John &quot;Ducky&quot; Szymanski

My Friendly Neighborhood on Switch 2 is RELEASED!

nintendo.comMy Friendly Neighborhood for Nintendo Switch 2 - Nintendo Official SiteShop My Friendly Neighborhood for Nintendo Switch 2 at Nintendo Store. See game details, editions, and availability.

Go grab it here! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Szymantober continues! Wizard Boy news! We are planning a massive 1.0 update, which will be done with our new publishing partnership @orointeractive.bsky.social! This update is huge and will essentially give you a whole new experience from early access. Writeup below! (Ignore the horse)

store.steampowered.com/news/app/311...

store.steampowered.comSecret Agent Wizard Boy - Dev Update #9: THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT(s) - Steam NewsMajor Intel Acquired, Wizard Boys (and girls)! Good afternoon! Sorry it's been a minute since our last update. A lot has been happening behind the scene and I've been waiting for all of our ducks to b...

Welcome to Szymantober, in which a bunch of Szymanski announcements all clump together in one month. TO BEGIN WITH, My Friendly Neighborhood is coming to Switch 2 October 22nd!

And for you game collectors, you aren't *lost* to us either. . .

16 June

The Wizard Boy team has been working on a new castle for the better part of a year. This is the difference between the current castle in early access and the castle we've been working on.

store.steampowered.comSecret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate on SteamUse magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.

16 June

If you want to keep updated on Wizard Boy stuff, purchasing it gives you notifications (I swear): store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

2 June

Nobody escapes the disco floor.

2 June

15 May

"Your game looks too much like hot garbage" The game, which is 100% hot garbage:

store.steampowered.comSave 20% on Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate on SteamUse magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.

15 May

If you want to play hot garbage: store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

5 May

He's really hungry.

5 May

19 Mar

Fixing a DIRE issue in Wizard Boy.

19 Mar

(On sale for the Steam Spring Sale BTW!) store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

17 Mar

Surprise! The Wizard Boy "Spring Cleaning Update" is now LIVE! Prop collecting, prop possessing, broom flying, head spinning, new missions, new gadgets, and lots more. If you're on the public testing branch, there's even an in-progress version of our new big castle to explore.

17 Mar

Check it out here! store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

28 Feb

Watch :11

ZeptoBST@zeptobst.bsky.social

Maybe I should post some of my best WB clips.

12 Feb

WE'RE COMING FOR THE FULL FNAF GAMBIT

John "Ducky" Szymanski@ducky-dev.bsky.social

This is probably the only time something I worked on outranks FNAF so. . . career moment, I guess?

play.google.comIron Lung - Apps on Google PlayA short horror game where you pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood.

12 Feb

Like, we could actually get to top 5 at this point play.google.com/store/apps/d...

10 Feb

Added head spinning on command. Fully analogue control. Was thinking this should be an upgrade but honestly feels like it should just be part of the basic toolkit.

10 Feb

Game is for sale, for some reason. store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

6 Feb

This is probably the only time something I worked on outranks FNAF so. . . career moment, I guess?

6 Feb

Go help get it to #1 because that would be really cool: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

6 Feb

(For anyone wondering: no, I'm not the Szymanski that made Iron Lung, but I am the Szymanski that PORTED Iron Lung for David)

5 Feb

Go wishlist Cody's bowling game or I'm coming for you.

🎳Cody Reader @PhantomSlothGames👽@phantomsloth.bsky.social

Let's make a deal. I'll show you 20 seconds of gameplay from my #indiegame and if you like it, you have to reshare it and go wishlist BOWLED on STEAM. Deal? Ok, I'm trusting you. 🎳👽🛸 ☠️

28 Jan

Spreading the good news about how utterly broken this spell in my game is.

28 Jan

Check out the game here! store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

14 Jan

I just added the ability to possess props to Wizard Boy and the way I had to implement is. . . well, really, really, really jank.

14 Jan

8 Jan

This isn't really my normal content, but I'm going to start posting stuff on shortform video places and I put a lot of work into this first one so I thought I'd post here too. :) Development updates coming soon!

8 Jan

5 Dec 2025

Reminder we just released the PS5 port of Iron Lung! Go grab it if you haven't yet! store.playstation.com/en-us/produc...

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

First poster for Markiplier’s directorial debut ‘IRON LUNG’ The film will have a theatrical rollout starting on January 30 with approx 50-100 theaters.

20 Nov 2025

Surprise free game! I took ten games made for the game jam I co-ran with Jacksepticeye and put them into a collection together. Go take a look and let the developers know what your favorite games are! It means a lot to them. :) Link below. Again, totally free!

store.steampowered.com/app/1410450/...

20 Nov 2025

store.steampowered.comTen Deadly Games: Jamsepticeye on SteamTen Deadly Games is a collection of games from different developers based around the same theme - "Death is an Opportunity." These ten deadly games were all created in a week for the Jamsept...

20 Aug 2025

I've been redoing the Wizard Boy AI and at some point corpses started moving around and attacking on their own and it's really unsettling.

20 Aug 2025

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22 July 2025

I just learned that my game is apparently currently topping the Xbox game charts? Can anyone confirm this?

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24 June 2025

Wizard Boy 1.1 is RELEASED!!! We've got upgrades, missions, an inventory, lots of visual updates, the Spy Lair, and more! TIME TO GET WIZARD. (Full writeup posted below.)

24 June 2025

Wizard Boy 1.1 is RELEASED!!! We've got upgrades, missions, an inventory, lots of visual updates, the Spy Lair, and more! TIME TO GET WIZARD. (Full writeup posted below.)

store.steampowered.com/news/app/311...

24 June 2025

store.steampowered.comSecret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate - Update 1.1 - The Groundwork Update - Steam NewsHeya Wizards!I'm glad to announce that our first content update is live! We've decided to name this update "The Groundwork Update." First of all, lemme' tell you about all the new features t...

16 June 2025

Wizard Boy just passed into Overwhelmingly Positive!! Thank you all so much! This one seriously means a lot, especially with how weird this little game is. Update 1.1.0 coming soon! :)

16 June 2025

Link if you're interested in checking it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/...

13 June 2025

Wizard Boy can now consume everything.

13 June 2025

12 June 2025

A boy wizard spy is full of secret techniques.

12 June 2025

22 May 2025

On vacation. These guys called Coatis have infested the beach and are causing complete havoc. Directly after I stop recording jumped on a girl's table and took her nachos. Yesterday one stole my hamburger. Notice the sign warning about the Coatis. I love them.