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gamedev: The Black Tower, Slayers X, Gatefold, Folia
https://icosahedron.website/@aeonofdiscord
remember you don't have to rely on frame-by-frame devlog analysis to figure out tech art techniques if you have a graphics debugger handy. renderdoc is your frienderdoc!
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IWGB Game Workers Union
about 1 hour ago
We are not backing down. Our response to
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Aftermath
about 5 hours ago
Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed"
aftermath.site/id-software-un...
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Nathan Grayson
about 20 hours ago
around 40 game developers affiliated with
@videogameworkers.bsky.social
have gathered outside the peacock theater, where the game awards will take place in a few hours, for a “the industry is dead” demonstration
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destroy the geoff in your head
about 23 hours ago
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Holly Boson
4 days ago
No - THAT Bluesky user is posting long ass takes about Horse Games, and THAT Bluesky user is posting long ass takes about the game Horses. Mix it up even once and you die
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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo
4 days ago
✊ Grève à Shiro Games (Evoland, Northgard, Wartales, Dune: Spice Wars) : soutien à l’équipe de Wartales mise sous pression stop aux crises récurrentes ! Plus de 40% de taux de participation aujourd'hui ⤵️
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alexis nedd
5 days ago
Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!
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Dominic Armato
8 days ago
Big news (for me)! Signal boost appreciated! TL;DR: I’ve posted a new interactive voiceover demo at
dominicarmato.com
, and I’m lookin’ for work. For the long version, read on!… (1/7)
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Flintlock but scary or something dunno not feeling it this year
9 days ago
The *actual* old school revival we need in RPGs is that glorious post Vampire pre D20/Magic period when everyone was putting out stuff like In Nomine, Unknown Armies and Underground.
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Kyle Banks
9 days ago
Scottish friends! I'm looking for a voice actor (roughly 30-40 years old, female) for an unannounced game✨ You definitely don't need to be an established actor, but you must be UK based with your own recording equipment. This is a paid role, DM for brief!
#voiceacting
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Orc Face Games
11 days ago
Dream Disc '25 has officially started! Details at
orcface.com/events/02-dr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNjk...
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Dream Disc '25 is here! - Dreamcast Game Jam
YouTube video by Orc Face Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNjkwQfhpwU
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gonna be annoying about this but this is exactly why every dependency is a liability. particularly if your game relies on some service you have to pay a regular subscription for, you're now completely reliant on nothing bad ever happening to that provider for the lifetime of your product
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11 days ago
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Acerola
12 days ago
new video is out now! it's my birthday so you have to watch it and also agree with everything thanks
www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t
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the only evidence given here that sweeney is "probably right" is microsoft's claim that 91% of its engineering teams (not individual engineers) use github copilot, a stat substantially driven by the company declaring LLM use, in their words, "no longer optional"
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14 days ago
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Sam Hogg
15 days ago
Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.
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empoisoned: mystlike parkour swumble's big jumble: skinner box menus misty cube: mystlike menus SKUNCH!: skinner box parkour
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16 days ago
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🎄 doodlemancy (jingly)
16 days ago
"i hate writing NPC dialogue i don't wanna do it i need bobot to do it for me buhhhhh" you are like a little baby
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💀🎄Leah.xmas
16 days ago
Finally wrapped up my jedi project, thank you for letting me spam your feeds for months <3
#3dart
#characterart
#gameart
#unrealengine
#ue5
#metahuman
✨Full project here✨
www.artstation.com/artwork/wrWrYY
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Chris Bratt
18 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum". PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvWNFBBwuY
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idk personally I think we should improve society somewhat
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18 days ago
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CalmDownKidder
21 days ago
Yo
#chiptune
crew! I'm running back Micro Music For Micro People, and I'd love to have your 30 second chiptune /
#digifu
or chip-adjacent tune involved! Please sign up if you're interested
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Micro Music for Micro People II - Signups/Show Your Interest here!
CalmDownKidder Records is organising the follow up to 2013's Micro Music For Micro People, and needs YOU! Chiptune, Lo-Bit and Adjacent music all welcome. This is only a form to express your interes...
https://forms.gle/ZxmCmRkkiSq9x7Be6
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I promise you you can work with a custom engine and be completely normal about it. you do not have to bang on about how BRVTAL your process is or make a random word generator read the documentation for you
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22 days ago
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Claire Morwood
22 days ago
Exciting news! 📼Asterism is on cassette! 📼 (well, a usb in a cassette case, which is pretty cool) You can get a copy and check out the other indiepocalypse and tape club games at
pizzapranks.com/tapeclub/
🥳
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IWGB Game Workers Union
23 days ago
Unions ain't busted. Our campaign against
@rockstargames.com
continues - reinstate your workers now!
