John Cooney

did you get your tickets for this saturday yet???

I beg any US representative to go to Gamescom in Germany, just once. See all the countries directly investing in indie games, not just the games but also buying them space to share their work to display at a global event. The US isn't there, and never has been

As a game dev, I've now read this three times and cannot figure out what it means. I've witnessed Xbox do absolutely incredible things over my career. This feels like devoting more resources to AI? Maybe? news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/1...

At last, a big budget Minesweeper aftermath.site/triple-a-mines...

I've been offering hot-takes on each of my talks, but boy howdy, loving this one with GDAC at UC Davis:

it's Oct 5 and your child is 100% going to be Link, and you have a sword to make...

Creative friends, I had 5 days left on my annual CC plan and went into cancellation mode (was going to cancel and subscribe instead to individual apps). I got hot retention offers instead, might be worth trying if you're coming up on your renewal

Sony PSP port of Ball Revamped 4! Dev translated/ported a Flash game into horizontal form-factor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv24...

Thanks Gamescom <3, it's been wonderful to be back after seven years. Amazing host to so many great games and devs

launching a Flash game in 2026

whoh rainy + hot Gamescom!?

I'm going to Gamescom this year! I'll be around Wednesday through Friday if anyone wants to say hi, chat/rant about indie publishing/funding (I'm the former CEO of a pub!), dev, whatever! Also if anyone indie team needs help in biz dev, cooking on something... Reach out my DMs are open! 👋

Game devs, nothing is better than accidentally leaving a build open for a weekend and then coming back to no memory leaks, right?

I've been finding a lot of joy in Pokemon Go recently, if you'd like to friend up let's go!

TL;DR - the game industry is art and business - art is absolutely killing it - business is absolutely killing it (in the wrong ways)

the news has been up for less than an hour, if your immediate gut response is to try and find a "silver lining" to this many people losing their livelihoods, i think it's fine not to post that publicly

🚨Breaking: Today, SCOTUS delivered a devastating blow to asylum rights. In our case, Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court ruled that the gov can block people from seeking asylum at official border crossings—turning people away w/out the chance to seek the protection they have a legal right to request.

My Tuesday Takeover for @newgrounds.com pick is Paplote++, by O-Ovinnie: 21 years old mouse-drawn animation still kicking on NG www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/...

xkcd.com/484/

2026, still paying for Flash* *it's AIR, but still

🚨 LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Signy And Mino: Against All Gods comes to Steam/PC on July 30th, 2026!

Saying goodbye to my Intuos 3 Wacom Tablet I bought in 2005. Most of my games were created using this tablet. It still works, but modern Mac support is tough to find :( I'm thankful to have had a device so capable and important to my career for as long as I have Goodbye old friend <3 🖊🫡

Hi Portland :) #pigcon

this, after we lost Ask Jeeves 2 weeks ago

Whoh, is Wordle the first web game to get a tv show since Angry Birds? Trying to think if there were any other web games (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/b...

I made a game called Bike that can only be played on April 24 every year, that is today: meditations.games/index.php

you've been told all your life you need to know how to use Microsoft Word and the actual answer is SPREADSHEETS Doesn't matter if it's Excel or Sheets or Numbers just make it part of your daily routine. You'll be surprised how much your life changes learning basic skills in spreadsheets

wow US taxes are a bummer this year

someone wrote a support ticket simply asking me to have a good day :) couldn't fulfill that before but now feeling like I can close this ticket :)))

Heading up to PIGCON in May! 🐷 I love the @pigsquad.com community, haven't visited since pre-Covid @ XOXO and have been looking for an excuse to visit again! They just extended speaker and game submissions until April 13, would love to see your games/talks there too! pigcon.pigsquad.com

Took 307 days, but Wonderful Elephant® has a US Trademark! 🎉 TL;DR: Day 0: Application, proof of usage Day 1: Filing is public, spam calls/texts/emails nonstop (even now) Day 140: US attorney requests additional proof of usage Day 252: Passed! Day 258: Published for public opposition Day 307: 🎉

Reflecting on #GDC2026: - Friendships, colleagues, and spontaneous joy still the highlight to attend - International folks very, very absent :( - Good meetings yay! - Passes are way too expensive (my cheapest option was $1,199 USD, didn't buy) - GDC needs to leave SF, I say this as a local

I bought a couple of koroks, been hiding them so my kids can go on TOTK quests when they get home from school

Hey, #gdc2026. This isn't okay

GDC for only one day, Thursday. About all I have time for this year message me if you want to catch up!

Happy 9 Year Anniversary to The Flash Games Postmortem! This talk is absolutely my favorite, most stressful, most important talk I've ever given, 141k views (!?) on Youtube. See young John Cooney wear a plaid shirt (whoh!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=65cr...

Enough about the elephant in the room. Let’s talk about what’s INSIDE it. Namely, 15 weird, wonderful minigames of all types to delight, dazzle, and discombobulate you. Wishlist Good Things Vol 1 on Steam, and play the #SteamNextFest demo store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/... #gamedev #indiegame

Enough about the elephant in the room. Let’s talk about what’s INSIDE it. Namely, 15 weird, wonderful minigames of all types to delight, dazzle, and discombobulate you. Wishlist Good Things Vol 1 on Steam, and play the #SteamNextFest demo store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/... #gamedev #indiegame

I’m making Good Things Vol 1 because I love the weird creativity and energy of the Flash era, and wanted to bring that back through a whole bunch of minigames. Also so I could make this GIF :) Wishlist and play the #SteamNextFest demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/... #gamedev #indiegame

Found a great hack to increase your death count in Coyote Time in the Good Things Vol 1 demo. :) Download the demo and try it for yourself today! What do you mean that’s not the point store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/... #gamedev #steamnextfest #indiegame

The demo for Good Things Vol 1 is live for #SteamNextFest! These games embody everything that I love about the Flash game era; they’re weird, they’re experimental, they’re different, and most importantly… they were fun to make! Download the demo and wishlist!🐘 store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/...

The demo for Good Things Vol 1 is live for #SteamNextFest! These games embody everything that I love about the Flash game era; they’re weird, they’re experimental, they’re different, and most importantly… they were fun to make! Download the demo and wishlist!🐘 store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/...

Can you really claim to love your boyfriend if you don’t shrink yourself down to unobstruct his guts for him? You won’t find THAT in Wuthering Heights, pal. Download the demo (with three whole games!) for Good Things Vol 1 now, for love, for #SteamNextFest! store.steampowered.com/app/3900940/...

The Elephant Collection is a video game. It's 50% off and proceeds benefiting Type 1 Diabetes research. store.steampowered.com/app/2274110/...