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🔸Irish 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 dev / Glasgow Indie Games Fest / PizzaJam 🔸 Making indie 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 : ComputerJames.itch.io (Stealth Crossword, Dogman95)

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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
huge news! TEN BEAUTIFUL POSTCARDS by thecatamites (Anthology Of The Killer) is now on steam the first game that made me realise ‘wait- maybe I could make a game’ it expresses so much without challenge or even collision 💫 store.steampowered.com/app/4916370/...
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
with the steam release approaching, thecatamites is giving away his 10 Beautiful Postcards post-mortem for free this month. the best commentator on the ungodly process of game making thecatamites.itch.io/postcard-wri...
But it turns out that most of the things I liked
about this game are not actually specific to it,
or to this dismal format in general. Piling stuff up,
seeing what shape it takes, letting your eyes and
thoughts move around. The end result feels sort of
like a termite mound - a heap of raw material
marbled with the tunnels produced by these aimlessly
gnawing little impulses. But even when the termites
are gone I hope there's still some pleasure from
digging through the ruins they left behind.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
still glowing after GIGF26 @glasgowindiegamesfest.org its heartening to see so many beautiful people exploring the potential of indie games by just following their own personal fascinations and micro obsessions my faith in the medium has been restored for another year
c.diffin doing the invisible casino (a card game with blank cards)a wooden sound play machine of colourful shapes
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
i’m more in this direction
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DASHCAM 5 minutes of high-speed narrative parenting 😳Embarassable 'Husband James' 🎶original soundtrack by Josh Reichental 💻Play in browser ComputerJames.itch.io/dassh
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
PETER STINGER 🐸🖤 a Scorpion-and-the-Frog ethics game, help Peter Stinger (scorpion ethicist) cross the river in time for the big ethics conference Can you overcome your base nature? (no✅) computerjames.itch.io/scorpheus
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
BLIZZ! Typing game made from scans of 90s teen-magazines💄 💫3 minutes of high-octane fashion journalism 🎶lush soundtrack by Josh Reichental 💻Play in browser computerjames.itch.io/blizz
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
DOGMAN95 "the first game adhering to the rules of the Dogman95 movement" ⚔️ 5 minute Dog-Dungeon adventure 🐕Shonky dog drawings 💎Combat! Puzzle! Dogmen! computerjames.itch.io/dogman95
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
STEALTH CROSSWORD "The forced stealth mission in a game that really shouldnt have one" 🧩10 mins of Stealth Crossword Action! 👑Two endings ('caught' and 'not caught') 💻Play in browser computerjames.itch.io/stealth-cw
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
making a thread of my favourite short games ive made 🧵(so i can link to it in applications)
stealth crossword logodogman95 (a dog knight) kneeling before a dog king in a castlea scorpion on a frogs back, in a river, saying 'thanks for this lift'a POV of a car in a school
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
existenz poster with jude law and Jennifer Jason Leigh lying on a bed attached to a rubbery meat umbilical game 'console'
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
i also have such love for GOLD'S ENIGMA (TheCatamites, 2012) this is the direction narrative games should've gone and what we should all strive to achieve thecatamites.itch.io/golds-enigma
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
anytime someone asks for a game recommendation
BARBUTA, NINPEK, MAGIC GARDEN, MORTOL, AVIANOS, WALDORFS JOURNEY, PARTY HOUSE,
VALBRACE, RAKSHASA, MINI & MAX
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
working on the zine for this years GIGF and remembered my favourite page from last year

Hey!
· i just wanna say it's never been easier
to start making games, there's lots of free
tools for folks just starting out. make weird
games, make something you want to
see! even just as a hobby, even just for yourself
or your friends, donʼt listen to the  grind-set youtubers, ignore market demands,
ignore demographics, ignore payment companies,
'Good Game Design' is a myth, art can't be
made out of 'best practices', all design decisions
are specific to the game you are making.
games are a nascent art form, we've barely
scratched the surface of what they can express!
hopefully by creating more spaces like
this we can showcase the incredible things
being made and make people come away thinking
'maybe i could make a game!'
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
made business cards
a heap of colourful wooden letters, one being held up that says ‘ComputerJames’
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ill be showing stealth crossword at A MAZE @amazefest.bsky.social this week, boop me if you wanna wax lyrical about the medium
AMAZE BERLIN 2026, STEALTH CROSSWORD, MAY 13-16. Beside a 3d smiling slice of pizza.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
two women about to have tea, one is about to sit into an armchair covered in traps, the other woman says wait doreen- sit there…
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
at last a flatgame engine for making simple walkable zine-type games! muhahah
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
this is the kind of game we should celebrate • original vision and voice • drawing from other media not just games • guys with big weird heads
guys with big weird heads in a classroom, text box says ‘you should always’ and the options are ‘look directly into the sun’ ‘sometimes looks directly not away from the sun’ ‘never look not indirectly into an area away from the sun’a strange boardgame with a gun lying on it sits before you in a stadium, opposite sits a guy with a big strange object head.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The Pizza Jam has started with 287 people joined! (The themes for this one are all Yu-gi-Oh card names)
The Weather Forecast
'And the band played on'
No Entry!!
