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Games Programmer. Ireland. He/Him (or They)

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I’m really looking forward to playing this over the weekend. Give it a look :)

06.03.2026 16:37 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Ok, this one has caught my eye multiple times during development. The demo is out now :)

05.03.2026 15:35 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello friends! Happy #TurnBasedThursday to all & especially to you @ichigoichiegames.bsky.social for hosting!!

It's an big week for us as we're launching our DEMO for SPARROW WARFARE tomorrow!

Birds, tiles, & freedom - what more could you want of a Friday?!
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

05.03.2026 11:16 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1

I tell people that if the government is covering up the existence of aliens, NASA is absolutely not involved, because astrobiologists can't keep a secret to save their lives

04.03.2026 04:02 👍 975 🔁 218 💬 12 📌 8
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New Lotto Draw Gives Winner Chance Of Registering With A GP THE IRISH national lottery has unveiled another new weekly draw with a lucrative prize that will make you the envy of everyone, WWN can report. At a glitzy launch heralding the eye-watering lotto game, the new …

New Lotto Draw Gives Winner Chance Of Registering With A GP https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2024/03/14/new-lotto-draw-gives-winner-chance-of-registering-with-a-gp/

04.03.2026 05:03 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

This is what the market-led policies of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have given us. They've put the profits of landlords and investment funds above ordinary people.

That's why I've decided to run in the Galway West by-election. It's time we had a radical shift in housing policy that puts people first.

27.02.2026 14:30 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Hi there! Thanks for hosting #TurnBasedThursday & I'm super excited for your demo, Alchemice looks stunning!!

I see your demo is out on March 5th - ours for Sparrow Warfare is out on the 6th & we made a tiny video about that choice that you might relate to 😅
store.steampowered.com/app/3473440/...

26.02.2026 13:00 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
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Denman Rooke Selected As People Before Profit Candidate for Galway West By-Election Offers radical alternative on housing and the cost of living. Will oppose militarisation and defend neutrality. By-election is opportunity for left cooperation to defeat Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil.

"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.

He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing."

www.pbp.ie/denman-rooke...

25.02.2026 19:21 👍 28 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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🐎SURPRISE🐎
🚨TÖLT - Steam Horse Fest Demo is LIVE 🚨
🎨NEW! CUSTOMISE YOUR HORSE.
🧢PLAY NOW TO CLAIM YOUR EXCLUSIVE PROPELLER CAP, ALSO WEARABLE IN THE FULL GAME.
CLAIMABLE *ONLY* DURING STEAM HORSE FEST.

20.02.2026 19:50 👍 73 🔁 34 💬 4 📌 7
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Recently I've been taking another look at fitting movement model parameters from data and managed to derive some formulations that work in terms of starting and stopping times and distances - something that is potentially a lot more intuitive for designers to use.

theorangeduck.com/page/fitting...

15.02.2026 21:05 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK!
Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough!

Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd!
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

12.02.2026 18:05 👍 512 🔁 186 💬 20 📌 24
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Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Sale - Presented by Imirt — Imirt We’re delighted to announce the Irish Steam Sale , a week-long digital showcase celebrating games made in Ireland, by Irish developers around the world, and games shaped by Irish creative talent and ...

Introducing the Games From Ireland Steam Event, a week-long digital showcase.

Running on Steam during St Patrick’s Day 2026, 13th March - 20th March, this is an Imirt-led initiative, developed in collaboration with Irish developers and studios worldwide.

www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...

10.02.2026 18:05 👍 171 🔁 106 💬 6 📌 22
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Imirt AGM 2026 - Progress and Plans — Imirt On January 22nd, we had the pleasure of holding our Imirt AGM for 2026 which was graciously hosted by our friends at TU Dublin. Immediately after the Imirt AGM was the IndieDev Speed Pitch showcase fo...

Our recap of the Imirt AGM, alongside a video covering some highlights of the day and our Q&A is up on the Imirt Website now!

www.imirt.ie/news/2026/2/...

05.02.2026 16:33 👍 19 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 3
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05.02.2026 15:58 👍 171 🔁 52 💬 1 📌 6
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As we announce the first round of tickets for FÍS Games Summit 2026, we are excited to share that Game Designer and Director @nictringali.bsky.social will be one of our guest speakers on the day! The Summit will again be hosted at the Radisson RED in Galway on April 24th.

ardan.ie/event/bithel...

