Robert Carlson

Thrilled to announce that The Amateur Deity Society is finally getting music & a visual redesign thanks to these talented fellows: @thepixelprince.bsky.social doing pixel art, with @rob-of-ages.bsky.social composing the soundtrack! youtu.be/ebJbKVKJcpY #adventuregames #interactivefiction #gamedev

If you'd like to support me (for free) you could help out by wishlisting All-in-1 on Steam. It's at 2,000 wishlists now but hoping to reach 5,000 or (even better) 10,000 before release! store.steampowered.com/app/4059160/...

Finally got around to Metaphor Refantazio, and really digging it so far. I think it's neat that going high fantasy gives them license to pick a number of days in the week purely (I assume) for gameplay reasons. Not a parameter they can really tweak in a Persona game.

People are always going on about how the Lord of the Rings movies still look so great today because of all the practical effects, when in fact the words "special effects" appear in the first chapter of Fellowship. (Page 27 in my copy)

I've found 7 incredible demos to play in the madness that is Next Fest. Properly brilliant games from @visuwyg.bsky.social @lukasikart.bsky.social @badtasty.bsky.social @komigames.bsky.social @mewsturbo.bsky.social @officialelectric.bsky.social and Moonpyre. buried-treasure.org/2026/10/next...

Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

Periodic reminder that I made 30 free pixel fonts just for you and also that they're all CC0 and totally free not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...

The method I use for occluding lens flares is to draw this grid of pink pixels onto the sky, draw the scene, then read back the frame buffer. Any pixels that are no longer pink, are counted and used to diminish the flare. Any pink remaining is 'repaired' by copying the pixel to the right. #gamedev

You literally (literally) have Kenney's support, indie devs. So many quality assets in the public domain. I've got a few of Kenney's sound effects in my game that I doubt I'll ever replace no matter how much fresh paint the rest of the game gets in revision because they just fit.

Modern cars are basically mobile living rooms, complete with screen and recliners. To get people to focus on the road, the driver's seat should be replaced with a wobbly wooden chair that falls over if you accelerate or turn too fast. And if you look away from the road it should stab you in the leg

I have a hard time remembering people's birthdays, but I've got a great system for my dad's: There's an auto service center in my hometown that thinks my birthday is HIS birthday thanks to a car he handed down to me after I graduated, and they send me a Happy Birthday email every year.

Hope to put some posts together soon showing off progress on @rob-of-ages.bsky.social's excellent soundtrack and @thepixelprince.bsky.social's excellent pixel art. Not ready to talk about target dates yet, but we're closer than I thought we'd be by now!

Unity literally announced the "AI makes a game for you" thing as an April fool's joke in 2012 - dunking on the creative bankruptcy of the whole concept - before announcing it with a straight face just the other day.

Great stories in here. RIP. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Seems another player earned the "It was the worst of times" achievement in The Amateur Deity Society. To this person, I'm sorry I added that achievement, and I hope you're enjoying the rest of the game. (To everyone else, game's still 40% off for 50 minutes!) store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...

Hard at work on development for Party House: the Deckbuilding game & getting very excited about all the fun new characters I'm adding! Our joint Kickstarter campaign with the Baba is You Board Game has less than 3 days left. Go check it out now & back 1 or both games!

on AI generated voiceovers in games

It's the #SteamFallSale again, which means you (yes, you) can play The Amateur Deity Society for just $3, which is like forty cents in 1998 dollars, I think. #adventuregames #interactivefiction #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...

Hi, hello! Editor Rob here. Episode 2 of Zero Zero should be on its way to your feed as we speak! To those of you who have been waiting, thanks for your patience as I've finished up editing! RSS Feed: feeds.libsyn.com/626655/rss More links in the comments! ... wait why is the episode called that

This is a serious problem that nobody talks about.

Unfortunately, the name "Family Guy" was already taken.

It's the #SteamFallSale again, which means you (yes, you) can play The Amateur Deity Society for just $3, which is like forty cents in 1998 dollars, I think. #adventuregames #interactivefiction #indiegames store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...

Glad I remembered to back this before time's up. 20 hours left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...

Buried Treasure changed my life - doubt I'd be working on game#2 if it weren't for the 'holds up against Prey' headline. A small contribution to keep a distinguished, artful and amusingly controversial (or controversially amusing?) video game writer type person in business, you'd be mad not to.

Let's talk about some Zombie Fun Run combat mechanics. If you've played our past games, some of this will sound familiar. As always, Work-In-Progress so stuff could change. And be sure to wishlist the game on Steam. It helps us a lot! store.steampowered.com/app/2656830/...

Is there any harm in using AI to work on — or entirely create — projects for the Sega Saturn and elsewhere in the retro gaming scene? Yes, PandaMonium says in this opinion column, equating such work to digital asbestos: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming

Here's a list of rpg fan translations that do not use AI! very handy resource

Just another e-beg reminder for Steam players to please leave a review, especially if you were *not* a Kickstarter backer. The backers’ reviews annoyingly don’t count towards the final number and at this early stage we need all the momentum we can get! store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

Less than 24 hours to pick up our Zeboyd bundle on Steam at a very heavy discount. Lots of turn-based JRPG goodness here for less than the price of most single games on sale! Please share! Thanks! store.steampowered.com/bundle/53253...

Something that bugs me about the new experience mechanics is that now any Pokémon fainting *lowers the total amount of experience your team gets for every subsequent Pokémon you fight*. A Pokémon that fights and faints is now the only one that *doesn’t* get experience.

If you want a reason to take everything an LLM tells you with an enormous grain of salt, look no further than the part where they persistently appear to think that random Pokémon generator websites are an essential tool for playing Nuzlocke challenges.

Devastating news, gone way too soon. This guy directed a lot of damn good dubs on top of being an excellent voice actor. RIP.

So what is an "anti-shooter?" Laser Guy is an indie twin-stick pixel art anti-shooter where try to avoid accidentally lasering your coworkers into oblivion! Playtest the game now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3656610/... by indie dev @pointnsheep.bsky.social #gaming

I want to show more work in progress clips. I got the traditional anime defeat effect working in our comedy Zombie Fun Run. (Everything here is under development and could change before release) You can wishlist the game here: store.steampowered.com/app/2656830/...

Publishers, please do yourselves a favor and pay Zeboyd to make a game.

Your reminder to leave reviews for the things you like, and if you aren't one to write much even two words and a thumbs up or five stars means that little extra bump in visibility or approach to the next threshold of rating.

Good morning new followers! I'm Daniel and mostly these days I make game assets so that game devs don't have to turn to AI (ew) to make art. You can find them all 100% free at chequered.ink or we sell them all bundled in one big pack of 13,000+ assets here on itch: ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

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My daughter & I are making a comedy turn-based RPG called Zombie Fun Run. No genAI. We appreciate any and all wishlists on Steam. :) store.steampowered.com/app/2656830/...

Hi folks who just subscribed to a list I'm on, I'm Robert, and the other year I made a short and breezy point-and-click text adventure. The dream is to make games full time someday, and each wishlist helps towards that and is greatly appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...

Hi folks who just subscribed to a list I'm on, I'm Robert, and the other year I made a short and breezy point-and-click text adventure. The dream is to make games full time someday, and each wishlist helps towards that and is greatly appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...

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