Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW
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Paolo Pedercini - Game maker, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. My employer has many, often contradicting, views. Currently making Future? No Thanks!
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Future? No Thanks!
IS OUT NOW ON STEAM
An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right.
💀 Windows + Mac
💀 6+ hours of gameplay
💀 20% off at launch
futurenothanks.com
IS OUT NOW ON STEAM
An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right.
💀 Windows + Mac
💀 6+ hours of gameplay
💀 20% off at launch
futurenothanks.com
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What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US launches immigration raid of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home, Fox News reports
US authorities conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in a probe of the Somali-born lawmaker's immigration paperwork, Fox News Digital re...
www.reuters.com
October 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
What was once a gradual slide into autocracy has become something like free-fall. We should all be in the streets.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Lovely video review of Future? No Thanks! (not depicted in the thumbnail)
"Great writing and a story that has more heart than it lets on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQB8...
"Great writing and a story that has more heart than it lets on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQB8...
6 Indie Games that are ACTUALLY "Hidden Gems"*
YouTube video by sl1ppey
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Lovely video review of Future? No Thanks! (not depicted in the thumbnail)
"Great writing and a story that has more heart than it lets on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQB8...
"Great writing and a story that has more heart than it lets on."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQB8...
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it may not be a Yarn Spinner-powered game (hey, not everything is PERFECT), but we're having an AMAZING time with Future? No Thanks!
HIGHLY recommended!
HIGHLY recommended!
Future? No Thanks!
IS OUT NOW ON STEAM
An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right.
💀 Windows + Mac
💀 6+ hours of gameplay
💀 20% off at launch
futurenothanks.com
IS OUT NOW ON STEAM
An open-world comedy adventure about workable utopias, the twilight of patriarchy, revolution, and the horrifying possibility that the younger generations might be right.
💀 Windows + Mac
💀 6+ hours of gameplay
💀 20% off at launch
futurenothanks.com
October 12, 2026 at 6:18 AM
it may not be a Yarn Spinner-powered game (hey, not everything is PERFECT), but we're having an AMAZING time with Future? No Thanks!
HIGHLY recommended!
HIGHLY recommended!
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Everyone in creative work for hire knows most of the job is clients asking you for something bad and stupid and you figuring out how to make something completely different while convincing them it's what they asked for. The AI era means everyone gets to see what clients actually want
Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners
When I first heard about AI being used for menus and advertisements, my concern was largely that it would be used to idealize the food and make it look better than it actually was.
At no point did I imagine that restaurants would willingly put out horrific looking images of their food on purpose
At no point did I imagine that restaurants would willingly put out horrific looking images of their food on purpose
October 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Everyone in creative work for hire knows most of the job is clients asking you for something bad and stupid and you figuring out how to make something completely different while convincing them it's what they asked for. The AI era means everyone gets to see what clients actually want
So has anybody seriously tested those ArtCraft apps - the vibe coded clones of the Adobe suite and MS Office?
I looked at the Photoshop one and it seems to work better than the original, but I can't imagine After Effects being so easy to reverse-engineer.
getartcraft.com/apps/
I looked at the Photoshop one and it seems to work better than the original, but I can't imagine After Effects being so easy to reverse-engineer.
getartcraft.com/apps/
October 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
So has anybody seriously tested those ArtCraft apps - the vibe coded clones of the Adobe suite and MS Office?
I looked at the Photoshop one and it seems to work better than the original, but I can't imagine After Effects being so easy to reverse-engineer.
getartcraft.com/apps/
I looked at the Photoshop one and it seems to work better than the original, but I can't imagine After Effects being so easy to reverse-engineer.
getartcraft.com/apps/
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My article "Press Play" is now out in this Anglica special issue: anglica-journal.com/article/5593...
It's about representations of news media in games like Beyond Good & Evil and BG3, but also about newsgames (@miguelsicart.bsky.social) and The New York Times Simulator (@molleindustria.org)
It's about representations of news media in games like Beyond Good & Evil and BG3, but also about newsgames (@miguelsicart.bsky.social) and The New York Times Simulator (@molleindustria.org)
Publishers Panel
anglica-journal.com
October 11, 2026 at 12:44 PM
My article "Press Play" is now out in this Anglica special issue: anglica-journal.com/article/5593...
