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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD

@devonwiersma.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 [𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆/𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺]⁣ | 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭: Lead Game Designer @ Cat Samurai, Adjunct @ York U | 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐯: SKRUB Squad, Centauri Dark, Bombing!! series, others | 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫: LD & Dev in industry WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/…

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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 54m
funny seeing my Steam graphics and remembering that my artistic sensibilities are predictable af. It's just primary colors and cartoony visuals all the way down
an image showing a store capsule for SKRUB SQuad and Bombing!! 2: A Graffiti Paradise side-by-side. both have colourful graphics, cartoony styles and logos where paint drips down
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Helloooooo I am still working hard on this!!! Please give it a wishlist and tell every dang person you know to do that too because it's coming soon and I think it'll be really fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exclamation points!!!!!!!!
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 COOL NEW ART ALERT 🚨 @peenortacus.bsky.social has been super hard at work with some amazing character art for #SKRUBSquad! I'm so excited to plaster these lil guys all over the game!
an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is pink-colored, holding a sponge and sprinting towards the camera while winking.an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is purple-colored, holding two chunks of meteors underarm and sprinting towards the camera with an unimpressed look on its facean illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is orange-colored, holding some sort of fork-gun and striking a pose while aiming it towards the viewer.an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is wearing glasses and green-colored, holding two pails of water while striking a pose.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 4h
I've been dealing with a lot of mental health/emotional/burnout stuff lately and have been forcing myself not to constantly jump in and work on that cooking game prototype to avoid burning myself out more. But the urge is real, I really wanna build more of that thing. 😒
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 4h
In an attempt to "do it right" I made it so all my objects in my prototype automatically update their properties when assigned new data in the editor (vs. updating it at runtime initialization). This makes setup on objects much less prone to human error and easier to work with in general.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great thing about working on many projects is you build a library of functionality that follows you. For example, my audio system (sound on 🔊) manages all audio of all types and has followed me on every project since Bombing 2. My prototypes have a scalable SFX system in like two minutes of setup.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 5h
watching an Oblivion playthrough and reflecting on how broadly no game built on systemic mechanics can ever really capture the "getting to know someone on a personal level" experience.
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🧝‍♀️ Roguelike Bot 🧌 @roguelikebot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You overhear a pair of human talking in the church. One says to the other, 'Where did Hope go?'.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 6h
Got a 're-elect me!' newsletter from my city councillor bragging about reviewing a contruction for a women's shelter and then also mentioned, in big bold letters, "THIS IS NOT A SAFE INJECTION SIT AND WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE PHARMACEUDICALS" I gotta say, municipal politics is fucking embarassing
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Talarian @talarian.bsky.social · 15h
Hey Canadian GameDevs, SGI is hiring game programmers of every level from junior to lead! C++ primarily, with some C#/Unity is preferred. Come work with me and my team! Hybrid and remote both available, but British Columbia residence required. smokingguninc.com/careers/#JOBS
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Careers - Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
Join Smoking Gun's tight-knit team of passionate, talented professionals who love their craft, and build great things together.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21h
Ragebaiting myself by watching Carney announce “ocean protections” while he’s massively escalating tanker traffic for oil and gas exports
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 20h
Dude I have been at war with spider mites on an orange plant I received earlier this year and I am so fucking tired of it. Plants are a mistake
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Peeno @peenortacus.bsky.social · 21h
Look at these cool silly clean up crew I was commissioned to draw!
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 22h
S-Tier promotion right there
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 22h
This seems like a reasonable change to me, given how many small sales my games have been in that were hidden away in a nested page after ~4 other sales events. Also seems a better chance at getting small games in front of people vs. expecting them to dig through pages to find it (on paper at least)
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MAJAYRICK @majayrick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
heyooo guess who's violently broke and willing to draw for money!? I'm officially open for business ⬇️ More info below⬇️
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 23h
[The judge] “said in court on Tuesday that the pair ‘selflessly’ put themselves to the side for the cause. ‘Mr. Kalicum and Ms. Nyx have borne the burden of bringing a successful constitutional challenge, thereby doing the public interest a service at considerable personal cost’
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Judge tosses drug trafficking convictions for B.C. compassion club founders after constitutional challenge | CBC News
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.
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daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @daff.space · 29/09/2026
Okay yeah i actually need help... I dont know how I will be buying groceries after my rent and other bills are paid. I hate this whiplash and this anxiety is destroying me PayPal me if you can help: paypal.me/daffodildil or etransfer if youre in Canada and can help: fancifuldaffodil@gmail.com
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Pay Daffodil X Jenx using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/daffodildil and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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Tony Zaret @tonyzaret.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After seeing endless posts on the importance of “third spaces” I finally found one near me - annndddd it was filled with media illiterate normies who didn’t laugh at my Deltarune references. So yeah, I'll stay ‘terminally online’ - at least until this city has more fandom-friendly pickleball courts
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Owen Goss @owengoss.com · 29/09/2026
Our full app version of Fivefold is now available! Fivefold is a Sudoku-inspired game where the rules change every puzzle. It's a free download, NO ADS, tons of free puzzles, and a puzzle pack if you want more. That's it! iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/fivef... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 COOL NEW ART ALERT 🚨 @peenortacus.bsky.social has been super hard at work with some amazing character art for #SKRUBSquad! I'm so excited to plaster these lil guys all over the game!
