Achievement unlocked - got through the first day back at work 💪🏻 Rewards - hiding under my blanket with games and chocolate again.

One way to round off 2025 with a DnD one shot through a deadly dungeon of puzzles and fighting. All buying a mysterious potion from the start, this is where the cocktails came into play.

Finished up Squid Games properly after getting through season 2+3 in the last week or so. Enjoyed them both albeit forgetting how brutally violent they are. Very ready for something more upbeat recommendations though!

Oh boy the boys and girls at Lego we're not fucking around with the big boi McLaren F1 lego. 2 hours just to build the engine and have a few moments of "ah fuck" realizations when I put the wrong bit on 10 steps earlier.

In the jungle The mighty jungle

Inkwell Games - Fields Monday, December 22 🌾 5:00 🎯 a perfect game inkwellgames.com/games/fields... @andrewfray.dev this might be up your street for daily puzzles

Enjoying the re-read of this as a gentle reminder on how to rest up,recover and almost embrace the winter months. #booksky

PSA it did it to me too! Check your settings!

First day of Christmas break and I've treated myself to #TwoPointMuseum as my game to relax with 😌 Delightful lil game so far!

This coming Saturday!

Very lucky to have passed the ultimate test of having the void boi accept me as a suitable snuggle place. Chilled Saturday after a very social week 😌

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs. There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

It's the week of the fun run where I get to dress up like an idiot all for a bit of a laugh + a fundraise for @mind.org.uk Have I done nearly as much prep for this - no! But we're going after finish lines not finish times. 💪 www.justgiving.com/page/kirsty-mental-elf-run-2025

The German word for "bagpipes" is "doodlesack"

Plugging again 💪🏻🏃🏻‍♀️ Weather is miserable but we're still trying to chug along with exercise and prepping for this run. Only £50 to go until £300

TONIGHT! Managed to make it through after missing the last few so very ready for some chats and a pint tonight after bracing the cold.

This Wednesday!

New week and new targets to hit, only needing £50 to hit £300 💪 I'm running a fun run 5k for Mind mental health charity, all dressed up as Santa. 🎅 Donate if you can but at the very least, use this as a reminder to check in on someone 💙 www.justgiving.com/page/kirsty-...

Lunchtime plug that I'm running again as a Santa for Mind's mental elf fun run in a couple of weeks. Something daft but fun and would be awesome to raise even more money than I did last year for this amazing charity!

Over 200 Rockstar staff have written to management in support of unfairly fired union members. We have published more details on our website, although we have not yet released the exact contents of the letter: www.gameworkers.co.uk/rockstar-ope...

Started this week at £125 which is superb. Can we get £200 by end of the week?! Any donations are welcome to help support mental health services and me running around in Santa gear for 45 mins.

Stressful race as a Norris fan with a charging Max. That last pitstop from RB was a surprise but I'll take the extended lead in the WDC 💪🏻 Great weekend for Kimi as well. #F1 #BrazilGP

£25 away from hitting the first £100 mark 💪🏻

In one of the most shameless instances of union-busting Rockstar Games fired 30+ IWGB union members for NO OTHER REASON than to terrorize & silence them. Join the IWGB protest! Demand reinstatement! 📅 Thursday, 6 November 🕙 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM 📍Take-Two House, 30 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JD

Date night with @meesh-codes.bsky.social ❤️

Going again for the "Running around a park dressed as Santa" vibe, all in the name of raising money for Mind. We had great fun with this last year and I'm hoping we can surpass last year's money raised and hit £450. Any donations are greatly appreciated! www.justgiving.com/page/kirsty-...

Going again for the "Running around a park dressed as Santa" vibe, all in the name of raising money for Mind. We had great fun with this last year and I'm hoping we can surpass last year's money raised and hit £450. Any donations are greatly appreciated! www.justgiving.com/page/kirsty-...

We are excited to announce our speaker for our November speaker event.  Andrew Fray will be sharing his insights on prototype programming and how it differs from production code.  RSVP now via the link in our Bio.

Please head to this! I can't join off the back of moving but it's a great evening of convos with friendly folks.

Happy days to have Lando on pole for tomorrow's race 🎉🎉 Nice to see Ferraris up there fighting as well. #MexicanGP

Oooh the temptation to get this as a lil post move relax treat for myself to de-stress 🥹🥹

Did you know every Monday I sent out a newsletter with some of this week's thoughts on automation in games? And I won't make you make a substack account!!! andrewfray.dev/newsletter.h...

This has @andrewfray.dev written all over it 😅

Mental health pick me up in the form of Parkway Drive gig. Gimme a sweaty pie, some fire pyros and a well built Aussie man in a mesh top screaming at me please. (All jokes aside - best arena gig I've been to!)

I am so, so inspired by the workers at ZA/UM who unionized. This is such a fantastic step for @gameworkers.co.uk in the UK. Our first recognized union! www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...

Explore Messenger's wonderful spherical cities: messenger.abeto.co

Levelled up to 34 today and yet, we are never too old to get a Lightning McQueen cake 😅

Day off ahead of birthday weekend and I'm so ready for massage and digging into Borderlands 4 for the day 🎉

I swear no board game has brought me closer to folks than #Gloomhaven. 3 different groups to play through the OG and then soon followed by Frosthaven and GH 2e.

My mental health is at the point of "well, what's another Stardew Valley save?!" HOWEVER Coral Island is tapping into that itch and providing such a good nod to SV while bringing in some fresh vibes.

This week!

Fab evening in Birmingham seeing @dvneuk.bsky.social and Night Verses for a mid-week gig ✨

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

#MonzaGP a slight snooze fest. Don't quite agree with McLaren's call for switching drivers, feels like that was a "Sorry we fucked up" for Norris.

starbucks barista: order for cathy lou cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me

Things you love to see

Been lovely to get back into coding again after a good ~ 6 months of not doing it due to lead duties. Digging into Godot for the first time and trying to recreate one of my recent fav board games in it 🥰

🌟 #TakeNoteTuesday 🌟 Every donation to the @IGDAFoundation powers mentorship, global exchanges & opportunities that help emerging game devs thrive. 💖 Give via #Benevity (code: 57J34Y8WJ3) 💝 Or donate: buff.ly/4KmyDFE Let’s keep changing the industry—one story at a time. #gamedev #indiedev

If you can GO TO THIS. Ellen's talk was amazing at Develop and one of my faves from the week. 💪🏻

Our September in-person meetup is coming! Join us in Cherry Reds (next to New St Station) for casual chats with other friendly gamedevs ✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1600278368...