Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/https://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3miwdt7bx422rDeadloch season 2 was great again - truly Australia's answer to The Thick Of It in the swearing Olympics. As before, the mystery is juicier and better told than you expect from a comedy. And it has a knack for making fun of eccentricities without feeling unkind.07 Apr 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwdt7bx422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mikpu7eeds2pThe 2 minutes and 5 seconds from the moment @memoriamatters.bsky.social spies an oddly tall horse in @manbearcar.bsky.social's Horsey Game are the hardest I've laughed in weeks. https://www.youtube.com/live/4Wr8J4S5qXA?si=xUmdOHTIb962G4hW&t=4500 .03 Apr 2026 02:55 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikpu7eeds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3miiecng5ic2iI think this April fools was amiably aimed at anyone who's over-attributed our games to me alone, but God it's so deadpan even I start to worry if I was serious at points. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miiecng5ic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3miidglg5q22iI can't speak to their overall cultural impact, but I do think if Dickens had come up with "Hi it's me you're all in danger" before Charli XCX, A Tale of Two Cities would have opened very differently.02 Apr 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miidglg5q22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mhrr35hqb22iOminous seating arrangements.24 Mar 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrr35hqb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mhdwzlnbys2wDiscovery: cats can toggle their legs.18 Mar 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdwzlnbys2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mhducdgobk2rWe have a Discord now! It's been lovely so far. Today in the Heat Signature channel, someone figured out how to do a Hijack mission (take out all crew and deliver the empty ship) without breaking their Ghost Vow (never be seen or harm anyone) and we were all like what. https://discord.com/invite/3M8pfXp9aC18 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhducdgobk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mgxle66ifs2vI'm having a lovely time coding our next game in Godot, so I did a little devlog about some of the coolest things I've discovered, and some of the systems I've built so far that I'm excited about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj56ssAD9P0 .13 Mar 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxle66ifs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mffcfwoycc2aTip for balancing wizards: keep buffing them til their attacks visibly illuminate your face. youtu.be/TBELTya013I . https://youtu.be/TBELTya013I21 Feb 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mffcfwoycc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mer7arar3s23Are we doing trailers for bins now13 Feb 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer7arar3s23https://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3menhcgqv2s2nMet a very high resolution rabbit tonight, and a very sweet drawing of a rabbit I did not meet tonight.12 Feb 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3menhcgqv2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mendel7kw22nThe Forgotten City is a game about going back to Roman times, so when it came time to choose a name, I decided it was worth becoming someone I hate in return for also ruining the game.12 Feb 2026 06:09 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mendel7kw22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mebpyns2hc2sAccidentally summed it up.07 Feb 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mebpyns2hc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3md7erbis3c2mMy eyes are bad but I won't ruin the vibe with a flashlight. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7erbis3c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mczm2nexns2mThe brains are in the grenades: How enemies think in Tactical Breach Wizards youtu.be/gEFfBXQAtYE I'm not going to GDC this year, so here's a little talk for free - on a thing I want to share before I forget how it works. https://youtu.be/gEFfBXQAtYE22 Jan 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczm2nexns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mcww57azd22rDay 3 of being woken up by a long, low foghorn-like sound: It strikes me now that - given I live near the water and the weather has been foggy for 3 days - the explanation for this phenomenon may be closer to hand than previously realised.21 Jan 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcww57azd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mbwkvce5ic2yI've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: https://www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-15-years-of-indie-dev-in-4-bits-of-advice/ I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.08 Jan 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwkvce5ic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mbd4rtfd2c2dGoddamn, I only just saw the Resetera thread for @breachwizards.bsky.social has the best strap I've seen in all our coverage: https://www.resetera.com/threads/tactical-breach-wizards-ot-rites-in-tight-spaces.959106/ Rites in Tight Spaces.01 Jan 2026 00:29 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbd4rtfd2c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3mbcb74cdmc2xLove this bit, when your Christmas License to Indulge has expired but your New Year's Obligation to Live Sensibly hasn't started yet. Feels like a loophole.31 Dec 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcb74cdmc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pentadact.com/post/3makp5ff6fs2vI'll add: if the other game is out, that's a gift. You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Dec 2025 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:m7j6c6spyt4a7fsxzfl5msx7/app.bsky.feed.post/3makp5ff6fs2v