Hello hello! I was the person who stepped up in 2025 to “organize” Lost Levels. Something I love about the event is that it springs forth each year from the community vs. having structured organization. The old website used to say as much: that the event belongs to whomever shows up.
YIKES! Illinois folks, it took me 20 seconds to oppose this bill requiring age verification at the operating system level.
Group is departing now! Take the N metro train to Ocean Beach if you want to catch us!
three hours until we breath fresh ocean air and hear the chorus of water meeting ancient rock!
🌲 It’s going to be sunny on Saturday, so join us for a walk along the beach and through the woods with #GDCFeet ! We’ll be hanging out with @art.imitates.life and @lenagrrarrow.com for a radically inclusive experiment in game design and community! All welcome! 💖 No liability assumed or implied by us
Our adventure will (optionally) include feeling the sand under our #GDCFeet, a labyrinth, and everyone’s favorite: a mysterious and ancient sea cave.
Bring water, snacks, and sunscreen! There’s also an easy out midway at the Cliff House if you’d like to leave early or join late!
i'm not at GDC this year, but if you (the person reading this, hello you) are, allow me to recommend this very nice hike that you could go on :
lets hike! a collective memory of GDC 2026, constructed by you
11am Saturday @ Powell Street Station
#GDCFeet
i’m so ready for my annual sleepiest climbs of the year 🥱
I also ran into the AI-generated calendar problem and instead started looking for old 1998 calendars. They’re usable again for 2026!
easily both the most exciting game I've ever worked on AND the most mature, no-drama & high-empathy team I've ever worked with.
if you've hit the qualifications below, come work with me and Make Some Noise!!!
Hello Again! Spotted this beeeautiful time-looping puzzle from across the room and was immediately drawn in by the art style. Super cute and FUNNY!
store.steampowered.com/app/2052710/...
DICE TOWER! I kept find myself returning to this roguelite platformer throughout the weekend, pulled in by the great blend of skill and luck. 🎲
@loonicyent.bsky.social has built something really special here (and they’re looking for a publisher)!
store.steampowered.com/app/3825340/...
In no particular order, here are my highlights from MDEV 2025! Such a great celebration of the talent and community hidden in the Midwest🧵
6 women giving a panel at GDC
Longest-running diversity panel at @officialgdc.bsky.social #1ReasonToBe is looking for panelists for 2026
We are looking for underrepresented women in video games living in the U.S., or from abroad, who normally attend GDC, due to the challenges of entering the country
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At the most recent Olympics, someone from Team USA traded me their team pin for my Quiplash pin! It was really special to hear that games I’d worked on were helping the athletes relax and get to know each other.
This is beautiful! I’ve been really curious about machine knitting, but often see a much chunkier result from consumer machines. Which machine are you using to reach this level of detail?
SOS! The crew on 'Handala' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.
Chris Smalls is a citizen of the U.S.
Tag the U.S. Department of State NOW:
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
maybe already on your radar, but anything at the music box is probably great
if you’re free on a Wednesday, I could almost certainly get you onto a racing boat that needs bodies as crew/counterweight! best view of the sunset, guaranteed
this textuuuuuure
making it a tradition to screen The Fall (2006) the last friday of june because The Fall comes before Pride.
y’all ever hyperfixate and start custom designing furniture?
a couple hours last night and i have everything from the 3D model to the shopping list and cut diagrams.
i feel like this is the start of the engineer > woodworker/farmer/baker pipeline, but i’m not ready yet
You got those Ok & Enough
Submissions are still open to Chicago Indie Game Showcase (CIGS) for one more month! Deadline July 11th! Give us your games!! They are like delightful snacks to us crunchrcrunchcrunch (please send us your games)
CIGS will be held on September 6th!
#indiedev #indiegame
forms.gle/Z8HXBuH9hwMs...
Everyone’s gotta say “FUCK ICE” at least three times a day. Those are the rules, Chicago.
See you out there!
Gardens had a great day today. Can’t wait to show off what the team has been up to more publicly
Our kickstarter for C.I.G.S. (Chicago Indie Game Showcase) is LIVE and we already blew past our both our goal and first stretch goal in... three hours. Help us build the future of Chicago indie dev and get tix to see a ton of amazing devs.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
#indiedev #indiegame
this conversation was such a lovely time! very grateful for the space to process what’s been on my mind lately wrt to how we do the work of play
also “Lord Lena” is a pretty fun alliteration. 🗡️
