Reposted by Kevin Snow💕Ͼん𝟈ᒋᒋ𐒋💕 🔜 BLFC, Nekocon, MFF @barabait.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I love second hand shopping 5447261201
Reposted by Kevin Snowghoulnoise @ghoulnoise.com · 11hbig man life, cigar and a glass of wine after hunting prey, typical day 092
Reposted by Kevin SnowRTL3 @russelllatshaw.bsky.social · 30/10/2024Nobuhiko Obayashi on the special effects of House 102076723
Reposted by Kevin Snowghoulnoise @ghoulnoise.com · 02/10/2026Bandcamp Friday, consider putting a little walking around money in my pocket if something catches your ear #bandcampfriday ghoulnoise.bandcamp.comghoulnoise.bandcamp.comGhoulnoise/composer/ ghoulnoise.com 11416
Reposted by Kevin SnowDraknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Looking for a cosy game for the spooky season? Try Spooky Express! 🧟🎃 It's a cute puzzle game about planning routes and laying train tracks to meet your creepy commuters' demands! store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/... 0105
Reposted by Kevin SnowBen Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When witches are cackling and telling you “Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” take a step back. Breathe. Those are normal things for fire and cauldrons to do. They’re trying to mess with you. 91337410
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 02/10/2026At the launch party for Young Suns and someone left a premium Goku on my desk. This is how you know your team is good. 1220
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Beautiful show. Can't imagine how much the entire crew had to haul ass to produce all that in two days. How loved he was radiated through the screen. 091
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 22/09/2026they sent Pikachu to space without a plan to return. June 17th was when he ran out of oxygen. Goodbye brave rodent 🫡 112296520
Reposted by Kevin SnowJoe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind 393085656
Reposted by Kevin SnowBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 20/09/2026(guy who has only ever seen Camp Miasma, walking out of Resident Evil) a lot less fingering in this one 8530118
Reposted by Kevin Snowaustin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This whole thread makes me feel like my scalp is on fire. I feel like some of us have been shouting the bolded part here for years and they just tweeted it out (in court). 91087329
Reposted by Kevin SnowBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 12/09/2026I mean this is the problem, isn't it? The technology is harmful and is already producing harmful outcomes; its mass deployment is collectively negative even if individuals perceive a localized benefit. There's no "plan" to get around the harms without giving up the supposed benefits. 213131
Reposted by Kevin SnowCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I had this idea from reading the elizabeth holmes mouse post and then I couldn't do anything else until i painted the idea to completion 6570731954
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"What is the player thinking about as they play" is such a good way to frame this and I think cuts to the heart of the issue. Because it is easy to joke about yellow paint, but hard to define and align people on a vision. It's not just "friction vs frictionless," it's where it is and what it does. 171
Reposted by Kevin SnowAura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I've been wanting to blog more, so here: a short(ish), off-the-cuff ramble about wolverine, guidance in games, and the void of conscious thought: auratriolo.com/blog/2026/09... 10314100
Reposted by Kevin Snowknock knock knock knock @nicknicknicknick.net · 11/09/2026it's been a rough couple of days, and weeks, and months. i wrote a bit about how it's felt to say au revoir, and possibly goodbye, to ko_op. nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0... ❤️nicknicknicknick.netKO_OP & meFor context. 2821344
Reposted by Kevin SnowKO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 10/09/2026An important update from KO_OP. 57751171
Reposted by Kevin SnowCalli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bird of Prey (Samus Aran from Metroid Ravenous) 78121103229
Reposted by Kevin SnowBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 10/09/2026I played the first story this game presents you with (by @aaronareed.bsky.social, as it turns out) and it's nuts all of the reactivity and intricate narrative systems going on here, a real storylet sicko game 26217
Reposted by Kevin Snoweevee @eev.ee · 06/09/2026with the incredible power of AI we have eliminated the tedious bit where you actually make something. now we just need talented creative people to fix bugs and otherwise clean up someone else's mess, which of course is the most rewarding part 629357
Reposted by Kevin SnowPriscilla Snow @soundtracksbysnow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Halloween is approaching faster than you think! Get into the spirit (👻) with the 26-track OST to Spooky Express! You'll hear a wide variety of spooky tunes that'd feel at home in a cartoon Halloween special, a fall festival, or an early 2000s horror games ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/album/spooky...ghoulnoise.bandcamp.comSpooky Express (Original Soundtrack), by Ghoulnoise26 track album 1118
Reposted by Kevin SnowChloeCade @chloecade.bsky.social · 03/09/202660 years without him today... I can't believe it 💔 3353732146
Reposted by Kevin SnowGreg | Causeway Studios @gregwrogers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Check-in's next year. Reserve (wishlist) your spot now. 281
Reposted by Kevin SnowCauseway Studios | The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham @ PAX West @causewaystudios.com · 01/09/2026To escape your guilt, what… and who… would you leave on the cutting room floor? Welcome to The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham, coming 2027. 415071
