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
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
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Foggy in Glenarm today
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Video Dave and Open Mike Eagle at Jazz Cafe
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Lisbon’s lovely, we’ll be back
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That was pretty special
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Big fan of Cornwall
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Sage Francis and Atmosphere at Electric Brixton
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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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Not done a blog in a bit, kind of tempted to write a big ol “here’s why scene graphs are sick actually” but I feel like anyone who needs to know what a scene graph is already knows they’re sick