We're pleased to reveal our final round of D.I.C.E. Edinburgh speakers and roundtable leaders! Check out the newly announced participants below and read more about all of the speakers and roundtable leaders here: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

Grateful for the chance to chat with Nikita about EFT's exceptional success, distinctive design & immense depth. Some brilliant tales in here, including the exact moment his love of Day-Z and EVE Online gave birth to Escape From Tarkov and with it, the creation of the extraction shooter subgenre. 🤘🏼

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with #EscapefromTarkov creator, Nikita Buyanov about what inspired Tarkov that led to the extraction shooter genre, maintaining artistic vision with community feedback, when to balance the game's meta, lessons learned after debut, and more!

The regular rate for D.I.C.E. Edinburgh ends TONIGHT, August 26th! Secure now and save before late registration rates kick in! Join and network with your games industry peers and make the most of this event with stunning surroundings at the heart of Edinburgh: web.cvent.com/event/3b514c...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @blendogames.bsky.social Brendon Chung, Tynan Wales, Suzanne Will @binarypartitioned.space about SKIN DEEP, how to create an accessible immersive sim, level design and player guidance, increasing scope and team size during dev, and more!🎙️👇

On #GameMakersNotebook, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with @alexjordanvo.bsky.social about his game journey, the unique opportunity @11bitstudios.bsky.social The Alters provided with multiple roles, working with the team to find distinct voices for each character, doing dialogue with himself, & more!

The AIAS Foundation is pleased to award eight scholarships to outstanding students and early professionals who are dedicating their careers to the advancement of the video game industry! Learn more about our scholars and our various scholarships: www.aiasfoundation.org/news/2025_sc...

Excited to share our latest round of DICE Edinburgh programming! @thewritegame.bsky.social, 20th Century Games @brendaromero.bsky.social, @romerogames.bsky.social @jesawyer.bsky.social, @obsidianent.bsky.social @berkleyegenes.bsky.social, @xsolla.bsky.social Info: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @awintory.bsky.social chats with @finishingmoveinc.bsky.social about their history and what led them to games, the advantages of collaborating on game scores, tackling a massive franchise with set audience expectations and how they gave DOOM: The Dark Ages a distinct sound!

Check out our latest announced leaders joining us at DICE Edinburgh to discuss topics important to the industry! Tara Bruno of Tara Bruno PR @iocat.bsky.social of Xbox Cooper Jackson of Electronic Arts (EA) @jeremyraszko.bsky.social of @shirogames.com Learn more: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

On the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with Ray Chase about his first project as a game developer with @dateeverythinggame.bsky.social, his memorable work as the voice behind many of our favorite characters, how they managed to write and voice cast 100+ characters, and more!

I met my dear friend Ray Chase as Noctis from Final Fantasy XV, and just a few years later he asked me if it would be crazy to make a game himself. I said DO IT. This is the inside baseball interview to end all inside baseball interviews for Date Everything. Enjoy!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuPa...

We're pleased to announce our next round of industry leaders joining us in D.I.C.E. Edinburgh! Join our leaders and fellow industry peers in Scotland on Sept 15-17 for top level content and networking events! Learn more: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

Had such a blast chatting with Klaus and Olov. True artists. <3 While Klaus is no stranger to the business realm (he founded Thunderful), this is a special listen for those of us who consider ourselves makers first and foremost. The Midnight Walk's development process is so delightful.

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @moonhood.bsky.social's @klauslyngeled.bsky.social and @olovr.bsky.social about Midnight Walk, co-founding their own studio, creating with real clay and the scanning technology they developed, how they approached "cozy horror" and more! 🎙️

Discover our latest group of confirmed speakers and roundtable leaders for the upcoming D.I.C.E. Edinburgh conference! Join our industry leaders Sept 15-17 in discussing this year's theme, Built to Last. More info: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @guerrilla.bsky.social's Stéphane Varrault and @studiogobo.bsky.social's Xu Xiaojun about working together to bring LEGO Horizon Adventures to life, adapting mechanics for a younger audience, translating to the LEGO aesthetic, and more!

