Burgess Voshell

making and unmaking spaces for no place. teaching at nyu game center. midnight cereal killer.

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

#screenshotsaturday

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

this game rules

[Bennett @bfod]

Baby Steps, the game I've been working on for 6 years with @gabecuzzillo and @maxiboch, is out on PC and PS5! We've put a feature-length film's worth of stupid cutscenes in this thing, and I hope you like them. But if not, you can skip them.... OR CAN YOU????

RTs appreciated 🙏

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@j_smithcameron finding out that you enjoyed vertex was deeply exciting and went a long way in softening the blow of its ending. thank you! i have so much respect and admiration for your stellar work!

[Sam Ezersky @thegridkid]

No prepared statements here:

@burgess truly rocks, and it was a damn pleasure to work together. You could feel the brain-breaking (for me) levels of creativity behind his content.

Tremendous thanks for bringing such joy to our solvers on a daily basis.

🔺🔻🙏

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@samvonehren 🙇🏻‍♂️

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

a side note on today’s final puzzle. if you’re new to vertex you may not know, but this is an homage to a puzzle from early 2020 by @NocaWu. it diverges in some ways to signify the progress and end of vertex, while also coming full circle.

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

sad to see it end. thanks to @samvonehren and the @nytimes designers for their work in creating vertex and for bringing me on to design puzzles. thanks to @thegridkid for so many amazing captions. a special thanks to everyone who made vertex part of their day. goodbye #vertex 🫡

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@FrogPropGod @VertexArchive …the whale gets more detailed down towards the head too, alluding to the progress of vertex. as for the triangle count, i’ve submitted higher count puzzles, but they actually crashed the game and no one at nyt ever fixed that.

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@FrogPropGod @VertexArchive it is sentimental. it’s an homage to a puzzle from early on that came to be the background image of vertex for a while. the tail section is exactly the same except for the triangles separating which is meant to evoke the dissolution of vertex…

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@pumpkiny thank you! it’s great to hear from a fellow boulderite!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

thank you to everyone for reaching out about vertex. follow the link for a short message i’ve written to the vertex community.
https://t.co/CrcVlL1dWZ

[Megan Greenwell @megreenwell]

Vertex has been my favorite smooth brain activity for years, and now the NYT is killing it. :( I even blogged about why it rules: https://t.co/EDVhvZKcdO

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@dannynanni thanks danny! hope you’ve been good too!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@megreenwell it meant a lot to see you write about vertex. thank you for the support.

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@VertexArchive @NYTGames thank you for keeping the record and growing the community

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@sssetz thanks, seth!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@Stensrud_J that’s very kind! thank you

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@Stensrud_J it’s a portable mini tape voice recorder!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@VertexArchive it’s a barracuda!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@Stensrud_J it’s a coin plunging into water!

[Burgess Voshell @burgess]

@Chuckbait @DynastyGOAT @Wario64 it isn’t on itch, but it used to be. the catalog version is different.