Devan Soyka
@windmilljouster.bsky.social
Senior Narrative Designer at Crytek | She/Her | 🖤🤍💜 | A proud founder of the VOW game writers union | Opinions here are mine alone | PFP by @diansakhuart
Happy Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Happy Halloween
Stop doomscrolling. Enjoy this picture of Basil in front of the portrait @jannouna.bsky.social painted of him
August 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Stop doomscrolling. Enjoy this picture of Basil in front of the portrait @jannouna.bsky.social painted of him
Spent the first day of devcom #ddc2025 in all my favorite ways:
-attending narrative talks
-talking to students
-teaching folks their labor rights and directing them to the games union for their country
-recommending everyone play Ghost Trick
-attending narrative talks
-talking to students
-teaching folks their labor rights and directing them to the games union for their country
-recommending everyone play Ghost Trick
August 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Spent the first day of devcom #ddc2025 in all my favorite ways:
-attending narrative talks
-talking to students
-teaching folks their labor rights and directing them to the games union for their country
-recommending everyone play Ghost Trick
-attending narrative talks
-talking to students
-teaching folks their labor rights and directing them to the games union for their country
-recommending everyone play Ghost Trick
Living my best life
May 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Living my best life
Apparently I trenchcoated too hard in Germany, because i walked into the cafe and the person behind the counter said, "i bet you want a cappuccino."
Give me my drip coffee and leave me alone 😭
Give me my drip coffee and leave me alone 😭
April 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Apparently I trenchcoated too hard in Germany, because i walked into the cafe and the person behind the counter said, "i bet you want a cappuccino."
Give me my drip coffee and leave me alone 😭
Give me my drip coffee and leave me alone 😭
I scrambled Basil an egg for Easter and he didn't want it I'm honestly so offended
April 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I scrambled Basil an egg for Easter and he didn't want it I'm honestly so offended
I'm enjoying the way the purple fades out at different rates
April 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I'm enjoying the way the purple fades out at different rates
Oh yeah, I could see that too! I love that this question popped out today because sometimes gamedev is just
March 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh yeah, I could see that too! I love that this question popped out today because sometimes gamedev is just
The crows were super friendly this morning. 25 here, but at least 10 more hanging out offscreen. They swooped down around me to land, just out of arm's length, like a little crow tornado. They've also posted sentries outside my building and at the train stop where i disappear. They're so cool!!
February 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The crows were super friendly this morning. 25 here, but at least 10 more hanging out offscreen. They swooped down around me to land, just out of arm's length, like a little crow tornado. They've also posted sentries outside my building and at the train stop where i disappear. They're so cool!!
@catacalypto.bsky.social big fan of this one! Perfect title. (And my husband adds over my shoulder that the narrative event about the lost-forever scout was uncool ((positive)).)
February 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@catacalypto.bsky.social big fan of this one! Perfect title. (And my husband adds over my shoulder that the narrative event about the lost-forever scout was uncool ((positive)).)
I love making friends with other civs.
I've only known José Rizal for a turn and a half but if anything ever happened to him I'd kill everyone in this map and then myself.
I've only known José Rizal for a turn and a half but if anything ever happened to him I'd kill everyone in this map and then myself.
February 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I love making friends with other civs.
I've only known José Rizal for a turn and a half but if anything ever happened to him I'd kill everyone in this map and then myself.
I've only known José Rizal for a turn and a half but if anything ever happened to him I'd kill everyone in this map and then myself.
@catacalypto.bsky.social and co., I see you 😂
February 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@catacalypto.bsky.social and co., I see you 😂
Devan-coded characters
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February 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Devan-coded characters
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I sometimes get self-conscious because I often feel like conversations go awkwardly and I blame myself, but lately a couple friends told me I'm hard to talk to coherently because I'm so cool they get starstruck, and since then I've been sitting here like
January 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I sometimes get self-conscious because I often feel like conversations go awkwardly and I blame myself, but lately a couple friends told me I'm hard to talk to coherently because I'm so cool they get starstruck, and since then I've been sitting here like
Merry Christmas from Basil the Great
December 25, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Merry Christmas from Basil the Great
Everything is better now
December 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Everything is better now
I am in Strasbourg, France in an extensive wine tasting in Spanish (long story) and it's just nonstop explanations of weather conditions and physical examples of soil types (!!) and comparing years and sunlight exposure side-by-side...humans are good actually
December 14, 2024 at 1:43 PM
I am in Strasbourg, France in an extensive wine tasting in Spanish (long story) and it's just nonstop explanations of weather conditions and physical examples of soil types (!!) and comparing years and sunlight exposure side-by-side...humans are good actually
GROCERY STORE HAD CAT TREAT ADVENT CALENDARS... I love it here. (So does Basil.)
December 2, 2024 at 10:42 PM
GROCERY STORE HAD CAT TREAT ADVENT CALENDARS... I love it here. (So does Basil.)
I'll do it too. 1 like = 1 piece of Devan lore.
And I'll write it like game lore.
And I'll write it like game lore.
November 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I'll do it too. 1 like = 1 piece of Devan lore.
And I'll write it like game lore.
And I'll write it like game lore.
Blurry Halloween cowboy (He was so excited for treats that he wouldn't keep still)
November 12, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Blurry Halloween cowboy (He was so excited for treats that he wouldn't keep still)
I keep getting jumpscared by the fact that on my computer I have bsky set to Spanish
November 11, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I keep getting jumpscared by the fact that on my computer I have bsky set to Spanish
I'm really enjoying the new Brotato update
November 3, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I'm really enjoying the new Brotato update