Congratulations to #Edinburgh #games and #literary studio for the successful launch (and completion) of its Kickstarter campaign. Little Bird is the first in a series, with digital physical - and potentially audiobooks - on offer. Back the project here: scottishgames.net/2026/05/11/l...

Games is a 'Golden Thread' worth £1.3bn to UK's economy. But while the consumer market is in flux, we’re still treating this tech as a silo. Project Pathfinder is here to fix that. Time to stop seeing 'just games' and start seeing a National Utility. scottishgames.net/2026/05/05/p...

Congratulations Daisy!

Today's Scottish Herald has a list of the 50 most powerful people in Scottish #arts & #culture. As is all too common, the country's biggest cultural export #games is entirely absent. This has to change Here's how... scottishgames.net/2026/04/30/5...

Game developers and businesses in #Scotland & #UK - your help is needed. Gina Jackson OBE is updating her excellent 2024 Skills Crisis In the UK Games Sector report and is looking for data from studios, indies and game developers across the whole of the UK. scottishgames.net/2026/04/29/u...

Tomorrow I'm part of a hustings exploring the impact and value of #tech and #AI on Scotland's digital future. I'll be using the work on Level Up: Scotland's Games Action Plan to make the case that #games must be an integral part of our digital infrastructure. scottishgames.net/2026/04/22/n...

Back To The Future: Umbra Dynamics Secures Regional EDGE Prize to Champion Retro Games Umbra Dynamics has emerged as the major winner of the Regional EDGE competition in Tayside, securing a £50,000 top prize at a ceremony held at V&A Dundee. Led by industry veteran Marc Williamson, the former CEO…

with @benmacpherson.bsky.social Milles Briggs MSP Daniel Johnson MSP, Andy Williamson (LibDems) with Ethan Claridge in the chair and @brianbaglow.bsky.social Professor Fiona McNeill and Professor Marion Thain

with @benmacpherson.bsky.social Milles Briggs MSP Daniel Johnson MSP, Andy Williamson (LibDems) with Ethan Claridge in the chair and @brianbaglow.bsky.social Professor Fiona McNeill and Professor Marion Thain

Great line up - Daniel Johnson MSP (Lab), Miles Briggs MSP (Tory), @benmacpherson.bsky.social (SNP) and Andy Williamson (LibDems) with expert commentary from @brianbaglow.bsky.social (National Games Strategy), Prof Fiona McNeill and Prof Marion Thain - with Ethan Claridge in the chair

The joy of playing Hamm-3r for the first time! Immerse yourself in a free, short, thought-provoking philosophical game by @gua-le-ni.com and @amidos2006.bsky.social and let us know how it ended for you (or not - be mysterious)! hammer.gua-le-ni.com #indiegame #philosophy #artgame #godot

The final meeting of #Scotland's #games cross-party group before the Scottish elections takes place on March 18th (6-8pm). Submit your agenda items using the link below. Business & Employment Minister Richard Lochhead has been invited to discuss the Action Plan. scottishgames.net/2026/02/25/s...

Scotland's Games Cross-Party Group will meet for the last time before the Scottish elections on March 18th 2026. Submit your agenda topics and register today.

The final meeting of #Scotland's #games cross-party group before the Scottish elections takes place on March 18th (6-8pm). Submit your agenda items using the link below. Business & Employment Minister Richard Lochhead has been invited to discuss the Action Plan. scottishgames.net/2026/02/25/s...

talha and jack have the kind of track record which should see them funded for whatever they want to make. no-one is making weird stop motion games out of clay like they are making weird stop motion games out of clay

The 17th (😮) #GAConf will be the Europe edition on April 27th-28th! Fully online, free to attend. Two days of talks & networking, the central hub for the professional game accessibility community to come together, learn, share, & make connections. Register at www.gaconf.com #gamedev #accessibility

Digitalhumanities, #librarylife and #NLP friends: has anyone bought a large historical dataset (books, newspapers, maps etc, images or ocr) from a publisher/digitiser to data mine? I’d like to compare notes… either on here or DM me 🙏

The industry is now speaking with one voice. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎮 We welcome the new Ukie/IES manifesto, which validates the core pillars of our #LevelUp Games Action Plan. Next stop: A formal ministerial review scottishgames.net/2026/02/17/i... #LevelUpScotland #ScottishGames

I’m so excited Fife is getting a Silent Hill set there because we get a lot of fog, there are quite a lot of evil omens, and sometimes the lady who works at the chipper is possessed

Very much here for Silent Hill: Townfall.

Do you want your voice heard in the discussion around #games education in #Scotland? Join us on March 3rd at West College and help us bring games education and game #industry closer together and working more effectively.

Check out the incredible work from my friend Cassandra Harrison, artist and 'Live Illustrator'. She's captured the entire debate which took place in the Scottish Parliament, from the opening remarks to the points from each MSP. It's wonderful... (and she's available for your next event!)

Hey #games students in #Scotland. At college AND University. Whatever course you're studying. Whatever level you're at. We're running an event to help you decide whether starting your own videogames business (#studio #freelancer #whatever) is the right move for you scottishgames.net/2026/02/06/h...

96% towards our funding target! Help us reach 100% and get a @scottishgreens.org ad running on major TV channels in the next few weeks! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-get-t...

Thank you to everyone who has tried my demo and wishlisted my game. Build you cosy island in "Fresh start" mode, while managing a cosy economy. Play demo & wishlist Tiny Terra Spaces on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/... #wishlistwednesday #indiegame #cosybuilder

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

It happened. The future of Scotland's #videogames sector was debated in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. Watch along. You'll be amazed at the depth and insight of some of the MSPs. We have real allies across the chamber: scottishgames.net/2026/02/04/l...

Here we go! Debate on #LevelUp: Scotland’s Games Action Plan. No photos from the chamber, so you’ll have to make do with the gorgeous pine n’ poured concrete staircase on the way in… #games #videogames #ScottishGames #SGAP #GamesActionPlan

The parliamentary debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd February) at 17:50 (or shortly thereafter). Watch it LIVE on Scottish Paliament TV. I'll aso be doing an #AMA afterwards. Full details below. scottishgames.net/2026/02/02/l...

Still loads to do but little Scottish island cosy builder is coming together nicely. Thank you to everyone who has wishlisted - 160 wishlists so far! Thank you so much! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #cosygame

It's been fun seeing The Consultants lose their mind about how they don't get this ad, which is the coolest shit she's done yet. (Also, yes, that's Matt Mercer, who I've come to learn since this ad dropped is more famous than Michael Jordan.)

Fantastic news. The motion to debate Scotland's Games Action Plan has been approved and the debate will take place on TUE FEB 3rd 2026 (time TBC). Details below: scottishgames.net/2026/01/30/fro m-paper-to-parliament-national-games-debate-confirmed-for-tuesday-feb-2nd/ #LevelUpScotland

This is exactly what Scotland’s games industry needs and wants, Brian - let’s get this debated 🤩❤️‍🔥

One of the mot gratifying things about the Games Action Plan is that it's not rocket science. It asks for some basic help and an understanding of the unique aspects of the games ecosystem. So the plan aligns very neatly with many of the other calls for intervention & support for business in Scotland

I'm looking for support to have Scotland's Games Action Plan debated in the Scottish Parliament. There is a motion for such a debate (S6M-20521) currently lodged. Can you lend your support and help build Scotland into the UK's first #games #supercluster worth £1Bn? scottishgames.net/2026/01/23/s...

🥳Tiny Terra Spaces reached 154 wishlist! Couldn't be happier. 😍 Thank you to everyone who played the demo and wishlisted my game! 🏆It may not be huge numbers but I am proud of my game's achievement. 🎮Want to try the demo? store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/... #wishlistwednesday #gamedev

Had over 500 people playing my demo and reached an additional 60 wishlist. Not huge numbers for most out there lol but approaching slowly 200 wishlist is pretty epic for me! Play demo & wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/... #MarketingMonday #indiegame #cosybuilder #cosygame

Dear people of #Scotland. 2 national newspaper covers in a week might seem a 'bit much' but it's hugely important that the Government supports #Scotland's videogames ecosystem through the new #LevelUp Games Action Plan. Please email or find your MSP on social. Ask them to support Motion S6M-20521

I started last week with a 4pp story in the Herald. It closed with another in-depth piece from our friends at the Courier, which talks about my slightly... unusual (?) entry into the games sector, DMA Design, joining Rockstar (sans NDA) & the Games Action Plan. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-...

Can you help to support the future of #videogames in #Scotland? We have a motion lodged in parliament for a debate around the Games Action Plan, which would put it right at the forefront of the government's to do list. Please ask your MSPs to support the motion. scottishgames.net/2026/01/26/t...

This is going to be a long thread but I have to share these amazing videos! Check out this epic content creator doing all these lets plays of my game Rise of the Village Hero! Like it? Support me with a purchase & review on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2737960/... #ARPG #RPG #indiegame

Lovely games people - I'm looking for your help. On Wednesday this week, MSP Michael Marra lodged a members' motion asking for a debate on Scotland's Games Action Plan. To ensure it happens, we need cross-party support from MSPs. Full details on how to support: scottishgames.net/2026/01/23/s...

Check out Tiny Terra Spaces' demo on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/... Thank you to everyone who has wishlisted my game, and played the demo last night and this morning! Please keep sharing, downloading and wishlisting it helps me a lot! #indiegame #cosybuilder #FollowFriday #cosy

I absolutely could NOT have got to this point without the input, support and help of the games community, ABS. You've been a total legend across the whole process. Thank you.

At the launch event for the @scottishgames.bsky.social "Level Up Scotland" national action plan for the Scottish Games Sector. Great plan from @brianbaglow.bsky.social and co and with support and engagement from @scottishgov.bsky.social

"A proposal designed to transform Scotland’s 'world-class' games sector from an overlooked 'secret weapon' into a unified £1 billion economic powerhouse, has been unveiled." @brianbaglow.bsky.social has done amazing work on this. ♥️ www.thenational.scot/news/2578137...

In town to listen to @brianbaglow.bsky.social talk about the action plan for the Scottish Games Sector.

​In Scotland, Computing Science has the largest gender gap of any STEM subject, a trend stuck in place for a decade. ​We often talk about role models, confidence & capability. These are symptoms of the root cause being access & equity. @Tes Scotland www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Who is going to be my 100th person to wishlist my game? Wishlist my cosy island builder: store.steampowered.com/app/3788070/... #trailertuesday #indiegame #gamedev #cosygame