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Game Director @HandCircus.com . SimonOliver.com - Block Rancher, Rolando, Okabu, Seabeard. Prev Toy Invention Director @LEGO.

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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 10h
Wrapped on Librarian: Tidy up the Arcane Library - not the fastest play-through but loved it! Such a strong unique design and really well executed. Recommend! store.steampowered.com/app/4197610/...
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Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! on Steam
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! is a single-player simulation. You need return scattered books to proper places in an Arcane Library. As completed rows of bookshelves, you can learn ability to ...
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Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
we're in LudoNarraCon 2026! which means 🚨 YOU WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO PLAY THE BAD MAGPIE DEMO 🚨 who's joining us to inflict some magpie chaos on the 8th October?!
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Day of the Devs @dayofthedevs.org · 21/09/2026
It's that time of year again! Submissions for the Game Awards edition of Day of the Devs are now open! Good luck! www.dayofthedevs.org/submit
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 19/09/2026
Perfect for indie games - A Short Hike runs perfectly!
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 19/09/2026
Great for emulation - 2 screens lets you do DS, 3DS, Wii U. Also really impressed with PC Steam games via GameNative
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 19/09/2026
Replaying The Best Game on Ayn Thor - I love this little device! Sorta like a weird hybrid of 3DS and Steam Deck
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✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 07/09/2026
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social don’t know if you are still doing #foxoftheday but we have a very happy one rolling around on our shed today
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 07/09/2026
One happy fox
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 06/09/2026
Nothing has appeared in my summoning circle yet - what am I doing wrong
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Steve Streeting @sinbad3d.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
MinerMancers Dev Log 2 is up! This time I'm talking about the procedural map generation system I've been working on lately. Hope you like it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWL9... #indiegame #devlog
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MinerMancers DevLog 2: ProcGen!
YouTube video by Steve Streeting
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David H @nachimir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just over a week to get your Leftfield submissions in for MCM London this October. Deadline is September the 11th: airtable.com/appIQDFmYU3o...
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Airtable | Everyone's app platform
Airtable is a low-code platform for building collaborative apps. Customize your workflow, collaborate, and achieve ambitious outcomes. Get started for free.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 04/09/2026
Woo Ayn Thor has shipped! The thrill of game gadgetry arriving from afar
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 28/08/2026
I really struggle to watch this and comprehend how this Mr Bean-alike character ended up here. Setting aside my loathing, it just seems like a cosmic joke. Baffling
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Jeffrey Lerman @snakester95.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
After seeing genAI game trailers appear even before Gamescom, I reached out to a few trailer editors to see how they feel about its use. Derek Lieu gave me this winner of a quote, among many others in the article.
A quote from the article, said by Derek Lieu. "Even without considering the negative ethical, ecological, or legal implications of using genAI (of which there are MANY), I think it's utterly ridiculous to even consider using it in creative works because even a little bit will make people question everything else in the game or trailer. You can’t put a tiny little bit of poop in a dinner and expect people to eat it."
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 26/08/2026
So much to look forward to!
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 24/08/2026
I am in awe that’s she’s watched it all! You watched the latest ones from Japan too? I spent like 30 minutes ranting to Kate last night - “no you don’t understand! They thought it was a paramecia type but it’s actually a MYTHICAL ZOAN type concealed by the world government for 800 years!”
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 24/08/2026
I’m definitely becoming one of those “you just have to watch the first thousand episodes then it gets REEEALLY good” people
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 24/08/2026
Watched the “gear 5” episode of one piece last (1071). Holy shit, this show is something else…
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/08/2026
Here are 3 minutes of unedited sanderling joy from right before sunset tonight 🥹 🪶
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 23/08/2026
Did you hear? We're bringing back AMNESIA FORTNIGHT! 🥳 It's a Kickstarter/game jam/documentary, and we need YOUR help choosing what games to prototype! Get notified when we launch on Aug 31:
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Coming soon: Amnesia Fortnight 2026, Indie Reboot
A Double Fine Productions Game Jam, Documentary, and Kickstarter Campaign
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Ricky Haggett @rickyhaggett.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It is once again Sunday, and (somewhat against my better judgement) I have written some more words about using AI to make games: medium.com/@rickyhagget...
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 16/08/2026
Thanks for this - I feel very similarly and you’ve really conveyed the missing piece that is so often not part of the conversation - what it does to the creative process. IMO it also has a a devastating impact on collaboration as the team just stop talking to each other about how to solve problems.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 14/08/2026
Pin crawl is *excellent* and you should all be playing the brand new demo this weekend!
