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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last night @boxofgreebles.bsky.social won our first ever funding, securing the runner-up prize in Converge's Create Change Challenge! We are now a functioning game studio! We secured funding, industry partners and mentors, investment and a lovely trophy for our shelf. The first of many we hope!

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Karl Poyzer @karlpoyzer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So it's out now! I was lucky enough to spend a couple of years writing this with a lovely team (This was a bit of a weird career tangent for me) Lovely to learn loads and just get to write utter nonsence for a bit! @calmdowntom.bsky.social @starkholborn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW0P...

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Nivalis Nights - Official Launch Trailer

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

And this is why we do what we do 🙏😭 Thanks so much to everyone who's exploring and enjoying the people and worlds we wrote for Nivalis Nights (and if you want to know what's next for us – cough cough indie project – follow @boxofgreebles.bsky.social...)

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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Taking my first hesitant steps into @nivalisgame.com and immediately feel like I'm home A very different kind of game to CloudPunk, but the atmosphere, the soul, are all here in abundance I don't use the word "immersive" lightly, but if any game can claim to be immersive, this one can 💜

Screenshot from the game Nivalis Nights. Pictured is a worn-down sci-fi urban area full of neon lights and wandering pedestrians

Screenshot from the game Nivalis Nights. Viewed from the ground looking up through Japanese Torii gates at a bustling market, up to the broiling grey & gold clouds above.

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Dave Ghoul @daveghoul.com · 29/09/2026

The team that made Cloudpunk, one of my all-time favorite games (no, really) just released their follow up, Nivalis Nights, a Cyberpunk life sim that takes place in the same world-space. I can't download and get lost in this fast enough.

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

IT'S OUT. It's been a hell of a... 5 years! Really proud of Nivalis Nights. One million wishlists! I hope you love the city of Nivalis and all the weird and interesting people we created for you to meet. Welcome to Nivalis! store.steampowered.com/app/1488490/...

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Nivalis Nights on Steam

Grow your business, manage restaurants and nightclubs, make friends and enemies, buy and decorate apartments, go fishing and maybe even find love in a cyberpunk city that stretches from the ocean to t...

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also I have a lot of THOUGHTS, so if you want me to come on your podcast and talk about Nivalis Nights and being a narrative director, hit me up!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Press and narrative people, if you want to talk to me about the writing process for Nivalis Nights, reach out. We launch... Tomorrow!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Please wish me and the whole @boxofgreebles.bsky.social luck as we head towards the final of the Converge Challenge! We find out on October 1st who wins. We're down to the last 5! They've never funded this kind of thing before, and some said we were wasting out time... but we're in with a chance!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our game just reached one million wish lists! Very excited for you all to play Nivalis in a few weeks!

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Wondering what I've been working on? Well the news is out! Meet TOKAMAK, our first person, surreal, limbic narrative horror game set on the Glasgow Subway... (Oh and give Box of Greebles a follow while you're at it!)

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We released a little video of what you do in an average day in Nivalis! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJxg...

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Nivalis Nights - A Day In The Life

YouTube video by 505 Games

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Nivalis Nights @nivalisgame.com · 28/08/2026

Another shift, another opportunity to prove who's the best manager in town 🍜 Think you've got what it takes?

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Content creators, do you want access to Nivalis Nights early? Repost to get the word out. Sign up below! t.co/Rixoqi80hZ

Image of a street from game Nivalis Nights.

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm delighted to tell you I'm joining Cryptic Killers! I'll be writing a little more murder mystery it seems. Can't wait to get started!

An image of murder mystery games for Cryptic Killers

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It's on the website now, so I can tell people... I'm a jury member for the GDC awards! I'm on the committee for the Social Impact Award, and Best Game category. gamechoiceawards.com/jury/

A list of judges for the GDC Awards featuring Thomas Welsh

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Stop Stark at Gamescomm and ask her about our subway horror game! It's really weird!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Combining my two passions. Writing item descriptions, and food.

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We have a wee video for how you get around the city in Nivalis Nights. A looooooot of people like trains, so I hope this makes you happy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQq...

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How do you travel around Nivalis Nights? - Q&A Video #3

YouTube video by 505 Games

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Glad I can share this one now! One of the key things we wanted to do with Nivalis Nights was intertwine the overarching story with your everyday life in the city. You know, avoid the serial killer, grow more carrots. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-Zv...

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What can you do in Nivalis Nights? - Q&A Video #2

YouTube video by 505 Games

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Some of the most fun characters we wrote feature in this new trailer. I'm very glad we can start to share this stuff!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Delighted to say that @boxofgreebles.bsky.social , our new studio, is off to Gamescom thanks to @techscaler.bsky.social ! @starkholborn.bsky.social will be there representing us. Ask her about our weird subway horror game!

A poster for Techscaler Gamescom showing the attendees.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 21/07/2026

It’s official! I’m giving the opening talk at AdventureX this year. It’s called “20 Years of Wadjet Eye” and I’ll be talking about how I survived 20 years in this business. I’ll also be revealing some early sales figures for the first time. Hope to see you there!

