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@babyghosts.org
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We are an educational charity supporting worker cooperatives in games and media arts across Canada. Cofounded in 2021 by eileen & jennie. 🤝👻 babyghosts.org

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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 28/09/2026
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba: the Prairies hub needs a coordinator. This one supports a live cohort through January, then writes the regional toolkit and hands the hub to its partners in March. $30,000, about 25 hours a week. Closes October 16. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 26/09/2026
🚨 20 days 🚨 left to apply to be one of our four regional hub coordinators. The form is three questions, and you can submit voice memos or short videos for each! Short and sweet is fine. $30,000 contract for 5 months. Closes Friday, October 16. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordin...
Dark graphic with a faint dotted map of Canada in the background. Top left: the Baby Ghosts wordmark, with a small smiling white ghost as the "O". Top right, a numbered list of regions: 01 British Columbia & the North, 02 Prairies, 03 Ontario, 04 Atlantic Canada. In purple: "Applications open." Large dotted white and blue headline: "Regional Hub Coordinators." Body text: "Build partnerships with local organizations, train Peer Supports to run Baby Ghosts' Cooperative Foundations sessions, and develop a toolkit of the region's own resources. There are four contract positions, one for each region, with a tight five-month timeline active from November 2, 2026 to March 31, 2027. $30,000 for approximately 25 hrs/week." At the bottom, a pink and orange gradient button reads "Apply by Friday, October 16."
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 25/09/2026
Ontario! we're hiring a hub coordinator. set up our central hub, map who's out there (*not* just in Toronto), and build the partnership of regional orgs that runs it after March. $30,000, November 2 to March 31, closes October 16. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 24/09/2026
BC, Yukon, NWT and Nunavut: the Pacific/North hub needs a coordinator. IS IT YOU? Five months building a community network from scratch, $30,000, 25hr/week. You can live anywhere in the region; travel to Vancouver is covered when we need you there. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 23/09/2026
Atlantic Canada! We're hiring someone to build your Baby Ghosts hub. Map the region, bring people into the Peer Support network, bring in local partners. $30,000 for a five month contract; open to folks anywhere in the region. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 22/09/2026
We're hiring four regional hub coordinators: Atlantic, Pacific/North, Ontario and the Prairies! Five months, November 2 to March 31. $30,000, about 25 hours a week. You can live anywhere in the region. No co-op or games experience needed. babyghosts.org/hubs/coordinators
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 21/09/2026
Our first-ever program for solo applicants: the PRAIRIE WINTER STUDIO JAM happens Nov 18–Jan 27! (sorry to invoke winter vibes before the end of summer) Info session this Wednesday: cal.com/prairie-winter-studio-jam-i… Read more: babyghosts.org/coop-foundations/pra…
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 20/09/2026
Lots opening up at Baby Ghosts right now as we build our national Hub Network ^_^ Hub Coordinator contracts are open. Prairies Winter Studio Jam applications are now open to individuals. We're recruiting Peer Supports across Canada. Details on our site and here all week: babyghosts.org
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Got a spare $10? Net yourself almost 150 games and help support laid off game devs with the game industry hardship fund bundle. bit.ly/4wGDzDk
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 12/06/2026
If you're heading to our NO BOSSES! roundtable tonight, arrive by 5:30 for a behind-the-scenes tour of the *amazing* Creation Loft and Fabrication Studio at North York Central Library. Registration for the event is full but you can still join the waitlist here: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a...
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 05/06/2026
The NO BOSSES! video game co-op roundtable on June 12 is almost at capacity! Register now to avoid sadness at the door: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... @torontogamesweek.com
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Toronto Games Week: No Bosses! Real Talk from Cooperative Video Game Studios — Toronto Public Library
Meet Ontario indie game studios building a different kind of industry — one rooted in workers' rights, sustainability, and cooperation.nbsp;In celebration of Toronto Games Week (June 11-17), this inte...
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 03/06/2026
Ontario worker co-op game studios. One roundtable. NO BOSSES! @covertsky.bsky.social @polyvalestudios.bsky.social @rocketadrift.bsky.social ++ more on building cooperative studios. Free, June 12 at North York Central Library. Register: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a15b0acf56bd86e00b22249
Event poster on a bright orange background. Large black text reads "NO BOSSES!" with white text beside it: "Real Talk from Cooperative Video Games Studios. June 12, 6-8 PM."

The Baby Ghosts logo sits above a pixelly Ganon. Text along the bottom reads "North York Central Library" with logos for Toronto Games Week (June 11-17, 2026), City of Toronto, and Toronto Public Library
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 29/05/2026
We are now a registered charity! Your donations keep us sharing the good work on worker co-ops, and now you will receive a tax receipt for gifts of $20 or more annually. babyghosts.fund/support-us
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Baby Ghosts
Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting creatives interested in cooperative game development in Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 27/05/2026
The NO BOSSES! roundtable + showcase with Toronto worker co-op game studios is open for registration now: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... Part of @torontogamesweek.com !! Come chat and play June 12!
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Toronto Games Week: No Bosses! Real Talk from Cooperative Video Game Studios — Toronto Public Library
Meet Ontario indie game studios building a different kind of industry — one rooted in workers' rights, sustainability, and cooperation.nbsp;In celebration of Toronto Games Week (June 11-17), this inte...
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Ryan McDiarmid @ryanmcdiarmid.com · 21/05/2026
One day until GWC starts and two days until our Vancouver watch party! If you’re a Vancouver game dev, please share far and wide! I’d love to see as many of you in attendance as possible! actionnetwork.org/events/vanco...
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Vancouver Watch Party
Join your fellow Vancouver game devs for an in-person viewing on the last day of the Game Workers Conference. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be served. Union membership not required for attendance. Ple...
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 20/05/2026
We will be at XP Summit this week! Catch co-founder eileen mary holowka on Friday on the FUNDING THE FUTURE OF CANADIAN GAME DEVELOPMENT panel! xpgamesummit.com/sessions/fun... And if you come across a wild Maggie, grab a postcard and get COOP COOL
A smiling person (Maggie) on a streetcar peers from behind a Baby Ghosts postcard
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 18/05/2026
NO BOSSES! Worker co-ops upending the industry June 12 as part of @torontogamesweek.com Founders of game dev coops in conversation Pre-registration: babyghosts.org/events/no-bo... ~ presented in partnership with Toronto Public Library with the support of the City of Toronto
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No Bosses! Worker Co-Ops Upending the Industry
A facilitated roundtable with members of Ontario's worker-owned game studios — Rocket Adrift, Polyvale Studios, Amelore Co-Op, and more. Friday, June 12, 2026, 6:00–8:30 PM at North York Central Libra...
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Clip Through Interactive @clipthrough.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Clip Through has been accepted into Baby Ghosts Cooperative Foundations Program! A sincere thank you to @babyghosts.fund for choosing us for this cohort. Baby Ghost supports Canadian indie co-op game studios led by underrepresented founders.  #indiegames #babyghosts #coop  #nonbinaryowned #gamedev
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Void Blob @voidblob-coop.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We are excited to announce we’ve been selected to be part of Cohort 6 for the @babyghosts.fund Cooperative Foundations program! We are eager to expand our knowledge through this 8 week intensive program, thank you for having us! #gamedev #indiegames #voidblob
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Mistik Studios ✨ Wishlist Kitch Witch! @mistikstudios.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
We're so happy to share that we've been selected to join Cohort 6 of the @babyghosts.fund Cooperative Foundations program! Worker led models are truly the future of this industry and we are so excited to learn more about how we can employ those values and systems into our studio! #gamedev #coop
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Game Workers Conference @gameworkerscon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Do you work in the games industry? Join us for the first Game Workers Conference, online May 22nd & 23rd ❤️✊🏽
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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
There's a common misconception that worker-owned businesses are less productive and fail more often than traditional companies. In reality, the opposite is true. Decades of empirical research show us that worker-owned businesses tend to be more productive and resilient. Studies linked below.
worker-owned businesses are more productive and resilient
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daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 @daff.space · 20/03/2026
You telling me STREET UNI X, the game with almost entirely positive reviews?? Where you do stunts on a unicycle?? Made by a beautiful transgender and their friends?? is on sale for less than 20 dollars?? On Steam?? Right now?? store.steampowered.com/app/2204900/...
