Mark Johns

Shoot the dynamite.

out now on early access! store.steampowered.com/app/952100/B...

working on a #newgame

Put a bit of work into our early indie game wave metroidvania, Space Barnacle. For technical reasons, it used to launch in a tiny window. No longer. Crisp new full screen on boot, otherwise its the classic version! get: doomaser.itch.io/spacebarnacle #indiedev #metroidvania #gamedev

Put a bit of work into our early indie game wave metroidvania, Space Barnacle. For technical reasons, it used to launch in a tiny window. No longer. Crisp new full screen on boot, otherwise its the classic version! get: doomaser.itch.io/spacebarnacle #indiedev #metroidvania #gamedev

I'm very happy to announce that I am an artist on @subvert.fm , a co-op music platform that just launched! I have published my latest release exclusively on the platform, a #soundtrack to @doomlaser.bsky.social 's #indiegame #fps GUN FLESH - check it out at www.subvert.fm/null-band/gu...

Here lived the Cardinals (🐦)... #gamedev #indiegame #memamorkin

it's kinda fun zooming all the way out on big screens while editing

Holy shit! What a game to get a sequel! I'm stoked

ok we're getting somewhere now. i have the verbs partially set up and bound. theoretically, if you have an item which has its description written, it should be able to display it now...

Road Rash (1994) opening cinematic for 3DO, PC, and other platforms #GameHistory #videogames #Soundgarden #hellyeah

Here's an attempt at creating a "cracked lava field" sort of tile. The orange is brighter than it's supposed to be according to the game's palette rules, but I'm thinking that this could potentially be a case where it's worth it for an emissive lighting effect. #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev

Made an introduction & career retrospective video for a conference. I think it turned out pretty well If you're wondering who I am, what I've worked on, & what I think of the future of AI API tech—from both the US & China's frontier labs: watch! youtu.be/gDvfKxK81XU #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

Made an introduction & career retrospective video for a conference. I think it turned out pretty well If you're wondering who I am, what I've worked on, & what I think of the future of AI API tech—from both the US & China's frontier labs: watch! youtu.be/gDvfKxK81XU #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

I picked up a quilted Super Mario Bros. NES Mario at a craft & maker store on Saturday. It's pretty cool! Was on sale for $2.50 USD! 🍄🎮 #gamedev #indiedev #nintendo #Mario #videogame

Found art I made at age 9: DEMO CHEMO. It was about a flagrantly unsafe chemical plant/nuclear reactor that also sold food to the public. My 4th & 5th grade gifted teacher, Mr. Elrick, was cool—he hung it up behind his desk for 2 years. #indiedev #worldbuilding #gamedev #retro #darkhumor

Found art I made at age 9: DEMO CHEMO. It was about a flagrantly unsafe chemical plant/nuclear reactor that also sold food to the public. My 4th & 5th grade gifted teacher, Mr. Elrick, was cool—he hung it up behind his desk for 2 years. #indiedev #worldbuilding #gamedev #retro #darkhumor

In this fun video, I talk about Tap Tap Revenge, which was written by a small team including Jonatan 'cactus' Söderström, Kevin Coulton, @gte.bsky.social Steve Jobs played the game at a keynote. We did videos for Daft Punk, Justice, Coldplay, etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1_9... #indiegame #gamedev

Recently discovered I can do large-scale sprite animation in Blender

huh. I have a Grokipedia page: grokipedia.com/page/Mark_Jo... I wonder if it was 100% AI-written? There must be some human oversight, right? I do not have a Wikipedia page yet #gamedev #indiedev #AI #LLM

In 2011-2012, my studio, along with @adamatomic.bsky.social, @pietepiet.com & @dannybstyle.bsky.social, built the iPhone game for the first Hunger Games movie, launching alongside the film on March 23, 2012 10 million players within days www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHIU... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

In 2011-2012, my studio, along with @adamatomic.bsky.social, @pietepiet.com & @dannybstyle.bsky.social, built the iPhone game for the first Hunger Games movie, launching alongside the film on March 23, 2012 10 million players within days www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHIU... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Holy shit. Kanye West apology letter in The Wall Steet Journal. He is finally admitting that he has bipolar disorder. This is a huge step forward for the man. I have been a fan of his ever since The College Dropout. It takes courage to come out and share your weaknesses so publicly. Wholesome.

and now it's 14 years ... ... never work on a game for 14 years

🔧 FREE demo of Ratcheteer DX on Steam today! Check out this Link to a golden era of video games and Awaken your nostalgic memories of top-down action-adventuring. Full game is out March 5 on Switch, PC, and Mac. (Your demo save will transfer to the full Steam release.) ⬇️ s.team/a/3908650

While researching this I found out there's a 1997 WAD that actually uses that limit for something. In MAP19 of Hell Revealed, you start in a room with a bunch of PE who can't attack bc the map already has 21 LS, but once you get the item on the room, all of the LS are killed and they start attacking

started this thursday night, managed to get it done (except audio sigh) tonight... keep an eye out for it later this week tho. got that "i am a genius / oh no" kind of fun

i made it so equipment can change the color of your character. i thought it would be nice to have a little expressive bandwidth in text mode.

goosebumps: attack of the mutant, screenshot, pc (1997) www.mobygames.com/game/13193/g...

And here is Steve Jobs playing our game during a 2009 Apple iPhone Keynote #GameHistory #GamePreservation #iosgaming #gamedev

To everyone who left Twitter for Bluesky, the X "algorithm" is totally broken now. Even Grok agrees. You made a good choice. 👀 fxtwitter.com/Doomlaser/st... #TwitterMigration #eXodus #OpX The signal is quite dead over there. Focusing more here now. #GameDev #IndieDev