The cartoon logic of the physical being is that the body regenerates no matter what. However Coyote catches the Road Runner, once captured and contained, there would an endless source of food. Which would be a cruel torture to inflict, thus making Coyote’s torture loop all the more poetic.

What an honor to win Game of the Year at the Gayming award 2026! "A beautifully crafted, modern folktale that handles trauma and healing with incredible grace." Congrats to all nominees and thank you @gaymingmag.bsky.social for hosting such a wonderful event.  #GaymingAwards26

Compulsion and South of Midnight were honored at the Canadian Game Awards with 7 awards, including Game of the Year. Canada is home to some of the most talented game developers! Inspiring to see local studios continuing to take creative risks. Congrats to all NOMINEES! TY @xbox.com for the support!

I was chatting with some students at SCAD the other day and they asked if I found mocap as creatively fulfilling as keyframe. And my answer was essentially this thread.

Technical Animators & Animators! Are you knowledgeable of both the tech & art that goes into the craft of animation? Do you enjoy applying those skills to lead a team of both tech animators & animators? Then apply to be our Animation Lead at Compulsion! compulsiongames.bamboohr.com/careers/114

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

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.

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

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 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