Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨
@emmakidwell.bsky.social
Award-nominated writer looking for work | Opinions my own | Narrative for Hindsight | ForbesUnder30 2021 | TGA Future Class 2023| BAFTA Connect | https://www.emmkid.info/ |🇺🇸/🇯🇵
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Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️
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me trying to show you i am a professional: here's my discord
my discord pfp:
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November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
me trying to show you i am a professional: here's my discord
my discord pfp:
my discord pfp:
if speaking out and being loud about TGA and its gross mishandling of the Future Class makes me less employable, that says more about our industry and the people in positions of power than it does me. i have a platform, i'm privileged that i feel safe to speak up. think about folks who might not.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
if speaking out and being loud about TGA and its gross mishandling of the Future Class makes me less employable, that says more about our industry and the people in positions of power than it does me. i have a platform, i'm privileged that i feel safe to speak up. think about folks who might not.
no response to journalists or to the hundreds of devs they exploited, i see
Apparently, Keighley doesn't have time to reply to @alyssamerc.bsky.social's request for comment, but he sure does have time to post about his latest business deal surrounding the awards on LinkedIn.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
no response to journalists or to the hundreds of devs they exploited, i see
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I continue to believe very strongly that a person's reaction to generative AI is directly correlated to whether it presents any existential risks to your craft. This is why senior engineers and CEOs are so psyched about it, and artists and writers are rallying against it.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I continue to believe very strongly that a person's reaction to generative AI is directly correlated to whether it presents any existential risks to your craft. This is why senior engineers and CEOs are so psyched about it, and artists and writers are rallying against it.
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Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
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I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I appreciate that this article doesn't lose sight of the 200 human beings in our cohort doing tangible, meaningful work across many professional disciplines. The mismanagement of Future Class does not diminish our individual careers, and without TGA, we still have bright futures.
LETS GOOOOOOO?
noclip_2 will have a feature on Ambrosia Sky by @softrains.bsky.social next week.
The game's first act dropped on Steam this week too.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
The game's first act dropped on Steam this week too.
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
LETS GOOOOOOO?
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no one wants to babysit a shitty piece of technology that is going to steal their jobs, ding dong
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
no one wants to babysit a shitty piece of technology that is going to steal their jobs, ding dong
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"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
‘We were effectively props’: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"We found out later that Keighley had a party in another room with all the influencers and industry people. You know where Future Class met that day? At a Starbucks.”
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Friends and gamers, today is the day: my second novel HOW WE PLAY THE GAME is out! Buy it from Bookshop; Jeff doesn't need the money!
"This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist
"This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist
How We Play the Game
Check out How We Play the Game - <p><b>Competitive gaming and fake dating combine to create a razor-sharp romance perfect for fans of <i>Twelfth Knight</i> and <i>SLAY</i>. </b><br><br>Zora Lyon plays...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Friends and gamers, today is the day: my second novel HOW WE PLAY THE GAME is out! Buy it from Bookshop; Jeff doesn't need the money!
"This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist
"This romance has the works: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, rivalry, found family, and second chances." - Booklist
Great reporting here-- Alyssa sums up the last few years very succinctly and i hope you read it and i hope it makes you mad! (warning: jumpscare by my old getty photo)
Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship.
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great reporting here-- Alyssa sums up the last few years very succinctly and i hope you read it and i hope it makes you mad! (warning: jumpscare by my old getty photo)
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@emmakidwell.bsky.social got me the funniest fucking souvenir from Japan. still in the plastic wrap from 2004
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@emmakidwell.bsky.social got me the funniest fucking souvenir from Japan. still in the plastic wrap from 2004
fellas is it (Ethical) to use chatgpt
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
fellas is it (Ethical) to use chatgpt
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
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My part-time MBA cohort at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management is currently fundraising for the Foster Youth Education Fund (FYEF)!
Any contribution, no matter the amount, can make a significant impact - even $50 helps towards supplies: givebutter.com/FYEF
Any contribution, no matter the amount, can make a significant impact - even $50 helps towards supplies: givebutter.com/FYEF
Foster Youth Education Fund
By UC Davis GSM
givebutter.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
My part-time MBA cohort at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management is currently fundraising for the Foster Youth Education Fund (FYEF)!
Any contribution, no matter the amount, can make a significant impact - even $50 helps towards supplies: givebutter.com/FYEF
Any contribution, no matter the amount, can make a significant impact - even $50 helps towards supplies: givebutter.com/FYEF
sorry not sorry but i'm gonna be annoying about this until she actually comes out in December because i still get to be proud of stuff even if i got laid off
i'm going to be even MORE annoying when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] :')
i'm going to be even MORE annoying when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] :')
It's good to know the release date for one of the last leaders I wrote :')
Sayyida Al Hurra was really challenging but so fulfilling to write (shouts out to the historians for being the best)
Sayyida Al Hurra was really challenging but so fulfilling to write (shouts out to the historians for being the best)
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
sorry not sorry but i'm gonna be annoying about this until she actually comes out in December because i still get to be proud of stuff even if i got laid off
i'm going to be even MORE annoying when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] :')
i'm going to be even MORE annoying when [REDACTED] [REDACTED] :')
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Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!
You can now apply to our third grant cycle!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
serious question from your unemployed game dev who wants to play all the games that have been coming out (especially from indies): is the best course of action to keep signal-boosting? I WANT TO PLAY I just can't :')
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
serious question from your unemployed game dev who wants to play all the games that have been coming out (especially from indies): is the best course of action to keep signal-boosting? I WANT TO PLAY I just can't :')
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
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November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
hey what the fuck am i watching (endearingly)(this is my first Lynch experience but i know his trappings)
i'm finally doing it
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
hey what the fuck am i watching (endearingly)(this is my first Lynch experience but i know his trappings)
i'm finally doing it
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
i'm finally doing it
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
i'm finally watching twin peaks for the first time
don't forget the droves of seat fillers because they can't sell out the venue
Got tickets the last 2 years, while at Kotaku and while newly freelance. It was a "media invitation."
This year, it seems Game Awards tickets were only offered to one person at every outlet that was a part of the jury. Unclear how many were offered to devs, but do let me know!
This year, it seems Game Awards tickets were only offered to one person at every outlet that was a part of the jury. Unclear how many were offered to devs, but do let me know!
I asked about Game Awards press tickets in October. Got an email yesterday encouraging me to buy my own, as there were no spares.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
don't forget the droves of seat fillers because they can't sell out the venue