saman

saman

@samanbb.bsky.social

designer / artist / programmer / making videogames these days https://trashmoon.com/

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@samanbb.bsky.social

Making progress on ability animations for Orb Ball's blademaster. This is the strongest melee character in the game. You can see mirror image and then his special tackle break in action here.

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Zach Gage
@stfj.net

📣 We're trying something new over here in Puzzmo land — community games. We still have plenty of our own games coming, but if you've got a game you think would be a fit for Puzzmo, reach out! More info & the submission form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Submissions run through October 2.

docs.google.comSubmit A Game To PuzzmoWe're thinking about having a handful of games from members of our community appear on Puzzmo later this year. We’re always working towards Puzzmo being the place for thoughtful puzzles, so this proje...
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@samanbb.bsky.social

Here's another little pass play. Off ball receivers run to goals, and pressured receivers will pass to better positioned allies.

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@samanbb.bsky.social

Just redesigned the Phantom, one of Recluse's evolved forms. It now has a leap attack that stuns nearby creatures.

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Zach Gage
@stfj.net

Ok im gonna say something here that is going to draw a lot of different feelings from everyone, and I want to be clear i'm not "in support of this" or "against it". i'm just saying it as an observation that seems true to me: I think with the latest frontier LLMs, the “music” era of games is upon us

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@samanbb.bsky.social

The whole game uses I think one font style / size? Every character name is there 5 characters long. Love those kinds of constraints.

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@samanbb.bsky.social

Should I render Orb Ball's text under the CRT shader or keep it crisp and legible above? The right screenshot is what the game looks like now, but tempted to go all-in on PixiJS for all my UI.

saman
@samanbb.bsky.social

My four year old just said to me, in a very serious tone: "I know why they make Lego people look like robots. It's to get us used to robots." I tried to ask who "they" are and what their agenda is but he wouldn't elaborate. He just said it's a good thing.

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Orta Therox
@orta.io

Folks! We're hiring at @puzzmo.com again. Since launch, I think the majority of my time has been spent on B2B systems inside Puzzmo - and it's time to start handing over some of those responsibilities to someone We're currently the puzzles infra for a gazillion publishers and more are coming

saman
@samanbb.bsky.social

Takeaways from the 4th annual barn game jam: - Iteration > planning. We didn't overthink or debate, just made stuff and played it. - Pixi.js rules. We slapped shaders on everything! - AI can crank out tools/systems on demand: a game engine would have slowed us down. - My little bro is a good artist.

saman
@samanbb.bsky.social

My microplastic take is that I am excited for the long game. We have a plastic-infused ecosystem now. In m,illions of years our progeny will be taking microplastic supplements alongside their iron supplements.

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@samanbb.bsky.social

I just saw some games market research report about player habits and turns out everyone is just playing solitaire. Like 40% of the respondents play it daily. Minecraft? Fortnite? Pretty much any other game? Looking at 1-2%. Solitaire is winning. We must defeat solitaire.

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brooke husic
@xws.bsky.social

2 years ago: @stfj.net says puzzmo will never run minis 6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind today: @puzzmo.com's first mini join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

puzzmo.comPuzzmo - Cross|wordPlay Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
Puzzmo@puzzmo.com

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one! 👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

saman
@samanbb.bsky.social

We took a month-long break from making daily games to work on a multiplayer competitive word game. Just published a blog post about the design + dev process 👉 blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/0...

blog.puzzmo.comThe Making of Circuits Royale, a Communal Word Game for the WebWe’ve been tossing around ideas for a fast-paced multiplayer variant of a Puzzmo game for a while, and decided the Circuits launch would be a great chance to have a go at it. Circuits Royale, released...
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@samanbb.bsky.social

Did you know that cursor states stop working everywhere in Mac OS if Photoshop is open. Even if it's minimized or hidden. This has been a bug for decades. Why.

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Zach Gage
@stfj.net

This monday we launched Circuits, designed by Jacob Land, on Puzzmo ( www.puzzmo.com/play/circuits/ ). Circuits is an amazing game that was first shared with me by Josh Wardle. As soon as I played it I knew that Puzzmo would be perfect to help get the news out about this incredible game.

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@samanbb.bsky.social

I've been prototyping a PVP dark fantasy sports auto-battler in my spare time. Inspired by Tecmo bowl, roguelikes, & Mechabellum. Finally in a playable state! Really different from everything I've made before but I'm pretty excited about it.