Samuel Mottershaw
@samwrotedown.bsky.social
Narrative Designer / Community Manager @ndemiccreations.bsky.social • Scriptwriter (AutoCorrect / Denied / Overnight Ghost / More) • He/Him.
https://writers.coverfly.com/projects/view/6276be5d-05d2-4a5b-9322-95e2aac74422/AutoCorrect
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@sintoj.bsky.social Hey just to say your art on Tooth and Tail was really nice!
January 23, 2026 at 3:31 PM
@sintoj.bsky.social Hey just to say your art on Tooth and Tail was really nice!
hey #scriptsky! wake up!
I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays
rcjohnso / scripts
Free screenplays for Brick, Brothers Bloom and Looper.
www.rian-johnson.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
hey #scriptsky! wake up!
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Never seen a better (worse??) Torment Nexus example. Good god.
Shabana Mahmood here, and the vibes are not getting better.
January 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Never seen a better (worse??) Torment Nexus example. Good god.
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Gently places my isometric environment art onto your feed
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Gently places my isometric environment art onto your feed
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There's *literally* no writer I've met who wants to outsource lore or world building.
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Whenever I hear devs or other creatives who do worldbuilding say they *have* to use ch*tGPT to help with their lore bibles because no human could possibly collate such a huge and complex world… I glare in historian
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
There's *literally* no writer I've met who wants to outsource lore or world building.
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
Item descriptions, UI text, even dialogue, sure! But *world building*? That's your little sandbox, that's a lil reward for a whole day of writing barks
Heck, I need to tell new writers to stop focusing on lore!
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Hello! Over the weekend, my article on some cool games reliving the spirit of Y2K went up on RPS! Feat @rj.dcellgames.com @davidjaumandreu.bsky.social
www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-game-dev...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-game-dev...
How game developers worldwide are reliving Y2K Japan, from Jet Set Radio to Dance Dance Revolution
The people behind Unbeatable, Hyperyuki and Denshattack discuss their Japanese influences, from trains and Digimon to music and the Dreamcast.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Hello! Over the weekend, my article on some cool games reliving the spirit of Y2K went up on RPS! Feat @rj.dcellgames.com @davidjaumandreu.bsky.social
www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-game-dev...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/how-game-dev...
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Short writing thread: I rewatched FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL last week. Still think it's basically a perfect rom-com. More quotables than I can list and it really digs into all the main characters.
I felt like if you presented this as a spec, there's one note that reps & execs would give as a reflex
I felt like if you presented this as a spec, there's one note that reps & execs would give as a reflex
January 18, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Short writing thread: I rewatched FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL last week. Still think it's basically a perfect rom-com. More quotables than I can list and it really digs into all the main characters.
I felt like if you presented this as a spec, there's one note that reps & execs would give as a reflex
I felt like if you presented this as a spec, there's one note that reps & execs would give as a reflex
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Incredible foley moment from Heat
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Incredible foley moment from Heat
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
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i have to quote this because i need you to experience it without context
this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
i have to quote this because i need you to experience it without context
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i feel like i see a lot of stolen himbo valor online and it pisses me off. you’re not a damn himbo! you’re nothing like the guy i went out with who told me his favorite artist was ‘leonardo the vinci’!
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
i feel like i see a lot of stolen himbo valor online and it pisses me off. you’re not a damn himbo! you’re nothing like the guy i went out with who told me his favorite artist was ‘leonardo the vinci’!
A heads up to the film people when they're like "maybe I'll just go into games for money"
Afraid not!
Afraid not!
Mark it.
Two weeks into 2026 and I already know about more games industry layoff waves than in all of 2021, impacting about five times as many people that we know of.
We're still so far from 'normal'
We need to talk about this openly. Don't struggle alone. 💞
Two weeks into 2026 and I already know about more games industry layoff waves than in all of 2021, impacting about five times as many people that we know of.
We're still so far from 'normal'
We need to talk about this openly. Don't struggle alone. 💞
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A heads up to the film people when they're like "maybe I'll just go into games for money"
Afraid not!
Afraid not!
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❤️
One day only!
Also, for casting: one character is a young trans woman.
Thank you for making this happen, @swanieprods.bsky.social! I’ve long wanted to hear this script on its feet and it means so much that you’re doing this.
#TourOfDevastation #tableread
One day only!
Also, for casting: one character is a young trans woman.
Thank you for making this happen, @swanieprods.bsky.social! I’ve long wanted to hear this script on its feet and it means so much that you’re doing this.
#TourOfDevastation #tableread
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
❤️
One day only!
