Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends
@totter87.bsky.social
Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/
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Little Nemo and his friends return for a hand-animated metroidvania adventure! Explore magical dream worlds with Nemo, the Princess of Slumberland, the mischievious Flip, and royal guard Peony as they...
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Happy #WishlistWednesday! If you like hand-animated games with multiple playable characters and big worlds to explore, our #indiegame Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends may just be the game of your dreams! Please help us out by wishlisting it at: store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/...
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This was a terrible port of Super Mario Bros., but I played the heck out of it
SUPER MARIO BROS. DELUXE
NINTENDO EAD 1999
(Captured on Game Boy Color)
NINTENDO EAD 1999
(Captured on Game Boy Color)
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This was a terrible port of Super Mario Bros., but I played the heck out of it
Stop calling them “AI Artists” and start calling them “Photosloppers”
November 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Stop calling them “AI Artists” and start calling them “Photosloppers”
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These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
These emails really do highlight why rich folk are so impressed by ChatGPT.
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond implies the existence of Metroid Prime 2: Bed and Metroid Prime 3: Bath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond implies the existence of Metroid Prime 2: Bed and Metroid Prime 3: Bath.
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please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
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new Steam Hardware coming in 2026 store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
please be reasonably priced
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please be reasonably priced
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"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"
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🚨The Catalog Fall Sale wraps up tomorrow morning at 10AM PT!!
Snag some classics + fan-favorites at a great discount before it's too late ⚡
play.date/games 👾
Snag some classics + fan-favorites at a great discount before it's too late ⚡
play.date/games 👾
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🚨The Catalog Fall Sale wraps up tomorrow morning at 10AM PT!!
Snag some classics + fan-favorites at a great discount before it's too late ⚡
play.date/games 👾
Snag some classics + fan-favorites at a great discount before it's too late ⚡
play.date/games 👾
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Doubt truth to be a liar
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Doubt truth to be a liar
People who do or like AI-produced art or music owe Milli Vanilli an apology
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
People who do or like AI-produced art or music owe Milli Vanilli an apology
Oh yeah…happy with this
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh yeah…happy with this
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"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
‘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 1:28 PM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
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It was 50 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald set out on her doomed trek across Lake Superior. Slide through our detailed images looking back at her final voyage. 🛎️🛎️
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It was 50 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald set out on her doomed trek across Lake Superior. Slide through our detailed images looking back at her final voyage. 🛎️🛎️
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this is how joyce carol oates executed elon musk on live television
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
this is how joyce carol oates executed elon musk on live television
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Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
Aaaahhhh so excited about this! Congrats @maxoakland.bsky.social!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Aaaahhhh so excited about this! Congrats @maxoakland.bsky.social!!!!
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
I’m really starting to think that the Cleveland Browns are a laboratory experiment to see how long the people of Ohio will simp for a billionaire while being continually punched in the face
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I’m really starting to think that the Cleveland Browns are a laboratory experiment to see how long the people of Ohio will simp for a billionaire while being continually punched in the face
The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The new adaptation of Frankenstein is wild
Had an absolutely phenomenal time at the opening of the Free Olay game exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of Art tonight! Our game Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is part of it - on display until February 8th!
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Had an absolutely phenomenal time at the opening of the Free Olay game exhibition at the Cleveland Institute of Art tonight! Our game Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends is part of it - on display until February 8th!
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Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our industry does have peer-voted awards, the most visible being DICE, Game Developers Choice Awards, BAFTA. There are scores of smaller developer-led awards too. We do have spaces to celebrate and uplift one another, please support and watch these shows! The teams work hard for the devs!
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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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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
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There's a round of GOTY discussion going around, and I realized that a lot of my favourite games this year have been absolute Sicko Picks.
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
Save 50% on Babushka's Glitch Dungeon on Steam
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
There's a round of GOTY discussion going around, and I realized that a lot of my favourite games this year have been absolute Sicko Picks.
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs
So here's a few games I've loved so far in 2025, starting with a mild one: Babushka's Glitch Dungeon. A scrunkly lil' puzzle-metroidvania with so many fun verbs