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jonny hopkins

@jwhop.bsky.social
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formerly parsons mfadt, member @boshis.place currently thinking about walking around in spaces, weird controllers, and plunderludics

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mut / moochi @mut.media · 26/08/2026
time to repost again... i'm running a studio class over the fall where we play games by cool devs and then we make work inspired by them! idiosyncratic.mut.media
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idiosyncratic games - fall 2026
in this studio format class, we will be taking a close look at four game developers and their unique, idiosyncratic styles, and bringing their style to your own practice.
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
would love to find 1 (one) cicada before the summer is over
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Rachel Heleva @hlywa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I'm building a space for community, art practice, and curation I've always wanted for games in the Bay Area at the MADE as Excutive Director. If any of that calls to you I hope you'll come hang out with us! Our new exhibit, Access to Tools, will be up for the next few months.
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Ben Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Last night at The MADE in Oakland I attended the opening of Access To Tools, an exhibition about how making games affects developers, affects playing games, and round and round. This is a bold step under a new Executive Director for The MADE, and one that makes me very excited for Bay Area gamedevs.
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
kinda sad i never got to experience the world of fax machines
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weapon2.bsky.social @weapon2.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Microsoft Excel with viscous black liquid
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Bennett @foddy.net · 09/07/2026
given that there's a contact sensor in the ball, i think the world cup broadcasts are missing an opportunity to implement screen shake
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 07/07/2026
boshi's lecture series presents: a fireside chat with C. Thi Nguyen! join us for an (interactive!) fireside chat with Thi about his philosophy work digging into games, metrics, yo-yoing, rock climbing, ttrpgs, aesthetics, fly fishing, bernard suits, and more. friday july 17th @ 7pm
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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
catfish game sale! it is under 10 bucks and peak summer vibes!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3172760/...
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Save 35% on The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish on Steam
A story-driven photography game... on the back of a giant, flying catfish! Transform clouds into sea creatures and bring abundance back to an empty sky!
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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 18/06/2026
Made a site that takes objects from wikipedia and turns them into endless I Spy > neal.fun/wiki-spy/
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Michael @michaelklamerus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I love the weird perspective stuff going on in early AGS games
screenshot from the third reality on the norm game showing a gym and basketball court but the court looks like it's connected to the gym but also really far away (it's not)
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 14/06/2026
boshis place is putting on a mega game! super-diplomacy is regular diplomacy, but bigger! specifically 35 people big, and 3 gms! join us at boshis place saturday june 27 at 5 for an epic night of backstabbing and politicking grab your tickets here: pools.events/event/tyo08I...
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Sat, Jun 27 - super-diplomacy by boshi's place
super-diplomacy by boshi's place on Sat, Jun 27 at 5:00pm at Brooklyn, NY. Get tickets and event details on Pools.
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 09/06/2026
boshi's Cinema Presents: Microcosmos (1996) Join us next wednesday 6/17 for a closer look at life in the meadow. Microcosmos is a nature documentary that swaps out narration for classical music and presents a trippy, closeup view of bugs. doors at 7pm, movie at 7:30 🐛🪲🐜🐞
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 26/05/2026
NEXT THURSDAY! June 4th from 6:30pm-8:30pm, come hang out with us at The School of Radical Attention... RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/opening-re...
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The Yoshi's Island map screen theme is remarkably similar to the song "Anywhere Is" by Irish singer Enya. Both of these were composed around 1994 and released in 1995, meaning that neither of them could have been influenced by each other and this is an astounding coincidence.
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
component cable hair ties go hard
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Robert Vinluan @robertvinluan.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Impressionism as an art movement is named after Claude Monet's "Impression, Sunrise". This makes Impression, Sunrise the Rogue of paintings
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ZIPIT! Games @zipit-games.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
one of the best videogame soundtracks of the year is now streaming on, like, every platform recordu.lnk.to/Ge5pHQ
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Charlie Kilgore - The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish (Original Soundtrack)
Listen to The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish (Original Soundtrack) by Charlie Kilgore.
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jwest @follysoft.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Still pretty broken, still pretty fun too imo
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 15/04/2026
we're hosting a watch party for @gameworkerscon.bsky.social may 22-23! it's a free, online conference by & for workers organized by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. please use the qr code to rsvp! there will be snacks, swag, park hangs during breaks, & we can learn how to build worker power together.
a poster for the game workers conference, taking place on may 22-23. in the bottom-left corner, a red stream of game tools & iconography emanate from a sun composed of abstract shapes.

it's nestled, slightly askew inside another poster for a boshi's place watch party for the conference. boshi's face at the bottom left overlaps the conference poster slightly, with small illustrated decorations in pure blue scattered around the rest of the frame.
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 14/04/2026
did you know that we do classes? this summer find out whether GAMES CAN CHANGE THE WORLD in this 8-week seminar & speculative game design workshop class taught by @hatimb00.itch.io more info & apply here: hatim.tips/can-games-ch...
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bug band @bug.band · 11/04/2026
teaser reveal #screenshotsaturday youtu.be/WV3DBmb_fXo?...
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bug band: teaser v0
YouTube video by bug band
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Daniel Carpenter @dancarpenter.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
He is riven
Screenshot from Riven
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🎀 i'm katey! @bagenzos.house · 02/04/2026
new tool: 🐈 plano a small in-browser engine for creating your own flatgames. add images, gifs, and text to make a little collage-like world for a character to walk around in play on itch
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jwest @follysoft.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Gonna start posting my pics from @zipit-games.bsky.social's The Wide Open Sky is Running Out of Catfish 📸🧵👇 (likely spoilers ahead!!)
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
im telling yall turtles sharing a log is THE premium form of social media
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
my friends just released their game!!! go check it out now!!!! (spoilers but it may also be my voice acting debut 🙈)
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
rockpapershotgun.com
Play a reclusive witch living on a flying fish in this enchanting, Zelda-ish photography game
The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish is a serene, sorrowful, whimsical indie game about a witch snapping photos of skybound sea creatures.
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
let’s go mets baby
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ThatMegalosaurus @thatmegalosaurus.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
More games should mess around with their control schemes, do something interesting! Hell if your making games for the PC you have an entire keyboard to mess around with
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Nathalie Lawhead @alienmelon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
more games should have intentionally obscure, or strange, controls that you have to spend time figuring out. without real instruction. there’s something incredibly compelling about treating interaction like a language you learn. i love that about games.
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Danny Hawk @dannyhawk.com · 25/03/2026
New DJ DJ stream, TONIGHT at 8pm on twitch.tv/hawkdanny After nearly a year, Fuser calls to me... I can't resist, it might be the greatest game of all time. Nothing brings me more joy than 90 minutes of streaming the most blessed and cursed mashups. my last stream --> youtu.be/ZCSnLiPV56U?...
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DJ DJ 6 [HEADPHONES ON, SUNNIES DONNED, LOCKED IN]
YouTube video by Danny Hawk
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mal of colm @ma.lloc.ca · 22/03/2026
I made a geoguesser style game for Deadlock! Look at screenshots from the game and try to pinpoint their location on the map. map-trainer.lloc.ca
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jwest @follysoft.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
We‘re still keeping this going on a seasonal basis! 🌷 paradise-collab.itch.io/paradise-dig...
paradise-collab.itch.io
Paradise Digest: Spring 2026 by Paradise
Play in your browser
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
skeletons…..
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I couldn't be more excited to announce something I've been working on for a long time - Please welcome Belltower House Artist Residency, a multidisciplinary gift of time in my erstwhile home in southern New Mexico, now accepting applications for 2026. belltowerhouse.org
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Belltower House Artist Residency
Belltower House Artist Residency is a gift of creative sanctuary in southern New Mexico.
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
realizing my new project is very much this final scene from mullholland drive
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Weird Fucking Games @wf-games.itch.io · 18/03/2026
angel garden by @bigflan.bsky.social: flan.itch.io/angel-garden
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Richard Meredith @rtm223.me · 18/03/2026
image of a nonsense graph from McKinsey claiming "By 2030 the metaverse could generate $4 trillion to $5 trillion across consumer and enterprise use cases
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AndyMakes @andymakes.itch.io · 17/03/2026
My work exists at the intersection of New York and New Jersey
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Douglas Wilson @doougle.net · 17/03/2026
It's like, mate don't threaten me with a good time. Not only do I want a disconnect between independent videogames and "the tech industry", I want a giant chasm. I want to be on a different planet. A parallel universe. bsky.app/profile/luke...
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
had a dream that the new macbook had a visible layer of bright green slime in its screen that moved around in cool ways depending on what program you were using
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🍳the coolest gdc party is back!🍳 come join us THIS FRIDAY for some cursed fried eggs.. ill be showing something BRAND NEW there 👀
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
leaked image of boshi at the boshi’s place syzygy party tonight
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
in search of a nemesis at gdc, dm me if you have any leads
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
also realizing i forgot to post that i was giving a talk at gdc on tuesday, it’s a little late to tell yall to go to it at this point
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jonny hopkins @jwhop.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
🍳the coolest gdc party is back!🍳 come join us THIS FRIDAY for some cursed fried eggs.. ill be showing something BRAND NEW there 👀
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
SLUG WORLD is tomorrow! 🌿 GDC counterprogramming for the ones the tech bros couldnt kill.
Slug world 2025Slug world 2026 flier -- tues 3/10 noon-dark
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boshi's place @boshis.place · 07/03/2026
🥚🍳👻 boshi’s place is BACK in town with syzygy at GDC! 🥚🍳👻 We’re partnering with @syzygycoop SF on Friday, March 13th for a night of cursed free-range indie games from the east AND west coast. Tickets info in reply!
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Exhibit:Play @exhibitplay.com · 02/03/2026
New Exhibit:Play Curation 𝗗𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝐬 Games created as personal tributes to developers' grandmothers. Curated by @farfama.bsky.social
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Games Dedicated to Grandmothers
Games created as personal tributes to developers' grandmothers. Dutch forest walks, Filipino family stories, Chinese Game Boy memorials. Games created as love letters to grandmothers across cultures.
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