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Colin McInerney

@colin.how
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Game designer, programmer, writer. Studio Head @pedalboard.games. Sometimes @strangescaffold.bsky.social and @criticalbliss.bsky.social Website: colin.how Buy CRDM1RR: store.steampowered.com/app/3830150

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Jordan @jordangb.bsky.social · 1h
I think it’s important to say that you are NEVER being an inconvenience complaining to a PR person at ANY event if someone/something is making you uncomfortable. In fact, your voice will be taken so seriously that I’d wager you’re helping someone you don’t even know in the future.
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BabyJack @babyjack.bsky.social · 10h
*sigh* someone tell Qdot
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Pedalboard Games @pedalboard.games · 29/09/2026
We're sending out review keys for The WHEELJAM Collection today. If you're in games press and are interested in covering a game collection that uses no generative AI and largely highlights younger and less tenured developers in the industry, please reach out to hello@pedalboard.games or via DM!
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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something is Wrong With the Library. Our next game, coming soon. 📚 Organize the Alex Dieter Public Library and Center for Reflection 💀 Dead people are stuffed in the walls 😨 It is extremely haunted 🌊 The Drowning Room Wishlist now. store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/
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Azfalt @azfaltdev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Check it out! Lots of cool games! I'm very glad to be part of this. The jam was a great experience and the work put into this collection is inspirational! It is a great opportunity to have one of my games posted on Steam as part of this collection, especially as I've just started doing gamedev 🤠
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Pedalboard Games @pedalboard.games · 28/09/2026
Introducing: The WHEELJAM Collection 20 games from WHEELJAM 2025 and 2026, bundled on Steam for your convenience, and updated with new content, bugfixes, and more. Releasing October 14 on Steam for FREE, and with ZERO use of generative AI for ANYTHING.
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 28/09/2026
living on the east coast in a nutshell
a display of pre-packaged guacamole at a supermarket. there is an abundance of spicy and medium guac, but only 3 mild remaining and a ton of empty space, poetically illustrating the point.
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Laura Platt 🌈 @lauraplattmusic.com · 28/09/2026
Surprise! Here's my orchestral arrangement of Do No Harm by Jamie Paige, Marcy Nabors and Penny Parker, featuring art by Juno Songs and Isa Alcántara, a video by Elena Barbosa and the YouTube debut of my cat, Mio!
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 28/09/2026
might get a lil funding for a game
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 28/09/2026
it's not me, but it's @tavee.ca who's done all of my studio's UI/UX, its website, and my website!
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ArcLyn @arclyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
check this thing out it's sick as hell (and my jam game is in there with new controller support!) the community that built itself around wheeljam is the only dev community i've been comfortable calling home and we've put together something special for yall
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Nick Kornek @kornek.zone · 28/09/2026
This project has been super fun to work on! Wishlist it and get ready to check out all the weird and wacky games everyone created including The Dungeon of W'he'el by ME!
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Darren Inouye @chibiininja.itch.io · 28/09/2026
a friend and i made a game in this bundle of awesome wheel silliness. you should go check out all the stuff here:) the pedalboard community is where i've met some of the best folks to vibe and jam with, and for that i am grateful
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Queen Melodis 🏳️‍⚧️ @queenmelodis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey would you look at that! This means that my music is now on a steam game!
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wanderMarch @wandermarch.itch.io · 28/09/2026
The fever dream of trying to wrap this entry up during GDC last last year is one of my favorite jam memories :) The community over at Pedalboard is really one of the shiniest nuggets in this storm of nonsense, and keeps the spirit of wheel jam alive all year 'round <3
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hitstun.bsky.social @hitstun.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Scoot your wheels on over to the WHEELJAM COLLECTION, the absolute best collection of all time (undisputed, fight me). These guys hold a special place in my heart. Not only is this where Hot Shot got it's start, but also the community behind this jam and all it's participants is unlike any other <3
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 28/09/2026
WHEELJAM has absolutely kicked ass to run these past two years, and we wanted to try something a little different to get visibility on the games and the devs that make them, so we made a launcher and a bundle to bring some of the cool games we made to Steam!
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 27/09/2026
that was stupid as hell lmao
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 27/09/2026
a lot more than i expected honestly
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 27/09/2026
watching snakes on a plane for the first time
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
unfortunately i have a strong preference for digital when it comes to drafting just about everything due to a mild case of dysgraphia!
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
explore cheesesteak, daddy
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
i'm in godot and using a topic-based dialogue system, so it's much less about branching dialogue and much more about the flow of the overall narrative and critical gameplay path
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
oh that's cool; all my stuff that VVD would cover is currently sitting in a google doc so it'd sure save me some trouble lmao
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
narrative folks -- what do y'all use when you need to outline a branching game? i don't need something heavyweight nor do i need to stub any dialogue in for now. i could probably just use some really basic flowchart software but i'm curious what works for y'all
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 26/09/2026
one of my absolute best friends had to bail on my wedding because he and his wife were sick, and as much as i’d have loved them to be there (he was a groomsman), i much preferred them getting better and not getting anyone else sick. it sucks but it’s the right call!
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Harris Foster @harris.zone · 25/09/2026
Oh they got the Poopsi now???
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 25/09/2026
make it more serious
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Kells makes cat games @kells.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Preemptive sorry for making it too serious but- The fact that investment is not pivoting to more "feminine" perceived genres shows that money flow is not objective, and when a company makes an evil choice that is also similarly avoidable Anyway gunna play this, pls make more fashion games!
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's disgusting watching people buying into the "Tucker Carlson is making sense?!" bullshit and it's probably time to wrap our heads around the fact that the people susceptible to this are unconsciously fascist curious and just need the ugly delivered to them in an "acceptable" package
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 25/09/2026
and peep show is way too low on the list
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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 24/09/2026
we all deserve a cunty little scholar glam his name is durt girthquake btw
my lalafell character in final fantasy 14. he has the stature of a toddler, dark blue hair with subtle red streaks, a quaintrelle hat and ornate coat with a dark blue/wine red color scheme, similarly ornate pants, boots and gloves, gold-rimmed glasses, and a glowy, gamer RGB-ass book
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Sean Dick @seandick.net · 23/09/2026
oh yeah, don't forget to share and wishlist puppy truck.
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Puppy Truck on Steam
Puppy Truck is a puzzle-packed 3D platforming adventure about a tiny truck with the heart of a puppy! Explore Grandma’s eclectic house, filled with contraptions, challenges, and surprises as you race ...
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a fucking bloodbath. 343/halo studios effectively shuttered, arkane and ninja theory to be shuttered most likely, obsidian and rare are being merged into other studios which likely means huge layoffs, playground and turn 10 to merge which likely means the same.
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
i love this Product
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
i imagine today's only getting more exhausting, too. hope you're doing OK, josh.
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
these are back-of-the-box quotes for rich dudes doing cocaine and betting billions
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
microsoft's consolidation already made it painfully aware that they're trying to sell off xbox, but taking studios that make kinda-similar games genre-wise and shoving them together is the most blatant evidence of it yet. hello potential buyer. we have RPG, we have Racing, we have Shoot. please buy
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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also, I have some questions:
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
i also somehow missed the lede on obsidian being folded into _bethesda_ of all places. i have never had a bigger ick
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
i agree, but imagining the world where halo, call of duty, world of warcraft and more become nintendo exclusives is deeply sad and also hilarious
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 22/09/2026
i've been using emdashes for my entire life and i'm not gonna let the stupid computer change my habits
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Carol Mertz @carolmertz.itch.io · 22/09/2026
I know this isn't a unique thought but I find myself with a sort of constant baseline fear that people will think stuff I write is computer-generated — it's not and will never be. I promise I'm just autistic and really like em dashes.
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 21/09/2026
why is it that you have no business calling her out, but she has business lying publicly? 🤔
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 21/09/2026
discovered the power as a young buck
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 21/09/2026
pretty drastically improved the smacking mechanic; previously it was using a full-on collision detection in the prototype, now it's using an Area2D overlap which prevents Sun Jr. from getting displaced by the collision. still needs animation, but the vision's there!
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WumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fine, I'll do it myself.
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'Game Recomps That Aren't Vibe-Coded' a list of games by WumpaGem | Backloggd
With the sheer abundance of game recompilations built with generative AI tools getting unwarranted attention from clickbait news outlets I felt we need some kind of curated database of recompilations ...
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Colin McInerney @colin.how · 20/09/2026
The games I'm making now all have target budgets of under $50k. It's not just a ratio thing of "if my inexpensive game blows up then my team set for the next several inexpensive ones," it's also because if a $50k game fails to make its return, my publisher won't _also_ go under.
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