Greg R. Buchanan

anyone else use apple pencil / handwriting a lot?

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are muted terms supposed to apply to the contents of the original post in quote messages? As I keep getting some coming through anyway

Believing the future isn’t in our control / that our behaviour doesn’t matter is a big contributor to depression, even in animals. Keep up with industry news but don’t drown in it. a tightrope that’s hard to walk but keep finding things to be excited about and share

see also “special thanks” instead of saying what you actually did

If anyone wants to learn how to write interactive fiction and create your own text adventure game. I highly recommend checking out this writing course lead by @gregbuchananwriter.com. His classes are fun, engaging, and you meet people that share your love for narrative! gregbuchanan.co.uk/courses/

@gregbuchananwriter.com opened his interactive writing course for another cohort (gregbuchanan.co.uk/courses/). Recommended for anyone into interactive fiction, game writing, and narrative design It's very focused on craft and and the MFA format works great with a good group.

👏👏👏👏👏 'Good interactive scenes aren’t good because they have a funky structure. They’re good because they’re well-written.' 👏👏👏👏👏 - @jon.inkle.co developer.apple.com/news/?id=fke...

The psychic damage of visiting a social media site in the games industry, 2026

in these days of doom feeds, try to be kind and generous where you can — and if there’s anything lighter you can share, don’t feel like you need to hide it or you’re doing something wrong, as we need to hear about what others are grateful for just as much. you’ll be helping others

Working with Wizards on Magic the Gathering for almost a year now -- it's one of my favourite writing jobs, such a good rhythm to it

we are trying to get out a bunch as the days get shorter and the weather turns to autumn. look at that light

gregbuchanan.co.uk/articles/how... -- this has been a much-requested article from my old substack archive, so sharing anew

gregbuchanan.co.uk/articles/how... -- this has been a much-requested article from my old substack archive, so sharing anew

hate hate hate my migraines

Warhammer 40K is cool: defector.com/warhammer-40...

The guidance here, and the reaction to it, is why failing to regulate AI and forcing everyone else to pick through the rubble is a disaster

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a human-made creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

this but which train carriage to get on that might have the fewest people

the ceo of xbox, seeing decomps and announcing xbox labs

my wife thought this whole time that the moon’s haunted meme was about “a man who arrived to kill you because the moon’s haunted”

carrie is so so so well done, incredibly smart elaborations from the original

why would you queue up to see the bayeux tapestry in the british museum when you could be at home watching '2 Fast 2 Furious'

Asuka’s fight scene in End of Evangelion

amazing name no comments

we need to believe in ourselves as writers... but be careful. a new piece on self-belief, criticism, and whether you're -really- as indifferent to your audience as you think you are. gregbuchanan.co.uk/articles/wri... (my second article after leaving Substack -- shares much appreciated!)

if you’ve been sleeping on @wildwits.games ‘ Sovereign Tower , it’s like the throne petitioner sequences of House of the Dragon or DA: Inquisition but a full game. Wonderful choice/consequence/party members and humour. really good and addictive, one of my GOTY picks for sure!

i still need this to be made

xbox marketing stuck in 90s game marketing stunt era

we need to believe in ourselves as writers... but be careful. a new piece on self-belief, criticism, and whether you're -really- as indifferent to your audience as you think you are. gregbuchanan.co.uk/articles/wri... (my second article after leaving Substack -- shares much appreciated!)

last time i saw William Pugh was in the middle of the night while in the aisle of a plane heading back from GDC pre-covid, just both of us wandering around unable to sleep. was it real? was it a dream? these are questions

any ikea skadis aficionados in the house?

Avengers: Endgame Encore (2026)

i hate to judge something by its name but Control Resonant feels really badly titled. a number route or a turning-into-sentence type title would have felt far more appealing to me

nothing changes if nothing changes

mcdonald’s in the uk covered in patronising levelling up xbox ads while they just set fire to their own platform and future business

at the hospital saying hi to our daughter again

sovereign tower is so so good!

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”

gregbuchanan.co.uk/courses/ - a new cohort is starting in the next few weeks for my game writing workshop. Craft-focussed for writers wanting to make a new project in a supportive environment with challenge and ambition. A few places left -- apply at the link

gregbuchanan.co.uk/courses/ - a new cohort is starting in the next few weeks for my game writing workshop. Craft-focussed for writers wanting to make a new project in a supportive environment with challenge and ambition. A few places left -- apply at the link

Table exploring the new in-progress cat shelves (holding strong in the wall also, which was a fear!) Got a few more to put up. bucket only climbs them if i put a treat up there, otherwise he’s scared (or, he’s tricking me)

A good narrative twist can make us rethink everything. Bad ones can make us question whether the game ever trusted us. In this article Greg Buchanan explores twists, player agency, empathy, and the difference between being tricked and being cheated: gregbuchanan.co.uk/articles/twi...