Sadly, the entire audio team at ZA/UM is being made redundant as part of the layoffs. If you're looking (or expect to be looking) for Sound Designers or Tech Sound Designers, please don't hesitate in reaching out to @eliforster.bsky.social, @missgameaudio.bsky.social and @soundbear.bsky.social

All love and support to the developers who made Zero Parades happen. You can infer my feelings on those doing the layoffs in this space.

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

❤️‍🔥Play #HellMaiden TOMORROW on Steam! Build unbeatable card combos to rip and tear through the endless hordes of Hell in search for salvation! 🌟Wishlist Hell Maiden!

Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers

friendslop as a genre name is pretty cynical but i think there is something to be said about the complete willingness to mimic aesthetics of a popular game 1-to-1 happens a lot with indie games nowadays where it didn't used to in the Golden Age

I wrote a very personal blog about this very personal special unusual experience jingtong.bearblog.dev/you-ll-taste...

Bruh what are the chances that I saw them live exactly one year from this post This is unreal

Happy Monday, still busy recovering physically and emotionally from seeing my favourite band (the word favorite is an understatement of their impact on me) live for the first time less than 20 hours ago 🚬

I understand the sentiment of people saying that they want to go back to the video games industry of a certain “better” time (90s/00s etc), but the structures built in those days are the same ones responsible for the bubble busting/unsustainability/relentless layoffs of today and the past few years

The game industry is so fucking back

It’s not a fun time for the industry or any industry right now. Do what you need to do to be safe and able to continue for tomorrow but don’t feel bad about wanting to work in games, there should be a place for everyone who wants to take part and do the work. Keep learning and pushing best you can.

BREAKING: Xbox will cut 3,200 jobs as part of a major reorganization, and divest from five studios: - Compulsion and Double Fine will go indie - Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will be sold - Arkane to enter consultation process Here's the full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

[untitled games event] #7: “oblique frequencies” Join us on Sun 12 Jul for an evening of games + talks tuning in to stranger, queerer, and unexpected realms of experience. “You will be returned home safely, but forever changed.” Sun 12 Jul 1630 @ Tussen de Bogen 46 buttondown.com/untitledgame...

Excuse me???

Venture capital firm Griffin Gaming Partners has bought a 3.24% equity stake in developer and publisher TinyBuild. www.gamesindustry.biz/griffin-gami...

Swiss public service broadcast: US AI companies are ordering used books in bulk from European second-hand bookstores to use them as training material, then have them destroyed, making use of a loophole in US copyright law.

Kurt Vonnegut: In my book I drew an asshole as a cautionary tale Anthropic: At long last, we have created the Vonnegut Asshole

European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say

Fellas why are we not angry about the heatwave, why am I seeing cute beach pics everywhere, people are literally dying 💀 This heatwave is about to radicalize me I swear

Things I saw on my timeline in the past hour: tips to survive the upcoming heatwave, a video about dead internet, deflocking outfits (had to look up what deflocking means), searched for “Brazilian bikini” but top results were 50% AI generated Yeah I am living in the cyberpunk dystopian future 👍

60% drop in reviews if people even smell AI on your game - full supports the investors, developers, and publishers that took a hard "no gen-AI" stance, despite grifters' proclamations that they were "going to be left behind".

The Scroll of Taiwu was a game changer indeed, anecdotally it was also the first Chinese indie game that I heard my friends talking about The 1.0 launch got a regional Steam front page takeover today

Years ago I made a thread on Twitter about the history of Chinese & Taiwanese RPGs. Scroll of Taiwu will get an official English release today and leave Early Access after 8 years - IMHO, it's one of the most influential indies of the past decade, so it's a good time to repost & update the thread!🧵

this is the bleakest shit ever

Always a pleasure to be in Florence! After being here 3 times I can finally say that I know the city semi-well

Almost choked at this, this was my exact thought when I saw the sculpture in person today

This is the type of nuance that people outside of a certain niche most likely won't be able to pinpoint

Idk who wants to know this but China is not in the World Cup not because of politics but because the men’s football team is BAD

There are so many new games being made and most of them are probably really good 😭

This Korean paper asmr artist that I’ve been following for a while made a TikTok of her healing Van Gogh 🥹 Her account name is paper pepper www.tiktok.com/@paper__pepp...

Announcing: Hidden Folks 2 - New themes and areas. - Improved graphical quality. - Second (not text!) clue. - Lots of new mouth sounds. - Various quality-of-life improvements. - Made in #godot. Get an email when it releases: hiddenfolks.com Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4480060

this is one of the slogans on the square I think often: "let's see who lives longer" even when all other hopes are exhausted, this is the last hope. individuals are fragile and temporary. the demand for justice and freedom will outlive us all. #June4th

Nice watch for Pride month www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mhk...

This article is SO fucking funny. "The real problem is there aren't enough 50+ game designers!" Yeah, agreed. Any thoughts on why that might be? Like maybe the fact that this industry fires treats anyone over 35 as "not hungry enough", and relies on burning out a steady stream of younger devs? no?

Oh no 🥺 The French-Iranian artist, comic book author and director Marjane Satrapi, who became world-renowned with the graphic novel and film "Persepolis," has died at the age of 56. She also directed Chicken with Plums (2011), The Voices (2014), Radioactive (2019), Dear Paris (2024)...

At INDIGO! Had the pleasure to do a live Steam page review earlier today, ‘twas fun

The Chinese public's obsession with Li Yiyun needs to be studied, her very existence is triggering to our culture on some level: she's a woman who not only left China for the US but also writes in English exclusively, AND from which she gained huge success. She's also a mother who refuses to atone

The Crane Rider's Tale is a queer Chinese fantasy game where you fly passengers around a medieval town... but there's a serial killer among them! Our campaign ends on May 28th, which means there's less than 72 hours left to back it!!

I hope The Forgotten City devs are working on something new, I'm craving another 4-hour linear narrative experience that touches on alluring themes like death, afterlife, aliens and spirituality And I hope Joanna Newsom is releasing a new album tomorrow

So good. UGE's charmed life continues. Just remarkable. Thanks to everyone who swung by + gratitude always to @threemoreyears.bsky.social @suprsupr.bsky.social @rieke.lt Jana Romanova and Nomad Studio for sharing their work. Next time: Sunday 14 June buttondown.com/untitledgame...

Played this at @untitledgamesevent.bsky.social just now, this is how I imagine the future looks like, for better or worse

“Hideo Kojima collaborates with luxury brand mentioned in millennial Hollywood film franchise”

a 22yo delivery worker had to take her 2yo toddler to work. she had a meltdown in a shopping mall because the kid didn't want to put on jacket. 💔 every parent could recognise that moment; but most of us are lucky enough not have to experience it while at work

I won't shut up about this for a while but just wanted to reiterate that I loved A Maze! It's been long since I had this much fun from games and games events, this energy is much needed after having a few stressful months in a row I left with so much inspiration and new connections, very grateful 🫶

It's heartbreaking that games as a medium remain out of reach for people telling the stories worth telling most. www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

A Maze day 2: went to a series of inspiring talks by @farfama.bsky.social, @qdork.bsky.social, Iván McGill of Shaman Garage, Joanna Lyu of rect repair (collective from Shanghai) and watched the iconic Hyper Talks featuring @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com’s houses on pole My attention span is fine 👍

I made my way to A Maze!! Please say hi if you see me around, also my first time in Berlin so taking in the vibes as well (Worth noting that this trip is not work related 😂)

these guidelines are completely contradictory and arbitrary on purpose, more platforms allowing payment processors to become unchallenged arbiters of acceptable sexuality. what is the difference between "suggestive but clothed imagery" (allowed) and "scenarios presented for sexual arousal" (banned)