The griot is absolutely unreal. A franchise-worthy dish

I use Ecosia as well, it’s a tiny improvement over giving your fractions of $’s elsewhere

Wowww interesting… gonna use this to convince myself my games have actually been played way more

Yeah it’s very style-over-substance

Unrelated but I can’t believe how bad the color scheme is on the itch analytics page. It could be so much more usable!

I’m seconding these, I’m so curious about the workflow required to port, I’d love to be able to make games for my miyoo mini

Love it! Always cool seeing custom Godot features. Btw I’ve been showing classmates your work all week, I’m excited for the new game

This looks so clean, which engine is this in?

As a grad student at the NYU game center: it’s impossible to overstate how influential this game has been for my classmates and me. It’s a massive touchstone that will drive game makers for many many years to come

I used to love all the Mausland games

It’s always funny to me that yimby environmentalists (🫡) openly discuss the benefits of getting more people in dense cities while we politely ignore the flipside of rewilding that’s supposed to happen next. we probably should just tear out the one stoplight and let the kudzu eat some towns

Virg and I saw it last week! So good

I'm Just So Busy These Days by shrubino A postcard from summer 2025

Wait I sorta made a cozy version of this shrubino.itch.io/im-just-so-b...

ONE OF US

How not to make a game Anti-ludemes and other lessons from semester #1 of Game School

recapped the first semester of my MFA and my final presentation's thesis:
open.substack.com/pub/shrubino...

balatro so good it's got me downloading Love2D. as if that was the problem

got my first win, can confirm

Had never played it before yesterday, but I got Virginia an ipad for xmas and we stayed up till 2am playing it. Still haven’t gotten a single win yet though 😩

Wait what’s the name of this variant? My gf would love these

Grolf by shrubino A puzzling little round of Grolf

Finally wrapped up Grolf, my gravity-swapping, minimalist minigolf game. Play it on Itch and lemme know what you think! shrubino.itch.io/grolf

😤

Why does every website need a "games" section? Does anyone play the Netflix games?

A quick piece about how shitty games sections are finding their way into every website
shrubino.substack.com/p/why-does-e...

I did this- saw him at Lorimer st and told him I was grateful for his attempts to shape a site that, at one point in my life, had been very kind and helpful to me. He looked like I’d pulled a knife on him. Only afterwards did I think about exactly what you’re describing

shrubino.itch.io/im-just-so-b...

made a little postcard from my summer in GameMaker

WIP

Nebulon 5000 by shrubino Race against the racers!

The rumors are true: I, too, took part in GMTK 2025 with my pal @shreeshayelameli.bsky.social. Lots of learning, some laughs, and four days of scrappy spriting and coding. Is our game good? It's a game! Give NEBULON 5000 a go, and see if you can beat my high score: shrubino.itch.io/gmtk-filler-...

5-min bird for today's theme. I kinda hate this guy @pixeldailies.bsky.social

quick #guts sketch for @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Does chess have a plot? What are games saying when they're not saying anything

I wrote about games that actually tell a story vs. those that just hint at one:
shrubino.substack.com/p/does-chess...