iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

James @nonzerosum.games · 10h

NEUTROPIA began with a cute #dragon as the player—much to the disappointment of my daughter, that changed.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 12h

Oh, and this is the first version... from 2014. Look at those auto-shadows... amazing. I actually did like making the dungeon tiles, they're all hand drawn (9 of them repeated and rotated) I'll surely use them for something one day. #GameDev #DevLog

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James @nonzerosum.games · 12h

I realised at this point, if I was going to try and push it further, and get it published everywhere, I'd need to port NEUTROPIA to #Unity sooner rather than later. This is how it started... well that's different.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 13h

About 2016 I introduced disco mode, and mood walls and... somewhere the dragon got lost... I realised if the message of the game is that we can all make a difference by being a positive influence on those around us, then a magical dragon rescuing us all doesn't really make sense.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 13h

These posts are a contracted "Dev Log" showing the many iterations over the last 10 years for my upcoming game NEUTROPIA which teaches non-zero dynamics. The 1st version was based on light-switches... they made little clicky noises. #GameDev #Games #MobileGames #GamesForChange

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James @nonzerosum.games · 20/09/2026

It's finally here! Our first video interview episode on the 'Non•Zero•Sum James' podcast—with Liv Boeree! View on: • Youtube: youtu.be/l7_FAYllmvM • Apple: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/n... • Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4uRA... And now people can finally stop asking if I'm AI!!! #Podcasts

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James @nonzerosum.games · 07/09/2026

Just illustrating a #notrealgraph which shows different distributions of ‘F’s being given, depending on your sphere in concern for out most recent meta-crisis post nonzerosum.games/metacrisis.h... #gametheory #procreate #screenshotsaturday

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/07/2026

It’s been fun drawing this one, using the shapes from my game LOCKWISE to represent “different” people. Below is a glimpse behind the curtain—my use of what I like to think of as DaVinci-esque red under-drawing, which gives freedom to roughly sketch out ideas before cleaning them up after—more fun.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 15/07/2026

Oh Claude, so clever and yet still don't know what time zone I'm in. #AIFails

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/06/2026

"Kitten Cavoodle" are pretty anarchic, but also quite sensible.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 15/06/2026

If you need more pictures of my dog (you do) ... www.instagram.com/nonzerosumja... #dogs #pets

https://www.instagram.com/nonzerosumjames/

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James @nonzerosum.games · 29/05/2026

The graviton simulation does some interesting things when you reduce the scope of the forces. Sort of pretty. #simulations #gravity #physics

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James @nonzerosum.games · 24/01/2026

It's short-lived mate, back to pretty much flat now, lol.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 20/01/2026

Thanks to all 10,000 of you!!! You're all non-zero-heroes. I hope you're still enjoying the produce. #thanks

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James @nonzerosum.games · 02/01/2026

Sometimes #HackerNews does me a real solid, the right person shares the site and boom! 15k visitors in one day 🤯

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/11/2025

Last year I was lucky enough to spend 6 months cutting a beautiful documentary for Leanne Pooley with my long-time editing partner Tim Woodhouse and we just won Best Editing: Documentary / Factual at the NZ Screen Awards!

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James @nonzerosum.games · 23/10/2025

Ha, I know the feeling. Thanks so much for your kind words. I hope site continues to provide interest and value for you. Let me know if you find anything over-cooked on off-putting at any point (there'll be something, as there are lots of reckons in there). I'm always keen for critical feedback :)

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James @nonzerosum.games · 12/10/2025

It doesn't have to be this way...

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James @nonzerosum.games · 19/09/2025

Can I just say, I can't believe how nice people are when they come to the site. I spend a lot of time working on this labour of love for my own reasons, trying to make it fun, but it really makes my day when you lovely people drop supportive comments like these! #Awesome #Kind #Generous #GoodPeople

A series of supportive comments left on the site.

- I love your website so much!
- what a delightful website design!
- Happy to have found you on Bluesky! Thank you for creating this platform and culture for community and con-nection!
- Did you do the art for this site as well! Love it!
- Absolutely incredible site! The most original thinking l've come across recently. And I adore the art!
- this website is awesome, so glad to have stumbled across it!
- Love the thoughts and the graphics! James, it's an amazing piece of work.
- What a fantastic concept for a site. Looking forward to diving in.
- hello! ¡ ADORE your website! you seem like a thoroughly cool human being. :) keep it up!!

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James @nonzerosum.games · 08/09/2025

Ha,I actually did this one too (but not as well executed!)

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James @nonzerosum.games · 27/08/2025

Literally from the piece I'm writing right now...

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James @nonzerosum.games · 26/08/2025

What is confidence? nonzerosum.games/confidence.h... A visual guide to understanding confidence differently in a way that can increase it. #PersonalDevelopment #SelfHelp #Others #Trust #Cooperation #Narcissism #SelfDoubt

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James @nonzerosum.games · 20/08/2025

In home ec class at school our teacher had a rule that if you are cutting the finished cake/pizza your partner chooses a piece first. Later when I learned about Rawls' "Veil of Ignorance" I noted that my hom ec teacher's rule was an example of it. Just discovered Rawls used the exact same example.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 19/08/2025

Chat's spell-check contains an infinite loop 😕

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James @nonzerosum.games · 17/08/2025

From nonzerosum.games/itssubjectiv...

Two hedgehogs standing on either end of a line, with the one on the left saying "The truth always lies between two strongly held opinions!", the other, on the right is standing above an indicator labelled "THE TRUTH" and is looking down at it saying "Um... No, it doesn't?".

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James @nonzerosum.games · 07/07/2025

This morning's #creative hour... a little play with some #animation.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 05/07/2025

A quick #intro for the lovely people here on Bluesky... nice to meet you! listen here: pod.link/1810797958 (easy listening) read here: nonzerosum.games (more posts, pics and sims)

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James @nonzerosum.games · 02/07/2025

Nice analysis, (I was a little suspicious of the very linear nature of that segment of my graph). From what I've read child mortality leads fertility (rather than the other way around, which might seem intuitive). As you can see the fertility rate doesn't start dropping in Africa until the late 80s.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 02/07/2025

Recent changes to #DarkMode (*dusk*-mode) at nonzerosum.games a lot cleaner and with some lighting effects to improve images—Let me know if you spot any blemishes... and you can always switch to reading mode in your browser if you want it really (boring and) easy to read.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 30/06/2025

lol, another bot screaming into the void I see.

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James @nonzerosum.games · 22/06/2025

Evil Globalisation—and how it's eliminating global poverty... have a listen and tell me what you think: open.spotify.com/episode/1F3J...

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James @nonzerosum.games · 13/06/2025

Happy #PrideMonth to all my beautiful LGBTQ+ friends. Stay courageous. The arc of the moral universe is long (and winding!), but it bends toward justice.

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