My heart sinks a little when I see indie dev promoted as an answer to layoffs. This space is always a bloodbath. But the shift is brutal. AAA devs switching to indie dev can be like folks from NYC trying to live in Paleolithic Earth. Even AAA devs moving to Triple-I can be a slow motion tragedy.

Phew, I knew this would be a rare tangle with "the feels" but oof and grrrrr and ahhhh is the only appropriate review of this stunning piece of real life story telling. More people need to share their stories like this. Amazing work by @alyxjones.bsky.social and @silverscriptgames.bsky.social ♥️

good to know: the etymology of weird coming from "having power to control fate," old english. so if you get called weird all the time because you don’t/can’t fit in, its because you control your own fate. ❤️‍🩹 www.etymonline.com/word/weird

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

Our next game, The Incident at Galley House, is coming out July 14, 2026! You can wishlist now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3641000/...

✨Role Announcement✨ This was completely unexpected and last minute, but I had the honour of contributing to a small part in The Quiet Things by @silverscriptgames.bsky.social ❤️ Thank you to @alyxjones.bsky.social and @soundswilde.bsky.social! I wish you all the success with the launch! More - 1/3

It's surreal that launch day is here! It's so wild to see OUR GAME live on Xbox!!! To every single person who has helped and supported this game over the many years of development, we cannot thank you enough. Itchio: silverscriptgames.itch.io/the-quiet-th... Xbox: www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...

New Zealand's game development industry has exceeded $1 billion in revenue, reaching this milestone two years ahead of schedule www.gamesindustry.biz/new-zealand-...

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

📚 Applications for LudoNarraCon 2026 are now open! The original Steam festival returns for its 8th edition from Oct 8-12 PT, celebrating story-rich games and the developers who bring them to life ✍️ Submit your game for Official Selection or the Narrative Game Sale below (closes June 28 PT)! 👇

The first warning arrived on a Tuesday morning, six weeks after consultants advised moving from dependency on six hundred small excel scripts - and nobody at Zenith Ledger Advisory paid much attention. It appeared in the system dashboard between routine audit notifications and a maintenance reminder

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

A sneak peak into the development of indie games:

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

Aye whatup! The Black Voices in Gaming #SummerGameFest Showcase returns on June 2nd, 2026! Come thru on Twitch at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET for hot new trailers, game updates and interviews from our amazing community. We can't wait for you to check it out!

We are thrilled to announce that Luna Abyss is out now! 👋 Follow the journey of Fawkes, a prisoner of Luna caught between a cryptic prophecy and their prison sentence. Available now on PC & consoles!

The Waif has something to tell you... Luna Abyss is out NOW on Steam, Epic Games Store, PS5, XBOX Series X/S and XBOX GAME PASS. Thanks to @kwaleegaming.bsky.social, @soundswilde.bsky.social, @calypsovoices.bsky.social

🌚⭐️LUNA ABYSS IS OUT NOW!!⭐️🌚 Available on Steam & consoles! Hugest congratulations to the team at Kwalee Labs! So proud of being the Voice & Casting Director, can’t wait for players to experience what we’ve created. Enormous thanks to our incredibly talented cast @safiyyaingar.bsky.social 1/3

Over a year ago, I spoke with @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social about Dreams on a Pillow for a piece that was killed before it could be published. I am honored that he was willing to take the time to speak with me again in spite of that and tell me about his beautiful homeland: kotaku.com/upcoming-ste...

🚨 Scouts may be interested in the following announcement 🚨 We are thrilled to let you know that Luna Abyss will be Steam Deck Verified at launch! Meaning that you can travel through the abyss, on the go 💥 Only a few more days to go...🌑 #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

Chuffed to be able to share I play a small role in ‘The Quiet Things’ from @silverscriptgames.bsky.social Huge respect to Alyx Jones, this game is so important. And thank you @soundswilde.bsky.social for bringing me on board. Trailer: youtu.be/vMzCEBxTPgE?...

Managed to catch Villagers @davidmenkin.com , @soundswilde.bsky.social , #MaxenceCazorla, @choiby.bsky.social and @abubakarsalim.bsky.social#MaxenceCazorla,for photos. Perhaps there are some future It Takes A Village guests in this set… Congrats to all the winners and the nominees this year!

📢Last chance to apply TODAY📢 Applications close later today so don’t miss your chance to be part of Limit Break 2026 either as a mentor, mentee or both! There’s still time to apply here ⤵️ www.limitbreak.co.uk/apply

Finished Mythmatch this afternoon, and want to give it one last plug - everyone interested in historical gaming should look at it - it does so much to resist the traditional (limited) use of the past in games. Great fun, lovely story and characters. Play it! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

SURPRISE 🍒 CloverPit 🍒 DLC!!! - "Unholy Fusion" - Fuse charms for mega combos - NEW: 30 fuse charms, 11 base charms, 7 memory cards - a new ending?? - Steam, Xbox, iOS & Android - Out now!! - #SorryNotSorry Free base game update?!?! - Online Leaderboards out now! DM for info on review codes

This week on Quest Quest, @bvigeant.bsky.social and I discuss The Drifter, a gritty 2025 adventure from Australian developers Powerhoof (@barney.powerhoof.com and @dave.powerhoof.com)! Stick around as we wax philosophical about death in the adventure game genre. Listen here: zencastr.com/z/o00jx8eF

Run-time procedural build of the @everythingproc.bsky.social event hall. Get your hands on the project in the Masterclass we are running at the event next week. Join the Apparance team to see how it works and what else you can do with the tech that powers it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG_C...