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Liz Ryerson
27 days ago
the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth
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Stella Sacco
27 days ago
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment. 2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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good hyuck, babe!
29 days ago
getting a text in the middle of the night and it's just my loathsome vizier saying "Your enemies lie in wait, my lord!!" what am I supposed to do with that. its four in the morning
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miles "tails" mackenzie
28 days ago
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GamesIndustry.biz
28 days ago
220 employees at Rockstar North have signed a letter condemning the dismissal of 31 workers amid union busting accusations
www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-roc...
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Over 200 Rockstar North staff sign letter demanding "immediate reinstatement" of fired colleagues
Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain says letter has been handed to senior management at developer
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/over-200-rockstar-north-staff-sign-letter-demanding-immediate-reinstatement-of-fired-colleagues
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3xBlast
28 days ago
What if... tomorrow we all meet up and watch this together on youtube dot com?? 🥺
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Max Carnage
28 days ago
Reduce fare evasion to zero, make public transport free at point of use
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IWGB Game Workers Union
29 days ago
Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members. We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter:
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Over 200 Rockstar staff write to management in support of unfairly fired union members - IWGB Game Workers
220 letters signed by staff members at Rockstar, the studio behind the Grand Theft Auto series, were delivered to management at the company last week, demanding that the 31 employees fired are immedia...
https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-open-letter-13-11-25/
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imagine saying "database thriller" in conversation with, for example, a real person
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I'm sure it controls fine but
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about 1 month ago
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Austin Kelmore
about 1 month ago
The IWGB has issued legal claims against Rockstar for firing 30+ workers. 🌱
iwgb.org.uk/en/post/iwgb...
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* The IWGB has issued claims against Rockstar Games for unfairly dismissing staff [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nOwjeznjI&t=3s] for union activity and blacklisting its members. * This lega...
https://iwgb.org.uk/en/post/iwgb-issues-legal-claims-against-rockstar-over-unfair-dismissal-of-staff/
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AmericanTruckSongs10
about 1 month ago
NEW: the IWGB has filed formal legal claims against Rockstar after it says the company refused to meet to discuss bringing back fired developers. "Rockstar has declined to meet with the IWGB, leading the union and barristers to issue formal legal claims on behalf of the Claimants."
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Tim Dawson
about 1 month ago
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things? seems important
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Cat Burton
about 1 month ago
New ep just dropped! This conversation with Dan Pinchbeck, co-founder of The Chinese Room, was fascinating! We cover everything from half-life 2 mods to most of their games, layoffs, the Sumo acquisition, burnout and of course Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2!
www.youtube.com/@gothboss
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Chris Bratt
about 1 month ago
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
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The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nOwjeznjI
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"66 min read" ah yeah sorry turns out I'm busy for the next 66 minutes and also from then until the end of time
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IWGB
about 1 month ago
Join us to honour Rob Dale. His TfL licence renewal was delayed for months, leaving him unable to work. He died of a heart attack 13 days after pleading with TfL for help. We gather to remember him and demand urgent reform. Memorial Vigil 🗓️ Tue, 11 Nov 🕛 12 Noon 📍 TfL Stratford Office
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Angela Collier
about 1 month ago
This is a small data point but in July 2023 I published a video about how AI Doesn't Exist and I used to get so many comments from people calling me a dumbass and saying 'this aged poorly' and that video still gets about 300 views a day and I have not received a comment like that in months.
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IWGB Game Workers Union
about 1 month ago
We've got 31 game devs who are keen to get to work,
@rockstargames.com
.
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THE CHRISTMAS VICTIM
about 1 month ago
"We realised that all those folk we fired for unionising were actually making the game"
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well. would you look at that
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gesturing at this post in light of recent developments
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Rebekah Valentine
about 1 month ago
If you worked/work at Square Enix and have any further specifics on the layoffs today you're willing to share, please reach out. Email and Signal in my bio, can keep you anonymous.
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what a great picture of the rockstar north offices in edinburgh posted by chris bratt of the people make games channel on youtube
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about 1 month ago
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Ben Newbon
about 1 month ago
I'm joining this protest outside Rockstar North in Edinburgh today and if you're nearby, we'd really appreciate your support. After what happened with my colleagues under Leslie Benzies (of former Rockstar "fame"), and now this, we really need to fix this industry! (also come meet me! 😉)
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