Good morning, everyone! What are your projects this week? I still have to finish a ton of very small and very short tasks from 2025 I really need to solve… Nothing very exciting, I'm afraid.

What are you playing / reading / watching this weekend? I know I'll be playing a few chapters of THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN IDOL and laugh as I solve the creepiest murder ever.

Come on people with money! Half the art planet is knowingly or unknowingly influenced by this artist.

Of course, I’d argue (with more space) that the story is not the game artefact, but the space between player, experience & design intent. So that’s why I use the specific term ‘[choices don’t need] *mechanical consequences*’ to make meaning. Thanks to this post for allowing me to expand on that!

We recently read this excellent article by @hannahnicklin.bsky.social about one of our favorite games, South of the Circle and we had to share! Choices don't always have to change the story, it can be about how we perform it.

Good morning and happy new year! This week, our team is finishing up one project and resting a bit before 2026 properly starts. We cannot wait to show you the cool upcoming games… Have a nice week!

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Hello world! This week's all about writing down the last words for two exciting projects: 🚀 DEAD IN ANTARES 🤖 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SCATTERED HOPES Both games should already be in your wishlist! What's coming for you this week? Writing anything cool? Brainstorming a cool idea?

New game released! At the start of 2024, we had the pleasure to help the team at @ludogram.io to polish the narrative and the dialogues for their latest game… A BETTER WORLD! ✏️ Anthony Jauneaud, addition writer and narrative support The game is out right now on Steam!

Starting next week, @iamleyeti.bsky.social will be mastering a course about prototyping for game narratives with short stories! You'll learn how to use short stories to set and share your vision for any game project. And… 💰 There is a discount at the moment!

Three years ago, FLAT EYE was released. It's one of most complex games I worked on and while it was underwhelming for… reasons, it had one in-game ad I loved working on with the team. The ad showed Prometheus and "his" eagle happily using a neutron energy pump. (don't mind the placeholder text)

The excellent folks behind ASTRAL ASCENT launched their new Kickstarter for FALLEN FATES! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hib... It's already gorgeous and exciting!

For the past two years, we’ve been hard at work, supporting the team and their vision, and writing stuff like « I’ll airlock that motherfrakking Cylon! » Our team: • @rikgodwin.bsky.social — story consultant & writer during preproduction • @iamleyeti.bsky.social — main writer

This is going to be a gem! And @actezero.bsky.social has been very lucky working with the team as narrative consultants back during preproduction! Our team: - @cindyadb.bsky.social - @iamleyeti.bsky.social

One of our previous clients is releasing a new game in 2025… The team behind EMPIRE OF THE ANTS is gearing up their sci-fi free-to-play 10v10 tactical PvP shooter LOADERS! store.steampowered.com/app/2223710/...

Many games we worked on were announced last night… this is very exciting!! (we'll share them in due time!!)

Je découvre qu'il y a une vidéo de @notabenemovies.bsky.social sur l'expédition immersive que j'ai co-écrite pour Excurio sur Carcassonne : youtu.be/8mCou8Z90Co?... (avec de chouettes questions !)

Our week in emojis: 🤖 + ⭐️ + a lot of admin stuff… What about your week? Any cool project you're working on?

L'expédition VR LES DERNIERS REMPARTS est lancée ! Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Montréal, New York… de nombreux lieux vous accueillent dès à présent pour explorer Carcassonne en 1304 ! ✍️ co-écrit par Anthony Jauneaud @iamleyeti.bsky.social www.excurio.com/les-derniers...

New week, Quite tired, The sun is out. Projects danse in front of our eyes: Space, Space, but in fact not space Space, but in a bottle Space and Time, without a lot of space actually. What about you?

Our week is going to be: - time travel - space travel - fake travel What about you? Any cool projects you're on?

🚀 #vgtunes update A HUGE feature update for the website today: - A brand new home page layout ✨ - Artist pages 🎷 - Album and artist catalogs 📔 And more than 810 referenced albums are in the database. 💿🎶 Check it out: https://vgtunes.chsxf.dev #vgm #GameMusic #VideoGameMusic

Today marks the fourth birthday of actezéro. Four years of incredible projects, cool teams, long nights of writing, exciting workshops, and a megaton of lines. It's a funny thing, really, to think about all the cool characters and stories we've been able to tell.

🎉 Smol Gods just went live! ⛩️ 🃏 It's a Deity-Drafting Card Game! 🧠 Build a team of gods 🐉 Battle your opponent's gods 🦀 Unlock more gods! 👐 Available now on Itch and Patreon!

Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is out! The latest Don't Nod game is a deeply moving story that we had the chance of consulting for a couple of years ago. Story consultants: ✏️ Cindy Asselin de Beauville ✏️ Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social ✏️ Anthony Jauneaud @iamleyeti.bsky.social

pixel versions of my favorite taiwanese birds!!

✨ VGTunes is now available! 🎉 Check out 520+ original video game soundtrack references at https://vgtunes.chsxf.dev 🎶 Here's a 🧵 to showcase some of the features and what's next ⬇️ #vgtunes #vgm #GameMusic #VideoGameMusic

Hello bluesky, we're a tiny team of 2 devs making BLACKSHARD, an exploration walking sim in the depths of a strange labyrinth. If you like brutalism, glitchy dreams or liminal spaces... Here's the trailer! youtu.be/iW5BRBgs-ko

What's planned for you this week? On our side, in no specific order: * pirates! * cyborgs!! * dark rituals!!! Have mercy on our souls!

I played the free version and it was great; excellent to see it reaching a full release. Well worth a go if you like puzzle narratives

Let's share some numbers for our agency in 2024 Reminder—We do all kind of narrative services: worldbuilding, support, dialogues, story, sparkling… Sometimes we work a couple of days on a game, sometimes it's months. Our website is here: acte-zero.com We have a cool portfolio if you need one 👀

Do yourself a favor and go write for you. Anything. It doesn’t matter. Just write a bit of fiction. Put down on the page whatever you have in your head. Write. Do it for you. Just for you. Have fun. Stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re out of juice. Or just push a little bit more. Go write now.

Our week is all about writing for [REDACTED] and preparing all the boring accounting stuff… And also working on a couple of cool game pitches because we also want to develop our own internal projects. What about your week? What's new with your project? Any cool milestone recently?

Ça parle des Fourmis par ici…

Hello to all the new followers! actezéro is a narrative agency; we help teams and devs to create, ideate, push further, and produce their story and characters. We’ve worked on many games since 2021: Dordogne, Astral Ascent, Flat Eye, Harmony: Fall of Reverie, A Plague Tale 2, and much MUCH MORE.

been having a blast with this game - it's a 1v1 PvP turn-based tactical duel, with each player fielding a team of 3 moba-inspired champions in a battle of area control and combat. i've never played this type of game pvp before, love jamming games with my buddy. recommended.

#narrativedesign #gamewriting How does Takumi Shū designs and writes an Ace Attorney story? Well, here’s how: gyakutensaibanlibrary.blogspot.com/2018/04/taku...

We have been very lucky to write the story and the dialogues for the tactical role-playing game SKYGARD ARENA coming out today in Early Access on Steam!! It was simply a blast to work on and we do hope that you will like it as much as we did! store.steampowered.com/app/2148970/...

Little thread of talks about writing and interactive narrative I've done, so I can pin it here: First up - Sparkling Dialogue from Adventure X; how to make interactive conversations that have flow and meaning to them www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRf...

Somewhere between ink and twine, lies a fantastic tool that could change your life. Homer — definitely the Simpson — is a great piece of software to write and explore interactive fiction. It’s versatile and free and made by lovely people! #narrativedesign #gamewriting

An excellent adventure, full of good stuff, like the most colourful Christmas stockings you’ve ever seen ❤️❤️❤️

Cloudy Valley is now out on Steam!🏝️ Start your cozy adventure! Clean the shores, collect hats, freely explore the islands, fish, look for secrets, and more! Grab & share my game to support my work💚 bit.ly/cloudy-valley #indiegame #indiedev #cozygame #wholesome

Hello to all the new followers! actezéro is a narrative agency; we help teams and devs to create, ideate, push further, and produce their story and characters. We’ve worked on many games since 2021: Dordogne, Astral Ascent, Flat Eye, Harmony: Fall of Reverie, A Plague Tale 2, and much MUCH MORE.

We are extremely excited to announce that our team has been hard at work on EMPIRE OF THE ANTS, developed by Tower Five and published by Microids. Our team worked on the in-game dialogues which was quite a nice challenge — how often do you get to write lines for ants?

Week 39. Our program: * A cool workshop about writing as a group; * Dialogues for a tactical game and also dialogues for a different tactical game?? * Production meeting on a potential big project * And starting a narrative audit… Big week. What about you?

One of the funniest releases of the year is the lovable THE PLUCKY SQUIRE from All Possible Futures and Devolver Digital. Our team had the chance to do some consulting the project two years ago (!!!) ✏️ C. Asselin de Beauville ✏️ R. Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social ✏️ A. Jauneaud @iamleyeti.bsky.social

hello bluesky, now that there's video let me introduce you to Building Relationships !! 💨 Roll, jump, and wave-dash just like a building! 🏝️ Explore an island filled with secrets! 🏩 Shack up with eligible bachelorx pads! 🎣 Or go fishing instead! (but we replaced the fish with cars) #indiegame

This week's program for us: * an incredibly cool game we very briefly worked on is coming out * more cool projects happening * very late because projects are as cool as they are huge cool things * leading a cool workshop about brainstorming and the conception phase And you? What's your program?

"I love Mondays!" — Dleifrag the Wise

A little piece of advice for everyone doing a portfolio right now: put your name and contact on your portfolio first page and last page for the love of everything