Craig Breathnach - Writer
@craigbreathnach.bsky.social
Irish freelance writer for comic books and video games. He/him.
Portfolio : https://linktr.ee/craigbreathnachwriter
Creator and writer of @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
Volunteer with @galwaygamejam.bsky.social
#IrishGameDev
Portfolio : https://linktr.ee/craigbreathnachwriter
Creator and writer of @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
Volunteer with @galwaygamejam.bsky.social
#IrishGameDev
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Steam Curator: Games From Ireland
Games developed in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, from Irish creators, or playable in the Irish language (Gaeilge).
store.steampowered.com
The @imirt.bsky.social Steam Curator List now has a handy section showing all of the wonderful games that work on @valvesoftware.com 's #SteamDeck .
store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...
#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IrishCreatives #IrishGameDomination #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IndieGame
store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...
#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IrishCreatives #IrishGameDomination #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IndieGame
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My gf asked me what kind of game Aseprite was yesterday because me and one of her other friends had so many hours in it on steam so it must be really good 🤣
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My gf asked me what kind of game Aseprite was yesterday because me and one of her other friends had so many hours in it on steam so it must be really good 🤣
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@romerogames.bsky.social : Taco Truck was name dropped as one of the games translated to Irish at "AI and the Future of the Irish Language" panel by Micheal O Meachair at #PyConIE today.
python.ie/pycon-2025/s...
python.ie/pycon-2025/s...
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@romerogames.bsky.social : Taco Truck was name dropped as one of the games translated to Irish at "AI and the Future of the Irish Language" panel by Micheal O Meachair at #PyConIE today.
python.ie/pycon-2025/s...
python.ie/pycon-2025/s...
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Hiya I don't show things off nearly as much as I should for #screenshotsaturday so enjoy a still of a room I'm working on atm. I think as time has worn on on the game I've gotten better at using my tiles in way more interesting ways visually
#pixelart #survivalhorror #gamedev
#pixelart #survivalhorror #gamedev
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hiya I don't show things off nearly as much as I should for #screenshotsaturday so enjoy a still of a room I'm working on atm. I think as time has worn on on the game I've gotten better at using my tiles in way more interesting ways visually
#pixelart #survivalhorror #gamedev
#pixelart #survivalhorror #gamedev
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For as much as I deeply disliked everything about The Whale, Rental Family is a good reminder that Brendan Fraser is one of the best actors of his generation.
So much sadness and kindness is portrayed just by his eyes. It's kinda incredible.
So much sadness and kindness is portrayed just by his eyes. It's kinda incredible.
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For as much as I deeply disliked everything about The Whale, Rental Family is a good reminder that Brendan Fraser is one of the best actors of his generation.
So much sadness and kindness is portrayed just by his eyes. It's kinda incredible.
So much sadness and kindness is portrayed just by his eyes. It's kinda incredible.
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Happy #screenshotsaturday, folks.
I've been mocking up some ideas for the hub biome in Helmet Head, and the portal that will teleport you between biomes. I'm liking the vibe of this so far. The setting will be the site of an ancient, titanic battle. Still needs more to bring that across.
#gamedev
I've been mocking up some ideas for the hub biome in Helmet Head, and the portal that will teleport you between biomes. I'm liking the vibe of this so far. The setting will be the site of an ancient, titanic battle. Still needs more to bring that across.
#gamedev
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy #screenshotsaturday, folks.
I've been mocking up some ideas for the hub biome in Helmet Head, and the portal that will teleport you between biomes. I'm liking the vibe of this so far. The setting will be the site of an ancient, titanic battle. Still needs more to bring that across.
#gamedev
I've been mocking up some ideas for the hub biome in Helmet Head, and the portal that will teleport you between biomes. I'm liking the vibe of this so far. The setting will be the site of an ancient, titanic battle. Still needs more to bring that across.
#gamedev
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Our own orchestra leader will be back shortly on our Twitch, right after Louis finishes kingdom hearts!
Join for more @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com #OblivionRemaster and Dorcothy Manteef!
Join for more @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com #OblivionRemaster and Dorcothy Manteef!
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our own orchestra leader will be back shortly on our Twitch, right after Louis finishes kingdom hearts!
Join for more @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com #OblivionRemaster and Dorcothy Manteef!
Join for more @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com #OblivionRemaster and Dorcothy Manteef!
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I hope the game does great, so so much talent worked on it, but this a good exampe of why you need writers and as more than just "punching up lines"
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
my wife came back home and asked me what i did with the food and i replied "metroid prime 4." she smiled and kissed me on the cheek. she knew it was cooked
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I hope the game does great, so so much talent worked on it, but this a good exampe of why you need writers and as more than just "punching up lines"
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
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Congratulations to the Papalycule on getting him to announce it.
Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
https://www.them.us/story/pope-leo-xiv-lunch-trans-activists-alesia-nobile
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Congratulations to the Papalycule on getting him to announce it.
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One of the funniest (and embarrassing) examples of AI slop is this special Irish stamp celebrating Daniel O' Connell who fought against the British oppression of Irish Catholics..and apparently even in the 1700s loved a bit of catch up telly (from his santa sleigh)
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
One of the funniest (and embarrassing) examples of AI slop is this special Irish stamp celebrating Daniel O' Connell who fought against the British oppression of Irish Catholics..and apparently even in the 1700s loved a bit of catch up telly (from his santa sleigh)
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good lord
Executive in charge of the GDC salary report: "when we report how much less women and POC make than their white-male counterparts, be sure to use the Fortnite font so people know that the Festival of Gaming™ is all about the Gamers *dabs*"
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
good lord
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Fuck yes, I needed that
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Fuck yes, I needed that
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It's #RandomGameSaturday time! Here's Snoopy Concert for the Super Famicom. This Japan-only release was designed for the SFC's mouse peripheral, and is a collection of sub-games and minigames where you mostly control Woodstock directly, and use him to give orders to Snoopy, point-and-click style.
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It's #RandomGameSaturday time! Here's Snoopy Concert for the Super Famicom. This Japan-only release was designed for the SFC's mouse peripheral, and is a collection of sub-games and minigames where you mostly control Woodstock directly, and use him to give orders to Snoopy, point-and-click style.
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Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
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UPGRADES INCOMING! 🚀 The new Proteus Controller Kit is here, packed with your most-requested features:
✅ GIP/HID Mode Switching
✅ On-the-Fly Macros
✅ New Tactile Buttons
Next-level control, built from your feedback.
Pre-order now: byowave.com/products/proteus-controller
✅ GIP/HID Mode Switching
✅ On-the-Fly Macros
✅ New Tactile Buttons
Next-level control, built from your feedback.
Pre-order now: byowave.com/products/proteus-controller
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
UPGRADES INCOMING! 🚀 The new Proteus Controller Kit is here, packed with your most-requested features:
✅ GIP/HID Mode Switching
✅ On-the-Fly Macros
✅ New Tactile Buttons
Next-level control, built from your feedback.
Pre-order now: byowave.com/products/proteus-controller
✅ GIP/HID Mode Switching
✅ On-the-Fly Macros
✅ New Tactile Buttons
Next-level control, built from your feedback.
Pre-order now: byowave.com/products/proteus-controller
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The anti-trans movement is from the top down is, to put it delicately, rife with nonces and child abusers, and it's exasperating how it's ignored. I'd detail some of the shit these anti-trans ideologues are involved with, but it would make me want to claw my own eyes out before I got half way done.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The anti-trans movement is from the top down is, to put it delicately, rife with nonces and child abusers, and it's exasperating how it's ignored. I'd detail some of the shit these anti-trans ideologues are involved with, but it would make me want to claw my own eyes out before I got half way done.
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My most wicked plot is to engineer a promo rivalry between @caseyexplosion.bsky.social and @commandersterling.bsky.social based entirely around tank controls, so I can make lots of videos about it.
My 2nd most wicked involves 16 trained gerbils, a pretty dress, & the LEGO case at the posh Walmart.
My 2nd most wicked involves 16 trained gerbils, a pretty dress, & the LEGO case at the posh Walmart.
As I get better at making videos, the possibility of a "Tank Controls are Good, and Here's Why!" essay inches ever closer. Make sure to support me to herald its impeding coming.
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My most wicked plot is to engineer a promo rivalry between @caseyexplosion.bsky.social and @commandersterling.bsky.social based entirely around tank controls, so I can make lots of videos about it.
My 2nd most wicked involves 16 trained gerbils, a pretty dress, & the LEGO case at the posh Walmart.
My 2nd most wicked involves 16 trained gerbils, a pretty dress, & the LEGO case at the posh Walmart.
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Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thatcher's government did this with Section 28, banned the "promotion of homosexuality" as a danger to children, while actively protecting Jimmy Savile and who knows how many other pedophiles. It's the same damn playbook.
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My most woke opinion? This is probably a bit of a milquetoast take, but we should do away with landlords, because if people need it to live, it shouldn't be a commodity. Nobody should get to hoard housing, not some corporation, or individual assholes.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
My most woke opinion? This is probably a bit of a milquetoast take, but we should do away with landlords, because if people need it to live, it shouldn't be a commodity. Nobody should get to hoard housing, not some corporation, or individual assholes.
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The Séance of Blake Manor OST is out now on Bandcamp!
32 tracks, 1h30 of music
Link in the comments ⬇️
I'm very proud to finally share it with you!
32 tracks, 1h30 of music
Link in the comments ⬇️
I'm very proud to finally share it with you!
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Séance of Blake Manor OST is out now on Bandcamp!
32 tracks, 1h30 of music
Link in the comments ⬇️
I'm very proud to finally share it with you!
32 tracks, 1h30 of music
Link in the comments ⬇️
I'm very proud to finally share it with you!
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Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
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i feel so bad for artists who now have to deal with accusations that their work is ai
Its so demeaning to the life of work they put into their art, and it must suck to have to argue that your work is in fact your own.
If you can draw, that's really cool, I think you are great.
Its so demeaning to the life of work they put into their art, and it must suck to have to argue that your work is in fact your own.
If you can draw, that's really cool, I think you are great.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i feel so bad for artists who now have to deal with accusations that their work is ai
Its so demeaning to the life of work they put into their art, and it must suck to have to argue that your work is in fact your own.
If you can draw, that's really cool, I think you are great.
Its so demeaning to the life of work they put into their art, and it must suck to have to argue that your work is in fact your own.
If you can draw, that's really cool, I think you are great.
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IT IS TIME
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPo...
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
IT IS TIME
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPo...
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Today in "adventures in game dev planning" -
The team must answer the question "how do we make these animal people homeless in a way that feels satisfying to a player but not upsettingly cruel?"
The team must answer the question "how do we make these animal people homeless in a way that feels satisfying to a player but not upsettingly cruel?"
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Today in "adventures in game dev planning" -
The team must answer the question "how do we make these animal people homeless in a way that feels satisfying to a player but not upsettingly cruel?"
The team must answer the question "how do we make these animal people homeless in a way that feels satisfying to a player but not upsettingly cruel?"
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I told you we got weather here but ohhh no you didn’t listen.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I told you we got weather here but ohhh no you didn’t listen.