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@simpathey

Part time lamp. Full time game designer. I love video games and my cat Wanda πŸ’› linktr.ee/simpathey

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Gonna mod some tracks fr, so hyped

17.10.2025 05:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This game is so fun can’t wait to play full release!

16.10.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are very excited to announce:
HYPERBEAT releases October 22nd!

16.10.2025 01:21 πŸ‘ 394 πŸ” 149 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 9

I am playing so much SS14! Starlight is a great server.

10.08.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

%100, I am planning on getting season tickets!

06.06.2025 02:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the reason I bought your game on steam and mobile. A super fun game without all these things is so rare in 2025.

04.06.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I saw your TikTok! I am so excited πŸ₯Ί

09.05.2025 16:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🐣 ANNOUNCEMENT 🐣

PAPERKLAY HAVE A RELEASE DATE!!!

My 3D Platformer where you rotate and unfold a paper and cardboard world is launching on May 27th! Featuring the Banjo Kazooie composer on the title track!

I’m SO excited for this!

Share to help <3
store.steampowered.com/app/1350720/...

08.05.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 1342 πŸ” 380 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 30

It's nearly time! The video in which I interview @piratesoftware.live, @aiadev.bsky.social, @hillfortgames.bsky.social, @simpathey.bsky.social, @irishjohngames.bsky.social, @foolbox.bsky.social, and @practicalnpc.bsky.social premieres in around 15 minutes www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qhD...

02.05.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I am glad someone else noticed, felt like I was going crazy. Like please YouTube I want to see videos just show me videos 😭

19.04.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A vintage-style poster showing some bird PokΓ©mon from gen IV in a realistic style, accompanied by labels.

A vintage-style poster showing some bird PokΓ©mon from gen IV in a realistic style, accompanied by labels.

Only crested birds allowed βœ‹πŸ»πŸš«
#pokemon #artbyjulio

17.04.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 7814 πŸ” 1586 πŸ’¬ 94 πŸ“Œ 21

You should get Deep Rock Galactic because that is a beginner friendly one. You mine resources and escape to unlock loot, and there is a season pass system almost like a free live service game. Grind to buy stuff and to do harder missions with friends or randoms.

14.04.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The layover podcast. But you can fix that if you get on Jet Lag πŸ˜‰

01.04.2025 21:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Minecraft every time πŸ™

30.03.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I use to not respect myself as a game dev because I got my start as a freeware dev making web games. 2011 was my first release and I have made 25 free projects since then.

Meeting other successful game designers that started as freeware devs was super validating this GDC.

26.03.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

On the plane to GDC I was playing Balatro, the person next to me was playing Slay the Spire, and to my right someone was playing Vampire Survivors

17.03.2025 23:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I yearn for the the reefs. Restock the hand soap and drier sheets and imma get those too.

14.03.2025 06:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Posted a free game design resource on my Patreon. This post covers a talk from the GDC vault on One Page Designs by Stone Librande in 2010. I am going through GDC vault talks on game design and this one stood out to me!

www.patreon.com/Simpathey

12.03.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Balatro Timeline β€” LocalThunk It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...

I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development

localthunk.com/blog/balatro...

07.03.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 4202 πŸ” 1055 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 103

Oh this is looking so cool 🀩

06.03.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A drawing of Irving, Dylan, Helly, and Mark from Severance standing next to each other. There's also a baby goat standing with them!!

A drawing of Irving, Dylan, Helly, and Mark from Severance standing next to each other. There's also a baby goat standing with them!!

Severed

23.02.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 3636 πŸ” 598 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 11

This is slick!

19.02.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Gandalf The Grey

12.02.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 1748 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

Remember to refresh all your game portfolios in preparation for GDC! I am looking forward to adding my newest projects to the mix.

13.02.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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12.02.2025 17:36 πŸ‘ 4170 πŸ” 915 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 7

My first viral video was because I called the game Fallumns (which was Columns inspired) β€œTetris Like”… and then so many people rage commented that it was actually like Puyo Puyo it went viral πŸ˜­βœ‹

09.02.2025 02:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Third iteration of this piece, It is the last, i swear #arcane #viktor πŸ’«

05.02.2025 02:07 πŸ‘ 2346 πŸ” 563 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

If you made a Pirate Software game jam entry send me the link. I also did the jam and would love to play your game!

03.02.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Play my new game for FREE in browser here: itch.io/jam/pirate/r...

Haunt Hop was made in about 10 days with a team of 5. The theme of the jam was "You are the Weapon" and I think we came up with a really cool concept.

I will be streaming playing other jam entries Monday Feb 3, 10am PST

01.02.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am never doing a game jam due at 6am again…

31.01.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0