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Writing

Two streams from the same notebook. Essays are the longer thinking — what makes things work, and why. Devlog is the short, honest play-by-play of building in public.

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Jun 17, 2026

2 min

Devlog

Dashline: the first prototype, against my own advice

I'd just written an essay talking myself out of multiplayer, then immediately prototyped a multiplayer game. Why Dashline changed my mind.

What makes a game a good game?

A plain-English summary of my research into why games work: motivation, flow, toxicity, multiplayer, what players want now, platforms, and the brutal problem of getting noticed.

Starting a notebook in public

My first post here: why I'm building in the open, what I'll write, and the one rule I'm not going to let myself break.

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