Katie Chironis
@kchironis.bsky.social
mom x2. used to be funny, now tired. made elsinore by night. by day, game designer currently working on a frog-type game at teamLFG (sony).
why is game dev feedback always kinda like this
February 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
why is game dev feedback always kinda like this
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
i tagged you in that thread. i expanded the DM into a channel. i ported the DM to the thread and then turned the thread into a huddle. i'm operating on planes of existence you've never even heard of. i'm speaking holy tongues to the angels, in the huddle. the huddle is pinging you. join the huddle
January 30, 2026 at 4:45 PM
i tagged you in that thread. i expanded the DM into a channel. i ported the DM to the thread and then turned the thread into a huddle. i'm operating on planes of existence you've never even heard of. i'm speaking holy tongues to the angels, in the huddle. the huddle is pinging you. join the huddle
protect your peace. right click Slack > mark all as read. namaste
January 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
protect your peace. right click Slack > mark all as read. namaste
Heartbreaking: Kindest, Gentlest Person You Know Is Just A Real Fuckin Sociopath In Arc Raiders
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Heartbreaking: Kindest, Gentlest Person You Know Is Just A Real Fuckin Sociopath In Arc Raiders
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They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab
something that goes against everything in my nature…? yes, it’s being asked to insert Screw G into Hole B as depicted on page 11 of the booklet. i respectfully believe that is an insane ask and i rebuke it. why is this dollhouse installed backwards and upside down? please, no further questions
December 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
something that goes against everything in my nature…? yes, it’s being asked to insert Screw G into Hole B as depicted on page 11 of the booklet. i respectfully believe that is an insane ask and i rebuke it. why is this dollhouse installed backwards and upside down? please, no further questions
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If there's one thing I hate to taste, it's my own medicine. Of all the things I want taste, my own medicine ranks dead last. I'd taste any medicine you threw at me unless it's my own. I hate it when my friends are tasting my medicine and they're like "oh this is so good you should try some"—fuck off
December 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If there's one thing I hate to taste, it's my own medicine. Of all the things I want taste, my own medicine ranks dead last. I'd taste any medicine you threw at me unless it's my own. I hate it when my friends are tasting my medicine and they're like "oh this is so good you should try some"—fuck off
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We may still see a few more layoffs added for 2025 as I learn of ones I may have missed (there are always some of those) or new ones emerge (not all regions take the last weeks of the month off) but a few more won't make a dramatic change now so behold the state of games industry layoffs. 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We may still see a few more layoffs added for 2025 as I learn of ones I may have missed (there are always some of those) or new ones emerge (not all regions take the last weeks of the month off) but a few more won't make a dramatic change now so behold the state of games industry layoffs. 🧵
alternative math curriculum for game developers:
- probabilities and loot tables, aka If you Fuck This Up Your Endgame Playerbase Will Be So Mad At You, Pay Attention
- physics, aka Oh God Is The Player Stuck In That Wall Again
- vector math, aka Bullet Logic Is Mostly Raycasts Honestly
- probabilities and loot tables, aka If you Fuck This Up Your Endgame Playerbase Will Be So Mad At You, Pay Attention
- physics, aka Oh God Is The Player Stuck In That Wall Again
- vector math, aka Bullet Logic Is Mostly Raycasts Honestly
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
alternative math curriculum for game developers:
- probabilities and loot tables, aka If you Fuck This Up Your Endgame Playerbase Will Be So Mad At You, Pay Attention
- physics, aka Oh God Is The Player Stuck In That Wall Again
- vector math, aka Bullet Logic Is Mostly Raycasts Honestly
- probabilities and loot tables, aka If you Fuck This Up Your Endgame Playerbase Will Be So Mad At You, Pay Attention
- physics, aka Oh God Is The Player Stuck In That Wall Again
- vector math, aka Bullet Logic Is Mostly Raycasts Honestly
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as someone who likes nintendo a normal amount, i cannot compare to my friends who are advanced nintendo likers. "did you play Super Toad's Toothbrush Gala? i thought it wasn't as good as Yoshi's Colonoscopy but better than Paper Mario Dark Academia"
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
as someone who likes nintendo a normal amount, i cannot compare to my friends who are advanced nintendo likers. "did you play Super Toad's Toothbrush Gala? i thought it wasn't as good as Yoshi's Colonoscopy but better than Paper Mario Dark Academia"
i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
i can’t do tutorial sections anymore. i need gameplay right now. i need you to pile every system into my brain immediately. i need the video game tutorial equivalent of being knocked over the head with a crowbar, only to wake up in Cancun with one kidney and my venmo fully drained. just fuck me up
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they just nerfed your boss fight dude. yep they gave you more startup on your attack. all the people who beat you pre-nerf are gonna boast about it. sorry man.
