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Joel | Porch Weather Games

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Writer, Game Designer, Co-Founder of Porch Weather Games. Appreciator of pixels of all sizes. He/Him Wishlist Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer - store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/…

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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 1h
The White House excluded Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at Tradepoint Atlantic on Tuesday, where weapons maker Anduril Industries is set to announce plans for a submarine manufacturing facility. buff.ly/5RTqBpZ
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 2h
Wasn't a Sega Genesis kid, but delving through the soundtrack library as part of my Random Old Game Music listening. Some absolute bangers, but also some that sound like someone torturing a Casio Keyboard to death. To be fair, that's probably true of the SNES, too. I'm just more acclimated to it.
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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 4h
Valve is due to make $20 billion this year. Here's a few suggestions for how they could spend some of this money to make life better for games developers: kotaku.com/valve-steam-...
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Here's What Valve Should Do With The $20 Billion It's Making This Year
There are so many ways Steam could work better for the developers that generate the profit
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 21h
Why is science not laser-focused on the critical issues, like genetically engineering and edible bay leaf so I don’t have to remember to fish it out of my dishes?
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Station Zeta store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/... Have an unquenched urge to be responsible for workplace safety on a space station? Well good news - in Station Zeta, you'll get to run, jump, and puzzle your way through the worst space station around!
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Save 40% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/... Save the campers, save the camp! Outwit the spookiest of 1980's monster-movie monsters as you lead your counselors through yet another night of terror!
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Save 25% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a few days left in the Steam Autumn Sale! That means there's still time to get *both* Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer and Station Zeta for less than, well, a lot of things these days. 🎮 All #indiedev #solodev! 🎮 No AI! 🎮 More fun than you can shake a stick at!
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One cannot help but think that, ultimately, this is probably what Elon Musk et al want. People who will happily sell out their literal freedom of choice to trust a corporate-run chat bot. www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...
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People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms
Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
✅Indie game ✅AI-free ✅On sale ✅✅All fun Porch Weather Games titles in the Autumn Sale right now! Support an #indiedev #solodev and get entertainment in return. What a deal! store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/... store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/...
This camper is so excited about going to get some Porch Weather Games in the summer sale they are taking the *special* shortcut
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🫧Toph @topheretc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I wrote about the broader political situation and stupid incentives that led to a Senator attempting to advance his political career by falsely accusing Jack Smith of attending a February Atlanta Hawks game in which Clint Capela put up a double-double. defector.com/jack-smith-e...
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Jack Smith Did Not Conspire Against Donald Trump While Watching Steph Curry Score 60 Points In An Overtime Loss To The Hawks | Defector
The most salient part of the accusation that Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt lodged against former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a Senate hearing on Tuesday is that it was wrong. It was ecstatically and...
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Run, jump, AND puzzle, in this economy?? Believe it, because Station Zeta is on sale! Crazed robots, malfunctioning machinery, and nary a safety railing in sight - just a normal day for a SPOSHA inspector. Save the day, save yourself! #indiegame #thinkygame store.steampowered.com/app/2950320/
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Save 40% on Station Zeta on Steam
Run, jump, shoot, and think your way to safety in this retro-inspired 2D puzzle-platformer. Station Zeta is out of control, and you'll have to deal with crazed robots, terribly designed station machin...
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just in time for spooky season, Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is on sale! What do the deep, dark woods of Maine hold? Monsters, mostly, and campers too dumb to avoid them. Lead your counselors and keep camp open for one more summer! #indiegame #turnbased store.steampowered.com/app/3637630/
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Save 25% on Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer on Steam
Camp Keepalive: Endless Summer is a turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of ...
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Sam Redfern @psychicsoftware.com · 01/10/2026
It's #TurnBasedThursday! I'm delighted to be this week’s official host. As the spooky season nears, let's summon some turn based games! Devs - show us your games... and don't forget the #TurnBasedThursday hashtag, & 🔁 re-share Players - ❤️, ✅ wishlist & 🔁 re-share #indiedev #indiegame
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Post-credit scene longer than the movie.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do not get a bird feeder cam if you wish to maintain the fantasy that exciting new birds visit your feeder only when you aren’t looking.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 30/09/2026
Hikers come to Cromwell Valley Park’s kilns for the history and stay for the birds
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He saved Cromwell Valley’s kilns for the history, but the foxes and birds love them, too
Restored kilns at Cromwell Valley Park still bring visitors.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Without the classic Carmen Sandiego games, kids today simply aren't learning the word "dossier" the way they should be.
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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#aseprite #pixelartㅤㅤㅤㅤ Simple Guide: Aseprite Hotkeys
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
drunk history wolf 359
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
this is like starting in the mailroom and eventually working your way up to CEO and saying "I used to think about the mailroom a lot but now I don't anymore so it must not be important - get rid of it!" But surely no CEO would be that shallow a thinker, right?
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Beyond the math stuff, he also talks about how engineers don't know the systems they are putting together actually work. Some of them, sure - but *someone* out there still knows. Just because you aren't dealing with the low-level stuff anymore doesn't mean it's suddenly not important!
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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026
Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.
A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Somewhere there is a timeline where we are all feverishly waiting for Rockstar North (perhaps still DMA Design in this version), after years of hype and buildup and a budget beyond belief, to finally release Lemmings VI.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey, I didn’t name it - George Lucas just wanted us all to enjoy the sounds of smooth jizz music!
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our Singing Galaxy: On the Origins and Evolution of Jizz in the Outer Rim Systems
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That horrible moment when a fellow dev pitches their new idea they are really proud of and someone swoops in with the "oh, you mean just like [game]". Absolutely savage.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
>i I have: A joke about text adventures
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights** Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight.
From meteorologist Eric Snitil

