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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

After studying Escher a bunch when I was in school it was really incredible to see his actual artwork in London last night!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I rediscovered my limited edition 3DS! Things I learned while transfering an account between two 3DSs in 2026: - Transfering is a real pain in the butt - Nintendo Customer Service is SLOW - eShop still works great for re-downloading everything!? - There are SO MANY good games on 3DS!!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Sometimes in London you turn a corner and just get hit by a wall of Sonic! (I didn't photograph it but the entire, long wall to the left was a sonic level with all the characters too!)

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Got some exciting news! My new bite-sized Hokko game is going to get shown for the first time during the next Wholesome Direct 🥳

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I went to an exhibition all about Samurai today. You know what I think my favourite thing was? This aubergine helmet.

Photograph showing a helmet in a cabinet. The helmet is of a shiny metal, and is shaped like the top of an aubergine.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Tomodachi Life is fast becoming one of my favourite games of all time; it brings me so much joy! Its rare that a game (or anything these days tbh...) gives me genuine laugh out loud moments, but I've laughed so much the last few days!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Had a wonderful time at the Aardman exhibition today! Maaaan I love animation so much!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Watched ARCO last night and it was truly wonderful. Wholeheartedly recommend!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Looking forward to Guildford Games Festival tomorrow. Give me a shout if you'd like to have a chat!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Some lovely run animation reference here! Grabbed from this @catsuka.bsky.social article: www.catsuka.com/breves/2026-...

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Reminds of my void-walk on new years eve; just a teensy bit unnerving to do alone...

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Little Amélie. An absolutely stunning film that's so very human. Quite possibly my favourite film of this year.

Movie poster for the animated film Little Amélie. Shows a small girl lying down in water with flowers around her. In the background are mountains and cherry blossom.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

who says games can't be art...

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Once again trying to play Ni no Kuni! Makes me so childishly happy flicking through the pages of a physical book to find magic to write in the touchscreen. Such a beautiful game 💕 Makes me want to get better at Japanese!

Photograph showing an old looking open book covered in illustrations and magical symbols on top of which there is a Nintendo DS open, with the game Ni no Kuni playing

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Remembering this adorable house in Gero

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Yup, Bugonia was great, big thumbs up from me 👍

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Rental Family was wonderful! Plenty of chuckles, and a good few tears along the way, highly recommended. (So happy I could get a ticket for it at the London Film Festival!)

Movie poster for the film: Rental Family, showing five characters sitting on a Tokyo subway train in a row, Brendon Fraser's main character is sitting in the middle, there's an elderly Japanese gentleman to his right, a small girl and her mother to his left, outside the window cherry blossom and sky scrapers can be seen

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Just came across the wonderful illustration work of Yamaguchi Akira 😍 #art #illustration

Illustration in traditional japanese block-print style featuring an electricity pylon adorned with small buildings

Illustration in traditional japanese block-print style featuring an electricity pylon adorned with a small building at the bottom and a few men sitting around it relaxing

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This bottom corner feels terribly awkward to me. Curves of the folder panel overlap the other elements and lines in a visually unappealing way. Name text collides with the right hand edge of the folder panel too, with no spacing between them, or shadow, they're just jammed together.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Navigation buttons are recessed, making them look less clickable. These buttons also live on the same panel/surface as the files themselves, with no division or distinction of area across the window. Why are the files and navigation options treated in the same visual group?

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Why are controls for the window now in the folder panel? Surely they should be part of the window's back panel (like the navigation arrows) as they sit in the same category of functions..? What make this worse is that text can now go underneath these buttons, which is visually confusing.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

There are some lovely things going on with the new Apple Glass ui stuff, but also some really (imo) jarringly awkward things too. (Please indulge my mini old-man rant) Most noticeable so far on MacOS Finder: 🧵

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Picked this up for my nephews.... ... but also very much for myself, hehe.