Reposted by Kevin SnowGP @mousefountain.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A game is basically a series of items. 732331
Kevin Snow @bravemule.bsky.social · 29/08/2026when i talk about strategies in pokemon champions i feel like boomhauer 171
Reposted by Kevin SnowKO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 27/08/2026We're at Gamescom! Swing by to say hi, check out a demo of Young Suns, and nab a sticker sheet and postcard that's out of this world! 🤩🚀 34513
Reposted by Kevin Snowjason grinblat @jfg.land · 27/08/2026having talked to Tarn about his plans for myth & magic, I can confidently say that ~~even in the context of the notoriously deranged scope of Dwarf Fortress~~, the details left me speechless 417541
Reposted by Kevin Snowspeedway22.bsky.social @speedway22.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Guardian just reported that there were 50,000 ICE ‘arrests’ in July, this is escalating rapidly and DHS is trying to be quieter about it now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comICE arrested 50,000 people in July – quietly the biggest month in Trump’s second termAdministration moved away from high-profile raids that defined immigration enforcement approach last year but still deported record number of people 39172
Reposted by Kevin SnowKO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 26/08/2026We’re so excited to be part of this year’s Future Games Show! 🧑🏼🚀 🪐 Be sure to check out the showcase to catch all the great games you missed! 📽️ Future Games Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJj... 🎮 Play on XBOX: hi.youngsuns.com/XBOX ✨ Wishlist on Steam: hi.youngsuns.com/Steam 011943
Reposted by Kevin Snowizzy kestrel @iznaut.com · 13/08/2026this provides a cautionary tale to developers bsky.app/profile/mari... 1121
Reposted by Kevin SnowBruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 22/08/2026Optimist: the glass is half full Pessimist: the glass is half empty Narrative designer: The glass is half {playerEmotionalState() >= OPTIMISM_THRESHOLD: full | empty}. // FIXME: Tune optimism threshold 335131
Reposted by Kevin SnowAnime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 21/08/2026Award-Winning Translator, Jan Mitsuko Cash, Calls on American Manga Industry to Double Their Rates! 51077556
Reposted by Kevin SnowAbye @mxabye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I love the easter egg on the 1997 Dead Zone DVD. This is what happens if you try to select "Namek" as the spoken language. 61434527
Reposted by Kevin Snowthene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv... 671495624
Reposted by Kevin SnowCompulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Thanks to @deantak.bsky.social for sitting down with Guillaume Provost to talk about Compulsion’s independence. Every game you buy now directly supports Compulsion and helps fund our next project. gamesbeat.com/compulsion-g...gamesbeat.comCompulsion Games pulls off management buyout and separates from Xbox | exclusiveCompulsion Games, the maker of compelling gamers like South of Midnight, has pulled off a management buyout and is now separated from Xbox. 21577205
Reposted by Kevin SnowLaura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Chilling out today, head empty of all thoughts except how good the Skin Deep soundtrack by @ghoulnoise.com is. Anyway, just a friendly reminder, since I'm thinking about it ghoulnoise.bandcamp.com/track/in-cry...ghoulnoise.bandcamp.comIn Cryo (Presented by MIAOCorp), by Ghoulnoisefrom the album Skin Deep (Original Soundtrack) 1194
Reposted by Kevin SnowEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 391572915
Reposted by Kevin Snowtinybaby @tiny.baby · 16/08/2026oh your entire industry is crumbling because of externalities outside your control? Have you thought of starting a patreon so that you have to do a bunch of extra work on top of that? 295691976
Reposted by Kevin SnowMakkon @makkon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026yall should get South of Midnight now. it's self-published by Compulsion Games, microsoft is out of the picture. they could use the support! store.steampowered.com/app/1934570/...store.steampowered.comSouth of Midnight on SteamSouth of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient pow... 10487254
Reposted by Kevin SnowCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026obviously you can still get bad scripts other ways! some writers don’t write to specific tone well; a good editor is necessary; etc. but you can’t get a *good* script if you have those two problems. 2984
Reposted by Kevin SnowCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 14/08/2026many mid (or worse) video game scripts are that way because either a) there was too much conflicting feedback from stakeholders; b) late design pivots meant the team had to reshuffle what they had and live with the results 11606108
Reposted by Kevin SnowMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right 38592632263
Reposted by Kevin SnowLis @thewritegame.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A rundown on narrative playtesting by @stevebromley.bsky.social. I’m a big believer in conducting proper user research if you have the access and means to do it. Golden data.gamesuserresearch.comHow to playtest your game’s story | Games User ResearchHow to safely approach testing both comprehension and appeal for the story of your game. 27022
![Guidance is a form of communication.
[Achievement from UNBEATABLE: "OHHH I GET IT. THEY ALL HAVE MUSIC NAMES - when you explain an idea, the idea fundamentally changes."]
And communication changes the player’s thought processes in more ways than merely the information being given. Guidance tells the player what to think about and what not to. It establishes safe, “brain-free” spaces. That can be useful! Especially in an overwhelming game. But it can also quietly smother thoughts that might have sprung up in its absence.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2jjromh55tf7pp7s4hsvurf4/bafkreihawao3jknub6ubajnqaqov25ijbfx3itfdnw4smddzwcdozke72e)
