Sign in

Roy Nathan de Groot

@royndegroot.bsky.social
539 followers 651 following 76 posts

Pixel artist/Programmer/Game Designer/Dad. Super Crate Box, Serious Sam: Random Encounter, Luftrausers, Whipseey, Last Mage Standing and ULTRABUGS (eventually)

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
˗ˏˋ Shay Hulbert ˊˎ˗ @unicorndevgames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have availability starting in October❕ I’m a senior freelance 3D Character Artist in the UK with over 11 years experience specialising in creating stylised characters, mecha, animals and props for local and international clients www.artstation.com/shayleenhulbert Sharing greatly appreciated 🙏
320890
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Only 18 hours left to back this crazy thing! 18 hours left to bet on which prototype we polish up and ship! 18 hours to get more tahirts!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dou...
kickstarter.com
Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot
A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign
27822
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Whitethorn Games @whitethorngames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LOOK AT OUR GAME! please :3
1246
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Only quibble here is the headline: the algal bloom was not "mysterious". It was another event exacerbated by climate change driven by burning fossil fuels. Government officials were also aware within the first months that hundreds of thousands of marine animals had been killed in the bloom.
6231103
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard. PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
youtube.com
Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
231985916
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OH!WARE, my first commercial release, IS OUT NOW! Your ancestors whisper guidance. The Gods all watch. They want you to check it out and give it a review 🙏♥️ store.steampowered.com/app/4121430/...
30358179
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
eevee @eev.ee · 23/09/2026
putting animations in video games is fucking bananas. you have to imagine the whole thing with the power of your mind alone and then somehow cobble that together out of tweens and math and shaders and pngs, all of which you also have to make
412812
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Earlier versions of the game did acknowledge the creators of the original games at the start of each section, and I consider it unacceptable that this was removed at Jon’s direction. Stephen Totilo noticed this change and wrote a nuanced article here: www.gamefile.news/p/a-complica...
gamefile.news
A complicated game
Who gets credit for Order of the Sinking Star? Where should the names appear for the creators of its source material? And would you notice if a great game designer sat next to you?
217049
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Vlambeer @vlambeer.com · 21/09/2026
The team who helped make Ridiculous Fishing EX so good are releasing their new game on Steam November 3rd!!!
15610
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My friend made a cool game on a game jam and within a month a slopclone of it is on Steam. This is happening every day for indie devs and I hate it.
281779655
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
SULLY - POLYPAINT out now! 🎨 @artofsully.com · 15/09/2026
N64 and PSX artists rejoice - my vertex/normal painter tool POLYPAINT is now (finally) live on the Unity Asset Store!! 🎊 Grab it 30% off for the launch week - I can't wait to see what you all do with it! assetstore.unity.com/packages/slu...
301992633
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
MONOMOON | Gentle Giant Games @gentlegiantgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
MONOMOON, my non-linear game about exploration and discovery launches on Steam November 11th! With no proper instructions, you must deduce and achieve your goals as you solve puzzles, find mysterious items, and uncover secrets hiding right under your nose.
13426134
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Cute Monster Props @cutemonster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A week ago at Dragoncon I met Richard Garriott at a panel about his new Ultima game. Long story short he wants to use AI. He already has for concept art and ChatGPT generated fantasy language. I wrote an account with the hope that this could spread to the right people. Please pass this along.
631514615
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Patrick! @tragicgay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
there is a weird equivalence to a world that asks me as a thirty-something to get invested in the boy wizard franchise from a quarter of a century ago, and a world that assumes I need AI to summarize every pdf I download. it is a world that presumes we're all very helpless and stupid and sad
14810
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 11/09/2026
I need to interview someone who knows a ton about game optimization—esp. if they have AAA experience! I’m making a video about why it’s impractical to wait until the game is finished to start making trailers (especially for AAA). This is one angle I want to explain it from. Reposts appreciated! 🙏
811477
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Sos "Buy Lazy Kickers" Sosowski @sosowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another such case. Every day, an indie game developer making something cool and sharing is getting ripped off by these clowns. Original on the left. Don’t share your game - no sales Share your game - gets stolen
11446114
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 08/09/2026
the next generation of game developers don’t need a special grant for 20 geniuses to get some walking around money they need entry level jobs that a) exist and b) keep existing next quarter
61214277
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
phylan @phylan.website · 08/09/2026
