iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Family Gaming Database @familygamingdb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Zoomates from @Brintown is a woodblock puzzle game where you work to keep Tetris-shaped animals happy in particular scenarios. Good for 6+ year-olds. It's a single-player Deduction-Sequencing-Strategy board game, out now. www.familygamingdatabase.com/game/Zoomates

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Zoomates - Board Game - Family and Kids Guide - Family Gaming Database

Zoomates is a woodblock puzzle game where you work to keep Tetris-shaped animals happy in particular scenarios. You play by picking a puzzle card and then...

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 25/09/2026

GLOW•WORM for #pico8 now with pushable blocks!

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 19/09/2026

i worked a bit on GLOW•WORM for #pico8 today. got the movement smoothed out and the glow effect working. it's sort of a puzzle-vania with Snakebird-style movement

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 19/09/2026

i worked a bit on GLOW•WORM for #pico8 today. got the movement smoothed out and the glow effect working. it's sort of a puzzle-vania with Snakebird-style movement

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Tomas Lenander @mrodomino.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Oh hey, that’s a neat little idea. Feels like it would be perfect on an airplane.

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Paper Apps™ GOLF - How to Play

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Dave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Friday afternoon print: lightning/thunder cloud impossible object. 🌧️⛈️🌧️

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

(a new object is placed in my enclosure) damn new object just dropped (I glance disparagingly over at yesterday's object) lol y'all still thinking about this huh

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 08/09/2026

My son asked to learn how to make #pico8 games tonight. Proud dad moment! 🤓

Boy sitting at a computer running pico-8

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 06/09/2026

🐸 'Hop To It' working on a little entry to the #pico8 #Pico1k jam... Z for left leg, X for right leg. Z+X to go straight up.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 28/08/2026

H ouse | M ountain ------------------- T ree | W ater

H that looks like house, M that looks like mountain
T that looks like tree, W's that look like water

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thrillhouse.vanhouten @thrillhousev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Truly incredible what a company is capable of when they don’t have shareholders to please

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 19/08/2026

my advice is to just get out of her way. the Chesapeake Wader is not to be trifled with

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 19/08/2026

currently working on a DAILY DUNGEON desk calendar. to keep things fresh, there is some kind of twist each day. here's my favorite:

a dungeon layout with the text "Today's Twist: OOPS! all coins" and the map is full of coins.

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Parents of youngs, I recommend this wholeheartedly.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 18/08/2026

zoomates is back!! gladdendesign.com/products/zoomates

zoomates is a colorful wooden logic puzzle for all ages. pictured in box with the "Field Guide", rules about which animals can touch each other.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 16/08/2026

I was reading this to my kids last night and realized it makes for a great parable about AI usage

Creepy Crayon! By Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 16/08/2026

started working on a little castle generator for #picotron

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 16/08/2026

started working on a little castle generator for #picotron

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

the champ, type-in listing, code, excerpt, sinclair user, magazine (1985) archive.org/details/sinc...

snippet of code, featuring two lofi boxing sprites, one each with their arm ready to punch and one each with their arm extended in a jab.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

ecco the dolphin, disc, mega-cd (1993) archive.org/details/ecco...

bottom half of the disc is aqua blue top half of the disc shows a leaping dolphin, both half show a stream of wavey purple blue running across the disc.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 10/08/2026

New print-and-play editions of each of the Paper Apps games are now available - 10 random seeds available for each game. Use code PNP20 for 20% off! gladdendesign.com/collections/...

Paper Apps GOLF PNP - illustration of a pencil club hitting a golf ball

Paper Apps GALAXY PNP with an illustration of a pencil spaceship

Paper Apps DUNGEON PNP with an illustration of a knight holding a pencil sword

Paper Apps LABYRINTH PNP with illustration of a skeleton holding a sword

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 07/08/2026

still pretty happy wtih these fake golf course stickers i designed for the Paper Apps GOLF kickstarter

Stickers for pretend golf courses: Old Oak Lake, Royal Coast Ranch, Cherry Prairie, Rabbit Ridge

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Jack @jckhrrngtn.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Perhaps this is because I am a brain rotted zoomer but I found this solo pen and paper game pretty mind blowing youtu.be/q-WOSGi2je8

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Paper Apps™ GOLF - How to Play

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Andrew Beauman | Hope Dies Last @andrewbeauman.com · 18/07/2026

Holy cow. This is the kind of solo game I wanna make. I love this. This is amazing @brin.town www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Oz...

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Paper Apps™ LABYRINTH - How to Play

YouTube video by Gladden Design

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Mark Kleeb @kleeb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I’m excited to play my next @brin.town Paper App

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 04/08/2026

I quit my job last week to focus on running Gladden. I'm excited and of course, nervous. To anyone that has ever bought a game from us, thank you. I realize how lucky I am to be able to do this full time. Now, back to work!

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 30/07/2026

Paper Apps™ TODO is your pocket-sized productivity pal. How it works: Roll your Pencil Dice™ D6 to pick which task to work on and how long to work on it. Set a timer and get going! → gladdendesign.com/products/pap...

Yellow Paper Apps TODO Notebook. 3x5" with spiral binding

Interior of notebook with Pencil Dice™. There are 6 spots to write tasks and 6 options for how long to work on them.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 28/07/2026

i won't be at gencon this year, but you can grab Paper Apps GOLF (licensed under the name Pocket Golf) at the Goliath Games booth!

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happypal @happypal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Help out a little friend

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Harrison Lemke @hplemke.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

BOOTS QUEST DX, an absurdist adventure game/collectathon about finding the best boots in the world (and throwing everything else away), is free on Itch for a limited time! discountrealms.itch.io/boots-quest-dx

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Boots Quest DX by Discount Realms

An offbeat adventure about finding the best boots in the world

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SaKo @sako.works · 27/07/2026

260719 pico-8-edu.com?c=AHB4YQYzAz... #pico8 #dailycarts

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Ojiro Fumoto @moppin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

POINPY IS BACK! 🎉 And now it's FREE! No ads, no paid unlocks, just the full game. There's a tip option if you feel like it 😉 Available NOW on iOS and Android!

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I'm taking things day by day (kleptomaniac)

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 15/07/2026

i went for a short hike before breakfast and saw a rattlesnake, hummingbird, chipmunk, lazuli bunting, and western tanager. hard to have a truly bad day when it starts out like that.

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 11/07/2026

VENDING MACHINE UPDATE This week in the vending machine, we have added... Confusing Lands by @zakeidsvoog.bsky.social Chainmail Dungeon by @gomezwrites.bsky.social Froq Squad (Hearts in the Machine) by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social ...and even more! Come down to TPK Brewing to check it out!

Row in a vending machine. Confusing Lands by Zak Eidsvoog: Puzzle-y, 1-2 player drafting & island building game, 10 min. A small, colorful, blue box depicting floating islands in the sky.

Row in a vending machine. Chainmail Dungeon: Mail your friends a dungeon you design! A black plastic envelope with black and white postcards, a pencil, and a six-sided dice visible inside.

Row in a vending machine. The Frog Squad in Hearts Against the Machine, a ttrpg and card game for 3 frogs. Hybrid ttrpg/card game for 3 players who play as frog pals on a mission to destroy a data center. A blue zine with a cozy illustration of 3 frogs standing amid rows of servers.

The interior of the vending machine, displaying rows of colorful games and goodies.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 11/07/2026

sometimes you just need the right motivation. i stuck this in my design file today and have been more productive than ever

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Dave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I made these card suits using curved origami techniques.

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Tom Brinton @brin.town · 08/07/2026

you can always count on old electronics textbooks to have the goods

Practical digital electronics by Pierre pelloso

Digital integrated electronics by Herbert Taub and Donald Schilling

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How Lou Sees It @howlouseesit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Paper Apps Galaxy Sector Playthrough youtu.be/Jzjgl4bGWiM I walkthrough a single sector of this fun pencil and paper roll and write game from @brin.town. #paperapps #galaxy #rollandwrite #pencilandpaper #howlouseesit

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Paper Apps Galaxy Sector Playthrough

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