Bernie Yee
@tripmaster.bsky.social
Co-founder of game studio @windupminds, ex-Oculus/PopCap/Bungie/Harmonix. Make games, race bikes, eat foods.
Making a game that loves you back, a modern Nintendogs+a li'l Animal Crossing. www.windupminds.com/wishlist
Making a game that loves you back, a modern Nintendogs+a li'l Animal Crossing. www.windupminds.com/wishlist
A virtual pet gets in the way of game development the same way a real-life pet gets in the way of household chores. The most surprising thing that sometimes slows us down.
@stay-forever-home.com
#VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame
@stay-forever-home.com
#VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame
July 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A virtual pet gets in the way of game development the same way a real-life pet gets in the way of household chores. The most surprising thing that sometimes slows us down.
@stay-forever-home.com
#VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame
@stay-forever-home.com
#VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #IndieDev #IndieGame
Man I'd love to make this @windupminds.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Man I'd love to make this @windupminds.com
this is my dog when its meal time in VR and tbh rl
she comes for meal time but my expensive food is meh
she comes for meal time but my expensive food is meh
June 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
this is my dog when its meal time in VR and tbh rl
she comes for meal time but my expensive food is meh
she comes for meal time but my expensive food is meh
@elmaxo20.bsky.social hanging out with his @metsmerized.bsky.social crew at #mets game - LFGM! Been reading his updates esp w Matt Allen and Ronnie Mauricio!
May 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@elmaxo20.bsky.social hanging out with his @metsmerized.bsky.social crew at #mets game - LFGM! Been reading his updates esp w Matt Allen and Ronnie Mauricio!
6th Anniversary of launching Quest with First Steps and Bogo!
Finally, we got to make a full Bogo game @stay-forever-home.com!
Finally, we got to make a full Bogo game @stay-forever-home.com!
May 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
6th Anniversary of launching Quest with First Steps and Bogo!
Finally, we got to make a full Bogo game @stay-forever-home.com!
Finally, we got to make a full Bogo game @stay-forever-home.com!
'...we made that.'"
I hope the world can see the backstory he's created for her and the Otherlands.
Note: he loves Frisbee and Hoops. Proof:
I hope the world can see the backstory he's created for her and the Otherlands.
Note: he loves Frisbee and Hoops. Proof:
May 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
'...we made that.'"
I hope the world can see the backstory he's created for her and the Otherlands.
Note: he loves Frisbee and Hoops. Proof:
I hope the world can see the backstory he's created for her and the Otherlands.
Note: he loves Frisbee and Hoops. Proof:
Roxy current interest level in going back to yakima where she was born :-)
May 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Roxy current interest level in going back to yakima where she was born :-)
Welcome @niantic-labs.bsky.social to the Quest store with
@playperidot.bsky.social --- now maybe players won't be able to say this anymore when playing
@stay-forever-home.com ;-)
@playperidot.bsky.social --- now maybe players won't be able to say this anymore when playing
@stay-forever-home.com ;-)
May 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Welcome @niantic-labs.bsky.social to the Quest store with
@playperidot.bsky.social --- now maybe players won't be able to say this anymore when playing
@stay-forever-home.com ;-)
@playperidot.bsky.social --- now maybe players won't be able to say this anymore when playing
@stay-forever-home.com ;-)
Our team @windupminds.com was IN TEARS looking at @jukibom.bsky.social dev video of her animation pooping implementation.
I have NEVER laughed so hard looking at gameplay before.
We will share when we figure out how - bc with great power comes great responsibility ... but for now
I have NEVER laughed so hard looking at gameplay before.
We will share when we figure out how - bc with great power comes great responsibility ... but for now
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our team @windupminds.com was IN TEARS looking at @jukibom.bsky.social dev video of her animation pooping implementation.
I have NEVER laughed so hard looking at gameplay before.
We will share when we figure out how - bc with great power comes great responsibility ... but for now
I have NEVER laughed so hard looking at gameplay before.
We will share when we figure out how - bc with great power comes great responsibility ... but for now
"I even gave Tyler the first sketch for their current visual design. There's a lot of room for them to be even more fun, quirky, and unpredictable (in a good way) from here on out."
May 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"I even gave Tyler the first sketch for their current visual design. There's a lot of room for them to be even more fun, quirky, and unpredictable (in a good way) from here on out."
... to voice Ember. Understanding the wide variety of emotes and variations of these emotes brought a consistent personality to Ember that really helped bring her to life."
OG Dren's Ember Barks were great! But I have poor taste. Here's something that is in good taste! A moment of zen...
OG Dren's Ember Barks were great! But I have poor taste. Here's something that is in good taste! A moment of zen...
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
... to voice Ember. Understanding the wide variety of emotes and variations of these emotes brought a consistent personality to Ember that really helped bring her to life."
OG Dren's Ember Barks were great! But I have poor taste. Here's something that is in good taste! A moment of zen...
OG Dren's Ember Barks were great! But I have poor taste. Here's something that is in good taste! A moment of zen...
"The animation system is the most exciting thing I've ever worked on - and proud of," she said. "Getting under the hood is my jam." If we had an HR department, we'd have to explain this clip. It's for work. Really!
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The animation system is the most exciting thing I've ever worked on - and proud of," she said. "Getting under the hood is my jam." If we had an HR department, we'd have to explain this clip. It's for work. Really!
Next entry from the @windupminds.bsky.social role call, folks getting Stay: Forever Home ready for launch! @canotico.bsky.social: our most recent engineer, from Chile, a VFX/tech art-centric engineer. #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #ComingSoon #IndieDev #IndieGame
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Next entry from the @windupminds.bsky.social role call, folks getting Stay: Forever Home ready for launch! @canotico.bsky.social: our most recent engineer, from Chile, a VFX/tech art-centric engineer. #VirtualPet #DigitalPet #SimulationGame #VRGame #MRGame #XRGame #ComingSoon #IndieDev #IndieGame
From Jay: "OBVIOUSLY the physics ragdoll ears! I sweat blood to get those damn things to work properly but it's the thing that EVERY single player comments on and that brings me endless joy."
April 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
From Jay: "OBVIOUSLY the physics ragdoll ears! I sweat blood to get those damn things to work properly but it's the thing that EVERY single player comments on and that brings me endless joy."
@dinoi.bsky.social shared something about First Contact, which we worked on together at Oculus, and how players still love it. So, to the meme generator:
April 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@dinoi.bsky.social shared something about First Contact, which we worked on together at Oculus, and how players still love it. So, to the meme generator:
I moderated a panel at GDC - no shower, shave or change since Saturday night. Also didn't even put on hard pants. (Wait, I did put on studio t-shirt!)
AMA
Thx Jonathan Hamel, Laura Warner, Austin Grossman for being awesome, and a bit noseblind!
#indiegamedev #gdc2025
@windupminds.bsky.social
AMA
Thx Jonathan Hamel, Laura Warner, Austin Grossman for being awesome, and a bit noseblind!
#indiegamedev #gdc2025
@windupminds.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I moderated a panel at GDC - no shower, shave or change since Saturday night. Also didn't even put on hard pants. (Wait, I did put on studio t-shirt!)
AMA
Thx Jonathan Hamel, Laura Warner, Austin Grossman for being awesome, and a bit noseblind!
#indiegamedev #gdc2025
@windupminds.bsky.social
AMA
Thx Jonathan Hamel, Laura Warner, Austin Grossman for being awesome, and a bit noseblind!
#indiegamedev #gdc2025
@windupminds.bsky.social
Supporting my pal @drjclau.bsky.social #WhatAGameDevLooksLike with the dorkiest "I'm talking at GDC" banner I could make up! I'm Asian, past 50, founded a studio with a diverse group of people making a Nintendogs for mixed reality, so I can baby-talk to my malinois-lab rescue and a virtual pet!
March 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Supporting my pal @drjclau.bsky.social #WhatAGameDevLooksLike with the dorkiest "I'm talking at GDC" banner I could make up! I'm Asian, past 50, founded a studio with a diverse group of people making a Nintendogs for mixed reality, so I can baby-talk to my malinois-lab rescue and a virtual pet!
Tune into VR Games Showcase for the latest announcements and updates on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, and PC VR titles coming in 2025- including our upcoming game, Stay: Forever Home! youtu.be/0wN0B5utUu4
#VirtualPet #PetSimulation #VirtualRealityPet #ComingSoon
#VirtualPet #PetSimulation #VirtualRealityPet #ComingSoon
March 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tune into VR Games Showcase for the latest announcements and updates on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR2, and PC VR titles coming in 2025- including our upcoming game, Stay: Forever Home! youtu.be/0wN0B5utUu4
#VirtualPet #PetSimulation #VirtualRealityPet #ComingSoon
#VirtualPet #PetSimulation #VirtualRealityPet #ComingSoon
GREETINGS PROGRAMS!
March 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
GREETINGS PROGRAMS!
Somebody booped me back
February 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Somebody booped me back
Oh lord that hurt more than I remember. Barely got thru it and definitely drool was involved.
Last couple of sets were pretty iffy. But gotta get em in before I travel. DICE crud really threw me off.
Last couple of sets were pretty iffy. But gotta get em in before I travel. DICE crud really threw me off.
February 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Oh lord that hurt more than I remember. Barely got thru it and definitely drool was involved.
Last couple of sets were pretty iffy. But gotta get em in before I travel. DICE crud really threw me off.
Last couple of sets were pretty iffy. But gotta get em in before I travel. DICE crud really threw me off.
"i'm in this picture and i dont like it"
But if you want a cuddly virtual pet on massive amts of GOFAI and anim engineering juice with love-y puppy eyes, HMU at DICE and tell me where we are on this curve!
But if you want a cuddly virtual pet on massive amts of GOFAI and anim engineering juice with love-y puppy eyes, HMU at DICE and tell me where we are on this curve!
February 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"i'm in this picture and i dont like it"
But if you want a cuddly virtual pet on massive amts of GOFAI and anim engineering juice with love-y puppy eyes, HMU at DICE and tell me where we are on this curve!
But if you want a cuddly virtual pet on massive amts of GOFAI and anim engineering juice with love-y puppy eyes, HMU at DICE and tell me where we are on this curve!