brooke 🌞
@heyobrooke.bsky.social
👾 designing tools for game devs 👩💻 prev. discord, meta, & whatsapp — ✨ illustrator and gamer by night
Decided to take a break from keyboard building and begin a new collection...
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Decided to take a break from keyboard building and begin a new collection...
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Your hobby isn't about how efficient you are, all you really need is to enjoy it.
That said, go draw! 🎷🐛🎷🐛
That said, go draw! 🎷🐛🎷🐛
April 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Your hobby isn't about how efficient you are, all you really need is to enjoy it.
That said, go draw! 🎷🐛🎷🐛
That said, go draw! 🎷🐛🎷🐛
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I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk
It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...
localthunk.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
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aside from myself, there are frankly too many of us in neopets' only guild for game developers who are on da market for work right now
you should fix that by hiring us
(you should also follow the members who aren't looking too because they're all cool)
you should fix that by hiring us
(you should also follow the members who aren't looking too because they're all cool)
March 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
aside from myself, there are frankly too many of us in neopets' only guild for game developers who are on da market for work right now
you should fix that by hiring us
(you should also follow the members who aren't looking too because they're all cool)
you should fix that by hiring us
(you should also follow the members who aren't looking too because they're all cool)
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WELP… an unexpected graduation. Night School will not be renewing my contract as planned and I am now immediately looking for work! I’m a game writer/narrative designer with 5+ yrs and Lead experience. Long-term, short-term, in-house, consultation… anything! Let’s talk! 💖
annacwebster.com
annacwebster.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
WELP… an unexpected graduation. Night School will not be renewing my contract as planned and I am now immediately looking for work! I’m a game writer/narrative designer with 5+ yrs and Lead experience. Long-term, short-term, in-house, consultation… anything! Let’s talk! 💖
annacwebster.com
annacwebster.com
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We've got TWO great demos in #SteamNextFest. Go check 'em out!
🚲 Streetdog BMX: Get into a flow or get technical with tricks in spacious levels
⛓️ ChainStaff: Blast, spear, maybe even eat your way through alien enemies
Links are in the replies ⬇️
🚲 Streetdog BMX: Get into a flow or get technical with tricks in spacious levels
⛓️ ChainStaff: Blast, spear, maybe even eat your way through alien enemies
Links are in the replies ⬇️
February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We've got TWO great demos in #SteamNextFest. Go check 'em out!
🚲 Streetdog BMX: Get into a flow or get technical with tricks in spacious levels
⛓️ ChainStaff: Blast, spear, maybe even eat your way through alien enemies
Links are in the replies ⬇️
🚲 Streetdog BMX: Get into a flow or get technical with tricks in spacious levels
⛓️ ChainStaff: Blast, spear, maybe even eat your way through alien enemies
Links are in the replies ⬇️
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Chris Zukowski published this chart in one of his recent blogs. It helped me really conceptualize how hard games are to get done. Our current model is small games, with deep gameplay loops -- and whacky mechanics. Make smaller games and MORE GAMES DEVS!
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
February 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Chris Zukowski published this chart in one of his recent blogs. It helped me really conceptualize how hard games are to get done. Our current model is small games, with deep gameplay loops -- and whacky mechanics. Make smaller games and MORE GAMES DEVS!
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
#indiedev #indiegames #gamedev
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Sorry We're Closed will be coming to consoles March 6th!
It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
✨New features include Time Attack mode, difficulty modes and New Game+ (also coming to PC)!
Wishlist and pre-order today!
It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
✨New features include Time Attack mode, difficulty modes and New Game+ (also coming to PC)!
Wishlist and pre-order today!
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Sorry We're Closed will be coming to consoles March 6th!
It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
✨New features include Time Attack mode, difficulty modes and New Game+ (also coming to PC)!
Wishlist and pre-order today!
It will be available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S
✨New features include Time Attack mode, difficulty modes and New Game+ (also coming to PC)!
Wishlist and pre-order today!
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Looking for work again due to unforeseen circumstances—reposts appreciated!
Some quick facts:
📈 Indie game marketing wiz with 7+ years of XP on games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and more
💼 Portfolio at litvac.com
🎮 Open to indie and AA/AAA
🌎 Based in New York, open to US relo
Some quick facts:
📈 Indie game marketing wiz with 7+ years of XP on games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and more
💼 Portfolio at litvac.com
🎮 Open to indie and AA/AAA
🌎 Based in New York, open to US relo
a woman holding an ice cream cone with the words " cause i 'm a singer " next to her
Alt: A GIF from Sabrina Carpenter’s music video for the song “Espresso.” She looks up at the camera and sings, “I’m working late cause I’m a singer.”
media.tenor.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Looking for work again due to unforeseen circumstances—reposts appreciated!
Some quick facts:
📈 Indie game marketing wiz with 7+ years of XP on games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and more
💼 Portfolio at litvac.com
🎮 Open to indie and AA/AAA
🌎 Based in New York, open to US relo
Some quick facts:
📈 Indie game marketing wiz with 7+ years of XP on games like Bear and Breakfast, In Stars and Time, and more
💼 Portfolio at litvac.com
🎮 Open to indie and AA/AAA
🌎 Based in New York, open to US relo
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It's out! A Butterfly. A short poem and horror about life, death, and overcoming.
These ruins of a lighthouse have brittle bones.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.
🦋
alienmelon.itch.io/butterfly
✨
Play it FREE on itch!
#GameDev
These ruins of a lighthouse have brittle bones.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.
🦋
alienmelon.itch.io/butterfly
✨
Play it FREE on itch!
#GameDev
December 31, 2024 at 10:56 AM
It's out! A Butterfly. A short poem and horror about life, death, and overcoming.
These ruins of a lighthouse have brittle bones.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.
🦋
alienmelon.itch.io/butterfly
✨
Play it FREE on itch!
#GameDev
These ruins of a lighthouse have brittle bones.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.
🦋
alienmelon.itch.io/butterfly
✨
Play it FREE on itch!
#GameDev
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I'm tired of marketing. Would you be so kind and help me share this game around with other cozy gamers? 🥹👉👈
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm tired of marketing. Would you be so kind and help me share this game around with other cozy gamers? 🥹👉👈
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It's time to update the living list of all the game dev feeds! Bookmark this thread and check back every once in a while to see if any more have been added! 🧵
February 9, 2024 at 3:17 PM
It's time to update the living list of all the game dev feeds! Bookmark this thread and check back every once in a while to see if any more have been added! 🧵
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January 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Our first game of the year is here! 🎊
So happy to be starting 2025 off with this absurd mix of wordgame and openworld. It's a really fun game, and @pentadrangle.bsky.social did an incredible and truly unique job with the OST!
We hope you'll have a great time with this one! 🌠
So happy to be starting 2025 off with this absurd mix of wordgame and openworld. It's a really fun game, and @pentadrangle.bsky.social did an incredible and truly unique job with the OST!
We hope you'll have a great time with this one! 🌠
Our new game Horizons: The End Of Words is live! 🎉
🌌 Make words in outer space
✒ Channel the spirits of ancient authors
👽 Meet aliens, make deals, complete missions
🪐 And discover as many planets as you can
🚀 The grid is infinite, but your oxygen is not
💾 Out now for Windows, MacOS and Linux! 💖
🌌 Make words in outer space
✒ Channel the spirits of ancient authors
👽 Meet aliens, make deals, complete missions
🪐 And discover as many planets as you can
🚀 The grid is infinite, but your oxygen is not
💾 Out now for Windows, MacOS and Linux! 💖
January 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Our first game of the year is here! 🎊
So happy to be starting 2025 off with this absurd mix of wordgame and openworld. It's a really fun game, and @pentadrangle.bsky.social did an incredible and truly unique job with the OST!
We hope you'll have a great time with this one! 🌠
So happy to be starting 2025 off with this absurd mix of wordgame and openworld. It's a really fun game, and @pentadrangle.bsky.social did an incredible and truly unique job with the OST!
We hope you'll have a great time with this one! 🌠
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we are HIRING!! remote associate producer opened up to support our animation team 🫶
$75-95k, project hire (full time but contingent upon game)
game producers, jump on this!!
thatsnomoon.com/careers/5411...
$75-95k, project hire (full time but contingent upon game)
game producers, jump on this!!
thatsnomoon.com/careers/5411...
| That's No Moon
The official website of That's No Moon, a new independent AAA game development studio founded by award-winning industry veterans.
thatsnomoon.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
we are HIRING!! remote associate producer opened up to support our animation team 🫶
$75-95k, project hire (full time but contingent upon game)
game producers, jump on this!!
thatsnomoon.com/careers/5411...
$75-95k, project hire (full time but contingent upon game)
game producers, jump on this!!
thatsnomoon.com/careers/5411...
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1 in 5 devs got sacked in the past two years. 1 in 10 left the industry entirely. 1/3 of juniors gave up on breaking in.
What impact have layoffs had on the games industry over the past two years?
InGame Job CEO Katya Sabirova shares insights from a key 2024 survey to explore who has been most affected, how long it takes to find a new job, and how many people have left the games industry
InGame Job CEO Katya Sabirova shares insights from a key 2024 survey to explore who has been most affected, how long it takes to find a new job, and how many people have left the games industry
What impact have layoffs had on the games industry over the past two years?
Mass layoffs have been the defining theme of the past two years — and they're not over yet. The industry is still feeli…
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 16, 2024 at 4:08 PM
1 in 5 devs got sacked in the past two years. 1 in 10 left the industry entirely. 1/3 of juniors gave up on breaking in.
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We are now accepting self-nominations for TGAGWCAGA🏆
Are you an indie studio with an upcoming game or update but can't afford to attend a major showcase? Nominate yourself for ours and receive a custom award!
Submissions close: December 2nd
Enter: forms.gle/7FXwkecYK7hm...
#NotTheGameAwards
Are you an indie studio with an upcoming game or update but can't afford to attend a major showcase? Nominate yourself for ours and receive a custom award!
Submissions close: December 2nd
Enter: forms.gle/7FXwkecYK7hm...
#NotTheGameAwards
The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards 2024
Do you have an upcoming game or update that you would like to showcase? Are you an indie studio that can't afford to showcase your game at the major events?
Then we have an event for you! The TGAGWC...
forms.gle
November 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
We are now accepting self-nominations for TGAGWCAGA🏆
Are you an indie studio with an upcoming game or update but can't afford to attend a major showcase? Nominate yourself for ours and receive a custom award!
Submissions close: December 2nd
Enter: forms.gle/7FXwkecYK7hm...
#NotTheGameAwards
Are you an indie studio with an upcoming game or update but can't afford to attend a major showcase? Nominate yourself for ours and receive a custom award!
Submissions close: December 2nd
Enter: forms.gle/7FXwkecYK7hm...
#NotTheGameAwards
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I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
Publishing Agreement Template Kit
This was written by Daphne Benford-Smith , Esq. Counsel at Holon Law Partners In collaboration with Aerial Knights, LLC, we present this video game publishing agreement “how-to” guide...
www.aerialknight.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I’m VERYYYY excited to announce that the Video Game Publishing Agreement Template Kit I wrote in collaboration with Aerial Knight Studio (a WELL-known Detroit based indie game studio) is NOW LIVE and FREE for developers! Check it out below! 🥹
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
www.aerialknight.com/publishing-a...
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Amazing to see how Bluesky is surfacing so many folks in the industry that I never saw on my timeline in the bird app. So grateful to connect with new friends over here and see what you all have been up to! ✨
November 19, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Amazing to see how Bluesky is surfacing so many folks in the industry that I never saw on my timeline in the bird app. So grateful to connect with new friends over here and see what you all have been up to! ✨
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📢 Indie dev friends, what is your favorite engine/editor and why? (also would love to know if you're solo or on a team)
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
📢 Indie dev friends, what is your favorite engine/editor and why? (also would love to know if you're solo or on a team)
📢 Indie dev friends, what is your favorite engine/editor and why? (also would love to know if you're solo or on a team)
November 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
📢 Indie dev friends, what is your favorite engine/editor and why? (also would love to know if you're solo or on a team)
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Made a third starter pack due to the recent influx of people. Hopefully helps celebrate those that make things or help make video games 🐸💜✏️💻🎨🗣️🎬🐸
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gameart #vgm #narrative #indiedev #voiceactor
Part 1 - go.bsky.app/MCoaCBe
Part 2 - go.bsky.app/rmDBjd
Part 3 - go.bsky.app/7iFuo3h
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gameart #vgm #narrative #indiedev #voiceactor
Part 1 - go.bsky.app/MCoaCBe
Part 2 - go.bsky.app/rmDBjd
Part 3 - go.bsky.app/7iFuo3h
November 9, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Made a third starter pack due to the recent influx of people. Hopefully helps celebrate those that make things or help make video games 🐸💜✏️💻🎨🗣️🎬🐸
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gameart #vgm #narrative #indiedev #voiceactor
Part 1 - go.bsky.app/MCoaCBe
Part 2 - go.bsky.app/rmDBjd
Part 3 - go.bsky.app/7iFuo3h
#gamedev #indiegamedev #gameart #vgm #narrative #indiedev #voiceactor
Part 1 - go.bsky.app/MCoaCBe
Part 2 - go.bsky.app/rmDBjd
Part 3 - go.bsky.app/7iFuo3h