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Steve Streeting @sinbad3d.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I've posted my first MinerMancers dev log! Finally! 😄 Do let me know what you'd like to hear about next, if you have a preference. If a particular subject gets more requests I'll be sure to prioritise it. Hope you enjoy! youtu.be/-wdz4vMpIzA
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MinerMancers DevLog 1
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 26/07/2026
Ah that’s when I started to really gobble it up (the water 7/enies lobby arc), gets really good! But has taken me a couple years so far
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 26/07/2026
Have passed the 1000 episode mark on One Piece! Wano arc animation is a crazy step Up
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One Piece: Fat Luffy
ALT: One Piece: Fat Luffy
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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Feels faintly archaic saying things like "the weekend crowd" in space year 2026, but on the off-chance that's still a thing, I'll reshare this piece about a really fascinating upcoming video game because people seemed to quite enjoy it. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst
Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 25/07/2026
Games!
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 25/07/2026
Aah mine is waiting for me at home. Cant wait!
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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There's a lovely Studio Profile about Size Five Games in the latest EDGE magazine, with lots of concept art and stuff. Well worth a trip to the newsagent.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 16/07/2026
This is great advice! I got diagnosed as autistic at 45 and it was *extremely* helpful understanding and reframing some of the lingering challenges that I could never explain. Has been life changing
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 15/07/2026
This combination rescue cat shelter / coworking space in Brighton absolutely rules
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 12/07/2026
I will make your hope my own too! That would be a dreeam
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 11/07/2026
Better a pig than a fascist!
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 11/07/2026
Much I as I adore BoTW and ToTK, it is such a shame that we won't likely see meticulous, spawning dungeon designs like this again in a new Zelda title - a big loss that came with the transition to the open world/systemic design.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 11/07/2026
Just wrapped playing through Twilight Princess - never played it fully through the first time on GC (was still mourning the loss of Wind Waker's aesthetic 😭) so was such a treat to play through a new (to me) classic Zelda. The dungeon design is *magnificent*.
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A Profound Waste of Time @apwot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
All set up at @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social! Come find us at Unit 8, Copeland Park, London this weekend!
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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
From: Wizards (1985), dir. Dóra Keresztes and István Orosz, Pannonia Film Studio
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 08/07/2026
What about Jeff Bridges?
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John Walker - Industry Analcyst @botherer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hey indie peeps. I'm going to be doing Kotaku's Indie Penance Day on Friday July 3 this year. If you have an upcoming or recently released game that deserves eyes, please email me at jwalker@kotaku.com with the subject "INDIE PENANCE 2026", and include a store link and YouTube video. Rules follow.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 02/07/2026
Yeah I used this with a (albeit not very complicated, GD script based) prototype and it worked perfectly 🥳
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 02/07/2026
Just finished Super Scram Kitty on Switch! Such a blast from start to finish - a great blend of unique mechanics with a wonderful flow, its got so many clever twists on the core play as you progress. Grab it while it’s hot! www.nintendo.com/en-gb/Games/...
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Erin Catto @erincatto.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m happy to announce the release of a new open source 3D physics engine called Box3D. I’ve been working on this project for a few years now, but it represents over 20 years of experience writing physics engines for games. Read more here: box2d.org/posts/2026/0...
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Announcing Box3D
I’m happy to announce the release of Box3D, an open source 3D physics engine. It is now available on GitHub. Box3D repository You can think of Box3D as a fork of Box2D, extended with many features nee...
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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🌟GAMES YOU SHOULD PICK UP IN THE STEAM SUMMER SALE🌟 This is my list of games that: - I played within the last year - Were a 9 or 10/10 Every single one of these is a certifiable banger 1. INKBOUND Incredible multiplayer roguelike from the Monster Train team store.steampowered.com/app/1062810/...
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Save 75% on Inkbound on Steam
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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Simon Oliver @simonoliver.com · 29/06/2026
Great to hear you are working on a sequel to the hard switch!
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Moo Yu (Mythmatch on Switch and Steam Now!) @oneofmoo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🏹🏹🏹 Mythmatch is Coming to Nintendo Switch!!! 🏹🏹🏹 Our narrative-rich, Greek myth, anti-capitalist merge game is coming Nintendo Switch on 7/7/2026! The perfect device for just one more day in the mortal realm or one more go in the minigames. 🐐 Merge the items 💪 Unite the people 🏠 Find your home
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 24/06/2026
Almost absurdly reasonable and nuanced take from Doctorow that still boils down to "AI centaurs basically fine, limited; AI reverse centaurs unwanted capitalist orgy of self-destruction" arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots
Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Drone photography creating a wonderful illusion! Shooting during early morning or late afternoon with the low sun is necessary to project shadows that are elongated and darkly defined! The black cast of shadows from the giraffe are amazing.
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