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๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ gamemaker and deep dish pizza enthusiast pratt game arts '25 ENG/FR OK

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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals โ€” Illinois Pride Connect.

As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

22.08.2025 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 39588 ๐Ÿ” 10225 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 800 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1324
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marking my hesitant return to bsky to announce that avitium will be showcased at CIGS this year (come see it!!! i'll be there!!!) AND has a page on steam now!!! wow!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3721560/...

18.08.2025 00:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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No Phone Summer: Itโ€™s The Summer of the Retro Handheld - Endless Mode Quit doomscrolling and grab that Nintendo 3DS: No Phone Summer means this is the summer of the retro handheld.

Quit doomscrolling and fish that PSP or 3DS out of the closet: No Phone Summer means this is the summer of the retro handheld, Willa Rowe writes. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

07.07.2025 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 156 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

OKAY HERE IT IS

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LABOR IN THE USA AND WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MODERN GAMES INDUSTRY

youtu.be/OmV1QTzfyRo?...

05.07.2025 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 673 ๐Ÿ” 208 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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I haven't fleshed it out into a full article, but at DiGRA last year I presented this talk which was a Marxist analysis of the tendency of (indie) developers becoming publishers after a big hit. Maybe of interest to the current discourse I'm seeing around publishers

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ey014...

06.07.2025 22:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 265 ๐Ÿ” 75 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut The sudden announcement was made after funding was pulled from a major developer, understood to be Microsoft.

Just absolutely staggering. If even Brenda and John aren't safe from this brutal capitalist recklessness, nobody is.

www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...

06.07.2025 21:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1328 ๐Ÿ” 287 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

YAYYY glad you enjoyed it lol (also tysm for the shoutout!!)! it was sooo much fun watching the artist for this project put the faces together lol i think just the visuals put this one into one of my fav shorter games i've worked on

22.06.2025 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yes!! i just played this one by @megken.dev while catching up in my feeds after months of QGB work haha. every bubble face is my best friend now. some prolific folks in my itchio feed: celia14, jamwitch, jsmonzani, iamroarke, antoine-foucault

20.06.2025 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i got fully knocked out for mine! they still numb you if you're awake but you can apparently feel them tugging it out from like a pressure sensation, which i didn't want to be awake for lol ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ admittedly for me all four of mine were like In My Gums so they were like "yeah you're going to sleep" lmao

16.06.2025 21:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

happy fathers day to the father that STEPPED UP kazuma kiryu

15.06.2025 18:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 179 ๐Ÿ” 50 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.06.2025 05:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 6825 ๐Ÿ” 4071 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
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porwiigon!! โœจ๐Ÿ’พ

design by @altardoll.bsky.social

01.05.2025 15:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2474 ๐Ÿ” 631 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Chicago โœŠ

14.06.2025 22:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 48292 ๐Ÿ” 9094 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 693 ๐Ÿ“Œ 449

This is a wildly satisfying watch.

11.06.2025 09:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 366 ๐Ÿ” 113 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i think the biggest fundamental Thing turn-based rpg devs can do to improve their combat is to consider turn economy. there's a lot deeper nuance you could take into this, but on the surface level, everyone who's played an older game has felt this:

why use poison when the battle is over next turn?

10.06.2025 00:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 124 ๐Ÿ” 37 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
games industry layoffs

games industry layoffs

FY2024 was the most profitable in history for the video game industry

It also saw the most layoff waves, and highest known layoff headcount in recent history.

Lets do the math. Who wants to guess where all the money is going?

09.06.2025 21:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 328 ๐Ÿ” 141 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Fuck This Bravely Makes Me Want To Default. Should I ?

09.06.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Iโ€™m gonna be loud about it

If you see few games being announced or games not being what you expected - you can blame the massive layoffs that have occurred in the last 2.5 years

08.06.2025 17:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 271 ๐Ÿ” 76 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Itโ€™s incredibly noticeable how often โ€˜and an army of outsourcers outside America and Western Europeโ€™ is left out of these team sizes. Thatโ€™s the part I find real uncomfortable.

07.06.2025 07:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 882 ๐Ÿ” 254 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

The perception of cheaply made games by like 1 dude minus all the contractors that blow up hurts us because when we ask for a real budget, someone says "well I saw an article that this other game cost $60K to make and sold 1 million copies" and that ends the convo

07.06.2025 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 412 ๐Ÿ” 146 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

there is something intangibly gross in how asian features are so frequently used for artificial, machine personas

it's almost as if in popular imagination asian features are associated with a sort of controllable autonomous programming, but no soul.

05.06.2025 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 276 ๐Ÿ” 94 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โœจ๐Ÿฆ‹โœจ
5.BRAVELY DEFAULT

#ใƒ–ใƒฌใ‚คใƒ–ใƒชใƒผใƒ‡ใƒ•ใ‚ฉใƒซใƒˆ #BDFFใƒชใƒžใ‚นใ‚ฟใƒผ #bravelyweek25 @bravelycollabs.bsky.social

05.06.2025 17:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 77 ๐Ÿ” 52 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD

MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT

04.06.2025 22:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 13269 ๐Ÿ” 5740 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82 ๐Ÿ“Œ 601

bravely default hd will save me from my job hunt crashout

04.06.2025 18:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i am a journalist

03.06.2025 14:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 566 ๐Ÿ” 124 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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๐ŸšจHUGE News๐Ÿšจ

๐ŸธBIG HOPS is a froggy platformer with deep movement, fresh tongue-gameplay, where you use powerful veggies to grow paths forward!

โœจFree demo out NOW
๐ŸŽฎComing to Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 in Q4 2025
๐Ÿ’ฐOur publisher dropped us, so we're KICKSTARTING
(links below)

25.05.2025 20:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2697 ๐Ÿ” 971 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90 ๐Ÿ“Œ 119
a stylized 3d render of a kid drawing at a table, surrounded by ancient fish and sea creatures of the devonian and silurian.

a stylized 3d render of a kid drawing at a table, surrounded by ancient fish and sea creatures of the devonian and silurian.

ancient friends

26.05.2025 01:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 8419 ๐Ÿ” 1915 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
A white and black cat standing on two legs touching a plug socket.

A white and black cat standing on two legs touching a plug socket.

The electrician they sent is wearing high-waisted pants.

21.05.2025 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 656 ๐Ÿ” 100 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Doodle of an orange cat driving a little red and yellow toy car.

Doodle of an orange cat driving a little red and yellow toy car.

Get in, losers

24.05.2025 20:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 7002 ๐Ÿ” 1828 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

The 5 Worst Jobs in Omelas (You Wonโ€™t Believe #1)

24.05.2025 20:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 415 ๐Ÿ” 131 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5