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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Emir Arkman 🩸 Play Hellkind! @emirarkman.com · 20/09/2026

Finally finished the colour grading and sfx on one of the scenes in the game. It’s getting there! #gamedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #indiegame

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Joe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To commemorate the collaboration between Pokémon and the ESA, a special Pikachu plush was sent to the International Space Station from April 11th through June 17th What a picture. Absolutely stunning

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey, about three months later I am still looking for work. I have done senior level work, I’m comfortable owning zones, writing cutscenes, and environmental narrative. Open to working in other mediums as well.

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the haunting

an illustration of jude from the graphic novel 'strange cases' in a cathedral-like setting, holding scales with lit candles, as though it was a candelabra. the smoke from the candles swirl around him, leading to a looming statue of his mother holding a sword. her sculpted visage is partially weathered and damaged, exposing the bones that lay underneath the statue. surrounding him are more statues, this time of saints, similarly weathered, with their bones partially exposed.

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Mischief @mischief.games · 10/09/2026

Who murdered the world?

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C ✊ UVW-CWA @ckjong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These wins are incredible!!! Minimum 4 weeks severance + 1 week for every 6 months employment, AND recall rights, AND hybrid work + AI protections, AND up to 34% wage increases! This would have been unthinkable before the industry started to unionize!

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

star-eyed mage

an illustration of a mage clad in dark armour and a blue and purple cloak, whose left eye has been replaced with a star, the flesh around which is scarred with blood dripping from it. her hair billows around her, following the comet-like trail of the light from her replaced eye. she holds a tome in her armoured-glad left hand, the tips of which are stained with blood. smaller stars are scattered around her.

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Rebecca Roanhorse @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is great. I try to teach this idea in a class to varying success. It is so important but often hard for new writers to grasp (and all of us to remember.) Get the behavior right and the rest will follow.

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lu @coffinvows.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

whats this dudes deal huh

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Albasoup @albasoup.itch.io · 29/08/2026

Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection

A backrooms-ass room with a twilight sky and trees seemingly imposed over it in a dream-like fashion (it's the reflection of the window)

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Kevin 🌱 @wankadoodles.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Posting all of these today. I loved doing one on her birthday every year that I could. We have lost one of the brightest lights that has ever shined.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026

This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 25/08/2026

There are so many donations happening right now that the site has crashed.

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

i love frankenstein (2025) so much #art

artwork of the creature from frankenstein (2025). the creature is the central figure, his body abstracted into the swathes of blues and greens, with a tinge of red, with details of furs of his coat and candles lit with red flames. his torso is carved out, exposing red flesh and a heart connected with veins that have some sprouting flowers, and the final scene of the creature embracing the morning sun. framing the creature are various body parts as well as the halves of victor and elizabeth's faces.

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

enshittification ouroboros

the anti-ai symbol, where ai is depicted as an ouroboros, defecating and devouring it's own feces, while stabbing itself through the heart

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

14 years ago I wanted to work with Blizzard so badly, I got myself hired as a figure model for the drawing classes and drove 3 hours+ to/from Irvine every week. Now after hosting at Blizzcon, voicing characters, and making lifelong friends on the teams, I support making Blizz BETTER for them. 💜

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

a few people lately have expressed appreciation for my chapter in the Game Narrative Kaleidoscope, which makes me feel like I should talk about it more—it’s a short article about procedural narrative and casting, and there’s a ton of other good work there as well. I do recommend checking it out!

inklestudios.com

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope

The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope book and podcast from inkle.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00

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Mischief @mischief.games · 30/07/2026

Welcome To The New Apocalypse

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Visited the new Chicago Brand Museum today. It's fascinating. (It's not a museum of just Chicago brands; it's a museum of lots of brand, which happens to be located in Chicago.) Fans of typography, graphic design, package design, and more will love it.

Glass shelves displaying dozens of different types of spice tins.

Shelf displaying small containers of typewriter ribbons.

More shelves, this time filled with dozens of varieties of small oil cans

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 30/07/2026

someone else smarter than me once heard me complaining about wasting a bunch of materials on an attempt of something cool, and said "yeah but that just means it wasn't a waste, that cost was Tuition" and it's really shifted something in my brain in a healthy direction.

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Uni recently started running over to me meowing when I get up. It makes me so happy

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James Shedden @james.sh · 28/07/2026

Behind the scenes

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Alex "BOOpenerdude" Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

As always, new devs get it in the shorts twice with these things: not only are companies laying off (meaning they don't have openings for new devs), the jobs that ARE available are going to be snapped up by the people getting laid off, meaning we're essentially reaching a point of zero new blood.

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Talon Fast @talonfast.com · 21/07/2026

Incredible things happening in Toronto

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

There are ways to trim your videogame development budget, and then there are *ways* to trim your videogame development budget.

Screenshot from the videogame Grey Skies. A female character stands in front of an indoor swimming pool. A sign by the pool says PLEASE DO NOT SWIM, and, in smaller letters, "There isn't an animation for it."

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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

South of Midnight won Game of the Year at #G4C2026! Congrats to all fellow nominees! As we celebrate this milestone and reflect on our journey, we look ahead with excitement to creating more unique, new original games.

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

@mobiusdigitalgames.com should hire me for another outer wilds dlc now that the next planets' gimmick is established

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

SCOOP: double fine is unionizing

ouble Fine, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Psychonauts and, more recently, experimental fare like Keeper and Kiln, is set to unionize, per a petition filed to the National Labor Relations Board.

The petition, filed May 7, says that like other Microsoft games division studios that have unionized to date, Double Fine workers are making their unionization push in conjunction with Communications Workers of America (CWA). The union will include all “regular part-time and full-time employees”—a total of 42.

“On May 7, the workers at Microsoft studio Double Fine Productions announced their decision to form a union with CWA to preserve and extend the studio’s commitments to creative excellence, diversity and inclusion, and worker quality of life," CWA said in a statement to Aftermath. "In tandem with requesting voluntary recognition from the company, workers have also filed an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to secure union representation. We appreciate that Microsoft has taken a neutral approach and agreed not to interfere in any way with worker’s rights to organize unions.”

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Raj Patel @rajio.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

okay now figure in how many weren't thinking of leaving the industry but having that decision imposed upon them. Lets also be clear this isn't just a shame for those people, but it will manifest as worse games being more expensive to make, and making less money overall. This is a problem.

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Devin Elle Kurtz @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Library fines have gotten weird since the change in management

In this digital painting, a girl is walking down the spiral staircase of a library, carrying a box of treasures in her arms. She has a brown canvas backpack full of books on her back. In the center of the tower-shaped library, a two-headed dragon rests atop a massive pile of books. One of the heads is sleeping, while the other has just awoken and peeks with one cyan eye at the girl descending the stairs. A very anxious librarian is a short distance up the stairs, gripping the rail and his cane, and an equally anxious library assistant sits on the stair above him. Blue stained glass windows cast a bright light through the image, and a normal window somewhere offscreen lets in a vibrant warmth that hits the girl and the dragon. The girl appears uncertain too, and has an overdue notice in her backpack -- she is delivering overdue fines to the dragon, in the form of personal treasures!

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The Game Accessibility Guidelines have been put together by game studios, specialists and academics. While they are not an official set of standards or documents, they are a collection of tips and techniques to help developers make games more inclusive. gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

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Game Accessibility Guidelines – A straightforward reference for inclusive game design

A straightforward reference for inclusive game design

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

hi #PortfolioDay im mint!! i love working with fantasy and gothic horror themes 💌 spearmintaii@gmail.com 🌿 mintaii.carrd.co

a lone knight swathed in green armour stands in the dark, knee deep in water, holding an axe. from where she holds it, the metal of her weapon is slowly transforming into sprouting leaves and vines. behind her are several weapons that have long since turned into twisting branches that blend in with the surrounding flora. roots that resemble clawed hands cling to the handles of these weapons.

a gothic horror au interpretation of jayce and viktor from arcane. a dishevelled jayce stands, holding a bloodstained silver hammer, looking up with watery eyes. there's blood staining his face and splattered on his clothes and armour, with scratches marring his leather coat. his left hand is balled into a fist, rot and blood coating his skin. in the background is a semi-eroded, semi-hollowed out, golden statue of a younger him, illuminated from behind by golden fire. golden claws reach out to this statue. framing this, is a structure made up of pale brick and rotting arches. within the arches flanking jayce on either side, are broken stained glass images of him as piltover's man of progress.

for viktor's illustration: viktor stands, looming, holding a staff which carries an eerie, pale flame in its clawed crown. his mask is partially broken, exposing only his human right eye. he holds a clawed hand up to his chest, where red flesh in the vague shape of a heart is exposed, with five puncture marks in it. behind him is a broken, stone statue of his younger self– his face has sliced off the statue and is slipping down. framing him is a stone structure comprised of three main archways, with vein-like ornamentation and clawed hands reaching out to viktor in reverance. within the thicker pillars of this structure, are small arched frames, depicting viktor's transformation through magic.

