A lot of new followers in the past few days. Hello! This is Lily.

I'll be on this panel next monday. If you're in LA, check it out! If you're not on LA, it'll be livestreamed. You should still check it out! www.wgfoundation.org/events/all/2...

Waiting for that Tormented Trobbio patch... any day now...

Since 2016, I’ve wrestled with finding the right balance between staying informed and prioritizing my mental health; managing my ADHD in a way that keeps me productive as a professional creative. Hard to gauge success with intangible metrics, but I’d like to think I’ve found success. However…

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

Gonna make a brief appearance on this; if you enjoyed UFO50, or like watching me talk about UFO50, check it out!

(trying to explain "fuck, marry, kill" to a black widow spider) no it's *three different* guys

Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.

If 6pm rolls around and I still haven't been able to download Silksong, watch this space to see a grown man absolutely lose his shit!

I'm going to set something on fire.

The cruelest joke ever played: Releasing Silksong and then not letting me buy it 💀

genuinely and unbelievably delighted by how silksong just took so long because they were having fun, staying offline, and going at their own pace. human beings need more opportunities to work like this.

@jasonschreier.bsky.social Let out an audible guffaw as I read this:

It's been 15 years since my last sketch comedy group disbanded, but I'd like to think I've still got the juice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne4Q...

Sending massive gratitude to @jesawyer.bsky.social and @writnelson.bsky.social for talking to my students last night, as well as my sincere apologies for this slide:

Make sure your RPG battle transitions, scene composition, and attack animations are at least as cool as this Taiwanese DOS RPG from 1995

TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit

Hyperion, 1989

TOXIC THOUGHT: “I could fix him…”

Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Elfazar’s Hat We're joined by @sxezskoz.bsky.social, @adamdolin.bsky.social, @sarahnorthway.bsky.social, and @colinnorthway.bsky.social! “Elfazar is hailed as a great magician, but his captive animals are ready to strike back!" eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

instead of vowing to take itch down with your justified anger, redirect that anger at the institutions who are directly responsible for strong arming every single platform that sells adult and/or queer art:

🚨🚨🚨 Indie website itch.io has just rolled out a major shadow ban of NSFW content. This drastic escalation in censorship already seems to affecting trans authors. TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages. I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.

I am pleased to share that I have earned a gracious letter of recommendation from my amazing instructor @adamdolin.bsky.social from his "Become a Game Writer" course. Special thanks to my excellent associate instructors @nyasharose.bsky.social & @vikingwrites.bsky.social for all of their guidance.

BAFTA is a vibrant, thoughtful, purpose-driven organization and getting to know it as part of last year's BAFTA Breakthrough class was a dream come true. I'm still reeling from the aftereffects of it. Applications for North America 2025 are open -- y'all should apply! www.bafta.org/programmes/b...

wanted to play our ball but not the way we play ball; also didn’t want to let us play their ball

[tarot reader flips over a card. it's the tower] me: is that good [reader flips over judgement and the hanged man] me: what does that mean [reader taps the hanged man to burn all my lands] me: wait what [that allows the reader to activate tower judgement to reduce my life counter to 0] me: FUCK

Super fun chat with this crew

there are many kinds of people who make games. but also maybe we can be mostly boiled down to: 1: struggled in school, always a bit defiant, passionate about (game from when they were 13), neurodivergent 2: teacher's pet, people-pleaser, games saved their life, no other life skill, neurodivergent

CEO compensation graphed next to employee compensation. 🙃

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is 50% off for the Steam Summer Sale! Now is a great time to play our game about growing strong enough to survive the future, or to buy a copy for a friend who needs one.

Eggplant Presents: A Year of UFO 50 - Star Waspir We're joined by @jarmustard.bsky.social, @adamdolin.bsky.social, Steve Gillham, and Zatoichi to discuss Star Waspir. “You are an elite member of the Star Wasps. Pilot your ship and battle the incoming swarm!” eggplant.show/ep-a-year-of...

A nice ray of sunshine in a bleak world. Thanks, Mel.

Find a No Kings march near you www.nokings.org

look, I don’t have much positive to say about jobs right now. but growing your creative skills is never a waste. in a world that prioritizes “good enough for non-experts” and the simulacra of competence, growing a practice of critical and artistic thought helps you from sliding down into the muck.

The Rehearsal : Comedy TV shows :: Andor : Star Wars TV shows

Spoke with @adamdolin.bsky.social's game writing students tonight and got absolutely ROASTED

PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.

I also wrote about this problem in my field of UX, in 2022: rystorm.com/blog/ux-titl... UX designer, Product designer, Interaction designer, what’s the difference? The correct answer is one from @adamdolin.bsky.social: Your role is whatever the company you work at says it is.

hey just some quick feedback. the groceries -> cooking -> washing up loop feels too tight, it’s like I’ve only cooked a few times before I have to start over again. it’s a reliable resource sink for sure but it would be great to not have to do it so often. can we do a tuning pass

Sephiroth is our next Surgeon General. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

video games make eleventy billion dollars a year but we can only have one website about them, and it’s owned by The Bastard Group

My free time 🥲

Despite Oblivion landing on us out of nowhere on our launch day--Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3, our new matchroidvania, is on Steam's New and Trending! If you've been enjoying the game, PLEASE leave a Steam review. It makes a world of difference! store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is OUT NOW! - Goofy, sincere, weird as hell matchroidvania action 💎 - Wild metacommentary 👁️ - Horror-polka soundtrack 🎵 - Fight your psychic twin 🧠 - Hork a book 📘 - Only $13.99 at launch 💵 - Support today!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2116510/...

Mentoring in the games industry can be better -- and more people with craft knowledge need to be sharing it! -- so @heartimecia.bsky.social and I did a talk at GDC on how to start mentoring, how to look for a mentor, and best practices for your time together! gdcvault.com/play/1035050...

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again