Had a lovely time in Brighton with amazing people and now I’m going home. My heart and belly are very full. I love game developers
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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Star Wars Outlaws is really good
So I rolled credits on Star Wars Outlaws today and I have come away from it feeling far more strongly than I ever expected.
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Giving up on Elden Ring
The final boss of the Elden Ring DLC has defeated me. I’m trying to be at peace with this.
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Some things I’ve made
- Dave’s Word Game - Bearwaves’ second game, a daily word puzzler for mobile and (eventually) PC
- Growl – A lightweight game development framework, written in modern C++
- 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
- eos4j – An Epic Online Services SDK wrapper for Java
Recent
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Made banana bread last week and today in the oven discovered…this. I guess it’s overflowed banana bread. Consistency kind of like gingerbread. Should I try it?
(Obviously I already did. It’s pretty good tbh)
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I’ve received four emails this week from Twitch streamers asking for Steam keys for DWG, and in every single case their Twitch - which they link to! - shows they were last live over five years ago. This is truly the lowest effort grift
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I’m going to be at Develop Brighton this year! I’ve nothing to pitch but I’m around and would love to hang out with you, yes you.
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This old girl gave us a big scare last week. Fully lost bladder control on Thursday, spent all of Friday at the vet’s. We feared the worst. Got her blood and urine results back yesterday and…she’s fine. Back to normal. No idea what happened. Drama queen.
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Can’t stop looking at this horrifying AI generated Simpson Thing in a burger place in Armenia
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Rolled credits (the second time) on Island Off Outer Darkness. What a wonderfully singular game it is. Clunky, obtuse, intensely autobiographical in a way that borders on uncomfortable. Some of the best character writing in games period. Fuck you too, Clav
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Foggy in Glenarm today
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Video Dave and Open Mike Eagle at Jazz Cafe
