GRIM 💬
@gcbaccaris.itch.io
http://gcbaccaris.com 》Writer • Game Developer 》🪄Twine Grimoire ✦ 🔮Harmony (DON'T NOD) ✦ 🪞Resurrection Gate ✦ TGA Future Class ✦ @IFtechfoundation.org Volunteer ✦ + editing, localization, narrative design
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GRIM 💬
@gcbaccaris.itch.io
· Apr 8
It's #PortfolioDay again and I'm still looking for remote work!
🔸️ Award-winning game dev, writer, and narrative designer
🔸️ Over 30 games released
🔸️ Creator of the Twine Grimoire, a series of educational interactive fiction resources
🪄 gcbaccaris.itch.io
👁 gcbaccaris.com
🦷 linktr.ee/grimdev
🔸️ Award-winning game dev, writer, and narrative designer
🔸️ Over 30 games released
🔸️ Creator of the Twine Grimoire, a series of educational interactive fiction resources
🪄 gcbaccaris.itch.io
👁 gcbaccaris.com
🦷 linktr.ee/grimdev
I had a video paused on my laptop and my cat tried, very gentle and dainty, to bite a small blurry image of jerma right off the screen and carry him away
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I had a video paused on my laptop and my cat tried, very gentle and dainty, to bite a small blurry image of jerma right off the screen and carry him away
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Burnt match
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Burnt match
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
“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 5:15 PM
I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
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It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
It's purely managers wanting to live in a world where ideas guys write a prompt and a fully-formed game comes out of the machine (and people buy that slop because their ideas are soooo goooood of course). I don't ascribe it serious motives. It's coming from a place of hating creatives, period.
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The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The thing that strikes me about replacing voice actors with AI slop is that, in the scope of a big AA/AAA production it barely saves money? These people aren't even full time. It's immizerating people because immizerating people is your goal, nothing more.
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If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.
The thing people are ignoring when they react to the Future Class situation with "these entitled DEI freaks were too demanding!" is that the one thing we can ALL agree we wanted was simply a single email providing transparency about the end of the initiative, instead of a year of radio silence.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The thing people are ignoring when they react to the Future Class situation with "these entitled DEI freaks were too demanding!" is that the one thing we can ALL agree we wanted was simply a single email providing transparency about the end of the initiative, instead of a year of radio silence.
I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
“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 5:15 PM
I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
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OMG!! o(〃＾▽＾〃)o
TYSM for making use of my sprite! I love the spooky edit, such a fun way to take the design >:3c
TYSM for making use of my sprite! I love the spooky edit, such a fun way to take the design >:3c
VN-like Twine template progress: more UI tweaks + hover over a sprite to bring it into the foreground #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev art by @saltycryptid.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
OMG!! o(〃＾▽＾〃)o
TYSM for making use of my sprite! I love the spooky edit, such a fun way to take the design >:3c
TYSM for making use of my sprite! I love the spooky edit, such a fun way to take the design >:3c
still in a dream........ snaaaaaake eaterrrrrrr
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
still in a dream........ snaaaaaake eaterrrrrrr
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I! LOVE! INTERACTIVE! FICTION!!!
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I! LOVE! INTERACTIVE! FICTION!!!
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
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the only advice I'll give to people about how to "make it" is that you need something to show people if the opportunity comes. it doesn't matter if no one on social media saw it; that's still your body of work and it's a way better portfolio than just saying "I want to someday"
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the only advice I'll give to people about how to "make it" is that you need something to show people if the opportunity comes. it doesn't matter if no one on social media saw it; that's still your body of work and it's a way better portfolio than just saying "I want to someday"
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I wouldn't have spent a zillion hours doing this if I did not enjoy the act of writing. Even when it's hard (especially when it's hard), it's so rewarding. It's so clarifying. When I finish something, sure I'm proud of it, but I'm already itching to shove it out of my way and start the next thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I wouldn't have spent a zillion hours doing this if I did not enjoy the act of writing. Even when it's hard (especially when it's hard), it's so rewarding. It's so clarifying. When I finish something, sure I'm proud of it, but I'm already itching to shove it out of my way and start the next thing.
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
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9 hours in and over $2500 raised! Let's keep it going!
My 10th Annual Fundraiser for SickKids Children's Hospital starts NOW!
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
I'm streaming for 24 hours over on Twitch. Come by and say hi, donate for a chance to win a raffle prize, and tell Pancake he's a good boy!
Watch: www.twitch.tv/AshleyVersus
Donate: www.extra-life.org/participants...
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
9 hours in and over $2500 raised! Let's keep it going!
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the game awards has disowned its future class. xbox is losing its identity.
as layoffs/delays kick video game status quo down the road... what is prestige worth?
TOMORROW @ 7 est, we're talkin it over on @aqualounge.tv!
playing:
🏆 games from TGA future class
❎ og xbox games, real hardware
❓secret
as layoffs/delays kick video game status quo down the road... what is prestige worth?
TOMORROW @ 7 est, we're talkin it over on @aqualounge.tv!
playing:
🏆 games from TGA future class
❎ og xbox games, real hardware
❓secret
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
the game awards has disowned its future class. xbox is losing its identity.
as layoffs/delays kick video game status quo down the road... what is prestige worth?
TOMORROW @ 7 est, we're talkin it over on @aqualounge.tv!
playing:
🏆 games from TGA future class
❎ og xbox games, real hardware
❓secret
as layoffs/delays kick video game status quo down the road... what is prestige worth?
TOMORROW @ 7 est, we're talkin it over on @aqualounge.tv!
playing:
🏆 games from TGA future class
❎ og xbox games, real hardware
❓secret
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion