Harry Nesbitt
@harrynesbitt.bsky.social
Lead Artist/Developer for Alto’s Adventure & Alto’s Odyssey, founder of Land & Sea, currently working on summerhill.game
Since I'm unlikely to come back to this any time soon, I figured I'd share some half-baked updates on where I landed with my realtime GI system a couple of years ago before burning out. Maybe one day...
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Since I'm unlikely to come back to this any time soon, I figured I'd share some half-baked updates on where I landed with my realtime GI system a couple of years ago before burning out. Maybe one day...
Hey Develop 👋🏻 I’m in Brighton this week with my Border Collie Patrick! Hit us up for friendly dev chat and excited tail wags
July 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hey Develop 👋🏻 I’m in Brighton this week with my Border Collie Patrick! Hit us up for friendly dev chat and excited tail wags
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We're so excited to share Botany Manor won the Accessibility Award at the #GamesForChange awards!
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
June 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
We're so excited to share Botany Manor won the Accessibility Award at the #GamesForChange awards!
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚
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We're so honoured and excited to share Botany Manor received an Xbox Excellence Award for top store rating of 2024. It's amazing to see how our game has left a lasting impression on so many 💚🌳
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
April 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We're so honoured and excited to share Botany Manor received an Xbox Excellence Award for top store rating of 2024. It's amazing to see how our game has left a lasting impression on so many 💚🌳
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!
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The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are…
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are…
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
BOTANY MANOR
KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP)
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU
TETRIS FOREVER
VAMPIRE THERAPIST
#BAFTAGamesAwards
Hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Alto’s Adventure launched! I had no idea what to expect & was nowhere near prepared for what came next!
It changed my life, introduced me to so many friends, & 10 years later, I’m still making games I love.
Here’s to the next 10!
It changed my life, introduced me to so many friends, & 10 years later, I’m still making games I love.
Here’s to the next 10!
Ten years ago today, Alto took his first leap into the world — and what a journey it’s been since! 🏔️✨
We’re celebrating a decade of Alto’s Adventure with this stunning artwork by the talented @alariko.bsky.social and a short trip down memory lane on our blog:
landandsea.games/blog/a-decad...
We’re celebrating a decade of Alto’s Adventure with this stunning artwork by the talented @alariko.bsky.social and a short trip down memory lane on our blog:
landandsea.games/blog/a-decad...
February 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Alto’s Adventure launched! I had no idea what to expect & was nowhere near prepared for what came next!
It changed my life, introduced me to so many friends, & 10 years later, I’m still making games I love.
Here’s to the next 10!
It changed my life, introduced me to so many friends, & 10 years later, I’m still making games I love.
Here’s to the next 10!
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🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia.
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
Botany Manor: a cozy game unveiling the inequalities in academia
Interview with Laure De Mey and Kitt Byrne Download PDF Botany Manor is a multiplatform game developed by the English indie studio Balloon Studios and published by Whitethorn Games. Initially relea…
jgeekstudies.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia.
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮
Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...
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Summerhill is currently featured in the #mythsandlegends2025 Steam event 🐑
Journey through an ancient, pastoral landscape in our upcoming sheep herding folk-tale and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.
Journey through an ancient, pastoral landscape in our upcoming sheep herding folk-tale and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.
February 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Summerhill is currently featured in the #mythsandlegends2025 Steam event 🐑
Journey through an ancient, pastoral landscape in our upcoming sheep herding folk-tale and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.
Journey through an ancient, pastoral landscape in our upcoming sheep herding folk-tale and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.
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Play Monument Valley 3 NOW!🥳
Join Noor as she explores mind-bending landscapes that unfold like origami, blending nature’s beauty with the impossible. ✨⛵️
On App Store and Google Play with your Netflix Membership
➡️https://go.ustwo.games/mv3
Join Noor as she explores mind-bending landscapes that unfold like origami, blending nature’s beauty with the impossible. ✨⛵️
On App Store and Google Play with your Netflix Membership
➡️https://go.ustwo.games/mv3
December 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Play Monument Valley 3 NOW!🥳
Join Noor as she explores mind-bending landscapes that unfold like origami, blending nature’s beauty with the impossible. ✨⛵️
On App Store and Google Play with your Netflix Membership
➡️https://go.ustwo.games/mv3
Join Noor as she explores mind-bending landscapes that unfold like origami, blending nature’s beauty with the impossible. ✨⛵️
On App Store and Google Play with your Netflix Membership
➡️https://go.ustwo.games/mv3
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In our next Tiny Glade update we'll bump the light limit from 32 to 32k while keeping the cost more or less the same.
