W.L. Colvin
@vidjagamelarry.bsky.social
Let's make some vidja games!
Producer @SystemEra.net
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W.L. Colvin
@vidjagamelarry.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Heyo! I'm Larry and I've been making vidja games for over 10 years. I've worked QA, external dev management, and currently production.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.
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Just under two weeks till we give everyone at
@officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay!
We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕
@officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay!
We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕
August 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just under two weeks till we give everyone at
@officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay!
We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕
@officialpax.bsky.social a first look at Starseeker gameplay!
We cannot wait to watch everyone go on a Tephra Expedition. 🍃🫧🥕
After 2 years of joining @systemera.net and the @starseekergame.systemera.net team we're officially announced 🙌🎉💫!
Can't wait to share more about the game with y'all 👏👏👏
Can't wait to share more about the game with y'all 👏👏👏
Introducing STARSEEKER, a brand new game from the developers of ASTRONEER.
STARSEEKER is all about the joy of discovery and the camaraderie that emerges from an evolving, cooperative experience. We hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it... sometime in 2026.
STARSEEKER is all about the joy of discovery and the camaraderie that emerges from an evolving, cooperative experience. We hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it... sometime in 2026.
April 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
After 2 years of joining @systemera.net and the @starseekergame.systemera.net team we're officially announced 🙌🎉💫!
Can't wait to share more about the game with y'all 👏👏👏
Can't wait to share more about the game with y'all 👏👏👏
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Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Like many of the games you play, Astroneer just wouldn't be the same without the hard work of trans game developers or the support of trans gamers the world over. We stand with the trans community today and every day 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Like many of the games you play, Astroneer just wouldn't be the same without the hard work of trans game developers or the support of trans gamers the world over. We stand with the trans community today and every day 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️
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Today, System Era begins rolling out a rebrand of our company and studio! Read more about the process and how we got here in this post by Co-Founder and Creative Director
@adambromell.info 🚀
blog.systemera.net/hello-again-...
@adambromell.info 🚀
blog.systemera.net/hello-again-...
March 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Today, System Era begins rolling out a rebrand of our company and studio! Read more about the process and how we got here in this post by Co-Founder and Creative Director
@adambromell.info 🚀
blog.systemera.net/hello-again-...
@adambromell.info 🚀
blog.systemera.net/hello-again-...
Made this to use when come back to a random engineering slack thread with 55 replies to it in 20 mins.
February 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Made this to use when come back to a random engineering slack thread with 55 replies to it in 20 mins.
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There are multiple kind of producers but I have this one.
February 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
There are multiple kind of producers but I have this one.
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Today in game development:
January 31, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Today in game development:
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Another job opening?! You bet!
We are looking for a Lead VFX Artist to join our team! Read more about the role qualifications and apply here: systemera.net/jobs
We are looking for a Lead VFX Artist to join our team! Read more about the role qualifications and apply here: systemera.net/jobs
January 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Another job opening?! You bet!
We are looking for a Lead VFX Artist to join our team! Read more about the role qualifications and apply here: systemera.net/jobs
We are looking for a Lead VFX Artist to join our team! Read more about the role qualifications and apply here: systemera.net/jobs
But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Producer was made...
January 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Producer was made...
Look, having a strong personal brand is important nowadays. This is what they meant, right?
Feel like I absolutely made the right decision hiring @thelegendlarry.bsky.social as a producer on our team.
January 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Look, having a strong personal brand is important nowadays. This is what they meant, right?
Time accountant.
December 31, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Time accountant.
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Game Producer: I'll have to check the retro notes and the sprint velocity reports for that milestone. You want a JIRA ticket for that? What's your point estimate and due date?
Game Producer: I'll have to check the retro notes and the sprint velocity reports for that milestone. You want a JIRA ticket for that? What's your point estimate and due date?
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
YouTuber: In order to explain gaps in resumes, we need to talk about medieval systems of apprenticeship and the industrial revolution, and even... a little bit of Marxism. But first, thank you to the sponsor of this interview, Better Help!
YouTuber: In order to explain gaps in resumes, we need to talk about medieval systems of apprenticeship and the industrial revolution, and even... a little bit of Marxism. But first, thank you to the sponsor of this interview, Better Help!
