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Paul Kessel

@paulkessel.space
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☄️paulkessel.space🌌 • game dev • Ex Don't Nod Entertainment employee, game designer and level designer on the game Aphelion • ENJMIN alumni 🖌️ Profile drawing from Tove Jansson's first Moomins novel [he/him]

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Ramo @antoineramo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Beaucoup de jeux essaient de mélanger les genres, mais cette approche est encore trop subtile à nos yeux. On part donc à la recherche de ceux qui ont plutôt décidé d'atomiser les genres à coups de batte de baseball. ᯓ⚾️ Nouvelle grosse vidéo ! ➡️ youtu.be/lfZ8WPPRr1M
Vignette de la dernière vidéo youtube, sur fond de papier peint Steam, un batteur tiré du jeu Titanium Court propulse dans le ciel, en déchirant le fond, une immense boule tirée du jeu Odama.
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 21/09/2026
everything is back to normal now 🙏
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Ramo @antoineramo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Il nous a fallu 9 ans pour atteindre 1000 abonnés. 2 ans pour atteindre 5000. 1 an pour atteindre 10,000. On nous dit souvent "je pensais que vous aviez plus". Mais c'est parce que nos quelques soutiens ont la gentillesse de faire du bruit ! C'est grâce à vous qu'on sort doucement de la galère !
Courbe montrant l'évolution du nombre d'abonnés de la chaîne Zeph & Ramo, surmontée du nombre actuel: 10,001
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 21/09/2026
while working on improving this system, something went horribly wrong with a quaternion and an old spaceship did crash on earth I'm so sorry to everyone impacted, it will happen again
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 18/09/2026
Just finished playing it, and it was so great! congratulation for a very unique and elegant game 💖
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Uvost - The bird of the North 🌙 @uvost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ce soir 18H ! ( je clique sur le fameux bouton)
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Syta @sytarie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Je suis allée faire un tour chez les camarades @zephhareng.bsky.social et @antoineramo.bsky.social pour écrire avec eux un ultime épisode de leur série Freak of the Month, sur @origami.ng ! Aujourd'hui, on vous parle à trois voix du mystérieux et réincarné Cosmology of Kyoto ⛩️👹 youtu.be/c2cUeK15B2g
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Mourir est une expérience familière | Cosmology of Kyoto | FREAK OF THE MONTH #11 - Avec Syta
YouTube video by ORIGAMI, Média jeu vidéo... mais pas que !
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Ramo @antoineramo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Cet épisode de Freak of the Month est triplement spécial. D'abord, c'est le dernier. Ensuite, on y parle de l'un de nos jeux préférés. Et enfin, on y accueille notre amie @sytarie.bsky.social ! Ça a été un vrai plaisir de partager ces 11 moments étranges avec vous chez @origami.ng 👋👽
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Mourir est une expérience familière | Cosmology of Kyoto | FREAK OF THE MONTH #11 - Avec Syta
YouTube video by ORIGAMI, Média jeu vidéo... mais pas que !
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 03/08/2026
I'm very proud to have completed my level selection system, it was so much work but now it feels so good jumping around from satellite to satellite! 🛰️ #godot
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 12/09/2026
Big Walk was so good, and so unexpectedly emotionaly intense to me in the end, wow, I'll cherish theses memories with my friends on the island for a long time to come 🙌 Video games, they can be good sometimes!!!
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Tibo @heytibo.com · 11/09/2026
I just like this screen, so I'm sharing it again 😁 #godotengine #wildcosmos
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 10/09/2026
It's really satisfying to me to be able to hold a real picture, that was just taken in game seconds before I am *IN* the game!!!
A picture of a red and white creature floating in space. We can see the moon and the earth behind it.
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 03/09/2026
a picture of a picture #godot
a screenshot of the game, with two pictures attached to a walla screenshot of the game, with three pictures attached to a walla photo of the five previous pictures, now physical and printed
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
i've been working on allowing integrated tools for SUGAR. it's been a hastle but here, finally, meet the new logger: Logre. 👹 #gamedev #pixelart
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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 31/08/2026
Hey @1password.bsky.social, time to change course.
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1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/08/2026
Democratic Socialism: Myth Vs. Fact theonion.com/democratic-socialism-m…
MYTH: The government will take away your money and give it to the poor.

