@mikerose.bsky.social just finished watching the new podcast. Haven’t met either of you guys for literal YEARS and it feels weirdly but comfortingly nostalgic hearing you guys talk. Looking forward to the next episodes.

The year is 2025. I right click on an AI-generated comment on my YouTube video to delete it, only the "Remove" button has been shifted down to make way for a button that generates video ideas based on the AI-generated comment. This is hell.

darbotron ltd is at develop next week in businessing mode! Come talk to me if you would like: * a Unity game porting from PC to console * advice on porting games from PC to console more generally * the console ports of your PC game made in Unity to be substantially de-risked

As folks are downloading demos this week, please consider the Mythmatch demo. It's only 20 minutes, recently updated, and we're really proud of it! And please recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to play this week! store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/...

OMG! 20,000 Wishlists. 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you all so much. This has never happened to us before. It's quite something. :-) Wishlist Forbidden Solitaire: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Help midlife crisis and I bought a Skateboard. I have no idea what I’m doing.

i hate to do this, but unfortunately i saw an expensive romper that i want, so... i'm available for new consulting work! creative direction, narrative design & documentation, writing, copywriting & pitch development support for teams of all sizes in games and storytelling. linktr.ee/leighalexander

‼️ New Mythmatch Demo ‼️ We got rejected from all the summer showcases so just dropped our new demo! AND we've created a Steam page for it! store.steampowered.com/app/2490290/... So if you haven't played yet, enjoy this new polished version! And if you enjoyed it before, please leave a review!

Hey amazing games pals! Applications for BAFTA Breakthrough UK supported by @netflixuk.bsky.social are NOW OPEN for 2025! Learn more about the programme and how to apply >> www.bafta.org/programmes/b... 📸 @baftagames.bsky.social / Manuel Vazquez

WOW how have I never heard of @codecks.bsky.social before!? This looks sooo much up my street, I can't wait to give it a whirl www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVb0... If you use Codecks for #gamedev and have any getting started tips, let me know!

Perfect Organism, my book about horror masterpiece Alien: Isolation, is currently 65% off on Amazon UK. That's a mere £6.99 for a hardback copy, which will never be printed again when the paperback comes out later this year. 👀 www.amazon.co.uk/Perfect-Orga...

Some good info here on what Valve talked about (publicly and off the record) at GDC this year. Nothing ground breaking but worth a quick read howtomarketagame.com/2025/04/14/w...

My Reboot Develop talk “Return of the no hit wonder” is at 11:30 on Wed morning at the xbox stage. bsky.app/profile/grey...

What do you do as Artemis while stuck in the Mortal Realm? Here's what typical game day in Mythmatch might look like. Showing our latest and greatest including 🦝 Raccoon Army 🐻 Bear Hugs 🌙 Day / Night youtu.be/ON26PKMYQgI

Wow Two Tails is 15 years old today! Definitely proud to have been able to keep the company going for that long. There’s been a lot of highs and lows, that’s for sure. Anyway, Happy Birthday Two Tails!

Wow, just wasted 20+mins on the phone to Barclays trying to set up a USD account. Apparently they need to see an actual contract showing that we're due to get USD to justify opening the account. I had no idea it would be so much faff. Who should I look at instead?

Signed up for a Facebook account cos I need access to a Facebook Group. *Immediately* after registration and welcoming me, Facebook have suspended my account. Wonderful!

Alright it's Monday and the sun is shining here, let's do this! (and so I'll sit inside all day at my desk away from the sun)

OpenAI trained on a massive pirated database trained on six of my books and short stories. Meta's AI trained on a massive pirated database of THIRTY ONE of my works. Just about every author you know has had their life's work scraped and fed into the machine without consent. Please stand with us.

Am I alone in being really not fussed about the Switch 2? I love my Switch but I just don’t care for the successor right now.

Animators: Where do you go for animation references? Context: I'm trying to make a falling over/stumble animation with a first person camera #gamedev

Loving the new Bafta Games Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=_33O... Nice work @baftagames.bsky.social team!

Level 55 on WaniKani. Only took me ~7 years >.> I wonder if I'll actually reach 60 this year or not.

