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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Decade of Jank postmortem part 2 (looking back on the entire decade of SBIG games) xcvg.itch.io/guildford/de...
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Looking back on a decade of jank (the whole decade)
As promised, here's a look back upon the past decade and everything I’ve made for SBIG Jam. If you’re not particularly interested in my somewhat self-aggrandizing game-by-game trip down memory lan...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DOOM, 1993. I've played it everywhere, on just about every device imaginable, and it's what got me into game design.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I went to the renaissance faire instead of Full Indie Summit this year, and it felt 100% like the right decision. I'm still not completely sure what to think of that.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Postmortem for A Decade Of Jank is out tl;dr this is the last SBIG game from me but it's not done yet xcvg.itch.io/guildford/de...
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Looking back on A Decade of Jank (the game)
This has been a tough devlog to write. Maybe I should have known that going in, but it kind of caught me by surprise. It’s been a struggle to remain focused on ADoJ itself, because it’s so tied in...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
oh hecc it's already been a month since sbig jam I should really finish that postmortem
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Xbox backwards compatibility on PC feels like it should be a bigger deal, it's barely made the news. It's also crazy to me that they shipped a whole 360 emulator to make 4 OG Xbox titles run.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I made a Windows ARM64 build but does anyone actually have a WoA device?!
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
this year's very unfinished entry to So Bad It's Good Jam xcvg.itch.io/guildford
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A Decade of Jank - Live in Fort Langley by XCVG
Available for Windows
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Obsidian being retasked to a Fallout game, probably with the sword of Damocles over their head, really feels like the monkey's paw curling after years of everyone (including yours truly) asking for a New Vegas successor
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
CommonCore R7 is here, with minor changes over R6 and targeting Unity 6.3 LTS github.com/XCVG/commonc...
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Release R7.0 · XCVG/commoncore
This is the first complete release of CommonCore R7 (formerly Goodsprings), targeting Unity 6.3 LTS This release contains a few minor additions (mostly to actors) as well as a few bugfixes. It is t...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Finally, the Shattered 3 postmortem (kinda) xcvg.itch.io/shattered3/d... tl;dr it was cancelled, I might get back to it, but still a lot of unknowns and it isn't coming any time soon
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What's happening with Shattered 3?
Last year, I announced Shattered 3 was formally cancelled. Since then, I’ve occasionally made statements to the contrary. What’s going on? Is it still in the pipeline? The short answer is “maybe...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It's been over a year since I declared Shattered 3 cancelled and I'm finally finishing up a devlog about it
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I kinda want a github repo CD but also it kinda feels like a phishing scam. Could always just burn my own...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
and TIL I learned about the #ShittyCameraChallenge I think some of my cameras do qualify...
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
TIL about "make a terrible comic day" (unfortunately it was 3 days ago)
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
@gamesewer.com was amazing, huge thanks to the organizers for putting that together and everyone who came out to check out the games
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
ngl this seems like a spectacular own goal on their part
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Slightly late to the party, but as promised, a special piece for Pride Month!
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride Month! I do have an art piece in the pipeline, but it wasn't quite ready in time for June 1
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
if there's a Nissan Rogue they should make that their naming convention Nissan Paladin. Nissan Warlock. Nissan... Bard?
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
it's not like I have a whole pile of other games to play or anything
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I finally bought my first ttrpg book, and it is not D&D
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
a whole bunch of the demos I had lined up to play on Steam were removed after release/next fest which I sorta get but also is wild to me as someone who grew up on Q3DM17, Tobruk and Silent Cartographer my guys I am more likely to move on than buy your full-price game sight unseen
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
@gamesewer.com is coming back for 2026 and I'm hyped!
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Surprise! By The Meridiem Gleam has been updated, with a ton of small fixes and minor improvements (including an option to swap the minigame controls to something more sane) xcvg.itch.io/daybreak
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By The Meridiem Gleam by XCVG
Magical Girl Gina and friends fight around the world as part of a special task force
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Started playing 1348 Ex Voto, because let's be honest it's practically precision-targeted toward me. It is major eurojank, but so far more enjoyable than the quite brutal Steam reviews would suggest.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I'm pretty impressed with the Chessex "Nostalgia" set. It's obviously made of standard dice from their lineup- the colours are not close to their inspiration, and the d20 goes from 1-20- but it manages to include some nice nods to RPG dice history and it's only $5.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I'm kinda coming around to the idea of characters being the single most important part of a game for fan engagement and long-term mindshare
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Been trying some demos and shorter games blog.xcvgsystems.com/trying-some-...
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Trying Some Smaller Games – XCVG's Blog
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Not a full breakdown on why it didn't land for me, but a few thoughts on The Outer Worlds 2 blog.xcvgsystems.com/i-gave-up-on...
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I Gave Up On The Outer Worlds 2 – XCVG's Blog
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I gave up on The Outer Worlds 2. It just didn't click for me, even after eighteen hours and many second chances. Maybe I'll do a piece on this, maybe I won't.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Finished my piece on BG3 Act 3, in record time. Nothing groundbreaking, but a way of looking at it I haven't seen much before. blog.xcvgsystems.com/act-3-nearly... (apologies in advance for the hyperbolic clickbait title)
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Act 3 Nearly Broke Me – XCVG's Blog
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The Fallout series is really good but it dances on the edge of "too bleak, stopped caring" for me. (also I still haven't fully forgiven it for basically pulling a Happy Ending Override for at least 1/2/NV and possibly the whole series)
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Taking down more videos again blog.xcvgsystems.com/march-2026-v...
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March 2026 Video Removals – XCVG's Blog
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I want to like The Outer Worlds 2 but to be honest it's kinda been a slog so far. It's just not drawing me into the world or selling me on the characters, and those are at the top of the list of things that get me engaged with a game.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Okay, I'm sure she has a great story and it's not what I expect, but my first thought was "we have Karlach at home"
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
not perfect but I finally stopped procrastinating on the "2025" concepts from left to right: Sakura, Gina, Lily, Delora
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
somehow when I wasn't looking both a KCD knockoff for chuds and a KCD knockoff for lesbians were announced out of seemingly nowhere (should be pretty obvious which one I'm more interested in, 1348 Ex Voto, it looks a bit jank but it has Jennifer English in it)
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Some thoughts on BG3 just after I finished it (adapted from a reddit post so a bit messy): blog.xcvgsystems.com/i-finally-fi... I'm thinking one more post on it, more from a game design perspective, before I move on.
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I finally finished Baldur’s Gate 3, and wow – XCVG's Blog
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Finally finished Baldur's Gate 3. I know the ending was divisive, and has been reworked, but what I got was one of the best end runs and endings in any game I've ever played. I think the last one that hit me that hard was Halo 3. What a masterpiece of a game.
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
probably going to take down a few more of my YouTube videos- I will announce before this happens just like last time
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
140 dice is somehow both more and less than I expected
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
so I might have accidentally roped myself into running a tabletop game in the near (ish) future
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
been watching a ton of d&d dungeon master content for some reason, I've played once and will probably never dm a game
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
"Baldur's Gate 3 was announced at Stadia Connect" is the "Halo was announced at Macworld" of our time
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xcvg.bsky.social @xcvg.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Once again, it is time for the end of year update www.xcvgsystems.com/2025/12/end-... tl;dr More games than expected, creative rut and possible burnout, a few projects laid to rest and lots of possibilities for 2026
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End Of Year 2025 Status Update – XCVG Systems
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