What is up with 2026 cause I feel like I'm wasting the year away and it's barely even began and I didn't feel this rush last year. (And it's not the don't trust your thoughts at night thing, it haunts me in the day too)

New year, new attempt to be more active on socials again. Here here to another attempt. Anyways, how has everyone been doing since I've been away?

I love waking up on a September morning and just feel the summer depression leave me. Like wow I had a thought to socialise with people, haven’t seen you in a hot minute buddy

Reached new levels of butch via being trusted to trim your cousin’s hair (teenage boy)

Holy shit the pulls I got

I just tested this and it's the same for me. Conflating harmless LGBTQ+ content with the mature content this puritanical law is supposed to "protect" people from is diabolical - get ABSOLUTELY fucked, you vile hatemongers. Petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

grumble grumble

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

I received professional photos of me taken from this year's BAFTA YGD showcase, and I didn't realise how good I can look on a camera! Perfect way to capture 15 years of BAFTA YGD #BAFTAYGD @bafta.org Credits: ©BAFTA/Alecsandra Dragoi, ©BAFTA/Gabriele Thomas

me: I feel like I haven't done much game development or life stuff in general my wrist nerves/tendons: hahaha you fool, get used to wearing your brace again you workaholic

Still Wakes the Deep developer The Chinese Room is independent again, and working on two new IPs – studio director Ed Daly tells us more www.gamesindustry.biz/the-chinese-...

🚨 SURPRISE TRAILER DROP! 🚨 We just dropped a new trailer for Rogue Eclipse as a part of the Offbrand Games Showcase 😎! 🕹 Tight Arcade Flight Controls 💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast Through 👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome Enjoy! #ScreenshotSaturday #pcgaming #gaming Wishlist Here! bit.ly/4bRLumD

What I managed to pull (my cousin’s stuff, she got 2 full arts, 2 master balls and a Pokémon ball)

Someone burnt the chicken

Going back to the gym feels nice, mostly cause I work on my back and destroy the back ache from sitting down on a desk all day

Limit Break Project 2 is now happening, I'm going to be making an Interactive Fiction game where the only choice you can make is saying "I love you" in Videotome

YOU. I DRANK YOU WHEN I GOT TO MY HOTEL. (3am detective at work rn)

I have too much energy for someone who drank 3 rum and woke up at 5am today. It’s 2.30am

Everyone who has the energy to be social online after socialising at develop is made out of something else I just remembered bluesky existed as I pack my bags to head home

✨ GAME DEVS: WE ARE NOT COOKED, FUCKED, OR JOEVER✨ We literally *are* the means of production. It benefits the millionaire execs to have us believe that it is *we* who needs *them*. But they generate nothing without us. The sooner we all start saying it, believing it, the stronger we can be.

Just got back seeing the new Jurassic Park movie here’s my spoiler free review from someone who loves the series: - the cinematography is pretty great - has a similar dread and suspense to the OG trilogy - the plot is very meh - pacing felt a bit off when it’s not scary scenes - 7.5/10

Thinking about how in a world without covid there could’ve been a trans woman bafta YGD alumni and how impactful she would be in this current climate and how we would’ve celebrated our 10 winner year anniversary together as transgender alumni Anyways I miss you Lucy x

Back to back headaches, barely did any work but work was done! To the best of my ability Anyways I’m going to kill the sun if this continues tomorrow

travelling is so tiring gonna be a hermit until develop (also yes I'm going to develop, so is desert angels @ brilliant indie treasures)

Huge congratulations to this year’s BAFTA Young Game Designers winners! Check out the list of 2025 winners here 🏆 bafta.org/stories/2025... You can rewatch the ceremony here ➡️ youtu.be/6OAoeOR6U9M #BAFTAYGD

What a glow up @baftagames.bsky.social Happy 15 years to BAFTA YGD (and 10 years to me)

Going on my mandated touch grass 3 day trip (no tech apart from my phone)

I knew it was going to happen since I mentioned it as part of my self-tape but it's still wild. My friend's game I helped make is on BAFTA channel.

Can't believe it's been 10 years since I won, but it's pretty neat to be part of the alumni story for BAFTA YGD

We are delighted to announce that AdventureX will happen on 22-23 November at LSBU Hub in London. Save the date! Ticket sales are expected to open in August. More tickets will be available than in 2023! Applications to exhibit/speak at #AdvX25 will open next week from Mon 23 June - 14 July.

I wish to be taller not for many other normal reason but so that I can break my habit of sitting cross-legged all the time. I know it's bad for my legs but if it fits--I sit and cross!!

Tfw you cut your own hair with a clipper and it comes out so clean and smooth and you just feel so gender. Best feeling in the goddamn world I’ll tell ya

Important life update, Prince has tie on his collar now.

Waking up to a sunlit room after removing your sleeping mask be like

I think one of the best things devs can do right now to support this dying ecosystem is support the independent journalism covering their respective scenes. For two reasons: - You get good journalism out of it - You're investing in the space you live in I wholeheartedly recommend Rascal.

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lvl 18 ascension AND I defeated the heart??? I'm going to ride this high for a while

For this week's blog, I wrote about why "making small games" is not as easy as it sounds. Inspired by a post-GDC article by @gamedeveloper.bsky.social and encouraging statements by @dukope.bsky.social, I did a mini-postmortem about BoJ's "product performance." www.essay-games.com/blog/make-pe...

Desert Angels just launched!! My first credited game!! I’m so happy!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3048770/...

I was a translator and/or proofreader for Japanese-to-English on over 10 games, some of which are fairly high profile. I wasn’t credited for a single one.

⚡ CRESCENT COUNTY IS DOING A KICKSTARTER!! ⚡ 💫 A painterly, witch-tech island to explore 🎁 Make deliveries by day, street race by night 😘 Drama! Motorbrooms! Kissing!!! ⌚ Launching in MAY 👇 SUPPORT INDIE GAMES! FOLLOW OUR KICKSTARTER!! 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann... #gamedev #indiedev

I'm the Community Manager for Electric Saint. You might know them as the Studio creating Crescent County. Well, now you can know them as: The Studio LAUNCHING A KICKSTARTER FOR CRESCENT COUNTY Please give us a follow and spread the word www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...

Good morning, Prince looks like an evil vizier

In case you haven't heard, BDS has named Microsoft and XBox as a priority target for their boycott. Please spread the word! www.rockpapershotgun.com/bds-calls-fo...

According to this week, invisibility potions have no effect on me. #lesbianvisibilityweek

It's #LesbianVisibilityWeek. The Supreme Court doesn't get to define who I am, what I can do with my body or who I can love. Lesbianism is liberation & there is no liberation without trans women. British courts ≠ justice. Trans women are women, trans lesbians are lesbians. #UppaQueers #LVW25

It's #LesbianVisibilityWeek, an annual observance dedicated to bringing awareness to and celebrating lesbians and issues important to the community.

Happy lesbian visibility week! #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LVW25 ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜

2025 is such a weird year. Didn’t realise the Pope dying the day after Easter was on my bingo card.

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...