Our amazing artist @seddidiot.bsky.social's contract is up soon. If YOU need a brilliant 2D artist, she gets the highest possible recommendation from me. Anna has done *incredible* work for us over the last 12 months and is an absolute delight. HIRE HER annobrecka.wixsite.com/portfolio

Hey! I'm looking for a freelance Concept Artist, 3D Env Artist & 3D Char Artist work with us on a short term contract, on an unannounced project. NOTE: You need to be UK based. There is potential for future work if the game is greenlit by the publisher.  Info on our website www.two-tails.com/jobs/

If you're an indie dev, then I definitely recommend following Jake for useful info and tips! I've known Jake for a long time and he never seems to miss a thing. #gamedev

Absolutely shattered. 3 very important pitches went out this week for Two Tails, but I still need to finish 1 more this weekend. Crazy week isn't even the right description for it. Did anyone invent the Time Machine? I could really do with one right now...

HUGE NEWS, retweets appreciated! 📢📢📢 I’ve started 🌸 Blossom Arcade to help small indie teams with the tricky parts of bringing their games to market. If you’re a tiny team struggling with things like: 🎮 Platform Backends 📢 Self Publishing 📆 Production Planning I can help! 😀 #IndieDev #GameDev

I just published a quick GMTK update video. Here's five things... youtu.be/yIx5AJP5VbE

A few people asked me recently so just a note I'm not at GDC this year (sadface). Happy to catchup if anyone wants to chat about our Unity / #gamedev work-for-hire - we've got capacity for new projects - feel free to drop me a message anytime! Examples of our work on our website → www.two-tails.com

Useful info ↓

Working through a budget and schedule today. The fun side of #gamedev? The challenge of being a small team is juggling the many hats that running a business (and making a game) demands of you.

Horror devs, hire Lou-Ellen! Their wonderfully terrifying work for Home Safety Hotline and Please Insert Disc speaks for itself!

Hi everyone! I'm currently on the hunt for a new Unity/Game Dev freelance project, so if you or anyone you know is looking for an experienced pair of hands to kick start a new project or help get it across the line, drop me a message! (RT much appreciated!)

Jobs:

Today’s #gamedev is dealing with doors. They are rarely simple

If you're an American-or-Canadian lady, and you can act and are funny and have access to decent voice recording facilities, and want a small role in my next game (paid!), fling me a DM please? It's only small so will be dead quick. THANKS!

This is the review that got me blacklisted by EA. Some shitbag executive wanted me fired.

Big news for fans of Bluesky. I asked Valve to add it to the Marketing/External Website breakdown and they did! You can see the results here for Forbidden Solitaire. Thanks Valve! Also @pcgamer.com nice! Thanks :-) Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

Ah yabai. Just got to my kids swimming lesson to discover I forgot my swim shorts.

We use @unity.com VisualScripting quite heavily at Two Tails. So much so, that I created a custom fork to make some improvements. First up I found that I was often miss clicking in the graph breadcrumbs, so I tweaked the toolbar to help. What do you think? #madewithunity #gamedev

"This code was generated by a tool." - This was in one of my PRs yesterday and I felt very attacked >.> #gamedev

#OxfordIndies lunch tomorrow is at Salsa del Sol at 1pm. Game devs, techies, academics and creatives all welcome.

It's Feb 2025 and I am signing up to TikTok. What has become of me

Hello I am writing about horror again - specifically 90s horror games and movies. If you’re making a game inspired by either of those things please get in touch! my email is first name dot last name at the Guardian! 🧟‍♀️🧛‍♀️👻🔪

Apparently if you stand in the lashing wind and rain like a rock for decades, birds pecking at your liver etc. that people eventually like your latest game. Wishlist to save my liver: store.steampowered.com/app/3414580/...

I am rubbish at this cl but the tech is really really good! #nexplayground

Unboxing the #nexplayground. It’s pretty nice ngl!

Hi I wrote about the imminent availability of the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social digital archive of video game magazines and spoke to @nvmuk.bsky.social about why mags are important to preserve! www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...

Oxford Video Games Meetup is tomorrow night at St Aldate's Tavern. See you there? www.meetup.com/oxfordvideog...