I’ve been playing Mythmatch all morning, utterly charmed by the design & writing with lovely music by @ginaloughlin.com. Huge congrats to @oneofmoo.bsky.social & team! Go get it now, plays great on Steamdeck too! Petition for Agamoomnon plushie pls 🐮🏹

WE MADE IT ONTO NEW AND TRENDING!! I went to take a screenshot to make a joke that we didn't make it and that I didn't realize it wasn't for games that were "trending down" but THERE WE ARE!! Please do give our Greek myth anti-capitalist merge game a shot! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is OUT NOW on Steam! 🏹🏹🏹 AND there's a 20% launch discount! 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home And it's Steam Deck Verified!! store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

The Drifter is 20% off for Curious Odyssey's festival of narrative games on Steam! And I'll be chatting to @cressup.bsky.social on stream there Sunday 12pm PDT (7pm GMT) -> store.steampowered.com/curator/4589...

This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! I’m JC, I’ve been a gamedev for 10+ years in AAA/indie, and I am currently lead producer and (NEWLY MINTED) COO at my studio, @twirlbound.com! I love making cool stuff with cool people, developing sustainable career paths, and of course yelling (lovingly) about Jira ✨

We are honoured that the Luna Abyss demo is featured in the Women's Day Sale 🌑 Read more about it here: https://bit.ly/3NirJh4 #WomensDaySale

Pleased to announce Rogue Eclipse is going to be at @dayofthedevs.org - be sure to stop by, say hi to @heylookitsalan.bsky.social and take it for spin! 😎🚀💥 (Also we have some special surprises in store for that build😉) Wishlist the game here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #ScreenshotSaturday #pcgaming #gaming

Scouts, We are thrilled to announce that Luna Abyss will be featured in Indie Fan Fest on February 19th. We recommend you tune in to watch our brand new trailer 🌑 Learn more about Indie Fan Fest here: https://bit.ly/4aAxMVX #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

‼️Scout Action Required ‼️ A new demo update has dropped on Steam! Reward for playing - 10 days off sentence. Proceed here: https://bit.ly/4qAT77M 🌑 #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

🌳 1 sale = 1 tree planted 🌳 DEMO OUT NOW 👇 The first public demo of Treeplanter is available right now on Steam ahead of Next Fest An interactive woodland toybox launching this Spring 🐝 Piece together a tiny grove and watch as birds, plants and animals move in over the changing seasons 🌸☀️🍂❄️

🚀 Mythmatch launches March 13th on Steam!! 🚀 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Make a home Play the demo now and continue your progress in the full game. store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

🚀 Exciting News! GADA has officially opened their 2026 GDC Scholarship! 🎮🎧 Apply now for a chance to attend the 2026 GDC Festival of Gaming (March 9-13) with a full access pass + a mentor for the entire event! Apply today! 🔊✨ buff.ly/muNmPUH #GDC #GADA #GameAudio #Diversity #Scholarship #Gaming

I provided casting with @soundswilde.bsky.social for this game you can get for free (for the next 24 hours)!

Incredibly excited to see a new trailer for Luna Abyss! 🤩 Can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on and for the world to hear our amazing cast! 🌚 Wishlist the game on steam bit.ly/LunaAbyssPC Join the discord t.co/akWNdelweE #voicedirector #castingdirector #gameaudio #gamedev

Finally getting around to announcing that I was a Voice Director for #SplinterCellDeathwatch, directing UK & European talent, in a variety of languages! Thanks so much to Liquid Violet & Ubisoft for getting me involved, and to our amazing cast! #director #voicedirector #animation

It’s been such a joy working with Robin, Jeremy & William and our amazing cast on this! Can’t wait to share what we’ve created 🏡🔍

Pretty big milestone for The Incident at Galley House: we finished recording all the voice over for all scenes! This was my first time doing voice over on this scale and it was a blast, thanks to our amazing casting agent and director @soundswilde.bsky.social

Missing everyone at #GameSoundCon! Have an amazing time, wish I was with you 🎧🎙️

Had a lovely time doing a quick panel at MCM London & a bunch of portfolio reviews... Thanks @sallygamedev.bsky.social @leonkillin.bsky.social, Kate, @cptnbeatrush.bsky.social @soundswilde.bsky.social for being amazing panelist and Matilda for taking a fantastic photo of me 😂

Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention. Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them. Who do you think Reform are? This. This is who they are.

One issue generally overlooked in the whole screenwriter vs gamewriter, discussion is time. Beyond anything to do with training, ability, style etc is the amount of time screenwriters get to invest in a script. Whilst there are time pressures on any writer, the vast amounts of script that- 1/9

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset. In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia. In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)