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This interplay between different worlds reminded me of Enigmash, by Jack Lance [1] [1] https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e23f1fb3e9de2

This interplay between different worlds reminded me of Enigmash, by Jack Lance [1] [1] https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e23f1fb3e9de2fd42fafaf4d4c https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e...

jsheard 10mo ago
That's no coincidence, Thekla employed Jack Lance to work on Sinking Star until his death in 2023. Not that you'd know from the marketing, which doesn't mention any of the puzzle designers involved aside from Jon Blow.
- jackling 10mo ago
  Is it typical for the marketing for a game to reference those who worked on the game? Those designers were employees of Thekla as far as I can tell, why would they get a shout out?
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  - psyopsy 10mo ago
    Shhhhhh… don’t spoil their little hate party. Everyone knows that the whole marketing team really wanted to include every employee’s name in the 90 sec trailer, but Jon said, “absofuckinlutely not!” Like a fascist would! /s
bananaboy 10mo ago
Jack Lance was one of the designers! https://bsky.app/profile/ostroffj.bsky.social/post/3m7wal2qthk2a https://bsky.app/profile/ostroffj.bsky.social/post/3m7wal2qt...
- martin_balsam 10mo ago
  I went back to his website [1] and spent almost an hour of a boring zoom call playing Coin Counter [2]. [1] https://jacklance.github.io/games.html https://jacklance.github.io/games.html [2] https://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=9ebe1e5ad44ac22259343de170a3b337 https://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=9ebe1e5ad44ac222593...
  - bananaboy 10mo ago
    I didn't know of Jack Lance before this post. I've just been playing through enigmash and it's very clever! https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e23f1fb3e9de2fd42fafaf4d4c https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e...
mariusor 10mo ago
When Lance passed, it was one of the only times when I heard Blow be actually effusive about a person and their accomplishments.
- hyperbolablabla 10mo ago
  He seemed very affected by his passing. You could tell how deeply he felt the loss of such talent from the world.
chairhairair 10mo ago
Jack Lance was, based on his output in such a short time, obviously a genius. I see many individual games (or even just standalone puzzles, even just puns!) of his and I'm genuinely envious of how clever they are. It hurts to think about what he could have created if he was still around.

jsheard 10mo ago

That's no coincidence, Thekla employed Jack Lance to work on Sinking Star until his death in 2023. Not that you'd know from the marketing, which doesn't mention any of the puzzle designers involved aside from Jon Blow.

jackling 10mo ago
Is it typical for the marketing for a game to reference those who worked on the game? Those designers were employees of Thekla as far as I can tell, why would they get a shout out?
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- psyopsy 10mo ago
  Shhhhhh… don’t spoil their little hate party. Everyone knows that the whole marketing team really wanted to include every employee’s name in the 90 sec trailer, but Jon said, “absofuckinlutely not!” Like a fascist would! /s

bananaboy 10mo ago

Jack Lance was one of the designers! https://bsky.app/profile/ostroffj.bsky.social/post/3m7wal2qthk2a https://bsky.app/profile/ostroffj.bsky.social/post/3m7wal2qt...

martin_balsam 10mo ago
I went back to his website [1] and spent almost an hour of a boring zoom call playing Coin Counter [2]. [1] https://jacklance.github.io/games.html https://jacklance.github.io/games.html [2] https://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=9ebe1e5ad44ac22259343de170a3b337 https://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=9ebe1e5ad44ac222593...
- bananaboy 10mo ago
  I didn't know of Jack Lance before this post. I've just been playing through enigmash and it's very clever! https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e23f1fb3e9de2fd42fafaf4d4c https://jacklance.github.io/PuzzleScript/play.html?p=cfdcc6e...

mariusor 10mo ago

When Lance passed, it was one of the only times when I heard Blow be actually effusive about a person and their accomplishments.

hyperbolablabla 10mo ago
He seemed very affected by his passing. You could tell how deeply he felt the loss of such talent from the world.

chairhairair 10mo ago

Jack Lance was, based on his output in such a short time, obviously a genius. I see many individual games (or even just standalone puzzles, even just puns!) of his and I'm genuinely envious of how clever they are. It hurts to think about what he could have created if he was still around.