Photo of the book "How Trains Work" with an illustrated cover showing tracks at a train station and a collection of different train types. Simple flat line-art style

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Came across this beauty by @6knifes.bsky.social yesterday at the comic store and it's exactly my kinda jam 💕 #comic #book #graphicnovel #folk

Photo showing an illustrated book called Horse! The cover shows two characters in horse costumes at a table decorated with coloured streamers. The characters are drinking tea. On the front of the book is the short description: "Folk customs of the British isles"

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Lots of bugs need squishing...!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Working away on something new! Cosy vibes and plenty of ways to build adorable spaces.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

It's raining outside today, and this week we got rain and a new bus stop item in the project so I thought I'd make a cute little rainy scene. #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev #hokko

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Today I got the snow stuff set up! Looking forward to seeing the #cozy winter scenes people create! #gamedev #indiegame

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I wonder why Unity's gonig so slow at the moment... *checks Activity Monitor*... ah

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Hope everyone's keeping cool in the summer heat! Here's a little sneak peek of what's coming next from me and the world of Hokko! #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamdev #cozygame

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

To a T! What an absolute delight! A nice little chunk of silly wholesomeness to put a smile on your face. Wholeheartedly recommended! Terrific soundtrack too!

Screenshot from the game "To a T" showing a line up of colourful characters with their butts towards the camera posing, each one with a speech bubble above their head saying "Butt"

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Off to #developbrighton next week! I'm looking for partners to help bring the next Hokko game to market so if you're a publisher or work with release management/marketing etc... or if you just want to try the game out, let's chat! I'm around for the whole conference, so come say hi!

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Finally gave blood for the first time today! Inspired by my mum who gives as regularly as she can I’ve wanted to donate for years, but it’s only recently that the rules have changed to allow gay guys to give. All done and chomping a luxury ice cream to celebrate, the first trip of many to come!

Photograph of a hand doing the thumbs up gesture outside a blood donor centre entrance

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Well this was a delightful little read!

Photo of the book called Shuna’s Journey, a manga written and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki and set in the Nausicaä universe

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

well, guess I'd better release something this year then..! 😅

Screenshot of an email with the text "Your Unity Pro subscription has been successfully renewed"

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

✨ Getting excited for 2025 by watching Japanese New Years TV ✨

Photo showing Japanese TV variety program with lots of people on stage singing and dancing along to the song Paprika

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.

Screenshot from the game Sword and Sorcery by Superbrothers on iOS showing a character standing in a forest cleaning holding a sword up to the sky. The sword is glowing. Palette is greens and blues

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Having a lovely time reading this ☺️ on.games

Photo of the publication "on games" showing a traditional Nintendo hanafuda illustration of a stork carrying baby Mario

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Watched The Wild Robot today. Thoughts: often absolutely stunning to look at, however ultimately an empty and forgettable experience 🙁 ⭐️⭐️◻️◻️

Movie poster for the film The Wild Robot showing a round formed robot and fox sitting in a forest at night

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Went to the London Illustration Fair today and bought arts! So much fantastic work to look at, really makes me want to get into drawing 🎨 #illustration #london

Photo showing a large industrial room filled with stalls selling art prints and lots of people walking around

A photo of art prints laid out on a bed. Two are of landscapes; one of a guy leaning on a bike on the side of a street; one ink sketch of several building fronts in a row; a bright yellow scarf with cartoony blue bird and red mushrooms on

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Im sorry... how much to rent?!

Screenshot of tv app showing the film The Wild Robot with two buttons: one for buy at £20 and another for rent at £16

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Post a gif of your comfort show (Midnight diner aka 深夜食堂)

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

After having it on my list for ages, and it recommended by multiple friends I finally finished Uprooted last night and it was indeed fantastic. Such strong imagery and descriptive writing that made me not only visualise but genuinely FEEL like I was there in the story. Can't wait to read more Novik!

Photo of the book Uprooted by Naomi Novik on a wooden table

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Good Morning folks! Now there's a BlueSky account for my game, Hokko Life! Please give it a follow to keep up-to-date with all the amazing creations the community are making! @hokko.bsky.social

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Four lesser known games I've worked on, all as vfx artist.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sure as heck wasn't expecting Hokko to suddenly be in the top selling chart on Switch after 2+ years, but.. yay? (Interestingly the numbers I've seen aren't actually that big so it makes me wonder how much the others are selling 🤔)

Photo showing the Switch eShop where Hokko Life is shown at position 28 alongside other games.

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Can't beat the Lion at Gripsholm..

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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Post a random game from your collection Saturday. (Sadly I lost the headphones this came with, and the box got a little dinged up in a house move)

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