YouCarryOats
@youcarryoats.bsky.social
Funemployed hobby Godot dev, biologist by training, formerly genetics startup R&D leader, UC Davis before that
I'm well overdue to subscribe, right as I put the finishing touches on a trailer that Derek's advice was super helpful for*
(*it's still not very good but it's way better than it would've been without his YouTube channel lol)
(*it's still not very good but it's way better than it would've been without his YouTube channel lol)
Looks like this one is going to be 6000 words about ~30 of my favorite game trailers from 2025!
A small handful from The Game Awards made it onto the list at the last second 👀
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want to be amongst the first to read this when it goes live 😗
A small handful from The Game Awards made it onto the list at the last second 👀
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want to be amongst the first to read this when it goes live 😗
Weekly Trailer Newsletter — Derek Lieu Creative - Game Trailer Editor
Every Sunday my newsletter about movie and game trailers share editing tips, essays analyzing trends and techniques, as well as reviews of my favorites!
www.derek-lieu.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I'm well overdue to subscribe, right as I put the finishing touches on a trailer that Derek's advice was super helpful for*
(*it's still not very good but it's way better than it would've been without his YouTube channel lol)
(*it's still not very good but it's way better than it would've been without his YouTube channel lol)
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We are now less than 24 hours away from #TeaseYaGame. 😤
#Gamedev: Who's ready?
Nb: this could either go 📈 or 📉
#Gamedev: Who's ready?
Nb: this could either go 📈 or 📉
a cartoon of a snail in a hamster wheel with the words the next 24 hours written below it .
Alt: Gary the snail from Spongebob going super slow on a wheel. GIF text reads "The next 24 hours"
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We are now less than 24 hours away from #TeaseYaGame. 😤
#Gamedev: Who's ready?
Nb: this could either go 📈 or 📉
#Gamedev: Who's ready?
Nb: this could either go 📈 or 📉
Keep those skills sharp! These companies cannot keep burning money forever, and as soon as folks have to pay a ton of money to create slop that no one will work with, they'll abandon it for skilled labor. That's the dream anyway lol.
I work in video production, which means everyone around me uses AI. It’s all people talk about. Clients use AI concept art to pitch a project and then expect me to match it with my work. Won’t pay for stuff because they can just generate it.
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Keep those skills sharp! These companies cannot keep burning money forever, and as soon as folks have to pay a ton of money to create slop that no one will work with, they'll abandon it for skilled labor. That's the dream anyway lol.
When I using steamcmd (from brew) to upload a Mac .app from @godotsteam.com, the depot seems to upload fine but the download on my Mac is 0B after I publish. Tutorials like "it just works!" 😂
Anyone in #godotEngine community deal with this before? Probs something in my steamworks depot settings...
Anyone in #godotEngine community deal with this before? Probs something in my steamworks depot settings...
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When I using steamcmd (from brew) to upload a Mac .app from @godotsteam.com, the depot seems to upload fine but the download on my Mac is 0B after I publish. Tutorials like "it just works!" 😂
Anyone in #godotEngine community deal with this before? Probs something in my steamworks depot settings...
Anyone in #godotEngine community deal with this before? Probs something in my steamworks depot settings...
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Showcase premiers today on twitch.tv/jitspoe at 10PM UTC (with a delayed premier on youtube.com/jitspoe in case you missed it).
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas... for the countdown and start time in your timezone.
Devs: Please check the game list to make sure all your info is good!
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas... for the countdown and start time in your timezone.
Devs: Please check the game list to make sure all your info is good!
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Showcase premiers today on twitch.tv/jitspoe at 10PM UTC (with a delayed premier on youtube.com/jitspoe in case you missed it).
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas... for the countdown and start time in your timezone.
Devs: Please check the game list to make sure all your info is good!
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas... for the countdown and start time in your timezone.
Devs: Please check the game list to make sure all your info is good!
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The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie.
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie.
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
Can't speak to Olivia's book directly but it probably didn't sell as well coz it doesn't fucking rule like ggnore does
yooooooo I outsold Olivia Nuzzi in my first week and I'm a fucking nobody who's never sexted a source
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Can't speak to Olivia's book directly but it probably didn't sell as well coz it doesn't fucking rule like ggnore does
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ROUTINE GIVEAWAY BOOTING UP...
To celebrate ROUTINE's launch on @xbox.com, we’ve created a unique custom controller inspired by the game’s Cosmonaut Assistance Tool.
Enter for a chance to win one (1)!
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Winner will be announced on December 19. Good luck!
To celebrate ROUTINE's launch on @xbox.com, we’ve created a unique custom controller inspired by the game’s Cosmonaut Assistance Tool.
Enter for a chance to win one (1)!
► Repost
► And Follow @rawfury.bsky.social
Winner will be announced on December 19. Good luck!
