I've got some capacity to read and give some notes on one (1) script (or several short scripts) this week. If you'd like something read, lemme know! #scriptsky

REMINDER: this game exists, is brilliant, and requires WISHLISTS in order to succeed. Pls wishlist and share, thank you!

My latest short, the apocalyptic sci-fi DESOLATION HEART starring Agnes Born, premieres in just over a week at the Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway. I love Tromsø and am super excited to see the city in the winter and finally show off the film! Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2eF...

but doctor,

once again, your awareness is appreciated

Narrative designers: what’s the most boring work task to be stuck with this is research for a novel

My new 'studio' is called Emanation Games. Why? An emanation, in esoteric theology, is an overflowing of pure divine power; an outpouring of creation. But also, because it also sounds like it could be about cum. That's the duality I want to represent. Intellectual and puerile. Temporary logo:

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

#scriptsky+ Writers Meetup!

Calling all West Midlands and East Midlands writers - you're invited to a New Year's get-together, Tues 13 Jan, from 7.30pm at All Bar One in Birmingham New Street Station (the venue is fully accessible) Non-members welcome too! RSVPs and enquiries to: [email protected]

This looks sick www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNF...

The PC Gaming Show team is now taking submissions for our upcoming showcase in June (and you can also reach out to us about our forthcoming shows in September, and December, but, likely, we won't be able to organise slots for these until later.)

In case you missed it, BIG HOPS is coming out January 12th on Steam, Switch, and PS5! #indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5

HUD V1 A V2 Final Final Recovered V5

Patrick Dane, longtime games and entertainment journalist and News Editor at This Week in Videogames, has died in a motor vehicle accident. He was 34 years old.

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year of the horse

PORCELAIN - Amid rising bills and domestic squabbles, an aimless 20-something’s latest grind turns deadly when she starts selling haunted dolls as a side hustle. #ScreenPit #Ho #Fea #ISA #SeRe #WrWo #40Up #WrDis #CFin

MERMANIA! A broke office worker, desperate for a promotion, reluctantly attends a work-sponsored booze cruise, but instead of getting promoted, she has to fight against getting downsized- PERMANENTLY- by a rampaging merman unleashed by her employer. #Screenpit #HoCo #Fea #Cfin #SeRe #40up #Scriptsky

LAST LAUGH A woman placed in a high-tech prison where users can pay to tandem into prisoner's bodies for free rein must escape and exact revenge on her sister’s murderer: a powerful alt-right celebrity now in full control of her body for the duration of her sentence. #Th #Fea #ScreenPit

This is a great script!

A woman unlucky in love gets a second chance with her HS crush after a botched love spell accidentally summons his animated severed head on her doorstep. Now she must find his missing body and the courage to tell him how she feels before she's arrested as a murder suspect. #RoCo #Fea #ScreenPit

CAN YOU STAY LATE? Trapped in a corporate office after hours, a burned-out receptionist must survive a deadly zombie outbreak by battling her toxic coworkers as she fights her way down sixteen floors. Here’s what #BlackList had to say… #ScreenPit #Fea #Ho #AC #Co #Div #SeRe #scriptsky #WoWr

FELT When a closeted intern at a failing children’s show falls for a female coworker, she must rely on her puppet-fueled hallucinations and the dysfunctional crew to get her shit together or risk marrying her longtime boyfriend. #ScreenPit #Fea #Drdy #LGBTQ #ScriptSky Here’s what #BlackList said:

Ambitious script, like all of his!

Showroom: Trapped in an IKEA showroom of their past, a couple must navigate years of built up resentment to survive the adjustment of an empty nest. Eternal Sunshine x IKEA #Screenpit #Co #Fea #LBu #scriptsky #filmsky

AUTOCORRECT When the world's first automated prison becomes a death trap overnight, two women must fight for each other and a way out. It's ROBOCOP meets ESCAPE ROOM. Combining horror and humour for a darkly twisted take on Corporate America and AI. #ScreenPit #SFi #Th #Fea #Spec #Re #Cov #SeRe

Polish those Log Lines! Tomorrow on TUESDAY Dec 30 post up to 4 different projects, 2 tweets per project. Feel free to RT and like. Use hashtag #ScreenPit in tweet, not @ScreenPit screenpit.org for rules New hashtag #VRT for a Vertical and #Hldy for Holiday

It's Official! We're back!! December 30th, here on Twitter, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Post log lines at #Screenpit on Dec 30th Rules are here Screenpit.org

In celebration of deleting Twitter here's a collection of some of my popularest tweets, now only available here.

Rewatching "Music & Lyrics" and just love the way it talks about the writing process, pop music and it just oozes love for all of it. Great film.

Just want to put out feelers for a TTRPG writer/dev or two who would be interested in collaborating on a pulpy scifi/fantasy project in 2026 with myself and another artist/writer. Ideally someone who'd fuck with "Frank Frazetta but queer" as an aesthetic. Would love 2 chat if this sounds interesting

And Tiny Term, who could NOT be bargained with, couldn’t be reasoned with, didn’t feel pity or remorse or fear, absolutely did not stop, ever, until you were dead.

If Joseph Kosinski wants to direct it, I’ll watch it

#scriptsky, got a writing prompt for you

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Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

Take one from my newest script! #FirstPageFriday #scriptsky

I would like to do more reading and notes, feel free to reach out #scriptsky!

The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.

I find it funny that I wrote 4 new features this year: 2 extremely dark and bloody horror features, and 2 silly romance comedies. Guess there really ARE two wolves inside me:😈🤪 Also, shoutout to all my readers and your notes this year. I've done my best work this year because of you 🙌 #Scriptsky

In the more than a decade I have been making games, one of the most consistently (and literal) breath-taking moments in any process is seeing the way a concept artist brings something descriptive and flat to life. That's pure collaboration and trust. The alternative is soulless.

I don't know why the idea of developing concept art with AI is somehow meant to convince us that AI isn't replacing creative professions, when concept art is one of the single most creative and imaginative parts of the entire development process.

Jonesy

Difficult to find a balance between the people who want to be paid for things they have always been paid for and the people who want to steal them with no consequences😔 It's a really tough call folks. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Time to watch Jingle All Way!

Not only that it came less than a minute after focusing on a child with her mother. Steam has notably denied NSFW vns in the past because there was a child as part of the cast unrelated to any NSFW material. If you're big enough and not anime the kid can be standing 5 feet away from an orgy I guess

It’s not Larian’s fault but it chaps my ass that because they’re Larian they can have a trailer with a full on orgy in it in the middle of the Game Awards and meanwhile adult content in games everywhere else is getting cracked down on left and right.

New #Divinity trailer hits hard