Hi! this is a reminder to people who would like to be considered for an award for the AIAS narrative award for their game, especially if it is a deep, hours long, reactive RPG with branching!!!!! please allow us time to play your game and submit it here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...

Folks who make video games! @officialgdc.bsky.social is running the annual State of the Industry survey again. You should take the chance to weigh in! The survey's gone through a major overhaul this year and your voice will matter even more: gdconf.typeform.com/SOTI26

I’ve never owned a printer that worked for longer than two months.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

If you're going to MDev this year, I'm excited to share @tomeandblade.bsky.social will be bringing an early look of our upcoming game, Archon. We'll be there on Saturday if you'd like to check us out!

Game writers (or anyone who wants more writing practice): Consider signing up for the 100-word microfiction challenge from @nycmidnight.bsky.social I love doing these. Solid feedback and excellent practice writing under strict constraints. Learn more at nycmidnight.com/100

"Studios build teams; teams build games" That's it, that's the skeet. I'm gonna be yelling this for years.

Hey, so another piece of advice for people who are S-Corps: there is a company called Opolis that acts as your employer of record and will provide health insurance and other benefits.

Chigurh: what is the most you ever lost on a coin toss 17 year old mall boba stand cashier: card only

Maybe someone more talented than me could do the frog in the correct style

I’m not a business guy, but my take on this: Seems bad!

Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1

How I spent my lunch break

You simply cannot make me spend my time on this stuff. Oh the president said Tylenol causes autism? Well it doesn't. No I'm not going to pore through research papers to prove it to you. That's not what my time is for. My time is for playing videogames and gazing lovingly at my wife.

Imagine it's 2002 and you're sitting around watching the Man Show and a time traveler appears in the room and tells you about the past 48 hours

on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★, what's a ★★ food? or ★★★★★ weather? do you and your friends even agree on what "★★★★" means? announcing STARFRIENDS, a new social card game that melds these questions into the best kind of loosely competitive experience. physical decks coming soon, follow our KS page today!

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.