Khan

“You can just start your own studio!” Brother I do not WANT to own a business. I don’t want to be anybody’s boss. I want to write, which is the thing i’m good at!!!

Last night's sleep was utter crap. I feel floppy, and stupid. I shall call this feeling.... Floopid.

That was fun! Just finished speaking on an IGDA Foundation Session panel on working in AAA vs indie studios. Felt like I could have rambled for quite a lot longer! 😁

preach

(This is a threat)

OH HEY I gather it's bi visibility day! Hi!!!! I'm bi & ace, and I have two fantasy series starring bi/pan protagonists. Rooks & Ruin is currently on sale and you can grab the ebooks for the whole trilogy SUPER cheap! (See quoted thread for links & more info!)

if you’re working on your own project, you’re welcome to junk progress as often as you please but if you are past “pre-production” and burning entire teams on pivots every month, perhaps reconsider

no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind

too many people treat the maxim of “game dev is an iterative process” as meaning “we should salt the earth every time we have a new idea” rather than “let’s explore and improve the ideas we already agreed on”

rip bob mackie 😭🤍✨

I will always love how in that one raid in WoW they had Ragnaros (who up to that point had a tornado for legs) get so mad at you he had to climb out of his hot tub, put some pants on, and come over and hit you with a hammer and make it personal.

Dogs don't get autism, and all cats already have it, I don't see a problem here.

Sometimes my feed is just: [amazing art] looking for work [goated resume] looking for work [great writing] looking for work [banger music] looking for work Dave Slutbutt, CEO of Game Dev, has laid off 9000 people to buy a 4th house in Bora Bora. [industry veteran] looking for work

This is, verbatim, from a Steam store page: "In-game AI character Ms. Second is using AI generated voice. Using humans voices for AI character would be cultural appropriation" WHAT DO YOU MEAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?!

Visa costs are a massive additional cost to immigrants and they don't need to exist at all! The people in power could raise taxes on the wealthiest to cover the costs, but they choose to extort the immigrants instead.

Two quick Lanterns thoughts as a warm up, both concerning Laura Linney's character: Firstly it's an incredible physical performance, one parked on the line between mannered and self aware. She blinks wrong, and not the usual 'unblinking alien' way but at strange times and in patterns.

I wish there were 3D print shops in the UK where you could just go in and be like, I found this thing online, I do not know how to 3D print or modify a design nor do I own a 3D printer; I want it in these materials for a space with these measurements, please make me the thing, here are some moneys

Oh Ouch McOuch

I grew up for most of my life playing games where the main character was a dude and I was still able to identify with the player character so like......... skill issue, I guess. Get better at using your imagination bro. Dare I say get good at using your noodle dude

The Crow, The Saint, Mortal Kombat, Hackers, Spawn, Reality Bites -- hell, the f'in Batman Forever ost gave us Kiss From a Rose

I am obsessed with this finalist in this year's Michigan “I voted” sticker design contest

There's rarely "a good time" for time off in the games industry, so you can't wait for that. Take time when it's best for you, plan ahead, and get support from your colleagues.

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We've reached the level of GenAI saturation where a perfectly pleasant colleague spent 30 minutes inadvertently (I hope) telling me (a lead writer) how my role is essentially redundant now thanks to LLMs.

Any mention of target shooting in France reminds me of the time when I was about 13 and already a pretty good shot (10m air rifle mainly). We were on holiday in Brittany and went to a country fair where there was a .22 rifle shooting gallery. Other teenagers were having a go, so I paid 10 francs-

I'm not a liar. I have an English degree. I'm an unreliable narrator.

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Your honor, we're having a hell of a meet cute right now

non-dev playing a game: why didn’t the team do [X thing that seems obvious]? are they stupid? dev playing a game: why didn’t the team do [X thing that seems obvious]? am I stupid?

Do you have cat food in the apocalypse kit? If so what kind and what if I stop liking it

[at the orgy] and now a moment of silence

my personal goal right now is to do my part to make sure my representatives have the same kind of day I’m having

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Had a brilliant couple of days in Hull at From Player To Page, helping teach kids and teachers from local schools all about the games industry and the many kinds of writing and literacy skills involved! 👋 @coreybrotherson.bsky.social 👋 @dreadpiratekhan.bsky.social 👋 @scottishhannah.bsky.social

Your options for placeholders: - Make them yourself (difficult, takes time) - Slop (monthly sub, kills the planet, enriches oligarchs, bad assets, everyone hates you and they're right) - Incredibly made game assets by @kenney.nl ($19.95, one-time, supports give-aways to those who can't afford it)