Septum piercings hurt so much lmfao ouchie

Gonna change the resolution of my game from 640x360 to 320x240 because it's taking too long to get the art done lol. Old(very old) sprites for Priscilla and Yulica vs new ones from yesterday.

I cut my bangs WAY too short a week before a work event ahhhhh I'm so cooked

Deltarune having a reference to HDG might be the most insane thing in chapter 5, I gotta be real

Trans march trans march

I am gonna go feral I am gonna lose it that last deltarune chapter gave me everything I ever needed holy fucking shit

I do think that people need to realize that the EXTREME vitriol against theories that say "X character is transfem" are rooted in maintaining hierarchy ESPECIALLY when it's presented in a "men are allowed to just be feminine, stop forcing gender stereotypes on them" kinda way

I need transfem!Ralsei to be real please Toby my life depends on it

Deltarune tomorrow.....................................

I am 29 now (well, as of yesterday lol)! I am so grateful to be surrounded by so so many wonderful and loving people. When I was entering my 20s, I didn't think I'd ever be happy again, and god am I glad to be proven so completely wrong.

I definitely need like, a voice training partner, so we can force each other to actually practice ugh

The pitch that genAI "lowers the barriers of entry" is a cover for extreme elitism. They only want access to other people's skills bc they have such a limited definition of what art even is- they don't see creative processes, they see "art" as the finished thing only and that's all they want.

Is it finally time to get a septum piercing?? hmmmmm

Does anyone have any tips when *you're* the interviewer? Asking for a friend

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

Today is a good day to celebrate and support Black creators! If you are a Black creator, especially in the nerd space, please consider posting what you do below and also how we can buy it or support it, if possible!

Man the thing I'm most sad over recently is not being able to do my wolf cosplay for a work thing coming up soon because things have been so busy

Opened the door to some door to door charity guys, and they asked me where my parents were. And if I was in high school. Why does this keep happening.

AAAHHH THE ART IS SO PRETTY I LOVE YOU FROGADIER

So extremely real

Hmmm I should get around to playing Immortality finally

Found another discord for writers and narrative designers in games. Yay! Got accepted into it but found out that it's essentially completely dead. Bummer!

It's so nice to be able to not have roommates. It's been 6 months and I will never get tired of being able to go to the bathroom without having to throw on a SHIRT ughh

I Saw the TV Glow is free on YouTube! (with ads) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYxQ...

I keep thinking about my partner's coworker asking her "but would you date anyone trans?" AFTER having met and talked to me for an hour lmao. Weird but also affirming??

Ugh I turn TWENTY NINE in 6 days ughh

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

I don't think the average "gamer" really understands just how dire it is yet. Like, games are still coming out and things still feel 'normal' if all you do is browse Steam, but the industry is very much hemorrhaging amazing people at an unsustainable rate and you *will* feel it in time.

I just feel so fucking bad for my graduating class. It's been such a bloodbath this past year and almost none of them have been fortunate enough to land jobs. It makes me so sad

Hey, are you employed and upset about what's happening to your game dev friends but your company doesn't have any openings? GO BUY AN INDIE GAME FROM YOUR WISHLIST. That's the only way to save the industry.

I'm probably not gonna finish my State of The Games Industry survey findings until July after some fun medical procedures but the way black developers live and die by optics (remember 2020 summer?) only to be discarded during Juneteenth of all weeks because executives don't care is nuts

Fuck me. It's like the end of Hamlet, but for the games industry right now.

Just realized they're shuttering the South of Midnight devs the week of Juneteenth, too

I am so incredibly angry.

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

The Compulsion news is such a bummer. We'll never get a game like that again from a big 3 publisher. we just wont. when i said miracle i meant it.

Look. Indie dev to Indie dev: doubling down with "you don't UNDERSTAAND we're just a little GUY we NEEEED to use claude" is the reason people are mad. People aren't mad at You. They are mad at Your Actions! You have the power to change this, right here and right now. Take it!!

And the insane thing is, if Microsoft was just deciding to get out of the business and shut down XBox, that would be one thing. It'd be bad, it'd be like when Sega got out of the hardware business times 2 or 3. But they also made sure to buy a third of the industry to take down with them first!

praying that the negotiations go through and double fine spins off into its own studio again instead of just getting shuttered for a tax write off for microsoft. it would be an incalculable loss for the medium if we lost double fine

This makes me so happy

South of Midnight is one of the best-written games in years. It's bonkers to throw that team into the industry wilderness.

I'm angry for so many of my industry peers, but before I log off: a reminder that if you ever need a portfolio review, a second set of eyes on a resume or cover letter, or I can put in a good word for you anywhere, please let me know. I know it's not much, but we have to look out for each other.

South of Midnight’s dialogue is a masterclass in laying down words that leave you raw but opens up the world in return. @zeestermeester.bsky.social and @epistellar.bsky.social helped make that happen. Follow their work and hire their expertise. You’ll receive an evocative story as a result.

Our pokemon slack channel is getting me very dangerously close to getting back into the Pokemon TCG and I fear for my wallet

Not only is it adorable, it's a great cautionary tale to Narrative folks about the dangers of not putting even a temp name on something because you're waiting for the "real" name to manifest 🤣

Man it's really hard to explain my writing process sometimes when often it's just "idk, vibes"

If you make fanfiction of a game that you write on, is it still fanfiction? Inquiring minds want to know

Unironically think the character limit on twitter was super important for my development as a writer because I had to learn to say the stupid shit I wanted to say in the least words possible

Having an older woman as a protag in an AAA game makes me real happy tbh

In my search for narrative designer discord servers, I have joined a couple that looked good on paper but seem to actually be very men-talking-over-women, which has been lame. I'll find you one day, cool narrative designer discord server....