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montréal, canada
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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · Jul 16
well this is disappointing.
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nazihfares.com
I'll say it: Steam fails every developer who isn’t a white cis-man. @geoffreybunting.bsky.social's report confirms that Valve’s refusal to moderate its platform has turned it into a breeding ground for targeted harassment, while creators drown in organized hate, and pay them 30% royalty.
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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(re?)entering my "can we add linux builds" phase at ko_op
February 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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tys.work
Are you going to GDC? Do you want to come to a talk that isn't hollowed out AI corporate dogslop? Come to my GDC talk, a step by step guide to founding a worker cooperative game studio! Giving this talk is the only way I can afford to go to GDC. Please share!

schedule.gdconf.com/session/co-o...
Co-Ops Are the Future: A Step-by-Step Guide to Founding Your Own Worker Cooperative Game Studio | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
This session offers a practical guide to founding and running a worker cooperative game studio, with insights for both U.S. and international developers. Presenters will walk attendees through key ope...
schedule.gdconf.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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aisucks.antifa.meme
the Black Panthers were right
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS. WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK. AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE. SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS. THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES. IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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[wakes up @ 2am, can't get back to sleep]
i think i have havana syndrome.
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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reminding myself that tech was supposed to be about providing tools and not injecting ads & gambling into pre-existing public goods.
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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this is peak game design: nicknicknicknick.net/twits/nickfo...
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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unity just crashed so hard it crashed unreal
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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shout out to @synthcoder.bsky.social and all the musicians on PROJECT FORLORN. stunning work, anxiety- and vertigo-inducing.

synthcoder.itch.io/project-forl...

projectforlorn.bandcamp.com/album/projec...
screenshot~ PROJECT FORLORN interface screenshot~ PROJECT FORLORN defrag screenshot~ PROJECT FORLORN, "It Does and It Will" screenshot~ PROJECT FORLORN "The Waves Went On Forever"
February 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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babyghosts.fund
Co-op curious? Apply for our NEW Cooperative Foundations program now! You and your collaborators will get 8 weeks of pre-formation education alongside alumni and other indie studios in a cozy cohort. Open to new and established studios and comes with a $5k grant.

babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
Baby Ghosts
Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
babyghosts.fund
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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i'm not doing surveillance capitalism for the sake of glorified irc porn.
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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ko-op.com
One week until this year’s Quebec Games Celebration! Join us Monday, February 16th to check out hundreds of games from the fine studios across Quebec! ✨

#QGC2026 #QuebecGamesCelebration #CélébrationJeuxQuébec
Illustrated underwater scene. In the center is a blue fleur de lis, with text superimposed on top reading: Célebration des jeux du Quebec Games Celebration Feb 16th - 23rd! The key art for Goodbye Volcano High is in the center. Illustrated underwater scene. In the center is a blue fleur de lis, with text superimposed on top reading: Célebration des jeux du Quebec Games Celebration Feb 16th - 23rd! The key art for GNOG is in the center. Illustrated underwater scene. In the center is a blue fleur de lis, with text superimposed on top reading: Célebration des jeux du Quebec Games Celebration Feb 16th - 23rd! The key art for Dépanneur Nocturne is in the center.
February 9, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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dryad.technology
Anyway do not, under any circumstances, for any reason, give your ID to a tech company or one of their subcontractors
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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19th-century procgen rules

www.wopc.co.uk/games/myrior...
Myriorama — The World of Playing Cards
Myriorama of Italian scenery, 1824.
www.wopc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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seemo.bsky.social
young suns (2026)
topherflorence.bsky.social Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 10d
stardew valley style lifesim where you leave your grandpa's shitty farm and his nosy ass neighbors to go live in a giant city as a freegan crustpunk who strips copper wire and steals catalytic converters for an amorphous group interconnected anarchist collectives/polycules
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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[picard we have engaged the borg voice]

i have begun watching… babylon 5.
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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ryanmcdiarmid.com
Hover my portrait in the About section (and/or shrink the page enough that it changes to landscape layout) for a tiny surprise.
ryanmcdiarmid.com Ryan McDiarmid 🔜 GDC @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 10d
Just launched a redesign of my website.
Updated portfolio section coming soon!

As a reminder: I'm urgently looking for work in the Narrative Design, Writing, and Game Design fields, though I have plenty of other talents as well.

ryanmcdiarmid.com
Ryan McDiarmid | Narrative & Game Design
The personal website and portfolio of Ryan McDiarmid. Writer, visual artist, and game dev with a focus on narrative & game design.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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seemo.bsky.social
I added important sound
February 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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ko-op.com
we take game dev extremely seriously 🎩🕺🏻
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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still thinking about getting that MRGS tattoo
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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portablecity.bsky.social
Friends, I've told you about my playmap designs, right?
A digital painting of a landscape from above, in cheerful pastel colours, showing a road running through a medieval village, farmland, around a mountain, past baba yaga’s realm, over a river with a long pink smiling serpent dragon in it, and up into tablelands. The art style is simple and there are many animals scattered throughout. A digital painting of a landscape from above, in cheerful bright colours, showing an archipelago with seven strange islands, a boat with a heart on its sail, a giant purple octopus, and a humpback whale in the water. The islands include a farm, a tropical beach, a volcano, a haunted crystal, an overgrown greek ruin, a forest with a golden skull, and a giant willow tree with a face. The style is simple and there are animals scattered throughout. A cutaway drawing of a stone tower showing six floors and the basement, the floors holding a kitchen, greenhouse, portal room, library, bedroom, and astronomy lab; each floor populated by a different wizard. The basement hides a huge purple dragon. The tower is nestled into the woods and the sky behind it is sunset purples and pinks; a crescent moon with a sleeping face hangs in the sky. The colours are vibrant reds, purples and teals.
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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hey fellas is it weird that when i consume content i am likewise by content consumed?
February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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fishwithlasers.bsky.social
Videogame reviewers are like “ghibliesque” and you look at the screenshot and it’s this
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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I've made a Backloggd list that recapitulates the Polaris List of 100 games that inspired participating designers.

backloggd.com/u/nickfourti...

No I will not share how many I have played 😅

(The original's here: polarisgamedesign.com/the-polaris-...)
'The Polaris List 2025' a list of games by nickfourtimes | Backloggd
The Polaris game design retreat surveyed 167 designers in Fall 2025 on their top 10 design inspirations This list recapitulates that listhttpspolarisgamedesigncomthepolarislist2025
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February 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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crusader kings III mod that replaces the papal estates with FIFA.
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM