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Sam Cast

@samcast.games
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Creative/Game Director, Lead Writer and Head Inspector at The Bureau of Fantastical & Arcane Affairs @hipflask.games Writer, Game Designer, and enjoyer of video games!

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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 24/09/2026
"My thoughts on AI." My brother in Christ, I think we have enough thoughts on AI. I think we're outta room in the thought jar, let me hear your thoughts on BLTs instead.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 06/02/2026
This whole project Genie causing a panic sell of gaming stocks really shows how little the average person understands about game developement.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 28/01/2026
I just learned about project dragon, and my day is now ruined
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 13/12/2025
I did it. 🥲
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 12/12/2025
Someone please actually re-make kotor. Please, I am literally begging. And don't tell me to just play the old games, I have tried and they are just a little too out of date.
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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 12/12/2025
Big fan of the key art for that new Star Wars racing game.
Key art for Star Wars: Galactic Racer featuring three speeders from above on a series of coloured lines with a muted '70s-ish colour palette.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 12/12/2025
Games announced tonight I am most excited for (no particular order) nolaw fate of the old republic gang of the dragon Star wars galactic racer divinity
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 25/11/2025
Excellent Wisdom from Naj as always!
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 24/11/2025
Kindness is free, empathy is free, gratefulness is free. But just because they are free, doesn't make them easy. The present if beautiful, but it can be hard to pay attention to sometimes.
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Layla Ali @sephiraex.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I will never EVER in a million years get over hearing a voice actor read things I wrote. Holy shit.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 19/11/2025
Worked my ass off on this, I promise it's a fun watch!
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 16/11/2025
Making a game.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 15/11/2025
reposting here :)
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 11/11/2025
It's a shame that the games industry at large does relatively little to support and celebrate junior and early career talent. I feel like future class, while imperfect, was one of the few high profile things that shined a light on a part of games that is often left in the dark.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 04/11/2025
Played a few hours of RV there yet. It's fun, but honestly, I feel like the further you get, the more cracks in the gameplay loop show the sort of simple sandbox puzzles become more about levers and switches. Of course, for $7 it doesn't matter lol.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 02/11/2025
Shoulda called it the war of art.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 16/10/2025
Went to the Witcher concert tonight. I hope that one day I can make a game that has the impact on people that those games had on me.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 14/10/2025
Minimalist design is bullshit.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 30/09/2025
New blog on Tech Writing: samcast.games/blog/on-tech...
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On Technical Writing: From the Desk of the Bureau #1 — Sam Cast
A blurb about my lessons working on BFAA, specifically in regard to the art of tech writing
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 30/09/2025
Enough strawmen on linkedin to build the first pigs house.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 26/09/2025
The coolest thing about game dev so far is just how much I learn. It feels like everyday I pick up something new or get to see something in a new light. I love it.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 23/09/2025
Have been banging my head against a game writing problem for 3 full days, and finally cracked through today. Top 10 feeling.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 23/09/2025
Accordingly to their press release, the conference previously known as GDC is going to drop prices significantly this year and drop the summits and core concept. That seems like significantly bigger news than the rebrand.
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Hip Flask Games @hipflask.games · 17/09/2025
Things have been slow on our marketing front, but I think this next trailer is really something fun, can't wait to show it to y'all.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 09/09/2025
It is NEVER your responsibility to tell people to give up on their dreams.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 02/09/2025
Going to start re-reading: A Playful Production Process, my favorite book about game design. I'll maybe start posting some of my key takeaways in a thread here, mostly just to keep myself accountable. Or maybe I won't, who knows.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 19/08/2025
It's very interesting to me that games that struggled to gain significant traction commercially will still sometimes have a large impact on the medium and the Dev's that make games. 1/X
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 13/08/2025
Small bit of early grey-boxing today
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 10/08/2025
The cruel reality of life is that one day 20 years from now you will wake up and remember more of what you didn't do rather than what you did.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 31/07/2025
Convinced people only put desert levels in their games because they feel obligated to.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 24/06/2025
One game you've worked on - no words just trailers www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDEt...
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The Bureau Of Fantastical And Arcane Affairs Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Hip Flask Games
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 15/06/2025
Gonna get a baggy sweater and stare out a high-rise window like I just got cheated on in an early 2000s R&B video.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 09/06/2025
When I started this project, I had dared to dream that this *might* be a possibility. But's still completely surreal to see it come to fruition. Thanks y'all. Hopefully this is just the beginning. Though, the beginning of what, I'm still not sure.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 08/06/2025
Heard that there was some concern that our game, the BFAA would utilize AI. I am proud to say that is 100% NOT the case. This game is being created by real people with real passion. Our 100+ characters will be voiced and written by living, breathing, people. #supportindies
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⭐️ Najmah Salam ⭐️ @najmahsalam.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Such a lovely feeling seeing the logo work I did for @hipflask.games at the top of the Future Games Show Steam page! Well done @samcast.games and team, you deserve ALL the attention!!
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 08/06/2025
Hey check it out, it's the game I'm directing 🙂
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 07/06/2025
Today, the game that I have been pouring my soul into over the past year-plus was officially revealed at the Future games show. It's called The Bureau of Fantastical and Arcane Affairs and it's on steam if you would like to wishlist.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 01/06/2025
Watched the new Mission Impossible last night. What a goddamn train wreck that was.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 23/05/2025
Thinking about buying a suit and running full sprint through a busy sidewalk while looking nervously over my shoulder like someone from a rival spy agency is chasing me. Gotta give people something to talk about at dinner.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 22/05/2025
Exhaustion in pursuit of a dream is a privilege.
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Jubilee ❣️ @16pxl.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
peach tea study 🌿🍵✨ #pixelart
pixel art depicting a realistic looking glass filled with a peach tinted tea, large ice cube, and sprig of herbs. there are dramatic shadows, showing caustics being thrown from the glass.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 29/04/2025
I feel like you need a certain amount of naivety when pursuing big goals in life, and that's hard to come by now-a-days. If you can see how deep the pool is, you'll be less likely to try and touch the bottom.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 25/04/2025
I don't really use BlueSky so I'm struggling to get traction but check out our game :)
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 17/04/2025
My type of podcast content is listening to a guy give a retroactive play-by-play of the second quarter of a Wizard Hornets game in the month of January.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 17/04/2025
Avowed may just have the best open-world level design and exploration I've played in the past 10 years.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 28/03/2025
Howdy folks. I am happy to announce @hipflask.games We are working on something that is really damn cool. Not gonna say too much more. But I would appreciate giving us a follow as I begin the process of ramping up our marketing train.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 11/02/2025
Logged back into this app to tell you all that the font used in the Superbowl last night is the same font used in Fortnite.
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stephen pero @pero.gg · 30/01/2025
hi. I will never stop pursuing my dream.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 30/01/2025
Layoffs suck, but I am really not a fan of people telling juniors to just "give up" chasing their dreams every time they happen.
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Sam Cast @samcast.games · 28/01/2025
I discovered a new Japanese city pop song today and it has just changed the entire trajectory of my week.
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