Our sixteen year old cat brought this little guy in today, thankfully unharmed. First time she’s done this since we’ve known her, didn’t think the old girl still had it in her!
Joel Auterson
Hello! My name's Joel and I'm a software developer. No, not that one.
I run a tiny indie game studio called Bearwaves. I'm also a published poet.
I'm part of the Rare Mammals collective, and am an alumnus of Southbank New Poets and Barbican Young Poets. I work in the games industry.
Hi, welcome to my website.
Latest blog posts
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On not taking it personally
How do we navigate caring about our work when that work is, by nature,
disposable?
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IndieWeb, 2024 edition
I’ve been running this website on IndieWeb principles and tech for over a year now, so I thought it was time for an updated edition.
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Some things I’ve made
- Feud – Bearwaves’ first game, a free-to-play strategy board game for mobile and PC
- Unremember – My first poetry book, published in 2017 by Bad Betty Press
- A LAKE IN AMERICA – A game-poem made in collaboration with Antosh Wojcik
- Growl – A lightweight game development framework, written in modern C++
- eos4j – An Epic Online Services SDK wrapper for Java
Recent
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Alright then, who am I mutually planning to see at Glasto but realistically we’ll never align our schedules or energy levels
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A new APWOT day is a good day.
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Rolled credits on Alan Wake 2. I flipped from not really liking the game - I maintain the combat is Bad and there’s too much of it - to really getting invested in the story by the end. The DLC whips too, it transpires. Might even play Final Draft.
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Now that is a post climbing luncheon
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The drop in production budget between seasons 1 and 2 of One Punch Man is pretty noticeable huh
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My pal Scott been raving about this stuff for literally over half my life and I finally tried it and…yeah it’s pretty great actually
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Went to the KattenKabinet (cat art museum) today and was delighted to discover they also had actual cats.
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Cycled up to Zaanse Schans to see the windmills! Had to be done really