"my LLM is so powerful it's dangerous and risks breaking containment!" "ok let's destroy it" "oh, haha, no. no." "let's intensively regulate your company then" "oh, no. no. look can you just put it in the newspaper that it's powerful"
7838297
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
tante @tante.cc · 07/09/2026
While CEO's see "AI" as tool to ensure they no longer have to pay/depend on people, workers adopting "AI" get taught that skills they don't have/other professions are worth less. This destruction of worker solidarity and interdisciplinary collaboration is a core function of the "AI" discourse.
225670
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
rejecting AI isn’t a failure to prepare children for an “inevitable” future, it’s a vital statement of belief in our agency to chose a future for them, rather than letting it be dictated to us by a small group of the richest men, who are increasingly - I wish this was just hyperbole - openly fascist
1400143
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf · 06/09/2026
Bad Vibes Coding Taking a short break from being spitting mad about AI, to just being sad about how it never needed to be like this
spectrecollie.com
Bad Vibes Coding
Taking a short break from being spitting mad about AI, to just being sad about how it never needed to be like this
13374132
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Andrew Eisen @andreweisen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"No reasonable consumer thinks they own a digital game when they go to the PlayStation STORE, select BUY GAMES, put one in a SHOPPING CART, press PURCHASE and get an email that confirms the TRANSACTION with a RECEIPT listing the GAME," disingenuously argued Sony, pretending it's monumentally stupid.
251041199
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Kyle Olson @kyleolson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hello again! I am still looking for either full-time or contract work. I've been working in games for close to 15 years now and have done just about every role you can do on the 2D art side of things including UI, implementation, art directing and team management (and I actually love it all).
46833
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
RockmanCosmo @rockmancosmo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jaseiken Necromancer 2 (邪聖剣ネクロマンサー2) was preserved by an anonymous user! This is a keitai sequel to Jaseiken Necromancer, a PC Engine RPG. It was later rereleased on DSiWare as "Jaseiken Necromancer: Nightmare Reborn." The original keitai version was lost until today! The battle music is so good...
1305
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Double Fine @doublefine.com · 31/08/2026
🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨  Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 www.dfaf2026.com
24418239
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Floodlight @floodlightnews.org · 27/08/2026
NEW: Thermal drone footage shows the Microsoft-backed DataOne AI data center in Vineland, NJ is running dozens of gas generators. None of them have permits. A Floodlight visual investigation with @us.theguardian.com:
floodlightnews.org
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
6823931201
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Kaptajnen @kaptajnen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This has to be one of the coolest #NES #romhacks I've seen! "Zelda II Adventure of #Mario" by "Jroweboy" This #romhack brings Mario into the world of #Zelda II with his original #SMB moveset & physics And it feels surprisingly natural www.smbarena.com/hack?id=3774 #retrogaming #romhacking #gaming
18622
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Aulet 🍂 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026
"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."
3585544069
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 25/08/2026
A Splatterhouse JRPG starring four friends caught in a mysterious house with hot italo-horror tunes and weird gross 2.5D graphics. ~Let me make it~
1419917
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
13AM Games | Wishlist Dungeon Lurker on Steam! @13amgames.com · 24/08/2026
d̶͕̚̕è̷͕̬̈́f̴̠̻̽͊ë̴̛̲́͜ȁ̶̡̼̈́t̷̖̉́ ̵̜̇t̵͈́͒h̶͙̠͐e̵͙̩̒ ̶͈́͒D̴̹̩̉̊4̶͔͇̂Ŕ̸͚Ǩ̷̥͝Ḽ̴̒̆0̴͎̰̉Ŗ̶̌͠D̷͕͐̋ͅ Play the DUNGEON LURKER demo. Exclusively for the Eclipse System 32 - and Steam. #indiedev #indiegame #PixelArcadia
413037
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026
Confirming: When you buy a DF game now, you support us directly!
462238753
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"AI work is just as good as human work" is a statement that *always* flows from the direction of power. Employers to workers, producers to consumers, but not the reverse. Because it's not a thing people actually believe, but an argument: slop is good enough for you; you are slop.
191671528
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning
22100874332
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
102125697353
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Sen @dresdencodak.com · 15/08/2026
Art tip: don't share everything you draw. Draw things you never intend to show anyone. Your brain needs time to just exist in a state that's not about performing for strangers. This used to be the normal way to exist before social media poisoned us.
868812101
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
autumn rain @slitherpunk.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
the thing about "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding" is that these games exist and are out there and you have to make the conscious choice to seek them out instead of just expecting the big companies to deliver this
3678265
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Generative AI is the tool and aesthetic of fascism, and that aesthetic only appeals to middle aged divorced sex predators, billionaires, guys who drive cybertrucks, and guys who don't tip. It's the aesthetic of losers, miserable assholes, and guys with a sexual allegations section in their wiki.
22612788
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 15/08/2026
Hey everyone. 

Last night, to my great surprise, I received a long email from Saber Interactive CEO Matt Karch. He apologized unreservedly for the awful way he spoke about me in the press. The email’s full text will stay between us; I’m not that kind of girl. But I have confirmed it was from him. 

Matt said he regretted escalating, and how people online were speaking about me. I’m not worried about being called slurs by random commenters—I’m a trans woman, that’s every day for me—but it stunk to have my skill and reputation built of 20 years in games publicly maligned by someone with institutional power. One thing I saw people saying about me, and that Matt fueled the flames of too, was that this is not my first time calling a former employer out, so I must love drama or be hard to work with. The truth is, bad treatment is everywhere in games; I’m just more willing than others to call it out. And I call it out so maybe others will be willing, too, when it happens to them.

 I’ve been firm from the beginning that I was telling the truth; I think we can all now agree that’s been borne out. Matt expressed a desire to make it right with me; at this time I don’t really know what that looks like for me, and I’ll have to take some time to sit with it, but I do at least accept his apology. None of this changes my stance on AI. Matt and I obviously differ on this, and as a CEO the consequences of its use fall on him, and unfortunately also on his employees.

Apologies are simply in too short a supply these days to spurn one when it’s offered. 

God willing, this is the last statement I’ll need to make about this.

xo
11982331232
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
106138755601
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 12/08/2026
Very proud of launching Direction 101, one of my favorite courses to work on for the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Courses program. Directing 101 covers a somewhat more esoteric skillset in games, but a skill critical to game success. Available now! courses.ramiismail.com/courses/dire...
413931
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Indies will save us" No! YOU WILL SAVE INDIES! Go leave a review for that neat indie game you like, share the trailer for an upcoming game you're anticipating, tell your fave developer they did a good job, go tell people about such and such game that's just come out, you can make a difference!
174116065086
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
If you are not satisfied with the game I have made, go make your own game. I'm not going to make my game into your game on your behalf. and if you are asking these kinds of things of game designers (or any creative person, really) you're probably pissing them off.
2489
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
hunter (comms open!) @hrpixelart.com · 30/07/2026
Commissions are still open! Animated and unanimated! Unlimited slots! Prices, examples, and info in the link below. 🎨 www.hrpixelart.com/commissions ✉️ hunter@hrpixelart.com
hrpixelart.com
Commissions — Hunter Russell • Pixel Artist • Animator
012354
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
za 'rata' (Commissions Open!) @ratazart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hey there! So, I had (more than) a few unexpected expenses this past month and I'm having trouble being able to afford rent and other expenses. That being said, I'm doing portrait commissions! If you do or know anyone who wants a new icon or just wants to help in general, feel free to DM me!
4305140
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Chris Bratt @chrisbratt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We're so used to seeing these sorts of sky-high numbers relating to executive compensation that it's easy to become numbed to the reality of what the numbers actually mean. This chart (not the one shown in the preview) drills home the true absurdity of it all. Look upon it and despair.
622780
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/08/2026
Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
21356751486
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
thenerve.news
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
361312416
Reposted by Roy Nathan de Groot
BrawlersinZone @brawlersinzone.com · 03/08/2026
My current job had to cut my hours, so I'm now available for new work! - Pixel artist w/8 yrs of professional experience - Can do contract, part-time, full-time, etc. - Art Lead experience - Prev. Rivals of Aether, Shovel Knight DX, Tako no Himitsu 📧 brawlersinzone@gmail.com 🎨 brawlersinzone.com
19961