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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Dundee game devs, I hope to see you tonight for the next round of Games Talks Live! During my slot, I’ll give you my top 5 tips for evaluating licensed IP for your next project based on my experience working with IP like Jurassic World, Star Wars, and many others! #gamedev #scotland #sgda #dundee

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

When Arcade Fire released this video 15 years ago, it was just a work of dystopian fiction. Just watched it again for the first time in many years and it left a lump in my throat. #arcadefire youtu.be/5Euj9f3gdyM?...

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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video)

YouTube video by ArcadeFireVEVO

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Gonna go out on a limb here and say the seagulls might not be the problem today. #corvid #standrews #scotland

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

My cat hasn’t moved from this spot since I switched the AGA on two months ago. #blackcats #winter #lifeinscotland #aga

A black cat curled up on a pillow beside an AGA oven

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Starting my last day of work for 2025. As they said in Glengarry Glen Ross, “Coffee is for Closer.”

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My favorite novel. I think I’ve read it more than any other book. Enjoy!

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I think The Criterion in St Andrews needs to hire this crow to perch on their sign full-time. #scotland #StAndrews #corvids

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

I’ve been so busy making Reforj, I didn’t even notice we dropped a title update teaser last night. #reforj #indygames #scotland #gamedev youtu.be/yHoXXLLYAI0?...

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TU5 Teaser Trailer

YouTube video by 4JStudios

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I’m overachieving on NYT Puzzles this morning.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween! What’s your favorite horror game? Whatever it is, chances are the 50 horror game creators (including yours truly!) featured in Terrorbytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming probably dissected it, layer by bloody layer! terrorbytesdoc.com

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TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming

The ultimate exploration and celebration of Horror in video games. Five incredible episodes featuring 50 of the biggest names in horror gaming.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

You think that’s bad? You should hear the way some product managers talk about their player base in F2P games… 😬

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

The story told around WDI is that Walt coined the term because his dogs would follow him around the house if he showed them a hotdog. The “dumb hungry dogs” bit is news to me. Not saying it didn’t happen, but also never heard it put that way while I was at Disney.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

At Walt Disney Imagineering, the equivalent was what John Hench had dubbed “the weenie” — using a landmark and environmental storytelling to lead the guests towards the main attraction.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Over the summer, our lead designer and I did a live stream and Q&A for our game in early development, Reforj. If you’re into open world survival games, I hope you’ll add it to your wishlist and visit us on Discord. #reforj #gamedev #indygames #MadeInScotland youtu.be/BsohbhdAn30?...

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Reforj Q&A with Devs and Designers - August 2025

YouTube video by 4JStudios

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Toasting marshmallows on the wood burning stove. For breakfast. #autumn

Marshmallows on a skewer roasting over a fire in an antique Godin wood burning stove.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Fungi spotting around Dunkeld today.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Any chance we’ll ever see a vinyl repress of Year Zero…?

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Tonight’s entertainment: Reading a signed copy of Budgie’s biography while listening to his first album as a Banshee. #budgie #siouxsie #postpunk #goth

Siouxsie and the Banshees Kaleidoscope on vinyl, beside a signed copy of Budgie’s biography, Absence

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

For some reason I’m finding it very hard to get any work done tonight…

Procrastination, taking the guise of a sleeping black cat draped across my computer keyboard.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

My part-Latina daughter just complained that living in Scotland has turned her “Daniel Radcliffe white.” I wonder how it came to be that Radcliffe is her benchmark for a pale complexion?

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It doesn’t seem that bad, actually. More than 10% of players are getting to the end of the game (or what I assume is the end — I’ve not played it.) When I worked at Disney and Universal, I got to regularly see retention data and that looks like a pretty common drop off.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Feeling kinda fungi today, so I took a walk to Maspie Den in Falkland. #scotland #fungi #mushrooms

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

If you’re at the Games Day at the Big Real event in Dundee today, find me during the breaks and say hello! (You can also get a chance to play Reforj!) #gamedev #indygames #dundee #reforj

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Reforj looks pretty good on a 9k wraparound screen. I wish everyone could play it on one of these!

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

My cat is having none of my shit today.

A black cat seated at a kitchen table, giving the photographer some brutal side-eye.

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Reforj @reforj.game · 06/05/2025

Mark your calendar, grab some popcorn and tune in to the first ever official Reforj stream on Thursday 8th May at 3pm BST! Join Tom, our lead designer, plus Joe and Nathan for a guide to Reforj, a tour of its mechanics and a live Q&A. Tune in here: 🔴 youtu.be/nYmO5Lh4fro 🟣 twitch.tv/4JStudios

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Thanks, I hope you get a chance to play it soon! We just launched our pre-alpha test two days ago.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Writing a GDD is having the hard conversation, even if it’s with yourself. As soon as you need to explain a system, loop, mechanic, etc. to another person (even if that other “person” is just your design journal) you discover things — edge cases, exploits, contradictions, etc.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

From a former Disney colleague, Armando Soto: “If you find yourself on a project with an unclear vision energy devoted to changing or clarifying the vision is going to be more productive than solving all the endless problems and progressing with an unclear vision. Have the hard conversations.”

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Go without a GDD and you get the Roomba production methodology: head off blindly in any direction, run into a wall, pivot, repeat.

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Reforj @reforj.game · 02/05/2025

We've had some overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Reforj Pre-Alpha! We're already working on shipping the first fixes and planning the next update. Sign up now for a chance to become a Pioneer: reforj.game

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’m really enjoying Prowl’s in-depth feedback and coverage of REFORJ. Every bit of feedback is helpful, positive and negative alike (but this one does have a lot of nice things to say!) youtu.be/_kK6lhPy-8Y?...

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The BEST Building System EVER In A Survival Game | Reforj Pre-Alpha

YouTube video by Prowl Reforjed

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Following the outdated and lifethreatening decision over transrights from the UK Supreme Court ,as a sector we owe it to our friends, colleagues and the transcommunity to speak up for change. Please sign this openletter from the cultural sector to the EHRC airtable.com/appJjTpDvAuS...

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Airtable | Everyone's app platform

Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.

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Reforj @reforj.game · 29/04/2025

Just one day until the first Pioneers can explore the world of Reforj! Content Creators can release videos and streams from today, so watch out...

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

“That sounds like commie talk…” says the people lining up to fellate the former head of the KGB and his favorite orange sock puppet.

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

REFORJ 30th April I can’t wait to show you where I’ve been spending all of my time lately! #gamedev #indygames #scotland #reforj youtu.be/RjyUhpXEew4

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Introducing the Reforj Pioneer Program!

YouTube video by 4JStudios

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Here’s Nathan, 4J’s community manager, to tell you more about Reforj’s upcoming Pioneer Program! See you 30th April! #gamedev #indygames #scotland #reforj youtu.be/c90xQNcYpmQ

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Everything You Need to Know - Reforj Pioneer Program FAQ

YouTube video by 4JStudios

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

You’re about to find out why I’ve been so quiet lately…

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Old Man Boogie @hailboogie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

This is it, nerds. All that Fallout playin' is going to come in real handy soon

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Reforj @reforj.game · 01/04/2025

This week we explored a massive forest and a scenic river flowing through a cave... We even spotted an interesting creature! 🔍 More on this mob to come: discord.gg/Reforj

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Reforj @reforj.game · 25/03/2025

Some of the team have been exploring caves, caverns and moonlit landscapes. Join the conversation: discord.gg/Reforj

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

When I worked at Disney, had I accidentally texted a journo the color of Darth Icky’s lightsaber or the lyrics to Elsa’s big coming out song, I’d be out on my arse, instantly. Career ending move. Can we not hold Hegseth to the same level of discretion as Mickey Mouse?

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

When I was an SME for Northrop Grumman, I wasn’t allowed to bring my phone into the facility, we worked inside of a big faraday cage, and every conference call was on a DOD-approved encrypted line. To talk about VIDEO GAMES. Let that sink in a moment.

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Reforj @reforj.game · 21/03/2025

One of the team built this medieval town square using tools available in-game. What would you build in Reforj? Tell us on Discord: discord.gg/Reforj

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Brian Gomez @briangomez.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The launch trailer for TERRORBYTES is finally here! @mossrc.bsky.social and his crew know the horror genre inside and out, and their passion came through in their incisive questions and amazing guest lineup! I was honored to be included, and I hope you’ll check it out! #gamedev #horror #indygames

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