iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 27/05/2026

Such a vibe! And a great game, it's got a really cool vibe

Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 12/04/2026

My body is a machine that turns great video game ideas and turns them into awesome GDDs, and then into dropped projects at the first sign of a hurdle in development

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hrVst-m00n, Vtuber @hrvst-m00n.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

remarkably appropriate meme

"sorry, i havent finished a project in months, i've been at war with myself"

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 21/09/2025

It’s so weird that I can’t help but be amazed by it

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 20/09/2025

Tokyo has some of the most strange but amazing building layout I’ve seen in a city, like this little gap between tall buildings that’s been turned into parking space

Upwards panoramic photo displaying a small parking area in Tokyo, set between a few buildings, with only enough space for three small cars.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/04/2025

This is what I’ve done with mine! It’s so fun being able to watch tv or play games from it, when if it has a lower resolution

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 13/04/2025

Truly astounded by the #MarathonReveal - that cinematic short has style on another level. Shocking that when artists are brought in to make art, they make amazing things.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 29/03/2025

The wargaming PMG doc was really eye opening… thanks for suggesting this, it’s a great watch so far!

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 17/02/2025

Without money to get started, indie teams are left either dead on arrival or having to ask people in the same situation to work for free. And no one with the money seems eager to hire…

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 17/02/2025

As a designer currently finished with uni and working on getting my first role in the industry, I’m seeing lots of this too - it’s tough. There’s money in the industry to waste millions on games that immediately get shut down, but none for new indie startups.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 07/02/2025

Supergiant always do a great job with soundtracks, love the Bastion ost

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Obakenori 🍙 Demo out now! @obakenori.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Hi Bluesky 💙 Another round of looking for fellow game devs to follow, let's hear about your game in the comments! My game Obakenori a 3D platformer about a shape shifting demon stuck in the form of an Onigiri 🍙 (Sound on 😂 🔊) #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #gamedevelopment #indiegame

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 03/01/2025

Finally managed to get my parent’s #crt hooked up with my PC. Can’t wait to play some games on here!

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 03/01/2025

Have you taken a look at Beautiful Light? I saw this video on it recently, which caught my eye. Might be one watch… youtu.be/zab0FHwhMdE?...

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A game that doesn't fake immersion

YouTube video by Riloe

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 30/12/2024

I agree that this is great for indoor environments, but what about when outdoors? It’s tough to find similar easy-to-follow language in natural/open environments, hence the whole yellow paint trend.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 29/12/2024

LOVED playing this, but I destroyed my 3ds’ top screen so it’s not the same anymore 😭

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 29/12/2024

These look so good! Even just the added detail of the leaves at the borders make such a difference

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 29/12/2024

Definitely pulled something in my back building this #Lego set this evening, but it’s so worth it. Only a little further to go!

A mostly-completed Lego set of a zen garden, sitting on a desk.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

8 hours… I wish 😭 There’s not enough time in the day tbh, especially during winter

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Feels like I’m starting to get back into making things, finally. Who knew that taking breaks and resting makes a difference to your creative ability?? #indiedev #gamedev

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Adore your art style!! A sonic game looking like this would be so cute

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Worst bit of this is that despite the title of it (“help us beat the bots”), you can be sure that this is being used to train AI. Which doesn’t do them any good either, when their puzzles don’t work!

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Tried to log into my #microsoft account to change my email notification settings, and got blasted by having to complete these awful test things. Most of them didn’t even have correct answers, like the one below. Why do these exist?? And why do I need to complete 15 of them?!

A screenshot of Microsoft’s security check tools, which requires you to match a number and an image with a set of numbered circles and corresponding images.

The test shown here asks to match the number 23 with an image that shows a lamp and sofa, but there is no visible number 23 on the following image, making the puzzle impossible.

A screenshot of the tool displaying that 14 out of 15 of these puzzles have been completed.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Maybe we keep this one safely tucked away in the vault 😅

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Totally agree with what you’re putting down btw. I find the process of working things through to get to a definition helps my brain to understand things better.

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a man in a floral shirt stands in front of a chalkboard with mathematical equations on it

Alt: Markiplier gazing off into the distance, with equations floating around him.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Ooh I think that’s a satisfying way of defining it! To consider yourself a ‘fan’ of a piece of media, it’s necessary to have experienced all of its attributes 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

That’s interesting… I wonder then: when we remember a game through rose tinted glasses and say we’re fans of them, but forget about all the difficult bits of it like janky controls and awkward sequences, have we moved to being fans of the idea of the game rather than the game itself? 🧐

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

If that’s a future that Netflix wishes to push, they should start investing in audiobooks. Film is designed to be watched, just as a game is to be played.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

That’s very fair, and I agree that you can’t properly understand a game without having felt the experience of playing it for yourself. But does that necessarily mean you cannot be a fan of it?

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Sure, gameplay is an essential part of the experience. You don’t truly ‘feel’ the game until you’ve actually controlled it yourself. But if I’ve engrossed myself with the world, and community, and all other parts, am I not a ‘fan’ of that game as a whole, not just the parts I’ve engaged with?

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Whilst I see what you’re getting at, and totally agree on the point of playing a game being a different experience to consuming any of the rest of it, this makes me wonder: At what point are you just a fan of the game? Is gameplay really so important that it should gatekeep someone from fandom?

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 28/12/2024

Interesting, why do you say that?

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 26/12/2024

I think at this point it’s just bots following each other tbh, dead internet at its finest

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Jane Ng @janeng.com · 26/12/2024

Looks like Firewatch is on mega sale 90% off on Steam, for $1.99! I guess it went viral this summer?! What else can you even get with $2 these days? store.steampowered.com/app/383870/F...

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Save 90% on Firewatch on Steam

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 25/12/2024

Everything in that game has some life to it, which prevents it feeling stiff. For example, the things you can cast at the bottom could move around, perhaps with different animations depending on the elemental types associated. Then when selected, use a big burst of particles to show it!

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 25/12/2024

Loving the colours and layout!! I’d recommend making sure there’s plenty of juice to it though too. Balatro is a great example here, where almost every bit of the ui moves and shakes and reacts to being hovered over and clicked on.

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄💚

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

We’ll get a port… someday… right??

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

I feel that, I look at the stuff from when I started at uni and cringe at it

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

Yeah possibly - a shame, but it is what it is. Hopefully they’ll either change their tune, or something better might take its place

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

I’m surprised this hasn’t been talked about more?? Seriously disappointing

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

Tbf they’re better than G2A in my experience, never had an issue on cdkeys but you just have to be careful to get the right thing wherever you go Would also recommend making sure you check stores like gog for discounts!!

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Jamie Cutting @jamies.place · 24/12/2024

Got mine in the second sale, so it’ll probably take a while, but can’t wait for it to arrive

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