I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all. I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn. Please, share this. 🖤

Hi hello #portfolioDay! Im Sarah, a snr concept artist in games, indi Dev, freelance #cartographer & #TTRPG designer from Scotland. I love being an artist and over the last 15 years I’ve worked on projects like #DeathsDoor, #SpyroReignited, Possessor(s), Campaign Builder: Cities & Towns & more!

The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month. If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡 (portfolio updates incoming) randireynolds.artstation.com

I hired Anna, and am extremely sad that she will be leaving. She's been so integral to our animation team, lifted the whole team up with her work, her feedback, her organization, and her cheer and attitude! Anna will be a tremendous addition to any team!

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others. If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open! #AudioJobs #OpenToWork

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month. Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support. I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated

Buy our videogame it's on sale it has good jokes store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

[Werner Herzog voice]: The computer… it is a cruel, unfeeling god. Left too long in its ceaseless hum, it festers with demons. The human, fragile and insignificant, clings to the ritual of restarting… as if this act could stave off the abyss of digital chaos. But the darkness always returns.

Can't believe I'm saying this again so soon, but I've been laid off from Heart Machine. Please check out Possessor(s) on Nov 11th, I'm incredibly excited for you all to experience what I've been working so hard on the past year. Gonna just keep on moving forward and makin art mattgraczykart.com

Matt has done incredible work on Possessor(s) & will be missed dearly. 🥺 Besides the obvious making wonderful art, they are a champion at keeping track of polish & bug fixing needs, brilliantly flexible when priorities would shift, & excellent at making memes with our game assets for good laughs. 😌

Hire Matt, they are a champion ✨

Tonight's viewing, a classic:

This is why you always codename your character files. Write down Alex, Sam, or whatever other name you want in scripts, blueprint, blender, etc, while the real name is only seen in-game. So that when inevitably the in-game character name changes, nothing breaks and nobody is confused.

Skin Deep is 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale!!!! If you haven't yet guided Nina Pasadena barefooted through her adventure to a) save all cats and b) defeat all space pirates, now is your chance: store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Just realized that the jingle the bluetooth speaker/light in my bathroom plays sounds very similar to the start of the Clock Town theme, and now I'll never be able to unhear it.

Everyone's Golf or Everyone'sn't Golf; there is no Everyone Tries Golf.

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your résumé? Me, an animator: that's a moving hold.

If you played Skin Deep this weekend, leave us a review! They help a lot!!

I’m just about sick of correcting terminology, especially “trauma bonding”.

The reason I do not post much here is because I post every single day on my own website. Anyway here is my post about skin deep reviews! blog.lauramichet.com/the-reviews-...

Rondo, crow base player skin for #HyperLightBreaker by @heartmachine.bsky.social. Art direction Alx Preston, concept @iramos.bsky.social, weapon Cameron Hughes, rig @wuffles.bsky.social, environment by Tech Art & Environment Art teams. #gameart #characterart #gamedev #stylized #toonshaded #3d

The Buried Below update, the first major Early Access update for Hyper Light Breaker, is available now -- download it TODAY! 🙌 📜 Check out a message from the dev team and patch notes here: bit.ly/4iAMjTq 📺 ICYMI check out the trailer: bit.ly/42I50i0

Got an update coming next week!

i need people to understand "death of the author" means the author can't dictate what you take away from the text, not that you're not complicit in what they do with the profit they make from you buying it in the first place

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.)

Get it!!!!

🚨CALLING ALL INDIE DEVS 🚨 Submissions for Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2025 are open til April 11. We are looking for awesome upcoming indie titles from diverse backgrounds to feature in our digital showcase AND at SGF: Play Days. SUBMIT: dayofthedevs.com/submit/

Quote with a title screen important to you. I almost never do these qrt things, but I'll bite on this one. There's so many amazing ones out there, but for me SoM was and still is the goat: youtu.be/y20pc_0zFgg?...

Any folks who have worked with proprietary engines have any experience with this?

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Hey! Hawthorn showed off another trailer during the Future Games Show. Please keep an eye on our Kickstarter for when it launches soon (tm) We are entirely self-funded so we really need the support of peers and players alike! <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/nea...

Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮 We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.

Folks are starting a #safeGDC tag, so I thought I’d share my own thread here that I made on the other site back in 2024. As one of *many* who had her drink spiked back in 2023, I want to emphasize safety around parties. I’ll try to keep it short. 1/10 🧵

Maybe check out this article on Hawthorn and the journey the team is on? I'm part of it, so I might be biased. 🥺 👉👈 www.gamedeveloper.com/business/nea...

Voice actors Gerri Lawlor and Stephen Kearin speaking Simlish for The Sims in 2001

There are many good numbers out there, but -0.0 is probably my favorite.

Might save a life.

I'd like to bring this video to your attention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco... It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.

It's always a bit of a shock when you suddenly don't have access to certain tools, and you realize just how much you rely on them to get things done.

night y’all, reckon this might be the right crowd for early 1970s Swedish postal vehicles www.carandclassic.com/l/C1841567

This looks so good!

Crowd sourcing anyone who can find a lawyer who’s knowledge about the current illegal gender marker passport denials for trans people

Are you a trans person who has ~thoughts about the Hunter Schafer passport situation? Have you rethought what it meant to have your documents updated in light of the new directives by the state dept? If so can you send me some brief thoughts? email: [email protected] signal: Sydney.Bauer30

In town for GDC? Come to Day of the Devs on the Sunday before! We've got tons of great games, cool developers, food trucks, and music. It's all ages, and it's ALL FREE! www.doublefine.com/news/day-of-...

There's a little over a day left to nominate a game, developer, or publisher for our Queer Gaming Excellence 2025 award! Spread the word 🗣