✨BOOKS OPENING FOR NEXT MONTH✨ I’ve had some small contracts wrap and am currently looking to fill some gaps for next month and ongoing! If you are after an arty game dev who has done it all or someone who enjoys the admin and associate production tasks, shoot me an email💌💖

GenAI isn't a useful placeholder when making video games. It doesn't save time, and it actively stifles the creative process. Here's what local devs think: @untitledlucegame.bsky.social @mickey.ghoulish.com.au @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social @theboyofcheese.bsky.social @tdogextreme.bsky.social + more.

Can't believe my legally distinct fish man warning you about a potential trap got published. Thank you for eternalising him (and great article @legenette.bsky.social !)

The fish bowl devs were some of the nicest, friendliest people at SXSW 2024. Congratulations on the release!!!

Candles. Who's lighting all these candles?

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

seeing Sora getting shut down is a good reminder that while genAI boosters will insist the genie can’t go back in the bottle, it does appears possible for the genie to crawl back up Sam Altman’s butthole if the genie ever stops being supplied with infinite money

I don’t know man it just sounds like you’re super bad with money

I would love to be able to google space information without being signed up for a week of Google News notifications like "STADIUM SIZE ASTEROID might be ON COLLISION COURSE WITH EARTH in 2 million years"

📣 create ABSOLUTE CINEMA in “ACTING OUT”, a game about making movies with your friends! WISHLIST NOW! link below 🎥🎭🏆🎬

The Southern Fisheries Penal Colony is looking for new Expatriates! 🦀Crabmeat is Out Now on Steam 🦀 store.steampowered.com/app/3671850/... ❄️Explore, Get big hauls, Defend your ship from attackers 🧪Blend of First Person and Point and Click gameplay 🕑Short 2-3 hour experience

Amongst many other reasons why both are important, in a lot of places around the world AAA studios sponsor the events Indies use to market their games, connect with devs, and find publishers.

Key Fairy is officially released! Buy it, lest ye be slain! store.steampowered.com/app/2878580/...

Remember: When you playtest a game, never take players’ feedback/suggestions at face value. Figure out what emotion is underneath what they’re telling you, and then figure out what in the game is causing that emotion

free level design advice for creating an FPS arena that people will call the best multiplayer map ever made for generations.

sorry for being cringe I'm trying to enjoy being alive

It’s finally time to… Unleash the ✦⁺₊✩GIRL POWER✩⁺₊✦ Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is officially OUT NOW!!!! You better be ready, because this sh❤t is serious 👇 https://bit.ly/45CRvme

it's out now!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3811020/... #BLASTERMANCER

Have you ever wondered how time is spent in game development? I've made a handy pie chart to illustrate it.

I interviewed Freeplay's co-founder Katharine Neil a couple of years ago about its origins & legacy. There was SO much fascinating stuff that I couldn't publish but I'm still really proud of the piece & feel as if documenting this stuff holds a tiny bit of importance too.

This needs to be louder: "Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations." Freeplay is hugely important, we have to find a way to keep it alive 🙏

Kinetic Games, the developer behind Phasmophobia, has announced the launch of Kinetic Publishing to "support and champion creativity within the indie space". The publisher will fund two to three indie projects a year up to budgets of £1 million. www.gamesindustry.biz/phasmophobia...

you don't know me

Hey isn't this that Counterstrike map

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

It's December! Happy festive season everyone 🎄⛱️🎅☃️ Already wondering what Santa's got this year? Maybe consult my playlist of all the things Santa's Got: open.spotify.com/playlist/308...

So very tired, but I couldn't let 2025 end without taking stock of Microsoft's embarrassing treatment of gaming, Windows, and indeed human beings while it chases the AI money train

✨ BOOKS OPEN!✨ My clients for this year have wrapped and in 2026 I will be looking for new work! I am a Art Lead with a specialty in anything 2D, who has also done business admin. I'd love to work with kind folks making cool things, if this sounds like you plz shoot me a msg💚

Thank you to all the incredible ANZ-based developers who took part in our first Frosty Mini showcase today, and shared such wonderful announcements! What a beautiful line-up 👏🏼

Lately I've been in Options Screen UI space and I often think of that thread of intentionally bad volume controls. I think we should rehash this with brave new worse ideas. ie Make the player type the whole name of the monitor they want to switch their game to.

Jump scared by December 1

Last night's interview with Novara on the Rockstar firings is now up as its own standalone video, if you'd like to watch. Delighted to see the story picked up by the wider media in this way, as surreal as it felt to appear on a show I've been watching for years now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...

Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.

My job is create problem and then solve it

Feeling very lucky to get to see so many genuinely lovely people at MIGW 💗 Another great year with you all!

Thank you MIGW, the desire to fill even more of my non existent free time with making a tiny indie game intensifies

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Game of the Year is... The Drifter by Powerhoof

Fantastic game, a well deserved win!

Likewise I'm at the BGDAs Baldurs Gate, Dressed Appropriately (pyjamas)

How I look and sound trying to speak to the barista at 7am. Thank you Games Week Launch Party, it was a fun night 😌

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

I think about AF Kuro's vehicle art on a regular basis 🤌🔥

Expedition 33 gives me the unique experience of vibing to an upbeat bright pop dance track while getting absolutely beaten to pulp by a mime

Got my Freakon Ticket 🥹

New favourite house archello.com/project/vill...

I'm convinced Noclip.website is the best website in the world for Level Designers. I'm not gonna tell you a single thing about it ~ Go, explore, discover, see what secrets you find. noclip.website#ffx/00e;Shar...

Another Drifter Dev Diary! Diving into getting voices into The Drifter. Casting, recording, editing... what I learned and some tools I used or made along the way. youtu.be/Nopuf0ESnb0