💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

You're a GM based in Europe, you identify as a woman or femme, and you have an AP you'd love to run. We're looking for stories to tell this March - stories just like yours. It's a perfect match. Come and tell us all about it! tally.so/r/ODQxG7

This is so fucking funny 😭

Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!

DO YOUR PART!

Two days back at work after 2 weeks off and I already don't want to be here anymore. Working 40h that are super inefficiently time managed (aka tons of empty unnecessary time that I could use for better things) and not even being paid minimum wage is so hellishly soul destroying.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

I’m glad so many people have found my “capybara method” for how to write alt text and image descriptions helpful! However, I know conflicting access needs exist and not everyone can write their own #AltText, so here’s an ongoing thread of tools that can help. Inclusion in thread ≠ endorsement

Years of lead paint

if you can't express your ideas verbally you are not fit for a leading role, yet alone a leading role in game development

Hi! Money has been really really tight, it would be a tremendous help if one of these got adopted! Please have a look at the available adoptables below: Reposts highly appreciated!! 🩷

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

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I love Expedition 33, but this is absolutely the right thing to do. Good games shouldn't get a pass for using the plagiarism machine.

Introvert

I'd like to remind people of the time I had to test a game with AI placeholder VO and it was so bad we all had to turn audio off, bc whatever came out of these characters' mouths was nowhere near English and it made it impossible to focus on reading and proofing the goddamn text.

An alle von einem besonders künstlerischen Geist beseelten Fans der aniMUC, dies ist euer Reminder: die Anmeldung für die Kreativallee der aniMUC 2026 ist noch bis zum 23.12.2025 geöffnet.

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

Ominously Kind Crows ⚔️💕 #originalart

USE YOUR VOICE! The industry is not the same as it was 3 years ago. Crazy mergers, monopolisation, and inequality at its worst in 30 years. Support indie filmmakers! Elevate stories that keep getting sidelined for repeated content! Support us here: www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/... #lgbt #scifi

This is the most terrifying horror game I've ever played. It works because the more you think about it, the worse you'll feel (complimentary).

Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.

Having friends who genuinely love you and support you with actions and words, even (or especially) when you aren't doing well are like a fresh sip of water after you have gone thirsty for ages. Life is hard, but I am so fortunate that have found a bunch of absolutely excellent human beings. ❤️

Nice to see Capcom is anti-AI. Apparently they plan to raise pay by 30% and offer bonuses and royalties to their staff. Complete opposite of what S-E is doing. Capcom is using their success intelligently and fostering a great work environment.

This here is why I adore DA2 so much. (yes, I love pain, thank you very much)

Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry

“I am not in denial, I am in open rebellion.” incredible

at a certain level of any creative or intellectual collaborative job the main task is sin-eater: to fix what you can and get blamed for what you can’t, secretly knowing how much worse it would have been if you hadn’t done what you did.

If this moved you in any way, please call your reps and demand they reject the KOSA and SCREEN Acts plus the other bills bundled into the Online Safety package! It's going to make it exponentially harder for sex workers and nsfw artists like myself to earn a living. bsky.app/profile/dies...

THE MERCHANT

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

"Together, workers can transform their jobs, their careers, and their lives for the better." Our statement of solidarity with 5 other game workers unions in Europe including @stjv.fr, @csvi-cgt.bsky.social & @gwuireland.bsky.social www.gameworkers.co.uk/one-industry...

Feels like this year is the year where the burnout just punches me square in the face. Repeatedly. And I don't really have an option to escape it. Grief sucks as well, because it doesn't feel like explicit grief anymore, but looking back the last months it's just weighed me down constantly.

Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!

I'm still counting on you guys 🌠 Unhand thine wishlist in the comments ❤️ so I can see what I can do!

Forgot to post this YCH comm for Misha on #VGen 🫶 [ #VGenComm #VGencommission #art #artcommission #artist #ocsky #oc #ocart ]

Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped). It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it. Make sure you have these disabled.

No judgements, but you don’t want to be a sugar baby or a trad wife. You want universal basic income and affordable housing.

Call me a boomer but forcing ads down my throat on every single app won't make me buy ANY your products I want to play my silly little game, not watch a commercial I want to browse a market place, not see an ad I want to edit some pictures, not see 10 premium plans that try to trick me STOP. IT.

Lena Rivo Cat in the Snow, 2023 Gouache on board 7 x 9 in

If I had had that surgery as I was younger I would deeply regret it. Have they considered sending them to therapists instead? What if they just do it to follow a trend?

About that Novigrad Masquerade Ball... 📸: creative.photostages/ creative.wolves Yen: @justmishathings.bsky.social Geralt: @elfmade.bsky.social Me as Dandelion #thewitcher #thewitchercosplay #cosplay #yennefer #geraltofrivia #dandelion

What a great headline

Surgery day is today and I am just anxious about the little one being on her own at the vet 😭 can't wait for her to be back home

Most of the time I feel like I am pretty good at communicating and my brain is all like "ah, we are pretty normal" and then I have times where I literally try to use the most precise wording and straight to the point communication and people still don't seem to understand a word I am saying 😭

Beim nächsten Werbe-Casting schick ich einfach das für die Ganzkörperfotos.

Other, better books exist.

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance #TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames *** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *