Nate(NzombieG)
@nzombieg.bsky.social
Solo game dev in UE5/Blender. Balancing my full-time job, game development, and tackling my never-ending game backlog. (Havent fully transitioned from bird app yet)
Fueled by food, coffee, and dreams https://linktr.ee/NzombieG
Fueled by food, coffee, and dreams https://linktr.ee/NzombieG
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Nate(NzombieG)
@nzombieg.bsky.social
· Dec 27
Hey I'm Nate a solo dev building a game with the mystery and exploration of Outer Wilds and the detective/puzzles of Return of the Obra Dinn. It will take place in a small city stuck in a time loop with fully detailed NPC lives and a hint of action. Follow my journey here!
Watch Nintendo try to patent game consoles in the shape of a cube.
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Watch Nintendo try to patent game consoles in the shape of a cube.
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MinnMax is 6 years old today. I'm so thankful to have an infinite project of trying to build, steer, and sustain this outlet.
I could spend the rest of my life thinking about the things and people that magically lined up to give MinnMax momentum. We cannot thank you enough for making this possible!
I could spend the rest of my life thinking about the things and people that magically lined up to give MinnMax momentum. We cannot thank you enough for making this possible!
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
MinnMax is 6 years old today. I'm so thankful to have an infinite project of trying to build, steer, and sustain this outlet.
I could spend the rest of my life thinking about the things and people that magically lined up to give MinnMax momentum. We cannot thank you enough for making this possible!
I could spend the rest of my life thinking about the things and people that magically lined up to give MinnMax momentum. We cannot thank you enough for making this possible!
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Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs
Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...
Me as a best man
a woman is standing next to a table with a box on it in a room .
ALT: a woman is standing next to a table with a box on it in a room .
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October 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Me as a best man
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Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Discovering Activision's early history | VGHF Library Highlights
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision.
Read more: gamehistory.org/william-volk...
When the ebook you want to buy isnt available anywhere else but amazon.
a man in a robe says " i will do what i must " in front of a fire
ALT: a man in a robe says " i will do what i must " in front of a fire
media.tenor.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When the ebook you want to buy isnt available anywhere else but amazon.
Now this is podracing
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Now this is podracing
I have surpassed Shenmue 2's ghost hall building Quick Time Event and thus am entitled to never doing another QTE in my entire life. Please adjust your games accordingly.
August 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have surpassed Shenmue 2's ghost hall building Quick Time Event and thus am entitled to never doing another QTE in my entire life. Please adjust your games accordingly.
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BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Some games want to give you the unique experience of forcing you to listen to over 10 mins of a cassette tape to have a small section at the end that progresses the story just for you to rewind the last section and play it again.
August 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Some games want to give you the unique experience of forcing you to listen to over 10 mins of a cassette tape to have a small section at the end that progresses the story just for you to rewind the last section and play it again.
Everyone would be happier if they had a scooby doo sandwich every once and awhile.
August 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Everyone would be happier if they had a scooby doo sandwich every once and awhile.
Although I never plan to get a switch 2 I am excited to watch the Kirby AirRiders direct. It was one of those games my brother and I would play as a palette cleaner or if we wanted to have pure fun with no mission. Lots of memories racing to build dragoon or Hydra and just free ride the city.
August 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Although I never plan to get a switch 2 I am excited to watch the Kirby AirRiders direct. It was one of those games my brother and I would play as a palette cleaner or if we wanted to have pure fun with no mission. Lots of memories racing to build dragoon or Hydra and just free ride the city.
Ive officially finished Elden Ring please bow to your Elden Lord.
a person in a video game stands on a cliff overlooking a body of water with the letters h and e visible
ALT: a person in a video game stands on a cliff overlooking a body of water with the letters h and e visible
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August 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ive officially finished Elden Ring please bow to your Elden Lord.
Its always a good day when my entire feed is covering #videogamehistory
August 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Its always a good day when my entire feed is covering #videogamehistory
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We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
August 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We've acquired the historic game magazine Computer Entertainer.
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
As in, we got the rights. We own the magazine. And we're putting it into the Creative Commons for anyone to use for free.
Learn more: gamehistory.org/computerente...
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🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
August 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🎉LUDOCENE LAUNCHED 🎉
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
So excited (and nervous) to send our game-finder into the world.
Ludocene.com
If you want a better way to find amazing games that rewards experts and is in the hands of players, this is our shot.
Thank you to the 1000's backers and supporters.This is just the beginning.
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Embed with Games, my gonzo style travelogue from 2014 covering Blendo Games, @ellaguro.bsky.social, @harvey1966.bsky.social et al is available for pay what you want in this bundle!
Happy to say my book Critical Path: How to Review Videogames for a Living is in the The Greatest Hits Game Bundle 2 at StoryBundle -- thanks to @davidlcraddock.bsky.social for the invite!
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
Even if that isn't your career goal, I hope the advice I offer helps your writing.
storybundle.com/games
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Embed with Games, my gonzo style travelogue from 2014 covering Blendo Games, @ellaguro.bsky.social, @harvey1966.bsky.social et al is available for pay what you want in this bundle!
"You look happier"
Thanks I didnt need to air out the books in Shemnue 2 today.
Thanks I didnt need to air out the books in Shemnue 2 today.
August 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"You look happier"
Thanks I didnt need to air out the books in Shemnue 2 today.
Thanks I didnt need to air out the books in Shemnue 2 today.
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Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Ludocene: Game Discovery From People You Trust
A dating app that matches you with games rather than people. A deck-builder that profiles your gaming taste.
www.kickstarter.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Last 6 months have been wild:
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
🤯We realised game discovery was broken.
🧪We made a prototype game-finder.
🎯We Kickstartered it into reality.
🥘We cooked and cooked with our backers.
🚀On Weds 6th Aug we launch Ludocene.com into the world.
🙏Last chance back/share: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...
Day 9 of blue prince
a person is standing in front of a clock that says the numbers mason what do they mean ?
ALT: a person is standing in front of a clock that says the numbers mason what do they mean ?
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July 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Day 9 of blue prince
The contrast of me picking Sleep Token vs my coworkers picking bon jovi, chili peppers, and Marry Poppins etc. Im cackling
My corporate job wants me find a song that shows my "day in the life" at the company. So obviously I will compile the list of songs I wish I could send here.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The contrast of me picking Sleep Token vs my coworkers picking bon jovi, chili peppers, and Marry Poppins etc. Im cackling
My corporate job wants me find a song that shows my "day in the life" at the company. So obviously I will compile the list of songs I wish I could send here.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My corporate job wants me find a song that shows my "day in the life" at the company. So obviously I will compile the list of songs I wish I could send here.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
[Gamer edition] Suggestions encouraged.
All social media has failed us for many reasons but the big failure is not having a metric for "This post made me close the app"
June 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
All social media has failed us for many reasons but the big failure is not having a metric for "This post made me close the app"
The One Piece is real and its the internet archive.
May 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The One Piece is real and its the internet archive.