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Borut Pfeifer

@borut.bsky.social
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Exec Producer/Creative Director, Neighborhoods store.steampowered.com/app/3922000/… Past: Never Alone 2, Weird West. Prey (2017), Skulls of the Shogun...

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Design Room @designroom.site · 05/10/2026
Big new story! The best 8,000 words you'll read on Vib-Ribbon today.
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Vib-Ribbon: An oral history
Almost 27 years later, we round up the team behind NanaOn-Sha's procedurally generated playground to look at the legacy of PlayStation's wireframe rabbit.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sexy Mater?
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Correction, androids have moved into the neighborhood
Close up of an npc with the texture bug from the previous skeet, revealed a grey grid texture making them over just their face and nott eyes nose eyes, making them look like some sorr of android
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Texture problem? Or neighbors not so sneakily planning a heist?
NPCs from the cozy city sim Neighborhoods sitting at an outdoor cafe at different tables. Tables in the game's diorama style are made up of twisted champagne toppers with cocktail umbrellas as patio umbrellas. Two NPCs have grey faces with normal flesh tone eyes popping out, making it look like they're wearing ski masks.
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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 01/10/2026
📢Future? No Thanks! is finally out on itch.io! It's $15 (less than on Steam) and if you own Democratic Socialist Simulator you get an additional 20% launch discount! molleindustria.itch.io/future-no-th...
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you're interesting in playtesting Neighborhoods (store.steampowered.com/app/1144820/...), check out our discord for the signup info: discord.gg/G5EUDsPbe
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Join the E-Line Media Discord Server!
We're E-Line Media. We make games like Never Alone, Beyond Blue, and Neighborhoods. We're happy you're here! | 826 members
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My point is really is really a failure of leadership and managing that process - companies in general do it, game companies usually walk into it completely naive about it and mess it up, out of greed. It's not so much the structure as it is the greed and naivety 😂
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's not actually "legally obligated" to do what's best for the shareholders, and even that is up to interpretation (long term vs short term, it may not mean immediately more profit). Before the 80's companies routinely balanced employee, management, customer, and shareholder concerns.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And a lot of private studios have shuttered - is it because they're chasing that shareholder bounce or because they're impacted by these otherwise trying times? They have not historically done that so why assume the latter vs the former?
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just to put a little nuance on everyone's takes, Nintendo and Sony have been publicly traded for decades.
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not 100% sure but I would think in this case (leaving US) it wouldnt matter
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If they have tsa pre check apparently now you can use that to go to the gate without a ticket
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
it's always "fun" to look into the details on these sorts of situations: * This guy cofounded this company out of school and has never had a boss in his entire life. * Notes that he's laid off 20% of the studio every year for the past 6 years * "We want to lean more and more into the gig economy"
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
normalize frob
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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 13/09/2026
If anyone has contacts at Valve who can help expedite this, we certainly wouldn't say no to the help. In the meantime, I'll be here swimming in cortisol.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Feedback note of the day: "This reads more like 'throuple'" (for a social block aspect improvement icon)
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looking for someone to help with a Nidhogg console update. Anyone out there like using Game Maker and console networking?
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Actually, that would be useful to toss in there, I wasn't familiar with Gitea and Fork, they make it sound palatable - I think a lot of people fallback on github (and therefore MS) for ease of use/access.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Curious if you dug into revision control at all? I'm assuming when you're on unity it was plastic, but if you've tried anything else? I love p4 and I do find the company's attitude in general to be trustworthy, but at higher scales it ain't cheap either.
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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 03/09/2026
The other thing is it's outrageous how much it costs to use software/services that are US-based (literally or spiritually). For a small team of, say, 7 game developers who need/must use the lowest paid tier for these services, annual rate can *easily* run to nearly $33,000 CAD/year. That's a lot!
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They have every intention of rigging this election and trying to steal it And these are the same people who spent a decade falsely claiming elections are rigged It's the biggest, longest con in U.S. political history, and the whole country is its victim
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USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics
The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
would not have gone with Metroidvania but there it is 😂
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Christmas Carol gritty reboot except it's a video game so Scrooge is jacked and shirtless, glistening with sweat, wielding the sickle of the defeated ghost of Christmas Future, defeating his army of demons in a backdrop of his relatives' Christmas parties.
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E-Line Media @elinemedia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
We're extremely excited to share that Never Alone 2 has been selected to appear in the MIX Fall Showcase next Friday, September 4th in Seattle. We are bringing the very first demo of the game and are looking forward to meeting some of you there! bit.ly/3SHtxmz
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And it was co-op... The first open world co-op game wasn't till... 2007? Crackdown? It's not even that creative an idea and the game industry can still manage to miss it for decades 😆
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It kind of boggles my mind we haven't seen a AAA game do Bonnie and Clyde... Back after the launch of GTA 3, I was at Radical and we were working on an original PS2 game based on that. When we got a publisher, they applied a license and it became Scarface: The World is Yours. 25 years later...
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can someone get this man an actual human being at Valve?
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 26/08/2026
NEW GAME from my dear friends and the creators of NIDHOGG!!! Goes hard.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Congrats @messhof.bsky.social!
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Blood Dungeon launches TOMORROW (8/25) on Steam, Xbox Series, Windows Store, Game Pass, Switch 1+2, and PlayStation 5 blooddungeon.com #boneup
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Blood Dungeon: Animated Intro
YouTube video by messhof
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I think about this at least a dozen times a day.
people end up unable to see depiction as anything other than endorsement when their entire cultural diet is escapist fun and reassurance. they see something make them uncomfortable and can only assume people are watching horrible shit as vicarious pleasure and are horrified.
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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2026 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 27th More info 👇
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Rich Wilson @richwilson.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/yo...
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You can now play the secret best immersive sim in coop thanks to this mod
Prey Coop lets you play Arkane's System Shock successor with up to 16 other players.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A world of fair wages IS possible. Never let anyone tell you otherwise! Unionize!
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Haha, yes! I'm set to go to Tiki-ti for the first time this week, ironically (or coincidentally)
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yeah, I feel like an average tiki bowl with a spot meant for fire ought to do it, and that's right, I feel like those multi light cubes were all the rage at the time. Next time we see each other! 😆🍹
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Quark's Bar, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas. We were served by a Klingon and a Ferengi, the Klingon made fun of me for not eating meat, and we shared a "Warp Core Breach", a 64 oz bowl of some sort of rum punch with dried ice in the middle.
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ>∿<ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
fwiw there is an argument I would have accepted here which is that the very modest overall power draw is *highly* localized and can be a huge burden in a *very small area* as a percentage; of course you can fix locally pretty easy with governance or whatever if you have good governance (we don't)
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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's #BandcampFriday so I wanted to highlight the soundtrack to Beatdown City Survivors, made up of 3 FULL albums by some of the best rap artists & producers out here. 1st up is He Left Nothing for the Swim Back from SKECH185, produced by Jeff Markey skech185.bandcamp.com/album/he-lef...
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He Left Nothing for the Swim Back, by SKECH185
9 track album
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"over 40"
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Can we even name an instance of top down large scale system design that ever worked through human history?
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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I liked this interview. Underground rap is so important to me, and to be able to have a full on soundtrack that sets the vibes of Beatdown City Survivors (and have folks tell me how the soundtrack takes the gameplay to a whole nutha level) is very special.
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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Blood Dungeon launches August 25th on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 1 + 2! Blooddungeon.com #boneup
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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Check out this write up (and interview) where I talk about how the Beatdown City Survivors soundtrack (and a bunch of the playable characters) came to be.
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Celia Hodent 🔜 #GameUXsummit @celiahodent.com · 21/07/2026
This is beyond disgusting… and why we need much stronger ethics to protect kids on social media platforms / online games. And accountability of course. Unbelievable and sickening.
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
hey look it's not homily49_final_FINAL you're ahead of the game.
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Derek Yu @mossmouth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Gives the survivors genre an arcade power up, using extra-big sprites and dynamic pacing to make its dystopian city streets feel like living arenas that are as interactive as the monsters inside them." 👍Derek Likes Beatdown City Survivors: store.steampowered.com/curator/4057...
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Borut Pfeifer @borut.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Oh man, what odd tweaks do they do for other markets? Having been in a few mcdonalds internationally, it's always a fascinating lens
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