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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not sure about some of Sony’s choices lately

Mat for a restaurant ‘Horizon: Rooftop of Senses

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very cool.. a Zara in Athens with preserved archeology right inside. World building!

Parts of an ancient wall and archway, preserved.

A view of the wall, next to some very affordable items of clothing

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Bit of a hike up Lycabettus Hill, but work it to see the Acropolis from up here.

A view of the Acropolis from above, taken from a nearby hill.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So in this example, the left portion is in subviewport, the right is in the main… left is noticeably lower resolutions

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Near full eclipse from the Hollywood hills

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Awesome night celebrating the wrap on Wildwood with @kezdyer.bsky.social and her team. So many talented people putting a beautiful thing together. There was a cornbread buffet. 10/10

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Checking in on our brick in pioneer courthouse square.

A brick saying ‘Kerry and Mike, 20 yrs’ with our shoes in shot

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I like these statues in Vancouver. One of an aloof Englishman, one of an aloof Frenchwoman, both of their dogs wanting to make friends.

Statue of an English guy with a comedia del arte nose, holding a pug

A statue of a French lady, also wearing a mask, holding a poodle

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Obligatory ‘I lost my eclipse glasses so have this photo instead so I don’t blind myself’ photo

The exact same partial eclipse photo everyone is posting

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Big fan of sarcastically packed white vans.

White van, with comically placed crate sticking out of back, ‘fragile’ is printed on it

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Doing a little evening work and half watching Royal Tennenbaums.. and, uh, realising I might be making a slightly Wes Anderson coded game. Fancy typography and right angles ftw

Photograph of my screen working on Vampirium while two wilsons sit on a sofa in the background

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

One for @thatswhatugets.bsky.social … who has been having this achievement named after him for 20 years at this point.

Description of an objective called ‘that’s what you gets’, which is for pushing characters off a balcony. Debuted in Dead To Rights: Retribution

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The best part of announcing Vampirium: 1997 good and early is that I get to make it in conversation with players.. shoutout to Mark in the steam forums for suggesting randomised keycodes as a good fit for repeated playthroughs.. just added them today :) First of many player suggested additions.

Screenshot of mark asking about randomised access codes

Tutorial introducing the mechanic in game

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Chapter 5 in your inboxes. Dracula will see you now. Sign up here: mailchi.mp/bithellgames...

The king’s office was drenched in shadow. There was a viscosity to it.
Hart’s eyes took a moment to adjust from the cold fluorescence of Satō’s outer office. As his vision returned, he saw it. A large, hunched shape in the corner. It shook with spasms of energy, as wet, sharp sounds tore through the room towards where Hart stood. The artist gasped in a breath of thick, warm air.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This is a great start! Really grateful to everyone who has shown their support. Excited to share the rest of this journey with you.

Keyart for Vampirium: 1997, with the text ‘ten thousand plus steam wishlists in week one’ added.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

MGS boardgame is pretty great. That bastard coming down in the very first lift has now made my day slightly worse across three decades

Image of a couple of people playing the first level of the MGS boardgame.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Chapter One out! Join us mailchi.mp/bithellgames...

Start of an email, The Last Portrait: Chapter One.

Keyart of a man about to descend into a station, followed by ‘Chapter One’, and then the start of a story, with the line ‘Fuck it was hot.’

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Okay. The newsletter is officially alive. First email went out earlier this afternoon to all subscribers, detailing our plans for the next couple of months (a short story that builds towards the announcement of our next game in a month from today). Sign up now: mailchi.mp/bithellgames...

Screenshot of an email:

Hi there! Thanks so much for signing up to the Bithell Games mailing list. We’re incredibly excited to get rolling talking about our next game!

Starting next week, we’ll be releasing a short story, chapter by chapter, titled The Last Portrait. When we release Chapter 4, we’ll be announcing our newest game alongside it. If you’re subscribed here, you’ll be among the first to hear our news.

A note: Our next project is darker than our previous games. Coarse language and violence await. If that’s not for you, consider this a warning.

For everyone else, see you next week!

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

V&A East Storehouse is heaven on earth man.

Kauffman Office, designed my Frank Lloyd Wright, transplanted to a warehouse in east London

Trapezoid box for Omikron, early quantum dream game scored by Bowie

Vinyl of a Goldie album which I really dug the cover of

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Sky Team is very good. Excellent couples co-op. We made time for a coffee on landing the first level. Pairs well with the Air Force One soundtrack.

Photo of Sky Team board game. Good, clean, nerdy fun.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

On my hols and finally reading this wonderful gift from my wonderful wife. Political thriller set in the aftermath of Nemesis. Very very good.

A slightly battered paperback, Star Trek: Articles of the Federation.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This scene, but it’s me writing code in anticipation of an ask I know will come up three months from now

The scene from inception where Ken Watanabe smugly buys an airline to solve a travel issue

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just got a belated Christmas present from father in law.. this lovely object by @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social.. honestly kinda wanna make a couple of these.

Cover of a book, ‘the bizarre world of fake videogames’ by Super Eyepatch Wolf

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Had a nice time on a spaceship (bridge commander in London, go if you haven’t already.. with a big group)

A place to get a cocktail for the spaceship

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Godot feature that just sped me up: there’s a time scale selector right there on the project preview window (spoilers for the top left corner of my next project). That was like 6 clicks and three windows in Unity

A corner or a window, showing that I’m running a game at 16x speed

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Sky respecting Bill Maher’s they/them pronouns is a big deal and deserves acknowledgement.

Blurb for Bill Maher show that uses ‘they/them’ pronouns

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

End of an era (the era where the slightest bit of Twitter celebrity meant I got sent a pretty reliable supply of free tea and tea adjacent paraphernalia.. as my star now fades, so my tea budget must increase)

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Finally, a unifying voice in British politics

A banner hanging from a balcony calling on all of us to ‘vote for Martok’, a Klingon general from Star Trek

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

These two raised me treknews.net/wp-content/u...

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Excited that we are back at north on my unified next gen visuals wheel

A graphic showing the progression of the definition of next gen visuals:

- everything is shiny
- everything is yellow
- everything is softly shaded
- everything is blue

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Just went to see a little movie I got to hang out on set for last year with @thesakediary.bsky.social and one of my heroes, Lisberger. Appreciated the Arq grid cameo, loved the music and I’m gonna be studying some of that FUI stuff asap.

A nerd sat on a Dillinger Grid Lightcycle

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Going to see a mate’s band play

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Never tried procreate on my phone before, but that’s a tidy little app for doodling prop ideas down.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

One of these days I’m gonna have to write a thread on the importance, at least for shallow people like me, of aesthetically pleasing but utterly visible placeholder. Derek’s right, it should stand out as separate/wip, but I don’t wanna stare at ugly stuff all day.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I’ve peaked. Leaving Bluesky now

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