Dr Holly Nielsen

Lost it at Leon’s Porsche and Hamilton watch. He truly is a man in his fifties.

Playing Resi 9 with my partner, and we’re controlling the different characters. He’s Grace because I’m a wimp and her bits are scary, and I’m Leon so I can take screenshots of Leon’s face

I think my immune system might just be yoghurt

See all those buildings? @nictringali.bsky.social and I have written hundreds of ways they can collapse into the mausoleum beneath, leaving geographical reminders of your city’s history as well as impacting the political machinations of factions 😌

Which can be experienced on MAY 6✨

Picture of a small metal tub filled with flowering spring bulbs by a window

Look how well my tub of spring bulbs is doing 🥲

The OTHER dancing British Wayne

Imagine being 18 and looking at one of your heroes (Wayne McGregor) ask you your future plans and then respond with a face that says “I don’t know what to do with that” ha

I didnt go on to win, I think the fact that when the lead choreographer asked what my plans were and my answer wasn’t “touring Europe with a dance company” like everyone else and instead was “I’m going to study history at university” didn’t help.

(Technically)
I was a finalist for “young choreographer of the year” (twice but could only make it to London once), it involved a day of coming up with choreography for some Royal Ballet dancers at the Royal Opera House, and then an interview with the then lead choreographer at the Royal Ballet.

I did choreography for some Royal Ballet dancers at the Royal Opera House

I should never have taken the day off and relaxed on my birthday, my body sensed a moment of weakness and let yet another cold rampage through my body

Lewis got me it for my birthday and I’m making him play pass the controller to lessen the scares

Picture of Leon in Resi 9

*giggling and blushing while playing Resi 9*

Hot men through the female/queer gaze rather than “this guy is really POWERFUL and COOL” straight male gaze that is just painfully boring.

With Al, no university will need to trouble themselves with pesky human students ever again. Instead they'll have Al students who are all sexy ladies with big juggs and 17 fingers. The men professors can dote on them and when they see a lady professor can shout "it's over for you!". It's a paradise

“Oh no does the post I did about the buildings being destroyed and political machinations in the science fantasy city builder I worked on look like I’m referencing the latest illegal war/CoD mashup” is not a thing I thought I’d worry about today, but also I’m not entirely surprised sadly

I tend to treat a lot of social media in the way of “I shout out my thing and then step away” but occasionally I hang around and oh god it’s bad

The absolute whiplash of shouting about a game you worked on and are proud of coming out, and then seeing (entirely unrelated) games used in the most ghastly ways imaginable.

Kicking my feet and giggling at Leon S. Kennedy’s crow’s feet and wrinkles

Reshare the post and wishlist the game and I promise you extra luck on your dice rolls 😌

(I can’t promise you extra luck on your dice rolls)

Get ready to visit @nictringali.bsky.social et al’s new world. Or rather, very very old world, May 6th

Amberspire is out May 6th on PC, Mac, and Steam Deck 🌆

I can’t wait for people to play this game. Working on the narrative and writing hundreds of events for players to experience was a privilege. Nic and the rest of the team have truly made something special ✨

Amberspire, our dice driven science fantasy city builder, will release MAY 6!

Roll dice, grow a city, forge alliances, interact with an ecology, and read a history of the future.

PC, Mac, Steam Deck - May 6!

s.team/a/3350750

incredibly soon

So much stuff we see in games is curated in a way that means we often hear the same voices again and again. Those voices have huge value of course, but what I really like is that this was an open call so it means you get much more variety in perspectives from all different levels of experience.

This book is an absolute treasure trove of insights from all different perspectives in 100+ short chapters dealing with a huge range of topics about the craft. Can’t recommend it enough!

Delighted to have my chapter, “Cite your sources!”, in amongst all the the excellent contributions.

very soon

There’s absolutely no connection between the fact it’s the last few minutes my birthday and I just bought anti-aging neck serum for the first time.

By “bastard” I mean my beloved partner of almost a decade. But now it means I definitely have to play, but because it’s my birthday present I will make the bastard play it “pass the controller” with me

A cute lemon cake with a yellow candle in it

🎂