I thought more people should see this thought I had before.

This thought was an afterthought.

This thought was a draft.

I am typing this thought out in realtime as I am thinking through it.

I just had a thought. This is that thought.

South of Midnight is a Peabody Award winner!! For 86 years, @peabodyawards.bsky.social has honored #StoriesThatMatter. It takes heart and steadiness to tell stories rooted in folklore, stitched with care to carry the weight of beauty and the truth of scars. @xbox.com #PeabodyAwards #PeabodyWinner

Check out a first look at Disney’s ASL re-animated songs from 'Encanto,' 'Frozen 2,' and 'Moana 2,' coming to Disney+ next week. The studio reworks key musical sequences using performance-driven signing. www.cartoonbrew.com/music-videos...

Tonight, South of Midnight was recognized with a BAFTA for New Intellectual Property. ✨🏆 Rooted in the stories, the sounds, and the beauty of the Deep South, this is a game built with compassion and wonder. What a moment. What a team. What a journey. Thank you to all our players.

Dosa Divas, our cooking themed turn-based RPG is out now on Steam, Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox S|X Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. outerloopgames.com/dosa

South of Midnight is honored to be named a #PeabodyNominee! The @peabodyawards.bsky.social represent the gold standard of #StoriesThatMatter, and we’re proud to be recognized alongside some of the very best in storytelling. #PeabodyAwards #Peabody86 #PeabodyNominee

Nate was also core to the creation of the GDC Animation Summit, which helped to establish a level of knowledge sharing about interactive animation that did not previously exist. His tireless quest to share his learnings was admirable and inspiring.

This is so, so well-articulated.

South of Midnight is NOW AVAILABLE on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2! Journey into a world of dark folklore, mythical creatures, and living magic! Also available on Xbox, PC, Steam, Cloud, and Game Pass! #southofmidnight

Sam Kieth did not bend for comics. Comics bent to him. I won't call his manner of drawing merely a style because that implies some level of artifice. Maybe not since Kirby had mainstream comics seen an artist with less filter between his imagination and the printed page.

My online existence is largely spent searching out ever constricting 2006 internet time bubbles.

South of Midnight arrives on Nintendo Switch 2 on March 31, 2026. Step into a handcrafted world of Southern folklore, living magic, and haunting beauty. The award-winning journey awaits. #Switch2 #NintendoSwitch2 #Southofmidnight

South of Midnight arrives on PlayStation 5 on March 31, 2026. Step into a handcrafted world of Southern folklore, living magic, and haunting beauty. The award-winning journey awaits. @playstation.com #ps5 #ps5pro #southofmidnight

Fly through of part of a Keeper level directly in the Unreal Engine editor. Part way through I turn on all of the game objects the player doesn't see -- it takes a lot to make games work.

The opportunity to bring to life characters that are wonderfully imperfect, but doing the best they know how within a messy world, and to be able to reflect that in the animations style, was a dream come true. To have our work celebrated by our peers at ASIFA-Hollywood, is humbling.

I asked award-winning game devs to take an interesting photo in a boring room The top collage includes Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei) snapped by Jennifer Svedberg-Yen (Clair Obscur), a Svedberg-Yen photo by Greg Kasavin (Hades) and a shot by Tonda Ros (Blue Prince) www.gamefile.news/p/12-photos-...

So proud of the team and humbled by the recognition of our peers.

We weren't able to get funding for ENGINE ANGEL and I've been laid off from Ivy Road, so I'm looking for new full-time animation work (New reel is below! YT link: youtu.be/S4QWqyw_vEs) Everyone else laid off in the thread are amazing people and great at what they do so please hire them ASAP!!

Hey yall. As you've seen here - unfortunately a large portion of the ivy road team was laid off today, myself included. We're all looking for work! Gonna do a quick thread about those who were laid off today and why you should hire them:

We are nominated for the Annie Awards & DICE Awards! Great animation in games can't happen on its own & requires the support of the entire studio. I'm so proud of the team, our partners & Compulsion's culture of celebrating craft. annieawards.org/nominations www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...

South of Midnight got nominated for two DICE awards!!! 🎞️Outstanding Achievement in Animation 🎭Outstanding Achievement in Story Congrats to our team and everyone who was involved. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/d...

2025 in books read and records spun

We won!!! We’re deeply honored for the Games for Impact award! Thanks to everyone who helped shape South of Midnight and to every player who saw something meaningful in our story.

I am excited to be speaking at MIGS this year! I will be sharing my experiences and lessons learned from working on South of Midnight. If you are in Montreal, come by and say hi! migs.biz/en/sessions/...

sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception

Keeper has been my most anticipated game of the year. Everything about it is so appealing and creatively invigorating. Congrats to everyone that worked on it!!

Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary! store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/...

today's the day! Wrong Side of the Sun is out on all platforms - Spotify, Apple Music, etc. but leading here with the Bandcamp link by popular demand femiandthefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-...

“[…] art and ideas come out of the passion and torment of experiences: it is impossible to have a real relationship to the first if one’s aim is to be protected from the second.”

re: art as an important sight of social struggle - we could use a lot more of this energy right now.

"World is heavy. Life is hard. But alas, Jerskin + Emily + Yorgos found one another and are making art together. Life is good. Life is light. Thank you." - @stevejimdave www.youtube.com/watch?v=StSV...

Animators and Creature lovers 🐉 Here’s the replay of my INDIGO talk on animating Dragon boss fights for #DragonAge at BioWare. It’s packed with practical advice and production war stories :) I hope this can help some of you bring your next monsters to life! #Animation #GameDev #CreatureAnimation

We made the list! South of Midnight is one of Kotaku's 'Best Games of 2025 So Far' ✨ kotaku.com/2025-best-ga...

"South of Midnight shines as one of the most beautifully crafted single-player games in recent memory." We’re proud to share that South of Midnight has been named “Best Xbox Game” at the inaugural 2025 @rollingstone.com Gaming Awards: www.rollingstone.com/product-reco...

Mike Schur nails it here. People in creative endeavors can be in survival mode or creative mode. And the role of managers is to flip the switch so people feel safe to be in creative mode. That nearly everyone is in survival mode right now is damning and depressing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Mb...

Also talked about The Onion being inefficient on purpose. www.status.news/p/the-onion-...

I think there's also a tricky trap where you need to put yourself into Adventurer Mode (Do, Decide, Self-examine, Make Mistakes) rather than Student Mode (Analyze, Evaluate, Perfect), and reading documents/completing checklists puts you in the latter mindset instead of the former.

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

If you are a lead or director in games, outside of animation, please fill out this quick survey. It will help to train and give insight to animation leads and directors on what is expected of them from team members not part of the animation team. Help them to help you :D

Are you in a game dev leadership role?! If so, I would be eternally grateful if you would fill out this quick & anonymous 5 question survey! The responses will be used as part of my upcoming Directing Game Animation workshop. Thanks! forms.gle/uJNfwaUTGMPg...

Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results. t.co/JXeTALBPds

This is the vulnerability that lots of pseudo-intellectuals take advantage of too! Just speaking fluently can convince some people that what you're saying must also be smart...

Putting this up, because I try to be very conscious of the BS of AI. When I’m researching something I know something about, I can spot it, but it’s made me realise quite how much I can’t trust anything else I read, see or hear online anymore unless I already know about it. What a damn mess.

Weavers: Update 1.3.0 is now live! In this update, we've addressed a number of bugs and, thanks to popular demand, added a Pet the Dog mechanic! You can now pet both of Beaux's bloodhounds (who are gentlemen, BTW) in Chapter 5 🐕 Read the full patch notes: steamcommunity.com/app/1934570/...

Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death

I am adapting my book into a workshop! If you would like to attend, check out Game Master Classes for the full details www.linkedin.com/posts/game-m...