We're pleased to announce our next group of industry leaders joining us for #DICEEdinburgh: @sandfallgames.bsky.social @icotom.icopartners.com @icopartners.com @alexaray.bsky.social Epic Games @jenmacl.bsky.social Learn more about our leaders' topics and join them on Sep 15-17! www.diceeurope.org

If you’ve played (or even haven’t played) the wonderful Bionic Bay, definitely check out this awesome episode I did with @juhanamyllys.bsky.social. Super-interesting story around this game and its creation!

On #GameMakersNotebook, @adamorth.bsky.social chats with Bionic Bay creator @juhanamyllys.bsky.social about how he identifies great ideas and finds inspiration, early designs and concept art, designing the core gameplay loop, creating a visual language that is both mechanical and organic, and more!👇

We're pleased to announce that Nintendo's Satoru Shibata will be our Keynote Speaker at this year's D.I.C.E. Edinburgh! Join us in Scotland this September 15-17, to learn more about his talk on, "The Direction Nintendo Switch 2 Is Heading" More info: www.diceeurope.org

A really wonderful time chatting with Lorien Testard on Game Maker's Notebook about his simply STUNNING score to @expedition33.bsky.social . I love this game and love his work and found many of his anecdotes nothing short of astonishing.

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @awintory.bsky.social chats with @expedition33.bsky.social composer, Lorien Testard about how he first connected with Sandfall, working with singer Alice Duport-Percier, creating a soundtrack with diverse sounds but unified vision, creating art for art's sake, and more! 🎙️

Tomorrow is your LAST chance to save on early bird pricing for DICE Edinburgh! Join us in the heart of Scotland's capital for insightful speaker programming and an intimate exchange of ideas with a network of top talent around issues affecting the business and art form of games: www.diceeurope.org

We're excited to share our first round of DICE Edinburgh speakers and roundtable leaders! Our programming will be discussing this year's theme, Built to Last. Check out our lineup below and join our participating leaders: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @shirogames.com' Nicolas Cannasse about co-founding two successful indie studios, creating the programming language Haxe, directing titles #Evoland, #Northgard and #Wartales, DLC as a platform for indie success, blending genres, and more!🎙️

Early bird registration for D.I.C.E. Edinburgh ends next week, July 3, 2025! Join us in this 3-day event filled with insightful speaker programming and an intimate exchange of ideas hosted by top talent revolving around topical issues affecting the games industry. Register now: www.diceeurope.org

A one-year journey came to an end. My book 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳? is out today! (THREAD) 𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: shorturl.at/fVvOA 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: shorturl.at/EBIwF (available on all other regional amazons too)

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @juliangollop.bsky.social about his legendary dev journey from the original XCOM: UFO Defense to Chip 'n Clawz vs. the Brainioids, constraint as a key design pillar, the courage to remove features for a better play experience, and more!🎙️

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with @juliangollop.bsky.social about his legendary dev journey from the original XCOM: UFO Defense to Chip 'n Clawz vs. the Brainioids, constraint as a key design pillar, the courage to remove features for a better play experience, and more!🎙️

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans, this is THE STORY INTERVIEW. Jennifer is an intuition-based writer and one of the most dreamy people I have ever met, honored to have had so much time with her to talk craft and how she built this world. And we also talk about FEET. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBML...

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with @expedition33.bsky.social's Jennifer Svedberg-Yen about going from accounting to games, how the world and characters evolved throughout dev, exploring loss through multiple perspectives, how they crafted the ending for players, and more!👇

I hadn't played KCD1, so I cannot overstate how much KCD2 completely stunned me by quickly becoming one of my favourite RPGs of all time. What Prokop and the Warhorse team are delivering, in such a packed genre, at such economical scale, is beyond all reason. Plenty of gold in here! Don't miss it.

