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Indie game developer at Studio Chyr + PhD at Oxford Psychiatry on developing custom games for moral questions

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Tigers, snakes, plants - what if their last habitat stood in the way of a hospital?
#LastHaven asks: how do we choose between protecting nature and meeting human needs?
Take part in this citizen science project today.
Learn more:https://last-haven.net
#PhilosophyMatters

29.05.2025 09:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It's true! You can just make a game!

Here are some helpful tips on how to get started with your first TTRPG: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/one-page-rpg

28.05.2025 02:42 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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🌞 SOL CESTO - OUT NOW ON STEAM 🌞

After 2 years of hard work, Sol Cesto is finally out in Early Access! A roguelite where the eerie charm of Inscryption collides with the high-stakes thrill and explosive combos of Balatro.

Please help us spread the word πŸ™Œ

27.05.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 1021 πŸ” 386 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 48

Instead of New Year’s resolutions, I’m trying to trick myself by introducing: A Hundred Hours Till I Quit (in 2025)! β€” where I pick various hobbies and cannot drop them until I’ve gotten to a baseline skill point where I can truly determine if I enjoy them

03.01.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Start here | ava's guide to a ux design career

a lot of people have reached out to ask about how to get into design / games

i finally wrote up a super comprehensive (free!) guide on pivoting into ux & optimising your application based on my own experiences

it's still kind of a WIP but i'd love to get your thoughts :)

avaliao.gitbook.io/guide

20.12.2024 23:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Game UX Summit 2024: UX friends online Light version of the Game UX Summit: half day of relaxed panels, talks, mentorship, and sharing within the game UX community. Online.

The full program for the #GameUXsummit is now available!
Join us this Thursday Dec 19 online for a few hours of sharing around #UX and #gamedev πŸ₯°

www.eventbrite.com/e/game-ux-su...

18.12.2024 09:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

will be helping review portfolios and resumes here, come join :)

18.12.2024 13:38 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Based on in-game League match-up observations, the meta Arcane character pick and therefore the strongest is… Heimerdinger

16.11.2024 22:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hiya! I'm studying Psychiatry at Oxford, building games for ethical and moral questions, and interested in writing about UX Research and Design more broadly from the psychology perspective :)

02.11.2024 23:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome - Ethical Games Conference Welcome: EthicalGames Conference upcoming workshops (fall 2024) Videos of our 1st conference Workshops participation request Ethical Games is a two-day, single-track online conference and special issu...

Part of the continuing Ethical Games Conference Initiative with @celiahodent.bsky.social and @codingconduct.bsky.social: ethicalgamesconference.org

30.10.2024 11:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Toxic Cost of Cheap Usernames: Re-Applying Friedman and Resnick's Framework in Competitive Video Game Networks | Games: Research and Practice Toxicity in video games, acting in a rude, abusive, bullying, or deliberately losing manner, ruins competitive team-based video game experiences for everyone involved. Companies are experimenting with...

Highly complicated title, but TLDR a fun little paper I wrote on how toxicity in gaming could be regulated (and is!): dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

30.10.2024 11:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0