Sign in

Claire

@cgirvin.bsky.social
20 followers 66 following 20 posts

Gameplay Programmer - @softrains.bsky.social | Prev. Inflexion Games, Ubisoft Toronto

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Claire
Sarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 10h
Good morning! It's Kim Wexler Saturday! I hope everyone has a wonderful Kim Wexler Saturday today!
Kim Wexler from better call saul
1252367
Reposted by Claire
Aura @aurahack.ca · 09/10/2026
happy lesbian day, it's the one day of the year you can think about kissing girls otherwise they put you in the giant blender from that one Treehouse of Horror episode
237044
Reposted by Claire
iam8bit @iam8bit.com · 06/10/2026
One of the vibiest immersive sims of the last 12 months, Ambrosia Sky 🪐, is getting its soundtrack released on CD! Dive into this impeccably crafted soundtrack by preordering yours today. bit.ly/8bit-ambrosia
281
Reposted by Claire
⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 05/10/2026
It's that day again, but we must (and WILL) perversely persevere 🤘😈
homunculus-argu {Follow}
God will see you at the lowest point of your life, and say "what the fuck I thought I killed that thing." But you skitter too fast and you are too creepy.
21858531
Claire @cgirvin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rolling "weird snack" for the weekly potluck at the same time I learned about pretzel pizza (by @vicmmic.bsky.social ) was some kinda fate
A pretzel pizza. It's a plate of small hard pretzels, covered with pasta sauce and shredded cheese that's been melted by 5 minutes of microwave time. It smells like the worst school pizza and everyone at the function loves it
71297
Reposted by Claire
Abz-J-Harding ☾ @abzjharding.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
35175716195
Reposted by Claire
Tanya X. Short @tanyaxshort.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
god, you guys, just buy the indie game that looks kinda cool. don't play the demo, don't agonize over the reviews or wishlist, JUST BUY THE INDIE GAME!! if you didn't like it, oh well, whatever, maybe next time, meanwhile you supported an artist, thanks for coming to the gig, want a t-shirt?
271286306
Reposted by Claire
Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
USA, you're fucking dreaming. The cost isn't rooted in finance but fear. I am desperate to see friends in Los Angeles and New York. The risk of it all (threats of occupation and assimilation while engaging in an economic war, plus brutal policing and immigrant hostility) make visits a nonstarter
1211292313
Reposted by Claire
Spooky ✨🔜 sleep @spookynest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I crave a big walk ✨🌄⛰️
Three little big walk creatures holding objects from the game ‘big walk’ on a blank white background with text; ‘I feel like a big walk’
31111325
Reposted by Claire
hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Solarpunk would go hard as hell with the simple addition of huge brutalist (re)terraforming megastructures in the background of every pic, herding sheep in a meadow under vast overhead partial solar panel shade cover, etc
218628
Reposted by Claire
Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 18/08/2026
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Fiona Jeeva: Solving Technical Constraints with Shaders in Ambrosia Sky From volumetric destruction to animated fungus pipelines, Fiona breaks down the shader-driven solutions behind Ambrosia Sky's most visually striking systems. 🎮 #GDoCExpo2026
094
Claire @cgirvin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
an immersive sim is when there are toilets you can flush
020
Reposted by Claire
Aura @aurahack.ca · 10/08/2026
every day Steam's AI disclosure stays buried at the bottom instead of at the top of the page with a big orange warning background is another day of harm towards the industry writ large and quiet erosion of people's ability to find and reward interesting games
91567566
Reposted by Claire
lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
154128903256
Reposted by Claire
CTHUEL HURAMCHEK 🎃 @greaterrealityarea.net · 08/08/2026
Here’s the thing about E33, DE, Metaphor, BG3, etc.: there is a deeply hungry market for RPGs that aren’t about high schoolers.
1025827
Reposted by Claire
Jules Glegg 🏳️‍⚧️ @julesfern.gay · 07/08/2026
Just make it exist first
09815
Reposted by Claire
Matías Bergara @matiasbergara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Col. Kusanagi (loving the new show - Ghost in the Shell)
2581302101
Claire @cgirvin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I've encountered multiple bugs that I was able to quickly track down to months old code. I could only do that because I'd spent time understanding that code, and all the code around it And if it's someone else's work that I haven't spent time with, at least there's a real person i can ask for help
020
Reposted by Claire
Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Somebody asked me on Reddit why people who use AI to generate Recomp projects are currently being rejected from the communities and what they can do to fix this. I might tweak parts of this to be a more general blog post at some point, but this should be of help to anyone in a similar situation.
2524611043
Reposted by Claire
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It's Ambrosia Sky: Act Two launch week! 🎉 We've got two whole weeks of blogs, streams, and other goodies planned to celebrate the end of Dalia's journey. 💜 Take a look at our schedule below, and for more info, check out our latest blog post! 📖: tiny.cc/acttwo-schedule
04019
Reposted by Claire
Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 02/08/2026
Blaseball (2020)
115942
Reposted by Claire
It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x
A crappy photoshop paint image with a red star on blue, in comic sans is the message 'some people on the internet aren't American'
14078902410
Reposted by Claire
pistachiOoOoOo 👻👻👻 @streetlightlily.horntforgood.com · 31/01/2026
You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS
1879242540
Reposted by Claire
Aura @aurahack.ca · 27/07/2026
spent like 35 minutes cutting this out frame by frame, here is my public service done for the day: files.catbox.moe/45cyy1.gif
172060606
Reposted by Claire
🎃 Vyria Durav, Dread Wyrm Princess of Spookytown 🎃 @vyriadurav.northsky.social · 21/07/2026
Sin that must be eternally punished is a culturally Christian idea that you can and should reject. If someone admits wrongdoing and changes their behavior, that's the desired outcome. You don't continue to punish because you then signal there's no point to contrition at all, you're damned either way
761162445
Reposted by Claire
allsee @allsees.online · 19/07/2026
investigate clues left by the dead in the surreal, magical-realism horror narrative I Shall Name The Dead
18819
Reposted by Claire
Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These photos of FNs community members fleeing their homes by boat are genuinely apocalyptic (Photo via Wayne Wastaken of Collins, Ontario, who says his “hometown is gone”) www.facebook.com/share/r/1ArN...
Photo via Wayne Wastaken

Fire clouds over Collins, Ontario as community members flee their homes by boat
5022961004
Reposted by Claire
WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🧽💦 THE SKRUB SQUAD DEMO IS NOW AVAILABLE!!! 🚮 Start your journey in tidying up the galaxy by checking out the demo - featuring three levels for you to clean and revitalize! I've been working super hard on this so shares super appreciated!! 🙏 #SKRUBSquad 🔗👉 store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
a screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a stylized alien slime character in pink looking at the camera with a happy look, next to a logo that says "SKRUB Squad"a screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a first person camera view of a player cleaning up a mess on the ground by scrubbing it with a spongea screenshot of a stylized 3d video game showing a messy rooftop with a sitting area in a futuristic looking city
26552
Reposted by Claire
Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I keep giving out game for free. If you're setting up a presence in Gamescom's business area, forget offering free hot coffee to your guests. Everyone offers that and its hot AF in there. Instead buy a couple of these to set up and be a LEGEND everyone wants to meet with.
Ninja SLUSHi Professional Frozen Drink & Ice Machine with RapidChill Technology
2151
Claire @cgirvin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Show me a cool physical game (it's also a cursed object)
A combo CD including Unreal Special Edition and Prody Parrot
240
Reposted by Claire
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
its isopod tuesday its a real day check out this isopod
isopod :)
620749
Reposted by Claire
Dowager Allison Salmon @codecrafty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
So I disagree...I've actually worked remote for the last 6 years and on and off before that with several companies. Remote teams can still build trust, have great communication and make great games together. It takes a different approach than being in the same office but it can be done and done well
1314417
Reposted by Claire
Pria / These Liminal Days 🏳️‍⚧️ @theseliminaldays.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The only democratization of art that we need is UBI so that people can actually pursue the things they love to do.
2306105
Reposted by Claire
nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 20/06/2026
My commissions are open for the summer!! I have sketch busts and larger, finished illustrations available! My sketch busts are skeb style, while the more finished illustrations account for some feedback! #commsopen #commissions ✨ ko-fi.com/nicterhorst/...
4936272
Reposted by Claire
Spooky ✨🔜 sleep @spookynest.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“Hold on to your butts”
Jay and Matt from Nirvanna the band the show the movie running along king street of Toronto with flyers in hand
119743
Reposted by Claire
(DO NOT SPOIL ME ON WEIRD ROUTE) MilkyWay @curlysquare.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Calvin and Hobbes strip that says it quite well;
1963262682
Reposted by Claire
Aura @aurahack.ca · 16/06/2026
Nona #marathon
172605716
Reposted by Claire
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
People Make Games traveled to Michigan to meet Jerry Gretzinger, an 84-year-old man, who's spent most of his life working away on a single, giant map to an imaginary world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8N...
youtube.com
The Man Who's Spent a Lifetime Making One, Giant Map
YouTube video by People Make Games
321822562
Reposted by Claire
Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 13/06/2026
I feel like this whole Anthropic export ban thing should be a wakeup call to anyone outside the US that if you've been newly developing a dependency on a proprietary US cloud service the government could decide to export ban at any moment, you've made a strategic error and should probably reconsider
341190
Reposted by Claire
Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The duality of game dev is absolute joy at the number of cool games coming out, and abject fear at the number of cool games coming out.
640241
Claire @cgirvin.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
That's me!!
050
Reposted by Claire
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Ambrosia Sky: Act Two arrives as a free update on August 6th! ✨ Featuring: 📖 The truths behind the disaster 🪐 New locations to explore ⚙ A reworked progression system 🍄 New exo-fungus to discover 💜 Maeve is waiting Start Dalia's journey today at ambrosiasky.com
113944
Reposted by Claire
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride Month! 🏳‍🌈 In honour of the occasion, here is an updated feature list for Ambrosia Sky: ⏰ It's like 6-ish hours long right now 💕 Queer romance (+ you & your ex are kind of toxic) 🪐 Weird sci-fi vibes you can stare at 🧩 Puzzles you can solve even if you're burnt out ambrosiasky.com
It's the Ambrosia Sky key art, but I added a woke filter. (Our game has space lesbians)
27634
Reposted by Claire
Amy PJ 🌺 @ Melb Games Week @hellomisspotter.com · 29/05/2026
Buying Steam games and playing Steam games really are 2 different hobbies
631891304
Reposted by Claire
Tom Voros @tom.voros.ca · 29/05/2026
Norco is one of my favourite games in recent years and I think more people should play it! Beautiful writing with incredible atmosphere and music, maybe a bit of an unexpected goofy side, but it really worked for me overall. Excited to see what @geographyofrobots.bsky.social makes next!
061
Reposted by Claire
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Don't change that channel - Ambrosia Sky will return after this short message... 📺 Start your journey today with Act One, now 15% off until May 30th. Get Act Two as a free update when it launches in [REDACTED]. We now return to your regularly scheduled broadcast. ambrosiasky.com
01810
Reposted by Claire
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
selling my next game exclusively for canadian tire money
4573
Reposted by Claire
GP @mousefountain.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
In my personal canon the waterwraith is one of the sickest monster designs ever. Look at this freak.
271600327
Reposted by Claire
nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
being trans is pretty neat when it isn't unbelievably annoying
21287
Reposted by Claire
Boo-rad Shankar @bradshankar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
VERY excited to share this big project. Many games are made in Canada, but few are *set* here.
 So, I spoke to 20+ devs who have been making all kinds of games that take place in Canada.
 From showcasing stunning landscapes to telling diverse stories, these games paint a vivid portrait of Canada. 🍁
mobilesyrup.com
Canada rarely gets to play itself -- these games are changing that
From showcasing stunning geography to telling diverse stories, here's how developers are representing Canada in their games.
13380147