OPPORTUNITY - Respawn - Narrative Design Intern Unaffiliated. Shares Welcome hitmarker.net/jobs/respawn...

🚨🚨🚨 We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site. • We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon • Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n • See more: designroom.site

It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support. I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated

GHOST OF YŌTEI does some interesting stuff with the frankly tired AAA open-world formula. The first big thing it does is completely remove any sense of narrative urgency, which to me has always been the most jarring thing about these games.

The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized. First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow. www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...

Hekki, we’re hiring! First up: Senior Programmer! 💠 80k CAD salary 💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available) 💠 Health benefits plan 💠 4-day work week 💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists! 💠 80k CAD salary 💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available) 💠 Health benefits plan 💠 4-day work week 💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

The three types of game dev job listings

Today is a really good day to wishlist Demonschool btw store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...

I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight. I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open: emmkid.info

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I want to spend all my time reading the work of people who are smarter than I am.

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

OPPORTUNITY Narrative Design Lead - Lucid Games - remote UK - 12 month fixed Not affiliated, shares welcome gamejobs.co/Narrative-De...

It's rare that I see an entry-level writing job in games so I wanted to share that Media Molecule is hiring a writer. www.brightnetwork.co.uk/graduate-job... On site in Guildford.

Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏 We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️ Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...

OPPORTUNITIES Principle and Senior Narrative Designers - Remote -Lakshya Digital Not affiliated, shares welcome - apply.workable.com/lakshyadigit...

OPPORTUNITIES Thread Not affiliated. Shares welcome Senior Story Editor - Larian - onsite -Guildford UK jobs.lever.co/larian/3bdc0...

I admire the purity of vision in the original Tomb Raider. It’s just all tombs, all raiding, all the way through. No modern city levels, no military bases. Sure, there’s ONE crappy mine level, but the mine is IN a tomb, so I’m still counting it.

OPPORTUNITY UK - Writers from underrepresented backgrounds. Not affiliated, shares welcome. disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...

Oh good, there is a Monster Hunter game in this Monster Hunter game after all. I was getting a little concerned after a lot of hours of cutscene -> boss fight, but, here we go!

A reminder that our debut game, Eternal Strands, is still on a Steam sale at 25% off of $40 USD. Climb and defeat huge monsters, toss creatures and objects, burn, freeze, smash the world, and enjoy a fully-voiced cast as you explore the ruins of the Enclave. store.steampowered.com/app/1491410/...

Gabe and Mjolnir need a new home, can you help? Rowan, their human who has sadly passed, wished for them to remain together. Will help get them relocated to anywhere within the United States; please read on for more details! 🧵 Signal boosts & sharing are appreciated 💙

Damn, there’s nothing like a Kojima trailer, huh?

OPPORTUNITY Narrative Designer. Fulltime. Remote Not affiliated. Shares welcome jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Gameloft/744...

WHAT THE ACTUAL? We are just £200 away from finding the project we dreamed up over winter and took a huge punt on. So blown away by the support and positive reception to our little dating app that matches you with video games to fall in love with. THANK YOU! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Dear My Phone / all apps: no, I never want to be notified about anything. Thank you.

Monster Hunter team absolutely going for it with these dinner animations. This might be the first time videogame food has genuinely made me hungry.

Happy Monster Hunter day to all who celebrate.

Okay, my turn again! Do you need a narrative designer or game writer? Lucky you, because I need a job! I’ve led narrative teams and worked on some of your favorite franchises! Based in LA and not looking to relocate, but happy to travel! Open to full time or contract!

Got an indie game that should be on our Ludocene game finder app? We've added a tier to enable us to create a card and details for your game. Be on the starting line-up, ready for experts to select. Or, if you like, just pledge for a super-niche game you love. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

Finally finished Metaphor ReFantazio this weekend. Just a tick over 97 hours. My word. It’s an excellent game with some real heart. First-class turn-based combat and job system. Like every Altus RPG I can remember playing, it’s about 20-30 hours too long, but I think that’s the draw for some.

Depression is a protective urge; a chemical drive to return you to the safety of your innermost den to wait for a storm to pass, a bone to knit, a wound to heal. Civilization provides eternal psychic wounds from which there is no relief to be found in retreat, a storm which will never blow away.

OPPORTUNITY Narrative internship! Guildford UK with the lovely people at Serious Point. Not affiliated, shares welcome! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

OPPORTUNITY - Creative Director Not affiliated. Shares welcome career.paradoxplaza.com/jobs/5562404...

hi folks! I’m urgently looking for game writing and narrative design work. I’ve been in the industry for over 5 years, have AAA and indie experience, and love working as part of a team. I also do editing and consulting work! ✨ www.nessacannon.com

Soul Reaver 2 is really different, huh? The first felt a cool interconnected world full of puzzles and mystery. So far this one kinda feels like long, drab corridors full of crap fights. And lots and lots of talking.

The challenge I have with getting research done is that it pretty much requires my brain to be in an optimal state to get anything useful done. Half the day is spent coaxing my brain into a space where I can get a few hours of genuine creativity and productivity out of it.

Finished Soul Reaver 1 last night. It’s amazing how well the aesthetics hold up. The whole presentation is still deeply cool; I can see why I was obsessed with the demo as a kid, and why there’s such a passionate fan community to this day.

Here’s Bramble, really helping out with today’s research… #cat

Put a bunch more time into Eternal Strands this weekend; explored four major areas, beaten three of the big bosses, and made it to Act 2. Really enjoying it so far, and here are a few small things that really stand out:

OPPORTUNITY - Narrative Director, Ubisoft, Fulltime, Bordeaux Not affiliated, shares welcome gamejobs.co/Narrative-Di...

Heismay absolutely hates being the Merchant class, and tells you so every turn of battle. #metaphor

Vita update: still bloody works! Whatever batteries Sony used in these things are magical - certainly in comparison to modern handheld anything where if you leave it unplugged for longer than 30 mins the battery either irreversibly dies, leaks or explodes…

Unearthed my PS Vita this morning - and my god, was it always this tiny?

A few hours into Eternal Strands, and the optional dialogue does a really nice job of suggesting a larger world with complex history and politics, while the game itself is focused entirely - it appears so far - on one contained location. Nice use of writing as both worldbuilding and scope control.

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

🚨GAME JOBS! 🚨 We're hiring at Unknown Worlds for Subnautica 2 🐟 in multiple fully remote roles! 🌍 We're hiring: 🏜️ Lead Environment Artist! ⛰️ Level Designer! 👩‍💻 Narrative Designer! Apply here: unknownworlds.com/en/careers #gamejobs #unrealengine5 #subnautica