Happy Birthday!

I didn't realize you'd been at EA Manchester either. There were some incredibly talented developers at Bullfrog. Really amazing to trace the tree of companies and studios that came out of Bullfrog and the Guildford scene.

My favorite visit to Stamford Bridge 🙂

Thanks Mike. It was a special time. Love back at you!

Thank you Peter Molyneux for hiring me.

Thank you to all the other Bullfrogers who taught me so much including how to juggle though I never did manage the unicycle!

I was really hoping I would work on one of the true 3D games but working on Theme Hospital was the launchpad for everything else in my career.

The projects were Gene Wars, Dungeon Keeper, Theme Hospital, Creation, Syndicate Wars and Populous 3 and at the end of the probation period I was assigned to Theme Hospital.

At the time there were 6 projects in progress at Bullfrog and Bullfrog was in the process of transitioning between 2D/pseudo 3D and real 3D games.

I have been blessed that the vast majority of the people that I’ve worked with have been that wonderful combination of talented, humble and kind.

30 years ago today (4th March 1196), my career in video games started at Bullfrog Productions. I've been extremely fortunate to have had so many highs over the last 30 years and just a few lows.

The Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025 There was no shortage of fun and video games in the Diamond household in the last 12 months. Which ones did we play so much our thumbs hurt? And which one saved my soul? Let the ceremony begin …

Lovely to see a mention of Cityscapes in Dominik Diamond's round up of 2025 in the Guardian

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...

Technical Artist - 9 months contract - Pacific Time hours at Playstack Join Playstack – Where Indie Games Break Through! 🎮 At Playstack, we believe in the power of creative vision—and the people behind it. From breakout hits like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and Mortal Shell...

We're looking for a technical artist to help out with our current project at Magic Fuel Games -- please share if you know someone!

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It’s the World Athletics Championships for me this weekend. Enjoy the start of the playoffs.

Congratulations!

@thehashtagonist.bsky.social I’m hurt you forgot the Apple Arcade Award nominated Cityscapes!

Safe travels. Enjoy Gamescom!

Congratulations!

There’s a moment towards the end of the first Pikmin that flipped it from very good to genius for me.

An image of Emma Smith-Bodie from Playstack Games with the title of her talk, 'Building Communities That Run Themselves'

Join Emma Smith-Bodie (@smithbodie.bsky.social‬ ), Community Manager at Playstack, as she explores the community-building journey, from foundation to allowing it to run itself. She will be discussing the strategy behind setting up community platforms and the benefits of stepping back. #DevelopConf

Balatro publisher Playstack outlines the path to a publishing deal in 2025 'The biggest green flag is always transparency regarding what the game needs and when it needs it.'

Balatro publisher Playstack outlines the path to a publishing deal in 2025

"We would guide indie games to pitch at sub $500k; and perhaps to have some choices that can reduce or extend from this budget."

Balatro publisher Playstack outlines the path to a publishing deal in 2025 'The biggest green flag is always transparency regarding what the game needs and when it needs it.'

Balatro publisher Playstack outlines the path to a publishing deal in 2025

Community and Social Media manager at Playstack Join Playstack - Where indie games break through! At Playstack, we believe in the power of creative vision — and in the people behind it. From breakout hits like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and Mortal Sh...

We're looking for a community and social media manager over at Playstack. Fully remote if in Europe or the Americas, partially on site if in the UK:
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So glad Shox wasn’t forgotten from the list of EA Sports Big games.

Our Head of Discovery @patricktjohnson.bsky.social will be giving a talk at IMPACT! Indie Games 2025!

Patrick will be offering behind the scene insights about the process of finding games like Balatro and Abiotic Factor.

📍 Strange Brew, Bristol UK
📅 May 22nd

impress.games/impact/2025

Balatro and beyond: behind Playstack's run of indie game hits Localthunk's Balatro arguably became the defining indie game of 2024, chewing through its players' available hours with…

Playstack founder and CEO Harvey Elliott discusses how the success of Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and the Golden Idol games have impacted the publisher

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Associate Game Designer - Pacific Time Zone at Playstack Who We Are: We are Playstack — the premium indie games publisher helping bold, creative developers bring their visions to life. From breakout hits like Balatro, Abiotic Factor, and Mortal Shell, to cr...

Do you like spreadsheets?
Are you a recent grad with 1+ year of experience?
Can you work West Coast hours?

If you replied YESx3, then you'll def. want to check out the *rare* Associate Game Designer position we have at Magic Fuel Games!

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Darkwater Has Been Released Into Early Access! YouTube video by Targon Studios

ICYMI you can play Darkwater NOW!

Check out this brilliant announce video by the developer, Targon Studios.

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Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Sorry for your loss. I’m sure he enjoyed a great life with you.