Royal Martin
@royalmartin.blacksky.app
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Black: Husband, Father, Gamedev. Currently QA on WoW
Listen Im all for the dozens but if my kid says I was wearing sandals next to Big Sandals, its war lmao
#blacksky
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Game Devs of Color Expo
about 21 hours ago
Join Game Devs of Color for our first official
#GDC
meetup!💙💚 📆 Wed, Mar 11 Open to
#gamedev
, creatives, industry professionals, & anyone who wants to make lasting relationships that extend beyond GDC. Register:
luma.com/huna2b6d
Check out this thread for our friends' events too!🧵
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Day of the Devs
about 20 hours ago
Day of the Devs 2026: San Francisco Edition is right around the corner and we're amped for the whole slate of games we have lined up! Games including Kiln, Dosa Divas, Soundgrass, and Escape Academy 2 will all be playable at the Midway on Sunday 3/8. RSVP today!
bit.ly/dotd-sf-2026
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AFNarratives 🔜 Blerdcon, GDC
about 22 hours ago
If you're going to GDC and want to see a cool set of microtalks by me and some other amazing indies, you should stop by the Indie Soapbox on Monday ✨✨✨ I'm talking about something a little different than I usually do, but I'm excited! Indie Soapbox: Playing it Unsafe 🎮
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Indie Soapbox: Playing it Unsafe | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
Indie Soapbox is the chance for indie devs from diverse backgrounds and projects to come together to share their thoughts, lessons and provocations about indie game dev in this long standing microtalk...
https://share.google/8AkLGTYoYzCVf38Ch
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Charlie! Charley! Charlee!
1 day ago
I think it’d be nice to see games drawing on nostalgia that AREN’T focused on white, suburban/small town aesthetics. Black* people and culture existed in cities in the 80s and 90s, too! *And other folks from the global majority, obviously. I’m speaking to my own background.
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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn
1 day ago
Still looking for my next role - if you know anyone who needs an award winning game designer, narrative designer, or content designer with technical skills and people managing experience who has been at it for 15 years and has made stuff that is taught in schools, hit me up at
[email protected]
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Mothership
1 day ago
We heard some folks get nervous about attending gaming events in person, for a lot of reasons.
@heartimecia.bsky.social
has some hard-earned advice for having fun, being respectful, and getting the most out of cons like GDC.
www.mothership.blog/game-develop...
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An incomplete etiquette guide for attending in-person gaming events
Natalie Checo of Sunset Visitor demystifies the tough balancing act of meeting people in person at game conferences
https://www.mothership.blog/game-developers-conference-etiquette-recommendations-in-person-events/
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Who do I have to bribe to get The Artful Escape/Mixtape but the Oops All Hip Hop edition??
about 23 hours ago
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As the world & industry I work in continue to slide into the abyss, I have aimed to come up with a Thing™ I am looking to get out of all this. Bc survive and hopefully not get laid off aint it. But I think I found it. I want to make my kid's fav game. The game they love from Press Start to Credits.
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A stellar thread on Steam Next Fest Demos. I also will HEAVILY co-sign Esoteric Ebb (currently my frontrunner for my personal GOTY)
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Tryna Get Like You- A Podcast on all the hidden career fields that no one tells you about and transferable skills. Recurring section: You Good? - How to find/build community in these new fields + how to professionally say the shit you want to say in the face of microaggressions
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Kate Sánchez ➡️ GDC
3 days ago
The Bluff is really fucking great y'all! It's John Wick and the Villainess revenge in 19th-century Cayman Islands where Priyanka Chopra gives us one of the best female action performances that we have gotten in the US. Revenge Actioner but make it pirates. My review:
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The Bluff (2026) Review: 19th Century Swashbuckling Meets Modern Revenge Actioner
The Bluff (2026) understands what audiences have come to expect from action movies with Priyanka Chopra Jonas central to its success.
https://butwhytho.net/2026/02/the-bluff-movie-review-prime-video/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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Sena Bryer
5 days ago
Eh fuck it, I'll shoot my shot. If you need someone to helm voiceover for your project, I pretty much do it all: casting actors, directing recording sessions, helping navigate agencies/unions/etc, you name it. 100% "damn this voice acting's awesome" rate 😊
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Quote tweet with 10 anime to get to know you. in no order: Haikyu One Piece Parasyte Yu Yu Hakusho Blood Blockade Battlefront Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. s-CRY-ed Digimon (any of em) Gundam (any of em) Fate (most of em) Not out yet but if its quality: Witch Hat Atelier is on the list
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5 days ago
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Serebii.net
5 days ago
Serebii Update: We have begun documenting all known returning Pokémon in Pokémon Winds and Waves It can be found in our new section @
www.serebii.net/windswaves/a...
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Kinda Funny
5 days ago
Our Resident Evil Requiem Marathon stream starts NOW!
#GeForcePartner
Let's see how long we can push them!
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pikat
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Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same.
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As an Always Water Starter sicko, I'm pleased.
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Jordan Minor
5 days ago
Freshly updated for Black History Month is our list of new indie games to play made by developers of color. RELOOTED! DROPSHOT! SANTACORPS!
www.pcmag.com/picks/indie-...
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Play These 24 Indie Video Games From Developers of Color Now
Indie games bring innovation and artistry to the video game industry, and people of color bring diversity and perspective to indie games. These PoC-developed indie titles should be on your radar.
