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Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writing & Narrative🔜 MCM Comic Con @rebeccamwrites.bsky.social · 1h

BTW I don't think it's an exaggeration to say, that I wouldn't have been able to make the move into professional game narrative without the AdventureX community. Even if you can't attend the Youtube channel is a trove of the BEST talks in games. www.youtube.com/@AdventureX

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Videos from AdventureX: The Narrative Games Convention.

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Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social · 1h

A meme of a fight between "super intelligence" and "artificial intelligence" and a guy labelled "pcg/generative methods" is on his phone in the front eating spaghetti and ignoring it

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Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For no reason at all, if you want excellent puzzle games made by wonderful people, you should play any of the games by Draknek & Friends 🥰 store.steampowered.com/publisher/dr...

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Steam Publisher: Draknek & Friends

Lovingly Crafted Puzzle Games Since 2013

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congratulations! When I thought you couldn´t be more awesome, you just keep going!

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 02/10/2026

Steam Fall sale is ON! Too brain tired after Nighthawks launch to do a proper marketing for this right now. In the meantime, I will have blind faith that public desire for our games transcendes the need for me to tell everyone to buy them. There. Nailed it. store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...

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Die Gute Fabrik @gutefabrik.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Check out this lovely My Perfect Console podcast episode with @unaminh.bsky.social, who we had the joy to work with on #saltseachronicles!

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Toiya Kristen Finley Available for Consulting and Editing! @toiya.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hello Editors and Writers: I'll be hosting a new workshop at the end of the month! Give and Take: The Art of Feedback for Editors and Writers 📅 Oct. 24, 1–5 PM Central 🎟️ $250 + $9.74 booking fee ✍️ For all experience levels + all kinds of stories Register: www.ticketsource.com/schnoodlestu...

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Our students are a bit weird, so not the best sample because they gravitate to indie games and visual novels. The more mainstream games seem to be Minecraft and Roblox. We also have had a bunch of students who were really into Valorant and Marvel Rivals.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For those people who think that staying in the U.S. legally is so easy - absolutely not, there are many points at which the visa can be denied, and the process is getting worse because immigration services are getting dismantled.

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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Question (please share)! What games industry speaker and/or what topic (games or not!) would make you consider travel to attend a conference/convention? Or as a games industry person, what speaker from outside of games would like to see at a con? Or topics that are not games specific?

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...

"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Great opportunity to join a group of fantastic puzzlers and developers while you work on your puzzle game.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s the first thing I thought of too 😂

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

From my own experience, the two things writers new to games struggle with are the affordances of the medium (e.g. requiring a character animation that would be way out of scope), and writing for a nonlinear experience (e.g. these conversations need to make sense in any order)

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Marceline is Racing Dinos @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

3 more of my published games donated to the @nyugamecenter.bsky.social library! 4 games of mine total, including High Tide, are in the library now—and I couldn’t be more proud to support my alma mater! 😊

A library setting with games and electronics in the background. Three games are stacked on a desk: Dino Racer, Nebular Colors, and Wednesday: Friend or Woe

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yaaaaaay! Also, three cheers for the Streisand effect.

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Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX @unaminh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I write! I produce! I organise! I wrangle teams! I win awards! I work inside and outside of games! I‘ve successfully worked remotely since 2015. My work is extensive and I’ve had my hands in many pots 😊 Consider me, your five foot one Úna-Minh* *Úna-Minhs of other heights not included

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 13/09/2026

Writers, just tell your story. Don't worry if it's checking every box on some standard model of a perfect plot or hitting every point of the story diamond (please!). Write the story you want to tell the way you want to tell it. Use your own voice and your own words. It's your story!

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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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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 10/09/2026

It's no secret the game industry has been brutal these past few years. We're here to help. My brilliant clinician colleagues at @takethis.org are putting on a FREE series of workshops to those struggling in the wake of layoffs. #gamedev #indiedev Register now! www.takethis.org/2026/09/take...

