Canadian taxpayers have poured $980 million into Ubisoft since 2020, helping build a global gaming giant. As governments double down on subsidies and AI, the company’s Halifax shutdown exposes a policy gap. Journalist Isaac Peltz explores: https://thewalrus.ca/ubisoft-canada-tax-breaks-layoffs/

Maybe I shouldn't have started binge watching The Pitt right before spending an afternoon in the hospital 🤔 (I like it tho)

Apple Core birb🍎 #avian #bird #birdwatching #animal #illustration #digitalart #wildlife #drawing

Calendar tool ideas for the workplace to make it more inclusive to autistic employees: - A warning when you try to send a meeting invite but you haven't written an event description so people know what they are showing up for.

Narrative Beats: Investigation is live! ⚡️ Narrative Beats is our art reference series made with story telling in mind. Sequential frames so you get the full movement, dynamic lighting, casual slice of life poses, story telling beats, everything you've been asking for! ⦿ trueref.io/products/nar...

In honor of the Andor trailer out today, I today repost my greatest online achievement: The Andor Characters as Dril Tweets series. I'm going to put them out as I get spare time over the next couple days, as I'm going to put alt text on them too. Starting with the man himself CASSIAN ANDOR

Fatemender is featured in this years Steam Deckbuilders Fest! store.steampowered.com/app/4177420/... Check out the festival page to find your new favourite deckbuilder! store.steampowered.com/category/dec...

Do developers actually read Steam reviews? Yes. Oh? You wanted more of an answer? Alright, alright. The fact of the matter is that reviews are *very* important in almost *every* way for game developers. Innersloth and Outersloth's @victoriatran.bsky.social explains:

TALK ANNOUNCEMENTS📢 No Games For Genocide Palestinian Voices in Games Multiple orgs will be speaking on the intersections between the games industry and Palestine, exploring the ways in which the games industry can divest from an ongoing genocide, and how to support Palestinian game creators

🌸 YCH DROP 🌸 get your blorbo in a cute galaxy magic-themed ych! vgen.co/prinxeling available on my vgen for only USD$20! and guaranteed delivery within a week 🙇 shares appreciated 💕 #ych | #vgen | #vgencomms | #commissions

Want to do something meaningful this AAPI Heritage Month? Buy a game. The first-ever AAPI Games Steam Sale (May 1–10) features games made by Asian-American and Pacific Islander developers. 🎮 Shop the sale: tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale #AAPIHeritageMonth #IndieGames #AAPI #Gaming

The last writing-focused update of DEVIL'S LIMINAL Early Access! Still a few polish updates to go before v1.0 is ready, including the ending. 🖤 Escape your hometown! 🖤 Will Jade call the police? 🖤 Roadtrip! 🖤 A romantic hike! Can't believe it's almost done!! 😩 #yuri #indiedev #gamedev

"Why are all the journalists laid off now" this is why. Pretty simple.

Ubi Halifax was closed soon after unionization, meaning they never got a first contract in place & never paid union dues. Nonetheless CWA & their lawyers fought for them & got them better severance (I presume, I don’t know the details), which I find very rad ✊ It’s never too late to unionize!

Hello World, we’d like to introduce ourselves. We the workers of the Magic: The Gathering Arena team have come together to unionize as United Wizards of the Coast - CWA! 🧵 unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/announcing-united-wizards-coast-cwa

Human error + AI translation = peak comedy.

Montreal, a petition to save the Lacordaire REV bike path that was meant to safely connect circulation between East end neighbourhoods, north to south. It's been canceled to preserve 6 lanes of car traffic. projetmontreal.org/petition/def...

we were really hoping to be at #GodotCon26, but couldn't this year! But we have a small bit Yarn Spinner for #Godot news, just for you! 👀 We'll try to get to the next #GodotCon! www.yarnspinner.dev/blog/godotco...

