adore going on small dates because everyone I’ve ever dated is the weirdest possible person I’ve ever met (complimentary)

writing a small talk on ritual and play, and so far it includes a small anecdote about taking ketamine with a coven of witches under the full moon

it’s a soft rain-dappled morning and I’m merely snuggled up at the computer with freshly-brewed coffee making toys, while all the world is still and tender

tamaki makaurau are holding their next games conference in a church we're getting weirder, and smaller, and more avant-garde with our talks; and I simply can't wait to snuggle up and soak in the lush acoustics of the space 🌻🌱✨

Susan Kare's 1989 wallpaper for Microsoft?

A couple summers ago I was dancing with my dance teacher in a decrepit (but beautiful) old villa hung precariously over the motorway they danced like the river, like a horizon drugged deep in honey song, and it was only until much later that I realised my dance teacher was Michael Brough

Do I know anyone with experience in QA testing games with anonymous participants? I have a friend doing a thesis on accessibility in games that’s looking for some guidance

What’s so cozy about doing chores when you’re at the center of the universe? The speaker will delve into cozy games and how they uphold values of colonialism in their mechanics and narrative. Watch this #GDoCExpo talk by Tristan J. Tarwater! youtu.be/Bb9Y3ywz0ak #gamedev #cozygames

making these small games bring me so much joy

found a new fantasy world map while out wandering

toasting some lemons in the oven and my place smells so good

they're calling me out in the studio chat because my solution to any design problem is an anthropomorphised flower, weather phenomena, or celestial body

please compliment our small sad moon so that they can feel a bit better about themselves

we’re all softly snuggled up in Aotearoa New Zealand, getting radicalised (complimentary) by the game workers conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social

I love catching the train on sundays, when everyone’s heart is so light and easy, and every smile brims with sunshine

a small sad moon

we may not be able to break the machine, but we can gum it up make gender surveillance such a bureaucratic nightmare that gender freedom begins to make economic sense, the only language managers of late-stage capitalism understand

there’s a difference between making games to make money, and making money to make games

we’ve been having simply the most beautiful autumn since the storm passed through soft sun-dappled days with long shimmering sunsets, untouched by any rain or wind

never falter hero girl — Katie dey

I’ve begun growing my own spring onions

had such a cute night out at the writers festival people kept wanting to talk with me, and every conversation felt so naturally charismatic and playful

I’m comfortable being an average artist and an average person with room to move, I’m drowning in peoples unquestioned confidence and self professed genius and I’m exhausted

simply adored exploring this long-abandoned NASA museum in starfield, it's clear the designers have a real love for the history of space exploration

spent the night collaging small poems with friends, and I honestly can’t think of a better way to spend my nights

I can so recommend picking up a copy if you’re drifting by A Maze Berlin it’s simply brimming with charm and heart, and even features some of my smaller more-intimate poems

young boy asked me if I was a boy or a girl, gave me a christian sermon when I gave the wrong answer, then showed me a phone he stole from someone on the train

really adore how desolate and bleak starfield feels

thank you to everyone who made my wanders down to pōneke so lovely I nearly broke down into (joyful) tears seeing my game on the big screen, and had so many heartwarming memorable conversations with old and new friends 🥰

my dad offered to help me open a small second-hand bookstore in Eastbourne and I’m so tempted

if critics had to endure criticism of their craft, perhaps they would be better at writing it

writing a small poem about finding love at the edge of the end of the anthropocene

congratulations to all the games that won last night at the Pavs they truly represent the heart and craft of our medium, and I feel so blessed to be making games alongside a community of such talented others 🥰

I’m pleasantly drunk on rosé and blushing with such joy my game was nominated for an award, and I got to spend the night with so many handsome pretty friends I haven’t seen in years, we’ve got the best community in years 🥰

it’s so surreal being back in Wellington after all these years so many memories of scrapped knees and stolen cigarettes smoked under sheltered alcoves, shy kisses at train stations below the falling rain

from Ursula K Le Guin’s translation of the Tao Te Ching: “tanks and tombstones are not very adequate role models[…] to be alive is to be vulnerable.”

this is so small, but this is the first year that making games has truly felt as easy as breathing it’s as though something has shifted and I can really feel myself becoming a master of my own craft; everything flows so easily, and nothing brings me more joy than spending a day at my computer 💕

I’m in ✨Wellington✨

I love the way Gareth hate-fucks the english language

anytime I think of a cute name for a poem I discover it’s already the name of a @haraiva.bsky.social game

realism in games has become so approachable that you can easily get by on designing semi-realistic environments and characters but then smaller subtleties such as interface design, and even basic fundamentals of game design, almost always give the illusion away

I’m in Wellington, May 8-11th and would simply love to go on small ✨coffee dates✨and talk game design, and poetry, and small playful internet things

simply adore that there’s a small japenese grocer near my train station because it means I can always buy a small handful of snacks and hand them out to friends during the night to much wild and joyous love

I'm waiting in the lobby.

starfield has some truly unparalleled space moments when it wants to

your willingness to hurt your friends does not make you strong the way you hope it does

had the cutest day out with friends, and I’m still thinking about it (I love them so much) nothing but matcha, and sunshine, and record stores, and coming home after with espresso-scented candles and freshly baked bread

this is so small, but I'm so proud of the interface and animation work I did on this bit