James Patton ⚙️ just launched Duskpunk! 🔥

My survival RPG Duskpunk is OUT NOW on PC!! The war left you with two assets: your life and your sanity. Keeping both will prove a challenge. youtu.be/EcXl0rwyjWo

NEW OPPORTUNITY: Short fiction writer? Love the world of Heaven's Vault? ... then come play in the waters. We're looking to commission 20 short stories set in the Nebula for a new anthology. Paid, obvs. Full details and a link to the form on the blog: www.inklestudios.com/2026/10/24/t...

Thank you for the shout out! 🙏

Booksellers and indie publishers take note! ⚠️ Elizabeth Soto is appealing a 50 year sentence connected to the publication and distribution of anarchist literature in Texas.

We wanted to launch Duskpunk on Switch and PS5 today, but we ran into a snag and couldn't be sure that it would be live on all stores. Not ideal, but I think the issue should be fixed in a day or two. So we'll try again tomorrow!

I made a game! Let me know what you think.

I'll be streaming a game of Hidden Isle tonight, 7pm Europe time! We'll be playing "To Kill a Sacred Beast" from our collection "Forever Hold your Peace". Should be fun! Find it on our backerkit page: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

This is what I've been working on the last 6 months! It's gonna be the deepest dive into The Hidden Isle yet!! Very excited!🌟✨

Thousand Hells is out NOW. A tactical narrative game about staging heists in different hells that blends mythology and surrealism from the creators of King of Dragon Pass and Six Ages - there’s nothing like it. I’m delighted to be one of the writers involved store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...

Hello! I'm currently looking for freelance writing and editing work. I'm made a shiny new portfolio, you can find it here. laurieoconnel.com

⭐Announcing Haven's Heir, The Hidden Isle's first campaign book. Uproot conspiracies, defy gods and despots, and decide what Dioscoria becomes when the world discovers magic.⭐ Sign up to get a free adventure! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... Visual done by: @solelle.bsky.social

Jesus... I knew it was bad, but wiping out almost all of Id Software's coders - the most experienced engine coders and optimizers in the entire business - is ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

If you think games are in a bad state, there are demos that can fix you: - Virtue and a Sledghammer - Entropy - Moldrise - Penguin Colony - Burn-9 (that’s just what I have time to play which is no time at all!) There’s so many ideas still to explore and so many people doing it. Don’t ignore them.

Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam

Turns out that despite my attempts to not tell on myself constantly @julianbenson.bsky.social has got me down. Signet City has been growing in my brain since it set down roots in 2018: www.rockpapershotgun.com/play-a-paras...

Another Sunday, another stupidly ambitious game idea 🙃

We’re pretty thrilled with this - TR-49 has been nominated for *two* Apple design awards We love the mobile form factor and always have - the immediacy of it and the lower barrier to entry - and we’re dead chuffed to have that recognised!

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30 years ago Richard Garfield released the game he considers his masterpiece. invented to fix all the problems he saw in magic the gathering, a game he pitched in a moment of panic when robo rally got turned down. still the best game ever made

I talked about two of my favourite games, go listen I guess!

My game is a finalist in MCV Develop's "Narrative Innovation" category! WhaT?! Amazing seeing my little game right next to KC:D, Still Wakes the Deep and DOOM. 🤯

NEW EPISODE ON FRIDAY! @jamespatton.bsky.social talks about @inkle.co's "Overboard!" *AND* "Expelled!" We cover both Inkle's open world interactive novels and we get really, really deep into what they may be exploring. It's a good 'un, this one. #podcasts #adventuregames

I feel similarly. "We're going to establish a moon base" got me excited, but "so that China doesn't" took all my enthusiasm. Of course they're doing it for imperialism.

Greatly enjoyed the political philosophy of @jamespatton.bsky.social ‘s Duskpunk. Drawing from Mbembe’s Necropolitics, in this blogpost I explain why the game’s resource of plasm is such a great narrative mechanic. Check out the game on steam! codedmass.com/2026/04/04/d...

Time to yell about the upcoming CROWNBREAKERS CROWDFUNDER! Help me make the game better! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...

thank you @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social for bringing the cold, hard facts about Israeli genocide & Microsoft’s complicity to their audience in covering our @nogamesforgenocide.com pledge. we love to see courageous reporting in games, and we are so grateful for the support from our community 💪🏽

#Duskpunk, #cyberpunk and more: An interview with James Patton (Clockwork Bird), a British indie game developer based in Vienna (paywall). #RPG #SiliconDreams #TheHiddenIsle #Spinnortality #indiegames #games #gamedev @jamespatton.bsky.social @subotron.bsky.social www.games.ch/austria-game...

Last chance to pick up a gorgeous gilded Tarot deck plus bonus items! 🪙 Divination coins 🌏 Deck travel bag 🦭 Seal and wax 🕯️ Scented candles and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cau...

📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW! www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope 100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max... ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

This is why it's ok if my games don't blow up on launch day. Even if my games don't make tons of money, there will be a handful of players who absolutely love each one. None of them are failures.