sarah
@shslovak.bsky.social
she/her • perpetually tired writer person • narrative designer at Lunacy Studios, co-founder of snacktime games, 2022 DICE scholar
https://shslovak.squarespace.com/
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sarah
@shslovak.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Better late than never for #WhatAGameDevLooksLike
I’m Sarah, game writer and narrative designer working on digital and tabletop games that highlight Middle Eastern stories. I’m an Egyptian queer with a loud personality that’s shrouded in a love of circuses and industrial metal 🤘
I’m Sarah, game writer and narrative designer working on digital and tabletop games that highlight Middle Eastern stories. I’m an Egyptian queer with a loud personality that’s shrouded in a love of circuses and industrial metal 🤘
crab [REDACTED] supremacy
Game development is always super, super serious, y'all. #gamedev #indiegames
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything
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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...
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The story an environment tells is as important as the dialogue you hear. That’s why concepting is such an important part of our design process.
#indiedev #indiegame
#indiedev #indiegame
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The story an environment tells is as important as the dialogue you hear. That’s why concepting is such an important part of our design process.
#indiedev #indiegame
#indiedev #indiegame
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wanted to boost this again since, unsurprisingly, nothing has panned out (remember this isn't normal!) open to contract and full time work, games-adjacent or no
Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️
✨ emmkid.info
✨ emmkid.info
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
wanted to boost this again since, unsurprisingly, nothing has panned out (remember this isn't normal!) open to contract and full time work, games-adjacent or no
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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In about 2 weeks, this game dev is going to celebrate their 39th birthday while stressing out about being unemployed for more than 6 months. I don't expect much for a birthday, but if you have the opportunity to share my consultancy services with someone else that needs it, that'd be a great gift.
After 17 years in the gaming industry, working with publishers and game companies, I’ve decided to take a step forward by launching my own consultancy under the name of "Cabinet du Savoir Ludique".
Complete with a freshly redesigned website and portfolio (at least NDA-free stuff🤣): nazihfares.com
Complete with a freshly redesigned website and portfolio (at least NDA-free stuff🤣): nazihfares.com
Nazih Fares - Your friendly neighborhood game dev.
An accomplished, award-winning gaming professional with more than 16 years of experience in the videogame industry, Nazih Fares has worked in development, production, localization and more.
nazihfares.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
In about 2 weeks, this game dev is going to celebrate their 39th birthday while stressing out about being unemployed for more than 6 months. I don't expect much for a birthday, but if you have the opportunity to share my consultancy services with someone else that needs it, that'd be a great gift.
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“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
l.euronews.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
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Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.
We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!
We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!
#SaveSpeech
If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.
Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
#SaveSpeech
If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.
Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
![Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreib65hm5kdos6y7hmzzg5pille43b6imitwgjf5exlupkcqyw6mgt4@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.
We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!
We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!
we are a serious development team and we are making a very cool and serious game. the crab hands and furbies with oversized teeth and presentations about how cursed the grinch is are all part of the process i swear
It's hard to describe Lunacy Studios in just one word, but we tried... and failed. Learn more about our studio, culture, and inside jokes, which may or may not provide slight clues to what we're working on 👀👀👀
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
we are a serious development team and we are making a very cool and serious game. the crab hands and furbies with oversized teeth and presentations about how cursed the grinch is are all part of the process i swear
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We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...
Respawn Entertainment
Academy Award-winning studio behind critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.
www.respawn.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️
✨ emmkid.info
✨ emmkid.info
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️
✨ emmkid.info
✨ emmkid.info
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It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
October 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.
Nobody wants AI. Nobody wants photo realism. Nobody wants anything from Elon Musk. If you think you do, when you reeeaally stop and think about it, no you don't
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Nobody wants AI. Nobody wants photo realism. Nobody wants anything from Elon Musk. If you think you do, when you reeeaally stop and think about it, no you don't
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My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.
Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald
I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story
gofund.me
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.
Um YES????
My next rpg is FERAL BLOOD DOLL.
Play as a dual-personality sexworker fighting cops and feds in an underground city beneath the present-day US.
Play as a dual-personality sexworker fighting cops and feds in an underground city beneath the present-day US.
September 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Um YES????
Girls don't want flowers girls want the save room throne from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Girls don't want flowers girls want the save room throne from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Spotify needs to have options for epilepsy/photosensitivity warnings on the clips that play when you open a song. Why am I getting flashbanged flipping through music
September 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Spotify needs to have options for epilepsy/photosensitivity warnings on the clips that play when you open a song. Why am I getting flashbanged flipping through music
Not to just echo what everyone else is saying but the vibes of this are just off. Hoping more info from GDC clears things up but... hm. Hm.
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Not to just echo what everyone else is saying but the vibes of this are just off. Hoping more info from GDC clears things up but... hm. Hm.
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so good atmosphere and story with bad combat? NOW you're playing silent hill baby
Silent Hill f's new setting, story, and art design stand out, but its early combat seems like too much of a chore to be fun.
Our review: bit.ly/48z3AuK
Our review: bit.ly/48z3AuK
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
so good atmosphere and story with bad combat? NOW you're playing silent hill baby
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Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.
Why. Why. WHY
JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Why. Why. WHY