Quill Verhoeven

Quill Verhoeven

@quill.bsky.social

game producer, adaptive audio nerd, club mate addict ✨ prev. metro awakening @ vertigo games πŸš‡

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Life's been throwing nothing but curveballs soaked in scorching hot oil recently. Hugs, pet pictures or your interesting hobby projects would be really appreciated right now πŸ«‚

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Being a producer is funny because it's the only job in the game where people say I'm not sure if we need one. Someone is doing production work on your game. what you call that person is between you and your team.

Christmas and my birthday are still to come, yet I have already received the greatest gift I could possibly ask for. Indulgence in my favourite dormant hyperfixation πŸ₯°

De uitgeverij Van Dale probeert de anti-trans beweging te legitimeren door "transitiespijt" naar voren te schuiven als kandidaat voor woord van het jaar 2024. Slechts 1% van mensen die in medische transitie gaan hebben deze ervaring. In Nederland hebben we het dan over ongeveer 1.000 mensen. 🧡

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De geleefde ervaring van spijthebbers en detransitioners, en hun voorstellen over hoe hiermee moet worden om gegaan, zijn irrelevant voor hen die hun pijn hanteren als wapen tegen de gehele gemeenschap. Wat motiveerd Van Dale om deze groep een megafoon te overhandigen?

De uitgeverij Van Dale probeert de anti-trans beweging te legitimeren door "transitiespijt" naar voren te schuiven als kandidaat voor woord van het jaar 2024. Slechts 1% van mensen die in medische transitie gaan hebben deze ervaring. In Nederland hebben we het dan over ongeveer 1.000 mensen. 🧡

Deze recente toename in het gebruik van het woord kan worden toegeschreven aan een aantal transfobische bewegingen en social media clusters die gevormd zijn in de laatste paar jaar. Hen benadrukken het fenomeen "transitiespijt" als argument voor verdere inperking van toegang tot transzorg.

The noise I made when this appeared on my feed...

dannyodwyer@dannyodwyer.bsky.social

I cannot tell you how much work this was. I hope everyone enjoys it. There's some insane stuff in here. Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary youtu.be/YCjNT9qGjh4

Today is launch day for Metro Awakening! With many already having gotten their hands on the game in 48-hour advanced access, and the average critic score sitting at a 78/100, it's heartwarming to see our team's efforts rewarded with such a warm reception from players. 🧡 1/6

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With Metro coming to a close, so does my time at Vertigo Games. Many friends and memories were made along the way. And I thank everyone I had the pleasure of working with for their dedication, collaboration and support.

Today is launch day for Metro Awakening! With many already having gotten their hands on the game in 48-hour advanced access, and the average critic score sitting at a 78/100, it's heartwarming to see our team's efforts rewarded with such a warm reception from players. 🧡 1/6

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I'm so proud of what our teams were able to accomplish in the face of these challenges. Being able to play my part in supporting them in their journey has been a great honour and an amazing learning opportunity.

I have experienced exceptional growth as a producer over these past one and a half years, and look forward to applying all of these new insights in many more projects to come.

Today is launch day for Metro Awakening! With many already having gotten their hands on the game in 48-hour advanced access, and the average critic score sitting at a 78/100, it's heartwarming to see our team's efforts rewarded with such a warm reception from players. 🧡 1/6

Bringing Metro into VR was an intimidating challenge. With tough hardware restrictions, demanding deadlines, and a limited budget. All this responsibility being carried on the shoulders of a very tight crew of exceptionally talented developers from different walks of life.

So exciting to see people enjoying our game πŸ₯°

metacritic@metacritic.com

Metro Awakening VR reviews are filtering in now: www.metacritic.com/game/metro-a... "The Dutch devs have masterfully captured the essence of this cult series, and amplified its best traits with myriad VR specific mechanics." - PushSquare

Upholding these barriers to accessing life-saving treatments is a political choice. EU governments are broadly failing their responsibility to provide adequate care for their trans populations

Quill Verhoeven reposted

I have a joke about game development. You won’t hear it though because we didn’t plan for audio until after the punchline.

Quill Verhoeven@quill.bsky.social

I have a joke about game development, but the goals changed mid-sprint so we can't show it at the review

I have a joke about game development, but the goals changed mid-sprint so we can't show it at the review

joemag@joemag.games

I have a joke about game development but the person that worked on that left three months ago and we don't really have any documentation about it

There's a joke about all trans women being programmers. Yet, just within my own social circle, I know women who are: - Artists - Writers - Poets - Comedians - Musicians - Mechanics - Philosophers - PM's - Doctors - Teachers - Scientists The range of talent within our community is breathtaking.

At times, I've felt pigeon-holed by what I can or am allowed to be. I encourage anyone who feels that way to push through and continue the pursuit. We're everywhere, and we come in many shapes and sizes.

Really want to be able to run maths on the issue data from issues returned from a specific query Since Jira doesn't have any built-in functionality for it, I want to fetch the data into Sheets, do the maths there, and push the results back to Jira The Atlassian gods disapprove of my efforts