Batteryman charger
Copycat
‘Mischief of the time goddess’ 
Enemy-controller
Drill Bug!
Ghost Meets Girl
Island-Turtle
*Side Effects?*
Treasure Map
Wake Up Your Elemental HERO!
Success Probability 0%
The Legendary Fisherman III
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
i was staying in a b&b last week and i spotted this phenomenologically perfect dog in the guestbook, thats *exactly* what it feels like to be scruffle
scruffly pencil drawn dog with a little smile, thats signed 'emilie - 7'
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
unbelievable jam idea
wiki page: List of games that Buddha would not play
XA 7 languages ~
Article Talk
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1. Games on boards with 8 or 10 rows. This is thought to refer to ashtapada and dasapada respectively; however, later Sinhala commentaries refer to these boards also being used with games involving dice. 2
2. The same games played on imaginary boards. Akasam astapadam was an ashtapada variant played with no board, literally "astapadam played in the sky". A correspondent in the American Chess Bulletin identifies this as likely the earliest literary mention of a blindfold chess variant. 5]
3. Games of marking diagrams on the floor such that the player can only walk on certain places. This is described in the Vinaya Pitaka as
"having drawn a circle with various lines on the ground, there they play avoiding the line to be avoided". Rhys Davids suggests that it may refer to parihara-patham, a form of hop-scotch.
4. Games where players either remove pieces from a pile or add pieces to it, with the loser being the one who causes the heap to shake (similar to the modern game pick-up sticks).
5. Games of throwing dice.6. Dipping the hand with the fingers stretched out in lac, or red dye, or flour-water, and striking the wet hand on the ground or on a wall, calling out "What shall it be?" and showing the form required— elephants, horses, etc..
7. Ball games.
8. Blowing through a pat-kulal, a toy pipe made of leaves.
9. Ploughing with a toy plough.
10. Playing with toy windmills made from palm leaves.
11. Playing with toy measures made from palm leaves.
12. Playing with toy carts.
13. Playing with toy bows.
14. Guessing at letters traced with the finger in the air or on a friend's back. (letters in the Brahmi script)
15. Guessing a friend's thoughts.
16. Imitating deformities.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
have you played TEN BEAUTIFUL POSTCARDS? the game that made me realise ‘wait- maybe I could make a game’ it expresses so much without challenge or even collision thecatamites.itch.io/10-beautiful...
ominous painting room ‘i love to. one here and look at the ominous paintings’a sort of boardgame grid with little guys on it saying things like ‘i’m out of mana’ and ‘it’s a great way to be confused with friends’little mouse orchestra in a box of a room saying ‘quiet!! we’re rehearsing!’a sort of allegorical moral painting made of symbols and corporate and religious images. a little guys saying ‘radical! i feel renewed moral purpose’
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
if you’re looking for a reminder to *just make games for yourself* these comments are on the same game
itch comment ‘ yea....delete your game dude...and get some serious skills in making video games...’itch comment ‘Sobbing, crying, because I will never in my life com up with something half as good as this.
This is peak in its purest form.’
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
2120 by George Wylesol A first-person graphic novel that plays like a point and click escape room game, highly recommend if you like Type Help and its ilk. feels like youre exploring a space and solving puzzles. i would play / read hundreds of these
book 2120 on a table2 pages of a 1st person graphic novel, with page numbers attached to different directions2 pages of a 1st person graphic novel, with page numbers attached to different directions
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
SHRINKO 🍃🔍 by nik tesija very much in the genre of simple ideas i wish i thought of, just shrink and grow to explore a little world, no other mechanics! just small! ntesh.itch.io/growshrink
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
BLINDSPOT ◼️ by @johnleeerg.bsky.social Relatable bitsy game about the daily witnessing of horrors. Very inspiring, i hope 'big void in the middle' catches on as an aspect ratio ergman.itch.io/cosmicbackgr...
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
WHO IS JOHNNY SIXGUN 🦉by @siobhan.creature.love mainly this section where you wander around a level from dark souls 2 while they reminisce about dark souls 2 and this dark souls 2 / Evanescence mix plays siobhan-dent.itch.io/who-is-johnn...
