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henrydriver.bsky.social
Dive into the microscopic world of water at Quad Gallery. My installation/game WaterPortals is on show till the 11th Jan

www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/water...
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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spandex.bsky.social
and cloudflare runs on cloudflare so i can't even malkovich into my malkovich dashboard to unmalkovich my malkovich
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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jonkk.bsky.social
quick pop into the very unfinished backyard track. looking nice, very bumpy! #tinytires
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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mokkograd.net
By the way:

GB Rober is discounted for the rest of the Week! I tried my best to slam Marxism into Mega Man and the result is a very big explosion and a bossfight against a billionaire Swan that hates Water.

store.steampowered.com/app/1566050/...
Save 25% on GB Rober on Steam
It’s the year 202X. Bosses and Landlords rule over a dying world. Something has to be done. Someone has to fight for the people!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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reki.gay
"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
nachimir.bsky.social
MORSE is out now: store.steampowered.com/app/1976860/...

As well as keyboard or mouse, can work with actual Morse keys too; so, backwards compatible with hardware all the way to 1844
Save 20% on MORSE on Steam
Vanquish the Kaiser's Imperial Fleet using timing, tactics and telegraphy in MORSE, a minimalist strategy game that teaches you the lost language of Morse code. Can you change the world with the push ...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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hannahnicklin.bsky.social
📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin
A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews. One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles "Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax. Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous." The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10 "Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so." A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant. 11+ years experience in interactive narrative • 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile) • Many more as consultant • PhD in Interactive Practices • Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts • GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class • Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games. Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom Work in: Remote, CET-PST LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin hannahnicklin.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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stephencollins.bsky.social
1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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soozuk.bsky.social
I'm not above replying "stop indulging in student politics, you are just helping Farage!" to centrists the moment the Greens are ahead of Labour in the polls. It will be funny EVERY time.
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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duncanrobson.com
My phone vibrates when I buy European DVDs from my friend the pope

That’s right I can I palpably paypal my papal PAL pal
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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molleindustria.org
Every damn day. Here's something I didn't know. The tech in data centers will be obsolete in the blink of an eye.
futurism.com/data-centers...
There's a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data Centers
Given the rate at which tech companies are spending on data centers, current revenues would have to increase ten-fold just to break even.
futurism.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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blackle.bsky.social
failed the anti-mirror test the other day. they found someone off the street that looked a lot like me. styled their hair the same as me. put me in a room that was connected to another via a mirror-shaped window. the other was in the opposite room with a red mark on their forehead. they had been trained to mimic my movements—an incredible talent, I must admit. I stupidly took the bait. tried to rub away the mark, thinking I also had it. the other pointed and laughed. what a fool I've been made out to be! if only I had been more diligent, more meticulous... then maybe I'd still have my dignity. keen spite of reason, they got me again! the scientists offered a chance to "get one back" on my doppelganger. they put that red mark on my forehead. placed me in the opposite room this time. I spotted my other in the "mirror" the moment I came in. followed their movements quite exactly, I was very proud of myself... but the other wouldn't bite. why were they not reaching up to wipe away the mark that I could see wasn't there? we played this game for after 10 minutes when I was beguiled with the shock of my life. I had appeared behind myself. it was the doppelganger! in the room with me! turns out that the "mirror" window was no window. it was a real mirror this time! I'd been duped again! the mark they'd put on my forehead was a ruse—the scientists had just dabbed water on the spot and claimed it was ink. I was fooled again! what a detestable beast they've hollowed me into. it's all over. do me a service, kill me in the mouth clean and simple
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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ianmaclarty.com
After over 2 years cooking in Steam Early Access, Mars First Logistics 1.0 is finally here!

Engineer your little rover and deliver lots of silly stuff!
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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davidrevoy.com
The Amphora of Great Intelligence (AGI)

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
A comic strip in four panels: 1. A bird's-eye view of a giant amphora the size of a building with closed eyes and a closed mouth engraved on it. Using scaffolding, a community of wizards climbed up and are throwing all their books into it, to fill its content. > Wizards: All our grimoires for the Amphora of Great Intelligence! 2. A ground level view at the bottom of the giant amphora. This time, the wizards bring tree trunks, cut down nearby trees, and throw them into a large fire to boil the giant amphora. > Wizards: All our forests for the Amphora of Great Intelligence! 3. A gathering of all the wizards below the imposing amphora which has now opened its glowing eyes and mouth slightly. The crowd of wizards at its feet applauds: > Wizards: Amphora of Great Intelligence, our world is dying, share your knowledge with us! 4. Same shot, as the amphora responds with joyful and amused eyes. The wizards are confused by the answer... > Artificial Intelligence: According to geologists, you should eat at least one small rock per day. > Wizards: ... ... ...
September 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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craigpsutton.bsky.social
The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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joneshowdareyou.bsky.social
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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v21.bsky.social
ideal response to transphobes kicking up about toilet provision, imo: www.quaker.org.uk/documents/re...
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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draknek.bsky.social
PSA: The New Voices Puzzle Grant deadline is in one month!