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/indie-video-games-from-developers-of-color
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Cameron Kennedy
6 days ago
KFBF that wrote in during KFGF today
gofund.me/95f07207e
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Donate to Dealing with ALS and making Memories for Gabe and our Family, organized by Zak Helm
My name is Zak, and my son, Gabriel, was diagnosed with ALS two … Zak Helm needs your support for Dealing with ALS and making Memories for Gabe and our Family
https://gofund.me/95f07207e
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YES!!! Been looking forward to this since i saw that trailer last year. I will gladly live in this demo for a bit
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9 days ago
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I was called Inspirational. An old classmate said watching me follow and achieve my dreams got both her and her brother to pursue theirs and drastically alter their lives, career trajectories, etc.
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9 days ago
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The Bi Hashira
9 days ago
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/r...
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Sony Orders 24 Episodes of ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reboot as Classic Kids Show Finds New Life
Mychal Threets will return as the host, with 'Sesame Street' and Ms. Rachel veteran Kristen McGregor joining as showrunner.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/reading-rainbow-reboot-coming-tv-streaming-sony-deal-pbs-1236512533/#recipient_hashed=f8a0a6674d6d3b000768065d4dd988e505720f1fa5d79895d4ddb22eb0c4c843&recipient_salt=eb11f144ea4ed3d5949dd8d0b851165659017fca82c8d33d54036eea8acce942&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News&utm_content=666338_02-23-2026&utm_term=2036334&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=1771869603-Breaking+News&utm_content=666338_2-23-2026&utm_id=666338
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Yeah. this is the good stuff!
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9 days ago
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Play this demo. Build! Be Merry!! or dont. i'm not your father
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9 days ago
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March is about to be a really good month for me
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9 days ago
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I went into this expecting Dragon or Fighting. Do wonder how Dragon won out considering this 4-way tie at the top of my results lol
9 days ago
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Look at that. The Criterion Collection is going to get a 2nd movie out of me
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Ōkami I. Studios
10 days ago
I need my
#BlackSky
skeets to come through for a Star Wars project that I have been looking to do: Black male with a mean beard game. If you don't have any choreography or lightsaber/sword skills: I got you covered. Looking to get high quality stills + cinematic, filmed sequences done.
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In a perfect world, they dont win a game. I'd hope for not scoring a goal but sadly the group isnt tough enough for that
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10 days ago
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Wont spread the video. And I dont particularly feel like going back and forth with strangers on ableism vs racism. So I'll just leave it at Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan handled it with an incredible level of grace and class. They are indeed better than me.
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Graham Reid 🌴
12 days ago
🌴DEMO ANNOUNCEMENT🌴 Surprise! I am thrilled to announce that the demo for Ourlands, my cozy island builder, just went live! Take a break from, well, everything, and go craft your perfect slice of paradise. Enjoy!
s.team/a/2074470
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Game Informer
12 days ago
007 First Light Exclusive: Gameplay director Andreas Krogh details how IO Interactive designed a new stealth-action game, and importantly, how it differs from the Hitman games. WATCH:
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Can we run that 3 day weekend back? I need the extra day
12 days ago
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Eka | Dosa Divas
12 days ago
Oh no your honor, we just make cute video games. There's ZERO parallels to what's happening in the REAL world. That's just silly and coincidental. It's just about cooking, mechs, and turn-based battles.
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This was supposed to be an evergreen kinda post. Not a use again in 24 hrs post
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12 days ago
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Ah, yes. This is exactly what i needed to read on my lunch break as a Microsoft Gaming employee
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12 days ago
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Having 2 more hours of work when there's a Dosa Divas demo is cruel and unusual punishment
13 days ago
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Some crazy nervy moments in OT but GGs. Gold medals for US Women's Hockey.
13 days ago
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Brendon Chung - SKIN DEEP OUT NOW
13 days ago
I wrote about things to plan early for if you want your game to be Steam Deck verified:
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
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Raj Patel
13 days ago
You are not going to replicate WoW You are not going to replicate Minecraft You are not going to replicate Fortnite Please, I'm begging you, stop trying to replicate other people's past success. They can't replicate it themselves.
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Every game dev right now. This makes 0 sense (adds this to hundreds of thousands of other this makes 0 sense decisions that have been made)
13 days ago
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dapurplesharpie
13 days ago
this is my local community member ludovic. he came to every xanadu local. he helped coordinate carpools to get other people to the venue for street fighter. he represented DMV at majors. he respected all TOs. he IS fgc personified. if you don't have the funds to donate, pls just repost & share.
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Idk if they were playing Forza Horizon or Need for Speed, but I hope they got that billboard they were going for
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14 days ago
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Kahlief “The Best Adams” Adams
14 days ago
If you are a @SpawnOnMe listener. Make sure to refresh your feeds on Apple Podcasts and make sure to turn on automatic downloads so you don’t miss an episode. It helps the show grow immensely!
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For not liking the movie reasons: Superman Returns and one of the Resident Evils (i refuse to wade into look it up) For wishing I lived in the universe where a slightly tweaked version of a movie became a THING and had like 5 sequels: Speed Racer
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14 days ago
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Get em crispy. some pink salt. some aioli dip. i dont even need the rest of the meal
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Kate Sánchez ➡️ GDC
16 days ago
If you don't think we should abolish ICE, I wish you a very happy heart attack.
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