Colin Thil

A little look back, in french, at our weekend at Villette Makerz Big thanks as well to Jefferson (Focus association) for the photos and editing 👏 #boardgames #indiegames #playtesting #gamedev

Had a great read. Strongly recommend. Even for noobs like me that knew close to nothing about the International Criminal Court beforehand. A fascinating insight into a monumental project that is as ambitious as it is impossible to fully realise. Published at @cnrseditions.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came by to our booth at Play Sorbonne 2026 ! Tense games of Sept Solines where played 👀

We’ll be at the Play Sorbonne Festival this weekend 🎲🎲🎲 I’ll be presenting the games : Sept Solines, Les déblais noirs, Dunkelflaute, and Les adresses jaunes. This Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 4 Place Jussieu, Paris 5th arrondissement

We're puting at risk our entire society and culture for this dumb tech we don't need.

I built a little open source app to grow a shared collection of 8×8 pixel sprites. Draw, publish, like, remix, all CC0 🟨🟩🟥 baxel.art

Thanks to everyone that passed by at 15 Beautreillis gallery, despite the heat outside ! Glad to have seen the game so thoroughly played and enjoyed.

I’ll be showcasing the two games I made with artist Joanna Wong at the 15 Beautreillis Gallery (Paris) this Thursday. I hope to see you there ! Thank you Quinnie for the invitation.

Thrilled to have been part of this little game jam at nonétoile est last week-end. I only had few hours to make a project but still managed to made something fun. Will share soon.

make music in your browser: jakeonaut.itch.io/neocomposer

Huge thanks to Kadist and everyone who came out last night ! 🎲Sept Solines: A game about how media covers protests for more responsible farming. 🎲 Les adresses jaunes: A co-op game on how food plays a role in HK’s fight for democracy. #GameDesign #BoardGames #Activism #FoodForThought #Community

@leobal.bsky.social did a wonderful implementation of one of the best modern board game out there. Give it a try ! playhansa.app

In which I argue that "AI" as we understand it today is a structurally fascist artifact. https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

🎲 We'll be playing the two games I made with #JoannaWong tomorrow at #KADIST Foundation (Paris) The event is already full (sorry!) — but I’ll share more about the games very soon 👀 kadist.org/program/de-l...

March has been filled with trains

Balkan Bounds reached 1000 views on itchio this week. It's not a huge score, but I'm still glad some folks enjoyed this cute little experiment I did. martiansparlor.itch.io/balkan-bounds

video games have been around since my grandparents were little and weirdo freaks now try to act like it’s impossible to make one without using the Polluting Thief Chatbot that didn’t exist before like five years ago and I will never understand that

I’m feeling very grateful to everyone who stopped by and played with us this weekend. Really loved the conversations we had 💚

Our games are getting a brand new visual identity, created in collaboration with Corpus studio. ✨ Come and meet them a Parc de la Villette this weekend !

I'm doing an event this weekend in Paris at Parc de la Villette. I'll be presenting the many games we've created with the collective. Please come by if you're in the area !

Loved my december gaming. Age of Steam with the Sweden Recycling map was very exiting, I wish I could play AOS more often. Owner's Choice was also a great surprise. Railway Boom is not as unique as I hoped, but I still enjoyed it.

I did manage to squeeze some plays this month. Loved Colorado Midland, Confucius was an interesting discovery.

Game highlights of the month. Really loved Age of Rails, and Battlefields of the Napoleonic Wars by @mropla.bsky.social

This one is quite tricky, took me a few tries. Seed : 80309067

The event where my game was playable, along with some food around the « undergroud » idea, is now over. It was very cool to see people try the demo. Now I have a ton of improvements to make in the game 🥹 #undergroundfood #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Glimps into a current project ⛅

Got a lot of interesting games played this month. Iberian Gauge by @amabel.bsky.social might be my favorite.

I posted a devlog about Balkan Bounds on @processing.org forums, if anyone interested.

Trains, tracks, and tactics 💚 Play now: martiansparlor.itch.io/balkan-bounds

🚂 Balkan Bounds is out! A free browser-based strategy game about trains, networks, and lovely colors 💚 Play it now: martiansparlor.itch.io/balkan-bounds

This weekend you want to chill or you are busy at the swimming pool ! You were hiding in a cave all summer, you saw the open call too late ! Don't worry ! Tell your friends ! THE DEADLINE IS EXTENTED TO 22nd SEPTEMBER !

OPEN CALL VIDEO GAME CREATION ON OUR ALT CTRL 💸 2500€ PRIZE 📅 Deadline to submit: Sept 15, 2025 🛠️ Production: Nov–Dec 📦 Delivery: Jan 15, 2026 🎪 Exhibitions in Strasbourg & Amiens (Feb–Mar 2026) 👉 random-bazar.fr/open-calls-f... 🔎 Check out our technical sheet on the wonderful footpedals

My buddy @achtaitaipai.com project odyc.dev got selected for the OSS program by @appwrite.io ! Thanks to Appwrite, a brand new online editor for Odyc is on the way with new funky features !

I was caught today by the thought with my #eggjam game Oeuf that maybe the egg-shape is getting in the way (specifically: that you spend a lot of your time orienting your egg in the right direction). I tried out with a spherical egg, but to my relief that was less fun! #godotengine

I did a game dev workshop last week in Paris with @kaplayjs.com. It was a great weekend thanks to the genius kids that came by. I was also blessed by sunshine ☀️ and by the invaluable help I got from the civic service team 💪 !

I've updated my docs for @kaplayjs.com [in french], with a new, more flexible template which is easier to read and transform. Thanks to @achtaitaipai.com for his contributions. Feel free to try it out : martiansparlor.com/ateliers/kap...

Had a blast this weekend playing train games with some veterans of the genre in Saint-Malo. A rich and inspiring experience ! Thanks to Alain and Xavier for hosting the event.

Very happy with my first workshop session about procedural generation. The participants were very into it and got a real grip on their protocols. Looking forward for the next session this week.

Currently updating my documentation on @kaplayjs.com. Doing my best to offer the most accessible experience, while remaining coherent and open to creative ideas.

Prototype for a procedural generation workshop. I tried different protocols today with interesting results. The bingo chips and spinner are very handy. Drawing colored chips to define colors works well, but is a little more laborious. Rolling dice turns out to be a bit too tedious.

First stamp prototypes are looking great 🌴☀️

Insightful take on AI generated art. It's vigorating to hear some critical perspective. The article tackles the impact of AI generated content having a place in our culture despite its incapacity of creating something meaningful.

Today I created images for stamps that I'll be using in my procedural generation workshop. Was heavily inspired by all the Bitsy gems out there on @itch.io