ideomancer
@ideomancer.bsky.social
Game Design :: UX/UI Design :: Art Direction
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UI Peeps Presents: Mila Pavlin
UX Director + former Lead UX Designer on God of War (Sony Santa Monica).
Mila brings deep insight into player psychology, usability, and cross-team collaboration in AAA game dev.
youtu.be/psr1OGO1Ou0
#uipeeps #gamedev #uxui
UX Director + former Lead UX Designer on God of War (Sony Santa Monica).
Mila brings deep insight into player psychology, usability, and cross-team collaboration in AAA game dev.
youtu.be/psr1OGO1Ou0
#uipeeps #gamedev #uxui
UI Peeps Presents - Guest Speaker - Mila Pavlin
YouTube video by UI Peeps
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
UI Peeps Presents: Mila Pavlin
UX Director + former Lead UX Designer on God of War (Sony Santa Monica).
Mila brings deep insight into player psychology, usability, and cross-team collaboration in AAA game dev.
youtu.be/psr1OGO1Ou0
#uipeeps #gamedev #uxui
UX Director + former Lead UX Designer on God of War (Sony Santa Monica).
Mila brings deep insight into player psychology, usability, and cross-team collaboration in AAA game dev.
youtu.be/psr1OGO1Ou0
#uipeeps #gamedev #uxui
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"Would I recommend playing LEGO Voyagers with a 5-year-old? Probably not. I’m just excited that I got the experience of completing a video game with her. It was a precious experience." www.crossplay.news/p/lego-voyag...
The Quiet Sadness of Playing Lego Voyagers With a Five-Year-Old
Making it to the end of a video game, even one meant for families, is often a journey all its own.
www.crossplay.news
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Would I recommend playing LEGO Voyagers with a 5-year-old? Probably not. I’m just excited that I got the experience of completing a video game with her. It was a precious experience." www.crossplay.news/p/lego-voyag...
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I applaud this review for threading a very difficult needle. It's always tricky whenever you reach beyond the thing on the page to critique the development story around it. This does a great job at not just stating "genAI bad," but making the case for why its use is actively at odds with the art.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I applaud this review for threading a very difficult needle. It's always tricky whenever you reach beyond the thing on the page to critique the development story around it. This does a great job at not just stating "genAI bad," but making the case for why its use is actively at odds with the art.
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We got a labor movement before GTA6
Following firings and Grand Theft Auto VI delay, union plans to keep pressure on Rockstar
aftermath.site/grand-theft-au...
aftermath.site/grand-theft-au...
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We got a labor movement before GTA6
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✨ Cozy Gamedev Job ✨
We're looking for a senior 3D animator, who loves animating expressive and personality-rich 3D characters - can you help us?
Folks from diverse communities, we'd especially love to hear from you!
Apply below ⬇️ Please share 💖 jobs.studiodrydock.com/36841
We're looking for a senior 3D animator, who loves animating expressive and personality-rich 3D characters - can you help us?
Folks from diverse communities, we'd especially love to hear from you!
Apply below ⬇️ Please share 💖 jobs.studiodrydock.com/36841
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
✨ Cozy Gamedev Job ✨
We're looking for a senior 3D animator, who loves animating expressive and personality-rich 3D characters - can you help us?
Folks from diverse communities, we'd especially love to hear from you!
Apply below ⬇️ Please share 💖 jobs.studiodrydock.com/36841
We're looking for a senior 3D animator, who loves animating expressive and personality-rich 3D characters - can you help us?
Folks from diverse communities, we'd especially love to hear from you!
Apply below ⬇️ Please share 💖 jobs.studiodrydock.com/36841
Now that I can wear my wrist brace less throughout the day, I'm planning my next projects! I hate being forced to sit still and not work on stuff. 😅 been tinkering with an outline for a TTRPG adventure, a small driving/drifting prototype, and the latest @uipeeps.bsky.social UI challenge!
#indiedev
#indiedev
November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Now that I can wear my wrist brace less throughout the day, I'm planning my next projects! I hate being forced to sit still and not work on stuff. 😅 been tinkering with an outline for a TTRPG adventure, a small driving/drifting prototype, and the latest @uipeeps.bsky.social UI challenge!
#indiedev
#indiedev
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Someone asked for more instruments, so I'm adding Soundfont support.
Now your factory build can play "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd with near-perfect accuracy.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
Now your factory build can play "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd with near-perfect accuracy.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Someone asked for more instruments, so I'm adding Soundfont support.
Now your factory build can play "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd with near-perfect accuracy.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
Now your factory build can play "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd with near-perfect accuracy.
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames
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Akupara Games has partnered up with Slow Game Club!
This "book club for games" funds Into Games, a charity that helps working-class and low-income talent to access, learn, and thrive in games careers.
Enjoy 😈Sorry We're Closed and 🍷Cabernet in the Slow Game Club's future!
This "book club for games" funds Into Games, a charity that helps working-class and low-income talent to access, learn, and thrive in games careers.
Enjoy 😈Sorry We're Closed and 🍷Cabernet in the Slow Game Club's future!
Slow Game Club - the book club...but for videogames.
A monthly subscription game club of indie hits, raising money for Into Games - the social mobility charity for the UK videogames industry.
buff.ly
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Akupara Games has partnered up with Slow Game Club!
This "book club for games" funds Into Games, a charity that helps working-class and low-income talent to access, learn, and thrive in games careers.
Enjoy 😈Sorry We're Closed and 🍷Cabernet in the Slow Game Club's future!
This "book club for games" funds Into Games, a charity that helps working-class and low-income talent to access, learn, and thrive in games careers.
Enjoy 😈Sorry We're Closed and 🍷Cabernet in the Slow Game Club's future!
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From The Anthem to the 9:30 Club, the workers who keep DC’s live music beating are unionizing—and that’s something to dance about.
Behind every sold-out show are people setting up, cleaning up, and keeping the crowd safe.
They deserve to be respected, protected and paid. https://seiu.co/3WSgX2a
Behind every sold-out show are people setting up, cleaning up, and keeping the crowd safe.
They deserve to be respected, protected and paid. https://seiu.co/3WSgX2a
Workers at Major D.C. Concert Venues Launch Unionization Effort
There are more than 300 staff members aiming to unionize at the 9:30 Club, The Anthem, The Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre.
seiu.co
October 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
From The Anthem to the 9:30 Club, the workers who keep DC’s live music beating are unionizing—and that’s something to dance about.
Behind every sold-out show are people setting up, cleaning up, and keeping the crowd safe.
They deserve to be respected, protected and paid. https://seiu.co/3WSgX2a
Behind every sold-out show are people setting up, cleaning up, and keeping the crowd safe.
They deserve to be respected, protected and paid. https://seiu.co/3WSgX2a
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The power fantasy you love is coming to a tabletop near you thanks to @paizo.com!
#Warframe x #Starfinder: Operation Orias launches October 30: wrfr.me/4ng1mUO
#Warframe x #Starfinder: Operation Orias launches October 30: wrfr.me/4ng1mUO
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The power fantasy you love is coming to a tabletop near you thanks to @paizo.com!
#Warframe x #Starfinder: Operation Orias launches October 30: wrfr.me/4ng1mUO
#Warframe x #Starfinder: Operation Orias launches October 30: wrfr.me/4ng1mUO
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Don't kid yourself...Donald is glued to the television today...watching the MILLIONS of people protesting his traitorous ass. He's ranting....throwing shit....and plotting another stupid ass stunt to try to shift attention.
October 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don't kid yourself...Donald is glued to the television today...watching the MILLIONS of people protesting his traitorous ass. He's ranting....throwing shit....and plotting another stupid ass stunt to try to shift attention.
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For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league's decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.
Day 2 protests by La Liga players against game in Miami still censored on TV
For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league’s decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.
bit.ly
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
For a second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league's decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences.
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💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny
EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny
"If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors' pockets—not to strengthen the company."
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
EA employees and UVW-CWA slam Saudi-led EA buyout, call for regulatory scrutiny
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Support KFBF Game Devs!
store.steampowered.com/app/3629490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3629490/...
October 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Support KFBF Game Devs!
store.steampowered.com/app/3629490/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3629490/...
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Sign our petition urging the US FTC to watch this deal closely. If left unchecked, this deal spells disaster for EA's workers and players alike, but there's still time to do something about it!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
Make EA Better for Workers and Gamers - Not Billionaires
A group of investors - including the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners - wants to buy Electronic Arts, concentrating even more power and wealth into the hands...
actionnetwork.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sign our petition urging the US FTC to watch this deal closely. If left unchecked, this deal spells disaster for EA's workers and players alike, but there's still time to do something about it!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
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We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?
Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector will get localisation for:
⭐French
⭐Japanese
⭐Simplified Chinese
For FREE On Oct 29!
Pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 now ahead of the localization launch:
💫 bit.ly/43eESue
⭐French
⭐Japanese
⭐Simplified Chinese
For FREE On Oct 29!
Pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 now ahead of the localization launch:
💫 bit.ly/43eESue
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector will get localisation for:
⭐French
⭐Japanese
⭐Simplified Chinese
For FREE On Oct 29!
Pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 now ahead of the localization launch:
💫 bit.ly/43eESue
⭐French
⭐Japanese
⭐Simplified Chinese
For FREE On Oct 29!
Pick up Citizen Sleeper 2 now ahead of the localization launch:
💫 bit.ly/43eESue
Gutted by this news. I feel for everyone at @heartmachine.bsky.social and hoping they can bounce back strong!
Heart Machine making layoffs and ending development on Hyper Light Breaker
Heart Machine making layoffs and ending development on Hyper Light Breaker
The news comes around nine months after Hyper Light Breaker launched into early access.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gutted by this news. I feel for everyone at @heartmachine.bsky.social and hoping they can bounce back strong!
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AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
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Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork
ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of
www.amny.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Today they attacked two journalists.
We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.
Note to self: don't open packs while trying to go to sleep.
September 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Note to self: don't open packs while trying to go to sleep.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"