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John Wordsworth

@johnwordsworth.bsky.social
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Game developer & tech leader in Sweden. All about games, TTRPGs, and board games. Former Tech Director at Paradox Interactive. Maths PhD Survivor. OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - Wishlist Now! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/…

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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Can’t wait to go to a Suno v6 Pro live concert with my buddies, or chat about their latest album, or read about the cool stuff they do as artists, or hear their new track on the radio and decide I need to hear more from them or… oh - that’s right - I can’t do any of this with endless AI music.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Minecraft Dungeons II launches in just a few minutes! It's been amazing working with such a talented team over the last few years. They've done such a good job on this awesome game - I can't wait to play it with non-Devs! store.steampowered.com/app/1912410/...
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Pre-purchase Minecraft Dungeons II on Steam
Drop the pickaxe, grab a sword, and charge into a new adventure in Minecraft Dungeons II. Pre-order today and get 2 hero skins, the Twisted cape, and the Twisted chicken pet!
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Marc Watson @marc-irl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dungeons II comes out in like 36 hours and some of my favorite new mobs haven’t even been seen yet 🤭
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Let me get this straight - if Open AI hacks and deletes medical records leading to people dying, or someday hacks a missile system and blows up a town full of people. We just shrug our shoulders and go “eh, AI did it - not their fault”?
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Buoy, this is pretty cool.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As someone who has played a lot of Resident Evil and Silent Hill over the years, this Tabletop RPG looks interesting!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
For me, this was probably Dungeon Master on the Atari ST. I first played it with my Dad. It was such a good game and still holds up today. Runners up were definitely Sonic, Captain Blood, Civilization and Elite!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week on Occult Cleanup Agency for me has mostly been trying to fix up saving / loading. It feels about 90% done now, but saving these little fellas... Custom fractured pieces of broken items... *Shakes Fist*
A screenshot from the upcoming game Occult Cleanup Agency which depicts the player holding a crowbar and in front of them is a box that has been broken into pieces.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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Mathieu Ropert @matropert.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
My time at Unity is coming to a premature end, with our consulting team being dismantled. That means that ✨Sparkling Code✨ is available again for all your C++, performance, graphics and gamedev needs, now with premium Unity expertise too!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Super excited for this to release in just TWO WEEKS now! The team at Mojang are lovely, smart and delightful to work with and they've built an excellent game that's a lot of fun. If you're looking for a family-friendly, co-op, Diablo-esque ARPG to play in the coming weeks - you should check it out!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thanks for the kind words sir! Can't wait to share more of the game with you (and the rest of the world). Huge thanks for the re-share - much appreciated!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Occult Cleanup Agency A deductive, paranormal, cleaning sim releasing 2027. Investigate the scene. Solve the mystery. Clean away all evidence of the horrors that occurred. Golden Idol + Power Wash Sim + X-Files. Wishlists and reshares massively appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
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Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
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BoardGameWire 🔜 Spiel Essen @boardgamewire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
All right, here's the first call out. Within hours of me publishing an incredibly in-depth piece on CMON's finances, which covers a multitude of stock exchange filings from across several weeks, this article appeared on @tabletopgamingnews.bsky.social: www.tabletopgamingnews.com/cmon-is-suff...
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CMON Faces Make-or-Break Moment as It Warns of "Prolonged Structural Downturn" - TGN - Tabletop Gaming News
CMON has issued a stark warning about its future, telling investors its core business is stuck in a "prolonged structural downturn" and still burning through
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Have seen the posts before but only just today took the time to look into Vampirium: 1997. It looks super interesting and something I want to sink my teeth into! Also nice that it looks like a macOS build is on the cards, because this is exactly the sort of game that should play well on a laptop.
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Amy Pearson @amypearson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Doodling our Occult Cleanup Agency protagonist. Cosmic horrors come in all shapes and sizes I guess ♥️ Steam link for more info! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
Chibi style character illustration. The Occult Cleanup Agent has her Agency approved bucket and considers a gloopy entity.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Upgraded Occult Cleanup Agency to Unity 6.6 yesterday. For the first time in a while, I'm excited by the updates. Project Auditor and Unity CLI are great. Not got faster shader builds working yet, but hopefully soon. Then CoreCLR is just around the corner... store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
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Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is all I can think of whenever I see the images going around about the upcoming Apple Launch event...