28.01.2026 16:16 👍 15 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 4
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Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2 — Imirt Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association, in partnership with Screen Ireland through the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio have had the honour of running the Irish Games Fund, a first of its kin...

Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2

@outliersocial.bsky.social @dreamfeel.bsky.social @enigmastud.io @screenireland.bsky.social

www.imirt.ie/news/2026/1/...

28.01.2026 16:18 👍 28 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 4
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Announcing Bog Bodies from Dreamfeel!

A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.

Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...

27.01.2026 17:43 👍 600 🔁 185 💬 18 📌 28
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As the Irish far-right align themselves with British far-right in some twisted idea of a common threat from 'invaders'. It's worth noting that British fascists are reverting back to the days of the National Front, when they hated white (Irish) Catholics also. Hear for yourself at 0.16 in this clip.

25.01.2026 21:32 👍 25 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
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The Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026 — Imirt The Imirt Irish Game Awards return for 2026 to celebrate the best of Irish Games from 2025! Teams should nominate themselves for awards, and can put forward multiple games in multiple categories as a...

The Imirt Irish Game Awards are back for 2026, with new categories for Best Student Game and Best Experimental Game.

Submissions are open until February 9th! For further information on the awards and how you can submit your game to the show, please click here! - www.imirt.ie/news/2026/1/...

23.01.2026 16:08 👍 13 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
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The Fallosophy beta has been live for 6 days.

Over 1,000 players have already tried to climb the history of ideas - and almost as many have fallen back to the beginning.

Given how many players keep climbing back up, we’re going to keep the beta on @itch.io going forward

▶️ Play now: bit.ly/4pNSqaK

23.01.2026 17:49 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

When I talk about my historical research people are shocked at the brazen propaganda of board games produced during WW1. Things like “recruiting for Kitchener’s army” and “little soldier boy”. But this never went away, just adapted.

24.01.2026 19:11 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

as in, if we want investment in games in Ireland we have to support the organisations doing it and shout about the impact it has

I'm really excited to take part in the Irish Games Fund, and I was delighted to help with IndieDev and Incubator etc, and we need all these to keep going for the future 🙏

22.01.2026 16:00 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Denman wearing an Imirt pin

Denman wearing an Imirt pin

Lovely 10 Year commemorative enamel pin from this year's IMIRT AGM.

I got to design this logo years ago, so I was thrilled when IMIRT reached out to me to update the logo. My favourite bit was switching out the D20 for a D10 for this commemoration (2015-2025).

23.01.2026 17:11 👍 37 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0
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I wrote a blog post about pathfinding and pedestrian simulation: www.psychicsoftware.com/2026/pathfin...

23.01.2026 11:58 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Persevere_PitchDeck_ImirtAGM

I will be doing the first pitch of Persevere at the @imirt.bsky.social AGM in just over an hour, as part of the IndieDev program (shout out to @ardan-ie.bsky.social also!). This marks the end of our IndieDev period, and the start of our road to release! Exciting! docs.google.com/presentation...

22.01.2026 15:11 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Oh my, I’ve been lied to all my life ><

21.01.2026 20:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Europe’s largest sea cliffs in Donegal.

Europe’s largest sea cliffs in Donegal.

It’s hard to describe how tall these are. Located in Donegal Ireland, these are Europe’s tallest sea cliffs. Lucky to see them recently. Similar to how difficult it was to photograph the Colca canyon in Peru.

21.01.2026 19:44 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Terry and I are going to be in Australia early Feb to early March, approx:
* Melbourne: 10-16 Feb
* Bit of travelling (Hobart, Moonta)
* Adelaide: 25 Feb-8 March
Let me know if there's book things or game things happening that I should know about!

21.01.2026 08:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
Selfie. Yer man.

Selfie. Yer man.

Two boxes of fish and chips.

Two boxes of fish and chips.

Cliff walk on a cold but sunny day. Sea to the left, dangerous lighthouse in the distance.

Cliff walk on a cold but sunny day. Sea to the left, dangerous lighthouse in the distance.

Just wrapped another year of Ireland’s longest running Irish Christmas Gamedev party.

18.01.2026 14:26 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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I've prepared a little blog post discussing the ideas behind the new Smooth Walking Mode we developed for UE's Mover plugin. This Movement Mode is also used in the new UE 5.8 GASP release!

theorangeduck.com/page/new-mov...

07.01.2026 17:44 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0