Gerben Grave || Multiverse Narratives

Gerben Grave || Multiverse Narratives

@multiverse.bsky.social

Freelance Narrative Designer + Game Writer. Making Eloquence! Age of Wonders 4 | We Were Here Forever & Together | Game Bakery

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Game Bakery goes Gamescom! 🎮 Just like every year, several of our Bakers will travel to Cologne, Germany, this week to attend the Gamescom, Europe's largest video game trade show, to showcase their games and to get inspired! Will you be there as well? #GameBakery #Groningen #Gamescom #indiedev

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We are proud to announce that we will be sponsoring this year’s edition of LevelUp again! 🥳 LevelUp is a local game dev industry networking event here in Groningen. We will even have our own booth there this time! 🎉 Are you planning on attending as well? Come say hi 👋 #GameBakery #LevelUp

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I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

Good luck, Sonja! You've been our Game Dev Hero from the start!

Eloquence@eloquencegame.bsky.social

Tonight are the first ever Game Dev Heroes Benelux awards! That our artist @sonjavanvuure.bsky.social is one of the nominees in the Art & Animation category was no surprise to us. Just look at the gorgeous stuff she creates! Good luck tonight, Sonja! We're all rooting for you! #gameart #indiegame

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Have you seen our new event decoration yet? We recently updated our Game Bakery banner with new photos and designs. Definitely check them out next time you're here! #GameBakery #Groningen #Games #indiegames #gamedev #indie

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still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

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I'm honing my Steam page review skillz. If you're an indie and you'd like me to have a (free) squiz at your page, drop me a DM. I can feed back on: - Descriptions - Trailers & screenshots - GIFs - Capsules - Tags - Demos #indiedev #gamedev

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Last Friday was the 3rd edition of the playdev.club. hosted at the Game Bakery! 20 game devs of all kinds came together and showcased, tested, and gave feedback on each others' prototypes. We hope you got tons of valuable feedback 🎮 #GameBakery

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Word of mouth is huge for indie devs, plus you get to force your niche obsession onto your friends!

Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃@caseyexplosion.bsky.social

It's funny, whenever I stream or talk about an indie game on social media, I can see a bunch of Steam friends wishlisting or buying it. Like, it's one way I know I do have an effect on games, and I don't know I'm a relative small fry, but it makes an impact. This works.

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Get ready for some teamwork! Experience Co-op like no other with the special CO-OP-O-TRON arcade at #IndieShowcaseNL 🕹️ And that is just one of three special installations @devillearcade.com is showing off. A mixture of games and carpentry, they're each a unique piece of art!

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Indie Showcase 👾@indieshowcasenl.bsky.social

Learn a new language at #IndieShowcaseNL! 💬 Explore a vibrant and lush island, settled by stranded travelers and learn their language in @eloquencegame.bsky.social by @bluenorthgames.bsky.social! Collect and spread phrases or words to learn their meaning in your quest to help save the islanders! 🏝️

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Hey #TeaseYaGame 👑 This is Noble A medieval family tree simulator 💌 Match your lords and ladies to the other houses 🛡️ Drag them to events like feasts, wars, and tourneys 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Grow your family tree with generations of diverse nobles Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2152570/... #indiegame

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Guess who’s back? 👀 🥁 Indie Showcase returns in 2026 💥 Same Location @ALab 🗺️ 11 New Indie Games 🕹️ We’ll be revealing all participating games in the following weeks, so stay tuned and in the meantime 👇 📌 🗓️ Save the date: March 28th, 2026 #IndieShowcaseNL 🔗 www.eventbrite.nl/e/indie-show...

VGC@videogameschronicle.com

Sony has patented the idea of AI-generated podcasts hosted by characters from its games. The idea would see players getting their own bespoke podcasts on their console, telling them what's new, hosted by the characters of the games they've been playing. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-pa...

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I always have such a weak spot for getting #merch made. The Snek Pack is adorable but they're a bit too large to use for real 😂 #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev

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Eloquence is no longer developed by Multiverse Narratives! That name is used for narrative design services (B2B). Also using it for my own projects (B2C) causes confusion. So, I started a new studio! Blue North Games delivers games that bring innovation to the intersection of narrative and gameplay

Eloquence@eloquencegame.bsky.social

ANNOUNCEMENT: the Eloquence team shall henceforth be known as Blue North Games! We have a logo and everything*! Blue North Games has more projects in the pipeline, but our focus remains on Eloquence for the immediate future. More news on that later! *Actually just a name and logo at this time

Eloquence is no longer developed by Multiverse Narratives! That name is used for narrative design services (B2B). Also using it for my own projects (B2C) causes confusion. So, I started a new studio! Blue North Games delivers games that bring innovation to the intersection of narrative and gameplay

Eloquence@eloquencegame.bsky.social

ANNOUNCEMENT: the Eloquence team shall henceforth be known as Blue North Games! We have a logo and everything*! Blue North Games has more projects in the pipeline, but our focus remains on Eloquence for the immediate future. More news on that later! *Actually just a name and logo at this time

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The Game Bakery wishes all of our friends a Happy New Year filled with joy, laughter, and success! See you in 2026! 🥂✨ #GameBakery #Groningen #Games #indiegames #gamedev

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FRIENDS! 💛 My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛 Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...

store.steampowered.comSave 10% on The Berlin Apartment on SteamOne apartment, many stories: Witness turning points in the lives of the inhabitants of an apartment in Berlin over the course of a whole century.

✨IT'S MOVING DAY✨ Are you ready to explore the apartment, renovate it and uncover its turbulent past? Out on Steam (Steamdeck verified!), PlayStation and Xbox NOW!

Autogame Deluxe never fails to make me laugh out loud whenever I play it. It is such a wonderful blend of chaos and skill. It has no business being this fun. It also has no business being this affordable! Get it while the sale lasts! GO GO GO!

Autogame Deluxe is on sale! Play my one button party game with up to ten people! 🚗🚓 That's not even 50 cents per person! 😁 store.steampowered.com/app/1952450/...

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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

theatlantic.comSearch LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AIMillions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Game Bakery goes Gamescom 🎮 Our Bakers travelled to Cologne, Germany, this week to attend Gamescom and to showcase their games. You have the opportunity to play Outbound, Eloquence, and Autogame Deluxe, so be sure to check them out! #GameBakery #Groningen #Gamescom

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#Gamescom day 1 is live! If you want to experience a unique and fun new way to play with dialog and language, come find Eloquence's juiciest demo yet in the business area. We are located in the NL Pavilion!

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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

I decided to NOT submit my talk proposals for GDC2026. I think I have some killer topics, but it's impossible to tell what kind of country I'd be visiting in 7 months. I hate having to miss seeing my fellow narrative peeps there but, given current circumstances, I don't want to commit to attending.

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Members come, and sometimes members leave. But today, we issued member number 50 to the latest company to join our cooperative! A total of 50 unique members have joined the Game Bakery since it has been founded almost 10 years ago. On that note, welcome aboard, Umbra Studios! 🎉🎉 #GameBakery

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Call for a voice actor! We’re looking to cast a female actress for our next game. Vocal age 25-35, Northern England accent, preferably Mancunian, incl. Pakistani and Indian Mancunian accents. That’s you? Then send a sample to info@inklestudios.com, marked “casting call”. Paid gig, ofc <3 RTs!