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Oh, that’s right - we now have a first trailer for Occult Cleanup Agency! Check it out! Please share and wishlist as we make our first push at sharing the game we’ve been working on. It’s hugely appreciated, and we hope you will enjoy it when it’s released!
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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Immense gratitude for all the love this got. Couldn’t have hoped for a better start! We have LOTS of content to share so let me know if there’s anything you want to see more of 📸👻🪣
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Needed a couple of M3 nuts with M3.8 bolts for a 3D printed project. And now, as is tradition, I have a box of about 7 million little nuts and bolts and I will use about 4 of them every few months…
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WatcherDM (He/Him) @watcherdm.com · 30/08/2026
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a... New ttrpg review podcast!
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All Systems Nominal
Games Podcast · Updated Monthly · All Systems Nominal is a podcast about science fiction tabletop roleplaying games, focused on smaller independent TTRPGs.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I can't imagine having a Gamescom ruined by having your equipment and copies of your game stolen. It's stressful enough being there pitching or showing off your game, so this would be devastating. Feel terrible for everyone who was affected.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I don’t want to become too obsessed with watching the numbers, but after announcing Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam yesterday, I couldn’t help but make a little Stream Deck widget to keep track of the Wishlists! store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
A photo of an Elgato Stream Deck with a custom plugin that shows the number of Wishlists of Occult Cleanup Agency on one of the buttons.
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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY - a deductive 📸, paranormal 👻, job-sim 🪣 - Investigate sites of recent horrors - Solve the mystery of what occurred there - Clean all traces of it away so nobody finds out Golden Idol x Power Wash Sim Releasing in 2027 - wishlist now store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Very excited to share that we have now have a Steam page for our game - Occult Cleanup Agency! We're still a long way from release, but it's great to start talking about our paranormal cleaning-sim & investigation game set in the 1990s! (Yes, we're old). store.steampowered.com/app/5163280/...
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Occult Cleanup Agency on Steam
Grab your camera, pack your power-washer, and clear off the caseboard - you’re back on the nightshift for the Agency and it’s your job to investigate, catalogue, and then meticulously clean away the r...
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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Heading to Gamescom with @amypearson.bsky.social to talk new studio and new game! Mutuals hit me up. It’s been too long since we ate battered foods in the shadow of a Castlevania cathedral together.
A screenshot of an unannounced game. It is first-person. A room of floating furniture is bathed in an eerie green glow.A screenshot of an unannounced game. It shows a caseboard full of questions and paper and puzzles. There are spaces for Polaroid slots and missing words to fill in.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I love my MX Mechanical Mini keyboard - not least because it's the most efficient I've ever had at switching between 3 devices (less than a second?). It's a few years old now, and while a couple of keys have broken - they have been saved by 3D printing, and they are surprisingly fine to use!
A photo of the Logitech MX Mechanical Mini keyboard with two key-caps replaced by 3D printed ones.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I was quite intrigued to revisit Halo once more with Halo: Campaign Evolved, but 4 crashes in 20 minutes of play means that I guess I’ll be waiting a while before I boot it up again :(.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Haven't played much D&D recently, but I'm stoked to see Dark Sun making a return! Respect to the team for trying - must be hard to modernise Athas in a way that keeps the harsh feeling while losing the contentious topics. Fingers crossed it turns out good! www.dungeonsanddragons.com/dark-sun/
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Jeff Tanton - Wishlist OCCULT CLEANUP AGENCY 📸👻🪣 @jefftanton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
my god it’s true, I’ve been making a videogame with @amypearson.bsky.social and @johnwordsworth.bsky.social for over a year
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Went through the exciting steps of setting up our Steam Partner account today - we will soon be able to start talking about the game we have been making for over a year! Very exciting - can’t wait to start talking more about it.
A hand drawn image of a winking ghost on a yellow/green background.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"Show this part of London after the Earth has heated up dramatically due to global warming"
An AI image of London dried up and desert like from Google Earth's new feature using the prompt "Show this part of London after the Earth has headed up dramatically due to global warming"
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Home from a week in Tromsø and it's been surprisingly nice to have darkness at night again! It was surreal going to bed with the light shining around the curtains at all hours but super nice being somewhere cool when hiking through nature. Here is a photo of a fjord at midnight!
