Surviving on a Saturday

I think I'm going to stop doing work.

Presenting Pull Chain, a puzzle game about pulling a light source steven-miller.itch.io/pull-chain

A 'lil reminder that the 🎵 UK Games Composers 🎵 directory can help you find musical talents all the way from Mark Day... to Mark Knight. gamescomposers.co.uk

Time for a quick save

Did this again last night and successfully created an absolute racket 🤘💥🥁

Today I will mostly be listening to the Demonschool soundtrack @necrosoftgames.com kurtfeldman.bandcamp.com/album/demons...

This was in the street directly outside my house. I think it's a message.

Logged into Game Pass and have installed Towerborne Dome Keeper MIO Moonlighter Monster Sanctuary Death Howl ...which should keep me going for a while.

Lovely to see the continued celebration of great games music! And a reminder - if you're on UK Games Composers then you will most likely be eligible for the Ivors if you've had a game out during the period. Usually, it's all UK and Irish nationals / residents 👀🏆 gamescomposers.co.uk

A 'lil reminder that UK Games Composers exists to help everyone discover amazing games musicians >> 🎮 Game projects from AAA to micro-indie jams 🎵 Every game/music genre combo you can think of 🙌 For talks, panels and other events ✅ Awards juries 🤩 Links to all their music gamescomposers.co.uk

I'm having big Can't Decide What To Play vibes recently so I've gone back to my save 60+ hours into the Oblivion Remaster, just spelunking my way into dungeons and making a huge profit.

*PSA for all Diablo fans* If you love Diablo, then why not try this MASSIVE DIABLO CONCERT, taking place in London on 6th June! 😈🎶🎮 gamemusic.net/events/ Big 30th anniversary celebrations! 🥳 (And I'm working on a couple of other cool related things TBA soon hopefully 👀 )

Beyond the Rift. The Victor Initiative: Chapter 6 releases in June alongside Chapter 7. youtu.be/nGouDJfO5h8 #gamedev #horrorgame #horrorgames #indiegames #indiedev #gaming #videogames

Can confirm at least some blue sky is operational! On my way to do a fun 'lil fireside chat with all the wicked weirdos at tonight's Weird Worlds Wind-Down 😵‍💫 luma.com/kkuq7wer

Paquerette Down The Bunburrows tragically overlooked

👏👏👏 And also the ten year anniversary of when I first took over compiling these at Ukie, when we were a then record of £4.33bn. 💸 More than double now! (not adjusting for inflation)

On a train to London for my first event of this year's @londongamesfest.bsky.social, looking forward to catching up with pals old and new 👋

Signs o' the times... One @kim-hu.com special and another of which she would no doubt approve 💥💀🙌 ☕💀👌

The science is clear.

Super Hexagon (2012)

FINALLY got my record player back in action after weeks of my amp being broke and in for repairs 🙏🙏🎶🎶

Any recommendations on here for games-interested pro/semi-pro/experienced amateur singers for a live performance thing? Male and female voices, ideally London-ish.

Immediately downloading this demo

Enclose a horse Draw a horse Warp a horse I am enjoying new forms of horsing around, please continue to horse at me

IDK about you, but I think it's reasonable to want assurances that a barber has actually seen hair before, or in fact people.

Well, BRAINWYRMS was hilariously traumatising poolside reading 10/10 👍👍🪱🪱

Gotta Randomly Find In The Street Them All

A great opportunity for the right person here!

*checks Eurostar immediately*

Holiday time

Update: 70+ hours later I am finally at the end of Act One... I think? I also have a glorious Khmer empire that rules the world with an iron fist (tanks, so many tanks).

Shoutout to Andrew Latherton AKA @tailoredsoundtracks.com, joining the UK Games Composers site. Some cool demos up on youtube / itch.io from his website 😎🎵 UK Games Composers directory: gamescomposers.co.uk

Very happy to say I will be helping attendees min-max their widsom stat, as the host of SXSW London's "Gaming & Interactive Worlds" track. Looking forward to helping celebrate games alongside the very best of the creative industries as part of the week long festival! www.sxswlondon.com @sxsw.com

I regret to inform everyone who had worked really hard on all these new games, but I am currently locked in to the unshakeable grip of both Civ 6 and Baldur's Gate 3.

The ol' charity shop Straight Flush

One of the things I most love about game dev is about how when you start there is nothing and then... there's a whole new place that starts to exist. All these worlds and environments and characters that come to life. I honestly still find it kind of magical.

I have the house to myself tonight, so playing Shadow Of The Colossus for the first time. I know the controls are *meant* to be a bit gnarly, but... anyway, so far I have killed six majestic beasts 🥲

I would take Windows Vista again over this.

Currently playing Silent Hill: Falmouth

I have been cursed with that most dreaded of transports: the rail replacement bus

Had a brilliant couple of days in Hull at From Player To Page, helping teach kids and teachers from local schools all about the games industry and the many kinds of writing and literacy skills involved! 👋 @coreybrotherson.bsky.social 👋 @dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social 👋 @scottishhannah.bsky.social

I am very much in Hull

Evange-lion

Excited to learn whether Shinji finally gets in the robot* *I have not seen Evangelion. I have no idea what this really means.

Really looking forward to being up in Hull for a couple of days this week, as part of From Player To Page's great event championing games as a literary form for young people, alongside these v. cool people! If you're around there's a nice social after too >> www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/devs-after...

I feel like at least one other language must have a word for the feeling of learning about the existence of new amazing-looking games every day and knowing you'll never have chance to get round to them all. 🥲

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I once received a surprise hi-five from Sarah Bond.

LinkedIn is wild