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Mark Aldrich Jr

@markaldrichjr.bsky.social
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Boston Gamedev, aspiring author, boardgame designer, youtuber, maker. MarkEAldrichJr.github.io

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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Have you ever been watching a cartoon, or playing a video game, and hear a voice where you're like "I've heard that voice before"? And then you look them up on IMDB and it turns out they've been in E̵͔̼͎̎͒̊̕͠V̸̰̖̘̟͐́͐͑̈́͜͝E̸͎͈̻̍̒̌R̴̹̰̠̓Y̴̟͑̏̍͗T̶͉̹̬̘̽̋H̴̩̤̭͐Ȋ̶̧̨͈͔̀͗̊̽Ň̴̘ͅG̶͎̣̜̥͌̈́̃̇͠ Let me introduce you to Jennifer Hale: www.imdb.com/name/nm03549...
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The discovery ecosystem is chaotic, misunderstood, and unforgiving. Most games sink without a trace; not because they're bad, but because developers are still using a 2010s playbook on how platforms and media actually work. #steam #gamedev #indiedev #marketing #business
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Why Discovery Is Hard and How to Break Through the Noise!
YouTube video by Boston Game Dev
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Brickadia 🧱 | Early Access Out Now! 🌟 @brickadia.com · 07/07/2026
Here's early look on Destruction Physics, Brickadia's latest in-development feature!💥
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Jay Turner @silopolis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I and a good number of very talented game devs were laid off by Obsidian as part of the Microsoft sacrificial rituals this morning. If you or anyone you know is looking for a Senior Writer/ND with more than two decades' experience in titles like Dragon Age and Mass Effect, please let me know!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A chocolate chip fluffernutter whoopie pie. I call it "The New Englander"
A peanut butter and fluff chocolate chip cookie sandwich
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hey guys! I'm developing a game called Stone and Struggle, a co-op survival RPG where you adventure while NPC factions fight their own RTS war in the background. If you play #RTS #RPG, or #survival games, I'd love 2 minutes of your time: tally.so/r/WO1xlj #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #games #strategy
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The Big Game Survey
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hey guys! I'm developing a game called Stone and Struggle, a co-op survival RPG where you adventure while NPC factions fight their own RTS war in the background. If you play #RTS #RPG, or #survival games, I'd love 2 minutes of your time: tally.so/r/WO1xlj #indiedev #gamedev #gaming #games #strategy
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The Big Game Survey
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Going through some older projects, I found my attempt as a NYT-style word search app that I made two years ago, and never ended up releasing. Input doesn't work well on touchscreens and the art is hideous! I'm gonna make a second try at it, maybe for an Itch release, maybe to get NYT's attention...
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Reworking an old FPS/RTS prototype into a *horror* FPS/RTS isn't likely, but it's never off the table!
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Ichiro Lambe @ichiro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Our "New Steam Times" newspaper view of the latest Steam games is live! Check it out: weloveit.io/the-new-steam-times The goal is to improve game discovery by making new releases more skimmable. #steam #steamgames #indiedev #indiegames
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caesuric @caesuric.lazyscrivenergames.com · 30/05/2026
I'm happy to announced that we now have a public roadmap and task tracker for Vortex Siege, our CCG roguelike deckbulider! Roadmap: open.codecks.io/vortex-siege... Tracker: open.codecks.io/vortex-siege If you join our Discord, you can submit suggestions for the playtest directly to our tracker! 🧵
Roadmap for the game Vortex Siege consisting of four phases which each contain circular progress bars for each planned area of work.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Seeing all these other people with +$10,000 wishlists is making me feel insecure. Small wishlists can still be effective!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Going through some older projects, I found my attempt as a NYT-style word search app that I made two years ago, and never ended up releasing. Input doesn't work well on touchscreens and the art is hideous! I'm gonna make a second try at it, maybe for an Itch release, maybe to get NYT's attention...
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Watching art streamers, then clipping their art and "finishing" it with AI and sharing the result with the streamer to kill their mood.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pick a Bond villain from the photos you already have on your phone
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Spent the day building out my first portfolio website. It's coming along, but I've realized just how few pictures I take, of myself and my work! All I have are pictures of food and dogs!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I have apparently always had a Substack open.substack.com/pub/markaldr...
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I have apparently always had a Substack
What is this? Who are you? What do you want?
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The snails laid eggs! #snails #aquarium www.twitch.tv/twitchcontro...
View from my cylinder robot camera feed.  XY position is 50, 174.  At the center of the image are two clumps of snail eggs.  A large one higher, and a smaller one below.  To the Bottom right, there's text showing recent chat commands from Twitch.  To the bottom right, a list of possible commands.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The good news is I've gotten the robot to run for 48 hour sessions! The bad news is Comcast throttled our internet. Everything dropped like a rock and the stream died. It came back a day later, though! I might try scheduling the stream to start on a specific day and run just once or twice a week.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I have apparently always had a Substack open.substack.com/pub/markaldr...
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I have apparently always had a Substack
What is this? Who are you? What do you want?
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Lol, I ran 2 48 hour livetreams in a row and now my internet is getting throttled. Love you, Comcast! This is great!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I love it when a plumber tells me they'll be by on Tuesday morning, then ignores my calls for the rest of the day. Just love it.
