As expected, eBay isn’t just rejecting Cohen’s offer. They are laughing in his face. I hope he has the day he deserves.

We made a pretty good coming of age story game but most players won’t even give it a chance because it’s got too much color. We’re not all that different in love, relationships, and generational issues. I promise you can relate to these characters. store.steampowered.com/app/1617220/...

It’s my first Mother’s Day without Ash in nearly a decade. Waking up to @futterish.fsquared.biz bringing me Tali to snuggle with was a great way to soothe this very real ache.

I've interviewed Takashi Tezuka four times since 2015, and his retirement announcement hit me harder than I expected, so I wrote a thing honoring his incredible career.

Game Director @writnelson.bsky.social, Producer @amandafarough.ca and Lead Technical Designer & Programmer @colin.how sat down with @gamesradarplus.bsky.social to discuss our next game, Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! 🚚 💨 www.gamesradar.com/games/action...

If i had a billion dollars I would buy you a board

Hey remember all that multiclassing shit I talk about all the time? That slots into place here. Naj herself IS multiclassing on a regular basis. She’s not ”just” a producer and neither am I, but the work we do as producers keeps games rolling.

welp, @karriebear.bsky.social triggered my trap card by asking about stationery and recommendations HYPERFIXATION UNLEASHED A DELUGE OF GOODIES

I'm a little behind on my gameplay for Koriko, but thought I'd give an update anyway!

When @writnelson.bsky.social and I started writing this game, we approached it as fans of the medium first and foremost. We both love anime! (And have become fans of isekai anime in particular.) It was genuinely so much fun to write this game with Xalavier. I can't wait to share more with you all.

I was fortunate to work with Paramount / Nickelodeon before the acquisition. The team we worked with were some of the most wonderful professionals, and I could not be more grateful for the partnership. This does not even sound like the same company. Good on Brian and DreadXP for standing tall.

Ask me if I care what Bank of America has to say about the game industry. They don’t care about developers. They don’t care about players. If a major banking institution says something is good for us, chances are it really REALLY isn’t.

I feel weird about resharing this, but it seems to be helping folks process their _own_ grief, so for those that missed this over the weekend: an essay on the process of grief and my lifelong need to just write my way through it.

The rush for technical fidelity has done more to stifle game development than help. Calling this fidelity "immersion" has done even more damage. CrossCode and Celeste are memorable and tightly designed games. When was the last time you could say that about Call of Duty?

That art direction & art production are now seen by some as a craft unnecessary in a core team and closer to a content creation service says a lot about the state of the industry. No wonder devs focus so much on technical goals & not how their craft/art can support or enhance the global experience.

!! if you wrote for Paste Games/Endless Mode/The A.V. Club !! make sure to back up your work!! i just backed up 10 pages worth of articles, and Microsoft Edge made it much less painful than it could've been. open the article in Microsoft Edge > right-click > Screenshot > Full Page > Save

It took me quite some time to get through writing this personal essay about grief and creativity and trying to make my way through far too many losses over the course of my life. I haven't written anything like this in YEARS, so it's a bit nerve wracking to put myself out there like this again.

Thinking about them

As per usual, I'm the last of the @causewaystudios.com crew to answer. I don't think it's a genre that I want to return to, it's a theme, a mood, a style: I want to see a return to the magical girl gang dynamics of Final Fantasy X-2. Yes, I also want dress spheres.

Want to do something meaningful this AAPI Heritage Month? Buy a game. The first-ever AAPI Games Steam Sale (May 1–10) features games made by Asian-American and Pacific Islander developers. 🎮 Shop the sale: tinyurl.com/AAPISteamSale #AAPIHeritageMonth #IndieGames #AAPI #Gaming

NEW TWINE TEMPLATE‼️ 💬 DIALECTIC A fully customizable, visual novel inspired template for the SugarCube format Demo & Download: gcbaccaris.itch.io/template4

Me @ the last 10 years of my life in games.

It's time to get your first real look at Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! This is going to scratch the itch for a bunch of different people... especially those who are into driving Not-So-Sane Cabs...

And other game I'm working on is officially announced!! I know I say this often, but I'm really proud of the team and am excited to share this wild game with you all soon! You can wishlist Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! now!! store.steampowered.com/app/3642010/...

It's our next game! Play as Truck-kun and get everyone isekai'd!

This feels like a good time to announce that I have been working with Strange Scaffold on this, doing some of the VFX

Look at this very silly trailer that we made.

Working as an animator with an awesome team to make this fun game. Check it out! #steamgames #3danimation #gamedev #indiegames #lowpoly

I have the great fun of doing some additional sound design on this work of art! ✨🚛💨 Definitely check this out!!

Huge thanks to @woodwould.bsky.social for sitting down with me and @colin.how during GDC to talk about Truck-kun and its development (so far). I cannot WAIT to show you all more of what this wonderful chaotic (slightly murder-y, but don't worry about it) game. <3

Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! has been such a whirlwind of joyful chaos (and figuring out Roads in Video Games, shoutout to @colin.how) that I can hardly believe that it's finally time for us to actually show it off!

YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.

Planted my shade loving plants and flowers today.

A little update on my Koriko playthrough! This is Clarabell Foxglove two days before she leaves on her big journey.

… goodness fucking gracious, imagine saying this during the worst job market gaming has ever seen.

little moments of joy where I can

For those that wanted the recipe for the lavender earl grey tea cake that I made on Saturday, here it is!

Kyle absolutely crushed this piece. The silver lining here is that the AI craze will leave the worst of the hucksters just as destitute as the NFT craze did.

a little gardening update

alright alright, I’ll get the recipe for y’all. Hold tight! It’s modified from a recipe I found online so I need to digitize the modifications.

cleansing the timeline with the earl grey lavender tea cake that I made today

we all sat on the front porch talking about what a great dog she was while drinking her favourite beer. She was an absolutely perfect chaotic creature and the best dog I’ve ever known. Gonna miss her forever and ever.

Let me tell you about the game developer who sidled into a Discord server for an IP he no longer controls, got ripped apart for his new studio using AI, and then tried to say that “all game devs use it.” Hi. It me. A game developer. Our studios do not use AI. At all. I was sure to let him know.

Really didn’t enjoy my time with Dwelling, so I’m moving on to playing this cute, cozy game where you play as a witch travelling to Koriko and making a life there. I really need cozy. Badly.

@bsky.app is flagging @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social as spam for making a game about Palestine... Who is next will be flagged as spam for creating a game next? @ramiismail.com? or @castpixel.bsky.social?

It took me a little bit longer to put together my thoughts on Dwelling, but I wrapped it up last night and here's what I thought: www.writualmagic.com/dwelling-gam...

Dungeon Crawler Kart'l

mwahaha

incredible stuff for Val, so fkn proud <3

Still three weeks left to get your submissions in! I've already gotten a many responses which is good, but unfortunately they echo what I feared (and sadly expected): Black Game Developers are being hit harder on practically *all* fronts despite making up a smaller portion of the industry.