⏳ Deadline Extended! Applications for Questline: Online (formerly Virtual Exchange) & Questline: Gamescom are now open until April 5. Don’t miss your chance for mentorship, coaching, and industry connections. Apply now → buff.ly/rciJGIV #gamedev #questline

If you don’t follow Chiitan you’re missing out.

Also, uh, new followers! Cool! I should probably say hi. Hi! I’m Brie. I’ve been in AAA game dev for 15 years, and recently starting something indie! I am putting together something more substantial to share soon, but if you like healers/supports maybe follow along? bit.ly/4bO9F6A

On trans day of visibility, I always want to acknowledge those who can't be visible. Because it's not safe, they're not ready, or they're still figuring it out. Whatever the reason, whatever amount of visibility: you are valid, you deserve joy, you are loved. <3

Project hail mary 🤝 Everything everywhere all at once Movies that made me cry because of a rock.

Usually, the best game ai isn’t because the ai is “smart” it’s because the ai is *perceived* as smart because it does a lot of smoke and mirrors (“cheating”, dialog/anim cues, attack tickets, etc) that ultimately serves the greater design goals of the game. Humans are good at filling in the blanks.

No need for AI art. Anything can be temp assets during development even lawyers.

going back in time but to make the Wordle guy sell to somebody less harmful, like Exxon

I do wonder if the creepily sycophantic behavior of gen ai tools is influencing some of the “wow it’s so great!” evangelism because yeah of course you like your hype bro wingman who tells you you’re the bestest more than like, visual studio who just tells you factually that your code doesn’t compile

My business has made* money! *by made I mean I transferred my own money into the business account. My wife informs me this is not actually "making money" but I think she's just being pessimistic. Line only goes up, right?

Honestly Riku is more interesting than Sora anyways.

This fucking industry I swear to god

Especially in these times of more and more layoffs, you have to make sure your portfolio is easy to find, easy to access, and linked in both your bio as well as in your posts about looking for work. Please, please, please, link your portfolio!!

Shout out to the older lady, who, I can only assume it was her first time at costco, because of the absolute bewilderment in her eyes and the giddiness of telling her partner "Honey! You can get your *Lacroix* here!!"

- Pace yourself - don’t go too crazy - no fedposting - stay on top of regulating your nervous system - act local - find people who’ve been doing the work and ask how you can help - tend to the myriad biological needs we need as confused little apes - give grace to dysregulated people on your side

So I got order 777 getting my Costco hot dog after previously getting 665. …and my wife *still* thinks it’s a bad investment to get a lottery ticket. smh my head fr.

Applications are OPEN 🎉 for Questline: Online (formerly Virtual Exchange) + Questline: Gamescom! Get ready for mentoring, skill-building, and industry connections tailored for emerging game creators. Hear about Abby's experience → buff.ly/ZOq6rdt Apply → buff.ly/das9UAG

The @official-aias.bsky.social Foundation, WomenIn, and Girls for Gaming scholarship applications are now live for students and early professionals! I've loved mentoring through this cohort! The deadline to apply is May 31, 2026. www.aiasfoundation.org/programs/sch...

Thread: I want to go over these two shots again, indulge me in a bit of pixel peeping. I think this is an illustrative example because it sets the question of faces aside; from a purely technical lighting fidelity standpoint, DLSS 5 makes this scene worse.

“I cast speak with dead on the vampire” “Bro. I’m right here. I speak common. Just *talk* to me.”

Since I have gathered some rad new fellow game dev followers, I’m excited to share that we have a rare Associate World Artist position that just opened up on the WoW team! If you or anyone you know would be a great fit for this entry level position, apply here! careers.blizzard.com/global/en/jo...

Okay pokopia you win because you told me Bulbasaur is my friend and truly I want nothing more in life.

*opens bag labelled dead dove don’t eat* “Well, I don’t know what I expected.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

oh, San Francisco. You just keep doing you, babe.

We hope you enjoy the Dosa Divas demo that's out now on Steam and if you do please leave a review and wishlist! If you're fans of Expedition 33, Sea of Stars, Mario RPG, Octopath, Thirsty Suitors, this is for you.

Now attending gdc day 6: “so your flight was cancelled too, huh?“ edition.

GDC was bumpy this year. But it is so damn inspiring to bask in the intense passion of the people in our field. The joy, the anger, the fear, the grief, and the hope that we can make a difference in these times through our craft and our medium with each other. GDC is for all of us who care <3

*taps sign*

Hi! I’m Brie. I’m a gameplay and game ai (not llms!) engineer with 15 years experience in AAA. If you fought the mp bots in Halo Infinite, you know some of my work. Now I’m starting a new adventure: making some cool indie thing. Hell yeah! (also ahhhhh) #ThisIsWhatAGameDevLooksLike (and a good dog)

I’ll be in west hall 3024 reviewing resumes and portfolios from 10-12 and 2-4. Open to everyone! Lots of reviewers from all sorts of disciplines. schedule.gdconf.com/session/igda...

gdc day 3: Feet more sore, heart more full. Thankful most of my tomorrow is sitting.

If you think the industry should be hiring more juniors but feel like your pleas are falling on deaf ears with your leadership, come to our panel! We’ll be providing anecdotal and hard data about the value junior hires bring to your teams. 3:10, west hall 2016. schedule.gdconf.com/session/supp...

Gdc day 1 - my feet already hurt. Oh no.

Elemental blessings for all this International Women’s Day ☀️

Night people: don't forget to go to sleep before 2 am today so you don't feel like a dirtbag going to bed at 3 am

Me: I should prep for gdc and finish my schedule and figure out packing and stuff Also me: wait slay the spire 2 just dropped

I'll be at GDC! If you're working on something cool and want to talk with a gameplay/AI engineering lead (not llms), chat about indie dev, or want to talk about the whole *gestures wildly at everything*, hit me up. Also I'm always happy to talk to students and any devs looking for career advice. <3

🚨 In ONE WEEK 🚨 GDC will be holding its very first Narrative Portfolio Review workshop! Come bring your materials to be reviewed by some of the best in the biz! WE WILL NOT REVIEW ANY SAMPLES MADE BY/WITH AI Full details/requirements: schedule.gdconf.com/session/narr...

If you're someone who would benefit from another pair of eyes on your resume/portfolio at GDC this year, I'll be part of the @igdafoundation.org review session on Thursday from 10-12 and 2-4. It's happening over a couple days and a lot of good people from various disciplines will be there. <3

In 2019, I created #WhatAGameDevLooksLike after I was stopped by security 3(!!) times while picking up my speaker badge. I’m a small Asian woman with pink hair, and I guess I didn’t visually meet their expectations of a speaker. Ironically, I was at GDC to speak about inclusive studio cultures. 🫠

I know it is easy to doomscroll, especially today. Please plan for yourself at least one or many more offline activities. Buy a pastry, read a book, go to a museum, see a friend, cook a meal, play with a pet, or even a trip to Costco. Try to limit time on your phone and avoid stewing in anxiety.

my view is if you're posting anything other than The Horrors, it doesn't make you a bad person. You're just trying to find joy in the small things to keep sane. It's not apathy, it's a part of being human.

Pretty tired of these weeks where years happen, tbh.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

Fuck this and everyone who helped get things to this point. Trans rights are human rights—full stop.

Honeydew has always a disappointment... but grapefruit is the worst.

I swear this gif just keeps getting more relevant every day.

Happy year of the Ponyta!