Heather Dove
@squeetimes.bsky.social
Technical Artist @ Disbelief | Traveler | Pun Enthusiast
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A personal story but to get the copyright sign off on the Lincoln Center in Marvel's Spider-Man 1, we had to create very specific lush grass on the roof of one building that we only used there. Probably occupied a 10 meter space
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A personal story but to get the copyright sign off on the Lincoln Center in Marvel's Spider-Man 1, we had to create very specific lush grass on the roof of one building that we only used there. Probably occupied a 10 meter space
Me: *17 and makes videogame music videos, also applying to colleges*
Mom: "Heather, people make videogames as a job. You could do that?"
Me:*26 and applying to over 200 environment artist jobs* "technical artist? Let's give it a whirl. Why not"
Mom: "Heather, people make videogames as a job. You could do that?"
Me:*26 and applying to over 200 environment artist jobs* "technical artist? Let's give it a whirl. Why not"
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Me: *17 and makes videogame music videos, also applying to colleges*
Mom: "Heather, people make videogames as a job. You could do that?"
Me:*26 and applying to over 200 environment artist jobs* "technical artist? Let's give it a whirl. Why not"
Mom: "Heather, people make videogames as a job. You could do that?"
Me:*26 and applying to over 200 environment artist jobs* "technical artist? Let's give it a whirl. Why not"
A much needed break
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A much needed break
I don't know who needs a more technical person to say this,
But AI fundamentally cannot replace human creativity. Breathe easy, friends.
But AI fundamentally cannot replace human creativity. Breathe easy, friends.
October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don't know who needs a more technical person to say this,
But AI fundamentally cannot replace human creativity. Breathe easy, friends.
But AI fundamentally cannot replace human creativity. Breathe easy, friends.
Gooood morning! 🌞
October 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Gooood morning! 🌞
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Genuinely powerful words to live by.
September 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Genuinely powerful words to live by.
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It’s here! We wrote a book about game writing and narrative… and it’s finally COMING OUT.
We would love for people to check it out! This is a tome for all levels as we believe that sometimes going back to basics can solve even the most complicated problems.
www.routledge.com/The-Definiti...
We would love for people to check it out! This is a tome for all levels as we believe that sometimes going back to basics can solve even the most complicated problems.
www.routledge.com/The-Definiti...
September 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It’s here! We wrote a book about game writing and narrative… and it’s finally COMING OUT.
We would love for people to check it out! This is a tome for all levels as we believe that sometimes going back to basics can solve even the most complicated problems.
www.routledge.com/The-Definiti...
We would love for people to check it out! This is a tome for all levels as we believe that sometimes going back to basics can solve even the most complicated problems.
www.routledge.com/The-Definiti...
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I've been playing Peak recently and decided to "borrow" some concepts from its very clever stamina/health bar system. Here's poison working in Flightless Fables!🥴
#indiegame #videogames #roguelike #Kickstarter #gamedev
#indiegame #videogames #roguelike #Kickstarter #gamedev
August 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I've been playing Peak recently and decided to "borrow" some concepts from its very clever stamina/health bar system. Here's poison working in Flightless Fables!🥴
#indiegame #videogames #roguelike #Kickstarter #gamedev
#indiegame #videogames #roguelike #Kickstarter #gamedev
Help I have an incredible need
when you realize you'll probably never drive the thin car
August 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Help I have an incredible need
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We're excited and proud to announce that Digital Foundry is now fully independent, having parted ways amicably with IGN. In this DF Direct Special, we share our thoughts and aspirations for the future of the channel: youtu.be/tl7bIJ2yu4I
August 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're excited and proud to announce that Digital Foundry is now fully independent, having parted ways amicably with IGN. In this DF Direct Special, we share our thoughts and aspirations for the future of the channel: youtu.be/tl7bIJ2yu4I
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CDPR is hiring for a bunch of game jobs, y'all. No writing roles on my team at this moment, but lots of other positions. It's a really good place to land www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
CD PROJEKT RED - Award-winning creators of story-driven role-playing games.
Award-winning creator of story-driven role-playing games
www.cdprojektred.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
CDPR is hiring for a bunch of game jobs, y'all. No writing roles on my team at this moment, but lots of other positions. It's a really good place to land www.cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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NDAs and a competitive job market can make it feel difficult to even acknowledge that these things happen.
Hot take: Everyone deserves to have their humanity respected.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
Hot take: Everyone deserves to have their humanity respected.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
Ubisoft trial witnesses testify to "being tied to a chair, forced to do handstands, and subjected to constant comments about sex"
Ubisoft developers have told a French court that former execs Serge Hascoet, Tommy Francois, and Guillaume Patrux alleg…
www.gamesindustry.biz
June 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
NDAs and a competitive job market can make it feel difficult to even acknowledge that these things happen.
Hot take: Everyone deserves to have their humanity respected.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
Hot take: Everyone deserves to have their humanity respected.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-tria...
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Also a deep dive into the improvements we've made with Reloaded.
Xbox Games Showcase Deep Dive | Gears of War: Reloaded
YouTube video by Xbox
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Also a deep dive into the improvements we've made with Reloaded.
Not the spice of life I'm looking for
..hold on
in the recent unreal coordinate system switch, did.. did they straight up, change the *basis* to {Z,X,Y} ??
are vector3 tuples now in {Z,X,Y} order?
are vector2 tuples now using a {Z,X} basis?? 😭
in the recent unreal coordinate system switch, did.. did they straight up, change the *basis* to {Z,X,Y} ??
are vector3 tuples now in {Z,X,Y} order?
are vector2 tuples now using a {Z,X} basis?? 😭
June 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Not the spice of life I'm looking for
I have a chronic condition: If I say "Split Gate" I really meant to say "Split Fiction"
May 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I have a chronic condition: If I say "Split Gate" I really meant to say "Split Fiction"
Blue Prince asks us- are we content with room 46?
Definitely Unrelated: My notebook looks like a background texture for a forum banner in 2008.
Definitely Unrelated: My notebook looks like a background texture for a forum banner in 2008.
May 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Blue Prince asks us- are we content with room 46?
Definitely Unrelated: My notebook looks like a background texture for a forum banner in 2008.
Definitely Unrelated: My notebook looks like a background texture for a forum banner in 2008.
Can this be considered "Man-Maid" media?
youtu.be/SxtQBCnjCfs?...
youtu.be/SxtQBCnjCfs?...
【アナタシア】モエチャッカファイア 踊ってみた
YouTube video by アナタシア
youtu.be
May 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Can this be considered "Man-Maid" media?
youtu.be/SxtQBCnjCfs?...
youtu.be/SxtQBCnjCfs?...
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My upcoming visual horror novel is both dark and beautiful. It is my best-written game and a mature tale of the human psyche: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/...
Less than two weeks to release! Wishlists would be appreciated! 💚💛
#visualnovel #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev
Less than two weeks to release! Wishlists would be appreciated! 💚💛
#visualnovel #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My upcoming visual horror novel is both dark and beautiful. It is my best-written game and a mature tale of the human psyche: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/...
Less than two weeks to release! Wishlists would be appreciated! 💚💛
#visualnovel #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev
Less than two weeks to release! Wishlists would be appreciated! 💚💛
#visualnovel #horrorgame #indiegame #gamedev
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Excited I can say one of the things we've been working on at Disbelief!
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
Gears of War: Reloaded Comes to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, PlayStation 5 and Steam in Summer 2025 - Xbox Wire
The iconic original, faithfully remastered and optimized for more platforms than ever -- Gears of War: Reloaded launches August 26.
news.xbox.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Excited I can say one of the things we've been working on at Disbelief!
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
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What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992
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I grew up in a time where Nintendo, SEGA, and Sony ruthlessly dunked on each other CONSTANTLY and it was hilarious.
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I grew up in a time where Nintendo, SEGA, and Sony ruthlessly dunked on each other CONSTANTLY and it was hilarious.
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Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch
If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️
Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) horse animation with lead character animator Christiane Meister. Awesome to see an animator so in love with the subject.
April 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) horse animation with lead character animator Christiane Meister. Awesome to see an animator so in love with the subject.