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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Since I'm unlikely to come back to this any time soon, I figured I'd share some half-baked updates on where I landed with my realtime GI system a couple of years ago before burning out. Maybe one day...

A screenshot from Unity showing a 3D courtyard environment lit with my own DDGI style Global Illumination system.

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hey Develop 👋🏻 I’m in Brighton this week with my Border Collie Patrick! Hit us up for friendly dev chat and excited tail wags

A black and white border collie called Patrick

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Botany Manor @botanymanor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We're so excited to share Botany Manor won the Accessibility Award at the #GamesForChange awards! The team put a lot of work into accessibility features, colour-blind legibility for clues and designing the game to be gentle to the player. As a small studio, it means a lot to see it recognised 😊💚

A screenshot of Botany Manor showing a fountain and garden benches, with the text it won an accessibility award

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Botany Manor @botanymanor.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We're so honoured and excited to share Botany Manor received an Xbox Excellence Award for top store rating of 2024. It's amazing to see how our game has left a lasting impression on so many 💚🌳 Thanks so much to @xbox.com and @gamepass.xbox.com for all the support!

The herbarium book on the left side, and the xbox excellence award on the right side. In the background is a rose bush.

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BAFTA Games @baftagames.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment are… BOTANY MANOR KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP) SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU TETRIS FOREVER VAMPIRE THERAPIST #BAFTAGamesAwards

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hard to believe it’s been a whole decade since Alto’s Adventure launched! I had no idea what to expect & was nowhere near prepared for what came next! It changed my life, introduced me to so many friends, & 10 years later, I’m still making games I love. Here’s to the next 10!

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Journal of Geek Studies @jgeekstudies.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🌿Botany Manor is a cozy game but also a window into challenges women face in academia. For #WomenInSTEMDay, we interviewed the devs @lauredm.bsky.social and @kittbyrne.bsky.social to explore how these issues were woven into storytelling and gameplay. 🎮 Read it @ jgeekstudies.org/2025/02/09/b...

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Botany Manor: a cozy game unveiling the inequalities in academia

Interview with Laure De Mey and Kitt Byrne Download PDF Botany Manor is a multiplatform game developed by the English indie studio Balloon Studios and published by Whitethorn Games. Initially relea…

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Land & Sea @landandseagames.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Summerhill is currently featured in the #mythsandlegends2025 Steam event 🐑 Journey through an ancient, pastoral landscape in our upcoming sheep herding folk-tale and unearth the mysteries of a long-forgotten past.

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ustwo games - The Garden of Life is out now 🌷🌸🌼 @ustwogames.co.uk · 10/12/2024

Play Monument Valley 3 NOW!🥳 Join Noor as she explores mind-bending landscapes that unfold like origami, blending nature’s beauty with the impossible. ✨⛵️ On App Store and Google Play with your Netflix Membership ➡️https://go.ustwo.games/mv3

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Tomasz Stachowiak @h3r2tic.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

In our next Tiny Glade update we'll bump the light limit from 32 to 32k while keeping the cost more or less the same. The small limit has been a cop out, as we didn't quite know how to render huge numbers of (screen-space) shadow-casting lights without severe performance degradation.

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flo veltman 🔜 Paris Games Week (maybe?) 🔜 AdventureX (maybe?) @vltmn.itch.io · 19/11/2024

In 2016 I released Lieve Oma, a game about going mushrooming with your grandmother. My goal with this game was to make something that would be consoling, or soothing in some way. "Cosy games" have become a whole thing in recent years and people are now developing games with "soothing" in mind!

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Botany Manor @botanymanor.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Botany Manor is coming to PlayStation on December 17th! ✨🌺 🔎 Immerse yourself into the life of Arabella Greene 🏡 Explore your lush manor and gardens 🌻 Uncover the secrets to bloom long-forgotten flora Coming to both PS4 & PS5! 😊

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

When I’m not working on sheep herding games, I like to tinker with custom lighting tech. Here’s my own realtime global illumination system running in Unity!

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Hi folks 👋🏻 I'm Harry, lead artist and developer of the Alto's Adventure series! I'm currently working on a brand new game with my team at Land & Sea. It's called Summerhill, and you can check it out here: summerhill.game 🐑 Super excited to be joining Bluesky, already feeling the good vibes!

A screenshot from the game Alto's Adventure, depicting a snowy mountain landscape, with a snowboarder leaping across a chasm

A screenshot from the game Alto's Odyssey, showing a sandboarder leaping over a chasm above an ancient temple.

A screenshot from the game Summerhill, showing a coastal landscape at sunrise. A shepherd and their dog stand atop a cliff looking out across the bay towards a mysterious beacon on the horizon.

A screenshot from the game Summerhill depicting a vast moorland landscape. In the foreground and shepherd and their dog lead a flock of sheep between two mysterious standing stones with glowing runes.

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

When life imitates art… Meet Patrick the Border Collie 🐶✨

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Video is here! Check out this teaser trailer for my upcoming sheep herding game, Summerhill 🐑 ➡️ Wishlist on Steam summerhill.game/steam

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Land & Sea @landandseagames.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

We're Land & Sea, developers of Alto's Adventure, and more recently Summerhill. In our upcoming game, you take up the call of a young shepherd and their faithful dog, working together to reunite your lost flock! If you’d like to know more, you can find us on Steam: www.summerhill.game

A shepherd looks out towards a beacon in the distance, as the sun begins to set across the sea. In the centre, the text reads "Summerhill, a folktale about life, loss and livestock."

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Happy New Year, Bluesky! Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social. Check out summerhill.game for more!

Artwork by Alariko for the game Summerhill by Land & Sea. A young shepherd, their dog and sheep stand on hill looking towards a strange beacon in the distance.

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Happy New Year, Bluesky! Can’t wait for the year ahead and to share more about my upcoming project! Here’s a sneak peek from the talented @alariko.bsky.social. Check out summerhill.game for more!

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Harry Nesbitt @harrynesbitt.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

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