Rik Godwin
@rikgodwin.bsky.social
He/him. Lead Writer @Ubisoft Bordeaux, Assassin's Creed: Claws of Awaji. Prev: actezero, Harmony: The Fall of Reverie, Atlas Fallen, Under the Waves, Chinatown Detective Agency (bits of Night Call & FlatEye).
Should be pulled aside and gently fired.
Should be pulled aside and gently fired.
Pinned
Rik Godwin
@rikgodwin.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Assassin's Creed Shadows - Official Claws of Awaji DLC Launch Trailer
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
Two years of work. A cross-country move. A new life, a new role, a new team. After all that...
Claws of Awaji is here!
Claws of Awaji is here!
Amazing paris.just beautiful.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Amazing paris.just beautiful.
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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HUMAN VOICE ACTORS
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
HUMAN VOICE ACTORS
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“Dialogue is a perfect opportunity for this kind of play; every time we speak, there is a moment of uncertainty — will our intention be understood, rebuffed, accepted, acknowledged? If we are lying, we will persuade, confuse, or offend?”
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Dialogue is a perfect opportunity for this kind of play; every time we speak, there is a moment of uncertainty — will our intention be understood, rebuffed, accepted, acknowledged? If we are lying, we will persuade, confuse, or offend?”
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I haven’t seen it posted anywhere but the half day rate for a voice actor is like $550 and the full day is $1100. So Embark is bailing on this cost line item for something that would run them like $15,000 a year per language.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I haven’t seen it posted anywhere but the half day rate for a voice actor is like $550 and the full day is $1100. So Embark is bailing on this cost line item for something that would run them like $15,000 a year per language.
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I just think you should be skeptical of someone whose website has more links to "ways to give me money" than it does "things I've done/made"
do you think being "the bad boy of games narrative" gets you into the VIP section at the club
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I just think you should be skeptical of someone whose website has more links to "ways to give me money" than it does "things I've done/made"
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WE MADE IT!
THE DINER WILL OPEN
NOVEMBER 18, 2025!
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CONSEGUIMOS!
O RESTAURANTE VAI ABRIR
EM 18 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2025!
THE DINER WILL OPEN
NOVEMBER 18, 2025!
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CONSEGUIMOS!
O RESTAURANTE VAI ABRIR
EM 18 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2025!
After 3 long years we're excited to announce that Diner is releasing on Steam Early Access on November 18! 🥳 We'd really love your support, so please share and add to your wishlist if this looks like a good time. Links to game in bio!
#indiegame #pixelart #cozygaming #gamedev #gaming
#indiegame #pixelart #cozygaming #gamedev #gaming
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
WE MADE IT!
THE DINER WILL OPEN
NOVEMBER 18, 2025!
==============
CONSEGUIMOS!
O RESTAURANTE VAI ABRIR
EM 18 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2025!
THE DINER WILL OPEN
NOVEMBER 18, 2025!
==============
CONSEGUIMOS!
O RESTAURANTE VAI ABRIR
EM 18 DE NOVEMBRO DE 2025!
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November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I cannot state how utterly depressing it is that the current EIC of Zombie Waypoint is an unironic Doc Squiddy stan.
Unsupportable.
Unsupportable.
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I cannot state how utterly depressing it is that the current EIC of Zombie Waypoint is an unironic Doc Squiddy stan.
Unsupportable.
Unsupportable.
You know what: yes.
Arc Raiders is enormously enjoyable but its use of shitty AI voices is not just antithetical to its themes, it's a disgusting compromise that threatens the integrity of certain parts of the industry.
This is an incredibly well considered review with an appropriate score.
Arc Raiders is enormously enjoyable but its use of shitty AI voices is not just antithetical to its themes, it's a disgusting compromise that threatens the integrity of certain parts of the industry.
This is an incredibly well considered review with an appropriate score.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You know what: yes.
Arc Raiders is enormously enjoyable but its use of shitty AI voices is not just antithetical to its themes, it's a disgusting compromise that threatens the integrity of certain parts of the industry.
This is an incredibly well considered review with an appropriate score.
Arc Raiders is enormously enjoyable but its use of shitty AI voices is not just antithetical to its themes, it's a disgusting compromise that threatens the integrity of certain parts of the industry.
This is an incredibly well considered review with an appropriate score.
Related to that absolute nonsense currently doing the rounds, here's a good, pocket sized piece on why dialogue choices are, you know, good, from someone who actually knows his stuff.
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Related to that absolute nonsense currently doing the rounds, here's a good, pocket sized piece on why dialogue choices are, you know, good, from someone who actually knows his stuff.
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You know what I left the guy's name off this post but he *goes out of his way* to target someone by name because they had an opinion he didn't agree with in his most recent tiresome essay (straight up calls them stupid).
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You know what I left the guy's name off this post but he *goes out of his way* to target someone by name because they had an opinion he didn't agree with in his most recent tiresome essay (straight up calls them stupid).
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
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Gosh, if only someone had already covered how to use choices to build subtext is a characterful linear scene already, in a talk that takes less time to read than a medium post from a guy who seems to have only played one game and that’s cos he wrote it
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Gosh, if only someone had already covered how to use choices to build subtext is a characterful linear scene already, in a talk that takes less time to read than a medium post from a guy who seems to have only played one game and that’s cos he wrote it
You know what I left the guy's name off this post but he *goes out of his way* to target someone by name because they had an opinion he didn't agree with in his most recent tiresome essay (straight up calls them stupid).
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
You know what I left the guy's name off this post but he *goes out of his way* to target someone by name because they had an opinion he didn't agree with in his most recent tiresome essay (straight up calls them stupid).
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
Fuck Doc Squiddy.
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The successor to GZDoom is out now, after GZDoom's lead developer decided to start 'vibe coding' with AI.
For those worried, this should perform EXACTLY the same as GZDoom. Probably better, and with improving compatibility as there's more people actively working on it and listening to the community
For those worried, this should perform EXACTLY the same as GZDoom. Probably better, and with improving compatibility as there's more people actively working on it and listening to the community
The pre-release for UZDoom's debut is here! If you'd like to help us test UZDoom in preparation for 4.14.3 grab the build here: github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo... (expand the Assets tab)
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The successor to GZDoom is out now, after GZDoom's lead developer decided to start 'vibe coding' with AI.
For those worried, this should perform EXACTLY the same as GZDoom. Probably better, and with improving compatibility as there's more people actively working on it and listening to the community
For those worried, this should perform EXACTLY the same as GZDoom. Probably better, and with improving compatibility as there's more people actively working on it and listening to the community
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One more for the morning crowd: go play the demo for this. It is *special*.
The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand on Steam
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike an...
store.steampowered.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
One more for the morning crowd: go play the demo for this. It is *special*.
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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand on Steam
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike an...
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
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The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.
marginalised developers are among the poorest in the industry, but were expected to pay for their own tickets to their token inductions (not even talking travel+accom)
TGA organised meetups at places like Starbucks where FC members were left with the tab after a quick photo-op-and-dash
TGA organised meetups at places like Starbucks where FC members were left with the tab after a quick photo-op-and-dash
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.
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A note about the TGAs worth remembering as this Future Class story unfolds: it’s a marketing beat, consumer-facing, and voted on by media/influencers. Developers are, by design, not included or considered in the structure. Which feels bad! www.polygon.com/explained/49...
How The Game Awards voting works
It’s the press and fans, not game devs, who vote on The Game Awards
www.polygon.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A note about the TGAs worth remembering as this Future Class story unfolds: it’s a marketing beat, consumer-facing, and voted on by media/influencers. Developers are, by design, not included or considered in the structure. Which feels bad! www.polygon.com/explained/49...
The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.
marginalised developers are among the poorest in the industry, but were expected to pay for their own tickets to their token inductions (not even talking travel+accom)
TGA organised meetups at places like Starbucks where FC members were left with the tab after a quick photo-op-and-dash
TGA organised meetups at places like Starbucks where FC members were left with the tab after a quick photo-op-and-dash
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Game Awards not paying for Future Class members' *coffee order* is fucking batshit, and it is far from the worst thing in this thread.
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I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more