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Literary critic: It's the space between sign and signified, which is left for interpretation by the viewer.
Literary critic: It's the space between sign and signified, which is left for interpretation by the viewer.
December 22, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Game Producer: I'll have to check the retro notes and the sprint velocity reports for that milestone. You want a JIRA ticket for that? What's your point estimate and due date?
Game Producer: I'll have to check the retro notes and the sprint velocity reports for that milestone. You want a JIRA ticket for that? What's your point estimate and due date?
Neat! And what a great, albeit very focused, example of the plethora of skills a game team can use.
December 19, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Neat! And what a great, albeit very focused, example of the plethora of skills a game team can use.
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Another year older…!
Eight years ago today, Astroneer first launched. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since then, with the release of dozens of updates as well as our first DLC. Thank you so much for your support all this time. We’ll keep doing us if you keep doing you!
youtube.com/shorts/_IyoW...
Eight years ago today, Astroneer first launched. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since then, with the release of dozens of updates as well as our first DLC. Thank you so much for your support all this time. We’ll keep doing us if you keep doing you!
youtube.com/shorts/_IyoW...
Eight Years of Astroneer 🚀 💙
YouTube video by Astroneer
youtube.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:22 AM
Another year older…!
Eight years ago today, Astroneer first launched. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since then, with the release of dozens of updates as well as our first DLC. Thank you so much for your support all this time. We’ll keep doing us if you keep doing you!
youtube.com/shorts/_IyoW...
Eight years ago today, Astroneer first launched. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since then, with the release of dozens of updates as well as our first DLC. Thank you so much for your support all this time. We’ll keep doing us if you keep doing you!
youtube.com/shorts/_IyoW...
Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.
December 15, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Game devs, post your first shipped game and your latest shipped game.
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Rejoice Astroneers!
The Astroneer: Glitchwalkers expansion is now live on Nintendo Switch and the base game is 67% off for those that dare brave the stars.
The Astroneer: Glitchwalkers expansion is now live on Nintendo Switch and the base game is 67% off for those that dare brave the stars.
December 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Rejoice Astroneers!
The Astroneer: Glitchwalkers expansion is now live on Nintendo Switch and the base game is 67% off for those that dare brave the stars.
The Astroneer: Glitchwalkers expansion is now live on Nintendo Switch and the base game is 67% off for those that dare brave the stars.
I love the threads that are "explain your job poorly" but have always had a hard time figuring out one for game producer. That is until today...
time accountant
time accountant
December 9, 2024 at 11:11 PM
I love the threads that are "explain your job poorly" but have always had a hard time figuring out one for game producer. That is until today...
time accountant
time accountant
100% What's the phrase?
If everything's important, then nothing is.
If everything's important, then nothing is.
I think the biggest lesson I've learnt in game dev is knowing which hills to die on. There will be hills daily. Ideas and features you believe in are numerous but they all won't fit in the product.
If you fight on every hill you will be exhausted and you will annoy people. Pick you hills with care.
If you fight on every hill you will be exhausted and you will annoy people. Pick you hills with care.
December 6, 2024 at 5:56 PM
100% What's the phrase?
If everything's important, then nothing is.
If everything's important, then nothing is.
Game devs, take the extra 5 minutes to set definitions of done for your work / tasks!
90% of issues in scheduling, alignment, or review hell can be solved by a strong understanding of what something needs to be considered finished.
90% of issues in scheduling, alignment, or review hell can be solved by a strong understanding of what something needs to be considered finished.
December 6, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Game devs, take the extra 5 minutes to set definitions of done for your work / tasks!
90% of issues in scheduling, alignment, or review hell can be solved by a strong understanding of what something needs to be considered finished.
90% of issues in scheduling, alignment, or review hell can be solved by a strong understanding of what something needs to be considered finished.
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Students: I want to make a video game!
Me: do it! It’s the best way to learn!
Students: it’s gonna be a multiplayer cozy survival extraction shooter roguelike!
Me: …who taught you to spin word salads like this. Who hurt you. Show me and I will show them no mercy.
Me: do it! It’s the best way to learn!
