Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social
Game Architect
E-Line Media
Currently: reimagining the city sim
Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...
E-Line Media
Currently: reimagining the city sim
Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...
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Borut Pfeifer
@borut.bsky.social
· Aug 30
A little #screenshotsaturday of the prototype of my current project, a cozy little city sim...
What is Microsoft shutting down hardware development and returning to only software development, Alex?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Valve Announces Steam Machine, a New Video-Game Console
The US gaming company behind the popular, handheld Steam Deck is making a living-room device for PC games
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What is Microsoft shutting down hardware development and returning to only software development, Alex?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Poignant piece by one of Fetterman’s former staffers.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
"The Fettermans of the world have cut off their own feet, and then gleefully rolled about on the floor, wondering why on earth they cannot walk."
When I Was John Fetterman
I was one of the senator’s most dedicated consultants—until I saw a side of him that made me sick.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Poignant piece by one of Fetterman’s former staffers.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
It’s also a good reminder that much of this guy’s sparkling social media presence was the work of some overqualified young writer from Brooklyn.
the children yearn for the slop
This one was surprising to me, though it is difficult to tell what the actual GenAI usage is, as the disclosure language is often quite general: www.totallyhuman.io/blog/games-w...
Games With AI Disclosures Have Grossed an Estimated $660M on Steam — Totally Human Media
A few months ago, we ran the numbers on how many Steam games disclosed using Generative AI . At the time, we were at 7,818 titles—about 7% of Steam's total library. That number has since climbed to ...
www.totallyhuman.io
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
the children yearn for the slop
Congrats @nelsanderson.zone! Can't wait to check it out!
We... put out a video game? That you can play? On your computer?!?
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240?...
Save 10% on Generation Exile on Steam
You are aboard humanity’s first and final generation ship, a last-chance expedition now teetering on the rim of collapse. One step at a time you must rebuild society and the ship’s fragile ecosystems ...
store.steampowered.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Congrats @nelsanderson.zone! Can't wait to check it out!
what is a "go-forward plan"... isn't that... just... a plan?
October 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
what is a "go-forward plan"... isn't that... just... a plan?
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This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
Beatdown City Survivors Indie Horror Showcase Trailer
YouTube video by NuChallenger
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
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ANNOUNCEMENT: introducing our latest game!
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: introducing our latest game!
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, a time-looping puzzle ballad. 🪕
💧 Unravel a story-based time puzzle
💧 Employ a traveling c̶o̶n̶m̶a̶n̶ salesman
💧 Orchestrate a shindig and other such matters
Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/3800300/
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We've just finished the announce trailer for our very small team's indie game.
"Hello World-If you think the world is ridiculous now, wait til you see the ending."
Rimworld + Stardew Valley + Fallout.
The apocalypse we deserve.
#gamedev #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQh...
"Hello World-If you think the world is ridiculous now, wait til you see the ending."
Rimworld + Stardew Valley + Fallout.
The apocalypse we deserve.
#gamedev #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQh...
Hello World Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by Agency
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We've just finished the announce trailer for our very small team's indie game.
"Hello World-If you think the world is ridiculous now, wait til you see the ending."
Rimworld + Stardew Valley + Fallout.
The apocalypse we deserve.
#gamedev #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQh...
"Hello World-If you think the world is ridiculous now, wait til you see the ending."
Rimworld + Stardew Valley + Fallout.
The apocalypse we deserve.
#gamedev #indiegames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVQh...
New @cheekface.bsky.social song dropped
October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New @cheekface.bsky.social song dropped
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Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
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It's past midnight on the east coast, which means it's officially Shadow of the Colossus' 20th anniversary. Come join the party.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It's past midnight on the east coast, which means it's officially Shadow of the Colossus' 20th anniversary. Come join the party.
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Getting off work? Finally have time to read a 10,000-word story? Or perhaps you live overseas... 👀
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Getting off work? Finally have time to read a 10,000-word story? Or perhaps you live overseas... 👀
This is super cool! @mattleone.bsky.social did the behind the scenes of Spielberg's LMNO way back when, and has a unique talent for drawing out these kinds of stories
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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is super cool! @mattleone.bsky.social did the behind the scenes of Spielberg's LMNO way back when, and has a unique talent for drawing out these kinds of stories
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A little more info here: blog.lauramichet.com/ive-been-lai...
