Shawn Alexander Allen
@shawndoublea.bsky.social
Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Pinned
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
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November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And what did they save? Like a few thousand bucks? On a game that is like a billion dollar franchise?
This is just petty and cheap.
When you're spending hundreds of millions and try to save a few thousand on some inferior ass art, something's wrong.
This is just petty and cheap.
When you're spending hundreds of millions and try to save a few thousand on some inferior ass art, something's wrong.
Call of Duty isn't even hiding the fact that loads of its calling cards and other unlockables are AI generated this year.
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
For one of the biggest video game franchises in the world this is pretty disgusting...
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And what did they save? Like a few thousand bucks? On a game that is like a billion dollar franchise?
This is just petty and cheap.
When you're spending hundreds of millions and try to save a few thousand on some inferior ass art, something's wrong.
This is just petty and cheap.
When you're spending hundreds of millions and try to save a few thousand on some inferior ass art, something's wrong.
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Moderate: n. A conservative who doesn't want to be called racist
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Moderate: n. A conservative who doesn't want to be called racist
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WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
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Hey all, my studio Subliminal is looking for work for hire contracts including co-dev, full dev, Unity programming, console porting, art, business development, convention booth interactables, and more. If you’re looking for an indie friendly high quality partner hire us.
www.subliminalgaming.com
www.subliminalgaming.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hey all, my studio Subliminal is looking for work for hire contracts including co-dev, full dev, Unity programming, console porting, art, business development, convention booth interactables, and more. If you’re looking for an indie friendly high quality partner hire us.
www.subliminalgaming.com
www.subliminalgaming.com
How many billy woods fans we got here?
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
How many billy woods fans we got here?
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are you in richmond? i’m playing a wild, genre-agnostic show tonight at cobra cabana
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
are you in richmond? i’m playing a wild, genre-agnostic show tonight at cobra cabana
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very happy to announced tour dates with @clppng.bsky.social all on sale now
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mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
very happy to announced tour dates with @clppng.bsky.social all on sale now
mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
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Danny has watched TMNT: Mutant Mayhem.
Be like Danny. Go watch it. The music is FANTASTIC on top of everything about it being fantastic.
youtu.be/IHvzw4Ibuho?...
Be like Danny. Go watch it. The music is FANTASTIC on top of everything about it being fantastic.
youtu.be/IHvzw4Ibuho?...
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Danny has watched TMNT: Mutant Mayhem.
Be like Danny. Go watch it. The music is FANTASTIC on top of everything about it being fantastic.
youtu.be/IHvzw4Ibuho?...
Be like Danny. Go watch it. The music is FANTASTIC on top of everything about it being fantastic.
youtu.be/IHvzw4Ibuho?...
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Comedian, writer and actor, @jayjurden.bsky.social, whose debut comedy special, “Yes, Ma’am,” is now streaming on Hulu, talks about the importance of queer stand-up comedy on the podcast Dads and Daddies #dadsanddaddies #podcast #podcastclips #gaypodcast #gay #queerpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #queercomedy
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Comedian, writer and actor, @jayjurden.bsky.social, whose debut comedy special, “Yes, Ma’am,” is now streaming on Hulu, talks about the importance of queer stand-up comedy on the podcast Dads and Daddies #dadsanddaddies #podcast #podcastclips #gaypodcast #gay #queerpodcast #lgbtqpodcast #queercomedy
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🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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Live right now!
the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: WWE vs Westside Gunn | Marley Marl | YG, Jay Rock Mozzy red bull cipher
twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: WWE vs Westside Gunn | Marley Marl | YG, Jay Rock Mozzy red bull cipher
twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Live right now!
the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: WWE vs Westside Gunn | Marley Marl | YG, Jay Rock Mozzy red bull cipher
twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: WWE vs Westside Gunn | Marley Marl | YG, Jay Rock Mozzy red bull cipher
twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
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Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Graphic Designer
Fangamer is looking for a full time experienced designer with strong product and layout design skills to join our creative team. This position will be responsible for conceptualizing, speccing and pro...
www.fangamer.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Fangamer is hiring a Graphic Designer! (remote work OK) 🙌
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
Rare opportunity for a creative position at the kindest, coolest company there is 💚
www.fangamer.com/pages/job-li...
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the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
the idea that lots of gamedevs are secretly using ai is booster bullshit
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
what on earth would I use genAI tools for? Coming up with ideas? Writing? It’s shit at those
making 3D models? Coding stuff? It’s shit at that too
oh but it’s faster maybe? Did I mention it’s shit at things?
seems important
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
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POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
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It is with great sadness that I must inform you. I'm posting on tiktok again. My holiday is officially over. vt.tiktok.com/ZSyb3h1Cp/
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
It is with great sadness that I must inform you. I'm posting on tiktok again. My holiday is officially over. vt.tiktok.com/ZSyb3h1Cp/
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I was trying to explain the premise of Ratatouille to my kid when I realized that between a rat that handles food and a roach (Wall-e) as the "cute animal friend" no one at Pixar could've been from the hood.
Because NAH.
Because NAH.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I was trying to explain the premise of Ratatouille to my kid when I realized that between a rat that handles food and a roach (Wall-e) as the "cute animal friend" no one at Pixar could've been from the hood.
Because NAH.
Because NAH.
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👑The Below the Crown is now in Early Access on Steam ♟️
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
Save 35% on Below the Crown on Steam
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow p...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
👑The Below the Crown is now in Early Access on Steam ♟️
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
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the new york times relies on its immensely popular games to both drive subscriptions AND generate ad revenue from non-paying subscribers. stop playing wordle, even if it's free.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the new york times relies on its immensely popular games to both drive subscriptions AND generate ad revenue from non-paying subscribers. stop playing wordle, even if it's free.