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Game developer @ Claymatic. Previously: The Chinese Room, Sumo Digital, Just Some Games, Circle Studio, Core Design and Criterion. Old.

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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
After a brief 7 years we've found ourselves ready to release our little game: Knuckle Creek. Please enjoy the launch trailer with a tune written by our designer Anthony Flack for the purpose: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxBY...
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Knuckle Creek Official release date trailer
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 24/09/2026
We accidentally unlocked everything during a couch playtest. So naturally, we turned the mistake into a feature. Meet Party Mode.🐟💥🛸 Read more in our latest Steam news article! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4652930/...
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Knuckle Creek on Steam
Knuckle Creek is a slapstick comedy brawler designed for friends, fun and light-hearted play sessions.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 14/09/2026
It's TIME! TO! GET! HYPE! Today, I get to proudly unveil Steam Hype, the project I've been working on with the help of @hookshot.media for the past two and a half months. A new PC gaming site which aims to demystify PC gaming, cut through the 100+ daily releases and spotlight indies as much as AAA
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Steam Hype
Steam Hype is your go-to destination for discovering the latest, greatest, and most talked-about games on Steam.
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
DPaint
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 19/08/2026
Up to eight players can play Knuckle Creek together. We provide the bombs, chickens and general disorder. Any subsequent arguments remain a private matter. Wishlist today!
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Knuckle Creek on Steam
Knuckle Creek is a slapstick comedy brawler designed for friends, fun and light-hearted play sessions.
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is very good.
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Sir Basil @sirbasil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I don't think there should be a defibrilator on Snowdon. And that's a hill I'm prepared to die on
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I had a job at a shoe shop but was given the boot.
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Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com · 20/07/2026
We're sorting out our Gamescom schedule, and we're taking a new pitch! If you're a publisher and want to chat or take a look, hit us up. 👀💗
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in the bridge of the "D" and Worf stands with arms crossed, looking defiant. (Like pissed and fed up not like the USS Defiant from Deep Space 9)
Closed caption reads, "Die."
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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A good day to remind you all that you can spend £5.50 on a 28mm @countbinface.bsky.social model from Troublemaker Games, £3 of which goes to NHS supporting charities Now who is selling some frog faced fiends and a scale model pier for them to fight over? www.troublemakergames.co.uk/product-page...
A 28 mm wargame miniature of Count Binface
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I'm reading that idTech is gone?!! Imagine having a world class tech stack, pipeline and multi-studio culture and binning it off. Everyone involved are absolute clown shoes
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Wes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 28/06/2026
Remember the internet before Google, before algorithmic feeds, before monolithic social media corralled us onto the same handful of apps? When small, *personal websites* and webrings linking them together reigned supreme? Time to bring it back.
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Introducing Warp Point, a Web 1.0 gaming blog directory built for 2026
It's a webring! And a website!
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Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev · 02/07/2026
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Scuff3D Rook @scuff3drook.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
*tap tap* Is this thing on? www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9bz... rookandpossum.com/posts/scanli... I made a thing! I suspect I'll be posting to an empty room like a madman, but for now, I'm going to make a habit to start posting things here when I post videos/blogs/papers.
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The Scanline Sweeper: A Glyph Rendering Algorithm
YouTube video by Rook and Possum
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Me: Okay, there's been a thunderstorm, the heatwave should be over now. (New health bar appears) (The sun is now named 'Sol, Starflame of Regret') (Objectively the greatest piece of classical music ever recorded starts playing).
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Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com · 22/06/2026
Pinky☆ from Promise Mascot Agency standing in her mayoral garb, standing next to a resigning Kier Starmer Pinky☆ for PM.
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
UE6 changes are interesting. Epic has generally built for their own use case first which is what made it useful and battle-tested (if your goals aligned). But it seems they're chasing the metaverse/platform dream that's only applicable to a small subset of games?
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Flipcode. Or maybe the original Lionhead forums.
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geouug @geouug.com · 15/06/2026
Steam should have a Previous Fest featuring all the games that are already out, but bungled their marketing campaigns so you've never heard of them.
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 08/06/2026
Platypus Reclayed is 30% off for #SteamBulletFest 🍒🍇🍌 Spread the word! 🚀 steampowered.com/app/2912430 #PlatypusReclayed #IndieGame #GameDev #BulletFest
Steam Bullet Fest 2026, June 8th to June 15th, Platypus Reclayed is 30% off at $10.49
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Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com · 08/06/2026
Sektori is now on sale for the first time on Steam as part of the Bullet Fest! We also put together a bundle with Claymatic Games so you can go get an extra discount for Platypus Reclayed too! 🌈 store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
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Save 20% on Sektori on Steam
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another s...
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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 07/06/2026
It's been a week, and that means everyone can now read my article on Amiga classic Shadow of the Beast! It may not quite get there, but it tries so very sincerely to deliver an enthralling fantasy world: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2026/06/07/s...
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Shadow of the Beast: More than just pretty parallax
There can be no talk of Shadow of the Beast without mentioning the mesmerising and much-praised parallax scrolling effect shown during its outdoor segments. The sheer number of planes—the clouds al…
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 04/06/2026
Physical Copies with Super Rare Games are OUT NOW! 🚀
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Parody] @nintendooamerica.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Mario & Sonic Kissing
Happy Pride Month
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Claymatic @claymatic.games · 28/05/2026
Platypus Reclayed is going physical with @superraregames.bsky.social! 🚀
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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Genuinely, this concern about AI is one of the reasons why I think having friction in video games is good and why it's increasingly important to have games that simply exist instead of catering to our expectations. Reposting this message from Kojima about "pre-digested" art:
And he said, "If everyone likes it, it means it's mainstream. It means it's conventional. It means it's already pre-digested for people to like it. And I don't want that. I want people to end up liking things they didn't like when they first encountered it, because that's where you really end up loving something."
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Jamie Sefton @seffers007.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Still buzzing that our games festival is on the front page of Steam this morning! Please support our brilliant game-makers - loads of discounts on there! Big thanks to the lovely people at @valvesoftware.com. store.steampowered.com/news/group/3...
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GameRepublicGaMaYo - Game Republic Games Festival - Steam News
The Game Republic Games Festival features the best games from its UK members and events, including the huge game dev meet-up GaMaYo which takes place on the 21st May in Leeds!
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lasha3D @lasha3d.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
commissions open Rt if you can 🙏🙏🙏
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Loved the vibes in this when I was growing up
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Robot Wig @robotwig.com · 06/04/2026
I'm unfortunately reaching the end of the line. I'm desperately trying to save my career & working really hard to get myself into a better position, I'm still going to lose my home & at 45 that's a big thing to have to deal with if you can help me at all I'd really appreciate it. ko-fi.com/robotwig
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Buy RobotWig a Coffee
Become a supporter of RobotWig today!
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ALF-CIO @gasping4meaning.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I would like it in a plane I would like it on a train I would like it in a house I would like it with a mouse
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Paul Kilduff-Taylor @mode7games.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Trying to replace game journalists with AI is one of the single most stupid uses of the technology I've seen and that is a hotly contested category. The entire point of written games journalism is the expression of a subjective human perspective: that is the value; that is the purpose.
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“We are witnessing the reinvention of play. […] As monetization and Al evolve and influence this future…” Goodnight Xbox x
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Max Nichols @maxnichols.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
RE Bluepoint: Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence. Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on
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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hey Bluesky. Thank you so much for the support on the Mythmatch release date yesterday! Do you think you could maybe help me get over the line to 10k wishlists? store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/... We've been so close for so long! Please Wishlist and Share!
Screenshot of the Steam Backend for Mythmatch Wishlists. Current oustanding wishes sits at 9,959.
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David Amador @djlink.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
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Notepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hacked
Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 23/01/2026
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step. 1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish. 2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 21/01/2026
The Nuclear Throne Update 100 boom could falter without wider adoption, @vlambeer.com warns. store.steampowered.com/app/242680/N...
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Nuclear Throne on Steam
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apoc...
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Hit Points by Nathan Brown @hitpoints.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
From a guy who deplatformed tens of millions of his own users so he could pressure Apple and Google to change what he considered an immoral policy. Billionaire headloss in the 2020s will be a rich topic of study one day, not sure there's been a more dramatic, weird or stupid example than this guy
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
PSA let your boiled potatoes dry out before roasting them to help guarantee super crisp roasties. I read the tip a few weeks ago and haven’t looked back
A tray of drained boiled potatoes. They’ve been boiled for 15 mins so their edges are breaking up.
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Kaizen Game Works @kaizengameworks.com · 09/01/2026
We're overjoyed to announce that Promise Mascot Agency is nominated for "Excellence in Narrative" at the IGF Awards! 🛻✨💗 www.gamedeveloper.com/production/b...
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Baby Steps leads 28th annual IGF Awards nominations
Blippo+, Titanium Court, and Horses have also received multiple nods.
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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 08/01/2026
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.
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stu @bakelord.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"vague cultural reasons" - yeah no, the owner of the site with a mouth piece to millions spreads disinformation and was attempting to whip up division in my country and calling on people to fight. Fuck that site.
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Sebastian Aaltonen @sebaaltonen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :) www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap... I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
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No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen
Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...
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.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

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Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. 
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
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