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Sophie
@sophies.games
Programmer, game developer.

Always using the correct amount of cynicism.

https://sophies.games

Wishlist ROBOT RECKONING:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3174820/ROBOT_RECKONING/
I don't really get why but apparently this discord message was good enough to deserve a pin
November 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Getting overexcited seeing a potential checkmate I played Qe4, losing my queen in one move. Just the way it goes, I suppose.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In this position, Nd4 is the best move for white because you can take black's queen on the next movie - she's completely trapped. I didn't realise this *at all* while playing the game. What move did I play instead?
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
meanwhile this is what my chess games look like 😭
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
threw up in my mouth a little 🤢
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Oh, cool, no need to keep playing, I've Completed Halo.
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
whole interview is a banger, but these lines really take the cake for me
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The way it works is it's literally just a particle system dropping translucent white squares on a black background. This creates a range (0 to 1, black to white) which, using a filter I placed on top, can be mapped to a colour gradient. The filter also adds a tasteful vignette!
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Made a background for my game. I think it looks pretty neat!
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
somehow fell into replaying Halo Reach again, and man, they were really cooking with the blocking/lighting/cinematography on the cutscenes.
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
should really have disclosed the friendship, but this critique of Zitron is true regardless. in his work he focuses a lot on the individuals running tech companies and very little on the history or social forces that make them the way they are.
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
not sure I'd call it a grift - as the piece notes, his feelings seem to be genuine - but after reading this piece I definitely feel a lot better about being blocked by him for making a similar critique of him.
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
6. A lot of the complaints about remake are the art direction, and I think Infinite just nails it. This looks so good! And so Halo!

7. Oh, and the gameplay too. Just so tight and satisfying, everything is incredibly well-tuned. Less floaty than older titles but still feels like one of them.
October 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Most popular politics podcast in the UK being paid to say how great AI in government is, now you can't trust anything they say.

This is why @theverge.com has an ethics policy!!!!

@reckless.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The piece was about Bigmode, Dunkey's publisher, and how its launch video hit me as a game developer shortly after launch.

Given recent events I figured it makes sense for me to preserve the piece on my blog, and I couldn't help myself so I've updated/edited it.
sophies.games/blogs/597e80...
October 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Working title: TELATRO

#gamedev #indiedev
October 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Went to play this game earlier today and it seems like the logo was updated last month. What's Ubisoft doing, updating the branding for a 15 year old game?

steamdb.info/changelist/3...
October 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Goodbye, Hades 2. Hello, Hades 2!
September 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
if jesus died for our sins again today, this is how he'd do it #skate
September 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
the new skate game rules. so happy to get another one of these!
September 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
RIP to all the devs who delayed their game to 4 weeks after Silksong
September 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
since everyone's got Silksong Fever, I've decided, for the third time, to try and get into Hollow Knight, and I'm definitely kind of into it this time round! We'll see how it goes.

One thought on the game design: (see reply)
September 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
@chevyray.dev hey, I used your Armada font in my game, check it out! 😄
August 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
was remarking on the fact that TRON: Ares' soundtrack is by "Nine Inch Nails" and not "Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross" like their other film soundtracks, and..

@mikebithell.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM