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@emilygamedev

An Aussie game dev in Berlin 😈 narrative designer & writer for [REDACTED], former narrative designer, writer and community manager for Before We Leave and Beyond These Stars.

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i'm still so impressed (instructions and i are not friends haha)

27.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wren you made these?????? they're so fkn cute whattttt

27.02.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the sun has actually been out here in Berlin for quite a few days now and maybe, just maybe, the crushing imposter syndrome i had was actually the worst seasonal depression i've ever had lol

the australian mind cannot comprehend the european winter

27.02.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for the transparency!

26.02.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I come bearing SENSITIVE INFORMATION including our past #SteamNextFest numbers

Share if you appreciate graphs
#gamedev #indiedev

26.02.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

If you played way too much Slice and Dice, this demo is for you!!!!! Having a great time with it

25.02.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think the difficulty is perfect and i am noooooot the best at these sorts of games. i cut my teeth on slice and dice a few years ago so that probably helped haha

25.02.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do not do unpaid work for someone who will profit off of your labour, and do not trust anyone who is trying to frame that dynamic as acceptable or woke.

24.02.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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⚠️ Warning!! A new demo has appeared! ⚠️
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my demo is finally live on Steam! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/4342490?...

hit me with that wishlist πŸ™
#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

23.02.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

this is my superbowl

23.02.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time

16.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 1234 πŸ” 345 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Omelet You Cook - Launch Trailer
Omelet You Cook - Launch Trailer YouTube video by Hjalte Tagmose

🍳 Omelet You Cook 1.0 is OUT NOW! 🍳

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTJR...

#indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #roguelike

08.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

oop i need that zine

06.02.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

LOS GEHT'S HJALTE so proud of you guys πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή i hope you make big omelet money from all the hard work you've done

27.01.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really sad to hear today that Freeplay Independent Games Festival is likely coming to the end of its adventure in 2026 after 22 incredible years. Freeplay has been pivotal to my own career and I have some complex, straight out contradictory feelings about the announcement I wanna try to articulate.

20.01.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

This needs to be louder: "Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations."

Freeplay is hugely important, we have to find a way to keep it alive πŸ™

20.01.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Freeplay | 2026 Survey An Update from Freeplay

terrible news coming out of Freeplay. I really hope it & Parallels can continue.

"Of the 81 arts organisations supported by Creative Enterprises in the 2026-2029 funding round, none are games/interactive arts organisations." (freeplay.net.au/survey2026)

This is so supremely fucked

20.01.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 5

This is actually devastating. Please respond to the survey and rally behind Freeplay to see if we can support the ongoing org and its team to continue delivering pivotal events and connection points that we so desperately need.

20.01.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Crunch is bad. Crunch ruins lives. Crunch kills. Don't ask for it. Don't do it. It's bad.

I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.

14.01.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 647 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

"burning out experienced high performers brings in yet-to-be burned out high performers in their place" has got to be one of the most foul things i've ever read about crunch in my ten years in and around the games industry. i hope old mate Taylor takes a long hard look at himself in the mirror today

14.01.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why We Don't Use AI | Yarn Spinner We get asked about AI a lot. Whether we’re going to add it to Yarn Spinner, whether we use it ourselves, what we think about it. Fair questions. Time to write it all down. Yarn Spinner doesn’t use the...

We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI.

TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...

13.01.2026 08:35 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

09.01.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 21822 πŸ” 6410 πŸ’¬ 406 πŸ“Œ 1189
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Hooded Horse ban AI-generated art in their games: "all this thing has done is made our lives more difficult" Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender has taken a firm view on genAI art assets. "I fucking hate gen AI art and it has made my life more difficult in many ways."
09.01.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

More game developers should study the visual language and techniques used in opera scenery and opera staging

06.01.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 279 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

omg this looks way cozier <3

05.01.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My notebook helps remembering how to do gamedev πŸ˜… anyone else feels like the Christmas break teleports you into a parellel universe?
These are my sketches for the different game screens 😊

05.01.2026 10:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i wish all pentiment likers a happy new year

02.01.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 0

I wrote a bit more about this update here: www.patreon.com/posts/ending...

24.12.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

god that's so true

22.12.2025 10:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of a book called How To Queer The World by Bo Ruberg

A picture of a book called How To Queer The World by Bo Ruberg

i've always been rubbish at reading academic texts for games, but i'm trying my dang best to read more of them. How To Queer the World by Bo Ruberg has been a delight so far, if a tad dense for my antsy brain

21.12.2025 13:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0