thank goodness! this was a ridiculous patent application in the first place.
www.gamesindustry.biz/us-patent-of...

#gameindustry #gamenews #gamedesign

When joining a team or moving to a new game, its critical you to explore and immerse yourself in the history, the intentions, and the core direction of the creatives that came before you.

Respect the history and enjoy being part of a living piece of art.

#gamedesign #gamedirection

THE LONG DARK-- WINTERMUTE, Episode Five -- "THE LIGHT AT THE END OF ALL THINGS" -- Launch Trailer YouTube video by Hinterland

the final episode of The Long Dark is now live.
Episode 5, Wintermute!

Want to support Canadian devs and canadiana?
Pick up a copy of TLD and/or grab this episode.

this is an essential for any survival fans out there!

#canadian #indiegames #thelongdark #wintermute

youtu.be/Y4zYI5MyQQU?...

Quebec Games Celebration 2026 The Quebec Games Celebration is an annual festival dedicated to celebrating Quebec’s vibrant video game industry— this year, it will run from February 16th to February 23rd, 2026. The sale promotes th...

store.steampowered.com/sale/quebec2...

Want to buy Canadian?
Want to support our local Game Studios?!
Want to help employ and create momentum for our peeps?!?!

Then check out the Steam sale collection for Quebec studios!

Support local creatives before they are forced to find work elsewhere!

#BuyCanadian #CanadianGames

Want to buy Canadian while supporting indie studios with unique bodies of work from the grass roots game dev community?

Pick up Psychroma!

An amazing psychological horror crafted by talented creatives in the Toronto game dev community!

Steam: lnkd.in/gFZfib_D

#GameDev #BuyCanadian #IndieGames

Can co-development save the game industry? As the industry looks to recover from years of layoffs, can a constellation of smaller studios continue to produce big-budget games?

Co-Development and Co-Ops could be the future of game development.
Specialized teams and working on multiple titles for one specific aspect. Grass roots studios creating new projects from a communal success approach.

www.gamedeveloper.com/production/c...

#gamedev #gamedeveloper #gamedesign

Give us your government ID for age verification, trust us! its for the kids!
Totally not for Advertising and marketing revenue because we're going to be publicly traded. Totally not....definitely not...Trust us...please.

#discord #gamedev

Buy Canadian Games to support Canadian Creatives while we still have them!

Grab Oxygen Not Included by another great west coast studio, Klei Entertainment!

Its even on sale!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/457140/O...

#BuyCanadian #CanadianGames #gamesindustry #canada #CanadianArts

Forgot to update your GDD and master sheets?
your variable glossary?!

General reminder if you havent done that with your last merge!
Document it!

#gamedesign #GDD

If you want a strong Canadian game industry, show your love for the stories, the arts, and artists while they are still here.

Buy Canadian, Support our arts, and build on our own independent culture.

BLACKFROST: The Long Dark 2 on Steam A year after the Aurora’s appearance & the world went dark, the people of Harmont & its vast wild environs struggle to survive the Quiet Apocalypse. Survive alone or with others against a host...

Hinterland is putting the final bow on The Long Dark and are soon to follow up with Blackfrost: The Long Dark 2. A Co-Op survival experience building on their beautiful world and challenging gameplay.

store.steampowered.com/app/1586260/...

Want to support the Canadian Games Industry?
Grab a copy of The Long Dark! A home grown, locally sourced, true north experience inside the quiet apocalypse.

TLD Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/305620/T...

#buyCanadian #CanadianGames #indiegames #canadianarts

#cbc #cpc #canada #CdnPoli

My wife waiting to play Baldur's Gate...
Me just trying to recover from the fall of Gandalf

Open worlds should not rely on chance encounters with wandering enemies. You should leverage player driven events that use player stats, state, and location.

Trigger the right encounters at the right time.
Better Pacing, Better Combat, a dynamic and alive feeling world your players will love.

Any board game designers have some good tricks or tips for putting together quicker prototypes?

yours truly,
video game designer tired of cutting sheets of paper into squares.

#boardgamedesigners #gamedesign

It’s Friday!!!
Time to update your career journal &
Grab screenshots for your portfolio

Reflect on wins + challenges
Write down the story behind them
Then set it aside for the weekend

Fresh notes, portfolio content, and better interview prep!
Don’t be scared, be prepared!

#gameindustry#portfolio

#notwithstanding #alberta

Because we were willing to tack back to the centre rather than allowing the far right to gain control. Its the Canadian way.

Governments across Canada are calling for the use of the Not Withstanding Clause in an effort to normalize the conversation. To make it less meaningful or shocking when its invoked. They've had a taste of veto power and legal immunity and they like it. Its our job to not let them make it normal.

Live service games need to try more satire as part of their content rotation. There seems to be some opportunity and artistic expression of resistance and belief in those moments.
It could be a news paper or poster in the world, a radio host or song playing in the background, or something blunt.

If you want to make games or just be creative. Then do it.
Not everything needs to revolve around the job market. Dont wait for the golden opportunity. If you have the itch to create, then do it. We will all be here cheering you on!

#gamedesign #gameindustry

Ethics in creation is mandatory with a live service game. You cannot rug pull, bait and switch, or mislead your players. They will never trust your brand or your game again. Effectively killing your game.

Enforce your ethics on every choice and design you make.

#ethicsindesign #gamedesign.

When the government tells the young working class more sacrifices are coming after the wealthiest generation ever has hedged the housing market in their favour, monopolies controlling our services, and the 1% amassing a trillion dollars while "right sizing".
But hey working class, foot the bill.

sure thing robot.
Humans arent very creative when they cant feed their families because they've been "displaced", or fired as real people would say.

If you increase productivity but fire the artists, who benefits? not the artists or the workers.

Its not about productivity, its about the technology cutting the single biggest expense a business has...the workers.

Hunger, healthcare, education, and many other social systems would be fully funded if we put people before imaginary numbers.

When you can, If you can, then you should.

Sure, AI could make things more productive.

That doesnt mean you need to cut your work force. It means those workers could increase their output and reduce the hours you need them to work everyday.

If you could improve your workers QOL and you choose not to, is that a moral failing?

Half Joking:
Hitler became who he was because no one would buy his shitty post-cards and he didnt get into art school.

Do you really want AI to be taking peoples jobs?