iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I wonder what it says about me that the most productive era of game dev for me where I really am cooking up some good stuff has also coincided with the most intense brain fog I've ever experienced. I hope I can get whatever this is figured out and then continue cooking when I'm healthy

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David Szymanski @duskdev.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you're serious about game development or design, PLAY OLD GAMES I can't overstate how many good ideas are sitting there waiting to be discovered. Sometimes it's not even stuff that was there at the time, it's only there now looking from a modern perspective.

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

genuine question, how do you develop preferences in the first place with a hypothetical art environment like this

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 05/10/2026

one thing you learn from making a lot of things is that the nitty gritty details, the millions of tiny invisible decisions, ARE the art. The "higher level ideas" are not nearly as important or interesting

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This is how I memorized formulas in math classes too, I'd remember the overall silhouette that they make when written out and then fill in where the variables go. It takes a ton of effort for me to think about, process, or remember a wall of text, but I wish it wasn't! Text is "better" practically

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think this is a brain type thing more so than it is something that can be universally solved. I do a lot of both types of coding and visual scripting just sticks in my brain better because my brain thinks spatially. It is 10x easier for me to remember something as a shape or map than text

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Something like 50% of what people call immersion in games is just "I had an hour or more of uninterrupted fun while playing this game,"

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Bryce B @brycebucher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fatum Betula on sale btw

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A message from "Goba" part 2

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I feel like they don't make gamers like me anymore

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Dustforce is one of my biggest inspirations! I also sucked at platformers when I started playing it, but that game and Rayman origins taught me how much fun they are

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's also worth really trying your best not to look things up. People notoriously play the whole game following a guide, but the whole appeal of the game is discovering stories and interactions yourself, so that totally robs them of the fun

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'd recommend it, but make sure you focus on the name card items when you get done with the tutorial. The game never explains them, but they're essentially how you ask NPCs about each other, and they're necessary to completing the game.

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Something like this I guess. It's always hard to choose

A 3x3 grid containing cover art of games that deeply influenced me. The games are: Chulip, Gimmick!, Majora's Mask, Portal, Riven, Demon's Souls, King's Field IV, Rayman Origins, Dustforce

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you can ricochet your knife off of surfaces, kick off of it midair, and use it to collect pins. Maybe it's possible to do all three, and more :0

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There's a lot of tuning the small details to be done both visually and mechanically, but this is the happiest I've ever been with Onder and it's also very clear why. Feels good to have such a concrete direction to work towards, I have not ever really had that in the years I've been plugging away

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you :) it's really coming along.

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

you can ricochet your knife off of surfaces, kick off of it midair, and use it to collect pins. Maybe it's possible to do all three, and more :0

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Easy also slows down a lot of animations including gene's attacks, don't play on easy

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am playing Carter's Quest and it's really good it's available now on steam go buy it

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James @nitrorad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

used to play stuff like this sometimes until i found out you get the same dopamine hits by cleaning your room

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Would I still make games if I was the last person on earth? Once I realized the answer was yes, it became a lot easier to accept my place in this totally fucked industry

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Experimental Games Showcase @exgs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the 2027 Experimental Games Showcase at GDC! 📣 You have until October 23rd to send us all the weird, innovative and unique things you are working on. More info and apply here: www.experimentalgamesshowcase.com

experimentalgamesshowcase.com

Experimental Games Showcase

SUBMIT YOUR GAME TO THE

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had a dream that my Yooba went to college

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rittzy @rittzler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

please check out the update to Carter's Quest! Goba has been very hard at work on it and the results are stellar, its a big update and overhaul to the game and its super cheap right now, same price as Pseudo! I personally even helped out with Carter's little design update! Go snag it !!!

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think this is valid but only if you also feel this way about all the dogshit TV you watched in your 20s

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's really brutal out there, I'm sorry to hear it ❤️

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

video games are mostly about picking one of three items every 10 minutes

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 is NOW AVAILABLE!! My solo action-adventure game inspired by Zelda, DMC, and Bayonetta just got bigger. A FREE update to Carter's Quest, adding a whole new chapter to the story, massive graphical updates, and more. Available on Steam now!

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Obviously this goes triple if you are gender non-conforming in some way, or have any other qualities that society can't accept, but I think my point is fairly broad in application. Even if you're just like Jake the White Guy there's going to be friction in life that you might deeply fear

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It manifests differently for different people, but being your real self will always mean you encounter friction of some kind. People won't like you, you'll set goals outside of your comfort zone, finding a job that you feel good about working is impossible, you'll make mistakes in relationships, etc

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have had a few stretches of my life where I literally did nothing at all, had no responsibilities, and I felt miserable and exhausted all the time because doing nothing was a facade I put up to protect myself from the discomfort of living an authentic life, and maintaining a facade is exhausting

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

some screenshots of the blockout stuff I'm working on. I am very much getting somewhere I think, but there is much to be done

A screenshot of the game Onder Peak showing a beach with some plant life growing on it

A screenshot of the game Onder Peak with some platforms on stilts towering above the water

A giant gold ring next to a metal platform and a tree, all from the game Onder Peak

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is another one of those picks for me that I am always thinking about my experience with and how good it was and how strangely under appreciated it is when I know a million people would love it if they gave it a chance

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Boatsim Boosterism @beasmeeply.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I was reminded of tenderfoot tactics the other day. it's so dreamlike and wobbly and loose but has such a strong impressionistic truth to it. you're a band of goblin resistance fighters? fighting against a pervasive mist that corrupts and distorts everything, even seemingly the concept of space

a low-fidelity (shaded polygons only) group of goblins of all sizes and shapes, and carrying all kinds of equipment stand in a dark forest

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you, I'm hoping to post more pretty soon :)

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Figglewatts @figglewatts.materiality.link · 07/11/2025

OUT NOW! Apparatus: Exanimus is now available on Steam! 15% launch discount is active for 7 days!

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I wish the universe wasn't proving me right to give up on working in the games industry lol. I don't want to tell people to give up and just do hobby dev but I will say it worked really well for me, I love my non games job

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 Launches SEPTEMBER 18th!! A FREE update to my 2024 solo indie game, continuing the story while the combat, performance, graphics, and more. This has been a labor of love and I can't wait for you to play it.

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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

REAL WEB LEGENDS: Carter's Quest Act 2 trailer drops this Friday at noon! The culmination of years of work. Years of blood, sweat, and tears. You will soon get to see just a sliver of the work I've put into this beast of an act. Coming as a FREE update to Carter's Quest.

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm so glad I'm not some kind of Internet gaming personality because then I'd have to pretend to like things or pretend to be angry about things

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We need to take specular away from game engines for a few years until we figure out what the fuck is going on

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am making progress on my game again which is good because if I finally finish this piece of shit I can move on to any of my other game ideas, all of which will be 1000x easier to produce

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allsee @allsees.online · 06/09/2026

play as a teenage girl escaping a dystopian scifi space NATO in G-String, a Half-Life 2 conversion mod made by one solo developer over 17+ years

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It's so good in theaters, I was lucky enough to see it earlier this year and it was magic

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Morgan La Kay @morganlak.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

First fighting game that has a 24 hr zombie run server that perpetually has around 10 people in it will make a billion dollars

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