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Adam Riches @supernorn.bsky.social · 20h

Oh hey our game is on sale! You can get Loco Motive for 40% off during the Autumn Steam Sale! 🍂 🗡️ Solve a murder aboard a steam train 🎨 Beautifully animated pixel art 📣 Full voice acting! ✅ Verified on Deck 🧠 100% Human Made 🔗 s.team/a/1709880

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This software looks so smooth it makes me wish I was a novelist youtu.be/_K-ExOiEv40?...

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NEO - A Writing Tool for Authors

YouTube video by Hugh Howey

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Good to see store.steampowered.com/app/3065940/... launching to very positive reviews. I made the achievement icons and a bunch of ingame UI and map icons, and I had fun working on the steam sale graphics as well. A little different than what I usually do in #gamedev, but was a nice change of pace.

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Save 25% on Gallipoli on Steam

Land on the beaches of Gallipoli and fight intense 50-player objective-based battles on the Ottoman Fronts! Experience WW1 trench warfare and desert expeditions as one of 10 historic classes, armed wi...

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Rami out here doing invaluable work, a real beacon in the night.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In a time when every app seems to want to 'borrow' your photos for their AI, @ente.io is a breath of fresh air. Open-source, privacy-first, european-based photo backup, just as good as Google Photos but minus the cruft and with better people recognition - I'm sold.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I listened to Heartbeats by Jose Gonzales today, and was reminded of the spectacular Sony Bravia colored balls commercial. Remember that one? It occurred to me that that may be a perfect example of what genAI would ruin for us today. I'll explain. 1/2

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

AppleTV+ wasn’t on my radar for the longest time, but I really enjoyed their SILO treatment, and Widow’s Bay was even better, so I let them take the wheel and dove into Sugar, and my god this is incredible television. Every part of this show needs to be studied. It’s like they’re making it for me.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I'm so tired of thinking about which new secret ways the tech companies that make the devices I use every day are deploying to (ab)use my data for bullshit nobody asked for, while the rest of us suffer in soaring heat and soaring prices and crashing economies.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The tutorial section of First Light rules. "Here race a car for 20 seconds. Did you do well? Doesn't matter, here, jumpcut to a shooting range, bam bam bam, okay cut to a fistfight, parry this guy, oops, you're back into the car. Did you beat your previous time? Who knows. Congrats you're an agent!"

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Happy to see a Dutch independent games journalism collective spawning at @unpause.nl, joining the likes of a @remapradio.bsky.social, @aftermath.site, @jank.cool, or @secondwindgroup.com, who have escaped from the hellscape of corporate greed which has killed so many good newssites. Go support!

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I lost my creative drive for a while, as it’s been a rocky couple of months, but it seems to be coming back! Today I seized the opportunity to start greyboxing the next Ruin Wanderer location 👀

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Bro found the narrowest niche possible. (Also I don't think principals make quite nearly enough to buy yachts left and right... Legally, anyway. Maybe that's why it needs to be discreet..?)

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

jank.cool has a very good footer.

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

that feeling when a game you want to play on your wishlist is discounted and it has reached an approachable price point but you can't rationalize the time investment

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Gosh remember when every game had CHEAT CODES and you had to enter them via some sort of ritualistic dance ingame and then silly things would happen?

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

With October coming to a close things really escallated quickly. We now know of so many games industry layoff waves in 2025 that we're only one short of matching 2024, and we have two months still to go.

Games industry layoff data current through October 2025

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I just discovered Rumicat, a newsletter service, and I love their manifesto. "Rumicat was born from the loss of spaces designed for authentic connection and personal expression." www.rumicat.com/about

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About | Rumicat

A space that honors the gentle art of personal publishing. Where writers write for the joy of writing, and meaningful connections matter more than metrics.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

One of the grad students I counselled at the HKU just announced his game, a wild mix of genres with a unique style - keep an eye on this one!

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I am CAPTIVATED by Blake Manor. The stunning style, the most excellent detective mechanics, all those suspicious guests skulking around the hotel at their own schedules, it is really living up to the promise of those first screenshots years ago.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I wish streaming platforms had something like a 'reading list', for albums I want to check out when I have time to sit down with them.

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oldmanofthefire @oldmanofthefire.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Hey friends, I just lost my job—I’m looking for new work! See a thread of work below 🧵, or visit oldmanofthefire.com I’m an artist and programmer. As an art director I’ve lead art teams on projects for Netflix, Apple, Sony, and more. If you’d be so kind, please share this to get the word out!

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey, it’s back! A formative stealth game, missing from storefronts for too long. And a great Steam Deck game. I’ve made a custom controller configuration for it since it has no controller support out of the box, can be found under community layouts.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/09/2025

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

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Evangeline Gallagher @egallagher.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Hello it’s me Sam Altman I have a zillion dollar idea it’s a chat bot that tells teenagers to kill themselves and you can generate csam with it and it poisons the air and water and it’s wrong most of the time and we’re going to put it in your refrigerator and stuff 👍 I need more money for this btw

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

We sure won't be starved for interesting historical fiction games soon - Valor Mortis, Blight, God Save Birmingham, La Divina Commedia, Kaidan, Ghost of Yotei - but I'm happy to see someone in AA also went for the idea of a Green Knight-like, which I am chasing too! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIg5...

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1348 Ex Voto - Official Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2025

YouTube video by IGN

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

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MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The word is out! BlackMill’s newest game, which I’m doing some work for, got announced at GamesCom 🎉

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Damn, I wish I worked on Star Trek Strange New Worlds in some capacity, just so I could stand up at the end of the internal screening of the season 3 premiere and yell "HELL YEAH! NOW THAT'S TELEVISION!"

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I finally had time to pay full attention to Harold Halibut, and it hit me right this time. It's like slow tv; you just inhabit this sunken spaceship and do menial tasks and breathe in the lore, and then one day you find an alien! And you talk to it about your ex while classical music plays.

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Save 50% on Harold Halibut on Steam

Harold Halibut is a handmade narrative game about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship submerged in an alien ocean. Join Harold as he explores a vibrant retro-future world in his quest to fin...

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

My new(ly remade) homage game The Ruin Wanderer is out now on Steam! Step into the boots of an intrepid adventurer in this tiny indie game, and go raid that tomb. Takes about 15-30 minutes, runs great on a Steam Deck #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity s.team/a/3775390

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The Ruin Wanderer on Steam

Somewhere in the Great Desert, an ancient tomb awaits an eager explorer. Can you make it past the traps and escape with the treasure in this short episodic single-player adventure?

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Pressed a button. s.team/a/3775390

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Clinton Lexa is returning to streaming @halfcoordinated.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My time with Ubisoft has closed, and I'm looking for new full-time work! I have game accessibility experience from indies to AAA. Looking to make your games accessible for disabled players while honoring your creative goals? please reach out! linktr.ee/clintonlexa (Signal boosts appreciated!)

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Clinton Lexa | Twitter, Instagram | Linktree

Accessibility Design Specialist, formerly with Ubisoft, retired speedrunner

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I wish I had the time and attention span to get deep into Tiny Glade…

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Buy Mass Effect The Board Game! @ithayla.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help. this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls. we can beat them phone numbers and a script:

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Oh shit, I want to find something I saw on my feed earlier, I'll probably never see it again - oh wait, this is bluesky. Hell yeah there it is, right where I left it.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I'll take it as a compliment that the only complaint Valve had when reviewing my game build was about the trailer on the store page.

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Jon Ingold @jon.inkle.co · 16/07/2025

Someone use ChatGPT to write their terms of service then

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

WeTransfer updated their terms to ‘get’ your ‘consent’ for training their AI model (sigh) by forcing you to give them a perpetual worldwide license to modify and publically display your copyrighted works just to use their service (deep sigh)

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is very good. www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

AI is a tool (sorry!) that people who are bad at their jobs will use badly and that people who are good at their jobs will maybe, possibly find some uses for. People who are terrible at their jobs (many executives), will tell their employees that they “need” to use AI, that their jobs depend on it, that they must become more productive, and that becoming an AI-first company is the strategy that will save them from the old failed strategy, which itself was the new strategy after other failed business models.

The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This is an incredible website that displays several vintage versions of MacOS live on the page for you to play with 🤯

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Tim Hengeveld @hedgefield.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

It's very depressing when I open LinkedIn to look for jobs that I see a post by an industry titan saying "your creative hard skills will become obsolete in 5-10 years. Stop being in denial, embrace AI" 🩻

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farfama @farfama.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Reminder to all itch users. If you enjoy something you played, let the creator know. Personally, a thoughtful comment lights me up more than a purchase.

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