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Trinidad Black
@thisistrini.bsky.social
Philippians 4:13 💕 | Executive Director | Tech Founder | Board Member | Advisor

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Today is your time to embrace your whole self: youtu.be/avRsFJEfi-Q
Now is the Time Podcast: S1E5 (Time to Embrace your Whole Self)
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It’s jam season again at the Game Kitchen!
Join us for the 2nd annual BiG Byte Game Jam 2025, in collaboration with @blackingaming.bsky.social! A 4-week jam featuring a culture-focused theme, Okra Stew, and a $700+ prize!
Starting on June 1st!
Sign Up Here: itch.io/jam/big-byte...
May 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Ahoy, mates! We're thrilled to be steering the ship for this week's official #TurnBasedThursday thread! 🎮

#Indiedevs, hoist your #Turnbased games into this thread and don’t forget to mark ’em with the event hashtag.

Players, set sail by commenting, liking, and reposting your treasured favorites
March 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Without fail, we always have a good time when our LA Black game dev community links up.

Great vibes at our 1st "Blerd Brews" event of the year!

Here's some of the games we played during the event:
- Five Mics, the hip hop Trading Card Game
- SayLess
- Trading Races
- "Do You Claim Them"
March 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Finished editing my first game trailer. Who wants to see the full teaser? 🤩 #indie #gamedev #spider
March 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Hey y'all,

I updated the Black Game Developers Starter Pack for 2025. Come in and see if there are new devs for you to follow! #Blackgamedev

go.bsky.app/EXw625f
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Hello #GDC25 friends! There’s a lot of folks around and at least some of y’all are diseased, so if anyone needs spare masks, tests, lozenges, ibuprofen, vitamin C or stickers, hit me up! Stay safe and healthy this week! ✨
March 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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BIG Fest Tuesday lineup looking fineee
March 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Catch us this Tuesday at the Children’s Museum for BIG Fest!! #GDC
March 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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This is shaping up to be an exciting season for us at the collective. Gotta keep pushin'
Our game, Clock Out at 2, is featured in this month's Black Voices in Gaming Showcase!
Good look to @bt-games-mac.bsky.social
Check out our demo! We may have a demo update dropping soon 👀
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Links below~
March 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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I prayed and asked God what’s my word for the Month and I heard CONSISTENCY 🔥
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Hey all! A reminder that today is the last day to submit for the BViG Showcase! Looking forward to seeing what you all have to show us!
Wassup, Ya'll! We're excited to announce that we're opening submissions for our next Black Voices in Gaming Showcase to celebrate Black History Month 2025! If you're in the game industry, sign up below! Deadline: Feb 3rd, 2025! ⤵️

form.jotform.com/250166096210...
February 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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So if you or anyone you know is looking for someone with the following, hit me up.

- 10 years in program management & DEIA work
- 13 years in research
- 6 years in talent acquisition (sourcing, full-cycle, strategy)
- 6 years in data/people analytics (database building, talent & market mapping)
February 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I prayed and asked God what’s my word for the Month and I heard CONSISTENCY 🔥
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Today is your time to embrace your whole self: youtu.be/avRsFJEfi-Q
Now is the Time Podcast: S1E5 (Time to Embrace your Whole Self)
YouTube video by Now is the Time Podcast
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January 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Today is your time to embrace your whole self: youtu.be/avRsFJEfi-Q
Now is the Time Podcast: S1E5 (Time to Embrace your Whole Self)
YouTube video by Now is the Time Podcast
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New Day, New Mercies 💕
January 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
What I would say to my younger self: You got this, don’t let people tell you, your ideas are not enough… keep going and build..
December 17, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Please be kind to those around you. You never know what someone is going through.

Sending love and light to my homies ✨💕🙏🏾
December 14, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Good morning, Black people.

I hope your skin is extra moisturized and your water is extra refreshing. And the work day flies by
December 12, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Finally learned how to use #UnrealEngine ‘s biome features on a custom landscape 😮‍💨. And that:
- multilayering saves time by making randomness controllable
- it’s super easy to switch out assets to prototype visuals
- much more performant than expected

Some unoptimized in-game footage:
December 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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The Black In Gaming awards are coming up at GDC in March 2025. Have you taken time to nominate? If not, here’s the link. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Welcome to the Black in Gaming 2025 Awards Season!
We’re thrilled to invite you to submit nominations for this year’s prestigious awards, which will be held near the annual Game Developer Conference in San Francisco from March 17-21, 2025. If you’ll b...
docs.google.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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The Games Industry, a 2024 year in review 😊
December 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM