If you're a game developer or involved in the wider games landscape (journalism, content creation, streaming etc.), please consider coming and talking to me on the #GameAcademy podcast. We have amazing guests lined up so far this season, but I love talking to all of you, so please boost this/DM!
Charlie Brown tells Lucy, "No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them."
Right, Linda McMahon?
Added Culling of rooms that are not on the Hot Path or within some radius of the Hot Path. #UE5 #ProcGen #GameDev
👠🥿👞👟 The free demo of Bambas! is now available on Steam. Fancy going for a stroll?
store.steampowered.com/app/3274390/...
#indiegames #steamnextfest #indiedev
Commodore PET, Space Invaders and a glass of scotch.
Once upon a time, computers looked like this.
Worst. Episode. EVER.
Instagram removed this. Still here on Bluesky!
game developers, I'd love to know what you think about Microsoft's Xbox / gaming AI announcement this week. Please get in touch - tom at the verge dot com www.theverge.com/news/615048/...
Unity cuts jobs once again as it makes "important organisational changes"
www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-cuts-j...
My game Positron is 25% off right now on Steam as part of a celebration of games made in Yorkshire, alongside the Yorkshire Games Festival. #GameDev #IndieDev #Yorkshire store.steampowered.com/curator/4534...
We're excited to announce GDC is hosting the first-ever State of the Game Industry panel at #GDC2025!
Industry experts @elainegomez.bsky.social, Roshelle "Ro" Patterson, Gordon Bellamy, and @bryantfrancis.me will break down critical topics impacting the game industry.
gdconf.com/news/gdc-202...
A picture of stairs with a suspiciously human head shaped hole in the wall at the bottom
Environmental story telling:
#gamedev #gamedesign #leveldesign
Oops 😬
Undrium is my tribute to Ultimate's love/hate platformer Underwurlde. I'm in the "love" camp! 😀 Free download for Windows PC, Mac and Linux from bitglint.co.uk #undrium #underwurlde #gamedev #monogame #indiedev #pixelart
Wow at the poker faces here
Alright, well, video games.
With 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico on the way, I can see a sharp downtick in the number of disc-based games that get released physically in the US, as much of that production infrastructure is in Mexico.
If they do get made, I expect higher prices both phys & dig.
The GDC 2025 State of the Game Industry report is here: Over 3,000 developers weigh in on industry layoffs, Generative AI, live-service games, publishing & financing, and more.
gdconf.com/news/gdc-202...
#SOTI2025 #GDC2025
PC as target platform on 80% of GDC respondents.
The 2025 GDC developer survey noted an interesting trend that I believe is representative of the industry at large: Heavier emphasis on PC as a targeted platform.
If you *still* post on X/Twitter this is what you’re supporting. A literal Nazi.
It’s time to stop.
A good day to go to linkedin, scroll down to see a post about Elon Musk giving the Nazis salute and see those people you are connected with you should block...
I don't judge people for who they are connected with on linkedin cuz its a cluster... but some of you follow gross people.
Extreme close up of a Balatro-themed Joker soft toy
Balatro passes 5m copies sold as developer implores fans to play more indie games
www.eurogamer.net/balatro-pass...
And a reminder, it is 100% "fair" to flip off every single tesla driver you see.
Woke up this morning to discover that my daughter had decided to try baking a cake at one o’clock in the morning.
Feed for the game developers using #UnityEngine:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I also made a feed for #UnrealEngine:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
EA Origin logo, 2011 - 2025.
EA Origin app shuts down in April, will not be missed
www.eurogamer.net/ea-origin-ap...
Since you can apparently just rename whatever you want... I've decided to rename the Tay, and there's apparently nothing you can do about it. 😂
#Lemmings
