If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t been posting much the last three months: My paper on the future of Australia’s games industry — and what the government can do to avoid another Crash wiping — is out today. drive.google.com/file/d/1Hnr_...

mental health hack: take a luxurious bath before sitting down to play video games for 6 to 10 hours

Spray, blast, and glide your way across the planet Tephra! These are just some of the tools you can unlock during expeditions in Starseeker ✨ Want to get a hands on look? Sign up for our open beta! It kicks off in just one week, on April 30: starseeker.firstlook.gg

We’re holding a FREE Mental Health Awareness for Community Managers workshop this Friday, Apr 24. If you’d like to gain confidence in safeguarding players while protecting your wellbeing, book now: www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-hea...

I think they saw Clefairy up there... I just can't prove it

Get ready for our open beta! Coming THIS MONTH (!!) you’ll be able to hop in, explore, and test out Starseeker on PC and console 🎮 Sign up now to be notified when it goes live: starseeker.firstlook.gg

We are live! Come check out 40 game announcements - world premieres, release dates & gameplay reveals. Only the good stuff. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShrD... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/iii_initiative #iiishowcase

Hey NASA can you bring us some Doritos we want to try some #Artemis

move slow and repair things

Things I did in primary school once a year that felt like a hard reset on my nervous system: - School trip to Melbourne Zoo Things that I think we should do as a games industry once a year to reset all our nervous systems: - School trip to Melbourne zoo

failing is hot girl behaviour 🫵🏻💥

I need to be put into the machine that heals pokemon at the pokemon center

📣 Hey Australian gamemakers! Screen Australia's Games grants close in 2 weeks! A reminder to get your applications in! 🫶 🛠 Games Production Fund - up to $100,000 🎨 Emerging Gamemakers Fund - up to $30,000 📆 Applications close Thu 5 Mar, 5pm (AEDT) 👉 www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

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Hello network! I'm looking for someone who will be at GDC this year, has experience starting a studio/biz dev, and is willing to come and speak with a group of cool devs! Reach out by DMs pls! RTs appreciated. 🤩

Hi AU-based marketing and biz dev friends! I'm still looking for $5k AUD to help make @frostygamesfest.com events happen again this year. We have some sponsorship locked, but need to make up a shortfall 🍦💰 If you'd like to chat pls email or DM me! amy at hellomisspotter dot com

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We had our first internal friends and family server playtest at the end of 2025!!! That means we will start running public betas soon. Make sure to sign up for access at starseekergame.com

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

MEGATECH COMES OUT TOMORROW!!! Here is our final Megastructure Highlight ahead of launch - meet The Orbital Platform! 🛰️ OP is a creative player's dream, build massive space bases, spawn flat terrain chunks for your builds, you can even build other Megastructures on it!

MEGASTRUCTURE HIGHLIGHT 002: BIODOME 🌱 The Biodome is for all the space farmers out there! Build this Megastructure to manage the production of seeds and plants. Upgrade or expand the Biodome with Mega-Modules to expand its functionality! 🧑‍🌾🪴🌽🌾

The wait is over. Learn all about what it takes to be a member of the crew during next week's STARSEEKER Direct gameplay reveal livestream. 🚀📺 📅 October 7th - 10AM PT

It’s actually very easy you just have to be ok with going insane

Frosty is back to celebrate the coolest upcoming and recently released games made in Australia & Aotearoa, this December 🍦🥳 We’ll be featuring exclusive reveals, announcements, and updates. Developers can submit their games now until Sep 30! ⤵️ forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...

Suicide prevention is a very important cause to me, so this year marks the 2nd annual Gamedevs for Suicide Prevention team at the LA (Santa Monica) Out of the Darkness Walk! If you're in SoCal, come walk with us! Or you can donate to our team. afspwalks.donordrive.com/team/371158

I realise posting this on a Saturday is not ideal, but, hear me out. We are trying very hard to keep Frosty alive, and even grow it into something more helpful for ANZ based devs, long term 🍦

hang out with a leg out

Angus is officially going to be in a video game, I’m very proud of him! 🥰

Coming to PAX West? Stop by booth 1613 and play STARSEEKER to get a personalized EXO Dynamics ID Card! 🚀🪪

We’ve been working on this for a little while now, I’m so happy we can finally talk about it!! 🚀💫

Just under two weeks till we give everyone at @officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay! We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕

[worst possible stuff happening everywhere] man why do I feel bad

BREAKING

Must be nice

Alright. The couch is warm and the doomscroll is tempting, but the games won’t make themselves.

For whoever needs to hear it? These are transferable skills.

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WELP… an unexpected graduation. Night School will not be renewing my contract as planned and I am now immediately looking for work! I’m a game writer/narrative designer with 5+ yrs and Lead experience. Long-term, short-term, in-house, consultation… anything! Let’s talk! 💖 annacwebster.com

Looking for work again due to unforeseen circumstances—reposts appreciated! Some quick facts: 📈 Indie game marketing wiz with 7+ years of XP on games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and more 💼 Portfolio at litvac.com 🎮 Open to indie and AA/AAA 🌎 Based in New York, open to US relo

We have had a great response to our Job Opening post for Lead VFX Artist. We are starting to review candidates, please get your application in! •Lead a small team of VFX artists to success. •Develop a unique visual style that merges Astroneer's voxel tech with VFX. •Amazing team!

we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths

TRANS RIGHTS FOREVER

One of the best things about making clothes is adjusting all the details to be just right. I can’t wait to wear this jacket all the time!

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Production: We have mitigation plans for both the cup being half full and half empty, but we need a solid decision from the stakeholders to proceed. If we don’t have a decision by next Friday, we’re going to pick one and move forward.

Hey btw, have you recently told someone you work with how much you appreciate their collaboration, or their ideas, or anything else that's cool about them and what they bring to the team? Just a thought, but do it. It means a lot to be on the receiving end + it's a pretty cool feeling all around.