Alivia Mantel

I’m not at GDC but this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! (when she’s in festival mode) ✨ Indie narrative designer, game writer and former community manager who loves to rave on the weekends ✍️🎮🪩

Devastating news. I know I’m not alone when I say that I make games today because of how Mass Effect inspired me as a kid. This is madness.

Incredibly honoured to have my song ‘Breathe’ in Control Resonant AND to see people talking about it online !!! 😭😭 Someone even made a lyric video 🥹 Music has always been an enormous part of my life and it means SO much to see strangers connecting with a song I made ❤️

SO proud of @jackknobel.com and all my Remedy pals for making this phenomenal game!! 🤩❤️ Go play it!!!!

Today’s the day, Resonant is available now! Poured my whole heart into this thing to make the tech for folks working on AND playing the game as best as they could be Really hope the game resonates with our existing fans and we capture a whole bunch more! 🙏 youtu.be/SqvAvOAd1VA

Super stoked to be back in Melbourne for Games Week this year!!! 🥹 (And in Sydney for Constellations!) Jack and I haven’t been back to Aus since moving to Finland so I do anticipate many happy tears 🙂‍↕️

You should have to eat pussy in a minigame

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

This photo was taken at 10:17pm!! Finnish summers are truly glorious (do not ask me about winter I will start convulsing)

the phrase "lipstick on a pig" has always inspired a deep sadness in me. I think of the pig, looking forward to her big night out, and I bring myself to the verge of tears.

Go play Mixtape!!!! 2 minutes in and I was already squealing “THIS IS WHY I LOVE VIDEO GAMES” 🫶

Announcing: Freeplay is here to stay. Parallels 2026 is coming and we're advocating for games to be funded as art. Read more and get involved: freeplay.net.au/posts/freepl...

She’s a ✨supermodel✨ It might be the best photo I’ve ever taken, period

This is so, so well-articulated.

I don't think it's a coincidence that this got announced within months of twitter letting grok remove people's clothes and otherwise sexualize them. tech companies have become enamored with the idea of users personalizing everything, heedless of original intent or potential harm

all will rise is handing back Microsoft money & pledging @nogamesforgenocide.com — it’s a difficult thing to do when funding and attention are scarce commodities for indies like us, but we hope more of our fellow devs and indie studios will join us in taking a stand 🔥 www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

EXCLUSIVE: An @npr.org investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. Other documents that mention Trump have been taken down (and some restored). More:

People of Note is coming to PC and consoles on April 7, 2026!

Such an intriguing premise, and the demo did not disappoint! Engaging storytelling, satisfying mechanics, and much-needed catharsis in current times. Super keen for the full game! 🔥

FRIENDS! I’m hoping to make 2026 the year I find a long term or permanent team! If you’re after 💌 An art lead with management and admin XP 🎨An artist who has done everything from UI to art direction to graphic design 🔥An Artist who is un-afraid to get her hands dirty in engine Plz reach out💖

Important question!! You're out on a walk and you come across this pristine patch of snow. What do you do? 1. Admire from a careful distance 2. Protect at all costs 3. Place a few artful hand/footprints 4. Absolutely obliterate with all extremities

❄️ Update: The GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ will be published soon - we just sent a proof to the authors. 400 pages - 100k+ words - 118 authors - including the writers from several well-beloved games and major franchises. If you want to be notified when it releases, you can add your name below!

It’s finally time to… Unleash the ✦⁺₊✩GIRL POWER✩⁺₊✦ Don’t Stop, Girlypop! is officially OUT NOW!!!! You better be ready, because this sh❤t is serious 👇 https://bit.ly/45CRvme

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Five jobs I’ve had: 1. Fast food worker (cried a lot) 2. Dental assistant (no training, they should not have hired me) 3. Merchandiser (pretty chill!) 4. Ukulele teacher (if I hear Riptide one more time, I’ll crash out) 5. English tutor (pretty fun!)

Me and my wife have been creating Burn With Me, a narrative deckbuilder, for a year already. After work, during weekends, slowly shaping the cozy but eerie world of personal desires and forbidden rituals. Next week, January 29th, we open first public playtest! #ScreenshotSaturday #GodotEngine

We can't believe it's only been a week since we announced Mothership on Post Games. All week, we've been watching our lives change before our eyes as we realize just how many people have been longing for a site like Mothership. We're so excited you found us! Only 10 more days til take-off...

Been thinking on the use of GenAi for mood boards. Ethics and legal risks aside, I truly believe using GenAi as references deprives one of many pivotal things. Here’s a blurb on what I mean:

Writing for Barrow was a blast! It’s a shame we won’t be able to release it in all its glory, but the team did such amazing work on this game and I’m super proud to have been a part of it 💚🪴

@jackknobel.bsky.social and @aliviamantel.bsky.social looking straight out of 2002 in this shot

My second single ‘Lose My Grip’ is out now everywhere!! I’m really proud of this one 🥹 It’s a song I’ve been trying to write for a long time. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, or you just like liquid dnb, it might be your jam 🫶 distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

There is not a single reason to outsource your creativity to a computer. Not one. To do so removes the very point of being creative in the first place.

💖❣️BIG NEWS❣️💖 We just revealed through IGN that our first public demo for Don't Stop, Girlypop! is OUT NOW ✨ Check out the brand new trailer here 👇 https://bit.ly/46G0FiI

The duality of (wo)man

The search history of a writer is a beautiful thing

1 out of 10 times I’m in a bad mood, something is actually wrong. The other 9 times I just need to listen to Shake It by Metro Station and chill tf out

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PEAK IS COMING!!!

the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done

Every time a player reaches out to a game team and addresses the devs with “hey dudes” or “thanks lads” a fairy loses her wings

My first single ‘Breathe’ is out now everywhere!! 🥹 Would really love if you gave it a listen 💖

HASTE is out!!! ❤️ Go and play this wonderful game! The team absolutely smashed it ✨

There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟

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