It's about representations of news media in games like Beyond Good & Evil and BG3, but also about newsgames (@miguelsicart.bsky.social) and The New York Times Simulator (@molleindustria.org)
It's about representations of news media in games like Beyond Good & Evil and BG3, but also about newsgames (@miguelsicart.bsky.social) and The New York Times Simulator (@molleindustria.org)
Liberation's games podcast talks about Future? No Thanks!
"Très rafraîchissant"
www.liberation.fr/culture/jeux...
"Très rafraîchissant"
www.liberation.fr/culture/jeux...
Silence on joue ! «The Blood of Dawnwalker», «Ace Combat 8», «Forever Ago», «Future? No Thanks!»
Cette semaine, un détour par les Carpates, des joutes aériennes, un road trip et une utopie écosocialiste.
www.liberation.fr
October 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Liberation's games podcast talks about Future? No Thanks!
"Très rafraîchissant"
www.liberation.fr/culture/jeux...
"Très rafraîchissant"
www.liberation.fr/culture/jeux...
Future? No Thanks! reviewed by multiplayer.it : 8.5
"Scrittura brillante"
multiplayer.it/recensioni/f...
"Scrittura brillante"
multiplayer.it/recensioni/f...
Future? No Thanks!, la recensione
Nel 2045 ecosocialista di Molleindustria, Harvey Huffstone ha un solo giorno e sette missioni per fare i conti con la propria vita prima dell'eutanasia.
multiplayer.it
October 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Future? No Thanks! reviewed by multiplayer.it : 8.5
"Scrittura brillante"
multiplayer.it/recensioni/f...
"Scrittura brillante"
multiplayer.it/recensioni/f...
ICYMI Google also released a slop game making thing.
Their ad literally portrays the Knitting Stage of Cultural Production*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxvr...
Their ad literally portrays the Knitting Stage of Cultural Production*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxvr...
Introducing Playground: If you can think it, you can play it.
YouTube video by Google Labs
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
ICYMI Google also released a slop game making thing.
Their ad literally portrays the Knitting Stage of Cultural Production*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxvr...
Their ad literally portrays the Knitting Stage of Cultural Production*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxvr...
Unity 6 takes like 1 minute to recompile every time I add a line of code and that's the main reason I'm sticking to version 2022.
Next year I'll have to stop teaching it at Carnegie Mellon University due to its maddening slowness.
I guess this is what they've been up to:
Next year I'll have to stop teaching it at Carnegie Mellon University due to its maddening slowness.
I guess this is what they've been up to:
October 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Unity 6 takes like 1 minute to recompile every time I add a line of code and that's the main reason I'm sticking to version 2022.
Next year I'll have to stop teaching it at Carnegie Mellon University due to its maddening slowness.
I guess this is what they've been up to:
Next year I'll have to stop teaching it at Carnegie Mellon University due to its maddening slowness.
I guess this is what they've been up to:
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Can you count? Are you sure?
Announcing SHEEPS, a game where you have several thousand problems. Count the sheep pouring out of mysterious portals, gain unfair counting advantages, survive terrible counting curses. Discover, at long last, a use for math.
Coming 2027. Wishlist: bit.ly/countsheeps
Announcing SHEEPS, a game where you have several thousand problems. Count the sheep pouring out of mysterious portals, gain unfair counting advantages, survive terrible counting curses. Discover, at long last, a use for math.
Coming 2027. Wishlist: bit.ly/countsheeps
October 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Can you count? Are you sure?
Announcing SHEEPS, a game where you have several thousand problems. Count the sheep pouring out of mysterious portals, gain unfair counting advantages, survive terrible counting curses. Discover, at long last, a use for math.
Coming 2027. Wishlist: bit.ly/countsheeps
Announcing SHEEPS, a game where you have several thousand problems. Count the sheep pouring out of mysterious portals, gain unfair counting advantages, survive terrible counting curses. Discover, at long last, a use for math.
Coming 2027. Wishlist: bit.ly/countsheeps
@silviolorusso.bsky.social
Insane conclusion for an op-ed about Meta vampirizing small online businesses.
We are entering the era of the entreprenartist.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Insane conclusion for an op-ed about Meta vampirizing small online businesses.
We are entering the era of the entreprenartist.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
October 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
@silviolorusso.bsky.social
Insane conclusion for an op-ed about Meta vampirizing small online businesses.
We are entering the era of the entreprenartist.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
Insane conclusion for an op-ed about Meta vampirizing small online businesses.
We are entering the era of the entreprenartist.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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I'm loving Shrooms and Gloom! It's gorgeous, deep, and satisfying.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
Our game's launched into Early Access!
Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungal punk roguelike double deckbuilder!
🍄 Enter a hand drawn world of mushies & madness!
🐸 Build 2 decks, 1 to explore, 1 for combat!
⚔️ every attack can be infinitely upgraded!
🥘 every enemy is edible!
Yay!
#indiegames
Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungal punk roguelike double deckbuilder!
🍄 Enter a hand drawn world of mushies & madness!
🐸 Build 2 decks, 1 to explore, 1 for combat!
⚔️ every attack can be infinitely upgraded!
🥘 every enemy is edible!
Yay!
#indiegames
October 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I'm loving Shrooms and Gloom! It's gorgeous, deep, and satisfying.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
I'm loving Shrooms and Gloom! It's gorgeous, deep, and satisfying.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
Our game's launched into Early Access!
Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungal punk roguelike double deckbuilder!
🍄 Enter a hand drawn world of mushies & madness!
🐸 Build 2 decks, 1 to explore, 1 for combat!
⚔️ every attack can be infinitely upgraded!
🥘 every enemy is edible!
Yay!
#indiegames
Shroom and Gloom is a first-person fungal punk roguelike double deckbuilder!
🍄 Enter a hand drawn world of mushies & madness!
🐸 Build 2 decks, 1 to explore, 1 for combat!
⚔️ every attack can be infinitely upgraded!
🥘 every enemy is edible!
Yay!
#indiegames
October 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I'm loving Shrooms and Gloom! It's gorgeous, deep, and satisfying.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
We are truly living a golden age of roguelike deck builders.
Clickbait headline aside, this is a rich, big picture conversation about soft power, commercialization, fads, countercultures today.
(Sorry for another NYT post)
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
(Sorry for another NYT post)
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
Opinion | Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? (Gift Article)
The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it.
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Clickbait headline aside, this is a rich, big picture conversation about soft power, commercialization, fads, countercultures today.
(Sorry for another NYT post)
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
(Sorry for another NYT post)
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Future? No Thanks! (@molleindustria.org)
"Utopia is here. You're not impressed."
Paid - Windows, Mac: warpdoor.com/2026/10/02/f...
"Utopia is here. You're not impressed."
Paid - Windows, Mac: warpdoor.com/2026/10/02/f...
October 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Future? No Thanks! (@molleindustria.org)
"Utopia is here. You're not impressed."
Paid - Windows, Mac: warpdoor.com/2026/10/02/f...
"Utopia is here. You're not impressed."
Paid - Windows, Mac: warpdoor.com/2026/10/02/f...
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I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay!
Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
September 28, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay!
Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...
October 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Thrilled this one is finally up: for the New York Times, I spoke to @molleindustria.org about his very funny, very revolutionary eco-socialist, open-world adventure, Future? No Thanks!
🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...
🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...
In This Utopian Video Game, It’s Always Sunny in Pittsburgh (Gift Article)
An academic’s miniature Grand Theft Auto goes beyond critiquing capitalism to show what might come after.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Thrilled this one is finally up: for the New York Times, I spoke to @molleindustria.org about his very funny, very revolutionary eco-socialist, open-world adventure, Future? No Thanks!
🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...
🎁 link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/a...
Wired produced a short interactive feature about how israeli checkpoints suffocate life in the West Bank.
www.wired.com/story/experi...
www.wired.com/story/experi...
Experience What It’s Like to Travel in the Occupied West Bank
Traverse barriers and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank—your choices reflect the reality of nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there.
www.wired.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Wired produced a short interactive feature about how israeli checkpoints suffocate life in the West Bank.
www.wired.com/story/experi...
www.wired.com/story/experi...
📢Future? No Thanks! is finally out on itch.io!
It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount!
molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...
It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount!
molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...
October 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM
📢Future? No Thanks! is finally out on itch.io!
It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount!
molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...
It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount!
molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...
It's true, CMU is opening a campus in Miami, basically commissioned by a Republican megadonor.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Hedge fund CEO gives $3bn to Carnegie Mellon University in historic donation
Unprecedented university donation from Citadel CEO Ken Griffin will go toward building a new Miami campus
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
It's true, CMU is opening a campus in Miami, basically commissioned by a Republican megadonor.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The new issue of @jacobinmag.bsky.social just arrived!
September 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The new issue of @jacobinmag.bsky.social just arrived!
The new issue of @jacobinmag.bsky.social just arrived!
September 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The new issue of @jacobinmag.bsky.social just arrived!