iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 22h

I am thrilled and proud beyond measure to support the amazing workers who create and design the games I and my loved ones have spent a lifetime playing. I implore everybody to sign the petition and signal boost the campaign as far and wide as we can!

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 23h

Every single time I’ve felt a tiny bit of imposter syndrome? I TAKE THEM ALL BACK.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I found myself de-registered to vote probably like four times in the last ten years when I lived in Texas--once right after updating my registration. It's always a good idea to check. goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Knowing where so many creative tools (Rive, Adobe, etc) have ended up with their AI adoption, I dread to think what the Game UI Database could have become in the hands of someone with no respect for the creative process. The GUIDB is proudly anti-AI and will always champion humans, no matter what!

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Steam Autumn Sale is here and you can get all our games at a discount! 🫰 You can get even get every single game we've ever made for less than $65 in our Complete Collection! 14 games!! store.steampowered.com/bundle/35090...

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Abby Denton is a Rabbit for Halloween Every Year @abbydenton.com · 03/10/2026

I think people are resistant to the idea of LLMs imminently becoming essential to life in the future because, about 5 years ago, everyone said the same thing about pictures of monkeys getting high

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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 02/10/2026

Please stop hedging about programming every time you critique AI. I am sick of hearing non-programmers say things like, "I know that programmers are all using this now, but..." No, stop. We are not all using it. You make the non-users feel like the world has gone mad every time you say this.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I frequently see "AI" boosters implying that LLMs are simply an innate and superior part of coding now, inescapable, and that literally all programmers agree with them. And, well. That, too, is a form of propaganda

Looking at my software peers in 2026 I see fatigued faces, I see frustration, and I see a lot of people looking for a way out of an industry that seems poised on the brink of collapse. LLMs are being pushed on us at every turn, most people seem at best frustrated by them, and ultimately they seem to appeal most to people who see the production of software as a purely mechanical means to an end. They are antithetical, however, to the idea of software as a craft, or something requiring both initial and ongoing care. As an expression of the soul.

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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Something is Wrong With the Library. Our next game, coming soon. 📚 Organize the Alex Dieter Public Library and Center for Reflection 💀 Dead people are stuffed in the walls 😨 It is extremely haunted 🌊 The Drowning Room Wishlist now. store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am enjoying Townfall, but Jesus these stealth sections are making me SO slow. I miss f & 2 remake where where I could sprint or steel pipe away all my problems.

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · 23/09/2026

If you think you’re alone in being miserable about being Claude‘s condom, you’re not www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/c... Once you get past the loud minority — those who are dead behind the eyes, but smiling for the cameras — no one who is forced to use LLMs all day is happy in this industry

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Haven’t played Contrast yet? It’s 75% off on Steam until Oct. 1. Also, a question we’ve been getting a lot lately 👀 Yes, Compulsion now owns the rights to South of Midnight, We Happy Few and Contrast. Buying our games directly supports the studio and helps fund what’s next. 🫶

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Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 18/09/2026

You could do all sorts of things to mitigate the objections to these major LLM deployments, but I don't care, as long as they're still parasitic. That, in and of itself, will harm us, our culture, our society, and our institutions.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games! Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI. You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:- www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal

A graphical asset in the shape of a cog. It contains the following text 'This developer assures that NO GEN AI' was used in this indie game

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is such a nice set of features. The AI disclosure gating is amazing but I also love that it makes it a little harder for people to just submit an old project to dozens of jams where that's against the rules

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.

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Harlequin Diver @harlequindiver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've never had much luck promoting my game on social media, but it would be deeply appreciated if you could share this post, especially if you enjoy weird little experimental and artsy narrative games, that are the same price as a cup of coffee! store.steampowered.com/app/4693460/... #indiegames

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026

After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A few months ago I started wondering if not using LLMs for coding right now would be a detriment to me as a programmer, but I concluded that the idea is nonsensical. I could start Not Writing My Own Code at any moment, and having stopped programming 2 years ago wouldn’t make me a better programmer.

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

You know the people who get mad at you when you’re not drinking while they are getting drunk? That’s the vibe I get from these people.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

During my college years men were always coming out of the woodwork to say I wasn't a real programmer because they thought a mystery third party must be writing all my code. Now, years later, there are people (mostly men) insisting that people writing their own code aren't real programmers.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is a really great thread about the "listen to software engineers" argument I'm seeing a lot of, but I want to also add that some of the most vociferous criticism I've heard about the way companies use genAI and how divorced the marketing is from reality has come from other software engineers.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When leadership makes poor decisions and tries to fix them with layoffs, they don't just hurt devs like Anelise. They hurt our players and our games, and never pay the price themselves. Join us to #SaveGameWorkers and gaming overall by using the link in our bio to make your voice heard.

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⛧Vikintor⛧ 🇧🇷 @vikintor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

3,445 wishlists! Let's spread the word. 👽 VAL'TY is a surreal retro FPS inspired by MDK and Turok, but you play as a 46-year-old alien mother and her daughter. Alien conspiracy theories, New Age mysticism and a bit of creepypasta feel with the silly humor of Shiny Entertainment's golden era. 🦎

Val'ty says "I honor my oath, "never to harm the innocent", but, you know me... My moral compass can be pretty flexible"

Val'tynha says "You're the best mom in the world! But if by chance thare are other who are better, we'll take them down."

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you happen to be looking for a new daily word game today for like, reasons, can I recommend The Daily Spell by @jamwitch.com? The mechanics are clear and very satisfying, and the itch page for the game states that they don't use genAI. www.the-daily-spell.com

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✨The Daily Spell✨: a daily word puzzle

Drop letters into place to unscramble today's story. New puzzle and story daily!

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What if the people who made the games got the money for making the games?

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is likely old news to most of the people following me on here, but where Steam collects 30% of a game's revenue, Itch only asks for a 10% share and that's a voluntary split; devs can set that to 0%. I usually check if a game is available on itch before buying so more money goes to the devs.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Developers like Ruben care about making games players can enjoy for years and improving with every update and future release. You can support devs like Ruben by using the link in our bio to #SaveGameWorkers.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Even with over 17 years of experience in AAA games, Kitty was laid off on July 6th. Making profitable games doesn’t spare developers from mass lay-offs; only fighting for their protections will. Help us #SaveGameWorkers by going to the link in our bio and tell Microsoft to stop killing our games.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When you get lay off devs who care about the games they make, you tear out a studio's heart. Stephanie was part of that heart, loving the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises. We won't let corporations destroy us from the inside out. Join us to #SaveGameWorkers by going to the link in our bio!

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Would you continue to shit talk LLMs if you knew that the technology might make software EVEN WORSE" from an AI fan is a just a completely astounding rhetorical stance.

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Lex @leksico.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

trying a text to ascii effect in Unity #gamedev #indiedev #unity

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This for me is the root of why Godot is great and its audience is growing.. it’s like UT Engine, Unity 3… it’s good because nobody has broken it yet. We’ll see how it holds. I’m optimistic given some of the calls I’ve seen the community make.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 12/08/2026

Brenda Romero's beautiful 'Chasing Lilacs' is a personal history told through the lens of gaming: aftermath.site/chasing-lilacs/

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026

I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"

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William Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Normalize blacklisting dipshit ceo's

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Game developers like David want to make games for adventurers like you - but they can't do if their colleagues keep getting arrows to the knee. The future of video game development belongs to you, hero. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft how these layoffs impact the worlds you love (link in bio).

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

IMO this sounds like AI use enabling bad creative direction. 75 is obviously hyperbole, but a manager asking for a ton of variations on a concept is a red flag. They should have a clear enough picture in their head of what they want to where maybe 3/4 options are plenty to make these decisions.

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Voryn Dagoth Ur @dagothurthegod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wow, there is a Bethesda game sale going on! Now is a great time to ignore that shit and instead support the devs that Microsoft fucked over: itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Developers like Eric just want to make games that enrich player's lives. But too often, multi-billion dollar companies like Microsoft, Sony, and EA want to enrich shareholders via layoffs. #SaveGameWorkers and tell these companies to stop treating game developers as disposable: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Rami dropping ALL the truth bombs in this one - fantastic read for anyone struggling to actually ship

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Slide 1: Mary Jane: Tell me the truth...I'm...I'm ready to hear it.
Slide 2: Peter: You can't just constantly start new protoypes. Sometimes you have to ship games.
Slide 3: Mary: Cries

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Some kind of invasive ape 🏳️‍⚧️ @wargonopsid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ink sketch of a waffle yaga. Seagull feet bc dumpstercore. Sketch w inks

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026

The problem most companies struggle with is that they're "terminally bad at running software projects effectively." Adding AI to the mix doesn't solve this problem - it just adds a whole new range of ways that software deployment can fail. 28/

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