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Sam Brown! @smugporky.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Good morning PAX, it’s day 2! Come play Bubsy 4D and try to beat my time in the tutorial stage
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Spent 20 minutes looking for a good free armor asset for the children in my bears-mauling-children game. I realized I could just do this!
A man standing in a forest.  He has normal clothing on, but they're mostly hidden by the plain reflective blocks covering his torso in a poor facsimile of armor.
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Boston Game Dev @bostongamedev.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We’ve got our own fancy little mini conference coming up! Boston Gamedev Week's MiniCon will host talks + round tables in a neat little 2-day package It kicks off Tues 3/24, full schedule and pay-what-you-want tickets here -> gamedev.boston/events/minicon Thanks to our sponsor, @gamemaker.io!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I'm at a 2, but aiming for a 6!
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 12/03/2026
Like plastic, AI is permeating every corner of life—from classrooms & offices to military arsenals. But there is still time to manage AI better than we did with synthetics. Policymakers can act now to craft regulation that protects citizens while harnessing its benefits, writes Caroline Baxter:
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AI is the New Plastics. Can We Govern it Better?
Like plastic, AI is permeating every corner of life. But there is still time to manage AI better than we did with synthetics.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 06/03/2026
Anthropic v. Hegseth: Pretextual Designation and Unlawful Punishment By Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz, Avi Gupta and Brady Worthington www.justsecurity.org/133247/anthr...
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Anthropic v. Hegseth: Pretextual Designation and Unlawful Punishment
The Trump admin’s action against Anthropic is barred by statutory limits, the First Amendment, and the Constitution’s bills of attainder.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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a cat is laying on a bed with a sign that says soon .
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Y'all ever prank your future self? Like hide hide your keys before bed?
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
How is it Thursday? The snow ate half my week! If I eat the snow, do I get my week back?
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The entirety of Mad Max: Fury Road. Doubly for the fact that they heavily relied on practical effects!
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a man in a red dress is playing a guitar while hanging from a rope .
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The Desert Veteran @jkz12769.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Jesse Ventura may be radical in some of his views but he is a true patriot. I'll stand behind Ventura any day. youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
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Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now'
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Some of the Black Mirror episodes have aged unfortunately well.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 30/12/2025
pour one out to an icon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Spanish woman who found fame for botching fresco restoration dies
Cecilia Giménez's effort to restore the painting Ecce Homo earned the artwork the nickname
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Boston Indies @bostonindies.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Hello everyone! We will be hosting Lightning Talks on January 26th, 2026 5:30 – 8:30pm at the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch! www.meetup.com/bostongamede... If you’re interested in giving a 5-10 minute talk on a topic related to #gamedev, fill out the form below! forms.gle/yDLctFXzGGua...
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Boston Indies: Lightning Talks!, Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup
C'mon out for LIGHTNING TALKS, a series of \~10 minute talks on a variety of game development related topics given by you, the Boston Indies community! Come share a cool so
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I made a dvd logo screensaver simulator! It's almost the same, except it can't hit corners, and there's a built-in dead pixel. Because fuck you. markaldrichisme.itch.io/evil-dvd-logo #gamedev #indiedev #nostalgia #memegame #horror #gaming
A completely black screen with a lime green DvD logo on one side.  There's a single dead pixel on the disk.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I wonder if Labubus are ever used in money laundering
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I made a dvd logo screensaver simulator! It's almost the same, except it can't hit corners, and there's a built-in dead pixel. Because fuck you. markaldrichisme.itch.io/evil-dvd-logo #gamedev #indiedev #nostalgia #memegame #horror #gaming
A completely black screen with a lime green DvD logo on one side.  There's a single dead pixel on the disk.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I wonder if Labubus are ever used in money laundering
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Bugfix update on my game about bears mauling children! #gamedev #indiedev
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Children no longer die in trees! #gamedev #unity #dots #funny
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Boston Indies @bostonindies.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
@bostonfig.bsky.social might have ended, but you can join us for more local games @ Boston Indies! 💀🪄 Join Boston Game Dev on Meetup to keep up with local game developer events and be notified when our next event is scheduled! ✨ www.meetup.com/bostongamedev/
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Boston Game Dev | Meetup
Boston Game Dev convenes many of the game-creator meetups in the greater Boston area, Our goal is to create a unified source of meetup information for the game-making community in eastern MA. If you m...
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Bugfix update on my game about bears mauling children! #gamedev #indiedev
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Children no longer die in trees! #gamedev #unity #dots #funny
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Zack Zwiezen @zackzwiezen.com · 03/12/2025
Over at Kotaku, we are trying to cover at least one cool indie game every week. It's called Indie of the Week! kotaku.com/opinion/impr... If you are an indie dev with something cool, feel free to send it to Tips@Kotaku.com!
The indie of the week logo.
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Finally, SOMEONE had the courage to speak the TRUTH!
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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a dragon is sitting on top of a rocky hill overlooking the ocean
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
How much can a gamedev make if they change careers to stripping?
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Mark Aldrich Jr @markaldrichjr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Went to @bostonindies.bsky.social Demo Night to show off my game about bears mauling children! I got a lot of great reception, and a few ideas for improvements. But I have other projects to do, and the question is: How much effort should I put into a meme game? #gamedev #indiedev #gaming #bible
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