Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
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Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hey! 👋 I’m Amy-Leigh, and I’m a Writer & Narrative Designer at Sweet Baby Inc. 🍬 I like nature, bad jokes and weird stories, and I’ve heard I’m pretty friendly 👀 so if that sounds like your vibe, you came to the right place! 💛
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that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
that’s what I’ve been saaaayying maaan
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
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James Bond and Sheryl Crow have one crucial thing in common, and that is that all they want to do is have a little fun before they die.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
James Bond and Sheryl Crow have one crucial thing in common, and that is that all they want to do is have a little fun before they die.
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Our little mouse on the cover of PATCH MAGAZINE?!! 🐭😱
In this issue you’ll find:
❄️ @patchmagazine.bsky.social 's snowy Winter Burrow adventures
🥧 a tasty blackberry pie recipe
🎮 plus lots more indie games goodness!!
In this issue you’ll find:
❄️ @patchmagazine.bsky.social 's snowy Winter Burrow adventures
🥧 a tasty blackberry pie recipe
🎮 plus lots more indie games goodness!!
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our little mouse on the cover of PATCH MAGAZINE?!! 🐭😱
In this issue you’ll find:
❄️ @patchmagazine.bsky.social 's snowy Winter Burrow adventures
🥧 a tasty blackberry pie recipe
🎮 plus lots more indie games goodness!!
In this issue you’ll find:
❄️ @patchmagazine.bsky.social 's snowy Winter Burrow adventures
🥧 a tasty blackberry pie recipe
🎮 plus lots more indie games goodness!!
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Prepare yourself.
Nov 11 - Lumines Arise (@enhance-experience.com)
Nov 11 - Possessor(s) (@heartmachine.bsky.social)
Nov 12 - Winter Burrow (@pinecreekgames.com)
Nov 13 - Gigasword (@studiohybrid.bsky.social)
And so much more: the-indie-in-former.com/2025/11/03/2...
Nov 11 - Lumines Arise (@enhance-experience.com)
Nov 11 - Possessor(s) (@heartmachine.bsky.social)
Nov 12 - Winter Burrow (@pinecreekgames.com)
Nov 13 - Gigasword (@studiohybrid.bsky.social)
And so much more: the-indie-in-former.com/2025/11/03/2...
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Prepare yourself.
Nov 11 - Lumines Arise (@enhance-experience.com)
Nov 11 - Possessor(s) (@heartmachine.bsky.social)
Nov 12 - Winter Burrow (@pinecreekgames.com)
Nov 13 - Gigasword (@studiohybrid.bsky.social)
And so much more: the-indie-in-former.com/2025/11/03/2...
Nov 11 - Lumines Arise (@enhance-experience.com)
Nov 11 - Possessor(s) (@heartmachine.bsky.social)
Nov 12 - Winter Burrow (@pinecreekgames.com)
Nov 13 - Gigasword (@studiohybrid.bsky.social)
And so much more: the-indie-in-former.com/2025/11/03/2...
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Releasing this week
Verho Curse of Faces
@monovoid-co.bsky.social - Die For The Lich
@nuntiusgames.bsky.social - Shard Squad
@possessors.bsky.social - Possessor(s)
Wall World 2
@weatherfell.bsky.social - Windswept
Bittersweet Birthday
@pinecreekgames.com - Winter Burrow
#indiegame #indiedev
Verho Curse of Faces
@monovoid-co.bsky.social - Die For The Lich
@nuntiusgames.bsky.social - Shard Squad
@possessors.bsky.social - Possessor(s)
Wall World 2
@weatherfell.bsky.social - Windswept
Bittersweet Birthday
@pinecreekgames.com - Winter Burrow
#indiegame #indiedev
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Releasing this week
Verho Curse of Faces
@monovoid-co.bsky.social - Die For The Lich
@nuntiusgames.bsky.social - Shard Squad
@possessors.bsky.social - Possessor(s)
Wall World 2
@weatherfell.bsky.social - Windswept
Bittersweet Birthday
@pinecreekgames.com - Winter Burrow
#indiegame #indiedev
Verho Curse of Faces
@monovoid-co.bsky.social - Die For The Lich
@nuntiusgames.bsky.social - Shard Squad
@possessors.bsky.social - Possessor(s)
Wall World 2
@weatherfell.bsky.social - Windswept
Bittersweet Birthday
@pinecreekgames.com - Winter Burrow
#indiegame #indiedev
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ONLY 2 more days until you can craft new furniture for your burrow! 🐭🪑
When you return to your childhood home… it’s in ruins!!🥺
Brave the winter forest to forage for supplies to craft unique furniture pieces!
Repair, decorate & fill your burrow with warmth once again ❤️
When you return to your childhood home… it’s in ruins!!🥺
Brave the winter forest to forage for supplies to craft unique furniture pieces!