December 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
they just nerfed your boss fight dude. yep they gave you more startup on your attack. all the people who beat you pre-nerf are gonna boast about it. sorry man.
(holding up the phone to my 3yo) these women sealed the honmoon long before huntrix ever existed
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(holding up the phone to my 3yo) these women sealed the honmoon long before huntrix ever existed
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
3yo: what are their names
me: this is scary spice, there’s also posh, baby, sporty and ginger
😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
me, curled up in fetal position, sick, prepping for 4 thanksgivings and 8 holiday events: i’m alive but please— no more
the universe, kicking me in the ribs with her glittery heels: get up bitch. you need to somehow secure a pumpkin pie for your kid’s class thanksgiving party by tomorrow morning
the universe, kicking me in the ribs with her glittery heels: get up bitch. you need to somehow secure a pumpkin pie for your kid’s class thanksgiving party by tomorrow morning
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
me, curled up in fetal position, sick, prepping for 4 thanksgivings and 8 holiday events: i’m alive but please— no more
the universe, kicking me in the ribs with her glittery heels: get up bitch. you need to somehow secure a pumpkin pie for your kid’s class thanksgiving party by tomorrow morning
the universe, kicking me in the ribs with her glittery heels: get up bitch. you need to somehow secure a pumpkin pie for your kid’s class thanksgiving party by tomorrow morning
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
friday soapbox: as a designer, if you want something to be a skillful action for players, and you want growth in this skill to be very deep/meaningful, then you need to also let players be bad at it. sometimes horrendously bad. players hate this pain, and designers often want to mitigate it away.
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
the developers clowning around in chat vs the producer who is desperately trying to keep this team ritual on the rails and get everyone to pay attention
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
the developers clowning around in chat vs the producer who is desperately trying to keep this team ritual on the rails and get everyone to pay attention
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Just friendly advice for the Dodgers fans: most fans of other teams are going to be rooting for the Jays no matter what, embrace the villain role and you will be much happier than trying unsuccessfully to convince everyone else that the Dodgers are the heroes everyone should root for
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just friendly advice for the Dodgers fans: most fans of other teams are going to be rooting for the Jays no matter what, embrace the villain role and you will be much happier than trying unsuccessfully to convince everyone else that the Dodgers are the heroes everyone should root for
never invite a group of game dev parents to a “digital lab” toddler play place, i promise you we will be insufferable. why is this art wall stuttering and running at 10fps? how come the grass in the frog minigame is like 30k polys? is nobody doing the gameplay clarity work here???
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
never invite a group of game dev parents to a “digital lab” toddler play place, i promise you we will be insufferable. why is this art wall stuttering and running at 10fps? how come the grass in the frog minigame is like 30k polys? is nobody doing the gameplay clarity work here???
sorry i can't respond to your text right now, i am in hell! aka 10 minutes into a 45 minute unreal engine tutorial video on some obscure part of the tech pipeline where a guy is mumbling rapid fire instructions over a dubstep backtrack
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
sorry i can't respond to your text right now, i am in hell! aka 10 minutes into a 45 minute unreal engine tutorial video on some obscure part of the tech pipeline where a guy is mumbling rapid fire instructions over a dubstep backtrack
the older i get the more i think there might only be 3 kinds of millennial midlife crisis: Vans Warped Tour, Funkopop, and Making Sous Vide Your Entire Personality
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the older i get the more i think there might only be 3 kinds of millennial midlife crisis: Vans Warped Tour, Funkopop, and Making Sous Vide Your Entire Personality
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pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain:
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
pleased to announce that there seems to be a passive-aggressive conflict roiling the august pages of Cooks Illustrated, Fall Harvest recipes edition. allow me to explain: