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Josh Unsworth

@dorri.bsky.social

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Makes games. Sitting at an open window, listening to the city. Designer and writer on Old World by Mohawk Games. @Joshua_Unsworth on the other place.

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mohawkgames.bsky.social @mohawkgames.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We are pleased to announce that our new DLC, Empires of the Indus, will release on March 30th, expanding the borders of the Old World. Watch the trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLv_... and wishlist on Steam, Epic or GOG now

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Old World - Empires of the Indus DLC Trailer | 4X Turn-Based Strategy Game

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 10/11/2025

okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form: forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...

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Game Narrative: A Kaleiodoscopic View

So here's the idea: 60-75 game writers, from all levels of experience but excluding players/reviewers without craft experience. Each person contributes 500-1000 words each on a writing / narrative des...

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Folk Emerging 🦣 stone age 4X (OUT NOW) @curiousdynamics.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I've been playtesting my prehistoric 4X game with an autobattler combat system (prototype) instead of the old tactical grid system, and it seems to work quite well ⚔️ It's been super fun studying the autobattler genre and integrating it into a 4X game, they're actually quite compatible! ‌🎮 #gamedev

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Josh Unsworth @dorri.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

A year after it released, I have written about the process of designing and writing 'The Sacred and the Profane' event pack DLC for Old World - openfells.com/notes-on-old...

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Notes on Old World: The Sacred and the Profane

DLC Designer Notes

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Josh Unsworth @dorri.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

I tried doing that top 25 games thing and it ended up being a game edition of 'This Is Your Life'. So here are the games that have influenced and inspired me most in roughly the order I played them in -

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Josh Unsworth @dorri.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Time for an intro post! I'm Josh, a game designer focused on systemic narrative design and currently working on the historical 4X game Old World at Mohawk Games. Before that I was an intern on Alien: Isolation and co-founded micro indie studio Three Knots. I write about design at openfells.com/blog/

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