**Lights Out Alert Sunday & Monday Nights**

"Heads up birders, I would not be surprised if the biggest bird migration night of the year happens over the next 2 nights. Birdcast is estimating 300-400 million birds will be in flight. That is a lot, but the pattern could not be better for migratory birds. A massive area of high pressure will turn the low level winds from the northeast to the southwest across most of the US. The last time we had anything similar to this in the fall was early October last year when a record 1.25 billion birds were in flight. I doubt we get to that level, but I suspect the number will top 500 million especially Monday night which looks to be the bigger of the two nights. You can help by turning off those outdoor lights on big migration nights, and the next 2 nights is about as big as it gets."
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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 21/09/2026
Freight News! We Now Have Our First-Ever Footage Of Railroad Tycoon's Lost SNES/Super Famicom Port
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Freight News! We Now Have Our First-Ever Footage Of Railroad Tycoon's Lost SNES/Super Famicom Port
The port was first rumoured back in 1991 in the pages of Nintendo Power
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I was going to post something about one of the many, many headlines this morning driving me slowly more insane, but I honestly couldn't decide which thing to focus on. Instead, I will post this deeply earnest video about making pencils. thekidshouldseethis.com/post/blackwi...
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How are Blackwing pencils made?
"Blackwing’s roots go back to the 1930s when the Eberhard Faber Pencil Company first introduced the 602 model," their website notes of the recognizable
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🫧Toph @topheretc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
sodacove.com/hearties/h07
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OG 2Tone @offbydesign.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026
Mayor Scott deserves his flowers just as much as Mamdani. He's doing a lot with less and cares heavily for the city but doesn't get the recognition.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strange New Worlds is really buying into my whole “embrace whimsy”position and I’m here for it, but boy is it making some people mad.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It turns out when I actually pay attention to movies coming out, there are a lot of movies I want to see.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
youtu.be/gTmLz9B8wls?...
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Futurama – Blernsball
YouTube video by Funniest Cartoon Moments
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Dem leaders: Impeachment is a waste of time that doesn't accomplish anything! GOP leaders: We must seal the House and flee the city to avoid the consequences of this looming impeachment vote
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House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Republicans are sending members of Congress home early to avoid a vote on the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Mostly, I'm just posting this because I know there are many, many other people out there in the same boat and I want them to know they aren't alone. It sucks, but we do this because we (for some insane reason) love it.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If this is coming across as a complaint, please don't take it as such - this is the very nature of the industry, and I know that. It is, ultimately, a me problem. No matter how proud I am of it, something about it just isn't interesting to people.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I've been trying my damnedest to make a living doing this, and so far I am failing pretty spectacularly. It just doesn't make sense to spend even a few more months working on something that isn't going to generate any meaningful sales.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The game is pretty far along, so I know some of you might say "hey, just keep going with it." And while that sounds good, I unfortunately know from experience that if you don't have interest before launch, it's probably not going to magically appear after launch.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Almost 1,500 people have downloaded the demo, but almost none of them have *played* it. I saw similar results with Camp Keepalive, which has put me firmly in the camp of "don't waste your time with a demo".
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Media outreach, social outreach - all that fun stuff - has generated pretty much nothing.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since launching the store page, wishlists have been a struggle. Early momentum got absolutely killed by Next Fest and never recovered. Recently, I've even had wishlists trending *down*, which is a real punch in the gut.
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
When you think Dr. Seuss, do you not think of towering brutalism?
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm pleased to announce that around 200 pages' worth of tutorial resources are coming to the Game UI Database for FREE via a brand new blog. No ads. No paywalls. No email signups. Here's a preview of the first piece dropping next week, all about crafting cross-platform control schemes and layouts!
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
They were trying to get that new Muppet Show revival turned into a series, but a report came out that it’s on hold because the execs “couldn’t agree on a premise”. The premise is it’s the Muppet Show! Bring on a guest star and let wackiness ensue!
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I have a long-standing theory that basically since the 90’s there has been an ongoing elimination of whimsy from our culture, and all this stuff with the Muppets and beige kids’ toys and the soul-sucking of AI art really just reinforces that my theory is correct. Bring some whimsy into the world!
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Joel | Porch Weather Games @jhaddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Some deeply grim shit.
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🫧Toph @topheretc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEVER FORGET that on this day, just a second ago, Hearties chapter 6 came out sodacove.com/hearties/h06/
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Hearties Chapter 6 - Soda Cove
A Day With Nalani Chapter 7 Coming Soon Return to Homepage
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