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Save 30% on STREET UNI X on Steam
Classic EXTREME sports at their best: on ONE WHEEL! Perform unicycle stunts and combos with style, smash goals, unlock new levels, characters, cheats, and more! REAL uni pros, REAL uni tricks, REAL un...
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Lindsay✊🏾🏳‍🌈 @linrocketadrift.solidarity.social · 21/03/2026
Super proud of this character model I've been working on for 3 months now!
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 19/03/2026
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Rocket Adrift Games | Wishlist SHE: Seraphim Helix Experiment! @rocketadrift.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We've got a new patron-only discord server! If you want access to early builds, exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and more, Check out our Patreon! #Patreon #gamedev #indiegame www.patreon.com/cw/rocketadr...
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Rocket Adrift | Patreon
Game developers & Artists
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Kylie @kymira.ca · 17/03/2026
The first game I made with my wife is now out on Steam! I made this cute celebratory graphic for the newsletter but it sounds like the newsletter went to everyone's Spam folder so no one saw it 😭 store.steampowered.com/app/3825300/...
Capsule art for Love in the Time of Spellphage covered in confetti and heart balloons. Text beneath it reads: Love in the Time of Spellphage.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 04/03/2026
Just a wee reminder that applications for our ✨NEW Cooperative Foundations✨ program + $5k grant are open through this Friday, March 6! Canadian indie game studios looking to learn about building a sustainable business - we'd love to hear from you. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 28/02/2026
Playtest FATEMENDER from Cohort 5's @wtchcrft.com! …a Tarot-themed roguelike deckbuilder of strategy and pathfinding. Cast spells to traverse and transform the Labyrinth. Collect powerful Artifacts to defy the Fates and be the first to escape Purgatory… store.steampowered.com/app/4177420/...
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Fatemender on Steam
A Tarot-themed roguelike deckbuilder where you cast spells and place paths to reshape an ever-shifting Labyrinth. Outsmart the Fates, collect powerful Artifacts, and attempt the impossible—escape Purg...
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Henry Faber @henryfaber.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
There’s just under a week of Canadian studios to apply for Cooperative Foundations from @babyghosts.fund and supported by the @gammaspace.bsky.social community!
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 27/02/2026
Your jam team wants to become a real studio but you don't know how to split the money, make decisions, or set it up so nobody gets screwed in two years. We teach that! Applications close March 6. Free. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 24/02/2026
Applications are open now for our spring 2026 cohort of Cooperative Foundations! Comes with a $5k bursary. And if you’re Ontario-based, we have $1,000 travel stipends available to join us in Toronto for in-person cohort events thanks to Ontario Creates. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Hypha Worker Co-operative @hypha.coop · 18/02/2026
We built you a garden! Spores.garden is a personal site where you can curate your thoughts and explore other people’s gardens by following a trail of digital flowers. We’re still building and adding to it, so let us know what you like and what features you’d want to see!
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Rocket Adrift Games | Wishlist SHE: Seraphim Helix Experiment! @rocketadrift.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Filling out the space #low-poly #Godot4 #Blender #gamedev
Screen capture of unannounced game with low-poly, fixed-camera aesthetic. The player character stands in the center of a dingy medical room.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 17/02/2026
TOMORROW! Join eileen + jennie for an info session and q&a about our new Cooperative Foundations program. Learn about what the intensive covers, the structure and supports it offers, and how to apply. babyghosts.fund/info-session
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 14/02/2026
Game dev? Laid off? Considering going indie? Also consider applying for our new… ☞ COOPERATIVE FOUNDATIONS ☜ 8-week cohort-based course, starting April 8! babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
A shadowy figure on the left overlaid with the text 'i need a job'; a white projection on the right says 'i simply do not vibe with my labor getting exploited for the bourgeoisie'
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 12/02/2026
Indie devs! if you’re looking for a more sustainable way to make games, consider a worker co-op.