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At the end of last year I was invited to give a talk at TEDxBristol - and now it's live! So here I am talking about intention, integrity and the dangers of outsourcing creativity to AI: youtu.be/frH1ksnMh50?...

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Human creativity in the age of AI | Stark Holborn | TEDxBristol

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Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

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I've had to unfriend a few fans lately, all for the same reason. They made ridiculing, unkind, and in some cases outright cruel comments about pictures I posted of young women cosplaying Jessica.
More than a person, Jessica is a state of mind. To play Jessica, you need self -confidence, a sense of humor, and a Jessican -attitude-. There is no such thing as a Jessica cosplayer being too short, too flat chested, too heavy, too thin, too unattractive, too black, too Asian, or even too male!!! All Jessica, any Jessica, every Jessica is good Jessica.
I'm not giving any warnings or second chances. A single disparaging comment on a Jessica cosplayer, and I'm throwing you out of the rainbow colored Toontown Tent.

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If a team makes a game that gets great reviews and doesn't sell, that's a biz failing but the silver lining is you caught lighting in a bottle -- protect that team! It's worth its weight in gold. If you jettison the team but keep the biz people, I don't know what to tell you

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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 16/07/2026

Raffi you’re so right

Threads post from raffi_music:
stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our studio @boxofgreebles.bsky.social will be represented by our founder and narrative director @starkholborn.bsky.social at @developconference.com today. Ask her about our horror game set on the Glasgow subway!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 09/07/2026

WADJET EYE IS 20 YEARS OLD!! Which means it’s time to celebrate with another group photo. It’s frankly ridiculous that the universe has allowed me to continue doing this for so long. I’m grateful for it every day. Thank you all.

20 games and 20 years worth of Wadjet Eye characters, all bunched up for a group photo.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

imagine if they fired every band member every time an album came out

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 04/07/2026

Games can just look like this.

Auto Modellista screenshot. A blue-and-white car drifts around a corner.

A red-and-white car speeds through a city at night in the rain.

Two cars crest a hill at night, their headlights beaming.

A blue car drifts through an autumnal forest road.

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Stark Holborn @starkholborn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

DEVELOP. I will be there Tuesday/Wednesday. If anyone's around and would like to meet (separately to bellowing at each other in the bar) then drop me a line

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Been waiting a while to share this one... Here's the trailer and release date for Nivalis Nights! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZL...

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Nivalis Nights | Official Release Date Trailer (4K 60fps)

YouTube video by ION LANDS

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

One sentence horror (writer edition) When you lose the draft and have to rewrite the whole thing from memory, it's always better... So you should delete the document.

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I'm still looking forward to the delayed Nivalis game, a sim set in a dystopian future city. Cloudpunk is one of my favourite games, it was great to experience a cyberpunk-style story without having to shoot people in the face every few seconds. Great to play a game with a 99% lack of violence.

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 07/06/2026

Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Had a great time pitching with Converge last night for the Create Change category. Excited to tell people about our new game studio Box of Greebles and the weird games we're making!

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cyber bb 🤖 @cyberbb.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My most-anticipated game has some dev updates! 🥰

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you want to learn how to get into games writing, and make a narrative game in a few hours, I can show you how next weekend at @cymerafestival.co.uk in Edinburgh! Cymera: Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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Workshop: Start writing Videogames (TODAY!) with Thomas Welsh — CYMERA

How do you get into games writing? Can you move from writing novels to writing interactive action? And can a writer make a videogame by themselves? (Spoilers: Yes! And Thomas will explain how.) This ...

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The demo for my new game "Last Night Last Call" is now out! You don't need to have played Best Served Cold to play this, but if you did, you might see some popular characters are back. store.steampowered.com/app/4197200/...

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Last Night Last Call on Steam

Can you solve a murder with nothing but your wits, your cocktail shaker, and your silver tongue? In this bartending mystery game, your customers are the key. So long as the liquor flows, so does the c...

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

@mixtapegame.bsky.social There's a bit in the fields where I swear the way the characters move is exactly how I dream about flying, and I've had that dream for 40 years since I was a kid. This game is phenomenal. Thank you for making such a wonderful thing.

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Hey, look at that. I've been working on a new detective/bartending game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8rV...

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Last Night Last Call - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Rogueside

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Thomas Welsh - game narrative writer @calmdowntom.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just heard someone say "running's the worst thing you can do if you want to lose weight." What about eating 12 donuts?

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Rogueside🍸 #BestServedCold @rogueside.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Meet James. Though he can be a little uptight, James is a true professional: well trained, competent and a cool head under pressure... As long as you don't interfere with his investigation, that is. #indiegames #lastnightlastcall #lnlc #rogueside #visualnovel

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AP Thomson @apthomson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

out now: store.steampowered.com/app/2364580/...

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