Day 3: Water your new cat

Howdy there, streamers and media people! Interested in streaming or covering queer indie media? The Streamer & Press Contact Form for The Power of Pride Bundle is now open! Fill out this form we can recommend you some items from our bundle, going on sale in June this year.

OMG MY FIRST STEAM PAGE IS OUT!!! I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD AND AAAAAAA store.steampowered.com/app/4475970/... #GameDev #Godot #VideoGame

birds: they will never email you. and that’s a promise.

“The success of the negotiation was directly attributable to the solidarity our members showed, their resolve in holding Ubisoft to account, the collecting and sharing of information, and remaining steadfast in advocating for their rights as unionized workers,” -CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth.

Finally some nice weather to enact my evil plans: Day 1: Put out cat trap Day 2: Cat

We're thrilled to host a watch party for @gameworkerscon.bsky.social on May 22-23! 🎉 The event is free and we'll provide free food, drinks, swag, and masks. RSVP here to join us! actionnetwork.org/events/soire...

[FR] Je participerai le 15 mai à une table ronde sur le design narratif en excellente compagnie à l'université Concordia. Elle sera aussi diffusée en ligne (Youtube, Zoom) gratuitement. J'y parlerai notamment de mes dernières recherches et créations! www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...

Calling all game devs in Québec! What would you change about the games industry? Come chat with us online on May 6 at 7 PM. Follow the link to register 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Me: The Hadestown soundtrack is mid Also me: Listens to the Hadestown soundtrack in full every single work day 🤷

Like I said. Kobo has been over there keeping on keeping on this whole time. If you don't know about them, it's a great time to learn!

It's been three years since the three-years-of-funding Kickstarter campaign for Lancer Tactics completed. Time for a report card! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wic... Additionally, the Module Editor is live. Lancer Tactics is now equipped with essentially a miniature visual novel editor.

Long time no blog post. We have been play testing! Which has led to me thinking about early access and feedback loops. #indiedev #fatemender www.kymira.ca/are-steam-pl...

🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning.. We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance. And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use! 1/

Long time no blog post. We have been play testing! Which has led to me thinking about early access and feedback loops. #indiedev #fatemender www.kymira.ca/are-steam-pl...

A WIP mock-up of what our radio / dialogue system UI could look like. #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

Did you know that when companies cancel big, long-standing projects or shutter studios, they can write off the associated costs of development/operations as a business loss on their taxes? Your labor and livelihood should never be sacrificed just to give a corporation a tax write off.

I have never wanted to make a multiplayer game but now that there is Photon for Godot... doc.photonengine.com/fusion-godot...

New trailer for Fatemender to show off new content that we made available in our Steam playtest! (Still accepting new players (not an April Fools joke.).) #indiedev #godot www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRe...

Limit Break, the award winning mentorship program for marginalised people working in the UK games industry returns! 💖 Part of a marginalised group in games looking for a mentor? 💖 Want to help level up the next gen of game devs? Apply to be a mentor &/or mentee now! ⤵️ limitbreak.co.uk/apply

My internet philosophy as a meme

My internet philosophy as a meme

I lay down on the couch to play a few levels of Fatemender and ended up playing for two hours straight!

NarraScope 2026 registration is ‼️OPEN‼️ NarraScope is @iftechfoundation.org's hybrid conference! In-person and online options are available, and this year it's in Albany, NY: narrascope.org/register/

Finding the only way to play and enjoy Overwatch is to fully turn off team and match chat. There is only evil there. Once you have silence you can pretend everyone else is a bot and be free 😇

Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

Punch and his favourite zoo keeper except it’s Pokémon Trainer Kylie and a Pawmi.

Punch and his favourite zoo keeper except it’s Pokémon Trainer Kylie and a Pawmi.

Just a reminder that you can attend great #gaming events for networking here in Canada, and we don't have gestapo at our airports. Next one is XP Game Summit, May 21–22. 👇 #indiegame #gamedev

Super proud of this character model I've been working on for 3 months now!