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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 17d

The incredible soundtrack and sound design was by @ghoulnoise.com. Priscilla made *so much* amazing spooky music for this game, it's ridiculous.
You can find the full Spooky Express soundtrack and listen to Priscilla’s other work at ghoulnoisemusic.com

Ghoulnoise

/composer/ ghoulnoise.com

ghoulnoisemusic.com

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Alex May @psychicteeth.bsky.social · 15d

If you needed another reason to buy this, the zombies say "traaains" instead of "braaains"

Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 17d

Now that Spooky Express is out, it’s time to shout out the people who made it happen! Thread follows... 🧵

Spooky Express

All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express!

spooky.express

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · 17d

Please enjoy the incomplete tale of the ≈60 year old roll of exposed film I found in a ≈hundred year old camera that ends with the reveal of some very sweet photos taken of a house, a cat, and a car.

#lomography #foundphotography #photography #film

ghoulnoise.com/oldest-roll/

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sarah clark (they) @sarahclark.bsky.social · 17d

pitch: animal crossing but they're all mad at you

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 17d

Calling the apparent overlap between LLM slop, white-label sludge unproducts, jangling keys-style purely stimulatory content, etc etc etc, "post-thing theory" as in nothing is a thing any more

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 20d

pre-production: you have concepts of a cow

production: the second cow is a Jira epic that has been fully backlogged

post-release support: you have a roadmap that claims the second cow is coming in the fall of 2027

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · 19d

Got some 35mm scans back from the new lab! (Still waiting to hear news on the mystery roll)

ghoulnoise.com/new-lab-new-...

New Lab, New Rolls!

September 2025 in 35mm

ghoulnoise.com

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 19d

😌

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Alan Hazelden / Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 21d

Spooky Express is OUT NOW on PC and Mobile! 🚂🎃

All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! Don’t let them miss their stops: they may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet!

spooky.express

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 21d

Happiness is getting an email letting me know that there's a new @ghoulnoise.com soundtrack up on Bandcamp...

ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/album/spooky...

Spooky Express (Original Soundtrack), by Ghoulnoise

26 track album

ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com

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Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · 23d

Still the greatest endorsement of all time

A sign reading "I have not read this Katamari book, and also I don't remember 100% what I told to L.E. Hall in the interviews. But I would recommend this book irresponsibly." -Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy

The cover of Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall, from Boss Fight Books. It shows a penguin being menaced by a giant sticky ball of tape

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · 23d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAx...

Jack-O'-Lantern Jam, from the Spooky Express Original Soundtrack!

I hope you like banjo, washtub-bass, and singing saw!

Jack-O'-Lantern Jam (Spooky Express Original Soundtrack)

YouTube video by Priscilla Snow

www.youtube.com

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · Oct 13

game director line edits

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Arden Ripley @arden.rip · Oct 9

You're gonna get to read stuff I worked on when you play this! I got to work on a scene with one of my favorite characters! I'm STILL losing my mind about how cool that is! Please look forward to enjoying Bachelor Dankovsky's warm, charming bedside manner ❤️

Ice-Pick Lodge @icepicklodge.bsky.social · Oct 9

New demo arrives on October 13th.

How is the new demo different from “Quarantine”? In every way! The new demo is a slice from the beginning of the full game.

🕗 Starts Oct 13, 10:00 PDT

Read the full announcement below.

Last chance to add Quarantine before it’s gone!

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · Oct 9

This is a good post about its specific subject and a great post about how to do anything cool on game production deadlines without having it get cut (being very intentional about where you drop the quality bar)

Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · Oct 8

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

azhdarchid.com

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · Oct 9

Please stay away from roads

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · Oct 8

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

azhdarchid.com

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · Oct 7

I have worked with Laura a ton and there's no one more dependable. Completely hilarious and professional. Can adapt to anything. When I see an impossible narrative obstacle down the tracks I try to get Laura hired so the train doesn't derail.

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · Oct 7

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · Oct 7

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · Oct 6

In the interest of self-preservation I need to start reiterating: my current contract with KO_OP ends late Nov, and I'm looking for my next gig! I'm a game/narrative designer, writer, & generalist with lots of implementation experience in Unity, some in Unreal, knowledge of C#, Python, and more.

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · Oct 4

Do you love spooky? Are you a freak for singing saw? Are you scrambling to put together a playlist for your Halloween costume party? LOVE TRAINS? Are you secretly a ghost, ghoul, or goblin?

Pre-Orders are up now for the Spooky Express OST for #BandcampFriday

ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/album/spooky...

Spooky Express (Original Soundtrack), by Ghoulnoise

25 track album

ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com

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suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · Sep 30

skin deep is on sale!! play our game about scrutinising warning labels and flushing your less-observant adversaries down the trash chute store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

store.steampowered.com

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · Oct 1

There's no way to convey sexual tension except by having two characters fall or be knocked over, with one landing on top of the other with their faces an inch apart. We've made a lot of fiction but that's the only technique that exists

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Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · Sep 27

Pretty good.... But I know there's a better way to break this economy and I'm determined to find it.

A screenshot of Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar showing a 51 million morning shift.

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priscilla 👻🚂🎶 SPOOKY EXPRESS @ghoulnoise.com · Sep 27

youtu.be/WAHg0j0WZ-A

I just released this video for Oceans Of Yore! It was one of the earliest "radio" songs I did for Skin Deep.

Grendel had a wonderful voice and he put it to good use. I wanted to make this to celebrate the old man's legacy and create a little memorial. Captain Palanka forever 💜

Oceans Of Yore (Skin Deep Original Soundtrack)

YouTube video by Priscilla Snow

youtu.be

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