FACT: You are the poor.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 17/08/2026
Who's deciding the fate of this game?' The secretive process of getting a game with sexual content on Steam aftermath.site/steam-censorsh...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station
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Peow2 @peow.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The spell has been cast ✧⋅.˳˳.⋅ॱ˙ ˙ॱ⋅.˳˳.⋅ॱ˙ ˙ॱᐧ.˳˳.⋅ ˙✧ Ex.Mag Vol 7 is now live on Kickstarter. The genre is WITCH. The title is MAGICK. www.kickstarter.com/projects/peo... Cover by Cécile Bidault.
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Suzanne Clemente 🫕🐛 @micocool.quest · 05/08/2026
Gloopalaxy is OUT NOW on Steam!!! 🥁🦐 We're so happy to finally release our first game! A big thank you to everyone who helped us along the way, this couldn't have been possible without you all! 💜 store.steampowered.com/app/3496970/...
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 03/08/2026
I'm very proud to have completed my level selection system, it was so much work but now it feels so good jumping around from satellite to satellite! 🛰️ #godot
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Twisted Tree Games @twistedtreegames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New bluesky account, for the socials.
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ARTE Interactive - THE MERLIES OUT NOW!! @arteinteractive.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Step into the strangest apartments you'll ever visit: Looking for Fael is available NOW on PC, Mac, PS5, XBOX and Nintendo Switch! 🍃 Watch the launch trailer now and discover the exclusive song Comme un souffle by Billie Bird. 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Rq...
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Sekamelica @sekamelica.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hi! I'm a trans gal making Vindica Secrets of Blood, a metroidvania about sacrifice, factory sabotages and violent insurrection. It's for vengeful outcasts with existential dread that like cool movement mechanics & risk reward combat & it's inspired by titles like Iconoclasts, Celeste and Signalis.
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Ache @acheunderscore.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
J'ai assisté au procès Ubisoft. On y entendait comme l'ambiance terrible qui régnait a servi, aussi, à créer de parfaits travailleurs, s'épuisant à la tâche, emplis de racisme et de misogynie. Et à crafter des jeux qui reflétaient ça. Des jeux 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒔 🔴 youtu.be/IVV4LKME-K4
Miniature Youtube. On y voit plusieurs personnages de jeux de tir des années 2010 en arrière-plan. Je suis au centre, en tailleur. Il est écrit en gros : "Procès Ubisoft".
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 06/07/2026
Check it out! 🫵🫵🫵 Great game, made by amazing people, right here!!! Gloop it up! 🌌🐟🦈🦀🪼🐠☄️
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Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The most infuriating part is that it did work great, somehow. The industry DID make an impossible amount of money, and it didn't matter
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 26/06/2026
Painted a bowl, in honor of my cat 🙏
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Mei @meicheesecake.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Check out my entry for Manifesto Jam 2026! It's about the current state of farming games. meicheesecake.itch.io/the-game-whe...
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The Game Where You Let People Starve by MeiCheesecake
The genre known as “farming games” has never existed.
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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I have manifested a manifesto for #manifestojam! CAN WE PLEASE HAVE BETTER VIDEOGAMES YET? trasevol-dog.itch.io/better-video...
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CAN WE PLEASE HAVE BETTER VIDEOGAMES YET? by Lorraine 🍬 Devaux
A manifesto for better games
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Suzanne Clemente 🫕🐛 @micocool.quest · 02/06/2026
Gloopalaxy is joigning the #SteamNextFest with a brand new demo! 📝 Pass your first semester as a gloopologist student 🪼 Catch and study over 16 unique creatures 🍎 Meet your professors and your assistant ☑️ Complete small quests to help science And like model students... the demo is already online!
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 31/05/2026
It has been exactly one year since I've met my cat at the local animal shelter! Back then she was in quarantine, struggling with a virus, all alone :( I am sooo glad that she is well now, and very thankful for all the shelter's volunteers who took care of her. Love you forever, dear Coquillette 💖
My cat Coquillette, back at the S.P.A. (french animal shelter non-profit association), in a cage in quarantine. She looks sick, and couldn't open her right eye the poor thing 😭Coquillette, mid-yawn, looking funny with her open mouth. Fun fact: she only has 6 teeth left, because of her disease 🫣Coquillette, very relaxed, during a nap next to the windows. We can see trees outside.Coquillette on my desk, looking directly at the camera above her. It's a very very small cat, who looks funny standing on a desk.
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La Poule Noire WISHLIST MATELOTES⛵⚓ @lapoulenoire.fr · 27/05/2026
Where is Fael? Find out this summer! @swingswingsub.bsky.social @arteinteractive.bsky.social
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Ramo @antoineramo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Voici notre dernière vidéo ! youtu.be/Xu47_3oX1hA Spécialement indiquée en cas de crise majeure dans les métiers du jeu vidéo. 📢 On ne pense jamais à le dire, mais chaque partage peut permettre à quelqu'un de découvrir cette histoire et de la partager à son tour !
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Kenji Eno contre l'industrie du jeu vidéo
YouTube video by Zeph & Ramo
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Amanita Design 📣 @amanita-design.net · 20/05/2026
Phonopolis is out NOW on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store 📣 We hope you have fun playing with the cardboard city! All links here 👇 amanita-design.net/games/phonop...
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Suzanne Clemente 🫕🐛 @micocool.quest · 20/05/2026
Gloopalaxy has a TRAILER! 💫 🎣 Catch strange creatures 🧪 Study them and make new discoveries ✨ Unlock themes and secrets ✅ Complete small quests 🎓 Earn your gloopologist diploma Any wishlist or reshare are super appreciated! 💖 #cozygames #cozygame #indiegame #indiegamedev
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 17/05/2026
just started my train return journey from Berlin I feel so thankful for @amazefest.bsky.social , for every new friend, and for every returning friend Amaze still is a very special place, which somehow only get better and better each years Video games can be good sometimes!!! See you next year! 🦩🍉💖
A view from the silent green event venue. There is a long queue, it's the first day and we are getting our festival wristband for the week A blurry shot taken in Panke Culture. It's the Sos dj set, and we are all signing his stolen watermelon in the club dance floorThe first slide of this year's series of Hyper Talks, in the silent green kuppelhalleA photo of a ticket from the car boot casino. We can see in the background a sort of nerd casino with homebrewed games. There is a Flamingo attached to the ceiling.
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Ramo @antoineramo.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Que faire quand on a lâché son dream job dans le JV pour pas fondre les plombs? Comment réagir quand le train qu'on vient de rater se tape un crash spectaculaire? Zeph & Ramo préparent-ils une vidéo de 6h sur les jeux vidéo illégaux? On a décidé de tout vous raconter. 📉🎮 youtu.be/K7ry_m7cAoY
Zeph et Ramo sont devant leur fond vert, l'air concentré. Zeph regarde sa tablette, micro en main. Ramo l'observe. Au milieu de la composition, une courbe économique rouge descend en flèche pour venir se planter dans une manette de Gamecube qu'elle fait exploser en morceaux. De multiples dollars s'en échappent.
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Zeph' 🐟 @zephhareng.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Zeph déteste le travail (sauf Youtube). 🥱 Ramo a quitté son travail (mais pas Youtube). 😱 Le moment parfait pour revenir sur nos (presque) douze années en marge du Youtube Game. On vous raconte un peu d'où on vient et où on veut aller, et pourquoi on a envie de continuer ça... avec vous !🏄
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Plaquer son dream job dans le jeu vidéo... et ensuite ?
YouTube video by Zeph & Ramo
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dorian beaugendre @dorianbeaugendre.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
still baffled that we won this, thank you so much for everyone who became horses for a tiny bit, you all made my life significantly better
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 14/05/2026
I played this yesterday at @amazefest.bsky.social and it was sooo great, such a great surprise. Fascinating and deeply political storytelling through the lens of a management sim, a genre I never thought I would enjoy
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Suzanne Clemente 🫕🐛 @micocool.quest · 11/05/2026
turned 5 old games from that list into a full article, because they deserved more than a grid #devlog
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I truly believe it’s one of the most wonderful games I’ve ever played; it will always be my madeleine de Proust.
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Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo @stjv.fr · 11/05/2026
⚖️ Le STJV assigne en justice Amplitude Studios, qui tente de passer en force sur l’IA générative en évitant tout réel dialogue social. Depuis janvier, la direction ajuste son projet IA pour ne pas avoir à négocier avec le syndicat, puis lance en mai une phase pilote ⤵️
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Le STJV assigne Amplitude Studios, qui tente de passer en force sur l’IA – STJV
Le STJV a assigné en justice Amplitude Studios qui tente de passer en force sur l’IA générative en évitant tout réel dialogue social. Le CSE d’Amplitude Studios
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Paul Kessel @paulkessel.space · 10/05/2026
A timelapse test of my new lighting systems 🛰️ᯓ
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Suzanne Clemente 🫕🐛 @micocool.quest · 30/04/2026
is it a baby or a mutation? 🍌🦈 #indiegame #cozygame #shark
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/04/2026
'We've been a little bit too romantic about the idea that we should have employees and give people long-term job security' is an extraordinary thing for a video games CEO to say on record: aftermath.site/video-game-job...
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Walaber @walaber.com · 26/04/2026
At Toyful Games we're making a short 2 player online co-op puzzle adventure game called Reason and Rhyme! We just got the steam page up, here's some gameplay:
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Charles Boury @charlesboury.fr · 24/04/2026
a #godot foliage tool made for me by @adrienlucas.bsky.social <3 gonna plant all the plants
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Rasheed Abueideh - Now crowdfunding Dreams on a Pillow 🍉 @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I am thrilled to announce that Dreams on a Pillow has wrapped up pre-production and we are about to start full production. We can’t do it without your support. We are starting our second round of crowdfunding, to support us you can find out more here www.launchgood.com/1948
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Siobhan Beeman @siobhan.northsky.social · 13/04/2026
The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

Clockwise from top left:
1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.”

2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”.

3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.”

4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.
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