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William Chyr
@chyr.bsky.social
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Artist and game developer. Designed Manifold Garden, Hotel Infinity, and Strata. Creative Director at Studio Chyr. Adjunct at Columbia College Chicago.

https://studiochyr.com/
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danctheduck.bsky.social
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.

We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
A 16-year-old baby is born! Miracles do happen.
After three years under the Netflix umbrella, Spry Fox is once again a fully independent studio. As a studio, we’ve managed to somehow survive countless industry upheavals and release a whole lot o…
spryfox.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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spryfox.bsky.social
Surprise, delight, and bewilder your fuzzy-eared friends with your OWN set of fuzzy ears. 🐺

Are you more partial to a set of horns or feathered antennae? Good news - we've got those too! 🦋

Express yourself with a variety of mythic animal accessories in Spirit Crossing. 🐾

→ playspiritcrossing.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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polclarissou.bsky.social
new game for 7DFPS
polclarissou.itch.io/vermin3000-d...
December 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
chyr.bsky.social
Hotel Infinity is a finalist for "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" at the #DICEAwards from @official-aias.bsky.social!

Hotel Infinity was a team effort and wouldn’t be possible without the contributions from many talented people.

Full list of nominees: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
Promotional artwork for the VR game Hotel Infinity, featuring a logo that identifies it as a finalist for the 29th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. The game title, "HOTEL Infinity," is displayed in large, bold red serif font across the center. A thin white horizontal line separates the two words. The background depicts a low-angle, perspective-heavy view of a dense, stylized architectural environment. The buildings are light gray or white with many dark rectangular windows, reminiscent of a classic grand hotel's exterior. A single window at the top right is brightly lit with a warm orange glow, contrasting with the otherwise cool and dark exterior. This image displays five nominees for the "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" DICE Award, organized in a table with promotional artwork for each project. Below the art, it lists the game titles, developing studios, and key team members for each entry. The games are: Ghost Town, Hotel Infinity, Marvel's Deadpool VR, Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, and Unloop.
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
chyr.bsky.social
Manifold Garden is currently 75% off on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/473950/M...
Save 75% on Manifold Garden on Steam
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new ...
store.steampowered.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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luckshotgames.com
I hit the button ✅😭🐸
🚨BIG HOPS is OUT NOW🚨
Get it on Steam | Switch | PS5 for just $17.99 with our 10% launch discount!
#indiegames #nintendoswitch #ps5
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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luckshotgames.com
BIG HOPS is OUT NOW and to celebrate: meet the Animal Adventurers Bundle. 4 amazing games about being a cute critter exploring a big world. 🐸🐊🐦😻
#bighops #ashorthike #lilgatorgame #littlekittybigcity #indiegames
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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blockclubchi.bsky.social
The Bears win!

The Bears beat the Packers in the playoffs as their storybook season continues, and Chicago is going wild.

blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/10/b...
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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theathletic.com
IT'S CHICAGO, YEAH 🗣️

The Bears erase an 18-point deficit to win their first playoff game since 2010.
January 11, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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heatpenn.bsky.social
subway art test
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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heatpenn.bsky.social
vertical slice scene from 2024
January 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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hantani.bsky.social
Wow!! Angeline Era received grand prize and design noms for the Independent Games Festival, plus a shout-out for audio 🏆

Very honored for the recognition!! Congrats to co-dev @even-kei.bsky.social !!

How about... beginning your bumpslash journey today?? store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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hantani.bsky.social
Yay, Angeline Era is Overwhelmingly Positive (& 88 meta!)! It'd be a great subject for a design video essay.
3 possible topics (details in alt)
1. How beating levels changes the overworld
2. Combat Room shape & the secrets of Eye Gates
3. Positioning-focused bosses
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When you beat some levels in Angeline Era, pieces will be added or subtracted to the world map. E.g. in this image, beating a level actually creates a bridge! This means that in about half the levels there's a new sense of possibility and unknown in what beating the level might take you to. It also allows players to loosely (but importantly, not accurately) anticipate what beating a level might do. Most combat focused rooms in Angeline Era feature Eye Gates (in yellow. Ignore the number above this one). Something that people usually pick up on intuitively, but rarely comment on in reviews, is that every room has a consistent and fastest way to open up the gate and proceed - certain enemies are internally marked, and if you beat enough of them, the door opens. In each room I used intuition to pick which enemies this should apply to, so as you replay levels (especially on higher difficulties) you can start to prioritize and focus on certain enemies. Furthermore, room shape matters a lot in this game as you can attack enemies into walls for extra damage. Higher ground can be a lot safer, so your positioning matters a lot in this game, as it's crucial to minimizing how riskily you're positioned at any given time. The addition of a gun that only shoots up also allows you to take advantage of distance or keep the momentum up while closing gaps. All of Angeline Era's bosses are intentionally designed to not have much overlap in their designs, since we wanted to display the full creative extent of boss design. In particular, we (usually) avoided the common boss design paradigm of being very focused on memorizing moves, instead wanting the bosses to be an extension of the normal combat: they place a lot of focus on positioning yourself safely rather than simply dodging attacks and waiting until the prescribed moment you're allowed to attack. One rule we (95%+ of the time) tried to follow is there should never be moments in which you flat out cannot do any damage, which I think made all the bosses have a really nice sense of pacing. Although not as novel (and mostly noticeable on high difficulties), bosses also generally have an internal 'heat' system where as time goes on and their HP goes down, attacks become more aggressive/faster, subtly aiming to encourage more aggressive play.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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victoriatran.bsky.social
💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵

There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen.

Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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official-aias.bsky.social
We're excited to announce the nominees for the 29th Annual #DICEAwards!

64 games are nominated this year, led by
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ghost of Yōtei with 8,
Arc Raiders, Dispatch with 6,
Blue Prince with 5.

Check out our full list of nominees here: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
chyr.bsky.social
Hotel Infinity is a finalist for "Immersive Reality Technical Achievement" at the DICE Awards this year: www.interactive.org/awards/29th_...
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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runevision.bsky.social
I've overhauled my puzzle level generation so a level is now "grown" like cell tissue in a triangle tessellation. New elements can be inserted anywhere, and the whole level deforms to make room. This makes it easier to control topology and create paths that loops around areas.
#ProcGen #GameDev
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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blendogames.bsky.social
Skin Deep year-end roundup: blendogames.com/news/post/20...

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
PCGamer writeup on Skin Deep - Best Immersive Sim 2025
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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shawndoublea.bsky.social
Here's my thread of 2025 games made with Black leadership you should check out.

I'm not an advocate of supporting things just because X group made them - I share genuinely unique games that have something special about them that I think are worth checking out.

I just focus on #blackgamedev
January 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
chyr.bsky.social
Hotel Infinity received a score of 8/10 from EDGE Magazine and is a Runner-Up for VR Game of the Year!
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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aerialknight.com
DropShot is available to wish list on PlayStation and Xbox right now. The game launches early 2026 thanks again for all the feedback and support
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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danctheduck.bsky.social
The Polaris List is out! Top 100 most personally influential games as listed by senior game designers.

Fascinating trove that is at the root of most modern game designs. What inspires us and why? Spoiler: It ain't all Call of Duty
polarisgamedesign.com/the-polaris-...
The Polaris List
Polaris is a non-profit committed to improving and refining the art and craft of game design. In order to get a snapshot of current game design thinking and reference points, we wondered — what do wor...
polarisgamedesign.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
chyr.bsky.social
If you've played Hotel Infinity, please take the time to leave a review on the store page and let us know about your experience! www.meta.com/experiences/...
Hotel Infinity on Meta Quest
At Hotel Infinity, every detail has been prepared for your arrival. Every corridor leads somewhere you’ve never been, and no room is ever quite the same. Explore at your leisure, but don’t wander too ...
www.meta.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
chyr.bsky.social
New patch for Hotel Infinity on PS VR2:

Version 26176

• Color banding fix
• Added HMD rumble
• Fixed haptics
• Fixed colliders
• Graphics & z-fighting fixes
• Can now knock on locked doors
• Fixed lighting
• Knob that falls off can be picked up
• Improved hand posing
• Fixed music timing & volume
December 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
chyr.bsky.social
Manifold Garden is currently 75% off on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/473950/M...
Save 75% on Manifold Garden on Steam
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new ...
store.steampowered.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM