Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!!
@nat-the-dev.bsky.social
3D Environment/Prop Artist for games. Looking for work! Previous: Giant Squid, Iridium Studios, Ember Entertainment
Portfolio: https://nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com/
Portfolio: https://nataliespitzel.myportfolio.com/
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Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.
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HEART DRIVE is a fast spin on the cozy fishing game genre! #pitchyagame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
HEART DRIVE is a fast spin on the cozy fishing game genre! #pitchyagame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Catch giant fish from the top of your car, upgrade your equipment and help three friends uncover the mystery of an ancient machine god 🚗🎣
Wishlist ❤️ -> store.steampowered.com/app/4026760/...
#gamedev #indiegame
Fucking FINALLY 😭
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Fucking FINALLY 😭
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Our game was spotted in the Just Revealed section of HypeTrain's event. Finally looking kinda real with the art 😭😭
So uhh, if you wanna wishlist and check us out, you can 👉👈
store.steampowered.com/app/2219850/...
Screenshot courtesy of @glitchinggogo.bsky.social (one of my strongest playtesters 💪)
So uhh, if you wanna wishlist and check us out, you can 👉👈
store.steampowered.com/app/2219850/...
Screenshot courtesy of @glitchinggogo.bsky.social (one of my strongest playtesters 💪)
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Our game was spotted in the Just Revealed section of HypeTrain's event. Finally looking kinda real with the art 😭😭
So uhh, if you wanna wishlist and check us out, you can 👉👈
store.steampowered.com/app/2219850/...
Screenshot courtesy of @glitchinggogo.bsky.social (one of my strongest playtesters 💪)
So uhh, if you wanna wishlist and check us out, you can 👉👈
store.steampowered.com/app/2219850/...
Screenshot courtesy of @glitchinggogo.bsky.social (one of my strongest playtesters 💪)
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After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
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last week, fired rockstar workers, IWGB — the union helping them organize — and allies protested outside rockstar and take-two offices. they’re far from finished
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
last week, fired rockstar workers, IWGB — the union helping them organize — and allies protested outside rockstar and take-two offices. they’re far from finished
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Getting terrible news from dems and good news from the supreme court in the same 24 hours. feels like its opposite day. Also we're all in hell.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Getting terrible news from dems and good news from the supreme court in the same 24 hours. feels like its opposite day. Also we're all in hell.
After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
Many freelancers in the United States rely on ACA marketplace plans for their health insurance. In an industry that has already been working overtime to turn gamedevs into gig workers, freelance and contract devs are about to get even more squeezed. This is unacceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
If I can't afford my medication, I will die.
This is not an exaggeration.
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The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The cheapest plan available to me (a Georgian) is over $1,000 a month. Healthcare is no longer an option for me. I will ration the medication I take for as long as I can and then I will wait to die.
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Your local freelancer here.... if the ACA subsidies get axed, this is genuinely really scary. I'm very fortunate that I live in California where they also have subsidies at the state level, but many people in the other 49 will be priced out. Please call your reps!!!
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Your local freelancer here.... if the ACA subsidies get axed, this is genuinely really scary. I'm very fortunate that I live in California where they also have subsidies at the state level, but many people in the other 49 will be priced out. Please call your reps!!!
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Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
As viral hits like Escape from Duckov and Megabonk change the industry, Falconeer developer Tomas Sala has found another way to survive
What if you didn't have to spin the roulette wheel every time you released a new game, hoping for it to find an audience? What if there was a better way?
www.eurogamer.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sat down for a lovely chat with @clert.bsky.social over @eurogamer.bsky.social To talk about my games and how I'd like to keep making and improving them sustainably. To step away from the launch, meme and hype driven madness that has taken root in games.
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
www.eurogamer.net/as-viral-hit...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
If Baldur's Gate 3 taught me anything.....it's not to touch the spiderwebs, unless you want to meet its maker 🫠
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
If Baldur's Gate 3 taught me anything.....it's not to touch the spiderwebs, unless you want to meet its maker 🫠
He won't let me play Pokemon 😔
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
He won't let me play Pokemon 😔
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this one’s for all the adhd heads
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
this one’s for all the adhd heads
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I will beg you all time, and time, and time again:
Play 1000xRESIST.
It is one of the best storytelling titles we have in the artful medium of video games.
Play 1000xRESIST.
It is one of the best storytelling titles we have in the artful medium of video games.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I will beg you all time, and time, and time again:
Play 1000xRESIST.
It is one of the best storytelling titles we have in the artful medium of video games.
Play 1000xRESIST.
It is one of the best storytelling titles we have in the artful medium of video games.
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The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand on Steam
Inherit a crumbling English hotel and restore it by day—while battling ghosts by night. With a sardonic cat, a talking power tool, and a twisting supernatural plot, this is a musical mystery unlike an...
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The trailer sold me but holy moly the demo blew me away.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
This has the potential to be something very special indeed.
I told the barista "you too" when she said "enjoy" today so that's how my day is going
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I told the barista "you too" when she said "enjoy" today so that's how my day is going
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🚨LOOKING FOR A CONCEPT ARTIST🚨(paid)
To help me with my fishie game. Need help coming up with designs and concepts for cool building/shop/house designs and help make the environments look AWESOME. DM me your work (and not just a message that says "hi" pls)
To help me with my fishie game. Need help coming up with designs and concepts for cool building/shop/house designs and help make the environments look AWESOME. DM me your work (and not just a message that says "hi" pls)
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
🚨LOOKING FOR A CONCEPT ARTIST🚨(paid)
To help me with my fishie game. Need help coming up with designs and concepts for cool building/shop/house designs and help make the environments look AWESOME. DM me your work (and not just a message that says "hi" pls)
To help me with my fishie game. Need help coming up with designs and concepts for cool building/shop/house designs and help make the environments look AWESOME. DM me your work (and not just a message that says "hi" pls)
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So the falconeer has a free weekend folks.. its totally free to play the full remaster until monday. You can basically finish the game in that time.. go check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
So the falconeer has a free weekend folks.. its totally free to play the full remaster until monday. You can basically finish the game in that time.. go check it out.
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1135260/...
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Reposted by Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!!
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I was a member of TGA Future Class 2022 and lemmee tell ya, my skin has been crawling since
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
pretty much every interaction I had with them (few) & story I heard about other members' interactions with them (many) was bad. & by bad I mean, so many shades of being used as photo op tokens & nothing more
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If you've got anything to spare, a few bucks would seriously help my friend Bekka recover from a really bad couple of months
Hey, I know things are bad all over, and without help, I will SURVIVE, and if you see someone who needs it more, help them first by all means, but anything from anyone would definitely help at this point.
Currently at $0/$1000
Currently at $0/$1000
... I've avoided doing this for as long as possible but my partner is not able to support both me and our child with their earnings, and I currently have no money coming in other than a potential compensation for the trespass and assault on me last month.
ko-fi.com/bekkaskunk
ko-fi.com/bekkaskunk
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If you've got anything to spare, a few bucks would seriously help my friend Bekka recover from a really bad couple of months
Not so hot take: Starbucks coffee tastes like watered down bad coffee. You can get better coffee from literally anywhere else.
If you live in the Greater Seattle area, my favorite coffee place is called Mercurys. They have a couple locations around the area. 10/10 coffee
If you live in the Greater Seattle area, my favorite coffee place is called Mercurys. They have a couple locations around the area. 10/10 coffee
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Not so hot take: Starbucks coffee tastes like watered down bad coffee. You can get better coffee from literally anywhere else.
If you live in the Greater Seattle area, my favorite coffee place is called Mercurys. They have a couple locations around the area. 10/10 coffee
If you live in the Greater Seattle area, my favorite coffee place is called Mercurys. They have a couple locations around the area. 10/10 coffee
MY GOOD FRIEND JESS WORKED ON A COOL GAME YOU ALL SHOULD PLAY IT ✨❤️
It’s Launch Day!! 🚀
It’s been amazing watching this game evolve over the years and I really hope you all love it 💖 Show me your dogs when you make them!
It’s been amazing watching this game evolve over the years and I really hope you all love it 💖 Show me your dogs when you make them!
DOG WITCH is finally out!
We are so grateful for beta testers, everyone who shared their time, and all of you who cheered us on! We love you, so join us on Discord to get your free DOG WITCH soundtrack (when it'll be out!)
store.steampowered.com/news/app/354...
We are so grateful for beta testers, everyone who shared their time, and all of you who cheered us on! We love you, so join us on Discord to get your free DOG WITCH soundtrack (when it'll be out!)
store.steampowered.com/news/app/354...
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
MY GOOD FRIEND JESS WORKED ON A COOL GAME YOU ALL SHOULD PLAY IT ✨❤️