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M. Paul

@mpaulweeks.com
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Creator of Scramble Heart City. Co-creator of Tough Love Arena. Indie game dev, FGC, and teaching in NYC.

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I've been wanting to write this essay for years. It's about mirrors, modernity, magic, and why seeing so much of ourselves is driving us crazy johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/your-refle...
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Your Reflection Is Not You
On mirrors, magic, and obsession
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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Services I provide for my cats
Chicago streets and sanitation truck with the first s missing so it says treets and sanitation
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Pepper @pepper-roni.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
silly comic about nothing in particular
Panel 1: an anthro dog says "After managing to secure a publisher and years of nonstop work, my dream to make Barky & the Red Balloon is finally fulfilled!
I hope my personal experiences shine through and somebody out there feels seen by my story!"
Panel 2: several youtube thumbnails demonstrating people *not* getting the dog's story. They read "How Barky RUINED B&tRB", "Barky & the Red Balloon was ALMOST good...", and "FIXING Barky & the Red Balloon!"
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 25/08/2026
the reaction to the patrick miller 2XKO article is basically why no devs will ever be honest about their process in public and nor should they be. gamers can’t be fucking normal
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Tough Love Arena @toughlovearena.com · 26/08/2026
To celebrate our 1.0.0 launch, we're running a sale on the Steam version! Pick it up if you want to support the team and unlock some cosmetics :) store.steampowered.com/app/1807330/...
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Save 20% on Tough Love Arena on Steam
Got beef?! Banned in schools for being too fun, Tough Love Arena is an indie fighting game with 6 unique, fun, and beginner-friendly characters-- and supports browser crossplay and has rollback netcod...
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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Thank you, 2XKO" I wrote about my thoughts and feelings about 2XKO's announced end of development. Thank you to the team, thanks to the players, and thanks for giving me a chance to learn how to make fighting games. Interactions on this post limited for my sanity. www.patreon.com/pattheflip/p...
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Pile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 17/08/2026
How to win at most all things:
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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 05/08/2026
This is a fantastic article. I’ve had so many people tell me AI will somehow magically allow them to make a game. It won’t. You know what will? Self-discipline. If you lack the ability to see something through, that’s not changing with AI. www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Keits @keits.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Seen this waaaaaay too much in game dev. youtu.be/kXORdP0625M?...
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Why Bad Ideas Beat Good Ones in Game Dev
YouTube video by Building Better Games
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MrMKL is Melting 🫠 @mrmkl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Timeless advice from @mpaulweeks.com "Small scope. Small. Make the scope small. Really." youtu.be/Ximw5CmltPs
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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✨Royalty Free-For-All✨ @royaltyfree4all.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Royalty Free-For-All Launches on Steam August 11! This hilarious hand-drawn party game reimagines public domain characters in one big smashup! With simplified controls and a new PARTY option that protects you from dying offstage, it's easier than ever to pick up and play! Try the FREE DEMO today!
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Alcratz @alcratz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Kickstarter for RUSH (Rival Ultimate Steel Hand), my indie 3D fighter, is LIVE! The plan: develop RUSH for a year, for a proper release. Details on Kickstarter, link below 🧵. Lots of info, including art and music. Check it out, and please consider supporting #GoodAssRUSH 🙏
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Paramount confirms Mike Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev
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Paramount confirms Mike Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev
Zaimont 'holds a position as an individual developer' at Gameplay Group International. He was previously accused of sexual harassment during his time as CEO of Lab Zero Games.
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M. Paul @mpaulweeks.com · 06/06/2026
🙏🙏🙏
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𝔻𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝔹𝕦𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕣 ➡️⬇️↘️➕🍂 @doctorbutler.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Michael Kamm @michaelkamm.games · 26/05/2026
Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.
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m gewehr // MILLION SUNDAY @mwgewehr.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
it's scramble heart city playtest weekend again! here's what the new stage music sounds like, go check it out
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BLUEBLOOD ARENA OUT NOW @teamblueblood.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
BLUEBLOOD ARENA OUT IN STEAM EARLY ACCESS NOW! Blueblood Arena is a simple, 4 button fighter with no motion inputs and rollback netcode! With a small yet diverse roster of characters, you'll kick butt with any of em! YOU CAN GET THE GAME NOW!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3689030/...
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My apology to Senator Susan Collins: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-is-sus...
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Why Is Susan Collins Shaking?
It’s not because of the major media coverage
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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 26/04/2026
indie game marketing is untenable right now, bro allegedly took a shot at the president and it got him 22 concurrents
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Scramble Heart City @scrambleheart.city · 21/04/2026
Excited to announce we've been selected for @evo.gg 2026's Indie Dev Gallery! Thanks for everyone's continued support. It means the world to us. See you in Vegas! ❤️
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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"Loving tough and scrambling hearts with indie dev M. Paul Weeks" Chatted with @mpaulweeks.com about Scramble Heart City and the trials and tribulations of indie FG development. Check out the next playtest this weekend! www.patreon.com/posts/loving...
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Catbus @catbus.phd · 21/03/2026
Our Lady of Perpetually Online
devotional statue of Mary Magdalen in a cubicle completely covered in monitors, keyboards, circuit boards, cables and assorted other computer paraphernalia
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Alcratz @alcratz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I've been told there are actually FGC peeps on Bluesky who'd wanna see this I quit Tekken 8, and started making my own 3D fighter. Playable for free, complete with rollback. People have been loving it 😭 Grab it on itchio: alcratz.itch.io/rush-proto youtu.be/_ks7iN8PMWc #indiedev #tekken #fgc
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Tekken broke my heart... So I made my own 3D Fighting Game
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 19/03/2026
Agile has clearly failed, we must adopt a new production methodology: Klingon honor
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Smokage of the Burning Leaf @pattheflip.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Oakland Clubhouse Casuals back at it this Friday! Casuals for Xrd, 2XKO, and whatever old games you wanna play. @mpaulweeks.com is gonna bring some Scramble Heart City setups! Drop me a DM if you wanna come through.
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Ty Taylor @imakeindiegames.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this 😉
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BLUEBLOOD ARENA OUT NOW @teamblueblood.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! Blueblood Arena's Steam page was just published! store.steampowered.com/app/3689030/... Game's not out yet but please wishlist the game if you're interested!!
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Blueblood Arena on Steam
Simple controls, premium gameplay! Blueblood Arena features a variety of characters with wildly different playstyles, with a free-flowing combo structure where anything is possible!
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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🔥🇺🇸 - dashare.zone ADMIN
A SCREAMEN SKELETEN POKEN THRU A AMERICAN FLAG AND THERE SAYIN "YOUR TALKING TO A AMERICAN - MY BODY IS FULL OF MICRO PLASTICS, MY MIND IS CONSUMER BY TRYING TO AFFORD FOOD N HOUSING, DONT LIKE IT, MOST OF US DONT!!!" - MOTHER FUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF YOU DONT LIKE IT LET US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY MOTHER FUCKER - DASHARE,ZONE ADMIN
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TheHadou @thehadou.com · 19/02/2026
Free Lud.
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TheHadou @thehadou.com · 20/02/2026
I'm General Manager, not CEO. I’m not involved in the buying or selling of the company. I joined Evo in 2021 to work on events for a community I love, with people I know share that passion. That’s still my role here and that keeps me hopeful.
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Scramble Heart City @scrambleheart.city · 17/02/2026
👨‍✈️📢 NEXT STOP: SCRAMBLE HEART CITY Attention passengers: This Friday, the gates to Scramble Heart City open at 10am ET. Hop into our Discord for the playtest password to our browser-based fighting #indiegame! ⬇️
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
i often think about this review
Letterboxd screenshot
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022

Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.
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henaki @henaki.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
when you play guilty gear you have to be one of these two people. i dont make the rules.
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M. Paul @mpaulweeks.com · 23/01/2026
Josie worked on @toughlovearena.com ! She’s great :)
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The image is a picture of Brian and the gang from Chernobyl with the text:

Midlife Crisis? Yeah I'd have a crisis too if my life was mid
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Tuta @tuta.com · 09/01/2026
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era? That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.
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Red Parry NYC @redparrynyc.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Next Week! Sign up link in Bio! 1/10 3PM: Doors 4PM: Street Fighter Alpha 3 4PM: Capcom vs SNK 2 7PM: Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 2AM: Last Game! 1/11 3PM: Doors 4PM: Marvel vs Capcom 2 6PM: Scramble Heart City at @wonderville.nyc 1186 Broadway, Brooklyn NY 21+ Art by @souptogo.rocks
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MrMKL is Melting 🫠 @mrmkl.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"Many majors ago, I went to play casuals for an indie game. I reached the single open station, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Someone has just restored "Daicon 3" from a rare 8mm copy. It's the best version to date. >> archive.org/details/zgfp...
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yoshi 🏌️‍♂️ @yoshikagekieran.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
play @scrambleheart.city this game will bring you great fortune and prosperity. probably
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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
You'll never believe how this newly-released BABY was made! - only nine months development time - solo female developer! (with contractor help)
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Scramble Heart City @scrambleheart.city · 05/09/2025
🥊 How to Design a Fighting Game Learn about balancing fighting game characters in a genre where every small decision can have cascading effects on game feel. Everything from vortex characters to the history of the Akuma fireball! Watch this #PlayNYC talk on YT now! 🔗 Link: youtu.be/H0rJZjWWlq4
How to Design a Fighting Game - M. Paul Weeks
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M. Paul @mpaulweeks.com · 26/08/2025
i'll be at PAX West this weekend! i'm not exhibiting TLA or SHC like usual, i'm just going to have fun with some friends. if you're a friend or fan and wanna hang, hit me up! it's so rare for me to have any free time at these events, so i want to make the most of it :)
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Scramble Heart City @scrambleheart.city · 27/07/2025
y'know it's a GREAT day when you get a shoutout from @sajamfgc.bsky.social 🙏😎 ty, our team's hyped
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Mega Knockdown @megaknockdown.com · 25/04/2025
If you're not happy with the direction the big publishers are going with fighting games, maybe try out some indie games! Frankly, the FGC could do a lot more to support games by small teams, so I'm going to put out some recommendations. 🧵 #fgc #fgcsky 💪🕹️
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