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Roundup of the best short games i played this week 🧵 TROPIC OF DINOSAUR 🎨 by @bulboka.bsky.social a tactile physics collage, drag yourself through amazing textures, feels very Jan Svankmajer adjacent gamepoems.com/issue01
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
every frame a painting
colm meaney as mile obrien calling into an rpg maker games and saying 'you have to stop him from running that 13 megabyte mp3 file somehow!!
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
i would die for skate lemon
a lemon with wheels holding a leaf over his head and it says skate lemon
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
looking for an interesting list for a Pizza Jam theme, brought to my knees by the divine chaos of yu-gi-oh card names
yu-gi-oh card ‘Cucumber Horse’yu-gi-oh card ‘Cupid Dunk’ with cupid dunking a basketballyu-gi-oh card ‘BOOMPOLINE!!’ pictures a trampoline with the word ‘boom!’ on ityu-gi-oh card ‘Outstanding Dog Mary’
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
making the first good game
a pixel jungle with two big blue spiders printing paper from their mouth which reads ‘welcome we are the printer spiders’ ‘we print words from our mouths instead of talking’
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Last year to celebrate its 6th anniversary i travelled to a small german town to surprise hand-deliver the pizza to the winner myself
A delivery man with a pizza box getting on a plane, splitscreened with him handing over pizzas to an excited winner. all figures have a smiling pizza superimposed on their faces
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
my 3 minute devil wears prada teen-magazine typing-game BLIZZ! is finally available in browser again ⋆˙⟡ computerjames.itch.io/blizz
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
gonna call my game 'The Wrong Man in Australia'
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
staying up late surfin the shrimp sphere
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Chess crossword
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
okay game idea 'Golf crossword'
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
this time of year it’s important to reach out to friends to show them this lumpy Doshin the giant from the original guide
lumpy drawing of Doshin the giant -he’s a big yellow guy with his arms out like a frankenstein hug and doing a :) smile. image from the original japanese 64DD guide -which was a disk drive peripheral only in japan which doshin was the flagship game for
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Dogman95 in @wf-games.itch.io Weird Fucking Games of the year list!
Screenshot of dog knight dungeon crawler. 
TEXT: Dogman95 by ComputerJames
A short, tongue-in cheek game about a canine knight sent to fulfill his quest by exploring a dungeon. Much like ComputerJames' previous game, Dashcam, this
one has a delightfully irreverent sense of humour.
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Best puzzlescript 📦✨ ISLAY QUEST (@conorotoole.bsky.social) easily the most specific sokoban i’ve played, a stephen’s sausageroll tour of every whisky distillery on the scottish island of Islay. why aren’t there more tourism games? nnnaaammm.itch.io/islay-quest
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Best Mechanic 🏆🔧SYLVIE LIME by @sylviefluff.bsky.social So generous and full of bonkers item ideas, but particularly the house that acts as a save point, but you can also throw it to reach places you havent been yet. Probably the best game on itch sylvie.itch.io/sylvie-lime
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Best Concept 💫VESPER 5 (by @smestorp.bsky.social ) A top down adventure game where you can only move one space each day (IN REAL TIME). This timelaspe took me a week.. Absolutely genius idea, the excitement you feel slowly approaching a new sprite.. mightyvision.blogspot.com/2012/08/vesp...
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Best Physical Media 🏆this burnt cd copy of GLIMBY (by TheCatamites) i got at Glasgow Zine fair Witness everyones favourite interactive pet, enjoying her little room thecatamites.itch.io/glimby
handdrawn cover and burnt cd for BLIMBY with a cartoon chef girl holding a tiny girl and a knife
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Most Inspiring 🏆 TERRY'S OTHER GAMES by @terrycavanaghgames.com (VVVVVV) As a fellow freegame maker (also irish🍀) i hope this sparks a wave of retrospective collections with honest commentary like 'this one didnt work' and 'more fun to make than to play' terrycavanagh.itch.io/terrys-other...
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Best Platformer HOLDING IT 🥛💫by @brlka.com @paellagenius.bsky.social An uncommonly well designed platformer about a TINY BABY who drank too much milk. Feels great to play and full of visual flair, they definitely have the secret to what makes 'jump feel good' brlka.itch.io/holding-it
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
for some reason he looks totally different in the film, who’s this nerd
much worse aristocratic snake design
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
my Character of The Year 🏆 is the fancy top-hatted snake on the poster for The Lady Eve (1941)
poster for the Preston Sturges film THE LADY EVE (1941) with a dressed up woman embracing a man on an apple. at the bottom is an aristocratic fancy snake with a top hatclose up on fancy snake
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