an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is pink-colored, holding a sponge and sprinting towards the camera while winking.an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is purple-colored, holding two chunks of meteors underarm and sprinting towards the camera with an unimpressed look on its facean illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is orange-colored, holding some sort of fork-gun and striking a pose while aiming it towards the viewer.an illustrated drawing of an alien who is wearing a bodysuit with bubble helmet and a floating slime inside of it. The alien is wearing glasses and green-colored, holding two pails of water while striking a pose.
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DETTAN 🏳️‍⚧️ ☛ COMMS CLOSED @dettanarts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
artists, quote with women
My two lesbian knightsDeath (a Knight) and her dragon, might also be a lesbianMilfy vampire woman being flashy at a masqueradeGoat mom and daughter enjoy a full Christmas feast!
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/09/2026
Jonathan McKinsey, a transgender New Times executive who was head of engineering at NYT games, was murdered by his in laws over the weekend. This follows years of allegations that the in laws were abusive to him over his gender identity. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/28/u...
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New York Times executive killed by his elderly in-laws, police say | CNN
A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with th...
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026
Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026
Brad Bradford disputing @nationalobserver.com’s reporting: “There’s no rewards … there’s nothing” Audio recording from Brad Bradford’s campaign meeting: “There are going to be rewards … it’s a gamification of the system”
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Stuyk @stuyk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey you! Did you miss my post about MeshCoat? A free open source #3D painter? We've been using it for our game to paint our models and you should try it too! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev stuyk.github.io/meshcoat/
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Ari @orionsfannypack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
i drew spyro trying to operate a forklift
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Kate Barrett @thewaether.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
lazers
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The interest of Shopify + Build Canada in the Toronto election is something to watch v closely.
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Shopify-linked think tank is the biggest spender on Toronto political ads. What is its goal?
Build Canada’s municipal offshoot has spent estimated $62K on Facebook, Instagram ads since June
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 28/09/2026
🧵. There are a few games that do interesting things with owning your mistakes. But most games actually do not *expect* you to do that. The failure state exists only to make success feel valuable. They don't actually expect anyone to settle for failing.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Helloooooo I'm currently in the process of sending out early keys for SKRUB Squad for this upcoming NextFest in October!! If you're a content creator or member of press who is interested in covering it please leave a reply and I'll reach out to you with one! 🙏
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Julia Breckenreid @juliabreckenreid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sign the petition to protect the work of Canadian artists! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Far Cry Isn't Good
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 28/09/2026
Social media is weird because if you give people a good feeling they will be overfamiliar with you, and if you do not do that they treat you like a human yelp page
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Finally got my food processing system into a usable state! Now I can build ingredients out of data and they can be processed into new types of food ("ingredients" being anything from actual food, to random crap one might find lying around)
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They just released a mod sponsored by IKEA
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saw a dev who said on his blog "I don't deal in politics, I'm just a game developer who just wants to make games" and one scroll beneath it shared his Truth Social account.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To me Control is another game on ever-growing list of "games I understand the surface appeal of but also really didn't enjoy playing half as much as everyone else seemed to"
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scotus makes me scromit @kentonantiques.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just a reminder we are actively harming Cuban citizens for NO FUCKING REASON
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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Art Direction: the Puppytruck Story
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Big fan of watching Arcitectural Digest walkthrough of famous people's homes. Because the celebrities are the ones who have to speak about their houses you can tell really quickly who is down to earth and lives like a normal person, and who is just a Rich Guy Who Owns Lots Of Expensive Crap.
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Aerial_Knight @aerialknight.com · 26/09/2026
Collections of studios owned and run by Black People. I'm sure there are some I missed, so please let me know (please double-check that they are owned by black people), and I will add them. Don't just follow them; check out their games. This list is about equity and ownership. go.bsky.app/4wfgP11
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm not *overly* happy with SKRUB Squad's Steam NextFest involvement directly overlapping with my vacation in Japan, this will be a new type of stress.
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
CANADA: The First Walmart Union Contract in North America jacobin.com/2026/09/walm...
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The First Walmart Union Contract in North America
At a Walmart distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario, workers have made history by winning the first-ever union contract with the logistics giant in North America. Their fight has meant pay raises...
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matchstick 🧶 Wishlist Meander @matchstick345.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
pizza 😍 Wishlist Meander or make your own pizza in the demo: store.steampowered.com/app/4714860/... #indie #gamedev #art #crochet 🧶
3 drawn pizzas with random toppings.
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D.W.A.P. (Ben) @andwap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When your gamedev friend shows you progress on their new engine.
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I remain mystified how many people seem to give credence to review scores in the year 2026 considering I haven't sought out anything or made a purchasing decision based on a review score in at *least* a decade.
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