iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Hawkun @hawkun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Shoot the dynamite.

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dweedes @magicdweedoo.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

working on a #newgame

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Put a bit of work into our early indie game wave metroidvania, Space Barnacle. For technical reasons, it used to launch in a tiny window. No longer. Crisp new full screen on boot, otherwise its the classic version! get: doomaser.itch.io/spacebarnacle #indiedev #metroidvania #gamedev

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[null] @null.band · 15/05/2026

I'm very happy to announce that I am an artist on @subvert.fm , a co-op music platform that just launched! I have published my latest release exclusively on the platform, a #soundtrack to @doomlaser.bsky.social 's #indiegame #fps GUN FLESH - check it out at www.subvert.fm/null-band/gu...

a stylized image of an infinite television set with the words "GUN FLESH OST" and "null.band"

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Programancer @programancer.com · 17/03/2026

Some more polish work on this segment of the mines- added the secret room (nothing in it yet), @jordizzle.bsky.social added a death frame for the Knobhoblin, made subweapons always force the goblins away from you so you don't accidentally fling them toward yourself, etc!

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waddle/Joost @thewaddle.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Here lived the Cardinals (🐦)... #gamedev #indiegame #memamorkin

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

it's kinda fun zooming all the way out on big screens while editing

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Holy shit! What a game to get a sequel! I'm stoked

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

ok we're getting somewhere now. i have the verbs partially set up and bound. theoretically, if you have an item which has its description written, it should be able to display it now...

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Road Rash (1994) opening cinematic for 3DO, PC, and other platforms #GameHistory #videogames #Soundgarden #hellyeah

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OgreLore Roguelike @ogrelore.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Here's an attempt at creating a "cracked lava field" sort of tile. The orange is brighter than it's supposed to be according to the game's palette rules, but I'm thinking that this could potentially be a case where it's worth it for an emissive lighting effect. #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev

Goat demons defend a shrine from scorpion demons in cave full of cracked magma.

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Made an introduction & career retrospective video for a conference. I think it turned out pretty well If you're wondering who I am, what I've worked on, & what I think of the future of AI API tech—from both the US & China's frontier labs: watch! youtu.be/gDvfKxK81XU #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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Mark Johns / Doomlaser Introduction, Career Retrospective + The Future of AI

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Mark Johns / Doomlaser Introduction, Career Retrospective + The Future of AI

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I picked up a quilted Super Mario Bros. NES Mario at a craft & maker store on Saturday. It's pretty cool! Was on sale for $2.50 USD! 🍄🎮 #gamedev #indiedev #nintendo #Mario #videogame

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Found art I made at age 9: DEMO CHEMO. It was about a flagrantly unsafe chemical plant/nuclear reactor that also sold food to the public. My 4th & 5th grade gifted teacher, Mr. Elrick, was cool—he hung it up behind his desk for 2 years. #indiedev #worldbuilding #gamedev #retro #darkhumor

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

In this fun video, I talk about Tap Tap Revenge, which was written by a small team including Jonatan 'cactus' Söderström, Kevin Coulton, @gte.bsky.social Steve Jobs played the game at a keynote. We did videos for Daft Punk, Justice, Coldplay, etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_9... #indiegame #gamedev

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Tap Tap Revenge Fan Comments + Context about Disney acquiring Tapulous, Hotline Miami, Sega

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Logan McCloud @hyperchaotix.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Recently discovered I can do large-scale sprite animation in Blender

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In 2011-2012, my studio, along with @adamatomic.bsky.social, @pietepiet.com & @dannybstyle.bsky.social, built the iPhone game for the first Hunger Games movie, launching alongside the film on March 23, 2012 10 million players within days www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHIU... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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We built the iPhone game for The Hunger Games movie here: Doomlaser West II

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We built the iPhone game for The Hunger Games movie here: Doomlaser West II

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I just asked Gemini 3 Pro—which I pay for—to generate an .srt file of subtitles for a new video I just finished. It made up the entire thing. It just fucking made it all up. Nothing had anything to do with the audio in the file. It just lied. #AI #LLM #MachineLearning #GenerativeAI

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Holy shit. Kanye West apology letter in The Wall Steet Journal. He is finally admitting that he has bipolar disorder. This is a huge step forward for the man. I have been a fan of his ever since The College Dropout. It takes courage to come out and share your weaknesses so publicly. Wholesome.

