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Malik
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Socials @ Nice Dream Games (@nicedreamgames.com). We made BAFTA-winning Before Your Eyes, now we’re working on Goodnight Universe. | Writer |📍 Los Angeles

I make Bryant Gumbel look like Malcolm X
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Exciting news!!

@moemalik.bsky.social & I are SO honored to have our pilot DO NOT COPY selected for the 2024 Muslim List. Thank you @theblcklst.bsky.social & MPAC for believing in the project.

Deepest gratitude for everyone who helped us along the way. A lot more work to do. Let's get to it. 🙏🏾
Goodnight Universe reviews are coming out and it’s a surreal experience. Mostly positive stuff out there (85 on MC!!) which I love reading but I also appreciate going through the criticism too. Cool seeing publications I admire taking the time to review the game. It’s sick. Love y’all.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
im competing with steam too...now gimme 100 billion dollars @amazon @meta @bigtech @bestbuy @homedepot
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Today me and my fellow developers at Autoscopia Interactive are launching our first game, "As Long As You're Here." It's a family drama told from the perspective of a woman with Alzheimer's disease, and I'm so grateful to finally share it with the world! store.steampowered.com/app/3309750/...
Save 15% on As Long As You're Here on Steam
What if you lost all your memories? An emotional family drama seen through the eyes of a woman with Alzheimer's disease. As Annie’s life slowly unravels, uncover memories of her deceased brother as he...
store.steampowered.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Marlène, @ryancwright.bsky.social and the rest of the team at Autoscopia have made something incredibly special with As Long As You’re Here. It’s exploration of Alzheimer’s, grief, and what we give and take as we care for family is beautiful. Teared up playing this.

Get it on Steam. 🙏🏾
Our emotional narrative game from the POV of a woman with Alzheimer’s is out NOW! ❤️‍🩹🎉😱

Get ‘As Long As You’re Here’ (and review!): tinyurl.com/3935hep4

So much love & hard work has gone into this game for years. We hope the experience will stay with you ❤️

Share this & help us gain visibility! 🫶
As Long As You're Here - Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Autoscopia Interactive
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October 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Congrats to the @autoscopia.bsky.social team on the release of As Long As You’re Here!!!

It’s a gorgeous, meditative narrative experience and it’s an absolute MUST play for any of the Before Your Eyes fans out there. :)

Check it out on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/3309750/...
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Soft announcement. My next ::ephemera game will be highway::ephemera where you will traverse a vast network of roads. Will feature original atmospheric soundscape by Greg Nunn (Glacial Anatomy) who provided music for ocean::ephemera
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Bluesky engagement on the Nice Dream account is abysmal but we will keep posting until (my) morale approves and Goodnight Universe sells 1 billion copies
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
They’re frying me in the group chats for being a Legends Z-A enjoyer. Life is hard when you got real taste…
a young man wearing headphones is smiling in front of a screen that says " promote "
ALT: a young man wearing headphones is smiling in front of a screen that says " promote "
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Game Freak charging me 3,000 Pokémon currency to change my hair from the default straight hair to a hi-top with a fresh fade…Anti-Black shenanigans?!
a man wearing a helmet is playing a video game on a computer .
ALT: a man wearing a helmet is playing a video game on a computer .
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A lot of thoughts but all I can say right now is that the nostalgia I get from listening to this track is gut-wrenching. What a time. Fuck.
According to Wikipedia, today is the 20th anniversary of The 1UP Show. I choose to believe this is true.

I miss this work. More, I miss my old coworkers. Still the best and most fun job I ever had.

I’ll let Jane and Eric’s killer tune race through my mind today.
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I think Pokémon Legends Z-A is fire and I really don’t care who knows it!! We will restore Lumiose City back to glory!!!
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Whoever is running this account is spitting facts…
No better way to spend a Sunday and fight the Sunday Scaries than to play the Goodnight Universe Steam Next Fest demo.

90 reviews. 100% positive.
Polygon and Noclip co-signs.

20 minutes of psychic baby magic.

Treat yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/4012220/Go… 💫
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
AHHHH!! Thank you @sxswsydney.com !! 😭😭
HOLY SMOKES W E W O N ~Best International Game~ at @sxswsydney.com !!!! And hugest congrats to our friend @tamagotchi44.bsky.social and the team for winning the Audience Award 🤯
October 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I’m a long-form journalism obsessive so I’ve always been sad that it’s been tough to find a lot of video game longreads.

Needless to say, this is the kind of site I’ve been dreaming about for a while. Instantly subscribed.
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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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One of the cool things about having a demo out is being able to see the # of active players.

Hi 8 people playing the Goodnight Universe demo right now. I hope you know you are seen and loved. May you be showered with good things. Your deepest wishes…granted.

Good luck and Godspeed.
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
One of the cool things about having a demo out is being able to see the # of active players.

Hi 8 people playing the Goodnight Universe demo right now. I hope you know you are seen and loved. May you be showered with good things. Your deepest wishes…granted.

Good luck and Godspeed.
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Friends, watch this!!!! Our game is finally coming out and the trailer is fucking HEATTT
GOODNIGHT UNIVERSE.
IGN Fan Fest Trailer.
From the creators of Before Your Eyes.

A psychic baby narrative adventure.

Hone your powers. Mend a broken family. Take on an evil tech company.

Nothing a baby can't do, right?

Coming 11.11.25. Wishlist now. 💫
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Give it a spin friends!!! 💗💗
We're so excited to have Goodnight Universe part of Steam Next Fest! 💫

Play the demo that everyone is calling "the best psychic baby game of all time", "is that the baby from the pikmin video" and "goo goo gaa gaa" 🤩

Only playable for a limited time! — bit.ly/gnu-demo
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Game dev folks, how do y'all feel about engagement on Bsky vs Twitter? Feel like my tweets on @nicedreamgames.com tank here compared to the same posts on Twitter despite having 2x as many followers. It sucks lol.
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Got my first “give the social media guy a raise” comment for my @nicedreamgames.com socials work — dopamine rush was CRAZY
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Burning question I have: Did Americans know about Moomin before all that merch showed up at Barnes and Noble?
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Yeah that’s because in science fiction the AI/robots have emotions or souls or are part human. Fucking chat GPT is a fancy autocorrect
in much of 20th century science fiction, anti-ai/anti-progress bigots are depicted variously as religious fanatics, right wing social conservatives, and so on. it has turned out quite differently.
October 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Goodnight Universe demo after 24 hours:

15 reviews. 100% positive. Daily wishlist count almost doubled.

Feeling good…tears of joy…
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Featured on Cheap Ass Gamer…mama we made it
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
6 for 6 for Goodnight Universe demo steam reviews…GirlWhosGonnaBeOkay.jpg
October 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM