Mike Jungbluth
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I flop myself about in life I flop things about in games
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Ben Folds
9 days ago
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Ben Folds on taking a stand for artistic freedom after Trump's Kennedy Center takeover
Ben Foldsā piano-powered pop music earned him a cult following and made him one of the most respected songwriters of his generation. He also held an influential role in classical music as artistic adv...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ben-folds-on-taking-a-stand-for-artistic-freedom-after-trumps-kennedy-center-takeover
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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/...
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South of Midnight: My Tales and Takeaways - MIGS
South of Midnight is a deeply personal game for many people on the dev team and players that experience it. During this talk, I will share some of my personal [ā¦]
https://migs.biz/en/sessions/south-of-midnight-my-tales-and-takeaways/
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Daniel Kennedy
15 days ago
sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception
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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!!
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Joel McDonald
about 1 month ago
Prune, my bonsai puzzle game and love letter to trees, is finally out on Steam for its 10th anniversary!
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Save 38% on Prune on Steam
Grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3903490/Prune/
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SpooktarĆ”n na hĆireann
about 2 months ago
Does anyone know who the lead character designer was for the Bill and Ted animated series? Every now and again I think about how fantastic they are.
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Femi and the Foundation
3 months ago
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
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Wrong Side of the Sun, by Femi and the Foundation
9 track album
https://femiandthefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-side-of-the-sun
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Somayeh Tohidi
3 months ago
ā[ā¦] art and ideas come out of the passion and torment of experiences: it is impossible to have a real relationship to the first if oneās aim is to be protected from the second.ā
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Liz Ryerson
3 months ago
re: art as an important sight of social struggle - we could use a lot more of this energy right now.
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"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
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Jerskin Fendrix - Beth's Farm (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Jerskin Fendrix
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Camille
3 months ago
Animators and Creature lovers š Hereās the replay of my INDIGO talk on animating Dragon boss fights for
#DragonAge
at BioWare. Itās 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
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OlĆŗfįŗ¹Ģmi O. TĆ”Ćwò
4 months ago
a society that would like to keep functioning must discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Compulsion Games
4 months ago
We made the list! South of Midnight is one of Kotaku's 'Best Games of 2025 So Far' āØ
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The Best Games Of 2025 So Far
We're over halfway through the year, and here are the games that have already made their mark in 2025
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Compulsion Games
4 months ago
"South of Midnight shines as one of the most beautifully crafted single-player games in recent memory." Weāre proud to share that South of Midnight has been named āBest Xbox Gameā at the inaugural 2025
@rollingstone.com
Gaming Awards:
www.rollingstone.com/product-reco...
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The 2025 Rolling Stone Gaming Awards
Our staff and experts pick the best consoles, new games, and gaming accessories for the first-ever 2025 Rolling Stone Gaming Awards.
https://www.rollingstone.com/product-recommendations/electronics/2025-rolling-stone-gaming-awards-1235377119/
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
4 months ago
It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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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...
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Philly Justice | Good Hang with Amy Poehler
YouTube video by Good Hang with Amy Poehler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6MbnxhVXSE&t=735s
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Tim Onion
4 months ago
Also talked about The Onion being inefficient on purpose.
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Tanya X. Short
4 months ago
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.
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Tom Cox
5 months ago
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, āIām really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.ā
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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
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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!
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Your Expectations of Animation
This is an anonymous survey to collect responses of what game developers in leadership roles outside of animation, expect from animation. The answers to these questions will be used as part of the wo...
https://forms.gle/uJNfwaUTGMPge3qB7
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
5 months ago
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.
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Kevin Mitchell
5 months ago
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...
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Mark Bradley
5 months ago
Putting this up, because I try to be very conscious of the BS of AI. When Iām researching something I know something about, I can spot it, but itās made me realise quite how much I canāt trust anything else I read, see or hear online anymore unless I already know about it. What a damn mess.
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Compulsion Games
5 months ago
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 š Read the full patch notes:
steamcommunity.com/app/1934570/...
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Sweet Daniel
7 months ago
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
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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...
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Defining an Animation Vision - Mike Jungbluth - Game Master Classes 2025 | Game Master Classes
š„Ā Animation Masterclass Alert š„ Defining an Animation Vision (Online classes: July 1st-4th - 2:30-4:30pm UTC+2 ) Excited to share thatĀ š¹Michael Jungbluthš¹, Animation Director at Compulsion Games and...
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5 months ago
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Crave just casually dropping these for all of us Canadian sickos
6 months ago
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Movies Silently
6 months ago
DW Griffith directed BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), a virulently racist film (and neither his first nor his last one of those) that saw racist violence follow wherever it was screened. So, naturally, there are film bros and gals who think we should "ignore the racism" and keep it in the canon. Thread
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Game dev and the second law of thermodynamics are one and the same
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The team at Steamroller released their pilot episode of Spice Frontier and I am in awe. It has so much heart and sense of adventure. Do yourself a favor and give it a watch!
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Spice Frontier: Escape From Veltegar | Pilot Episode
YouTube video by Steamroller Stories
https://youtu.be/SeAqnHywrx8?si=lEkvFhwU0THwba3v
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droqen
6 months ago
I should have said, "through my heart". It's too late lol. A pixel art adventure through my heart, broken by kill gameplay. š
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Compulsion Games
6 months ago
And that's how a new Weaver came to be in Prospero. It's been one month since we launched South of Midnight and shared our love letter to the South with the world. To those who completed their journey, we hope you enjoyed your time with Midnight. And to those just beginning, good luck, Weaver!
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Absolutely inspiring work by the team at MoonHood! I canāt wait to play it!
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6 months ago
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Compulsion Games
6 months ago
In this new mini-doc,
@browngirlgamercode.com
explores the history of Southern Gothicism, South of Midnight's Southern Gothic inspirations and its impact on the subgenre. Deeper Than the South: How South of Midnight is Weaving a New Path in Southern Gothic Media:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mD4...
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Not a lost art but rarely a priority. Iām super proud of what we did with South of Midnight. Appealing character designs & strong facial capture as the foundation. Then we were afforded the ability to focus on the asymmetry/appeal of expressions and my fav details, psychology of blinks & eye darts.
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Compulsion Games
6 months ago
South of Midnight has gotten some pretty interesting reactions from players. Judging by the shocked faces of these creators, we can't help but wonder what they just saw.. š¤
#SouthofMidnight
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Frank Abney šļøāļøšØ
7 months ago
A Black man navigates his day while quietly wrestling with the experiences that reinforce the need for healing the child within. BLACK MAN, BLACK MAN Written/Directed by yours truly Narrated by
@ynb.bsky.social
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#FilmSky
#Film
#Animation
#Art
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ManChild Media Review
7 months ago
Cool little South of Midnight detail you may have missed: Hazelās background in track and field isnāt just a throwaway detail. The devs also seem to have worked it into the characterās animation package. ā Her idle is a runnerās quad stretch ā Her sprint leap is a long jump
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Ash Parrish
7 months ago
This is it, this is the GOTY
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Belden Pham
7 months ago
youtu.be/N17wHsoHiG0?...
I made a short video detailing gameplay animation, along with some responsibilities you could expect on the job. The hope is to help shed light on some aspects of the role, as well as help newcomers have insight into how to gear their work for an application.
#animation
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Gameplay Animation: An Overview
YouTube video by Calvlath
https://youtu.be/N17wHsoHiG0?si=ZwQtky3r3b3QSdle
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An early easter egg hunt for everyone: While Hazel has a consistent set of base idle breakers, others vary based on the chapter/location. A small detail to giver her some awareness of her surroundings and situation.
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Gwen is awesome and the Lab Rat demo was awesome. So wishlist and then buy all the awesome!
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Xbox
7 months ago
This "love letter to the South" received a lot of love back. South of Midnight is available today:
xbx.lv/43FVTkf
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Watching your game make a grown man cry on stream and then have that immediately followed by a hype train with obscene notification responses has been the perfect moment of sincerity wrapped in absurdity I never knew I needed. Our modern world is a sloppy mess but some times it leads to dumb magic.
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South of Midnight is now out in the world! It has been a gift to have been able to invest in an experience that aligns with my own creative values as much as this game does. I have endless love for our team and our game. I hope you feel that same love and joy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZg...
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South of Midnight | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Compulsion Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZg6TYJTl4
7 months ago
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Whitney and I got a chance to talk about the care and craft that went into bringing the stop motion style to life in South of Midnight. Just a couple more hours until the game is available in early access!!!
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John Cullen
7 months ago
Read the entire thread. Comics, it turns out, are Good Actually.
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Arguing logically from one encounter with someone from the other is like pissing into the wind. If only we had ways of communicating feelings and experiencesā¦
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Dan's annual highlights of appealing game animation is a powerful reminder of the spark of life that even a little bit of animation intent can bring to an experience. And the care he puts into highlighting hidden gems is a gift. Just like Dan himself.
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