December 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ROUTINE GIVEAWAY BOOTING UP...
To celebrate ROUTINE's launch on @xbox.com, we’ve created a unique custom controller inspired by the game’s Cosmonaut Assistance Tool.
Enter for a chance to win one (1)!
► Repost
► And Follow @rawfury.bsky.social
Winner will be announced on December 19. Good luck!
To celebrate ROUTINE's launch on @xbox.com, we’ve created a unique custom controller inspired by the game’s Cosmonaut Assistance Tool.
Enter for a chance to win one (1)!
► Repost
► And Follow @rawfury.bsky.social
Winner will be announced on December 19. Good luck!
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I'm giving a free talk about game trailers for The Student Game Conference NEXT WEEK!
Tuesday December 16th
7:00a Pacific/10:00a Eastern/16:00 CET
Join the Discord for the Zoom link on day of 👇🏻
discord.gg/XFkjZeh8fe
Tuesday December 16th
7:00a Pacific/10:00a Eastern/16:00 CET
Join the Discord for the Zoom link on day of 👇🏻
discord.gg/XFkjZeh8fe
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm giving a free talk about game trailers for The Student Game Conference NEXT WEEK!
Tuesday December 16th
7:00a Pacific/10:00a Eastern/16:00 CET
Join the Discord for the Zoom link on day of 👇🏻
discord.gg/XFkjZeh8fe
Tuesday December 16th
7:00a Pacific/10:00a Eastern/16:00 CET
Join the Discord for the Zoom link on day of 👇🏻
discord.gg/XFkjZeh8fe
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Our Winter Sale awaits!
👉 gog.com/promo/winter_sale
The biggest event of the year brings more than 8200 deals, so we’re sure you’ll find something awesome 💜❄️
Hope you enjoy – happy gaming!
👉 gog.com/promo/winter_sale
The biggest event of the year brings more than 8200 deals, so we’re sure you’ll find something awesome 💜❄️
Hope you enjoy – happy gaming!
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our Winter Sale awaits!
👉 gog.com/promo/winter_sale
The biggest event of the year brings more than 8200 deals, so we’re sure you’ll find something awesome 💜❄️
Hope you enjoy – happy gaming!
👉 gog.com/promo/winter_sale
The biggest event of the year brings more than 8200 deals, so we’re sure you’ll find something awesome 💜❄️
Hope you enjoy – happy gaming!
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challenge accepted (will be ongoing, may take a while)
1. Beastieball
do you like any one of: free roaming exploration, cool little guys, wall to wall Lena Raine bangers, Saturday morning cartoons, turn based tactics, TCGs, character fighters, chess, the downfall of capitalism? PLAY BEASTIEBALL
1. Beastieball
do you like any one of: free roaming exploration, cool little guys, wall to wall Lena Raine bangers, Saturday morning cartoons, turn based tactics, TCGs, character fighters, chess, the downfall of capitalism? PLAY BEASTIEBALL
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
challenge accepted (will be ongoing, may take a while)
1. Beastieball
do you like any one of: free roaming exploration, cool little guys, wall to wall Lena Raine bangers, Saturday morning cartoons, turn based tactics, TCGs, character fighters, chess, the downfall of capitalism? PLAY BEASTIEBALL
1. Beastieball
do you like any one of: free roaming exploration, cool little guys, wall to wall Lena Raine bangers, Saturday morning cartoons, turn based tactics, TCGs, character fighters, chess, the downfall of capitalism? PLAY BEASTIEBALL
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Don't forget to make something to share for the RPG in a Box Christmas Spotlight! It can be anything from a game to small holiday scene! You can submit them to the forum or Discord. Can't wait to see what everyone shares for this special spotlight! ❤️🎄
rpginabox.com/forum/d/1540
discord.gg/Aa3D7RcYGG
rpginabox.com/forum/d/1540
discord.gg/Aa3D7RcYGG
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Don't forget to make something to share for the RPG in a Box Christmas Spotlight! It can be anything from a game to small holiday scene! You can submit them to the forum or Discord. Can't wait to see what everyone shares for this special spotlight! ❤️🎄
rpginabox.com/forum/d/1540
discord.gg/Aa3D7RcYGG
rpginabox.com/forum/d/1540
discord.gg/Aa3D7RcYGG
What's the over-under on this only being AI and NFT bros who think there's nothing wrong with a little "being one of the most fucked up places to go rn" energy in their games conferences?
Saudi Arabia's latest overture to the games industry is a new conference, produced by GDC parent Informa, taking place in December 2026
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
www.gamesindustry.biz/saudi-arabia...
Saudi Arabia to host Kingdom of Gaming conference in 2026
Organisers hope for 20,000 attendees, 500 studios and 200 investors to be in attendance next December
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
What's the over-under on this only being AI and NFT bros who think there's nothing wrong with a little "being one of the most fucked up places to go rn" energy in their games conferences?
I truly wish I had the funds to afford a proper creative to help me out sometimes, but while I don't have funds I'll save money by... Using my terrible art skills to create something cursed instead of relying on the plagiarism machine 👍
It's frustratingly become way too common for commercial clients/corporations to use GenAI for reference, go to creatives because of course your shitty LLM can't give you something actually useable and then get upset that creatives can't turn around deliverables in 30 minutes.
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I truly wish I had the funds to afford a proper creative to help me out sometimes, but while I don't have funds I'll save money by... Using my terrible art skills to create something cursed instead of relying on the plagiarism machine 👍
Hell yeah my trailer is only like 65s so I'm sure they'll forgive my feet for lookin' like they do and give me a spot!
A 3 minute trailer at the The Game Awards costs millions of dollars, but a 3 minute trailer at the Hard Drive Game Awards presented by Call of Duty Black Ops 7 only costs a few feet pics
The Game Awards is bigger and more expensive than ever. Even some nominated developers are getting priced out. Our report: https://kotaku.com/game-awards-geoff-keighley-tickets-trailers-clair-obscur-2000652243
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Hell yeah my trailer is only like 65s so I'm sure they'll forgive my feet for lookin' like they do and give me a spot!
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Thank you for watching #WholesomeSnack2025!
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December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thank you for watching #WholesomeSnack2025!
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one day I'll make my Monster Rancher inspired game... One dayyyy...
I like the concept of "retro" indie RPGs as much as the next guy, but why is it that they're inspired by the same three games (Chrono Trigger, EarthBound, FFVI) 99% of the time?
Give me something more out there. Something more Bahamut Lagoon or Tactics Ogre.
Give me something more out there. Something more Bahamut Lagoon or Tactics Ogre.
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
one day I'll make my Monster Rancher inspired game... One dayyyy...
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This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is awesome. Print is such a good way to get around a bunch of distribution (and surveillance!) mechanisms that seem otherwise mandatory in this very gross economy. It is really nice to see it spelled out like this.
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
It works great for us, and it'll work great for other places!
I like when I feel like I'm losing it for a long time then I just randomly come across a post that, at best, supports my weird little biases. This has been making me nuts for a long time!
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I like when I feel like I'm losing it for a long time then I just randomly come across a post that, at best, supports my weird little biases. This has been making me nuts for a long time!
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At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.
I watched about 8s of the video and went "yeah AI..." ... But I don't know how to explain "it just looks wrong" to people.
This thread does a great job if you're willing to look for these sorts of things. Issue is that most folks aren't willing... Still, check it out! Improve your mental models!
This thread does a great job if you're willing to look for these sorts of things. Issue is that most folks aren't willing... Still, check it out! Improve your mental models!
Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
Yeah, I mean, I'm critical of any video nowadays that is trying to elicit an emotional response, especially when it's asking for subs at the end. It's weird that all the people seem to end up with the dog they want. And shelters are overflowing, where are the rooms full of people wanting to adopt?
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I watched about 8s of the video and went "yeah AI..." ... But I don't know how to explain "it just looks wrong" to people.
This thread does a great job if you're willing to look for these sorts of things. Issue is that most folks aren't willing... Still, check it out! Improve your mental models!
This thread does a great job if you're willing to look for these sorts of things. Issue is that most folks aren't willing... Still, check it out! Improve your mental models!
Pretty sure the only Destiny seasons I played were ones that Dr. Hazel wrote for... Please please don't use AI or all-junior staff to save money when you can hire good writers.
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Pretty sure the only Destiny seasons I played were ones that Dr. Hazel wrote for... Please please don't use AI or all-junior staff to save money when you can hire good writers.
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It would be very satisfying for my brain if the @noclipvideo.bsky.social Steam Curator page could hit 1,000 followers before the year's out. I promise we only recommend good games!
store.steampowered.com/curator/2992...
store.steampowered.com/curator/2992...
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It would be very satisfying for my brain if the @noclipvideo.bsky.social Steam Curator page could hit 1,000 followers before the year's out. I promise we only recommend good games!
store.steampowered.com/curator/2992...
store.steampowered.com/curator/2992...
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I wrote this huge, 3,000-word or so deep dive into the state of game actors’ contracts in the UK, which is a hot mess of exploitation, AI clauses and chaotic rate calculations.
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
Contracts for game actors are a nightmare in the UK
SAG-AFTRA's strike might have sorted things out in the US – but UK contract negotiations are still a mess of exploitation, AI clauses, and non-standard rates
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I wrote this huge, 3,000-word or so deep dive into the state of game actors’ contracts in the UK, which is a hot mess of exploitation, AI clauses and chaotic rate calculations.
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...
And no one read it.
But you really, REALLY should.
www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...