The grant is an opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

Deadline to Apply: 23:59 PST Sunday 28th September

grants.draknek.org
Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant
The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.
grants.draknek.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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sonnyross.bsky.social
Hello, I really like The Thing.
Edition of 100, signed and numbered.
www.sonnyross.com/shop/thething
#thething #horror #johncarpenter
An Illustration of an alternate poster for the movie "The Thing". Orange and blue screen print style illustration.
August 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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mokkograd.net
Hi,

I'm looking for someone to help me with music for my JRPG game.

If you're interested in the specifics, you can read them here:
mokkograd.net/jrpg-game-co...
I've spent the past two Months building out the foundation of a JRPG system, and I'm now pretty close to having something like a small playable test version ready.
mokkograd.net
August 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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stcymsn.bsky.social
Wow we’re having “games are art” discourse again! Just gonna leave this here.

From my dissertation:
2.1 Lenses, Not Boxes I wondered whether this section was necessary, but games discourse seems to repeatedly find itself adrift in questions of whether _ counts as a _. We have seen the question repeatedly: Do games count as art? Do games without goals count as games? Is The Sims a game? Are hypertexts interactive fiction? Are Twine pieces literature? In fairness to the researchers cited here, all of whom I respect immensely, many of these sources pose or imply the question rhetorically. Still, the necessity of such a framing frustrates me. "Is _ a _?" is, in my opinion, a fruitless question. The question can never be answered to anyone's satisfaction, and it often serves as either a provocation to espouse politics or as a cover to institute gatekeeping. Its agenda is usually opaque to onlookers and bewildering to those trying to advance the field from across disciplines. We should be thinking in lenses, not boxes. It is always more interesting to ask "If we think of _ through the lens of _, what do we learn?" We know it is more interesting to ask "What do we learn by considering Tom Stoppard through the lens of poststructuralism?" than to ask "Is Stoppard's work poststructuralist?" And while some works may be more or less fruitful when examined through different lenses, sometimes the most unlikely pairings of lenses and objects are the most rewarding. Certainly any of the questions above would be much better served by reframing them in this way.
August 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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elirainsberry.com
happy #bandcampfriday, the last thing I released was music I composed for an animated short I worked on last year!

there'll be other things available on my page as always including soundtracks for the Wilmot games, Flock, A Monster's Expedition, and more!

elirainsberry.bandcamp.com
elirainsberry.com 🌱 eli rainsberry 🌱 @elirainsberry.com · May 2
new for Bandcamp Friday, if there’s anybody that was really into the music I made for Saltsea Chronicles, you might like this small OST I composed last year for an animated short film - Loneliness & Laundry, by @chickenfruit.studio! go listen if you’d like

elirainsberry.bandcamp.com/album/loneli...
August 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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hannahnicklin.bsky.social
New @molleindustria.org game alert! store.steampowered.com/app/3861870/...
Future? No Thanks! on Steam
Future? No Thanks! is a narrative-driven, open-world adventure set in an ecosocialist utopia. You're old, bitter, and scheduled for euthanasia. Enjoy your last day in a future that works for everyone ...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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nachimir.bsky.social
Today! Leftfield 2025 submissions close today. airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

Here are just four of the hundreds (!) of things we've shown at previous shows: Sloppy Forgeries, Lost On Mars, The Waking Knot, and Far From Noise
Screenshot of Sloppy Forgeries, showing a simplified version of the painting Dance (I) by Henri Matisse, and two players blobby attempts to copy it against a countdown. 38 seconds remain. A photograph of Lost On Mars: a rugged military case is open, full of switches, lights and buttons. In the lid, a screen displays the game, which shows the feed from a fictitious Mars rover, rendered as if it's an old green-screen. Screenshot of The Waking Knot. Weird creatures and organic forms are arranged on a green hex grid. The organic looking backdrop resembles a microscope slide. Screenshot of Far From Noise, showing a Citroen 2CV balanced precariously on a cliff edge above the sea. Dialogue options above it: 1. (honk horn), 2. "HELLO?".
August 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
nachimir.bsky.social
Today! Leftfield 2025 submissions close today. airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...

Here are just four of the hundreds (!) of things we've shown at previous shows: Sloppy Forgeries, Lost On Mars, The Waking Knot, and Far From Noise
Screenshot of Sloppy Forgeries, showing a simplified version of the painting Dance (I) by Henri Matisse, and two players blobby attempts to copy it against a countdown. 38 seconds remain. A photograph of Lost On Mars: a rugged military case is open, full of switches, lights and buttons. In the lid, a screen displays the game, which shows the feed from a fictitious Mars rover, rendered as if it's an old green-screen. Screenshot of The Waking Knot. Weird creatures and organic forms are arranged on a green hex grid. The organic looking backdrop resembles a microscope slide. Screenshot of Far From Noise, showing a Citroen 2CV balanced precariously on a cliff edge above the sea. Dialogue options above it: 1. (honk horn), 2. "HELLO?".
August 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM