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At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is the June 22, 1968 cover of The New Yorker, illustrated by Beatrice Szanton. It features an Italian travel agency window ("Viaggio") with posters for the U.S. and Disneyland, plus a Florence street scene.
September 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
My roguelike celebration talk just went up on YouTube!

I love mental models that help me design and analyze games, so here I am presenting one about how I design synergies for Roguelike Deckbuilders.

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Ezra Szanton - Building Synergy Networks for better Roguelike Deckbuilders
YouTube video by Roguelike Celebration
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November 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hey Rami, thanks for doing this!

I'm working on a push-your-luck deckbuilder inspired by Inscryption and Severance! Currently at the demo stage.

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Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game by Giant Light Studios, Ezra Szanton
Greed is Good.
giantlight.itch.io
March 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New Mr Magpie update - WE'VE GOT DECKBUILDING!!

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Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game by Giant Light Studios, Ezra Szanton
Greed is Good.
giantlight.itch.io
July 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We just added a daily mode to Domino Grove! I got 213 on today's seed.

ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
cozy score-chasing puzzle
ezra-szanton.itch.io
December 2, 2024 at 8:03 PM
@roguelike_con Just had a great preview event stream for their main show later in October.

Come watch @jonperry, Ezra Szanton, and @ampepers talk about cool stuff in roguelike game design!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cirv4UzNTx8

#roguelikecelebration #roguelike #roguelike_con #gamedev […]
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September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Starting up a thread of my Domino Grove dailies. Feel free to join in! ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
cozy score-chasing puzzle
ezra-szanton.itch.io
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 PM
July 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our latest Thinky Games Club game is Domino Grove, a delightful, quick-to-play web game about planting trees to make regions of similar shape and color.

Made by Ezra Szanton, @bolttracks.bsky.social, Giant Light Studios, and Fergus Ferguson

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Domino Grove · Thinky Games
Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.
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November 22, 2024 at 12:36 AM
July 16, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Ma ült fel először mögém Eszti a motorra. Tegnap még arról tartott előadást, hogy ne menjek motorozni, most meg már le akar velem jönni a tengerpartra motorral. Ennyit erről. Megmutattam, mi a jó benne, innentől nincs probléma. Erdőn, szántón, mezőn keresztül is vittem, jó volt nagyon! :)
July 26, 2026 at 5:08 PM
While I am working today I am playing the highly addictive Mr Magpie's Harmless Cardgame giantlight.itch.io/mr-magpies-h...

@ezra-szanton.itch.io has me totally hooked
Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game by Giant Light Studios, Ezra Szanton
Greed is Good.
giantlight.itch.io
August 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The first espisode of the new podcast is live! This is my conversation with @ezra-szanton.itch.io and randomness and game design in general.

The podcast and transcript are available here but you should also be able to find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.

Enjoy!

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Probably Designed: Ezra Szanton
For the first episode, I had a really nice conversation with Ezra Szanton, a game designer and developer who's recent work includes design on Mr. Magpie's Harmless Card Game. Ezra and I spoke at leng...
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September 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Minimalist, overlapping-matching game - quite nice: ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
cozy score-chasing puzzle
ezra-szanton.itch.io
January 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
We made a little cozy puzzle game with some fun semi-procedural musical elements in just under 2 work weeks. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as we did putting it together 😊👾
ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove
#gamedev #puzzlegame #tilematching #sounddesign #gameaudio
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
Satisfying plant-em-up
ezra-szanton.itch.io
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
JHU’s current Dean Sarah Szanton is a home-visiting gero NP & former advocate for reproductive health on Capitol Hill (before she became a nurse) who also worked with migrant farm workers & Healthcare for the Homeless & it shows.

I feel like we need more of this energy in nursing ed leadership.
November 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This just popped up in my Itch feed and I think it's a really nice and chill browser puzzle game

ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
Satisfying plant-em-up
ezra-szanton.itch.io
November 16, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Domino Grove by @ezra-szanton.itch.io , @giantlight.bsky.social, and bsky.app/profile/bolt... ezra-szanton.itch.io/domino-grove

This is such a cool design. It's initially mysterious both in terms of content and strategy, but really compelling to try to find out how to optimize. And so satisfying.
Domino Grove by Ezra Szanton, Giant Light Studios, Fergus Ferguson, BØLT
cozy score-chasing puzzle
ezra-szanton.itch.io
December 6, 2024 at 10:37 PM
My collaborator Laura Samuel is looking for a post-doc -- great fit for someone interested in social policy and quant methods (the great team also includes Bonnie Swenor, Sarah Szanton and me):
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November 11, 2024 at 6:10 PM
SEPTEMBER 29, 1962
ARTIST: Beatrice Szanton
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September 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Episode 1 with Ezra Szanton is also a fun listen, and I can't wait for the rest of the series to come out so make sure to follow the podcast.
-Kev Chang
September 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM