iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 26/09/2026

another game dev studio making cool stuff popping up in Winnipeg 👀

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Frame Fatales @framefatales.com · 20/09/2026

@exokgames.bsky.social is a small team of indie game creators who've made Celeste and Towerfall and we're so proud to have them as a #FlameFatales 2026 sponsor! Look out for their next games City of None, a mysterious lo-fi action adventure; and Jumper, a game about jumping! exok.com

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 14/09/2026

Excited to be at Full Indie... THIS SATURDAY :)

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David Blatt @kopfstoff.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Since Zelda is trending, a friendly reminder how CRAZY good Katsuya Terada is. (1/3)

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Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I went away feeling, "yeah why does this remind me of every 50s,60s fantasy book cover art". Oh, this is why. It's also why the more I watch, the more I like it.

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Rococo maximalism." I didn't have a term for it when I saw it earlier today, but now I do. I see it now, and with a definition I can step back to the definition's distance and see it as what it is. It's a hell of an art choice, but it's deliberate. Wind Waker was a hell of an art choice, too.

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 09/09/2026

That's fun and interesting and makes me think about things I wouldn't have on my own, whether I like it or not. It also doesn't really affect my memories of the game and my own "imaginings." It's like seeing yet another staging or filming of Hamlet or something

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 09/09/2026

I enjoy seeing them make choices I would not personally make, especially considering it's the same company and even some of the same people who worked on the original, and super-especially when they are obviously skilled art-makers. Why interpret it this way or that? Why do it this way not that way?

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 09/09/2026

This is pretty spot on. I don't care about canonical remakes per se but I love *reinterpretation* and I'm interested to see what this team's "imagining" is even though it's 100% not the "imagining" that's been living in my head for >2 decades. I wanna see inside other creatives' braiiiiiinnnnssss

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Glen ☮️🕊️ @gleno.theyetee.com · 08/09/2026

It is 2001. Wind Waker is shown. Everyone complains about the art style. It is 2019. Link's Awakening's remake is shown. Everyone complains about the art style. It is 2026. OOT's remake is shown. Everyone complains about the art style.

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 08/09/2026

if they did this to Wind Waker (or even skyward sword) I'd be grumpy as hell though

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 08/09/2026

I'm just seeing people say it has no art direction and I'm gonna push back on that

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 08/09/2026

Sure. All I was saying is that the OoT remake has a really distinct art direction and style beyond just "realism/high def/lots of triangles" I don't love all of it but it's still clear artistry with a lot of thought behind it and I'm interested to see how they interpret the world in that style

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 08/09/2026

yeah exactly! It's kinda like calling a Baroque painting realistic lol, it's like, those are still extremely stylized and have a really clear artistic intention, framing, posing, use of light and colour, blah blah blah

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 08/09/2026

Idk I kinda like the style of the OoT remake. Like yeah, it's exorbitant (and I'd agree that some of the clothing detailing is distracting) but it seems really expressive still, especially in the environments. Kinda like an oil painting. I wouldn't call it very "realistic"

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

compilation of favorite video game locations pieces I've made over the years - all 5x7" ink on claybord I think i started during first lockdown in 2020 with the Secret of Mana piece (non-exhaustive cause carousels are limited to 10)

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 26/08/2026

I would love more games to have opening credits the way old movies did (and movies to do that more again, also). Don't hide it all at the end! Put it front and center!

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 26/08/2026

For sure. I strongly feel that if you're a small studio you should be Putting Your Name(s) On Your Game: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4UF... Obviously a lotta nuance here, especially with bigger teams, but a studio name really obscures the individuals behind a work.. so sign your games!

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Put Your Name on Your Game, a Talk by Bennett Foddy and Zach Gage

YouTube video by GDC Festival of Gaming

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 26/08/2026

this is how I am about authors, filmmakers, musicians... why treat games any different?

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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 24/03/2026

just know that if you engage with harry potter in any form i'm judging you

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Our game decides what color everything is by dynamically indexing into a palette based on the red-channel at run time, split evenly into 4 segments. I just noticed the colors we use for drawing stuff isn't evenly distributed, which MOST of the time has no impact

An image showing a grayscale gradient, and where the values we use for drawing sprites lie along it.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 20/08/2026

Every dollar billionaire JK Rowling makes is a dollar she will spend on destroying the lives of trans people - a scapegoating driven by Epstein-class billionaires to distract us from the ultra-rich draining our wealth, killing our planet, sabotaging social cohesion, and destroying dissent.

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danielle taphanel @treelet.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Finally fixed my portfolio and reactivated my instagram, feel free to stalk me and/or hire me (links work now): www.danielletaphanel.com instagram.com/treelet

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 15/08/2026

I have never cared enough about achievements to hate them, or even let them occupy space in my brain at all tbh, but I like these thoughts and I dread having to add them to my projects

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Chevy Ray @chevyray.dev · 25/07/2026

my favorite JRPG is The Fall (2006)

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

a drill item + floaty water in City of None (with @liamberry.ca)

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/06/2026

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

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Matt Woelk @mattwoelk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New game! "Spin To Win His Heart", made in a week for The Very Serious Juniper Dev Game Jam. Can you woo your Spin Class instructor before he's gone for the summer? 💗💗💗💗💗 Play it here: mattwoelk.itch.io/spin-to-win-... #godot #gamedev #gaming

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Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Big day for downtown Winnipeg. The new Portage Place will include a Health Care tower bringing 7,000 people downtown every day, 200 homes in a new tower, 400 more homes in the connected Bay building redevelopment. Now a full service grocery store in the redeveloped mall. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Co-op grocery store to open in downtown Winnipeg as part of Portage Place redevelopment | CBC News

Winnipeg's mayor says a new full-service Red River Co-op grocery store and pharmacy set to open as part of the redevelopment of the former Portage Place mall will make "downtown feel more complete."

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

one of the areas in our game, City of None

screenshot of an area in City of None, viewed from our level editor

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Wholesome Games @wholesomegames.com · 15/06/2026

The Tanuki Festival is just a month away, and the shrine is in disrepair. Follow Pon as he works to restore the shrine before summer ends. Deliver packages, make friends, and get the shrine ready for the big festival! store.steampowered.com/app/3218570/...

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TANUKI: Pon's Summer on Steam

The Tanuki Festival is just a month away, and the shrine is in disrepair. Follow Pon, a well meaning, if a bit lazy Tanuki with a part-time job at the Post Office, as he works to restore the shrine be...

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

chat is it good when you close the studio responsible for developing your proprietary game engines

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Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

NEW DEMO OUT NOW! 🦝Chill-Narrative-BMX-Japanese-Adventure! 🚲Experience first THREE DAYS of the game 🦝Over 2 hours of content 🚲Saves carry over 🦝New: BMX Challenges, Activities, Navigation, UI & Quests! TANUKI: Pon's Summer ready for business! DOWNLOAD & PLAY! store.steampowered.com/app/3218570/...

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 10/06/2026

Really feeling for all the devs and friends who gave so much to this studio over the past ~7 years

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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s been a crazy couple of months speaking/working/teaching on the road (47/61 days!) & it will be nice to get to ceremonies this week. Here’s a piece I forgot to post last week but seems apropos now. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

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Opinion: Peace, justice and bringing this country together

From the War of 1812 to today, no one has stood up for this country and worked for unity in this place more than Indigenous Peoples.

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Tanat (making Building Relationships) Boozayaangool @tanatb.housefuckinggame.com · 06/06/2026

Building Relationships is coming to PC & consoles this year!!!! MOVE like a real building pick between TWO hot structures & go on 3 DATES with them WISHLIST or I'll add depression to the game Steam: s.team/a/2666920 PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/1001... Xbox: www.xbox.com/games/store/...

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 06/06/2026

Really neat! Is the action similar to a clavichord / clavinet? Similar sound, but the way the key hinge is really nifty!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Safe, protected bike-lanes are: Better for business Better for emissions Better for air quality Better for space Better for public health Better for noise Better for equity Better for affordability Better for public costs Better for safety for EVERYONE Better for oil independence Better.

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 31/05/2026

I'm not always huge on NJB but this is some pretty vital history on why cycling is so broken in North America I always tell people "I bike, but I'm not a cyclist," because "cycling" is so wrapped up in this wackiness

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 28/05/2026

But first I'm resting up with the kiddo and my partner back home in Winnipeg, where the lilacs have bloomed across the city — as has this massive Schubert cherry in our backyard. Feels very fitting to return from Japan and be greeted by, of course, cherry blossoms :)

White blossoms of a giant Schubert cherry

The same, another angle, with large house for scale

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 28/05/2026

Very excited to get cracking on City of None after an incredible and inspiring week of games and friends

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 28/05/2026

What an amazing time at BitSummit! Couldn't have asked for a better first games conference. So cool to meet so many skilled and wonderful folks and see so many amazing games

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Liam E 🚲 🦝TANUKI @liambme.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The Denkiworks & Friends Bitsummit party could not have been any more incredible. Thank you to each and every one of our amazing game dev friends for coming along and sharing the start of this awesome week together! 😊 you’re the best!

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ready for BitSummit with @liamberry.ca !

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 21/05/2026

very excited to play this

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult? In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females. We are underreacting to menopause.

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Sandy Gordon @bandygrass.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's finally happening!! 💥~~~~🐁 We're releasing Mina the Hollower on May 29th for $19.99!

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