Dinotopia wasn't just enchanting to me as a kid because of the dinosaurs, but because of all of the little details of the world. How would the architecture accommodate dinosaurs? What kind of tools would we use now that we could work with these creatures? It was so thoughtful and curious.

OPPORTUNITIES!! Fancy joining Team Battlefield? There's a chance to join Team DICE as a senior writer, or Criterion as a Senior Narrative Designer! Absolutely affiliated. Shares Welcome! ea.avature.net/careers/JobD... emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

remedy opened a senior writing position-- best of luck, fellow weirdos gamejobs.co/Senior-Write...

"Game dev is one of those jobs you only do when you really want to. It's not going to make your parents proud, you're unlikely to get rich in an industry that lays off people for making superhits, and its a demanding & confrontative job. Why would you let a machine do the thing you're here to do?"

Welcome to the first night of the Locust invasion. Gears of War: E-Day arrives as an XBOX console exclusive. Play it on Xbox, PC and day one with @XBOXGamePass on October 6: xbx.lv/4dZ6Pg8 | #XBOXShowcase

Have you made your watch plans yet? 📺 Check out everywhere you can catch XBOX Games Showcase followed by Gears of War: E-Day Direct: xbx.lv/4nZY4XX | #XBOXShowcase

The regulatory state is more important to the smooth operation of society to which we’ve become accustomed than anyone in this administration realizes, and in a lot of ways, we’ve already run off the cliff and are just starting to look down

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“There’s no asexual representation in gaming” then what the fuck is Ace Attorney even about??

Reading the backer updates from @richardcobbett.bsky.social over the last few years has been incredibly enjoyable and educational as a game dev. I really recommend checking this one out!

Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx

Been working on this since 2023. Can't wait to have all of you experience "Nighthawks"! Wishlist it now!!

From the team behind Outer Wilds, Mobius Digital is expanding their team to help with their next project! 🏗️ DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer 🎧️ Audio Engineer 🤖 Creature/NPC AI Engineer Work with @mobiusdigitalgames.com and apply:

Raw Fury is hiring a Product Manager to take the helm of Product Teams across multiple titles! 📍 Hybrid, Full-time (Stockholm, SE) 💡 Own strategy, pricing & vision 🗣️ Excellent communication & collaboration skills needed Work with @rawfury.bsky.social and apply:

Spaceship Interactive is hiring a Level Designer and a Technical Animator to help with their Zelda-inspired co-op action adventure game! 🛰️ Remote, Contract (ET ±8h) 🕹️ Made in Unreal Engine ⤵️

i have so, so many furious things to say about this but just to scream about one: when corporations declare themselves able to decide what art is or not made specifically for getting off, they are absolutely going to use that power to target even the tamest of queer art first.

Kickstarter officially banning adult content now. Knew this was coming, but it still sucks to have yet another part of the internet that I've been explicitly evicted from. Digital gentrification is exhausting.

Panna Cotta Software is hiring a Freelance Illustrator/Character Illustrator to create dark fantasy art for their new digital card game! 📍 Remote, Freelance (Canada preferred) 📆 10-20hrs/week ⛔️ No AI ⤵️

I've been doing this a long time. This post is not about her selfie. It's not even merits of what he's saying. Posts like these are branding campaigns by people with unusual insulation from imperiling employment, and exploit it for attention through transgression, which is often analogous to power.

I love it when JRPGs do this

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Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has addressed the failure of Wii U, which he blamed on the slower-than-expected launch of a new Smash Bros., Mario Kart and Splatoon exclusives, as well as competition from Xbox and PlayStation. https://bit.ly/4d1bw8N

tactics game where you play through the bold and tragic history of a civil war as narrated by a key figure in it, and then once you finish the story it unlocks a 2nd, much harder loop as narrated by the same person revising his memoirs into a more-truthful form 20 years later

Come work with me! We’ve just opened 2 narrative positions: a Senior Narrative Designer and a Senior Writer! I can’t speak highly enough of this team and this project. We’re cooking up some REALLY cool stuff! 👀 www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2206... www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs/2205...

Coop studio Coincidence is hiring a 2D Game Artist to help them make UI-heavy, illustration-rich games! 📍 Hybrid, Contract (Redmond, WA) 🎨 Create UI & character art from scratch 🤝 100% rev-share, project-based work Work with @coincidence.games & apply:

Supergiant Games is hiring a Graphics & Animation Engineer to help shape their proprietary rendering and animation tech! 📍 Remote, Full-time (United States) 🛠️ 7+ years XP 🎮 Strong C/C++ & 3D math skills Work with @supergiantgames.bsky.social and apply:

📢 CALLING ALL NONBINARY GAME DEVS! 📢 i'm helping run a steam sale event to showcase games made by nonbinary devs during the week of international nonbinary day! if you fit this description, fill out the form by may 18 👉 forms.gle/cx9AqFfPqzF9... please share & send to all your nb dev friends!!

ranch for poorly drawn horses

When I get a leadership position and I’m handed a design doc I’m going to highlight all of it, comment with "?", and then go on vacation for 2 months.

The urge

Ants are social. Elephants are social. Naked mole rats are social. But we're the only ones that can talk about what a member of our species said 500 years ago. Or enrich plutonium. Or eradicate smallpox. Those are multi-person, multigenerational efforts. Our specialty.

Cold Symmetry is hiring a QA Coordinator to help keep Mortal Shell II’s development smooth and bug-free! 🛰️ Remote, Freelance 🔎 Coordinate QA teams & feedback 📝 Organize, validate, and track bugs ⤵️

Peculiar Path is expanding their team to build Reply All, a roguelike deck builder where email is turn-based combat! 🖥️ Generalist Unreal Developer 📚 Junior Production Coordinator 🎨 UI Designer & Animator (Rive) Work with @peculiarpath.com and apply:

We are live! At long last Dwarf Guild Mania is available to everyone on Steam. It's been a blast, can't wait to show you guys what's coming next. store.steampowered.com/app/4346210/... #Steam #gamedev #lotr #dwarves #strategy #indiegame #PCGaming #gamingnews #art

PAID TTRPG editor work. Looking for a copy editor who is familiar with the 5e style guide. Looking to hire someone from the global south, if possible. 60,000 words total. Share and tag editor friends.

Torpor Games is hiring a Lead Writer and an Associate Lead Writer to shape the narrative vision for The Conformist. 📍 Hybrid, Full-time (Berlin, DE) 📝 Excellent writing and editing skills 🏗️ Strong organizational skills ⤵️

not to mention that *finishing* something is it's own skill/set of skills that also need to be practiced and refined and the only way you can effectively do that is making a bunch of stuff and seeing it through until it's completed

Exothermic is hiring a Sci-fi Game Knowledge Specialist to grow a small but dedicated community across forums, wikis, Discord & more! 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎮 $20USD/hr, 5hrs/week 🩵 for sci-fi games a must ⤵️

Thanks so much to our amazing writers and narrative designers @davetheallthing.bsky.social, @michaelthomet.com, @unfetteredmuse.bsky.social, Damir, @zgpope.bsky.social, Kirsty and Brad. This definitely would not have happened without you all..! :-)

Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet? Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions? Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?

Truck-kun is on the way, To isekai you today. Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! development continues. 🚚💨

the penne opticon

Don’t just let it be terrible, LEAN INTO it being terrible, because no one’s going to see it. I only bring this up because someone mentioned just this week that this trick is useful, but I *still* 30 years in, when stumped, write this on the top of the page.

How I’ve Been Pronouncing It (Feat. Foghorn Leghorn, my… roommate?)

Think of it this way: using ChatGPT is like employing a scheming eunuch whose obsequious lies will make your life difficult and embarrassing.

the thing that's fascinating to me about the guard is that they're not just soldiers, they're specifically Entente soldiers in the first world war. they're servants of an evil empire but also indisputably victims of it. they're often defending people, but within the framework that imperiled them

Optillusion Games is hiring a Sound Designer and a Social Media Video Content Creator for their upcoming survival crafting game, Rinthine! 🛰️ Remote, Contract 🎧 2+ years XP 🛠️ Made in Unity Work on @rinthine.bsky.social and apply:

This reality check by Rebecca Solnit grabs you right from the killer first sentence. Do yourself a favor & give it a read.

"At some point if the ship doesn’t turn around, maybe it will start taking on water or listing badly or hit an iceberg, or perhaps the iceberg has been there all along and is named Donald Trump."

I understand loving a story so much you want to see it as soon as possible… but leaks can harm the ability for those stories to continue. It’s harder than ever for artists to live off what they make. Less human-made art, especially big swings, are a huge loss for everybody.