Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years!
Check my site for
• What I’ve Done
• What I Do
• How to Reach Me
• Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents
Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
“The Raichu trainers were too stunned to speak”
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Yo dawg, I heard you like progress bars so I put progress bars in your progress bars so you can progress while you progress #gameDev
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
This track slaps.
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Making a little game for work
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Every once in a while I stumble on this blog I wrote over a decade ago and am amazed, gobsmacked that nobody diagnosed me with #ADHD until
my 30s
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Someone abandoned this plant on the curb. Might adopt it if it isn’t horribly diseased…
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
I have become such a big fan of getting to the airport early.
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hey PMG 👋
I’ve been struggling to keep up with maintenance of the instance and to tackle some of the stability issues we’ve been facing. But when things get hard, folks have a way of showing up to help.
Give a welcome to @brook@peoplemaking.games aka @brook@sunny.garden. I’m going to be handing off server ownership and Brook will be migrating us to the same setup used for sunny.garden, which he’s been running stably for years.
Your current mod and admin staff will still be here as well, and we’ll all keep you informed as this progresses.
Thank you for being a lovely community, and I’m happy we’ve found a path for continuation.
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hey folks! I'm currently going through a rough period.
As of right now, 26 incredible people are helping to keep People Making Games running. It doesn't quite cover our costs but it helps a lot! If you're able to chip in a dollar or two, it'll help keep the lights on for a long time to come! https://www.patreon.com/peoplemakinggames
Also I know we have some issues to take care of, and I'll be working on them over the coming months!
Thank you all for being a part of this cozy little community!
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
My general advice for game developers (of all scales) right now:
1) Build smaller things
2) Lean into emergent gameplay to make those small things big
3) Build them quickly with a smaller team
4) Community is critical
If you want specific advice for what you’re building? Let me know
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hey folks! I've been traveling through Australia & New Zealand, but now that I'm back this month is all about spinning up @stellamaris@peoplemaking.games
I've been helping folks make games for a long time now, and I've decided it's time to make that my main focus, collaborating with other experts to give people the help they need when they need it.
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Two more days until we have a good time.
In THE UNDERGROUND, we’ll be singing and dancing in opposition to Geoff’s celebration of inefficiency and harm.
In THE APARTMENT, we’ll have a space for repose and reflection.
Come celebrate with us.
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hey folks! If anyone here ever needs to reach me, if you email contact@stellamaris.games with “PMG” as part of the subject line my team will see it and cut through my ADHD to make sure you get attention.
Want to give a HUGE amount of thanks to @IKnowBashFu@peoplemaking.games for keeping this thing running while I deal with Work & Job & Travel. Bash is a legend.
Also, if anyone’s going to be in LA on the 12th?
https://www.punchbowl.com/parties/d3290372bd0d3ec40c56
Will have a bunch of free tickets and some discounted GA tickets for PMG members
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
Hi there! I'm Ted, and I've been a game developer for ~15 years! Check my site for • What I’ve Done • What I Do • How to Reach Me • Open-Office Hours for Students, Hobbyists, and Independents Mastodon Welcome Guide - https://tinyurl.com/welcome-to-mastodon #gamedev #indiedev #gamebiz #fedi22
On an algorithmic platform, the more attention a post gets, the more it’s likely to reach other folks. That’s not true here! But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t favorite posts! Here’s a good way to think about it
Favorite - “I liked this post! Thanks for sharing it!” Hit that star to let the creator know you enjoyed the topic, are digging the conversation, or just think they’re neat! This is super low impact and low effort, and has no consequences, but is a nice way to thank the person who wrote the thing!
Boost - “More folks should see this!” Boosting a post puts it onto the Home Timelines of folks who follow you. This is really powerful here because it is the only way to get content seen on instances that don’t already federate with the source. Here on the fediverse, we are the collective curators and surfacers, so use Boosts liberally for things you enjoyed, things that folks need to hear, and to help folks who need visibility and support #fediTips