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Take This Talks: A New Community Program - Take This

But our work is not yet done. Now, more than ever, game developers are in need of mental health support, education, and resources. In the last few years, our industry…

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Point-and-Click Showcase @pointclickshowcase.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

📣 Announcing the Point-and-Click Showcase 🎉 Together @amanita-design.net and @rustylake.com are hosting a showcase packed with new game trailers, a dedicated Steam sale, and much more to be revealed. 👀 🔗 Apply NOW: forms.gle/z6e1QQFP9xwT... Follow us for future updates! 🖱️

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GorgonGoddess_The @avngmedusa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Held my breath entire time…

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 31/08/2026

PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT👥 With experience across AAA, mobile and indie studios, Jesenia Vargas and Andrea Saravia highlight various local programs, resources and organizations built to ease the growing pains of entrepreneurs. #GDoCExpo2026 #gamedev

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inkle @inkle.co · 01/09/2026

The couple-based gameplay in GTA VI is very cool but meanwhile, have you played 80 Days by inkle studios ltd

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You can fix that. The whole classic cartoons series is available on Tubi for free.

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Michael Iantorno☔️✊ @michaeliantorno.com · 28/08/2026

I'm happy to share a new 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 for an edited collection on game preservation in Canada, with co-editors @jeanketterling.bsky.social and @videogamehistorian.bsky.social. We welcome essays, material studies, and interviews. Full details at the link below - please share widely!

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Call For Papers – GamePreservation.ca

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Couldn’t ask for a better example of how ‘gameplay’ doesn’t actually mean anything and you should never use it in serious writing about games.

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Francisco González @grundislav.games · 26/08/2026

Get ROSEWATER and LAMPLIGHT CITY, two adventure games set in the same alternate history 19th century, for less than $20! store.steampowered.com/bundle/50641...

World of Vespuccia Bundle: 36% off, $17.90

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

'Cause I've seen blue skies through the tears in my eyes And I realize I'm going home. 🖤

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The cyclospora outbreak has reached 13,895 cases across 47 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,500 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Eufloria 2. Knytt Remastered. Proteus devs back on social media. Dungeons of Dredmor update. It's the early 2010s again baby, awooo.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Closing down a studio who’s just released a successful narrative game to invest on GenAI for games is a bad business and creative move. Netflix throws money at games because it has more than plenty, and then discards the work of talented people for no reason. 🤬 Big tech is wantonly destroying games.

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Gary J Kings 🎮🎞️ Game Trailer Maker @garyjkings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

South of Midnight is now self published, so buying it gives Xbox zero money. It's a great day to part with a bit of money.

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Danny Hawk @dannyhawk.com · 11/08/2026

My game “one tap games” has hit 1.5 million plays 🫨, so I cut together a tiny trailer to celebrate. It’s my minigame collection where each is played with a single tap, and you’re given a daily random 5 game selection from a larger pool You can play here (mobile & web!) s.castle.xyz/5nEd_NuwDzaa

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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#filmnoir #moviesky #filmsky #musicsky Wanting to stop Axis powers from jamming Allied torpedo guidance systems in 1942, actor Hedy Lamarr and film music composer George Antheil patented frequency hopping #OTD — leading to current day wireless technology.

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Nifflas @nifflas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Knytt has been faitfully recreated by @bitkidgames.com to run on current operating systems and was just released on Steam and GOG, completely free Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2656050/...

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Knytt Classic on Steam

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the indie freeware classic, rebuilt for modern machines! Explore a maze-like planet as the Knytt, a peaceful being abducted by aliens, find your missing ship parts, a...

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Still hate that the field of AI has been hijacked by people who don't understand other humans' behaviors or motivations, let alone what makes AI useful and interesting.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Joseph’s Machines is brilliant and you should all watch his work.

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Úna-Minh (That's my first name!) 🔜 AdventureX @unaminh.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What a treat this was, so many brilliant ideas and reminders. Congrats to the folks at @inkle.co and every contributor to this fantastic collection! More books like this please.

A photo of the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope edited by Jon Ingold, filled with sticky notes

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 05/08/2026

After talking to a young writer last night, I want to remind you all that it's okay to write without an assignment or goal. Write to explore a new technique, get an idea out of your head, or as emotional exhalation. Write for the raw joy of it. For you alone. It doesn't need to go into a portfolio

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If this clue needed to be a nerdy reference, it could have been to a character in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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Eugen Pfister 🇪🇺 @eugenpfister.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Guybrush in Ultramarin gedruckt

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"The universal lies in the particular" is a well-known motto which seems completely arcane to video game execs. It's also yet another instance of why gen AI cannot take over the role of human creators, since its output is generic and bland.

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Clara Fernandez-Vara @clarafv.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Back to regular internet connection, trying to go through piles and piles of messages in 6 hours 😰 Best part is finding out that the messages that I responded to on the go didn't get sent because I was hopping from crap wifi to crappier wifi.

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