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Tom Battey
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Writer, narrative designer and games educator in U.K. HE. Based in Yorkshire.
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tombattey.bsky.social
Happy Demonschool day to all who celebrate.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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alexvscoding.bsky.social
MORSE's launch discount of 20% off ends in less than an hour! Grab it whilst you can! store.steampowered.com/app/1976860/...
#hamradio #gamedev #morsecode
November 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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alexvscoding.bsky.social
My strategy game, MORSE released this week!

MORSE teaches you Morse Code through timing, tactics and telegraphy. Learn a secret language, build your own telegraph and jump head first down the rabbit hole of ham radio. 🔥⚓️⚫️➖

#hamradio #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #morsecode
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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englishscribe.bsky.social
OPPORTUNITY! Creative Assembly - UK - Principal Narrative Designer

Not affiliated. Shares welcome!

www.creative-assembly.com/careers/view...
Principal Narrative Designer | Creative Assembly
As a Principal Narrative Designer, you will be tasked with creating and implementing engaging dialogue and compelling characters. You will craft the game's narrative journey while collaborating with t...
www.creative-assembly.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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necrosoftgames.com
TWO WEEKS UNTIL DEMONSCHOOL
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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flom.bsky.social
Alongside Elemental Flow's demo release, I wrote a short blog post. Given how Argentina is doing at the moment, I think it's useful to think about how things could be, in ways that still resonate with the soul of the city (at least my experience of it).
teawithflo.com/2025/11/05/e...
Elemental Flow Demo
If you head over to Steam, you can find our latest demo for Elemental Flow, a conversation-centric Solarpunk RPG! That page also has a pretty good description of the game, including gifs and a trai…
teawithflo.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
tombattey.bsky.social
I love maps in videogames. Any game that lets me scribble on maps and cross off objective rules, as far as I’m concerned. I’m realising more recently this is a pillar of survival horror games, which is probably partly why I vibe with them.
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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englishscribe.bsky.social
OPPORTUNITY - Respawn - Narrative Design Intern

Unaffiliated. Shares Welcome

hitmarker.net/jobs/respawn...
Narrative Design Intern, Summer 2026 (Jedi) - Respawn Entertainment | Hitmarker
Respawn Entertainment is hiring a Narrative Design Intern, Summer 2026 (Jedi). Apply now on Hitmarker.
hitmarker.net
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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designroom.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨

We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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m00gart.bsky.social
It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.

I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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antlervel.vet
GHOST OF YŌTEI does some interesting stuff with the frankly tired AAA open-world formula. The first big thing it does is completely remove any sense of narrative urgency, which to me has always been the most jarring thing about these games.
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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shevek.bsky.social
The workers at ZA/UM Studio have unionized.

First recognised games union in the UK, too. May many others follow.

www.gameworkers.co.uk/workers-at-z...
Workers at ZA/UM Announce Landmark Recognition Agreement - IWGB Game Workers
Video game developers at ZA/UM Studio, represented by the IWGB (Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) have today announced their formation of a union at their workplace. After a negotiation proc...
www.gameworkers.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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sunsetvisitor.studio
Hekki, we’re hiring!

First up: Senior Programmer!

💠 80k CAD salary
💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available)
💠 Health benefits plan
💠 4-day work week
💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days

Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sunset Visitor logo on the right with the 1000xRESIST dialogue textbox on the left, with a black background behind. The dialogue box text says, in white: "Sunset Visitor: We're hiring!"
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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sunsetvisitor.studio
We’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists!

💠 80k CAD salary
💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available)
💠 Health benefits plan
💠 4-day work week
💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days

Job listing ⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sunset Visitor logo on the right with the 1000xRESIST dialogue textbox on the left, with a black background behind. The dialogue box text says, in white: "Sunset Visitor: We're hiring!"
September 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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measuredandslow.bsky.social
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
The three types of game dev job listings
RESPECTABLE AA STUDIO is hiring 25 different LEAD EXECUTIVE SENIOR C-SUITE DEVELOPERS for EXCITING NEW GAME THAT’S BEEN GETTING LOTS OF BUZZ Requirements: -At least two PhDs in game development -Shipped at least 25 AAA titles as a lead developer -400 years of experience with Unreal Engine -Expert in C#, Python, C++, Ruby, Swift, Rust, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, R, QBASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Assembly, punch cards, and operating Babbage’s difference engine -No, we are not fishing for one specific person who coincidentally just left their job at another studio. Why would you think that? THAT FAMOUS GAME STUDIO is hiring a developer for THAT BELOVED GAME FRANCHISE THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO YOU BECOMING A DEV! Benefits: -$150,000/year plus insurance, dental, a retirement plan, and a puppy -Hang with those famous game devs you saw at that GDC talk -We have a ball pit! Requirements: -A positive attitude 😊 -Passionate about our game! -Willing to learn -Some basic game dev experience a plus but not required -Onsite only on Pitcairn Island A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO DOWNLOADED UNITY YESTERDAY is hiring a developer for I DECIDED TO TURN MY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN INTO A GAME -so im making this game and i have this rly rly good idea but i never made a game b4 so i need u to do all the engine stuff and the programming and fix the mechanics and do the sound and lighting and shaders and backgrounds, i drew my characters on the back of homework but can u turn them into pixel art for me, i cant pay u but we can do rev share and when this game is a big hit youll make millions of dollars
September 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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necrosoftgames.com
Today is a really good day to wishlist Demonschool btw store.steampowered.com/app/1900250/...
September 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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lightningfused.bsky.social
I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.
September 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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emmakidwell.bsky.social
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info
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emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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nvmuk.bsky.social
Unleash your creativity in our Make It! Play It! Workshops

Create your own characters and use stop motion animation to bring them to life in our clay modelling drop-in workshop.

Play it. Make it. Book it.⁠ thenvm.org/make-it-play-it/

#MakeItPlayIt #OneTicketPlayAllSummer #claymation
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
tombattey.bsky.social
I want to spend all my time reading the work of people who are smarter than I am.
June 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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laurakbuzz.bsky.social
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.

Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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englishscribe.bsky.social
OPPORTUNITY Narrative Design Lead - Lucid Games - remote UK - 12 month fixed

Not affiliated, shares welcome

gamejobs.co/Narrative-De...
Narrative Design Lead at Lucid Games
We are looking for a creative, passionate and experienced designer to join our team on a 12 month fixed term contract.
gamejobs.co
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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oneofmoo.bsky.social
It's rare that I see an entry-level writing job in games so I wanted to share that Media Molecule is hiring a writer.

www.brightnetwork.co.uk/graduate-job...

On site in Guildford.
Media Molecule - Writer 2025
Apply today for the Writer 2025 with Media Molecule. And find the best graduate job opportunities on Bright Network.
www.brightnetwork.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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mikerose.bsky.social
Hi Bluesky, could really use your help 🙏🙏

We just launched our latest game Starless Abyss - the exact week that Oblivion was shadow-dropped. Which has been *not fantastic* for our launch

If anyone can spare a RT, that would be so, so helpful ❤️❤️

Find it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3167970/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM