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Miracle @miraclebutt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've been affected by this. I'll be remaining at KO_OP until the end of the year, at which point I'll be looking for full time animation work, either remote or onsite in Vancouver. I will likely open commissions around this time too, so keep an eye out.

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it's daniel @dkmode.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i have unfortunately been affected by this, and will be leaving the studio at the end of this month. i will miss it dearly and am really hoping to make it back. ko_op is/was likely my last ride in games, but i am open to the right opportunity. deets on my experience in thread.

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ellen 🌻 alsop @spaceellien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sadly I’m one of the affected members. I love KO_OP and it’s hard to imagine working anywhere else. Manifesting that they get a pitch funded soon so that the studio can keep going strong. Please play Young Suns when it hits steam! If anyone has a concept/2d artist gig after Dec, please let me know!

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noé @celechii.itch.io · 10/09/2026

so sad to say i'm one of the devs affected by this and am leaving at the end of the month i've had an absolutely incredible time at ko_op helping ship our 3 most recent games over the 4 years i've been here. i love all my coworkers and hope that things improve and we get to work together again soon

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!

key art for Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OP

key art for Spirit Swap by Soft Not Weak

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some sad news from our studio today. Everyone departing KO_OP during these tough times are absolute world class folks. It's been a joy and a privilege to ship a game together. If you're looking for good-hearted and hard-working developers you'd be doing yourself a disservice not to consider them.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 26/08/2026

We’re so excited to be part of this year’s Future Games Show! 🧑🏼‍🚀 🪐 Be sure to check out the showcase to catch all the great games you missed! 📽️ Future Games Show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJj... 🎮 Play on XBOX: hi.youngsuns.com/XBOX ✨ Wishlist on Steam: hi.youngsuns.com/Steam

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tried turning some of my drawings into tiny vertical videos to see how well they perform organically on Instagram. I like how much juice you can squeeze from more or less a single PNG with some minor flashy edits. I think the emergent vibe so far is «ad bumpers you swear you saw on tv at 4 AM».

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Why do they continue to push this mass surveillance theme into MCU Spider-Man? That's such a weird ass detail to add. There's a scene in the newest one where he gets a verbal slap on the wrist for spying on all of NY with assistance of AI. Is this one of them psyops I keep hearing so much about?

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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 21/08/2026

We still have around 10 creatures left to be redrawn! If you are an artist (furry or not), and would be interested to contribute your art to Burn With Me (store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/...), please DM me! The more cool artists participate, the happier I am :) Here are some of the examples!

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Thanks! Doing what I love most: subjecting drawings to strange Substance Designer experiments.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sorry there hasn't been much in terms of art recently. I'm pretty consistent about picking up a stylus these days, but most of it is either for bigger unannounced things or just me scribbling absent-minded doodles for fun.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 29/07/2026

Young Suns is a life-sim set in the aftermath of a successful revolution against predatory corporations. Help the people of Jupiter rebuild! Featuring: 💫 Space exploration 💄 Character creator 🚀 Ship decorating 👼 Leftist infighting Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

Young Suns screenshot of a sundog on a moonlet with a few flora around them. Purple sky background with Wednesday station in the distance.

Light-skinned character with short blonde hair with a light green streak. They’re wearing orange round glasses. They have several lighter patches of vitiligo on their face. They have pink cat whisker makeup on their cheeks and green eyeliner.

Image of a decorated room on the spaceship. There’s a bed with light blue bedding, a table with tea and a bowl of food, and several shelves with books, plushies, and other knickknacks.

Image of a character with short curly hair looking angrily at another character with longer brown wavy hair and a long purple coat.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Went to do a little exploring yesterday. Really wish I didn't forget to charge my camera flash though.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Up on Friday night stacking concrete blocks.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

¡Vamos España! 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

An update on this thing: after making a couple more environments this way I realized that I don't really enjoy the slow, overengineered pipeline I've built. And also I ended up adding the lights engine-side anyway for better character shading, so what is even the huge win anymore? 🤷

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Does anyone know if we have a gaming industry tomorrow?

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We're entering a future where there's not enough drinking water and half the population is in a state of psychosis, but you can vibe code your own shitty Photoshop for fifty bucks. Even ignoring the ethics, in what world was doubling down on anti-consumer practices and genAI a smart business move?

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

They're late for lowpoly FPS crawler enemy archetype school.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Big month for cool, artistic movies that got rejected by fandom culture poisoned viewers and small-time social media influencers, huh.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I hope they're not an invasive species.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Me every six months: Okay, but what if I added outlines to my game for no good reason whatsoever.

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Work With Indies @workwithindies.com · 21/05/2026

KO_OP is hiring a Community Manager & Content Creator to help launch their multiplayer game Young Suns. 📍 Remote, Contract (Canada) 🎥 Video, content & community focus 🌈 Inclusive, equity-driven studio Work with @ko-op.com and apply:

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KO_OP is hiring a Community Manager & Content Creator (en/fr)

KO_OP is looking to bring on a Community Manager / Content Creator to help create video assets for our upcoming multiplayer game Young Suns.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

That's a good stopping point, I think. Maybe just a couple more rooms and it'll be about the size/complexity I imagined for an average level. It's really fun to build stuff once you already have all the necessary lego pieces in the content browser, I should do this more often.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It appears that the pet project for this vacation is a new area for my slowly-made first-person exploration game. Which I should title. This level's inspired by exposed ground floors of apartment buildings I see around the city. There's just something so eerie about them to me, especially at night.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Sorry for disappearing from the face of the internet for a bit. I've been making some good progress on developing my Big Unannounced Game, which unfortunately meant I had to pause working on art I can actually share. And also I didn't really like any of my recent WIPs haha.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Even more art tests. This one is for the point-and-click game idea I keep meaning to flesh out a bit. Played around with baked lighting this time. These are 3D, in-engine and almost entirely procedurally textured. Didn't have to lay down a single brushstroke. Kind of excited about this workflow.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 30/01/2026

We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶 Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨

Text reads: KO_OP is Hiring!

Our studio mascot, a dark blue genderless humanoid named ini, is at the bottom right corner, holding their face and smiling with hearts floating around their head.

Text reads: Responsibilities

- Working closely with our QA lead, design, tech, and production to understand project goals and build test plans collaboratively.
- Writing and iterating on test cases for a game actively in development, with a live player base.
- Paired testing with other members of the QA department, with a focus on networked multiplayer testing.

Requirements

- Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English.
- Applicants in Canada will be given priority, however applicants outside of Canada are welcome to submit their application should we be unable to fill the role locally.

Preferred experience

- Experience with JIRA, Slack, Notion and Unity.
- Experience with network testing and working on Live Service titles.
- Having worked on released titles for Steam and Xbox.
- Experience with Xbox Cert for XBPC, Series XS and Xbox One.

Fonctions

- Collaborer étroitement avec notre responsable de l’assurance qualité ainsi que l’équipe de conception, l’équipe technique et l’équipe de production pour comprendre les objectifs du projet et élaborer les plans de mise à l’essai.
- Rédiger et exécuter des scénarios d’essai pour un jeu en cours de développement avec une base active de joueurs.
- Réaliser des essais en collaboration avec d’autres membres du service de l’assurance qualité, notamment des essais de jeux multijoueurs en réseau.

Exigences du poste

- Connaissance de l’anglais (nous formons une petite équipe dont bon nombre des membres se trouvent à l’étranger).
- Nous accorderons la priorité aux candidatures canadiennes. Cependant, les personnes qui résident ailleurs sont également invitées à soumettre la leur, au cas où nous n’arriverions pas à pourvoir le poste localement.

Atouts

- Connaissance de Jira, de Slack, de Notion et d’Unity.
- Expérience avec les essais en réseau et le développement de jeux-services.
- Expérience de travail sur des jeux publiés sur Steam et Xbox.
- Obtention passée de la certification Xbox pour PC, Xbox Série X|S et Xbox One.

Rémunération
- 90 069 $ CA/année (1 732 $/semaine)
- Télétravail uniquement (travail hybride ou au bureau à Montréal, si désiré)
- Semaine de quatre jours et horaire flexible

Il s'agit d'un poste contractuel de six mois. Lien dans la bio pour plus d'informations.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I turned three cans of Monster and a sleepless weekend into a tiny videogame for the Global Game Jam. It's about escaping a room full of procedurally generated masked weirdos, something I'm sure we all can relate too. Play it now on your Windows personal computer: khorrorshow.itch.io/i-dont-know-...

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I Don't Know Anyone At This Party by Ivan Khoroshev

First-person deduction game about escaping a very unpleasant party. Submission to the 2026 Global Game Jam.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Test character for a thing. I've never been able to crack the code on crunchy pixelated textures, they never look quite like I want them to. Even with the amazing Pixel8r tool that basically does all the work for me. PSX devs make it look so easy!

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Сделал себе Telegram-канал для личных заметок. Никакой определённой тематики, просто про бытовые мелочи и случайные мысли. Прямо сейчас там можно почитать немного моих итогов года и посмотреть фотографии, сделанные на детский микроскоп. Надеюсь, заинтриговал. It's okay if not. t.me/khorrorshowl...

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Drawing sad catgirls with less than two hours left on the clock, heck yeah. Have a good 2026, everyone. ✨

A white cat person in a red Santa hat looking outside a square opening of a stone frame, red and green. The geometric patterns in the stone are very abstract, but in one of them you can almost make out the number 2026.

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Ivan Khoroshev @khorrorshow.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

The ones that came before you. CW: trypophobia.

A white cat-like anthropomorphic figure stands in stone ruins in front of a wrought metal window at sunset. The figure looks back at the wide stairway behind it, revealing there's a black four-pointed star where its face should be. There are two lifeless bodies lying on the stairs, looking half-absorbed into the stone steps. It's hard to tell because of the state the remains are in, but they appear to be of the same cat-like species.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 25/11/2025

We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal. youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...