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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Oof I want to believe. He seems to have worked at X, though, and I do think this is pretty in line with their whole gaming pitch.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Does it count as AI killing me if I die from secondhand embarassment

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cyber disposables @twen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Everything I’ve used for accessibility has gotten worse, not better subtitles I had relied on are unreadable/inaccurate, step by step instructions are worse than ever, translations where I know the other language have ambiguity I worry about in situations like immigration where nuance matters

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Botticellibelle @botticellibelle.cryptoanarchy.network · 07/10/2026

I've been using LLMs in my work in accessible technology for a decade. Our field was one of the first that the AI industry jumped into. Instead of it being used carefully to help create access, it's being sold by disingenuous tech bros as an accessibility panacea, and destroying our industry.

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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 07/10/2026

Always remember: you don't actually have to participate in Steam's rent seeking

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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 · 06/10/2026

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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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sorry, that's kind of a text dump, but I had a really hard time with this when I started so I have a lot of thoughts, lol. I hope some of it is helpful!

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you have someone who is familiar with the game but far enough from development to be objective, they can summarize review trends for you and maybe grab quotes to highlight popular takeaways, which helps prioritize feedback. You can also partner with other indie devs and do this for each other.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

and launch into fixing something before you fully understand the problem. In that same vein, it can be easy to dwell on especially well-written or convincing reviews that are advocate for things most of your players don't want, especially if you have a compulsion to fix every problem immediately.

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most game devs I know are reflexive fixers; if someone tells them about a problem, they're working on solutions before that person has finished explaining. If that's you as well, it can be really important to take a beat and engage with feedback when you're less likely to get overstimulated

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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I only read any reviews (good, bad, neutral) when I'm feeling prepared and calm; a bad review can be hard to read, but it's worse when it's what starts your day or if you've just spilled coffee on yourself or something.

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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

It's so dark! There's nowhere safe to check the map! I don't even know where I'm supposed to be sneaking; I'm just flop sweating my way between closets and trying not to run into walls.

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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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Amanda Harper @ariadnegames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I like B's composition a lot but tbh can't tell if the blue/green is water or ground. Magnifier + cat makes me think hidden object game, about finding cats in a garden maybe? Although that might be because I play many "find the cat" hidden object games.

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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...

the famous orc statue outside blizzard's HQ in irvine, california

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

It's like saying vegetarians are just jealous of someone's burger they found on the ground or something.

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

That's so stupid, it has to be a troll. Claiming moral opposition to something is actually FOMO is nonsense when there's been zero barrier to entry for it for years now. If indie devs were solely afraid that the GIGO machine was going to enflame competition, they'd just also use the GIGO machine.

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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

Mostly I dealt with it then by ignoring the assholes and continuing to do what I wanted. And today I find myself in the increasingly rare position of not needing to pay what's essentially a variable rate subscription to write code.

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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

Also "useful" is any incredibly low bar to clear and it's kind of weird to latch onto that as like, the discussion to be had around LLMs. Something can be useful without being a good tool for every job. Certain people in tech leadership had this same fallacy around blockchain and NFTs.

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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 · 03/09/2026

Oh that could be like suuuch a cursed eternity. The vampire pastry chef makes perfect puff pastry and the most beautifully laminated croissants you've ever seen, but can never taste them because they can only consume blood.

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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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