Students: it’s gonna be a multiplayer cozy survival extraction shooter roguelike!
Me: …who taught you to spin word salads like this. Who hurt you. Show me and I will show them no mercy.
December 6, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Students: I want to make a video game!
Me: do it! It’s the best way to learn!
Students: it’s gonna be a multiplayer cozy survival extraction shooter roguelike!
Me: …who taught you to spin word salads like this. Who hurt you. Show me and I will show them no mercy.
Me: do it! It’s the best way to learn!
Students: it’s gonna be a multiplayer cozy survival extraction shooter roguelike!
Me: …who taught you to spin word salads like this. Who hurt you. Show me and I will show them no mercy.
Hey, remember to let your teams know if you're gonna be out early for the holidays.
It'll give them time to ask for support to unblock them in your absence and it'll give you time to give said support.
Use this time to prep yourself to really disconnect over the holiday break!
It'll give them time to ask for support to unblock them in your absence and it'll give you time to give said support.
Use this time to prep yourself to really disconnect over the holiday break!
December 3, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Hey, remember to let your teams know if you're gonna be out early for the holidays.
It'll give them time to ask for support to unblock them in your absence and it'll give you time to give said support.
Use this time to prep yourself to really disconnect over the holiday break!
It'll give them time to ask for support to unblock them in your absence and it'll give you time to give said support.
Use this time to prep yourself to really disconnect over the holiday break!
I've found it extremely useful in my work to have a work journal to organize and record my own tasks / assignments.
I use a modified bullet journaling approach that has pages for Quarterly goals, monthly deadlines, and weekly tasks.
If you find yourself overwhelmed give journaling a try.
I use a modified bullet journaling approach that has pages for Quarterly goals, monthly deadlines, and weekly tasks.
If you find yourself overwhelmed give journaling a try.
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM
I've found it extremely useful in my work to have a work journal to organize and record my own tasks / assignments.
I use a modified bullet journaling approach that has pages for Quarterly goals, monthly deadlines, and weekly tasks.
If you find yourself overwhelmed give journaling a try.
I use a modified bullet journaling approach that has pages for Quarterly goals, monthly deadlines, and weekly tasks.
If you find yourself overwhelmed give journaling a try.
A #gamedev team's rituals are like foot wear.
They're gonna out grow certain kinds, they'll need different kinds, but they'll always need something on their feet to support them.
A team's rituals can and should change as they move through the different phases of development.
They're gonna out grow certain kinds, they'll need different kinds, but they'll always need something on their feet to support them.
A team's rituals can and should change as they move through the different phases of development.
a close up of a person holding a red object in front of a window at night .
ALT: a close up of a person holding a red object in front of a window at night .
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November 27, 2024 at 9:54 PM
A #gamedev team's rituals are like foot wear.
They're gonna out grow certain kinds, they'll need different kinds, but they'll always need something on their feet to support them.
A team's rituals can and should change as they move through the different phases of development.
They're gonna out grow certain kinds, they'll need different kinds, but they'll always need something on their feet to support them.
A team's rituals can and should change as they move through the different phases of development.
Aspiring #gamedev producers, it may not feel like it sometimes but you are a leader for your team and that comes with responsibilities beyond just doing your day to day.
So remember the advice of Larry Cullen, the brother of Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime:
"Be strong enough to be gentle."
So remember the advice of Larry Cullen, the brother of Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime:
"Be strong enough to be gentle."
November 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Aspiring #gamedev producers, it may not feel like it sometimes but you are a leader for your team and that comes with responsibilities beyond just doing your day to day.
So remember the advice of Larry Cullen, the brother of Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime:
"Be strong enough to be gentle."
So remember the advice of Larry Cullen, the brother of Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime:
"Be strong enough to be gentle."
Heyo! I'm Larry and I've been making vidja games for over 10 years. I've worked QA, external dev management, and currently production.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.
November 17, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Heyo! I'm Larry and I've been making vidja games for over 10 years. I've worked QA, external dev management, and currently production.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.
I hope you stick around, say hi, and enjoy my random bits of advice, encouragement, game news, and the occasional shaggy dog story.
Let's go make some vidja games.