Edward Stanaway
@edward.tumekestudio.com
From punk musician and healthtech pioneer to Founder and Creative Director of Tumeke Studio. We’re building a Māori focused MMO. I like to do stuff that matters to real people.
Https://linkedin.com/in/edward.stanaway
Https://linkedin.com/in/edward.stanaway
Groks 6 second AI videos aren't perfect... but they can still be fun and with a little help from Premiere, you can get a nifty result.
This one is my wife and I. We took an American Gothic picture during lockdown. Grok provided the video conversion.
#throwbackthursday #streetfighter #grok #ai
This one is my wife and I. We took an American Gothic picture during lockdown. Grok provided the video conversion.
#throwbackthursday #streetfighter #grok #ai
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Groks 6 second AI videos aren't perfect... but they can still be fun and with a little help from Premiere, you can get a nifty result.
This one is my wife and I. We took an American Gothic picture during lockdown. Grok provided the video conversion.
#throwbackthursday #streetfighter #grok #ai
This one is my wife and I. We took an American Gothic picture during lockdown. Grok provided the video conversion.
#throwbackthursday #streetfighter #grok #ai
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is interesting.
As a business owner I am constantly looking for ways to make my company a better experience for staff.
Things like insurance, dental, gym memberships, and vision have all been investigated.
Weight management is something I would happily support.
As a business owner I am constantly looking for ways to make my company a better experience for staff.
Things like insurance, dental, gym memberships, and vision have all been investigated.
Weight management is something I would happily support.
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is interesting.
As a business owner I am constantly looking for ways to make my company a better experience for staff.
Things like insurance, dental, gym memberships, and vision have all been investigated.
Weight management is something I would happily support.
As a business owner I am constantly looking for ways to make my company a better experience for staff.
Things like insurance, dental, gym memberships, and vision have all been investigated.
Weight management is something I would happily support.
Are Blueskys content policies enforce fairly? This AM my business account @tumekestudio.com was hit with a Spam accusation. We are a growing MMO studio, our content is exclusively about online games. During that time we were hit with unsolicited follows from porn and politics. Double standard?
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Are Blueskys content policies enforce fairly? This AM my business account @tumekestudio.com was hit with a Spam accusation. We are a growing MMO studio, our content is exclusively about online games. During that time we were hit with unsolicited follows from porn and politics. Double standard?
Who says AI isn’t useful?
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Who says AI isn’t useful?
The level of right wing spam Twitler sends its accounts by default is horrific. I have no interest in MAGA clowns or their politics, but that platform is force feeding it to me as a business owner and inspiring me to not log in. Horrible approach.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The level of right wing spam Twitler sends its accounts by default is horrific. I have no interest in MAGA clowns or their politics, but that platform is force feeding it to me as a business owner and inspiring me to not log in. Horrible approach.
Tarisland has shut down, and nobody seems to have noticed.
That's the problem with MMOs today, in my opinion. For 20 years the same formula has been copied. We've already played the game. They all look the same at this point.
What we're getting now are reskins of WoW.
youtu.be/RcuetRaTedA?...
That's the problem with MMOs today, in my opinion. For 20 years the same formula has been copied. We've already played the game. They all look the same at this point.
What we're getting now are reskins of WoW.
youtu.be/RcuetRaTedA?...
Tarisland | Devs Killing Their Own Game...
YouTube video by Spid
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tarisland has shut down, and nobody seems to have noticed.
That's the problem with MMOs today, in my opinion. For 20 years the same formula has been copied. We've already played the game. They all look the same at this point.
What we're getting now are reskins of WoW.
youtu.be/RcuetRaTedA?...
That's the problem with MMOs today, in my opinion. For 20 years the same formula has been copied. We've already played the game. They all look the same at this point.
What we're getting now are reskins of WoW.
youtu.be/RcuetRaTedA?...
@raphkoster.bsky.social along with Ted Castronova, are probably the smartest people in online game development.
Yet their ideas have been regularly sidelined in favor of more extractive game mechanics that don't necessarily create fun and reward economic activity so much as create repetition.
Yet their ideas have been regularly sidelined in favor of more extractive game mechanics that don't necessarily create fun and reward economic activity so much as create repetition.
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@raphkoster.bsky.social along with Ted Castronova, are probably the smartest people in online game development.
