iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Fire Emblem is damn good

Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ah yes, old friend Yoko Taro also came by and played the game! Always great to see him, we crossed paths quite a bit in the early 00’s in Tokyo!

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Had QUITE THE DAY yesterday at @sailtoarchipel event “THE TENTH MOSAIC” a fantastic game show at The French Institute in Tokyo where Makoto Shibata, Eric Chahi and Frederick Raynal played our game Awaysis!! (Swoon)

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

TOKYO GAME SHOW DAY ONE スタート

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

8-4 pre-TGS party was excellent as always, so good to see so many good friends, one night a year. Thank you @84play.bsky.social!! And all the debauchery at the after party too!

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 28/08/2026

"You can have ONE." Learn about @17-bit.bsky.social's special connection with the Japanese artist behind the Zelda illustrations in Nintendo Power in the new MinnMax Spotlight. youtu.be/4c4d85dFsoU

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Toto @rettoto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The @minnmax.com spotlight about @17-bit.bsky.social, the developer of Awaysis, is incredible. It highlighted the humanity behind game development, with a cool focus on concept art, and showed the process of how creativity in one medium leads to your favorite locales in your favorite games.

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17-BIT - AWAYSIS Demo Live on Steam! @17-bit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tokyo Game Show 2026 スタート！！　See you there?!

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 26/08/2026

With Metroid's composer and design inspiration from The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, learn all about @17-bit.bsky.social's new game Awaysis in the MinnMax Spotlight! youtu.be/4c4d85dFsoU

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My two seconds in this thing is just @jkooza.bsky.social peer-pressuring me at BitSummit earlier this year into keeping our social activities alive (fear not, they are alive and well). Cool video about our homebros at @17-bit.bsky.social from the lovely folks at @minnmax.com ↓

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Our video with @minnmax.com is finally ready to be shared with the world! We had an amazing time making this with Sarah and Haley and are thrilled to show you the messy insides of GAME MAKIN'!

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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 24/08/2026

The yearly pax is coming up... but just not the same. I will always think of peak Seattle indie days as PAX post setup party thursday night back at the @17-bit.bsky.social studios... and friday morning everyone regretting it deeply... only to repeat it all again on closing night 10X more...

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Gion Matsuri, going strong in Kyoto since 869. Really.

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Omfg 5/5 maps.app.goo.gl/FUwLKQZ7BXY8...

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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 04/07/2026

Thanks to @chrismaka.bsky.social for finding this gem.

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I just arrived at a spice curry place I’ve been wanting to try for a while… looks amazing, here’s hoping… maps.app.goo.gl/81ECr7YH8h8L...

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

More underwater pals, off the northern Kyoto coast

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Swam with an octopus for a while this weekend, such interesting creatures! So much personality.

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Cute little Japanese Fox lives near my house. He’s often curious and sticks around to check us out.

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 26/06/2026

🚨AFTER 33 MONTHS, I BRING YOU THE SINGLE LARGEST CREATIVE PROJECT OF MY LIFE 🚨: THE NAMCO MUSEUM MUSEUM: EVERY GAME, EVERY COLLECTION, EVERY PORT! EVERY RELEASE, EVERY REGION, NO EXCEPTIONS! I've meticulously studied & presented EVERY single instance of Namco's historic game collections, for you!

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The Namco Museum Museum: Every Game, Every Collection, Every Port!

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Japanese antique baskets are a vibe

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Rural northern Kyoto on the coast

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17-BIT - AWAYSIS Demo Live on Steam! @17-bit.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Last week @jkooza.bsky.social and @allymobbs.bsky.social trekked down to Tokyo to do some business. Along the way the enjoyed the luxuries of the Green Car. #gamedev #indiedev #japan

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Andrew Elmore 💽 @elmore.zone · 20/06/2026

O N E M O R E W E E K

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Rhod is rhad buy his game, support cool indies!!!

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Rhod @rhodjp.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

You can celebrate the new #NintendoSwitch eShop design by wishlisting and buying #SuperScramKitty this week!

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17-BIT - AWAYSIS Demo Live on Steam! @17-bit.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🎵We had a blast at the Frequency Punch x 17-BIT #BitSummit party overlooking the river. Great music. Amazing people. A fun night! #indiedev

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Koyasan, Wakayama Japan. Incredible area.

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Okunoin Cemetary, Koyasan, Wakayama, Japan

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

BITSUMMIT 14 was incredible!!!

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Reece “Kiwi Talkz” Reilly @kiwitalkz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Podcast out now with @jkooza.bsky.social we talk about the game industry in Japan including the inner workings of SEGA & Nintendo. His friendship with Eiji Aonuma, working with Hirokazu Tanaka, his new game Awaysis and more.... WATCH HERE ➡️ youtu.be/6hpeH83NdWY

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#209 -Jake Kazdal Interview On Nintendo, Eiji Aonuma, Zelda, SEGA, Hirokazu Tanaka, Awaysis

YouTube video by KIWI TALKZ

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 23/05/2026

BIG DEMONSCHOOL UPDATE! We've added: - more clubhouse dialog - unlockable friendship dialog - full mouse control! - text log - grammar pass on main story - New Game Plus that lets you carry over everything from a past playthrough! - loads of fixes! patch notes: store.steampowered.com/news/app/190...

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Ally Mobbs @allymobbs.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

If you are in Kyoto for #bitsummit come check our party on Saturday. Frequency Punch is a music and #sounddesign collective based in Kyoto.

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8-4 Play @84play.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Up-to-the-minute Star Fox hot takes, week-or-two-old Saros first impressions, and the ancient mobile flip-phone Japan-only Xenosaga spinoff review you never knew you wanted! 8-4.jp/podcasts/202...

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Alex Kraus @alexfkraus.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

BEEP Akihabara has announced their new location: At the Seekbase No. 3 building on the north side of Akihabara Station, underneath the Yamanote Line tracks. The new store will open on June 6th. Photos thanks to X user @pista_TM

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

@potatodonkey.bsky.social and I had the absolute honor to hang out with LEGENDS @teradakatsuya.bsky.social Hajime Sorayama and Rockin’ Jelly Bean in Tokyo yesterday at the opening of Ex Machina Galatica IV!!

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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 01/04/2026

GET IN THERE, INDIES! 🤩

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

12 Apostles, a few hours west of Melbourne. AMAZING.

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Jake Kazdal @jkooza.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Melbourne. Goddamn amazing city.

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John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

25 years ago today, skipped work and went to Shibuya to drag @jkooza.bsky.social away from working on Rez so we could excitedly rip open our new Game Boy Advance systems. To date still one of the most exciting launches I’ve experienced — so many games, so much potential 💜

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Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Mark your calendars for April 21st: Below the Crown day. You'll be able to play as a Queen Wizard, fight the Emperor, there are even multiple endings 😱 youtu.be/eBYqkB9Ljvk

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Below the Crown: Launching April 21st

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Thomas Nickel @tapirfortuna.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

It's the 34th anniversary of the japanese release of Shining Force - one of my favorite games of all time. The sequel to Shining in the Darkness kept the unique art-style, but switched gameplay from dungeon-crawler to an amazing RPG-turn-based-strategy-mix. The characters are often unique and fun...

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 19/03/2026

It's the Spring Sale on Steam! Demonschool is 20% off!!! You should please buy it if you have not. It's no exaggeration to say the more people buy the game, the more we'll be able to do with it in the future. So tell your friends as well! store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

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