Artean
@artean.bsky.social
level 27 hobbit
software developer irl
he/him | en/fr
mostly I love video games and learning how they are made!
Myst propaganda account
Mastodon: retro.pizza/@artean
software developer irl
he/him | en/fr
mostly I love video games and learning how they are made!
Myst propaganda account
Mastodon: retro.pizza/@artean
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if i know discord for anything is that they can and will pussy out if people bully them enough for something. get fucking loud about this
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
if i know discord for anything is that they can and will pussy out if people bully them enough for something. get fucking loud about this
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Take 2 minutes of your time and watch "The Hyrule Fantasy", a lovely Zelda fan film by french animator Ousmane Cissé.
www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Take 2 minutes of your time and watch "The Hyrule Fantasy", a lovely Zelda fan film by french animator Ousmane Cissé.
www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...
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February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Hello! 📣 We're working on an adventure game called Phonopolis where every single texture is hand-painted on a piece of cardboard, and even particle effects like flames and smoke are hand-painted frame by frame. Please wishlist on Steam if you like:)
October 18, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Hello! 📣 We're working on an adventure game called Phonopolis where every single texture is hand-painted on a piece of cardboard, and even particle effects like flames and smoke are hand-painted frame by frame. Please wishlist on Steam if you like:)
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From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
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Anyway. More games should be short stories! But that can’t happen unless we are accepting of that form - otherwise the form dies, replaced by longer forms that require more capital investment to make. Like happened in scifi. Guess who benefited from that
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Anyway. More games should be short stories! But that can’t happen unless we are accepting of that form - otherwise the form dies, replaced by longer forms that require more capital investment to make. Like happened in scifi. Guess who benefited from that
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Another happy Bandcamp Vendredi!
#BandcampFriday
#BandcampFriday
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Another happy Bandcamp Vendredi!
#BandcampFriday
#BandcampFriday
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For his perfect console @jon.inkle.co, narrative designer and co-founder
of @inkle.co, chose:
1. Plundered Hearts
2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game
3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
4. The Last Express
5. Shadow of the Colossus
Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode:
sptfy.in/3lqj
of @inkle.co, chose:
1. Plundered Hearts
2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game
3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
4. The Last Express
5. Shadow of the Colossus
Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode:
sptfy.in/3lqj
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
For his perfect console @jon.inkle.co, narrative designer and co-founder
of @inkle.co, chose:
1. Plundered Hearts
2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game
3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
4. The Last Express
5. Shadow of the Colossus
Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode:
sptfy.in/3lqj
of @inkle.co, chose:
1. Plundered Hearts
2. Blade Runner: The Adventure Game
3. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
4. The Last Express
5. Shadow of the Colossus
Listen to Jon discuss his picks in this week's episode:
sptfy.in/3lqj
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J'ai tenté du mieux que possible de vous raconter comment un puzzle game de PS1 m'a laissé durant 25 ans dans le doute avec des hypothèses orphelines avant de daigner m'offrir une réponse tant attendue, non sans quelques péripéties et pertes de points de santé mentale.
Aujourd'hui, @tomberrymusical.fr vient vous parler d'une quête personnelle de 25 ans, celle du jeu Kurushi, aussi appelé Intelligent Qube :
Kurushi - La quête d'un lore
Un jeu pas comme les autres, un défi trop haut pour moi, une hypothèse restée en suspens durant 28 ans, et enfin la réponse.
thepixelpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
J'ai tenté du mieux que possible de vous raconter comment un puzzle game de PS1 m'a laissé durant 25 ans dans le doute avec des hypothèses orphelines avant de daigner m'offrir une réponse tant attendue, non sans quelques péripéties et pertes de points de santé mentale.
Another happy Bandcamp Vendredi!
#BandcampFriday
#BandcampFriday
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Another happy Bandcamp Vendredi!
#BandcampFriday
#BandcampFriday
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Bandcamp Friday alert: it's Bandcamp Friday, right now, and for like 22 more hours. Get some music, pay some artists.
February 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Bandcamp Friday alert: it's Bandcamp Friday, right now, and for like 22 more hours. Get some music, pay some artists.
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This reminds me a little of Mel Brooks dealing with studio notes.
![From the New Yorker (2021): You have some wonderful stories of basically getting away with stuff at thestudios.
I’d learned one very simple trick: say yes. Simply say yes. Like Joseph E. Levine, on“The Producers,” said, “The curly-haired guy—he’s funny looking. Fire him.” Hewanted me to fire Gene Wilder. And I said, “Yes, he’s gone. I’m firing him.” Inever did. But he forgot. After the screening of “Blazing Saddles,” the head ofWarner Bros. threw me into the manager’s offi ce, gave me a legal pad and a pencil,and gave me maybe twenty notes. He would have changed “Blazing Saddles” froma daring, funny, crazy picture to a stultified, dull, dusty old Western. He said, “Nofarting.” I said, “It’s out.”
That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the
campfire scene
.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I keptsaying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all hisnotes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running[production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end ofit. You say yes, and you never do it.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/mel-brooks-writes-it-all-down](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uypytbqy5palhmhbvvezgrww/bafkreid4bztk74hzpnjs257sdbq5u4vf33gqdcpprxuozvaesauwf6uvb4@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This reminds me a little of Mel Brooks dealing with studio notes.
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Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...
February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...
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Me: How does this work. I hate this. Why can't I just write words. I am in no way a programmer. Please somebody make this thing function for me.
Me after unchecking one box in the Properties field: Lo, I am King of Programmers, a savant whose very thoughts are made manifest in an age of wonders.
Me after unchecking one box in the Properties field: Lo, I am King of Programmers, a savant whose very thoughts are made manifest in an age of wonders.
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Me: How does this work. I hate this. Why can't I just write words. I am in no way a programmer. Please somebody make this thing function for me.
Me after unchecking one box in the Properties field: Lo, I am King of Programmers, a savant whose very thoughts are made manifest in an age of wonders.
Me after unchecking one box in the Properties field: Lo, I am King of Programmers, a savant whose very thoughts are made manifest in an age of wonders.
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INFO Origami - Ubisoft vient d'annuler le développement d'un jeu Assassin's Creed multijoueur - projet AC League - porté par Ubisoft Annecy.
www.origami.ng/ubisoft-vant...
Avec le shooter PvE Pathfinder, c'est le deuxième chantier remis à zéro en quelques mois chez Ubi Annecy.
www.origami.ng/ubisoft-vant...
Avec le shooter PvE Pathfinder, c'est le deuxième chantier remis à zéro en quelques mois chez Ubi Annecy.
Ubisoft annule AC League, un projet d'Assassin's Creed multijoueur coopératif
Nouvelle victime du grand "reset créatif" de l'éditeur français, League devait servir d'ambassadeur à un retour en grâce de modes multijoueurs au sein de la série.
www.origami.ng
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
INFO Origami - Ubisoft vient d'annuler le développement d'un jeu Assassin's Creed multijoueur - projet AC League - porté par Ubisoft Annecy.
www.origami.ng/ubisoft-vant...
Avec le shooter PvE Pathfinder, c'est le deuxième chantier remis à zéro en quelques mois chez Ubi Annecy.
www.origami.ng/ubisoft-vant...
Avec le shooter PvE Pathfinder, c'est le deuxième chantier remis à zéro en quelques mois chez Ubi Annecy.
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I have absolutely no idea why I find this so funny.
February 4, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I have absolutely no idea why I find this so funny.
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The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
February 5, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
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unbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.
Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing. Valve is now aiming to launch its Steam Machine in the first half of 2026, rather than early 2026. How much will it cost, though? www.theverge.com/games/874196...
Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing
You’ll have to wait a little longer for Valve’s new hardware.
www.theverge.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
unbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.
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❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
Sign up for news about the Game Writing Kaleidoscope
In early 2026 we’ll be publishing The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, a collection of over 100 short essays by game writers about writing.
Featuring some very famous names, some highly experienced free...
forms.gle
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 PM
❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors.
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises.
If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!
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1. Riven (1997/2024) - two for one.
1997 is a game of beautiful vistas and compelling characters but also a deep meditation on authority, power and using people’s belief structures against them.
2024 is all that and lovingly modernized and adapted to 3D.
1997 is a game of beautiful vistas and compelling characters but also a deep meditation on authority, power and using people’s belief structures against them.
2024 is all that and lovingly modernized and adapted to 3D.
January 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
1. Riven (1997/2024) - two for one.
1997 is a game of beautiful vistas and compelling characters but also a deep meditation on authority, power and using people’s belief structures against them.
2024 is all that and lovingly modernized and adapted to 3D.
1997 is a game of beautiful vistas and compelling characters but also a deep meditation on authority, power and using people’s belief structures against them.
2024 is all that and lovingly modernized and adapted to 3D.
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C'est un jeu qui va vous faire transpirer, vous émouvoir, vous intimider, vous réjouir, et vous faire prononcer souvent la phrase : "Je ne pensais pas que j'allais y arriver". Bienvenue dans "Cairn", le simulateur d'escalade et de dépassement de soi. #LFAJV www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
"Cairn", l'irrésistible ascension
Ce matin, un jeu où vos seules armes sont des sachets de magnésie, des pitons d'escalade et des cordes solides. Et surtout, un mental d'acier et l'envie d'être émerveillé par le monde.
www.radiofrance.fr
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
C'est un jeu qui va vous faire transpirer, vous émouvoir, vous intimider, vous réjouir, et vous faire prononcer souvent la phrase : "Je ne pensais pas que j'allais y arriver". Bienvenue dans "Cairn", le simulateur d'escalade et de dépassement de soi. #LFAJV www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...