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Lead Designer, Prokop Jirsa of Warhorse Studios about narrative and design, emergent gameplay and their quest structure philosophy, designing player consequence, Czech culture and history, and more! 🎙️👇

We're excited to share our 4th annual #GameMakersSketchbook selections! Congratulations to all of our winners: www.gamemakerssketchbook.com/2025-winners/ Selections now available to view online and will be in-person at Summer Game Fest: Play Days (Jun 7-9) for those in attendance

South of Midnight is one of my favorite games of 2025 so far and is yet another testament to how trusting your creatives and letting them cook results in something truly beautiful. Thank you @zeestermeester.bsky.social and @epistellar.bsky.social for being so open with me!

On the latest episode of the #GameMakersNotebook, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with @epistellar.bsky.social and @zeestermeester.bsky.social about #SouthofMidnight, staying authentic to the American Deep South folklore, how they tackled Hazel's emotional progression throughout the story, and more! 🎙️👇

D.I.C.E. Edinburgh attendees are encouraged to bring their significant other to share in the experience and are also welcome to attend most D.I.C.E. Edinburgh networking activities Learn more @ www.diceeurope.org/about/signif....

I got to sit down with Maelle herself, Jennifer English, to talk Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for the @official-aias.bsky.social Game Maker's Notebook! We dig into her acting background and of course touch on Shadowheart before deep diving on the lady of the hour. Enjoy! youtu.be/YUfPJQaZxws?...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with actor Jennifer English on her work on Sandfall Games' @expedition33.bsky.social Together they discuss her previous work leading up to playing Maelle in #Expedition33 to practices she finds helpful in the booth 🎙️👇

There's only one more week left to apply for our AIAS Foundation #scholarships benefiting students and early professionals in the games industry! Please share with anyone you think may be eligible. More info @ www.aiasfoundation.org/programs/sch...

On #GameMakersNotebook, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with Tonda Ros (@dogubomb.bsky.social) about #BluePrince Together they discuss how he found himself creating his first game; helpful early tools & resources; & the significant influence board games had on the game's design 🎙️👇

#DICEEdinburgh will take place at the InterContinental Edinburgh The George, Sept 15-17! This hotel offers the perfect base for exploring Edinburgh’s rich history and vibrant culture. Don't miss out and register now for the early bird rate by July 3rd! www.diceeurope.org/dice_locatio...

Had such a great time chatting to these lads! From truly touching moments, to left-of-field indie marketing wins, hard-edged production chatter, and tales of all the college degrees none of them now use, this has every hallmark of indie brilliance in the most perfectly Butterscotch Shenanigans way.

Nice little surprise this morning, thanks @official-aias.bsky.social !

On the #GameMakersNotebook Podcast, @trentkusters.bsky.social chats with brothers Seth and @adamcoster.com of @bscotch.net about their recent release CRASHLANDS 2, how their brother Sam's cancer diagnosis led to the original CRASHLANDS, how they solved a common indie marketing problem, and more! 🎙️👇

On the #GameMakersNotebook, @alexaray.bsky.social chats with Carrie Patel of @obsidianent.bsky.social about directing their latest game Avowed, working within the Pillars of Eternity universe, transitioning gameplay to first person, writing memorable companions, thoughts on romance, and more! 👇🎙️

Only one month left to apply for our AIAS Foundation scholarships benefiting students and early professionals in the games industry! Scholarship includes tuition reimbursement or game conference travel stipend, workshops, industry mentor, and more! More info: www.aiasfoundation.org/news/submiss...

Submit your gamedev proposal for our #DICEEdinburgh programming! Our theme, Built to Last, will explore how we innovate for longevity and create with a conscience. Categories include: -Speaker: Engaging stage talks -Roundtable Leader: Moderated group discussion 👉 www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...

Loved chatting with my crazy-talented friend Mike about the making of Eternal Strands and digging into some intricately detailed shop talk! Really excellent lessons here for current or aspiring writers and directors.