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jasper byrne @jasperbyrne.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

and now it's 14 years ... ... never work on a game for 14 years

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Panic @panic.com · 21/01/2026

🔧 FREE demo of Ratcheteer DX on Steam today! Check out this Link to a golden era of video games and Awaken your nostalgic memories of top-down action-adventuring. Full game is out March 5 on Switch, PC, and Mac. (Your demo save will transfer to the full Steam release.) ⬇️ s.team/a/3908650

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Tuba Zef 🐟fishpersonshooter.com🐟 @tubazef.com · 04/12/2025

While researching this I found out there's a 1997 WAD that actually uses that limit for something. In MAP19 of Hell Revealed, you start in a room with a bunch of PE who can't attack bc the map already has 21 LS, but once you get the item on the room, all of the LS are killed and they start attacking

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adamatomic @adamatomic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

started this thursday night, managed to get it done (except audio sigh) tonight... keep an eye out for it later this week tho. got that "i am a genius / oh no" kind of fun

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

i made it so equipment can change the color of your character. i thought it would be nice to have a little expressive bandwidth in text mode.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

goosebumps: attack of the mutant, screenshot, pc (1997) www.mobygames.com/game/13193/g...

first person view of a 3d environment: a brick wall, an entrance, a yellow and purple creature standing in the entranceway. it has long thin yellow horns, yellow claws on its hands and feet. the person behind the first person perspective is holding a hammer in their hand.

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

And here is Steve Jobs playing our game during a 2009 Apple iPhone Keynote #GameHistory #GamePreservation #iosgaming #gamedev

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This is a video that Kevin & I made for cactus in 2008, during production of Tap Tap Dance, part of the Tap Tap Revenge series. We needed to show him how the game worked & what we were building for Daft Punk & Justice. We got an Editor's Choice 9/10 from @ign.com #gamedev #indiedev #RetroGaming

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

To everyone who left Twitter for Bluesky, the X "algorithm" is totally broken now. Even Grok agrees. You made a good choice. 👀 fxtwitter.com/Doomlaser/st... #TwitterMigration #eXodus #OpX The signal is quite dead over there. Focusing more here now. #GameDev #IndieDev

On LLMs,

I think the courts will ultimately treat the rights questions like they did for hip-hop music sampling, and the big frontier LLM labs will be forced to cut deals with media copyright holders. It’ll be cut up into billions of micropayments like Spotify payouts.

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

My current home office setup. I was inspired by the modular laptop stations at Niantic (Pokemon Go) when I worked there. I recreated my own version of the modular laptop + screens + keyboard / mouse hot-swappable setup at home, complete with a used Aeron chair :) #gamedev #GameDevLife #Setup

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Mike Turitzin @miketuritzin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I just released my video about the engine (and game) I've been working on. The engine is based on dynamic SDFs, and the video describes how it works and what it makes possible. Link in the reply! This is my first YouTube video and it took forever - please repost!

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I've made public this video devlog update for our big FPS roguelike, Gun Flesh. It takes place in a world controlled by AI machines, where all humans are stored away in cryo-sleep. But something has gone wrong.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEaL... #roguelike #IndieGame #gamedev #indiedev #aesthetic

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Gun Flesh :: State of the Game for 1.19.2022

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

some steps toward "locally formal" alignment. (it's tricky because i'm doing 2u major connectors, but i want to use parity within each odd-width block the same way. i suppose i could try absolute, that might be neat.

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Updated the Doomlaser about page after recent Slashdot traffic from people reading my 2015 take on AI inference as “high-level algebra,” and my vision of a nonprofit-controlled “dragon-head of capitalism,” via @slashdot.org: science.slashdot.org/story/25/12/... #CreativeTools #AIandArt #FilmTech

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

In a 2015 public radio interview, I framed AI as high-level algebra: abstract inputs, inference, & open systems. I also proposed an AI model where a nonprofit trust governs, with capital constrained beneath it. Dream Factory is a local-first narrative & previz tool we’re building at Doomlaser. #AI

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Here's a video of Vinny from Vinesauce (fullsauce.bsky.social) doing a blind playthrough of my very own 'Shit Game' awhile back. An absolutely 'transformative' video game experience ;) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #gameart #art #conceptart

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Mark Johns @doomlaser.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

working on finishing something cool, i think! #gamedev #indiedev

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Vlambeer @vlambeer.com · 05/12/2025

It took a while, but Nuclear Throne Update 100 is out now! (and 50% off on Steam) store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...

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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

imagine snaking wall segments like this around a town, with the road in either running along them or through ceremonial arches.

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lowraiz @lowraiz.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

First draft of an FPV drone simulator to shoot footage for my game's trailer! (Kinetic) I'm moving the camera with a radio controller #GodotEngine #indiedev #gamedev

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jasper byrne @jasperbyrne.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

NEW GAME+ the four player couch coop action rpg #newgame+

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Tom van den Boogaart @tom.sokpop.co · 08/06/2025

hello 👽 announcing my new game: Bernband, a remake of the old Bernband from 2014 wander through an alien city, hang out with locals, find secrets, get lost… check it out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2789170

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