This is my jam 😍

this is important and godot is absolutely worth funding more another reason to hate AI. this is in no way godot's fault, it's another hidden cost of AI other people (i.e. not AI companies out of their funds) have to spend money and effort on, like when LLM crawlers push thousands in bandwidth costs

Another post to add to what I was saying earlier about leaving Twitter. Not the same discipline, but same observations!

A perfect read after the @eurogamer.bsky.social article about Highguard! (bsky.app/profile/herv...)

One takeaway from the DICE convention here in Las Vegas, where game makers gather to pitch and schmooze? Most video games should not cost $70. This week’s column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

They didn't deserve this backlash. And it's often true, that this kind of toxicity is rewarded by the social platforms (and those who engage with them / the content). It's one of the reasons I left Twitter, and think people (and devs especially), should also leave.

Expect to see more & more structures like this in the future. "(..) several dozen reliable development partners working on Beast of Reincarnation. " "Game Freak handles the creative direction, technical problem-solving, production leadership, and overall project management (..)"

Lovely to be the 892nd 🐲 on BackerKit for Odyssey of the Dragonlords: Remastered Edition. #TTRPG

Another very sad news, made even sadder by the fact that it won't really surprise anyone. Good luck to those who were affected. I'm not convinced 2026 is finally the year where this industry starts to treat people at its core better.

This looks cool. I have fond memories of Viva Pinata 🙂 I'm excited to learn more, even if I won't play it as I don't own a Switch 2.

I bought so many TTRPG books thinking that "even if I don't play/master the games, I'll have a lot of fun reading them and checking the art". Basically, why buy art books when you can buy TTRPG books? 😁

Very excited to play this one 😁

Depending on the day, Abra, Eevee or Mimikyu 🤔 But then, when I started playing the series, almost 30 years ago (with Pokemon Red), I suppose Charizard was my fav 😁

This would be the only reason for me to buy a next-gen machine and not just stick to my pc/pc handheld. It'd also totally make sense for Microsoft to go for this strategy and propose a "unique experience, wherever you're playing".

"Why?" I know, it isn't funny and it may sound stupid. But I believe it's the most important, and still undervalued, word in our craft.

So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already. When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world. Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him. cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...

A strange choice to continue BG3 story without Larian involved. But, if it ended up to be even half as good as the game or D&D the movie, I'd be up to binge that :)

Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...

This! People often think it's an exageration to say "this person has a negative impact on the production". Not 0, negative. But it's sadly quite common, in part due to the Peter principle (i.e "people are promoted to their level of incompetence") and the complexity of running big dev teams.

Oof that's hard. Very sorry for the dev teams there 😕 It's also very brave to quit (especially in the current state of the industry) if your values aren't aligned anymore with the company's 👍

"It tends to be as middle of the road as they come, remixing what’s popular on the market right now (...)" So many recent AAA games sadly fell in this category IMO... I wonder if it's only due to how risk-averse the leadership teams of those companies have become or if there's something else?

I don't think I've really intrinsically enjoyed "crafting" in any games since I first played Satisfactory. Does anyone have a recent game with an interesting crafting mechanic to recommend?

Can't wait for the AI bubble to burst 😑 (but could the next trend not be another stupid thing for once, please? 😩)

I should take a break from "The King is watching" and relaunch it. I really enjoyed my first runs 🤖

Thanks to everyone who sent me congratulations about Fable's showing yesterday! Even if I moved to other personal projects, it's nice to see the warm reception for a game I've worked on for more than 7 years 🙂

Games "respecting their players' time" is such an undervalued thing! I lost interest (and I'm not alone) in so many games and franchises I once loved because they went for a "bigger is better" approach. I have the same issue with aggressive retention strategies seen in amost F2P games.

Today I was looking at some of my artbooks when I saw the one about Anthem there. It reminded me how much I appreciated it, and how sad that they killed the server last week. It's especially hard when you're a game designer because you know how cheap it could have been to "fix" some design...

Happy New Year everyone! One of my goals this year is to -finally- post more here (shouldn't be hard 😅) and discuss game dev (but more specifically game design).

Only reading this one now but... "Physical copies (...) '100 times more carbon-intensive' than (...) digital version" This number is way bigger than I thought it was! 😮 www.gamesindustry.biz/manufacture-...

@khevna.bsky.social and I loved seeing @kumail.bsky.social show earlier this year in London. Seems like we have good tastes! 😜

We've just finished building the LEGO Game Boy with @khevna.bsky.social Very cool build for such a small set 😊

I've been lucky to work for the last 7.5 years on Fable at Playground Games. I learned a lot from the talented individuals I met there, but I decided it was time to leave for a new, exciting challenge. I'll share more info about this soon!

probably the realest thing ive ever seen posted on that website

Proud to be the 2,705th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

We've just finished our first game jam using #Godot (the #GMTK2025)! 🥳 Even if we struggled a bit (as expected with new tools), I'm super impressed with all the features we packed into this game in 4 days. Super proud of the team! 🥰 nebula-cluster.itch.io/gmtk-2025

I've never written so much design documentation for a Game Jam 🤣 #GMTK2025 #gamedev

@khevna.bsky.social and I just backed Paleo Pines Players' Choice on @kickstarter.com 🐲https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paleopines/paleo-pines-players-choice?ref=thanks-tweet

I'm excited for what our team is working on this year for the GMTK Game Jam 🤩

We just backed UNDERISLES: Roleplaying with Sign Language on @kickstarter.com with @khevna.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/tat...

We just backed Sail Legacy on @kickstarter.com with @khevna.bsky.social (as we love Sail ^^) www.kickstarter.com/projects/boa... #boardgames

Oh that's cool :)

BREAKING: Mass layoffs at Xbox have started. Candy Crush maker King told employees that it is cutting 10% of staff, or 200 jobs. Bethesda's Europe offices were hit too. U.S. offices are expected to inform people this morning. More to come shortly www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Post by Bill Roper (THAT Bill Roper) over on LinkedIn.

Does anyone have a good (better than Trello + Google Docs), free, alternative to Notions to support a team of 12 people for a game jam that will last 4 days?

Happy Birthday Obsidian! 🥳🎂💚 You are 🔥

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards

What were your favourite announcements? I like everything from Obsidian so I'm ready for Outer Worlds 2 and Grounded 2. No Ghosts at the Grand, Animo At Fate's Hand, and Keeper also made good impressions 🙂 #XboxGameShowcase

If Musk & his pals are so concerned about increasing the national debt in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, why don’t they cut the $664 billion in tax breaks for the 1%; the $420 billion in tax breaks for large profitable corporations; & the $150 billion in increased military spending?

I'm so glad it releases on all platform. Good to see less non-sense exclusivity deals coming from Square Enix! ❤️