A photo of a Norwegian fjord with water in the middle and mountains on either side taken at midnight which essentially looks the same as it would at any other time of the day.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
That’s pretty sleazy, which is a shame - because so have a lot of love for Chip Theory overall. There is no explicit mention of “Wroth” as a product (just “the Universe”) which means I would assume those badges are for this game. Borders on false advertising TBH!
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 24/06/2026
Been working on this as part of my Levelling The Playing Field program for a while, as part of a mission of creating fairer access to knowledge. Eight 101 video courses for independent game dev, €40 each, available soon. Sign up for the launch announcement & newsletter at courses.ramiismail.com
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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Check out the trailer for my buddy's game! youtu.be/B0N7Y9jRies?...
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Stationbreak - Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Broken Spaceship
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Chris Hutton - TTRPG Insider @newsnerd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A factor I keep thinking about is the extent to which the drain of decision-making might play into the desire to stick with the most popular game, D&D. We make thousands of decisions a day, and that makes us tired. What's one decision you can choose to not make? Your game of choice.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
We are ~30% D&D now vs other systems, but we always fall back because it’s common language - nobody at the table has to be in learning mode. But also, it’s a “fantasy sandbox” where most other RPGs are built around a niche concept, so I can make a drop-in “fantasy anything” session for D&D easily.
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Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
for the best part of this year, I've been speaking to former Maxis developers to put together this: a near-6000 word oral history of Spore 🦠 www.designroom.site/spore-an-ora...
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Spore: An oral history
A wild bet in development for the better part of a decade, Spore reached for the stars — and, at times, got there. We recently spoke to eight team members, including chief designer Will Wright, to loo...
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 12/05/2026
7 months to go
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Darya @daryam.com · 27/04/2026
Oh god, Horse Armor is within the Ask Historians 20 year rule for historical content 💀
Post on r/AskHistorians which asks: The Horse Armor DLC for TES 4:Oblivion is often cited as the first popular DLC and Microtransaction that set the video game industry down it's patb to where it is today. Is this accurate, and how was the Horse Armor DLC received at the time?
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I always go back to Big Lebowski, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves or Princess Bride.
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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
First play of the solo board game “Witchcraft!” today and I had a lot of fun. Just about the right length, and a good balance of randomness vs strategising with your witches. It feels very replayable with how it’s setup and the 9-mission campaign looks like a lot of fun and will mix things up a bit.
A photograph of the board game “Witchcraft!” that has been setup and is just partially through the first turn.
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Robin Fjärem @robinsuu.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Late pledges are still open for Amarath, but will close soon. Check it out before it's too late! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rob... #ttrpg #dragonbane #drakarochdemoner #amarath
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Amarath
Fight against impossible odds when facing the hordes of Chaos in this epic Dragonbane adventure
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Juniors support by working on clearly defined tasks with help. Mid-levels apply their skills and can get stuff done in their field. Seniors guide others and multiply output - by teaching, improving processes, leading by example. Principals innovate and make improvements that last for years
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Some friends and I gave the Blades '68 RPG a whirl yesterday. I went into it a little dubious because it feels like a wild setting, but we had a GROOVY time! It was really easy to lean into the setting and it was super fun. A lovely new side of Blades in the Dark.
A marketing image for the Blades '68 RPG setting for Blades in the Dark.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We have been working on our Unity game for around a year now and I feel like the architecture is pretty solid overall. We have nice 'visual coding light' triggers and effects system so everyone on the project can add in game effects and the like. But then I open `PlayerController.cs`...
A screen grab from the movie 'The Thing' showing one of the main characters holding a pack of dynamite.
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John Wordsworth @johnwordsworth.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Played “Wraith and the Giants” the other day. A solo board game where you leap around a giant God of War style trying to take it down before it reaches your village. Had fun after 2 learning games - some nice puzzle solving and easy to learn. Looking forward to evaluating the more advanced modes.
A photo of the board game Wraith and the Giants after setup and before the first round is played.
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