I got to reference a note I wrote about Astroneer back in 2015 today. I love going through old note books. That was cool.

ARC RAIDERS: Given that Embark is using AI to change the way people sound (It's not voice modulation. It's a completely new output of a specific sounding voice.) I'd like to see them put that towards _what_ people say. Let me control what I can hear people say and not just how they can say it.

NYE with lime piss flavoured rocket fuel. Have a great time tonight and be safe, y’all.

Well, frig. What a loss. Vince was responsible for a few of my favourite games. Think I might load up Titanfall 2 tonight.

If you’ve not gotten this yet, All Yesterdays is a great book to own and gift folks. It’s written and illustrated by palaeontologists and paleo illustrators and presents speculation on the lifestyle, appearance and behaviour of prehistoric animals based on modern understanding of animals.

There'll be a new pinned post this week, but for now: Ambrosia Sky: Act One is *out* now! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/... EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...

Something you might have missed from our Direct last month: STARSEEKER has water + physics! You can use your tools to unleash or divert water sources while out on an Expedition! 🌊🚿💦

Details are out: let's reintroduce STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expeditions. ☄️ 🤝 4 player co-op action shenanigans ⌛️ Go on timed Expeditions with your crew 🪐 Explore hand-crafted planets 🧪 Advanced EXO tools 👽 Cute but dangerous creatures 💀 Try not to die Watch the full video: youtube.com/live/7_4jo12...

Our STARSEEKER: Astroneer Expedition (@starseekergame.systemera.net) direct is LIVE on Youtube right now. Come learn about the games' core gameplay and hear more about what we've been working on at @systemera.net www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_4j...

With respect: some of you need to take a break from social media. If you’re feeling like this post is about you, it probably is.

Learn all about how you can use Gear to modify your tools during STARSEEKER Direct on October 7th. 🚿🚀🌬️🥕 *carrotlings were only slightly harmed during the filming of this video*

Early 2020 in a diner somewhere having breakfast with Brendan went something like: "I really want to make a game about being the Astroneer crew of a space station where you embark on missions with your friends." October 7th, 2025👇🏻

HAPPY 38TH BIRTHDAY TO STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, THE SHOW THAT STARTED MY LIFELONG OBSESSION WITH STAR TREK!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

3D Studio Max’s transform gizmo as an homage to my video game art career. Blue is up it’s just the angle I took it.

Some of my favourite candid #photography shots from 2025, so far.

I played in their playtest last night and left thinking this might be my most anticipated game right now. What a surprise treat!

I had to hang out on the side of the bridge that isn't for pedestrians to take this photo, which feels risky, but last nights effort was worth it in the end. #photography

Lift off 🚀 Summer 2025 Leica Q3 28mm #photography

Star Trek II directors cut? You mean the long khan?

Unwound ahead of the work week yesterday evening by chasing some sun through the backroads. #photography

An aspect of STARSEEKER that we're all passionate about at System Era is making sure the game is sustainable for our players and the team working on it.

I know what I'm getting @shatteredshamrock.bsky.social for his birthday! 😉😆

On Monday I had time to kill waiting for my flight and shot some candid #photography in the terminal.

I took mostly personal candids of teammates this year that I’ll share with them privately. Instead, for Bluesky, here’s some choice photos by the incredible Spencer Kern (System Era) of our amazing PAX West 2025 booth

My daughter, my son, and the EXO Tool from @starseekergame.systemera.net = things I’ve stared at the exact same way when I saw them IRL for the first time.

A @polycount.bsky.social print still hangs on a wall at System Era with pride.

View from the last lake house for the summer.

This is quite possibly my fav update since we launched 1.0. The Astroneer team really brought it with this one. Megatech feels like a marquee moment for the game in what it does and offers to its players, both in the paid DLC and the free update. Interplanetary delivery system is 😘👌🏻

Introducing ASTRONEER: Megatech ⚙️ A major free update and brand new paid DLC coming in November! 🏗️ Build large scale Megastructure projects 💾 All content playable in existing saves 🔧 Free Basebuilding update with interplanetary delivery system Wishlist now!

Watching #startrek Voyager and I’m in the 6th season. Why don’t they just back-up the Doctor’s program and memory before sending him on potentially fatal missions? Or rerun (duplicate) his program on the ship while he resigns to live life as a singer on an alien planet for the rest of his life?

Just under two weeks till we give everyone at @officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay! We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕

2:23am Today it Mondayed so hard it ended on a Tuesday.

Today I am reminded of one of the coolest "events" I ever participated in as a game developer: The TF2 "Studio Rumble". A multi-season even where game studios faced each other in a Team Fortress 2 tournament. There wasn't really anything like it before or after and I miss those days a lot.

Recovering from covid so I went for a walk to get fresh air. There’s something incredibly satisfying when a walk turns in to an opportunity for #photography.

Halifax is special. #photography

Impromptu photo shoot for my Q3 after some editing this morning. I love the deep green and bronze accessories.

My mom uses the grimacing emoji like it’s a big toothy smile which sprinkles a little passive aggression over every text. “Can’t wait to see you this weekend! 😬” “Yay, finally some warm weather! 😬” “Love you, son! 😬”

Deleting a paragraph reply releases dopamine.

Late in development we discovered that in Aliens: Fireteam the players sidearm would be spawned at 0,0,0. Our levels had nothing at 0,0,0 visible by a stroke of luck. We added a pivotal room to the game at the start of a level. And guess where 0,0,0 was and by extension a floating sidearm? 1/x

The was a lot of love as the sun set over Lake Huron last night ❤️

If you wear a watch / watches regularly that aren't Apple watches, SHOW ME. I WANT TO SEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Shiiiit.

It's been 10 years so I don't mind saying it now, but, Robin Walker said something to me at the 2nd of these conferences that lit a fire under my ass to make sure this silly idea i had for a game got made. That idea went on to be Astroneer.

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