The Made in New Zealand #Steam sale is LIVE! Come and check out all of these amazing games (and #Adaptory is one :D): store.steampowered.com/sale/NZGames...

The Made in New Zealand Steam Sale is back for 2025! 🤩 We're so excited to have 'Before We Leave' and our upcoming 'Beyond These Stars' featured alongside so many wonderful NZ-made titles 🧡 Check it out! store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames...

Oh yes it is!  The Games Made in NZ Steam Sale is back for another year 🥳  Featuring 100+ games made by developers all over Aotearoa! Come on in ...... https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames2025

Made Games in New Zealand is now up! 🥳 If you are a big fan of #metroidvania, you can wishlist Shyftrs here by scanning the QR code or click on the link: bit.ly/Steam-Shyftrs You can also check out other cool Kiwi games! #indiegames #gamedev #pcgames

PSA tutorial! You have to see this🧑‍🎓 👉 store.steampowered.com/sale/NZGames... 🔊🔊🔊 #indiegames #MadeInNZ #NewZealand #NZGames

"Mr Luxon. Are your personal religious beliefs getting in the way of making a decision on NZs stance on Gaza? " Easy fukn question that no one's asking. #nzpol

🌊 We’re in the Made in NZ 2025 Steam sale! Check out over 100 amazing games made in Aotearoa, and wishlist Straycloud 💚 store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames...

We are a country that put the guy who raised speed limits - despite all research showing lower limits reduced injuries, deaths and COSTS to the health system - in charge of our health system and it’s going about as well as that first data point would indicate.

Big news day over here in Aotearoa, New Zealand! 🇳🇿 Come celebrate the Made in NZ showcase with us over on Steam! And, don't forget to wishlist How Was Your Day? store.steampowered.com/app/3235570/... #MadeinNZ #IndieGames #NZGames #IndieDev

Pick up some wonderful kiwi games while they are on sale! store.steampowered.com/sale/nzgames... #gamedev

To make a good in-game survey: - Keep them short - Be relevant (i.e. ask about the game, not obscure marketing questions). - Present them at appropriate times, not when they would break flow. Use natural transition spots - For multiple choice randomize the order of options (even just yes/no)

Lolcats were the best meme format and we should all return to them

"When academics can't invoke settled patterns of far-right mainstreaming without hitting up against coordinated harassment campaigns sanctioned by elected officials, we've already lost something important." culture-centered.blogspot.com/2025/09/how-...

Doctors, nurses, and teachers are all striking because they care about their patients and students, not just because their pay increases are less than inflation They’re striking because everything else is being eroded around them and they can no longer deliver the care and teaching we all deserve

It can be tempting to outfit your UX Test lab with the best monitors, etc. However, try to limit yourself to what the majority of your players will be using (plus the power to run unoptimized builds) The Steam Hardware survey can help: store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Ste...

This isn’t because the govt can’t provide, run or fund healthcare properly - it’s a choice by National so they & ACT/Seymour can run around saying it would be better private. It wouldn’t, there’d be double the people waiting, dying, and thousands bankrupted just to pay for healthcare. #nzpol

Alien: Earth (N. Hawley and others, 2025)

Doing my daily run thru: La Croix tastes like the memory of another drink, and not one remembered fondly.

When running UX tests think about & prioritize the safety of your team & yourself If a participant starts acting or speaking in a way that is a potential threat to you or your team then politely end the test (wrap it up as if it was over naturally or as if some technical problems have occurred)

#BuenosComicDias viernes de justicia #monetes nadie escapa del fantasma que camina #ThePhantom art by Dan Schkade

For my 30th Birthday I had a Rock Band party at my rental in The Netherlands. Around 12 years later I got to work with the folks from Harmonix to bring awesome music experiences and gameplay to Fortnite. Working in games can be absolutely magical.

I miss when Google worked

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

it's been three months since i got tear gassed by the national guard. how time flies. anyway, as you're aware by now, america is slipping into an authoritarian dictatorship (please RT): www.webworm.co/peoplewantme...

If players feel like something is unbalanced writing a post talking about how your metrics and maths show otherwise won't help because 1. Most players won't see it 2. Feelings aren't usually based on maths Instead investigate what it is that is causing that feeling despite the math?

Quote with a gif you can hear.

Tbf, nothing will ever beat the GW website front page at that time. "The Queen is dead: PREPARE FOR SKIRMISH COMBAT!"

Suavemente X Discofans X DYSYLM by DJs From Mars www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQPt... This song was on heavy rotation in our house, car, and everywhere while my wife was pregnant. My son reacts to it at a primal level.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

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BattleTech (1994) #MegaDrive #Genesis

Playing around with some colouring via Affinity using artwork from Mike Faille (mikefaille.com) is a nice way to relax and focus GIF below! Mike's art makes it easy for a novice like me at digital colouring as he has already done a lot of the harder stuff in the base image!

This is like the main thing feudalism kinda sucked at. It was real bad at, lemme tell ya

Often games involve a lot of what @jerf.xyz calls "walking around" Think about the UX of your walking around! What does the game do to make getting from place to place fun e.g. swinging, sliding, jumping, sprinting, flying, riding, impactful animations, etc

The NZ govt are putting huge funding into AI not because AI will be good for the country and its public institutions but because it presents itself as another way to ‘legitimately‘ move public money to the private sector.

Our strongest anti-cancel culture warriors once again hard at work defending free speech

Luxon himself handed me the Prime Minister's science prize last year. Let me say this in plain English: he's an idiot for running a govt who budgeted more for AI than for the Marsden fund. any journo reading this can quote me on it #nzpol

Jurassic Park’s Dr. Alan Grant but he’s a Warhammer 40,000 Ratling Sniper.

It's almost like merrily getting rid of things without thinking it through isn't a good idea. Fortunately the farmers won't be upset now. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/education...

BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.

Wait! Douglas doesn't think Willis has fucked up, he thinks she hasn't fucked New Zealand's healthcare system and old people up ENOUGH!? (Nothing to do with canceled ferrie fees, and billions in tax cuts to landlords and big tobacco, eh?) There's the toxic old cretin we all know and despise!

People running crowdfunding campaigns, I beg you, *if you send a message asking people to give you information describe how and link to the relevant place!!* Sending a message saying "we need you to fill in your survey!" or "you need to check your information!" and not making clear how is painful

“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives

Some spooky guys I designed for @dm-tuz.bsky.social a while ago.

With game cosmetics be thoughtful about how you grow offerings over time as you are essentially in an arms race against yourself in terms of setting player expectations i.e. the first cosmetic you sell that has particle effects creates new value expectations! So grow deliberately with this in mind

Historically, life was meant to be easier for the future generations. Kids born before me have less oppurtunities, will earn less to purchase worse products, robbed of experiences, safe public spaces. Born into viler, stratified world, victims of austerity, and inhumane profit chasing.

so hey, with the entirety of the FBI in a fevered state to find any shred of evidence that THE TRANSES and THE FURRIES caused a political assassination, keep in mind that discord isn't private its backend is available to people that hate you, your servers aren't private, your DMs aren't private

Tips to make a Brandon Sanderson like magic system: 1. Pick a resource that is drained to power the magic 2. Add rules about how the magic can be used 3. Add power levels 4. Describe the use of the magic as if you were writing superheroes

Semi Charmed Closing Time by Sound Attack sowndhaus.audio/track/19119/... I can't find a video for this, but these songs need to go together. A real "why hadn't someone already done this?" moment