Appreciate. #Peloton Logan and Ben for getting me back moving today after two weeks out with a shattered wrist.

#TeamWater is live—rallying streamers, gamers, and game makers to raise $40M and bring clean water to 2 million people. And we are putting more games creators and streamers into this than ever before. Launch video: lnkd.in/gvwfb83U Learn more! teamwater.org Donate today! lnkd.in/gM4cbtcR

Something massive is coming to Fortnite Creative. If you’re a UEFN creator averaging 250+ CCU, you’ll want in. It’s global. It’s creator-led. And it starts August 1. DM me to join, spots are limited ⚠️

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Booking meetings #bestpractices for those going to #DICE and/or #GDC. 1/ make sure your location is clear (there are 2 starbucks in the Aria, for example) 2/ if using scheduling system, make sure it's set to LOCAL time, not the user's. 3/ include your phone number in the confirmation email

Join me in supporting new game devs through the IGDA Mentor Cafe - Friday morning at GDC. #giveback #gamedev

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

I’ve decided that “how are you?” Is a rude question in this world right now. I think I’ll start asking “how is your personal circle of hell today?” instead.

Booking meetings #bestpractices for those going to #DICE and/or #GDC. 1/ make sure your location is clear (there are 2 starbucks in the Aria, for example) 2/ if using scheduling system, make sure it's set to LOCAL time, not the user's. 3/ include your phone number in the confirmation email

thanks to @gamediscoverco.bsky.social for the heads up. Steam added text to seldom-updated Early Access Game overviews - such as Heartbound: Note: The last update made by the developers was over 13 months ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may no longer be up to date.

I'm putting together a list of Water-based games. If you have (or love) a game that features water (either as a mechanic or environment or ???), please add it as a comment!

Wow! This is a/ an amazing history of SNL music b/ a masterclass on video editing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxY...

I've started booking meetings for GDC and DICE. Would love to meet with new/growing studios that would like a free 30 minutes of advice on their operations, growth plans, or a friendly deck review. DM me here or on LinkedIn.com/in/lucienp for a booking link.

Valve bought out the Steam Store Asset Preview Tool and has made it free for everyone to use - nice! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

Every Game designer should watch this talk about pro-social game design. Whether you are a programmer, artist or designer, understanding how people interact with each other in your game is just absolutely critical to making an experience people want to be in gdcvault.com/play/1034445...

If you are starting a game company and are at the point of starting to pay people and/or take investment, I'd love to help you be successful. I've been building game companies for 20 years and can save you DAYS of frustration with banks, investment prep, corporate setup, payroll, insurance, etc.

Thoughts on Xitter's Community Notes - starts as an analysis, not sure it ends as anything more than an opinion piece, but interesting from a community design perspective, in any case. vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023...

Such a good thread on both the issues of blaming management for all the ills of game dev and the inherent fallacy of thinking games are “just like film”.

A reminder as Musk-bots, Trump-bots, and other bots start hitting Bluesky: blocking users removes their replies from your posts entirely. The correct way of handlin antagonizing parties is to block. Not reply. Not dunk. Not mute. Block. It stops their reach and effectiveness right there.

For US citizens traveling to or through the UK, there is now a travel authorization required. You have to apply before your trip!! uk.usembassy.gov/worldwide-tr...

Yesterday we announced that we are doing a Kickstarter for STARS REACH. We're doing this because the climate for games investment is terrible. We've raised a lot of money, and expect to keep raising. Being able to show support from players helps. Even a Follow goes a long way:

Just had to share - pic of part of my wall in the thread boardgamegeek.com/video/497581...

Been trying to tell the kids for years that splitting their attention between devices is detrimental to their cognition and retention not only for that moment but on an ongoing basis. This article from MIT supports that if you too are looking for evidence thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-multitas...

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannakah to all that celebrate today! My wish is for people to be kind to each other and themselves today and always.

You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇

Lovely seeing all the people here instead of xitter - if you followed me and didn't get a follow-back, it's either because you have no content (so you look like a bot) or I just missed the notice. If it's the later, you can DM me so I can fix. #Gateswideopen

Congrats to the Devs and @kitfoxgames.com on this great release!

Great to see people preserving some of the gems that make social sharing valuable.

This pops up from time to time with different headers. Fixed it for games.

Update your 7zip if you haven't in a while. Remote code execution vulnerability was announced. Fixed in 24.07 and above which was released this past summer. gbhackers.com/7-zip-vulner...

Another compliance item - Maryland joined California last month in setting a higher bar (than COPPA) for the treatment and collection of data from kids (under 18). See more on LI. NAL! www.linkedin.com/posts/lucien...

I just counter coiled a dead phone cable I was throwing away out of habit.

@bsky it would be helpful if when you collapse all the new followers into a single notification - you didn’t then clear that notification after I follow the first person back. Works great on the pc app but the mobile one means that I miss everyone after the first. Thanks!

I think one of the pitfalls a lot of people fall into here is thinking that there’s an algorithm at all. Sure, the Discover feed is a thing, but it’s not the best representation of the platform.

Loving the Quickstarts and all the new follows on BSKY, but folks, set up your profile before you start following people if you want a follow-back. If there's no indication of who you are, I'm not gonna follow you. Thanks!

If you own or manage an LLC, C-corp, or any other business entity in the US, starting this year, you are required to file a BOI report (Beneficial Ownership Interest) by EOY. See www.fincen.gov - penalty of up to $561/DAY and jail time for noncompliance. More details in thread.

Steam Season Pass policy updated, warns developers must be "ready to clearly communicate" DLC content www.eurogamer.net/steam-season...

If you are a #gamedev or related, you should check out @icotom.icopartners.com 's guide to setting up for success with Bluesky! icopartners.notion.site/Bluesky-Guid...

I’ve been making games and in the industry since GDC2004 and thought I knew a lot of people. Then this wave of folks come crashing into Bluesky and and I’m humbled yet again by the reach and depth of our industry and the awesome individuals in it. Thanks for keeping me learning #gamedevs !

Indies, go here ASAP to add missing information to get your Steam games re-listed in Germany: partner.steamgames.com/healthcheck/...

Link welcomes everyone new to the platform!

Love the viral growth going on here right now. As someone who jumped on as soon as Elon moved on Xitter I’ve been plotting a mass adoption for a while. Sorry it took what it took to move a larger group but super glad to see everyone here.

Thanks to @heydanthomas.bsky.social for starting this list of Games Industry business folks. go.bsky.app/QH22KMr Love these starter packs!

Hello friends... I am currently looking for part time work with the potential for full time starting next month. If you know any studios that need a CM or assistant producer, please reach out!! I'd appreciate RPs on this post. 🥺💖

If you're games industry and following some folks already, reply with who you are and what you do, and then re-post this or whatever it's called. Let's try and find each other on this new place

I cannot emphasize how much early playtests will benefit your project. Not six months in, six weeks in. Before your vertical slice. Even if you would dismiss the feedback, it'll still have forced you to develop your early features horizontally, & it'll force you to really think about communication.

Did you play post-apocalyptic tabletop role-playing games in the period 1974-1989? Would you like to take part in an exciting research project into the intersections between these games, the Cold War, and the nuclear age? Then please do complete this online questionnaire! forms.gle/BmCPj1F3Ly7g...

I have immediate and future openings in my editing calendar. I work with novels and novellas, in multiple categories and genres. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Signal boosts very appreciated, thanks in advance.