Coffee and plotting more schemes for Nights of Cloaks and Lights while baby naps 🎭

PSST... We made a fabulous little Visual Novel demo for #GlobalGameJam #GGJ26 this weekend! 🎭 Choose your mask for the evening, then infiltrate the elven courtly revelries to identify the secret benefactor of your rebellion... 🌹 Inspired by Commedia dell'Arte and English folklore. Link in 🧵~

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here

james cameron every few years

Join the jam I'm hosting! Create a game or tool to help introduce TTRPGS to peeps. It's a great way to hit the ground at a reasonable pace come new year! And maybe we can bring some new folks into the hobby? itch.io/jam/welcome-...

he's just a lil guy ❄️

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett casually confirming that 2D of Gorillaz is non-binary now is not what I expected from this album promotion cycle but y’know, yeah, cool, good for them!

the bus driver is listening to a techno version of the X-Files theme and the sun is shining, *and* the dentist told me I've done a good job of keeping my clean. Good day

Our very first Game Writing SIG @game-writing.com game jam ended up with 122 (?!) submissions! I am in awe. Agog. My gasts are truly and uttterly and thoroughly flabbered. What an incredible turnout! 🎉🎉🎉

It's ALIIIVE!!! Showing RESILIENCE despite being faced with technical difficulties, we've kicked off the jam! ✨ Also I AM NOT a robot I swear 🤖

Cat's out of the box, which is strange, considering cats tend to like boxes wait I'm getting distracted... Here's what we've been cooking up in the IGDA Game Writing SIG! 📚 The First Game Writing Arcjam! 📅 November 21st - 24th 👥 Pro judges! 🏆 Spectacular prizes! Link in🧵🪡! #gamejam #gamewriting

Sunday sewing🧵 This will be a playmat for bean once ready. Been a while since I did appliqué work!

We've teamed up with Wacom for another webinar! Join us on Nov. 12 at 11am PT/ 2pm ET for a talk with Kelly Daley where she breaks down portfolio pieces that consistently open doors, what to cut immediately, and the actual studio pipeline those pieces should reflect. RSVP: https://loom.ly/ClDATpI

Post you from a different era. ... surprising absolutely no one, I had a steampunk phase (in my defence, I was 19)

Everyone tries to tell you apathy is cool, but the sooner you learn earnestness is strength not cringe and that all your quirks are what people will fall in love with, the sooner learn how to define your own happiness and find true friends who love youf for you

A little sneak peek at the WIP fox from Tunic amigurumi I'm freestyling for bean 🦊 There's a little squeaky thingy in the tail, even! #crochet #amigurumi #tunicgame

If any narrative folks out there want to learn to speak executive, watch Bob Iger's Masterclass. I warn you, it's chilling, and also a very good way to shake off any last lingering fuzzy warm feelings around Disney / Marvel / Star Wars.

it turns out making art is spiritually and emotionally fulfilling. has anyone looked into this

Read somewhere babies sleep well with white noise on. Not sure if true or not, but turns out Chride sleeps extremely deeply to waves crashing and a calming underwater heartbeat

Pregnancy leave thoughts. I was expecting to spend a lot of time mindlessly scrolling on my phone, just watching short-form video of performative motherhood.

Little bean decided to make his appearance yesterday morning! 🍼 Everything went well, and apart from needing a bit of extra food, he's doing alright (as am I and his dad too). Also... he gets to share his Birthday with none other than Freddie Mercury 🩵

It's my absolute pleasure to present to you our labor of love: Poly Fighter! We are HeartLoop Games! ♥

every working game designer who has had to play a game for work

truly cursed

Started playing DOS:2 earlier tonight, and I 100% see the similarities to BG3 that y'all were telling me were there, but also, I have a grumpy squirrel that rides on a skeleton cat following me around so

Adjacent to this, more people need to know that artists, authors, zine makers, etc, are all paying for their tables (and stock, hotels, travel, food) to vend at conventions. They aren't staff, they aren't earning an hourly wage to be there, they're paying to be there.

Oh uh I started a YouTube series www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa1J...

Game designers! Sept 5 deadline, open call for pitching a large group game for a cruise ship. No limit to pitches. Set your own fee/budget. Accepted ideas earn 10% of fee, even if you don't execute them. #gamedev #gamejobs www.linkedin.com/posts/guardu...

Can we stop listening to tech CEOs' predictions please. We don't have to believe people's fantasy stories just because they're rich.

Using AI for concept art is like: “I want to come up with something no-one has ever seen before, so I’m going to use this machine that can only regurgitate existing stuff after blending it into a lumpy paste.”

at least one article I worked on back in 2018 is part of one of these data sets. If you're published in any way, you're likely also affected.

You are, in the next few months, going to see a few pro-AI people who start trying to morph into "thoughtful cynics" on the issue, and I can't wait, because I've been taking such detailed notes

If you want to stream our demo, we want to promote you! Reach out to Radiant G, our marketing lead, if you are interested. Priority to 🌈LGBTQIA+ streamers!

No matter how many games there are it's still very likely you'll make something with a distinct voice that comes from its unique combination of elements and tone.

Life drawing with fencers at the Helsinki Night of the Arts! ✍️ Thannnk youu @santtudraws.bsky.social for joining me 🤺🤺

The more I shop for kid's clothes second hand, the clearer it becomes that 'baby shoes, never worn' is less of a tragedy and more of a result of babies a) having unpredictably sized feet and b) not needing shoes until they start walking

you could not only make a massive budget film duology but also a game about this from Gollum's POV /s

My 3rd trimester pregnancy hobbies are aqua jogging, 1000+ piece puzzles, napping, and forgetting basic things. I'm also weirdly into pudding.

Gender is a performance and I just rolled a 2

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab. Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls. If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

“banning pornography” is bad on its own but it is imperative that everyone understand that these people consider the very existence of queer people to be pornographic they consider the most chaste depiction of a queer relationship, or an openly trans person, to be porn and they want it banned

The sky looked so promising for a thunderstorm and then the clouds just dispersed... My inner hattifattener is disappointed af

people ask me how to make an org or an event (Pixelles, Polaris, Kitfox, etc). over time, it's become clear the steps can't be broken down past 1 - decide on a goal 2 - figure out how to reach that goal 3 - find a trusted collaborator 4 - take it slow, it's a marathon (anecdata to follow in thread)

pretty cool. wonder if she makes other stuff

Interesting times at #Archipelacon2 !

we don't talk enough about how when a skeleton in dark souls reanimates it puts its own head on like a hat