I have tumbled down the Picross rabbithole again. *rapid joycon tapping sounds*

My perspective on the Galaxy / remake Star Fox discourse:

I think a lesson from today is: if the entire Internet is passionately split and arguing whether your design is awesome or sucks, your art is really interesting. Way more interesting than a safe design that everyone is unpassionately okay with.

Posting in the work Slack thread about the new Star Fox, and trying so hard to keep my reaction SFW. 😅

YESSSSS

Yes yes yes yes yes

Got my physical copy today, so now SAROS can join my career lineup. I love my job.

My colleagues put meticulous polish and attention into this, I'm glad to see it recognised.

A little thank you to @gregorylouden.bsky.social and HouseMarque 💕

Unreal is nice, but what if...

Stephanie’s writing tips: 1) Write. Write write write. Write ideas. Write notes. Write without notes and see where it goes. Write what you want as soon as you want to. If the words are in your head, let them out. 2) Take breaks from tip one when it feels too hard, then resume tip one.

Lombax Stronger. 🔁☀️ Congrats to our friends at Housemarque on launching #Saros today! Needless to say, we're no stranger to hostile alien planets... (and coming back after death.) 🎉

Friend: "Wanna watch me play SAROS?" Me, every time:

Congratulations to our friends at Housemarque on the launch of SAROS today!

Today isn't just SAROS day. It's also Returnal's fifth birthday. Happy SAROS-Returnal day.

Time for HUBRIS. #SAROS

The sun is forever, not just for Christmas.

22 years ago, I used to stack shelves like these at Gamestation in the UK… now I’m on them ❤️

I'm in the opening credits and it's so cool.

Can't believe I have to go to WORK, instead of sitting here watching SAROS streams all day.

I read in some book about how a painter will finish working on a piece and immediately put up a new canvas and start the next one. Because they're invested in the flow state of their craft, even moreso than the end result. That's feeling very relatable to me right now.

*SAROS choir music plays*

I've never heard of this game, and I couldn't tell anything from the postage stamp sized screenshots on the back. I bought it.

So proud of our team on #SAROS We set out to create something bold and special, and these reviews are tremendous. We’re ranked in top 1% of games. I can’t wait for you all to experience Carcosa. Come back stronger April 30 🔥

This is the review I most care about, so this makes my soul happy.

I loved it www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZ6...

Review day is always such a nerve-wracking day for me. You're often still fixing stuff for patches and/or excitedly working on the pre-pro of the next thing. It's also hard to take the dev glasses off: the repetitive playtesting and bug-fixing makes it hard to see the forest for the trees.

LET'S FUCKIN GO

One more trailer for you. Damn this game looks good. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj_1...

New job title. I'm now the Associate Programming Director at Housemarque.

New job title. I'm now the Associate Programming Director at Housemarque.

After I've had a drink, I sporadically puhuu suomeksi.

How it started How it’s going

LEGO Worlds and Returnal were 6-12 months into development when I started working on them. SAROS will be the first game I've seen through from Absolute Zero to Finished Release.

So hyped to play this. One of my fav studios teaming up with, like, definitely in the top 100 actor, @rahulkohli13.bsky.social

Happy Asexuality day. It took me a while to get comfortable with wearing that label, but these days I'm in a good place with it. I've got my own ways of approaching intimacy, and that's cool as heck.

Happy Asexuality day. It took me a while to get comfortable with wearing that label, but these days I'm in a good place with it. I've got my own ways of approaching intimacy, and that's cool as heck.

Major milestone: my first 20km run. I am unstoppable.

Why is this man so hot, I just wanna hnnngggghhhh fuq I love him sm

HE'S SO GOOD OMG, WE ARE SPOILED 😍😍😍

Beautiful perfect majestic glorious wonderful big supreme sublime magnificent fluffy

SAROS is done. We did it. It's finished.

"An entitled Kevin is displeased with the service of a drone. However, they have no right to question the service of the drone. For the drone obeys without question, without hesitation. It works to improve itself with every interaction for itself and its Light."~BD06 For @teddyspear.bsky.social

We Played Saros Early!

We didn't get a proper preview cycle for Returnal because of covid, so I am basking in this experience. 💙

Me reading all the SAROS previews right now:

I'm so impressed by how well Housemarque has preserved the core challenging gameplay while making it feel just a bit more manageable through tighter run design & more upgrade and modifier options for players. I regrettably fell off Returnal so I wasn't expecting to love Saros like I have. It rocks!