Emily Kolm 📽️🎮
@em-k-ultra.bsky.social
AAA Trailer artist turned Indie trailer specialist and educator.
Currently Studying:
Anthropology + Art History
St Francis Xavier University
Nova Scotia, Canada
Emilykolmcreative.com
Currently Studying:
Anthropology + Art History
St Francis Xavier University
Nova Scotia, Canada
Emilykolmcreative.com
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Emily Kolm 📽️🎮
@em-k-ultra.bsky.social
· Aug 18
It's #trailertuesday and we just released the reveal trailer for Swan Song! 🎵🎶
Come play the demo during Gamescom 2025 at Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13, and wishlist the game on steam! 🦢💖
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames
Come play the demo during Gamescom 2025 at Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13, and wishlist the game on steam! 🦢💖
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames
I don't often get the opportunity to convey such emotion with a trailer, I'm so grateful to @bgstudios.bsky.social for trusting me with such a meaningful, beautiful project. Give me *all* the games that make you cry.
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
Felt compelled to share that I keep this 1980s radio phone on my desk just for the vibes and to remind me that I'm real and not in some hellish AI simulation
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Felt compelled to share that I keep this 1980s radio phone on my desk just for the vibes and to remind me that I'm real and not in some hellish AI simulation
Reposted by Emily Kolm 📽️🎮
Two players cuddling during the emotional part of my game 🥹
I'm so happy that I get to touch people so deeply with the game 💖
#indieGameDev #lgbtq #narrativeGame
I'm so happy that I get to touch people so deeply with the game 💖
#indieGameDev #lgbtq #narrativeGame
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Two players cuddling during the emotional part of my game 🥹
I'm so happy that I get to touch people so deeply with the game 💖
#indieGameDev #lgbtq #narrativeGame
I'm so happy that I get to touch people so deeply with the game 💖
#indieGameDev #lgbtq #narrativeGame
Support one of our founding mothers!
First US videogame champion, legendary programmer, and Interplay co-founder Rebecca Heineman is fundraising to deal with the costs of an aggressive cancer diagnosis
Heineman's uphill battle to save an infamous early port of Doom has gotten renewed attention in recent years.
www.pcgamer.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Support one of our founding mothers!
Would love to know who the edit lead was on this, that is a seamless cin/gameplay edit 👌So clear, so satisfying.
(Nevermind the 20 seconds of black screens and logos the publishers probably insisted on)
Such a bummer you can't find credits for trailers. I see you player 👏
(Nevermind the 20 seconds of black screens and logos the publishers probably insisted on)
Such a bummer you can't find credits for trailers. I see you player 👏
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Would love to know who the edit lead was on this, that is a seamless cin/gameplay edit 👌So clear, so satisfying.
(Nevermind the 20 seconds of black screens and logos the publishers probably insisted on)
Such a bummer you can't find credits for trailers. I see you player 👏
(Nevermind the 20 seconds of black screens and logos the publishers probably insisted on)
Such a bummer you can't find credits for trailers. I see you player 👏
An icon and a legend ❤️
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
An icon and a legend ❤️
Re: "how do you know what edit choices to make, or shots to select? How do you know if it's good or not?"
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Re: "how do you know what edit choices to make, or shots to select? How do you know if it's good or not?"
Stoked to watch this series! I'll be appearing on a later episode with some ultra talented artists alongside @derek-lieu.com !
A new game trailer making podcast is coming soon via the Bins & Bytes group organized by Philip Roberts of Crytek!
I'm 1 of 6 in the first episodes sharing anecdotes and insights from our perspectives working independently, internally at studios, or at agencies.
www.youtube.com/@BinsAndByte...
I'm 1 of 6 in the first episodes sharing anecdotes and insights from our perspectives working independently, internally at studios, or at agencies.
www.youtube.com/@BinsAndByte...
September 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Stoked to watch this series! I'll be appearing on a later episode with some ultra talented artists alongside @derek-lieu.com !
when the music research goes so hard you're just at your desk like
a man wearing sunglasses is playing a record on a record player
ALT: a man wearing sunglasses is playing a record on a record player
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
when the music research goes so hard you're just at your desk like
Had to pause on my archaeology homework because I can't stop spacing out thinking about Tomb Raider
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Had to pause on my archaeology homework because I can't stop spacing out thinking about Tomb Raider
Hi friends! I'm back and ready to fill my fall books with trailers, consults or capture coaching 💪. I'm happy to offer sliding scale rates for solo devs and students as well! Here's one of my recent projects so you can catch my vibe.❤️😎
#gametrailers #trailerartist
#gametrailers #trailerartist
Swan Song - Official Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
youtu.be
September 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hi friends! I'm back and ready to fill my fall books with trailers, consults or capture coaching 💪. I'm happy to offer sliding scale rates for solo devs and students as well! Here's one of my recent projects so you can catch my vibe.❤️😎
#gametrailers #trailerartist
#gametrailers #trailerartist
I can't believe anyone ever told me the 1995 mortal kombat movie was bad it is a cinematic achievement
September 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I can't believe anyone ever told me the 1995 mortal kombat movie was bad it is a cinematic achievement
Reposted by Emily Kolm 📽️🎮
Having a clear project vision, rock-solid production plans, reasonable investor expectations, and treating our employees well and trusting their expertise without meddling from upper management?
PREPOSTEROUS! WE'LL MAKE GAMES FASTER WITH AI 🙄
Get real.
PREPOSTEROUS! WE'LL MAKE GAMES FASTER WITH AI 🙄
Get real.
At Gamescom, one sentiment remained consistent: We need to make games quicker. And to do that, more and more studios are turning to AI.
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/at-gamescom-...
At Gamescom, it felt like the industry now has a plan: make games quicker | Opinion
And at least part of that plan involves AI
www.gamesindustry.biz
August 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Having a clear project vision, rock-solid production plans, reasonable investor expectations, and treating our employees well and trusting their expertise without meddling from upper management?
PREPOSTEROUS! WE'LL MAKE GAMES FASTER WITH AI 🙄
Get real.
PREPOSTEROUS! WE'LL MAKE GAMES FASTER WITH AI 🙄
Get real.
Officially on my summer vacation over the next two weeks, I'll be back on the 7th!
August 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Officially on my summer vacation over the next two weeks, I'll be back on the 7th!
Reposted by Emily Kolm 📽️🎮
Ready for day 2!
Come play Swan Song at the @IndieArenaBooth! 🦢🎵
#Gamescom2025 #cozygames #cozygame #indiegames
Come play Swan Song at the @IndieArenaBooth! 🦢🎵
#Gamescom2025 #cozygames #cozygame #indiegames
August 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Ready for day 2!
Come play Swan Song at the @IndieArenaBooth! 🦢🎵
#Gamescom2025 #cozygames #cozygame #indiegames
Come play Swan Song at the @IndieArenaBooth! 🦢🎵
#Gamescom2025 #cozygames #cozygame #indiegames
Little eye study to start the day
August 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Little eye study to start the day
Another trailer for #gamescom I had the pleasure of working on! This one is close to my heart, a truly unique game set in Nova Scotia, made by a Nova Scotian! ❤️
I also don't see this 1930s comic book aesthetic too often, I'm obsessed.
#gametrailers #trailertuesday #novascotia
I also don't see this 1930s comic book aesthetic too often, I'm obsessed.
#gametrailers #trailertuesday #novascotia
His boss is dead and nobody has answers.
Now Bruce McKenzie’s got nothing left but fists and questions.
Can you crack the case in BUTTON MAN?
#indiedev #gamedev #trailertuesday #Gamescom
Now Bruce McKenzie’s got nothing left but fists and questions.
Can you crack the case in BUTTON MAN?
#indiedev #gamedev #trailertuesday #Gamescom
August 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Another trailer for #gamescom I had the pleasure of working on! This one is close to my heart, a truly unique game set in Nova Scotia, made by a Nova Scotian! ❤️
I also don't see this 1930s comic book aesthetic too often, I'm obsessed.
#gametrailers #trailertuesday #novascotia
I also don't see this 1930s comic book aesthetic too often, I'm obsessed.
#gametrailers #trailertuesday #novascotia
Every time I make a silly mistake at work I think of this
August 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Every time I make a silly mistake at work I think of this
I don't often get the opportunity to convey such emotion with a trailer, I'm so grateful to @bgstudios.bsky.social for trusting me with such a meaningful, beautiful project. Give me *all* the games that make you cry.
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
It's #trailertuesday and we just released the reveal trailer for Swan Song! 🎵🎶
Come play the demo during Gamescom 2025 at Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13, and wishlist the game on steam! 🦢💖
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames
Come play the demo during Gamescom 2025 at Hall 10.2, Section 1, Booth 13, and wishlist the game on steam! 🦢💖
#indiegame #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames
August 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I don't often get the opportunity to convey such emotion with a trailer, I'm so grateful to @bgstudios.bsky.social for trusting me with such a meaningful, beautiful project. Give me *all* the games that make you cry.
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
Will be doing a post mortem on this one soon!
GLHF at #gamescom my dudes!
In Vancouver this week! Happy to link up for consults/intro meetings just holler ☺️
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In Vancouver this week! Happy to link up for consults/intro meetings just holler ☺️
That's a wrap on the VO for our trailer for Swan Song! Can't wait to share this one ☺️
@lensflarephoto.bsky.social @bgstudios.bsky.social
#gametrailers #behindthescenes
@lensflarephoto.bsky.social @bgstudios.bsky.social
#gametrailers #behindthescenes
July 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That's a wrap on the VO for our trailer for Swan Song! Can't wait to share this one ☺️
@lensflarephoto.bsky.social @bgstudios.bsky.social
#gametrailers #behindthescenes
@lensflarephoto.bsky.social @bgstudios.bsky.social
#gametrailers #behindthescenes
Working remotely in Nova Scotia means this gets to be my recording studio today 😍
July 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Working remotely in Nova Scotia means this gets to be my recording studio today 😍
Guess I gotta learn how to stream now 🙃
a man wearing a name tag that says kansas is working on a computer
ALT: a man wearing a name tag that says kansas is working on a computer
media.tenor.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Guess I gotta learn how to stream now 🙃
Hypothetically if a dev team wanted me to stream some of the production process of their trailer, such as edit or capture, would that be interesting? 👀
July 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hypothetically if a dev team wanted me to stream some of the production process of their trailer, such as edit or capture, would that be interesting? 👀
just referred to a trumpet mute as a silencer 😭 Gotta stay off those violent video games
July 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
just referred to a trumpet mute as a silencer 😭 Gotta stay off those violent video games
😭
my has wife asked me to stop my running Werner Herzog commentary during our Donkey Kong Bananza playthru
July 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
😭