The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.
The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.
December 5, 2024 at 10:12 PM
In our next Tiny Glade update we'll bump the light limit from 32 to 32k while keeping the cost more or less the same.
The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.
The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.
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In 2016 I released Lieve Oma, a game about going mushrooming with your grandmother. My goal with this game was to make something that would be consoling, or soothing in some way.
"Cosy games" have become a whole thing in recent years and people are now developing games with "soothing" in mind!
"Cosy games" have become a whole thing in recent years and people are now developing games with "soothing" in mind!
November 19, 2024 at 3:14 PM
In 2016 I released Lieve Oma, a game about going mushrooming with your grandmother. My goal with this game was to make something that would be consoling, or soothing in some way.
"Cosy games" have become a whole thing in recent years and people are now developing games with "soothing" in mind!
"Cosy games" have become a whole thing in recent years and people are now developing games with "soothing" in mind!
Dartmoor Therapy
November 14, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Dartmoor Therapy
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Botany Manor is coming to PlayStation on December 17th! ✨🌺
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
November 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Botany Manor is coming to PlayStation on December 17th! ✨🌺
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene
🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens
🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora
Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊
The atmosphere of our game
November 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The atmosphere of our game
When I’m not working on sheep herding games, I like to tinker with custom lighting tech.
Here’s my own realtime global illumination system running in Unity!
Here’s my own realtime global illumination system running in Unity!
October 20, 2024 at 10:25 AM
When I’m not working on sheep herding games, I like to tinker with custom lighting tech.
Here’s my own realtime global illumination system running in Unity!
Here’s my own realtime global illumination system running in Unity!
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Hi folks 👋🏻 I'm Harry, lead artist and developer of the Alto's Adventure series! I'm currently working on a brand new game with my team at Land & Sea. It's called Summerhill, and you can check it out here: summerhill.game 🐑
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
September 12, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Hi folks 👋🏻 I'm Harry, lead artist and developer of the Alto's Adventure series! I'm currently working on a brand new game with my team at Land & Sea. It's called Summerhill, and you can check it out here: summerhill.game 🐑
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
When life imitates art…
Meet Patrick the Border Collie 🐶✨
Meet Patrick the Border Collie 🐶✨
October 7, 2024 at 12:18 PM
When life imitates art…
Meet Patrick the Border Collie 🐶✨
Meet Patrick the Border Collie 🐶✨
Video is here! Check out this teaser trailer for my upcoming sheep herding game, Summerhill 🐑
➡️ Wishlist on Steam summerhill.game/steam
➡️ Wishlist on Steam summerhill.game/steam
September 17, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Video is here! Check out this teaser trailer for my upcoming sheep herding game, Summerhill 🐑
➡️ Wishlist on Steam summerhill.game/steam
➡️ Wishlist on Steam summerhill.game/steam
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We're Land & Sea, developers of Alto's Adventure, and more recently Summerhill.
In our upcoming game, you take up the call of a young shepherd and their faithful dog, working together to reunite your lost flock!
If you’d like to know more, you can find us on Steam: www.summerhill.game
In our upcoming game, you take up the call of a young shepherd and their faithful dog, working together to reunite your lost flock!
If you’d like to know more, you can find us on Steam: www.summerhill.game
February 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM
We're Land & Sea, developers of Alto's Adventure, and more recently Summerhill.
In our upcoming game, you take up the call of a young shepherd and their faithful dog, working together to reunite your lost flock!
If you’d like to know more, you can find us on Steam: www.summerhill.game
In our upcoming game, you take up the call of a young shepherd and their faithful dog, working together to reunite your lost flock!
If you’d like to know more, you can find us on Steam: www.summerhill.game
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Happy New Year, Bluesky!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
January 1, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Happy New Year, Bluesky!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Happy New Year, Bluesky!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
January 1, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Happy New Year, Bluesky!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social.
Check out summerhill.game for more!
Hi folks 👋🏻 I'm Harry, lead artist and developer of the Alto's Adventure series! I'm currently working on a brand new game with my team at Land & Sea. It's called Summerhill, and you can check it out here: summerhill.game 🐑
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
September 12, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Hi folks 👋🏻 I'm Harry, lead artist and developer of the Alto's Adventure series! I'm currently working on a brand new game with my team at Land & Sea. It's called Summerhill, and you can check it out here: summerhill.game 🐑
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!
Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!