 3 of my friends are obsessed and we can only be validated if a ravenous horde of millions also try his demo

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's such a weird selective obsession with control in modern game design. Where devs want to micromanage everything about how you engage with & learn a game, but don't care about controlling the actual game logic itself (making sure to remove exploits, enforcing encounters, etc)

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StrayCatChillin @straycatchillin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I NO MISSED THE DEMO FOR UPCOMING ARCADE ACTION GAME HYPER BUN BUSTER. CHECK IT OUT. youtu.be/SHd0b40vs20?...

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HYPER BUN BUSTER: ROCKET HAMMER ACTION DEMO 1CC - HYPER - NO DEATH/NO MISS

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Willa Harlow Ross @willaharlowross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FINAL FIGHT 1cc on hardest dips. Win/popoff clip here; full video linked in the next post. Will also do a commentary at some point soon.

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY SOMNABUSTER!!! My Genesis-inspired platformer is 50% off ($7.49) until next week. store.steampowered.com/app/2598190/... AND, I'm doing a giveaway! Like and Repost for a chance to get a Steam key! 5 winners will be chosen on September 1st

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Tolerate 80% of the work being crap for the 20% that's good" has become a disturbingly common take. If a work overwhelmingly consists of bad shit then the work is bad. The 20% isn't worth it and is never even that good - just play/watch/read something that's fully good.

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Designing 1v1 bosses in beat em ups

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Gonna have to try my best to curse other modern arcade-style devs into getting into older arcade games beyond just 90s stuff just so they get the itch to make successors for awesome but underdeveloped & I'll have more shit to play

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New cutscene from The Game That Fleritz Is From

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So much of game design writing/presentations feel like Yagami Light if he was an overbearing parent

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low res rodent @ratttz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hey @valvesoftware.com please make Steam a better place for developers of versus games like fighting, puzzle and many multiplayer action games: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl2d...

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RATTTZCON 2026 KEYNOTE - Improving User Engagement on Steam

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Shmup devs making cancelslop haven't caught up with CAVE yet. They already made the ultimate cancelslop game with Espgaluda 2 cuz you don't just cancel shit you then cancel the cancels and cancel those cancels too

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The concrete, practical problem with compromising and softening arcade game structure out of fear of backlash (which is legitimate) is that it means devs dont get the feedback needed to figure out how to make that structure palateable without undermining it

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Cass (makes games) @cassmakesgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New blog post: How I Design Original Arcade-Style Games Arcade players kept telling me that Hyper Bun Buster's game mechanics felt arcade-like, despite it not playing like any existing arcade games. Here are some tips if you want to design arcade-like games too. duckberet.com/blog/how-i-d...

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How I Design Original Arcade-Style Games - DUCK_BERET

How I designed the original arcade-style game mechanics in my game Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action

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agus_ezs @agus-dev-for-value.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hello everyone 🙂 I've been making this single screen game where you have to chase and kill 6 ghosts, while attempting to avoid the other enemies to win the level. I will be do some finishing touches and release a demo hopefully soon.

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LuxMea @solaecclasia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Managed to beat the last wave of the prototype in a full run. Really fun. Learned a lot through the 14 hours that it took me. This shorter format without the fluff in-between made me want to knuckle down and achieve it. @boghogstg.bsky.social

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Been practicing TGM4 Master 600-800 and I think this speed is rly selling me on TGM4's mechanics. I thought TGM2's pacing was too "machine-like" where you'd lose/win advantage at a very steady gradual pace.TGM4's mix of INSANE normal speed + lenient piece movement emphasizing move/step resets makes-

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gotta always remember that, in gaming spaces, theres an extremely high chance ur reading the takes of a teenager or young adult rather than someone your own age

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lot of discussions around methods for writing about games/crit/etc. kinda dance around the core topic which is taste. All that writing's just a means of delivery, u need the underlying taste for it to matter. Otherwise no matter how much u introspect, there's not gonna be anything to pull out

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Cass (makes games) @cassmakesgames.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New blog post: How to 1 Credit Clear (1CC) Arcade Games I get asked about this from time to time so I thought I'd write a post about it. There's nothing groundbreaking here, but hopefully it helps make arcade games feel a little less intimidating. They're just games! duckberet.com/blog/how-to-...

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How to 1 Credit Clear (1CC) Arcade Games - DUCK_BERET

Arcade games are fun! Here's how to learn to clear one of them without using any continues.

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I generally dont think purity testing and gatekeeping in arcade spaces is productive or helpful but ngl the larp epidemic on twitter is a perfect argument for the good ol "post scores/clears" response

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Saturdays are made for LURRUNA 👨 ...and LURRUNA's EX Mode 🚗 Play now: store.steampowered.com/app/4315900/...

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LudicrousFPS @ludicrousfps.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A thread compiling every single gameplay change I know of present in EoSD New Classic! A lot of information about this topic is currently scattered around discord channels and twitch stream chats of top players, so hopefully this compilation is helpful! beware of spoilers! #touhou #東方project

the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil New Classic cover

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

People who talk about games need to hop onto the concept of scenes and start thinking of games through that lense instead of communities, fandoms, genres or individuals...or worst of all companies and IPs

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My bosses have absolutely no chill. Only AI loops can stop them

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Touhou 6 NC is fucked up cuz intellectually I don't like the fact that they shrunk hitboxes and removed part of the game's unique character just to appease modern players & outsiders........but the dodges feels so good that it's hard to resist compared to the OG. Sometimes casualization gets u....

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Saw someone publicly admit that they haevn't tried the Hyper Bun Buster demo & haven't wishlisted it yet and was frankly shocked & disgusted that such fucking....people still exist and walk among us

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DUCK_BERET @duckberet.com · 11/09/2026

The new demo of Hyper Bun Buster: Rocket Hammer Action is playable at SAGExpo 2026! sagexpo.org It's a top-down bump combat action game about a bunny girl who uses her huge hammer to send enemies flying into other enemies!

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David Piskorowski @pd-cgt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

y'all should check out Hyper Bun Buster it's something fresh and exciting in the arcade scene that should be celebrated. it can't be described by just pointing at games that came before it (footage from Maddison Baek on YT)

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Wolverine's game design was a little too real for people. They play games that are essentially the same thing but they dress it up very slightly better, letting them pretend that they're not playing condenscending automated slop

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Boghog @boghogstg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Its rly eye opening to look at discussions about methods for something thats rly daunting & new to me like writing characters/interactions/etc. Cuz a lot of ppl criticize others who come up with flawed but concrete methods but leave *literally nothing* for me to work with

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