Mickaël
@mikl8.bsky.social
Level designer Ex-Romero Games. I love immersive sims and Nolan’s movies.
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✨🚌 Is This Seat Taken? is OUT NOW!
💺Arrange picky characters.
🕵️♀️Piece together satisfying puzzles.
🔶 Follow Nat on their journey.
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💺Arrange picky characters.
🕵️♀️Piece together satisfying puzzles.
🔶 Follow Nat on their journey.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
August 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
✨🚌 Is This Seat Taken? is OUT NOW!
💺Arrange picky characters.
🕵️♀️Piece together satisfying puzzles.
🔶 Follow Nat on their journey.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
💺Arrange picky characters.
🕵️♀️Piece together satisfying puzzles.
🔶 Follow Nat on their journey.
⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Update (July 7, 2025)
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Update (July 7, 2025)
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Im so upset about this. The Romeros are an important slice of the Irish game dev scene, I know folks affected, I was excited for this project. It’s just all around terrible.
Just absolutely staggering. If even Brenda and John aren't safe from this brutal capitalist recklessness, nobody is.
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut
The sudden announcement was made after funding was pulled from a major developer, understood to be Microsoft.
www.thejournal.ie
July 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Im so upset about this. The Romeros are an important slice of the Irish game dev scene, I know folks affected, I was excited for this project. It’s just all around terrible.
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Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, has said it has been left "heartbroken" after discovering that funding for its next project has been pulled, reportedly as part of Microsoft's latest cuts, leaving the game and its team at risk.
[UPDATE] Romero Games Employee Says 'Whole Studio' Subject to Layoffs After Microsoft Pulls Funding for New Shooter from Doom Co-Creator John Romero
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Romero Games, the studio founded by Doom co-creator John Romero and Brenda Romero, has said it has been left "heartbroken" after discovering that funding for its next project has been pulled, reportedly as part of Microsoft's latest cuts, leaving the game and its team at risk.
The best job I had
The best game I worked on
The best company I worked at
All this suddenly and abruptly ruined... I am speechless...
The best game I worked on
The best company I worked at
All this suddenly and abruptly ruined... I am speechless...
July 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The best job I had
The best game I worked on
The best company I worked at
All this suddenly and abruptly ruined... I am speechless...
The best game I worked on
The best company I worked at
All this suddenly and abruptly ruined... I am speechless...
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We’re hiring! 🌟
Open roles across tons of departments! Check them out at romerogames.com/careers.
Speculative applications are also welcome! ✒️
Open roles across tons of departments! Check them out at romerogames.com/careers.
Speculative applications are also welcome! ✒️
January 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We’re hiring! 🌟
Open roles across tons of departments! Check them out at romerogames.com/careers.
Speculative applications are also welcome! ✒️
Open roles across tons of departments! Check them out at romerogames.com/careers.
Speculative applications are also welcome! ✒️
After a couple of years at Toadman Berlin where I had the pleasure to work on Warhammer Vermintide 2, I am delighted to say that in this early phase of 2025 I started working for @romerogames.bsky.social !
January 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
After a couple of years at Toadman Berlin where I had the pleasure to work on Warhammer Vermintide 2, I am delighted to say that in this early phase of 2025 I started working for @romerogames.bsky.social !
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I don't think we're ready yet to talk about just how badly game dev teams are ran. AA/A, Indie, Publishing - all of them. The amount of money and energy wasted through bad planning, poor communication and sheer incompetence is staggering.
Games don't need to be this expensive or exhausting to make.
Games don't need to be this expensive or exhausting to make.
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I don't think we're ready yet to talk about just how badly game dev teams are ran. AA/A, Indie, Publishing - all of them. The amount of money and energy wasted through bad planning, poor communication and sheer incompetence is staggering.
Games don't need to be this expensive or exhausting to make.
Games don't need to be this expensive or exhausting to make.
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If a game engine actively tries to use its market position to drive its users out of business MORE THAN ONCE, then maybe it’s time to stop using it.
Unity has already shown us what they’re willing to do to make extra cash. I have no idea why anyone would believe they will not try again.
Unity has already shown us what they’re willing to do to make extra cash. I have no idea why anyone would believe they will not try again.
So Unity recently decided that the tiny startup I dayjob for needed to upgrade to Industry at 5k/year/seat. We had no chance to contest it because they would have killed our only product. They even threatened people we worked with in the past with the same.
It's not just us.
DO NOT USE UNITY!
It's not just us.
DO NOT USE UNITY!
From the Unity3D community on Reddit: Unity accounts suspended after releasing our indie game on Steam
Explore this post and more from the Unity3D community
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November 27, 2024 at 6:45 AM
If a game engine actively tries to use its market position to drive its users out of business MORE THAN ONCE, then maybe it’s time to stop using it.
Unity has already shown us what they’re willing to do to make extra cash. I have no idea why anyone would believe they will not try again.
Unity has already shown us what they’re willing to do to make extra cash. I have no idea why anyone would believe they will not try again.
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An image used on Netflix extended a portion of existing Arcane art using AI. It has now been removed, with Riot's brand lead calling the use of AI "disrespectful to the incredible artists who worked on the show." bit.ly/3OpCwmo
November 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM
An image used on Netflix extended a portion of existing Arcane art using AI. It has now been removed, with Riot's brand lead calling the use of AI "disrespectful to the incredible artists who worked on the show." bit.ly/3OpCwmo
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There's something I need people to understand.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
There's something I need people to understand.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad.
The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.
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We're hiring! If you're looking to join an inclusive, welcoming team of 80+, please check out our openings. We've been working on a new FPS with a major publisher. romerogames.com/careers
Romero Games Careers — Romero Games
Join Romero Games as we develop John Romero’s next First Person Shooter in partnership with a major publisher! This is an unprecedented opportunity to join a thriving independent development studio an...
romerogames.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM
We're hiring! If you're looking to join an inclusive, welcoming team of 80+, please check out our openings. We've been working on a new FPS with a major publisher. romerogames.com/careers
As part of the big migration, I'm joining BlueSky, I don't post a lot but I love interacting with other game devs!
November 20, 2024 at 10:19 AM
As part of the big migration, I'm joining BlueSky, I don't post a lot but I love interacting with other game devs!