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Radiator

Video game level design, mods, literature, academia and occasional progress updates on Radiator, an ongoing series of experimental video game triptychs about gay stuff by Robert Yang.

new Quake map: "One Need Not Be A House" for Quake Brutalist Jam 3

Life notes (2019-2025) + Sweet Sixteenth (16th) Blog Anniversary Mega-Roundup

new game: Rainbows Are Carnivores, a gay fishing / aquaculture romance

The bleak and poignant open world sidequest design of Dread Delusion

Postcards from TikTokland (month 1) + comparing TikTok to Bluesky

I'm keynoting Freeplay Angles 2025 in Melbourne, July 31 - August 2... + support the Australian indie game hub Sabby!

new web game: Don't Rank Cuomo

Postcards from TikTokland: week 1

A foray into TikTok / notes on social media aesthetics

"After School" - from LAN Party (2024)

Upcoming game dev events in Australia and New Zealand, June - August 2025

Space is not a wall: toward a less architectural level design

Tryhard dev log - Cutscene and Game Scripting with Yarn Spinner v3.0 beta

Yep I'm at GDC 2025 (links / presskit / dance card)

Tryhard devlog - about the setting, game world, and worldbuilding

The year of the blog? + how to easily put a Bluesky feed widget on your website

New game announcement: "Tryhard" + "A Sportslike Manifesto"

"What's on your bookshelf" at Rock Paper Shotgun

On "Sudden Death" by Cecile Richard, nat_pussy, and isyourguy

Design review: Botany Manor as a quiet dark detective game

new Quake map: "Taught By Thirst" for Remix Jam

new jam game: Where's the beef

Design review of Against The Storm, by Eremite Games

Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

The joys of the anti-farm sim: "Before the Green Moon" by turnfollow

Double Fine PsychOdyssey recaps / viewing guide, episodes 01-17

Unity WebGL tips / advice in 2023

That Lonesome Valley as cowboy coin crusher

Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

new Quake map: There's a Certain Slant of Light

"Voluntary Attempts to Overcome Necessary Obstacles" at EFA Project Space, Sept 23 - Oct 29, 2022

new Quake map: Breakfast Under The Balloons

Zugzwang as a pole dance upward unto heaven

Postcards from Quakeland, 2022

Logjam as mourning wood

Why I still use Unity

new Quake map: The Close And Holy Darkness

new Quake map: "Heart Like A Bird's Nest"

Darner's Digest, vol. 3: on the Yarn Spinner v2.0 release + a YS primer

Resolutions, 2022

new Quake map: "When There Were Wolves"

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts