Laura Michet
@lmichet.bsky.social
Extremely good at bicycling a medium distance at a medium speed. Was writer on Possessors recently. Narrative on Skin Deep.
I mostly don't post here. You can see my blog, where I post every day, at blog.lauramichet.com
I mostly don't post here. You can see my blog, where I post every day, at blog.lauramichet.com
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Skin Deep (Blendo Games, 2025)
I’ve just seen a narrowboat that looks like it’s entirely crewed by cats, and it’s not even 10am
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Skin Deep (Blendo Games, 2025)
I've played an early build and this was very fun!! Excited to check out the final version. Congrats to Bruno for the tremendous effort of getting this whole thing put together and polished!!
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of the tormented souls bound to it. End a 50-year curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of noncommercial interactive fiction in eight years, is now available to play.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I've played an early build and this was very fun!! Excited to check out the final version. Congrats to Bruno for the tremendous effort of getting this whole thing put together and polished!!
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The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month.
If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡
(portfolio updates incoming)
randireynolds.artstation.com
If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡
(portfolio updates incoming)
randireynolds.artstation.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month.
If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡
(portfolio updates incoming)
randireynolds.artstation.com
If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡
(portfolio updates incoming)
randireynolds.artstation.com
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My time at Heart Machine has sadly come to a rather abrupt end. I was there for almost 6 years, & had been working on Breaker since summer 2020. It was a pleasure working with them!
Now, a new chapter begins.
Now, a new chapter begins.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
My time at Heart Machine has sadly come to a rather abrupt end. I was there for almost 6 years, & had been working on Breaker since summer 2020. It was a pleasure working with them!
Now, a new chapter begins.
Now, a new chapter begins.
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After 7.5 years, my time making music & sound at @heartmachine.bsky.social is ending w/ the recent layoffs.
I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.
RTs appreciated 🙏
I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.
RTs appreciated 🙏
Troupe Gammage Music Reel
YouTube video by troupe gammage
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
After 7.5 years, my time making music & sound at @heartmachine.bsky.social is ending w/ the recent layoffs.
I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.
RTs appreciated 🙏
I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.
RTs appreciated 🙏
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The Terrible Layoff Beast has come for me and I no longer work for Heart Machine. It was a good team, I'm sad I won't get to work with them anymore.
If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it.
I'll have more info to share in a bit.
If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it.
I'll have more info to share in a bit.
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Terrible Layoff Beast has come for me and I no longer work for Heart Machine. It was a good team, I'm sad I won't get to work with them anymore.
If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it.
I'll have more info to share in a bit.
If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it.
I'll have more info to share in a bit.
I playtested an early build of this and it rules
KINOPHOBIA, my first piece of non-commercial interactive fiction in 8 years, comes out on the 31st. An entry into Ectocomp.
October 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I playtested an early build of this and it rules
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Buy Skin Deep or perish. This includes those of you who already bought it.
Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buy Skin Deep or perish. This includes those of you who already bought it.
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Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
October 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Skin Deep is 25% off on Steam -- 2 days left in the sale!
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Worked closely with Frank on Ruined King and he is an extremely fun, reliable, selfless coworker. You'd do great to snag him!!!
Currently looking for new opportunities in Game Writing. I've written full game scripts, implemented dialogue, and done pretty much everything in the narrative pipeline across 8+ years. Looking for full-time or contract work! www.linkedin.com/in/frank-barbiere
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Worked closely with Frank on Ruined King and he is an extremely fun, reliable, selfless coworker. You'd do great to snag him!!!
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I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
October 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
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Hi friends. Unfortunately, my time at Heart Machine is coming to an end. I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. Saying goodbye to such a talented team is difficult, but I am excited for the next adventure. <3
I'll have more info soon.
Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.
I'll have more info soon.
Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.
October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hi friends. Unfortunately, my time at Heart Machine is coming to an end. I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. Saying goodbye to such a talented team is difficult, but I am excited for the next adventure. <3
I'll have more info soon.
Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.
I'll have more info soon.
Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.
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game director line edits
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
game director line edits
game director line edits
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
game director line edits
I did some localization editing on this one!! Very excited for you to play this and experience tremendous suffering
New demo arrives on October 13th.
How is the new demo different from “Quarantine”? In every way! The new demo is a slice from the beginning of the full game.
🕗 Starts Oct 13, 10:00 PDT
Read the full announcement below.
Last chance to add Quarantine before it’s gone!
How is the new demo different from “Quarantine”? In every way! The new demo is a slice from the beginning of the full game.
🕗 Starts Oct 13, 10:00 PDT
Read the full announcement below.
Last chance to add Quarantine before it’s gone!
October 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I did some localization editing on this one!! Very excited for you to play this and experience tremendous suffering
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I've done three "Hire X HIRE X" posts recently, but genuinely I'd like to ask that anyone looking for staff right now please look at the posts here or on LinkedIn from folks that are being laid off from HM, these people are SO talented and SO amazing and I'm heartbroken to lose them as coworkers.
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I've done three "Hire X HIRE X" posts recently, but genuinely I'd like to ask that anyone looking for staff right now please look at the posts here or on LinkedIn from folks that are being laid off from HM, these people are SO talented and SO amazing and I'm heartbroken to lose them as coworkers.
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Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others.
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others.
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
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Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter
In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill
azhdarchid.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...
If you hire me AND bruno, you could get two long-time collaborators who will make your material, whatever it is, *alarmingly* unhinged
yes. put us together in a box so we can make each other increasingly deranged
October 7, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you hire me AND bruno, you could get two long-time collaborators who will make your material, whatever it is, *alarmingly* unhinged
Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
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It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
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If not for the “too many games” problem, you’d already have played this.
Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!
Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!
Buy our videogame it's on sale it has good jokes store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...
store.steampowered.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If not for the “too many games” problem, you’d already have played this.
Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!
Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!
Nobody who is capable of making a twitter should ever be allowed to make a twitter. Nobody who *wishes* to make a twitter should be allowed in public life.
Give them a frozen pumpkin filled with ground-up meat and let them worry at it in the corner of the enclosure
Give them a frozen pumpkin filled with ground-up meat and let them worry at it in the corner of the enclosure
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Nobody who is capable of making a twitter should ever be allowed to make a twitter. Nobody who *wishes* to make a twitter should be allowed in public life.
Give them a frozen pumpkin filled with ground-up meat and let them worry at it in the corner of the enclosure
Give them a frozen pumpkin filled with ground-up meat and let them worry at it in the corner of the enclosure
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I wouldn't say it's the BEST (only because its peers are often SO wildly different) but Skin Deep is a heavyweight amongst a whole wave of great indie immersive sims
It fixes the problem of 'I can't do violence because the game will say I'm mean!' by making the enemies immortal comedy punching bags
It fixes the problem of 'I can't do violence because the game will say I'm mean!' by making the enemies immortal comedy punching bags
skin deep is on sale!! play our game about scrutinising warning labels and flushing your less-observant adversaries down the trash chute store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...
Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam
Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...
store.steampowered.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I wouldn't say it's the BEST (only because its peers are often SO wildly different) but Skin Deep is a heavyweight amongst a whole wave of great indie immersive sims
It fixes the problem of 'I can't do violence because the game will say I'm mean!' by making the enemies immortal comedy punching bags
It fixes the problem of 'I can't do violence because the game will say I'm mean!' by making the enemies immortal comedy punching bags