Repair, decorate & fill your burrow with warmth once again ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
ONLY 2 more days until you can craft new furniture for your burrow! 🐭🪑
When you return to your childhood home… it’s in ruins!!🥺
Brave the winter forest to forage for supplies to craft unique furniture pieces!
Repair, decorate & fill your burrow with warmth once again ❤️
When you return to your childhood home… it’s in ruins!!🥺
Brave the winter forest to forage for supplies to craft unique furniture pieces!
Repair, decorate & fill your burrow with warmth once again ❤️
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This is today!
I'm so happy I'll be getting to play Winter Burrow later! ❄️🐭
Check the links in the OP if you wanna see the game when I'm live!
(thank you Fast Friends Games for the key!)
I'm so happy I'll be getting to play Winter Burrow later! ❄️🐭
Check the links in the OP if you wanna see the game when I'm live!
(thank you Fast Friends Games for the key!)
🗓️ 10th Nov - 16th Nov
This week I'm gonna be discussing future stream plans and changes, but also checking out a new game: Winter Burrow by @pinecreekgames.com! ❄️🐁🪓
Thanks to the folks at Fast Friends Games for the key. Really looking forward to the game! 😊
💜 Watch on Twitch
❤️ Or YouTube
🫙 Ko-fi
This week I'm gonna be discussing future stream plans and changes, but also checking out a new game: Winter Burrow by @pinecreekgames.com! ❄️🐁🪓
Thanks to the folks at Fast Friends Games for the key. Really looking forward to the game! 😊
💜 Watch on Twitch
❤️ Or YouTube
🫙 Ko-fi
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This is today!
I'm so happy I'll be getting to play Winter Burrow later! ❄️🐭
Check the links in the OP if you wanna see the game when I'm live!
(thank you Fast Friends Games for the key!)
I'm so happy I'll be getting to play Winter Burrow later! ❄️🐭
Check the links in the OP if you wanna see the game when I'm live!
(thank you Fast Friends Games for the key!)
For @news.sky.com to interview the leader of the UK’s current fascist movement on the subject of Armistice day is as repulsive as it is disrespectful to all the people who died in the fight against rhetoric he now reanimates.
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
For @news.sky.com to interview the leader of the UK’s current fascist movement on the subject of Armistice day is as repulsive as it is disrespectful to all the people who died in the fight against rhetoric he now reanimates.
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What a shit day.
I’m always 100% sincere with the positive messages I write here - it’s important we look out for each other, now and always.
But I’m still a severely depressed human, and some days it’s tough just holding the pieces together
Anywhoo, I hope y’all had a good start to your week x
I’m always 100% sincere with the positive messages I write here - it’s important we look out for each other, now and always.
But I’m still a severely depressed human, and some days it’s tough just holding the pieces together
Anywhoo, I hope y’all had a good start to your week x
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What a shit day.
I’m always 100% sincere with the positive messages I write here - it’s important we look out for each other, now and always.
But I’m still a severely depressed human, and some days it’s tough just holding the pieces together
Anywhoo, I hope y’all had a good start to your week x
I’m always 100% sincere with the positive messages I write here - it’s important we look out for each other, now and always.
But I’m still a severely depressed human, and some days it’s tough just holding the pieces together
Anywhoo, I hope y’all had a good start to your week x
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JCO proving what I’ve been saying for years when it comes to engaging with chuds - they don’t care if you think they’re stupid, or hypocritical, or evil (they’ll like it because they hate you). But if you find the way to accurately show how *uncool* they are, you can really really fuck with them.
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
JCO proving what I’ve been saying for years when it comes to engaging with chuds - they don’t care if you think they’re stupid, or hypocritical, or evil (they’ll like it because they hate you). But if you find the way to accurately show how *uncool* they are, you can really really fuck with them.
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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Slow Game Club returns for 2026 to raise funds for Into Games Initiatives!
We’re looking for ambassadors to help us lead, create and share the fun for a good cause. In return, you’ll get a free SGC membership, a feature on our channels, & support from the IG team.
Curious? www.slowgame.club/press
We’re looking for ambassadors to help us lead, create and share the fun for a good cause. In return, you’ll get a free SGC membership, a feature on our channels, & support from the IG team.
Curious? www.slowgame.club/press
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Slow Game Club returns for 2026 to raise funds for Into Games Initiatives!
We’re looking for ambassadors to help us lead, create and share the fun for a good cause. In return, you’ll get a free SGC membership, a feature on our channels, & support from the IG team.
Curious? www.slowgame.club/press
We’re looking for ambassadors to help us lead, create and share the fun for a good cause. In return, you’ll get a free SGC membership, a feature on our channels, & support from the IG team.
Curious? www.slowgame.club/press
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This seems like an extremely cute idea, I love a book club for games as a concept and it goes to charity!
It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This seems like an extremely cute idea, I love a book club for games as a concept and it goes to charity!
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I like the idea of this for if you're like, someone who doesnt keep track of what's going on in indie at the moment?
I dont mean that in a negative way, I know there are a lot of people who barely even know that indie games exist!
I dont mean that in a negative way, I know there are a lot of people who barely even know that indie games exist!
It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I like the idea of this for if you're like, someone who doesnt keep track of what's going on in indie at the moment?
I dont mean that in a negative way, I know there are a lot of people who barely even know that indie games exist!
I dont mean that in a negative way, I know there are a lot of people who barely even know that indie games exist!
I had the Slow Game Club explained to me recently and it’s the sweetest idea I’ve heard in a while 🥲
Forty quid for the year, you get a new game every month, and all the money goes to IntoGames, to give working class people in the UK better access to careers in game dev.
Helluva gift idea, too 👀🎄
Forty quid for the year, you get a new game every month, and all the money goes to IntoGames, to give working class people in the UK better access to careers in game dev.
Helluva gift idea, too 👀🎄
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I had the Slow Game Club explained to me recently and it’s the sweetest idea I’ve heard in a while 🥲
Forty quid for the year, you get a new game every month, and all the money goes to IntoGames, to give working class people in the UK better access to careers in game dev.
Helluva gift idea, too 👀🎄
Forty quid for the year, you get a new game every month, and all the money goes to IntoGames, to give working class people in the UK better access to careers in game dev.
Helluva gift idea, too 👀🎄
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We are *live*
Been so awesome to support the IG team with the launch alongside some amazing people.
Slow Game Club is stuffed full of absolute belters - have a look!
Been so awesome to support the IG team with the launch alongside some amazing people.
Slow Game Club is stuffed full of absolute belters - have a look!
It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are *live*
Been so awesome to support the IG team with the launch alongside some amazing people.
Slow Game Club is stuffed full of absolute belters - have a look!
Been so awesome to support the IG team with the launch alongside some amazing people.
Slow Game Club is stuffed full of absolute belters - have a look!
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It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
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Proud to say Slow Game Club 2026 is now open for membership! 🎮💖 If you want to support as an ambassador or in another way, please let me know or check the Press page of the site for more info. 🐌
It’s ALIVE! 🐌🎮 Join our book club for games for only £39.99 (whilst stocks last) and unlock a new indie game every month. PLUS exclusive community events and a Discord community. 💸 All funds go towards the great work of UK registered charity, Into Games. www.slowgame.club
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Proud to say Slow Game Club 2026 is now open for membership! 🎮💖 If you want to support as an ambassador or in another way, please let me know or check the Press page of the site for more info. 🐌
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I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think an important part of becoming an adult male is realizing that anyone appealing to your ‘masculinity’ is trying to use your insecurity against you to sell you something. Don’t fall for this shit! You’re fine just the way you are, these assholes can all get fucked.
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children & one of the children won’t stop screaming? ‘Cause he’s just a little attention attractor & when he grows up to be a tech bro or actor, he’ll be rewarded for never maturing, for never understanding or learning, that every day can’t be about him—
I’m sorry, but a goofy looking guy who grew up a privileged son of a pediatrician and has a phd in social theory from the university of Goethe and started in tech by investing an inheritance left to him by his grandfather talking about being a “dude” is very, very funny to me.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Have you ever been to a birthday party for children & one of the children won’t stop screaming? ‘Cause he’s just a little attention attractor & when he grows up to be a tech bro or actor, he’ll be rewarded for never maturing, for never understanding or learning, that every day can’t be about him—
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“This man knows no beauty and his whole world has devolved into fights on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“This man knows no beauty and his whole world has devolved into fights on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
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The obituary Watson deserved.
At the line “He saw himself as smarter than anyone who ever actually studied this”, I just felt that I know too many such people.
Those who have reached some level of success and then, unshackled from doubt, believe themselves masters of everything.
1/
At the line “He saw himself as smarter than anyone who ever actually studied this”, I just felt that I know too many such people.
Those who have reached some level of success and then, unshackled from doubt, believe themselves masters of everything.
1/
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The obituary Watson deserved.
At the line “He saw himself as smarter than anyone who ever actually studied this”, I just felt that I know too many such people.
Those who have reached some level of success and then, unshackled from doubt, believe themselves masters of everything.
1/
At the line “He saw himself as smarter than anyone who ever actually studied this”, I just felt that I know too many such people.
Those who have reached some level of success and then, unshackled from doubt, believe themselves masters of everything.
1/