I've been laid off from Heart Machine!
After 2.5 years with Heart Machine, I learned yesterday that I am part of a layoff at that studio. I've still got work that will launch in the future - I wro...
blog.lauramichet.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A little more info here: blog.lauramichet.com/ive-been-lai...
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Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Ah Marc Maron: “I mean, the same guy that’s gonna pay them is the same guy that paid that guy to bone-saw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a fucking suitcase. But don’t let that stop the yucks, it’s gonna be a good time!” au.variety.com/2025/more/ne...
September 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ah Marc Maron: “I mean, the same guy that’s gonna pay them is the same guy that paid that guy to bone-saw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a fucking suitcase. But don’t let that stop the yucks, it’s gonna be a good time!” au.variety.com/2025/more/ne...
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Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
September 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Are you or someone you know skipping GDC (or considering doing so) because of worries about coming to the US/San Francisco in the current environment?
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
If so, I want to hear from you for a piece. DM me here or kyle DOT orland AT arstechnica DOT com.
Please spread the word
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something something political violence
Ingraham: A Democrat congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by an ICE agent. Good work
September 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
something something political violence
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The novel PROCESS is the tragicomic story of an embittered failed tech entrepreneur in his own words. It’s published by Ireland-based independent press Tune & Fairweather. I even read the audiobook. You can listen to me.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
Process: A Novel
“Matthew Seiji Burns has done the nearly impossible. He’s thought deeply about the systems and technologies warping the human experience, and embedded them in a moving, nuanced, weird, and superlative...
www.tuneandfairweather.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The novel PROCESS is the tragicomic story of an embittered failed tech entrepreneur in his own words. It’s published by Ireland-based independent press Tune & Fairweather. I even read the audiobook. You can listen to me.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
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Now would be an excellent time to wishlist our just announced bird-based mahjong-inspired deckbuilder Sparrow Warfare, don't you think? store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
Sparrow Warfare on Steam
Lead a feathered rebellion in the bird-filled deckbuilder SPARROW WARFARE! Combine your tiles to free birds. Unlock wildtiles to craft riotous combos. Take down the fiendish Storyteller for the libera...
store.steampowered.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Now would be an excellent time to wishlist our just announced bird-based mahjong-inspired deckbuilder Sparrow Warfare, don't you think? store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...
The irony is, even for most streamlined game dev learning platforms, Roblox has like, professionally speaking, shit for actual game ai tools. But now can I use an LLM to generate an FSM?
Roblox wants to 'empower' creators with AI-based tools
Roblox wants to 'empower' creators with AI-based tools
The tools include generative AI to create '4D objects' and real-time voice chat translation, among others.
www.gamedeveloper.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The irony is, even for most streamlined game dev learning platforms, Roblox has like, professionally speaking, shit for actual game ai tools. But now can I use an LLM to generate an FSM?
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Take Us North is aiming to deliver a narrative experience that the world needs more of, especially now. Contribute if you can and help the team at @anima-interactive.com push this project further.
The journey begins. Take Us North is a narrative-driven game inspired by real-world stories that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border.
Back it now on Kickstarter and help humanize migrant stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Back it now on Kickstarter and help humanize migrant stories: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Take Us North
A narrative adventure/survival game that follows the journeys of migrants and asylum seekers on their way to cross the US-Mexico border
www.kickstarter.com
July 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Take Us North is aiming to deliver a narrative experience that the world needs more of, especially now. Contribute if you can and help the team at @anima-interactive.com push this project further.
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Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
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Netflix released guidelines on the use of AI in productions partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/art...
Using Generative AI in Content Production
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Introduction
Generative AI tools (GenAI) that allow users to rapidly generate new and creatively unique media (video, sound, text, and image) are increasingly being use...
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September 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Netflix released guidelines on the use of AI in productions partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/art...