You might get to present one though!

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Congrats dude!

I wonder what they'll do when the school smartphone ban doesn't solve all the issues they're ascribing to social media

Looks like Treguard would be sitting on a throne in the corner saying 'Ooh, nasty' whenever you roll a fumble.

22.00 FILM: EVRI-THING, EVRI-WHERE ALL AT ONCE Award-winning multiverse adventure where your parcel is somehow at the depot, in transit, in your safe place, left with a neighbour, delayed, returned to send, in your green bin, all at the same time - but never actually with you.

Based on a true story. About a dozen true stories in our experience...

Amen to that.

two men are standing next to each other in a dark room . Alt: A gif of Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan from the movie Goldeneye. Sean Bean's character turns to Brosnan's Bond and says: "James, for England"

I vote Goldeneye too.

Our coding standards have evolved rather than been reworked wholesale at any time. I would never hold our codebase up as a shining example or anything - it has some significant flaws that make our lives awkward at times - but it is undeniably effective and has proven very flexible.

Rebellion is perhaps a little unusual in that our internal engine has been in continuous development since that time. From the PS2 & Xbox onwards we've used a core engine with project-specific extensions. That architecture is largely still intact though the code itself has been revised and reworked.

Neat!

Team sizes & timescales would be the obvious ones. We made Snood in 3 months & there were only 4 full-time team members. I was the most experienced coder on the team which isn't saying much at all!

We're a lot more structured now. Code reviews, continuous integration, etc. It's night and day!

Hehe, better yet, why not treat myself to some -old- minis to celebrate...? 🤔

Thanks! Time flies and all that!

I'd had about ten days of poking a GBA devkit, looking at the example code, and a sum total of three months of professional game development when I got told I needed to have something functional up-and-running to show the publisher in a fortnight's time. It was... exhilarating, to say the least. 😂

The cover of Snood for the Gameboy Advance showing a collection of colourful characters of various shapes and sizes.

Snood for the GBA, of all things.

Thanks Sir! I should probably have made more of it but, uh, I've been a bit busy! 😂

I'd kind of forgotten in all of the (good) bedlam at work & at home but I joined @rebellion.com 25 years ago this month. Mad to think it's been so long - it's been quite the ride so far & I'm in no hurry to get off. Nice of the BAFTA folks to plan the award to coincide with my anniversary so neatly.

In other 'Rebellion-made cool stuff' news:

They put this on the glass wall that separates the canteen from the rest of Rebellion's Oxford office. It's still awesome.

Anyone know of any UK-based pixel art animators looking for freelance work this year? Asking on behalf of a friend's project!

Thanks man! It was a rather surreal night!

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

Excellent stuff, as ever. Especially the stabby bits!

That was neat. Intrigued to see where it goes next.

A Pinch of Salt - Part 1

The first short story for Zeo Genesis is now available for your reading pleasure.

From @plumpwithevil.bsky.social

www.zeogenesis.com/blog/a-pinch...

I've heard that but never actually seen it that I can recall. I imagine it's less common but probably still a thing here and there.

Damn that is _clean_.

No, it passed me by, like so many. I'd heard of it but never dug into the details.

The Quiet Things Announcement Trailer | PULLED from the BAFTA Game Awards 2026 YouTube video by Silver Script Games

here's the trailer for the game in case anyone wants www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMzC...