Wanderstop, The Stanley Parable, The Beginner's Guide. Founder of Ivy Road.
Jun 8, 2024 • 17 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday I announced my new game, Wanderstop (!) and I'm still sort of reeling from emotional whiplash. To be working on this in secret for so long, and to now have it out in the world, it's a very strange feeling. I guess let me say a few things about it. 🧵
It's, uh, probably not the sort of game you were expecting? I know that "cozy game" has a pretty loaded connotation these days, and there are a lot of people for whom this style of game is an instant turnoff.
Jan 24, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
There's been some "writing discourse" on twitter. I don't usually participate in discourse, but this time I happened to get a thought rolling around in my head, and I wanted to try to define it, so I'll write it down here to see if it takes.
Okay so my idea is this grid for categorizing a piece of fiction writing. The x-axis is writing that likes when you notice the writing, and the y-axis is writing that tries hard to stay consistent in its world and characters.
Aug 28, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
A few days ago I tweeted something to a friend that was an attempt at humor, but which instead came across as cruel and belittling. Since then I’ve been asking myself a lot of questions about why I wrote that at all. Why would I say something unkind to someone I care about?
I use humor as a coping mechanism to feel accepted. Despite career success and all my loving friends, I often feel undeserving of love, scared that any day now everyone is going to decide to leave me. I know it isnt true, but my anxiety insists over and over that I’m an outsider.
May 20, 2017 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
I'd like to offer a piece of advice for freelancers that I promise will instantly make you 1000x more desirable to clients (1/12)
It's so simple: do what you say you'll do, and always tell your client if/when your work won't be ready at the time you agreed upon (2/12)
