John Wordsworth

Game Programmer & Tech Leadership Consultant. Mostly tweets about gaming, tech, D&D / TTRPG and 3D printing. Ex @PdxInteractive.

[Antti Tiihonen @antti_tiihonen]

🚨 SALE ALERT 🚨 For a limited time my thinky puzzle game costs less than a can of tuna! With 98% positive reviews, people like it more than canned fish, too!

https://t.co/ywDBawOVOA

Also available on iOS and Android but it costs about 2 cans there.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Yesterday’s random side project was building little 3D printable holders for stacks of cards for board games.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Looks like Xbox Game Pass is going the way of many of my other subscriptions “just subscribe for a few months, then take a break for a few months while the content builds up”. Will be unsubscribing when Anno 117 comes out for sure!

[Tom Warren @tomwarren]

Microsoft is also increasing the price of its PC Game Pass subscription today, moving from $11.99 a month to $16.49 monthly — a nearly 40% increase. PC Game Pass is getting ~50 additional Ubisoft titles https://t.co/FCnIl6BLae

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

We are starting to share a first playable version of our game with a select few people over the coming days. Both exciting to see how far it’s come but also somewhat intimidating. Either way, stoked to hear how people get on with it!

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Almost four solid days of board games - from narrative delights such as HEXplore It: Domain of Mirza Noctis and 7th Citadel to some competitive thinkers like Eclipse: Second Dawn and Duel for Middle Earth. Excellent fun! However, tired and ready for reality again tomorrow!

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

@shanselman Thanks for the reminder that I really should do a full sync to my Mac and backup the PhotoLibrary folder! Maybe Apple are getting back at you for throwing shade at the new photos app… Hope you get them back soon and it works out!

[Ray @raysan5]

@florinpop17 rImageShield, embed license/copyright data into images for distribution. Data can be compressed+encripted and automatically retrieved. A portable 1MB single executable, including command-line. Multiplatform. $19.95 one-time, no subs, you got everything. 🙂
https://t.co/pKoKLWPgUO

[Harebrained @WeBeHarebrained]

Post-Cyberpunk Survival Horror RPG. Wishlist Now!
Steam: https://t.co/1xr5M3EWtb
Epic: https://t.co/cz3ElMCh5A

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Super excited to see the announcement trailer of GRAFT by @WeBeHarebrained. Really cool to see what they have been cooking up now that they are indie again. Watch the trailer, and don’t forget to Wishlist if it piques your interest! https://t.co/AL91hdKVEF

[Ray @raysan5]

Hey! Today it's my birthday!!! 🥳

So I'm doing a **BIG sale bundle** of some of my @raylibtech gamedev tools! Up to 70% off for the bundle and 50% on individual tools!!!

No subscription required!!! 😱

Limited time offer! Only 24 hours! 😄

Get it now: https://t.co/MXsO7enf4r

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Had a great time playing CBR+PNK today. It’s a bit awkward playing shared narrative games online (no cameras) but I loved the dynamics regardless. It felt like Cyberpunk Fiasco (one night experience) with Blades in the Dark rules. Excellent! #CBRPNK https://t.co/4t0J2PPeNp

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

@raysan5 Definitely true for video games, along with “it doesn’t even use all my CPU cores”. I think the threshold for tools is lower but “less than 30MB download” and people feel “is that it?” For some weird reason. Just dump a PDF doc with a massive image in it in the download :p

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

@DJ_Link It’s usually 2 days into a trip abroad when I go “oh, I wish I had reset this and didn’t have 4 months of data confusing me”. Like, seriously, why isn’t there a little filter for “All Time”, “This Month”, “This Week”.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

@EricDiaz_RPG Oh nice! It was a great concept and setup - just a tad too pressured for my liking! (Not that the time limit was bad in itself, but too short for all the awesome things dotted around!).

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Visual Studio 2022 for Mac wasn't exactly perfect, but now it's being retired - trying to develop cross-platform C# MAUI apps for macOS/iOS using Visual Studio Code is an absolute nightmare. What a shame.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Spent the day running the #AlienRPG for some friends. So much fun - a lot of intrigue, horror and mistrust around the table. I think my favourite moment was the gunfight on the outside hull of the ship after a traitor uncoupled and pushed an NPC into space.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

What a rollercoaster! First I think “maybe I should treat Unity seriously again with the concrete release that was Unity 6” and then “oh, new CEO from Zynga and EA Mobile - time for them to try to micro-transaction the developers again”. Pffff.

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

Yesterday we finished our 11 month campaign of #Dragonbane RPG (@FreeLeaguePub). The bundled campaign in the Misty Vale was a pleasure to run - lots of interesting variation without getting stale and easily customised to your groups play style / campaign length. Excellent fun!

[John Wordsworth @JohnWordsworth]

About a month ago, I told myself I would give myself a week to work on a side project (a new Tabletop RPG) before working on a new video game. Well, I’ve got about 90 pages of draft material for the TTRPG but not that much video game yet 😅.