Marcille is sewing a large patchwork quilt of Falin, with her thread being depicted as a long, thin, bloody sinew. Varying shades of red are used in the quilt, with some patches portrayed as parts of the Red Dragon. Falin's skeleton is used as the main component of the quilt's pattern work; her face split into two patchwork pieces at either side of her skull as Marcille slowly sews it back together. Beneath her ribs, is a large centre piece depicting a heart, with a silhouette of Falin lying on top of it. Tiny figures of Laois and Falin as a child stand on the quilt, looking at each other.

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mint @mintaii.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

the sky's kindest, most radiant star

an illustration of olruggio from witch hat atelier. he's sitting upon a tree, leaning upon one of its sprawling branches, glancing behind him. as it descends, his cloak turns into plumes of blue flames, silver stars speckled throughout. at the very bottom are the silhouettes of a young olruggio and qifrey, made up of stars and mist.

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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

South of Midnight is a Peabody Award winner!! For 86 years, @peabodyawards.bsky.social has honored #StoriesThatMatter. It takes heart and steadiness to tell stories rooted in folklore, stitched with care to carry the weight of beauty and the truth of scars. @xbox.com #PeabodyAwards #PeabodyWinner

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Fryda Wolff @frydawolff.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"The Human Made Mark is set to appear as an ident before a verified film and as a certified Trust Mark in the end credits, indicating that a project has not been made with the help of AI. The idea behind the initiative is to give audiences the opportunity to make a decision in their viewing habits."

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The Human Made Mark, Initiative to Certify AI-Free Film and TV Productions, Launches at Site of Prehistoric Cave Paintings in France (EXCLUSIVE)

The Human Made Mark, an initiative to independently verify and stamp films not made using AI, has launched at France's prehistoric cave paintings

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

There was a goose on the field at Wrigley, they played on

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Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

this talk synopsis from a PCG conference in Europe got me wondering: what are the good public talks on optimization for generated content & pipelines?

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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Interactive romance has its own set of structures and narrative expectations that need to be accounted for. Treating it like any other dialogue and/or not considering chemistry - between the player and the character, and the player and your systems - has outsized effects.

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

would love to see a thread of small practical pieces of advice developers just starting out or unfamiliar with a genre might not know! I’ll start: if you’re using a tag-based system, don’t just give everything an individual tag—look for thematic groups where similar events can lead to same outcome

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I don't think people understand how hard it is to work in the video-game industry right now. If you've been laid off, it can take months if not years to find new work. If you haven't been laid off, you're anxious that you will be laid off. This week's column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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It Sucks to Work in the Video-Game Industry Right Now

Even developers who successfully release big hits, like Fortnite and Battlefield, are losing their jobs

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm almost there it's so pretty!! 😭 this is the first time I've made extensive use of complex numbers in shader code, which has been fun! it's an analytic 2D lighting system through piecewise conformal maps representing angular light/"sky" exposure, which means you get fully analytic penumbras!

a partially finished analytic 2D lighting solution, showing both the angular and radial component with a checkerboard pattern and color coding

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Doki Rosi 🌷 working 9 to 5 @dokirosi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Golden Afternoon 🌷Alice in wonderland #fanart

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Compulsion Games @compulsiongames.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

South of Midnight arrives March 31, 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. In case you missed the reveal, enjoy our release date trailer. @playstation.com @nintendousa.bsky.social

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Saffrona @saffrona.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Our magical girl game ✨Mumagi: Stellar Saviors✨ has a NEW DEMO with BRAND NEW ARTWORK🎨! We're so excited to announce this new demo as part of the #WomensDaySale hosted by @wingsfund.me !! Check it out here!: store.steampowered.com/app/3689240/Mumagi_Stellar_Saviors/

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