Alina B

Issuing a seasonal reminder about how important the themes are in your stories. Never gets old.

"Hello LA, you're up way past your bed time, aren't you?"

YES HAHA YES

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Not to mention that the publisher who owned *that* publisher is now filing for insolvency. What a day to be alive!

Folk Horror Title The Fading Of Nicole Wilson Pulled From Steam Due To A Legal Dispute The publisher is hoping for a quick return

I can only share this piece of info I found since it's public knowledge. But I have no idea what any of it means.
www.well-played.com.au/folk-horror-...

Thinking about how much human potential gets wasted with projects being canceled causes me eternal grief.

Like what the actual fuck

Today I learned that the game I spent 1 year writing as a Narrative Director was pulled from Steam by the publisher and might never come out for reasons I don't know.

I departed from the team a year ago after completing my work, and now they can't tell me bc NDA.

My legs are jelly

I'd really like to see Steam make changes to their 30% platform fee. I understand they have no incentive to do so, but even a small change to say, the first $100k of gross revenue would make a massive difference to indie developers.

Maybe leave links to the app?

I shit you not, it worked

My favorite cheap trick is using "loud" words to make sure the reader is paying attention - like SNAP!

This is from The Boys pilot:

And here's LOST (1x12) for you.

I remember seeing their script for cold open of S2, and it literally said something like "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Season 2" -- IN THE SCRIPT! 😄

So yeah, scripts don't have to be boring.

One of the big revelations of 2025 was that a script/story doc can - and should - not only be interesting for the target audience, but also engage the team who uses them (in both TV & games); opposed to being just... technical.

For example, look how Better Call Saul is leading reader's attention:

aaand this goes straight to our lore!

WORKING ON A GAME PITCH?
I help teams prep & rehearse their pitches.
I pitched the The X-Files game to FOX as my 1st project - and got it signed 10 years ago.

I also worked on the receiving end as a Head of Game Publishing reading through 300+ pitches every month.

DM me or >> www.alina.dev

This bullshittery with the doctors got so bad I chose ChatGPT to diagnose me based on all the symptoms - and it turned out to be correct. Twice.

(typical disclaimer that I wouldn't advise self-diagnosing to anyone but it literally saved my life last time)

I've been told the same thing for over 10 years by different doctors, on different occasions. And 99% of the time it was something else - like a real disease they didn't put effort into diagnosing. Stress was just a backdrop for lower immunity.

at least they'll know it wasn't chatgpt

Tough time to be a writer. Every time I try to invent an unimaginable crime for my in-game billionaires and CEOs - turns out they did it already.

This looks sick! Never heard about it

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Nadia Vulvokov GIF ALT: You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Nadia Vulvokov GIF

Can't even use satire anymore, because satire suggests some level of exaggeration.

Tough time to be a writer. Every time I try to invent an unimaginable crime for my in-game billionaires and CEOs - turns out they did it already.

I really like the contrast between different levels of detail (body vs face)!

Yeah

Terror is just a tool for making profit in a more efficient way.

SeverLink Tech Tips

You’ll be able to use these Y2K inspired computers in our game
#screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #UI

Yakuza Like a Dragon has a mini game "Capture Sickos". No hate to the game, actually. Just the world context is not the best rn

Damn, Yakuza. You didn't warn me it's THAT island!!!

Fen Beatty

After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.

If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨

fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com