Yet their ideas have been regularly sidelined in favor of more extractive game mechanics that don't necessarily create fun and reward economic activity so much as create repetition.
Yet their ideas have been regularly sidelined in favor of more extractive game mechanics that don't necessarily create fun and reward economic activity so much as create repetition.
This was nice to see. We’re trying to create a product that is both fun and allows for a meaningful way to experience culture and human perspectives not as a tourist, but as a participant in allegory.
SHOUT OUT to this group. One of the ethical ones while having FUN.
Look for indigenous games online and this is your typical list.
Other than Never Alone, not one of these studios is indigenously led or owned.
Why is this an important observation?
We’ve added a new starter pack to help here.
#indigenous #representationmatters #gamedev #videogames #native
Other than Never Alone, not one of these studios is indigenously led or owned.
Why is this an important observation?
We’ve added a new starter pack to help here.
#indigenous #representationmatters #gamedev #videogames #native
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This was nice to see. We’re trying to create a product that is both fun and allows for a meaningful way to experience culture and human perspectives not as a tourist, but as a participant in allegory.
This is important because indigenous people are more than just a flavor pack you can bolt on to whatever product you choose.
They are real people, with real perspectives. Flattening them into convenient tropes is exploitative.
They are real people, with real perspectives. Flattening them into convenient tropes is exploitative.
Look for indigenous games online and this is your typical list.
Other than Never Alone, not one of these studios is indigenously led or owned.
Why is this an important observation?
We’ve added a new starter pack to help here.
#indigenous #representationmatters #gamedev #videogames #native
Other than Never Alone, not one of these studios is indigenously led or owned.
Why is this an important observation?
We’ve added a new starter pack to help here.
#indigenous #representationmatters #gamedev #videogames #native
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is important because indigenous people are more than just a flavor pack you can bolt on to whatever product you choose.
They are real people, with real perspectives. Flattening them into convenient tropes is exploitative.
They are real people, with real perspectives. Flattening them into convenient tropes is exploitative.
Honestly, what do people expect when they pay workers and contractors below market wages? NZ wages are 30% below international averages for the same work. You get what you pay for.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Sold-off Wellington town hall furniture still had value - restorer
"Somebody has just taken it upon themselves to just empty out the storage facility just because they can," says an antique furniture restorer.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Honestly, what do people expect when they pay workers and contractors below market wages? NZ wages are 30% below international averages for the same work. You get what you pay for.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The issue here is one where the government is taking land away from an indigenous authority that has held claim to it.
This is an arbitrary act by a colonial power exercising colonial authority.
Full stop.
#maori #indigenous #newzealand #representationmatters #colonization
This is an arbitrary act by a colonial power exercising colonial authority.
Full stop.
#maori #indigenous #newzealand #representationmatters #colonization
Members of the iwi, led by Ngātiwai chairman Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, left Tūtūkākā marina early on Thursday in a waka hourua, a traditional double-hulled vessel.
Ngātiwai lands on ‘tapu’ Poor Knights Islands in defiance of marine law change
Members of the iwi, led by Ngātiwai chairman Aperahama Kerepeti-Edwards, left Tūtūkākā marina early on Thursday in a waka hourua, a traditional double-hulled vessel.
www.teaonews.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The issue here is one where the government is taking land away from an indigenous authority that has held claim to it.
This is an arbitrary act by a colonial power exercising colonial authority.
Full stop.
#maori #indigenous #newzealand #representationmatters #colonization
This is an arbitrary act by a colonial power exercising colonial authority.
Full stop.
#maori #indigenous #newzealand #representationmatters #colonization
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
What are your thoughts here? Should culture fit the game mechanics, or should the game mechanics work with the culture?
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #videogames #maori #representationmatters #indigenous #aotearoa
www.linkedin.com/posts/tumeke...
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #videogames #maori #representationmatters #indigenous #aotearoa
www.linkedin.com/posts/tumeke...
Developing a game should not start with what mechanics sound cool, and then bolt culture on as an afterthought. It should start with what cultural aspects work, and how mechanics can support those… |...
Developing a game should not start with what mechanics sound cool, and then bolt culture on as an afterthought. It should start with what cultural aspects work, and how mechanics can support those as...
www.linkedin.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What are your thoughts here? Should culture fit the game mechanics, or should the game mechanics work with the culture?
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #videogames #maori #representationmatters #indigenous #aotearoa
www.linkedin.com/posts/tumeke...
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #videogames #maori #representationmatters #indigenous #aotearoa
www.linkedin.com/posts/tumeke...
Two scoops. Not one. Who only gets one scoop of this ice cream? The lovely, lovely ice cream. Tastes great!
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Two scoops. Not one. Who only gets one scoop of this ice cream? The lovely, lovely ice cream. Tastes great!
Memory is a funny thing. Out and about tonight at Auckland Night Market I heard a bear. This song popped in my head.. I haven’t heard it in probably 20 years.
youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU
youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU
White Town - Your Woman (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by Jyoti Mishra
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Memory is a funny thing. Out and about tonight at Auckland Night Market I heard a bear. This song popped in my head.. I haven’t heard it in probably 20 years.
youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU
youtu.be/lVL-zZnD3VU
Why is Reddit so hostile against games featuring people of color and indigenous perspectives, calling them “DEI cringe fests” if the majority of gamers are people of color - and why isn’t the industry taking action?
#gamedev #videogames #representationmatters
www.pbs.org/independentl...
#gamedev #videogames #representationmatters
www.pbs.org/independentl...
Leveling Up Representation: Depictions of People of Color in Video Games | PBS
The majority of young gamers are people of color but representation in video games has, at least historically, been lacking. Learn how that's evolved.
www.pbs.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Why is Reddit so hostile against games featuring people of color and indigenous perspectives, calling them “DEI cringe fests” if the majority of gamers are people of color - and why isn’t the industry taking action?
#gamedev #videogames #representationmatters
www.pbs.org/independentl...
#gamedev #videogames #representationmatters
www.pbs.org/independentl...
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
Game creation in NZ is approaching $1bn in annual revenue. It only makes sense to want to keep that money cycling here, instead of moving elsewhere.
Agree?
#newzealand #indiedev #gamedec #videogames
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Agree?
#newzealand #indiedev #gamedec #videogames
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Labour wants to expand gaming subsidy
After a two-year policy drought, Labour's annouced its third policy in three days.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Game creation in NZ is approaching $1bn in annual revenue. It only makes sense to want to keep that money cycling here, instead of moving elsewhere.
Agree?
#newzealand #indiedev #gamedec #videogames
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Agree?
#newzealand #indiedev #gamedec #videogames
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
What happens when companies become Heads of State? In the Errata version of Earth, this has happened. Check out our new dev blog!
tumekestudio.com/the-age-of-s...
#indiedev #gamedev #maori #indigenous #mmorpg #videogames #climatechange #newzealand
tumekestudio.com/the-age-of-s...
#indiedev #gamedev #maori #indigenous #mmorpg #videogames #climatechange #newzealand
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
What happens when companies become Heads of State? In the Errata version of Earth, this has happened. Check out our new dev blog!
tumekestudio.com/the-age-of-s...
#indiedev #gamedev #maori #indigenous #mmorpg #videogames #climatechange #newzealand
tumekestudio.com/the-age-of-s...
#indiedev #gamedev #maori #indigenous #mmorpg #videogames #climatechange #newzealand
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The problem with being "allowed" to "perform" culture is you will ultimately be blocked from it because a performance lacks the same value as communication.
Parliament has demonstrated they do not see Māori customs as valid ways to communicate, and merely allow their performance on limited basis.
Parliament has demonstrated they do not see Māori customs as valid ways to communicate, and merely allow their performance on limited basis.
Yesterday NZ Parliament was suspended after a haka broke out.
Again.
It was called contemptuous.
This is the voice of the local people being silenced because systems do not fit their expression.
We are using games to allow others to experience a part of this.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Again.
It was called contemptuous.
This is the voice of the local people being silenced because systems do not fit their expression.
We are using games to allow others to experience a part of this.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended
Speaker Gerry Brownlee intends to investigate whether anyone knew about the haka, after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The problem with being "allowed" to "perform" culture is you will ultimately be blocked from it because a performance lacks the same value as communication.
Parliament has demonstrated they do not see Māori customs as valid ways to communicate, and merely allow their performance on limited basis.
Parliament has demonstrated they do not see Māori customs as valid ways to communicate, and merely allow their performance on limited basis.
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
We recently showed off STARS REACH at a local IGDA meetup, and I also got to do an hour long talk about the history of online worlds, from PLATO to looter-shooters and beyond!
A tour de force presentation on The Evolution of Online Worlds by Raph Koster ( @raphkoster.bsky.social ) at IGDA
The intertwined history of gaming and social interaction.
Slightly older than Raph, this is my lived history from the 70s onwards.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USeg...
The intertwined history of gaming and social interaction.
Slightly older than Raph, this is my lived history from the 70s onwards.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=USeg...
Raph Koster at the IGDA - The Evolution of Online Worlds
YouTube video by Stars Reach
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We recently showed off STARS REACH at a local IGDA meetup, and I also got to do an hour long talk about the history of online worlds, from PLATO to looter-shooters and beyond!
Developing Errata is more than just making a game. Its creating an allegory into today's issues.
Indigenous rights. Climate change. AI. Politics.
Yeah, it's ambitious. It's also fun.
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #mmo #startuplife
Indigenous rights. Climate change. AI. Politics.
Yeah, it's ambitious. It's also fun.
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #mmo #startuplife
What happens when companies rule? Our new Errata Dev Blog looks at The Collapse as history you can feel today: heat that plans your week, work without people, and comfort as the real divide.
Read it here: tumekestudio.com/community/ne...
#ClimateChange #AI #GameDev #IndieDev #Worldbuilding #maori
Read it here: tumekestudio.com/community/ne...
#ClimateChange #AI #GameDev #IndieDev #Worldbuilding #maori
The Collapse: The Day the Errata's Debts Came Due
Last week we talked about the Bygone Era and how it contains familiar parallels to todays world. This week we're going to go a step further, and talk...
tumekestudio.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Developing Errata is more than just making a game. Its creating an allegory into today's issues.
Indigenous rights. Climate change. AI. Politics.
Yeah, it's ambitious. It's also fun.
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #mmo #startuplife
Indigenous rights. Climate change. AI. Politics.
Yeah, it's ambitious. It's also fun.
#gamedev #indiedev #mmorpg #mmo #startuplife
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
Wishlist The Longest Tale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507360/The_Longest_Tale/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #madewithunity #steam
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
Wishlist The Longest Tale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507360/The_Longest_Tale/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #madewithunity #steam
October 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Death stands above me, whispering low
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
Wishlist The Longest Tale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507360/The_Longest_Tale/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #madewithunity #steam
I know not what into my ear:
Of his strange language all I know
Is, there is not a word of fear.
Wishlist The Longest Tale: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3507360/The_Longest_Tale/
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev #madewithunity #steam
Our mistakes have consequence, and those consequences radiate out. They effect everything.
Developing Errata's backstory is important to me because I want players to feel the game world as they navigate the end-state.
It's not just lore. It's an exploration of what might happen to us.
Developing Errata's backstory is important to me because I want players to feel the game world as they navigate the end-state.
It's not just lore. It's an exploration of what might happen to us.
The Bygone Era feels close to now. Distance lost its meaning, pipes and rails stacked up, and data made hard work look easy.
Errata is a game that deals with global issues.
Read: tumekestudio.com/news/
What fails first where you live?
#GameDev #IndieDev #Worldbuilding #Climate #mmorpg
Errata is a game that deals with global issues.
Read: tumekestudio.com/news/
What fails first where you live?
#GameDev #IndieDev #Worldbuilding #Climate #mmorpg
October 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Our mistakes have consequence, and those consequences radiate out. They effect everything.
Developing Errata's backstory is important to me because I want players to feel the game world as they navigate the end-state.
It's not just lore. It's an exploration of what might happen to us.
Developing Errata's backstory is important to me because I want players to feel the game world as they navigate the end-state.
It's not just lore. It's an exploration of what might happen to us.
Reposted by Edward Stanaway
@aoeritgames.bsky.social
is a great org. If you're looking for a talented #indigenous add to your #gamedev team, hit them up!
is a great org. If you're looking for a talented #indigenous add to your #gamedev team, hit them up!
Here's a list of services Aoerit Games provides: aoerit.nz/services.html we create more than just games.
Aoerit Games - Fun, Interactive, Experiences!
A Māori, Indie, Game Development and Production Company. Keep up to date via the webiste!
aoerit.nz
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
@aoeritgames.bsky.social
is a great org. If you're looking for a talented #indigenous add to your #gamedev team, hit them up!
is a great org. If you're looking for a talented #indigenous add to your #gamedev team, hit them up!