Spellbreak Dev Tracker

(And non-industry people too!)

Very much this. Along with all the other industry folks who kept checking in over the past month. Thanks y'all!

I know a bunch of you might fit this role AND org. The Shopify folks are top notch. https://twitter.com/SteevesJ/status/1612944089988702208

Give 1 year-old spoon and avocado half. She proceeds to use the spoon to gouge pieces off and then promptly mashes the avocado half to her face like a green oxygen mask to get the chunks out.

"Use the tools and skills you have and are comfortable with to get the task done."

Do I know anyone (who knows anyone) who deals with (very?) rare video games? May have found sealed gold in my mom's basement over Christmas.

Just drove by "Ponyhenge"

Also phew not banned either.

My old timey domain names finally coming in handy as link aggregators!

As someone who was raised to think of books as nearly sacred objects which should be treasured, watching the kid totally wreck them while "reading" on her own brings up some very real internal conflicts.

High quality nerf reversion request (22 years too late)

Our childcare calls seltzer "spicy water" and it's my new favorite phrase.

Found this old box in the back of a closet @jcn

A good list of some of the usual questions and pitfalls involved in raising VC for games. (We only had to learn 1 or 2 of these the hard way early on!)

Updated the default statuses for the gamedev slack server. Just think you can be verified for FREE!

(The others are too real.)

Lazyweb: It's been 10 years - what's the heir to the FTL throne? I need more low-friction / short-session replayable gaming.

That's all I've got for now but I'm sure there's a whole new list if this were written tomorrow. Like I said at the top, we're hiring! Check out and for more info. Thanks @matthew_villers for the tagteam. (18/18)

After the interview, follow up with folks to say thanks. It takes all of a minute and might not help your chances, but it'll definitely at least leave things on a friendly note. (17/18)

The industry is TINY. People talk and their reputation follows them around. If you've said or done things in the past, expect folks to know about it, for better or worse. (16/18)

Speaking of being nice - expect us to eventually look at your linkedin, twitter, etc so comport yourself accordingly. (15/18)

Nail the fundamentals of being an applicant. Be on time, timely with responses to emails or calls, and for the love of all that is good, BE NICE to everyone you talk to along the way. (14/18)