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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The nerdiest golf crew on a Sunday morning.

Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Just had a conversation with a friend where I had to correct them and say “no, it is not DOS ex machina” and now I need to take a lap.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I saw the rise of co-development when I did my last update 6 months ago. There are studios here that are all for it. New update soon, just need to get ahead of some work/personal stuff.

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Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Epic. Spaceflight. Action. Roguelike. This is Rogue Eclipse, launching NEXT MONTH ON AUGUST 7th! 🕹 Arcade Flight Controls 💥 Merciless Armadas to Blast Through 👾 Epic Boss Fights to Overcome 🚀 A Story that unfolds over roguelike campaign Wishlist Here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #gaming #indiegames #gamedev

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 10/07/2026

Proud to announce you can now pre-order the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Video Courses. Practical, focused 101 video courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - €40 (excl. VAT) per course, with bulk & group discounts! courses.ramiismail.com

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Levelling the Playing Field - Courses by Rami Ismail

Practical, focused courses for indie game developers. Business, marketing, budgeting, production, pitching and more - by Rami Ismail.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I don’t like how my childhood toys are under glass like artifacts in a museum #evo2026

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Arcade cabs as far as the eye can see #evo

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For folks going to #evo couple of tips: 1. Don’t wear your badge outside of the venue in Vegas, you look clueless 2. Park at the fountainbleu, it’s $20 or free with a players card (also free) and it’s covered parking so your car doesn’t bake in the 110 degree sun.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Is it just me or is this guy drowning

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I love randomly getting back into WWE and finding out things like one of the most over babyfaces is a German dude playing an American dude playing a Mexican dude and what should be a racist character is now the most over and celebrated wrestler in Mexican wrestling currently.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art. I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The truth. My 10 year old self would flip knowing I got to work on tmnt.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"Instructions are just propaganda" been a while since I've heard game feedback that flat out left me speechless 😂

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

There is no amount of failure or success that will warrant reasonable job security in this industry. The human cost of making games or frankly being a creative of any industry in this hellscape is obscene. More blood on the altar for shareholders. Love it.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

What this number also hides is the normally large number of folks who come without a badge and normally hang out in Yerba Buena. That group was also decimated.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This man knows no bounds to his level of trolling

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Oh no can someone check in on @caseyyano.bsky.social and see if he’s okay

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Can Dr Scholls sponsor GDC next year?

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The dumbest thing I’m taking around GDC today

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

One of the cutest things I see at GDC every year is authors who go to the GDC store and sign all of their books for people who buy them there. While I’m unsure of the legalities of such a thing I hope GDC doesn’t put a stop to that.

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Mcdoogleh - ROGUE ECLIPSE OFFICIALLY OUT NOW!!! @mcdoogleh.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Pleased to announce Rogue Eclipse is going to be at @dayofthedevs.org - be sure to stop by, say hi to @heylookitsalan.bsky.social and take it for spin! 😎🚀💥 (Also we have some special surprises in store for that build😉) Wishlist the game here! bit.ly/4bRLumD #ScreenshotSaturday #pcgaming #gaming

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Too many people I know are getting their Visas denied ahead of GDC. If anyone needs help on the ground for stuff they can’t do themselves due to this let me know and I can try to crowdsource additional support.

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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

And no, as an indie: Indies aren't gonna save games. No indie will be able to employ the amount and type of talent out there. Indies can't begin to design the type of games these gorgeous human beings are able to create. It's like burning down a forest and go 'the petting zoo will save us!'

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Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.blacksky.app · 23/02/2026

This is a very important quote from the interview that I hope every single company hoping to capitalize on the gaming industry reads and internalizes. Games are a unique market, and you can't just apply strategies from other industries and find success. This has been proven time and time again.

Blackley: But again, Asha’s background is entirely in software as a service and AI. The implicit thing here is that games is going to be AI-driven software as a service. If that’s true, she is a young person with those ideas. But she’s not a young games person with CEO ideas. I understand where that strikes a lot of people as really fucking weird, because the games business is a different thing.

One of the things I ran across in my career in games, having interfaced with Hollywood and tech and all these different companies and different cultures, business cultures, is that games almost always represent an unexpected, much higher than wagered challenge. One assumes that it’s technology, and it’s not technology. It just happens to depend on technology. One assumes that it’s a service, and it’s not. One assumes that it’s a purely creative business. People come in and say, “We’ll bring movie directors to do games!” They also fail, because technology is an important part.

It’s a difficult wall to scale. Because it’s games–one thing that I’ve learned across my career is that everyone believes they’re a game developer. Everyone thinks they’re a game designer. There’s something about games–when you play them, they seem so effortless. There’s an assumption that anyone can do it. This can also get you in a lot of trouble. Asha’s statement in there about how she’ll figure it out reminds me a lot of that. I’ve been around a lot of that. I’ve had Bill Gates say that to me. I’ve had Steven Spielberg say that to me. I’ve had a lot of really smart people say, basically, that line to me. It’s funny for me to see that in there as well.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Good news: I finally got the wiring right and only sparked myself twice. Bad News: I have no sound but it’s a software, not hardware issue. Need to keep working on it but it’s playable now at least.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I forget how much of a pain this part is

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Food experiments continued: 鳳爪, Feng zhao, or phoenix claws, aka braised chicken feet. Weirdest part was clipping the nails.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Working on an ambitious home project...

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Got some folks letting me know it's been helpful, both developer and publisher so it makes me feel glad and hopeful. In one case, it also revealed to a certain publisher that shall remain nameless that their website was down 😅

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

It's been a while since I've updated my resources list but I finally got around to it after a year. Crazy stat? Net loss of 20 investors/publishers in the last year, net loss of almost 50 in the last two years. Am I missing anyone? Let me know! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Alan's Gamedev Resources Sheet (Public)

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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

My controversial take is that if you didn't get credited on a game you have proof you've worked on, just list it on your CV. I do with one. Never had any issues. Not being credited still sucks but you don't need to be polite when they're not.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Friend is hosting a John Wick laser tag for her boyfriend’s birthday so I helped out with high table coins, a little trophy for the winner, along with custom dossiers for everyone.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Late night pastrami and a good kindle book for a chill LA night to meself. Time to see what this Fourth Wing is about! (Just kidding, it’s Dune Messiah because I can’t remember wtf happens after the first book.)

Pastrami sandwich on a plate with fries and a cup of coffee at Canters Deli in Los Angeles.

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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny

yep it's a Malort advent calendar alright

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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

When you're indie, like Xalavier, & I, & a great deal of our friends who have shipped games & kept our businesses afloat in tumultuous times on extremely limited scopes, you learn a lot about what you can, & can't do. You learn that mismanagement will destroy everything you hold dear.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Homemade dandan mian. Shit is spicy.

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Hey It’s Alan @heylookitsalan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

It’s been almost three decades since I’ve played with a working version of this.

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