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Kenzie Gordon 🍉 @kenzitronic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Baby Ghosts is now recruiting for the next round of our newly revised Cooperative Foundations program - if you're part of a co-op-curious Canadian studio, this is an amazing opportunity to join a hugely supportive community and maybe transform the way you work together 👻
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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 11/02/2026
"Despite the games industry being extremely profitable (~$197 billion revenue in 2025), it is unjustifiably inequitable and unsustainable."
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Charitable Choices: Baby Ghosts Studio Development Fund
Baby Ghosts Studio Development Fund is reimagining what a sustainable, equitable future for the video game industry can look like.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 09/02/2026
Co-op curious? Apply for our NEW Cooperative Foundations program now! You and your collaborators will get 8 weeks of pre-formation education alongside alumni and other indie studios in a cozy cohort. Open to new and established studios and comes with a $5k grant. babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 08/02/2026
Applications for our NEW 8-week Cooperative Foundations program open Monday, Feb 9! Comes with a $5,000 grant. Join our info session to learn more: babyghosts.fund/info-session
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 26/01/2026
We're celebrating our studios as we prepare for Cohort 6! ★ Polyvale Studios won big at Global Game Jam: Citizens Assembly, with coverage in Global News (globalnews.ca/news/11530997/kingston-area-studio-wins-global-award-for-democracy-themed-video-game/) and The Whig!
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Kingston-area studio wins global award for democracy-themed video game - Kingston | Globalnews.ca
Kingston-based Polyvale Studios has won an international game design contest for its democracy-themed game Diem, earning the grand prize and a best aesthetics award.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 14/01/2026
@gm4coopfutures.bsky.social Helloooo!!
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Glen Henry - DUPPY DETECTIVE TASHIA OUT NOW🔍👻 @spritewrench.com · 30/10/2025
As we rebuild post Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica could really use your help. If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund: supportjamaica.gov.jm
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Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
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Henry Faber @henryfaber.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
🎲 👆🏻 🔪 💰 @rocketadrift.bsky.social's darkly humorous rogue-like dice builder, DEAD FINGER DICE: THE BILLIONAIRE KILLING GAME, is out now on Steam! - 1bit asthetic! - Synth-sational soundtrack! - Custom enchanted poker dice! - Billionaire-killing commepance! store.steampowered.com/app/3512300/...
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Save 10% on Dead Finger Dice on Steam
Play a sinister game of poker dice against blood-thirsty demon billionaires who’ve trapped you on their mega yacht in this rogue-like dice builder.
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Interactive Arts Alberta @iaalberta.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🚀 Applications are OPEN for Baby Ghosts Alberta – Cohort 1! Alberta indie studios: get a $25,000 stipend, 6 months of peer support, & tools to build sustainable, cooperative studios. Apply by Oct 10, 2025. Program runs Nov 3–Apr 24. For full details & to learn more: babyghosts.org/peer-acceler...
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 31/08/2025
Next month, our co-ED Jennie Robinson Faber will be speaking at the lovely @qgcon.bsky.social! The talk, on queering game studio economics, will be a practical look at game cooperatives. And it'll be livestreamed on Discord! Check out the stacked lineup: www.qgcon.org/schedule
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Schedule — QGCon
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 31/08/2025
We're launching a member program this fall! Pre-register for Ghost Guild: babyghosts.org/ghost-guild Open to anyone, anywhere, building or interested in worker-led and cooperative studios. 🤝
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Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 29/08/2025
Proud of @daff.space for cancelling their STREET UNI X Xbox port in solidarity with Palestinians, even though it could've been crucial for their livelihood as an indie dev. 🇵🇸 www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-culture-of...
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"A culture of intimidation, retaliation and oppression": How Microsoft’s Gaza stance fuelled an industry-spanning boycott
RPS meets a few of the developers participating in the BDS campaign against Microsoft's Israeli military ties, including an Xbox worker fired for his views.
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Baby Ghosts @babyghosts.org · 27/08/2025
Co-ED eileen mary holowka is part of this panel today discussing cooperative models for the game industry (ya know… what we're all about!). JOIN US!
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