Also, for casting: one character is a young trans woman.
Thank you for making this happen, @swanieprods.bsky.social! I’ve long wanted to hear this script on its feet and it means so much that you’re doing this.
#TourOfDevastation #tableread
One day only!
Also, for casting: one character is a young trans woman.
Thank you for making this happen, @swanieprods.bsky.social! I’ve long wanted to hear this script on its feet and it means so much that you’re doing this.
#TourOfDevastation #tableread
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HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
As of this year, I will have been in the games industry for *fifteen* years. Good god.
January 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
As of this year, I will have been in the games industry for *fifteen* years. Good god.
100% don't burnout your fellow game devs! Surprised we all have say this and hear it from a veteran AAA developer.
Side note, I went to Google the name as I hadn't heard it before and...
Side note, I went to Google the name as I hadn't heard it before and...
January 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
100% don't burnout your fellow game devs! Surprised we all have say this and hear it from a veteran AAA developer.
Side note, I went to Google the name as I hadn't heard it before and...
Side note, I went to Google the name as I hadn't heard it before and...
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“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436
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Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
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Still looking for someone who can speak from this perspective. Do you exist? If so, let me know!
Hey folks,
I'm looking to speak to a developer who has previously made a game/games through Steam early access, and decided NOT to make their next/current project through early access. If that's you, get in touch at rick@ricklane.co.uk. Reposts appreciated.
I'm looking to speak to a developer who has previously made a game/games through Steam early access, and decided NOT to make their next/current project through early access. If that's you, get in touch at rick@ricklane.co.uk. Reposts appreciated.
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Still looking for someone who can speak from this perspective. Do you exist? If so, let me know!
I'm still trying to clean this one up
"A woman performs a dark ritual to summon the ghost of her ex-husband to banish his spirit but saying goodbye isn't so easy..."
It's a short important bits are
- ritual
- banish a ghost
- it's her ex
- It'll complicated for her
#scriptsky
"A woman performs a dark ritual to summon the ghost of her ex-husband to banish his spirit but saying goodbye isn't so easy..."
It's a short important bits are
- ritual
- banish a ghost
- it's her ex
- It'll complicated for her
#scriptsky
#Scriptsky Let's critique loglines!
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
I'm still trying to clean this one up
"A woman performs a dark ritual to summon the ghost of her ex-husband to banish his spirit but saying goodbye isn't so easy..."
It's a short important bits are
- ritual
- banish a ghost
- it's her ex
- It'll complicated for her
#scriptsky
"A woman performs a dark ritual to summon the ghost of her ex-husband to banish his spirit but saying goodbye isn't so easy..."
It's a short important bits are
- ritual
- banish a ghost
- it's her ex
- It'll complicated for her
#scriptsky
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#Scriptsky Let's critique loglines!
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
January 13, 2026 at 8:38 AM
#Scriptsky Let's critique loglines!
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
"A suicide survivor returns to her home town to pick up the pieces of a shattered life. When a doomsday cult sets its eyes on her, she must unravel the secrets of her past to save her sanity and reality itself."
Add a critique below & QRT with your own logline.
I'm stuck on a title for horror short:
"Haunted by her ex-husband, a woman performs a risky wiccan ritual to summon the his ghost to banish him for good, but saying goodbye won't be so easy..."
Which one stands out for you folks?
Ex-orcism
Breakup Ritual
Do Us Part
Break the Cycle
#scriptsky
"Haunted by her ex-husband, a woman performs a risky wiccan ritual to summon the his ghost to banish him for good, but saying goodbye won't be so easy..."
Which one stands out for you folks?
Ex-orcism
Breakup Ritual
Do Us Part
Break the Cycle
#scriptsky
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I'm stuck on a title for horror short:
"Haunted by her ex-husband, a woman performs a risky wiccan ritual to summon the his ghost to banish him for good, but saying goodbye won't be so easy..."
Which one stands out for you folks?
Ex-orcism
Breakup Ritual
Do Us Part
Break the Cycle
#scriptsky
"Haunted by her ex-husband, a woman performs a risky wiccan ritual to summon the his ghost to banish him for good, but saying goodbye won't be so easy..."
Which one stands out for you folks?
Ex-orcism
Breakup Ritual
Do Us Part
Break the Cycle
#scriptsky
I've got some capacity to read and give some notes on one (1) script (or several short scripts) this week. If you'd like something read, lemme know! #scriptsky
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I've got some capacity to read and give some notes on one (1) script (or several short scripts) this week. If you'd like something read, lemme know! #scriptsky