iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Pixel Pizza Podcast @pixelpizza.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

It's the Pixel Pizza 200th Episode Special!! We're celebrating this awesome milestone with life updates from nine amazing previous guests from across the industry :) #gamingpodcast #milestone open.spotify.com/episode/7Ina...

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Lost Lake Games @lostlakegames.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We're so excited to reveal our debut title: Vaunted! Vaunted is a narrative-rich turn-based tactics game that fuses the dynamism of shooters with the strategic depth of RPGs. @hoodedhorse.bsky.social will be our publisher for this project. More details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/243...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Heya #gamedev network ✌🏼 If folks are interested in chatting a bit at GDC, I'll be there on Monday and Tuesday (March 9/10). Hit me up! #GDC2026

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Congratulations on the announce, Guerrilla fam 🥹🍻 Thinking of you.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Me every time Ameorry works on weapon designs and/or dark fantasy (let alone bOTH AT ONCE): 👀👀👀👀🔥😩👏🏼‼️💯😍🥹💗💗

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · 03/06/2025

We're hiring at Lost In Cult! ✨ A few job listings incoming soon, but this one's for a new Project Manager for our growing team, where you'll be responsible for a number of our video game projects from start to finish. Info/application 'ere: www.designjobsboard.com/job/97162/pr...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The timing of my new start isn't lost on me. It feels unfair to be docking in such a promising harbor at a time when so many teams are being gutted, and so many devs are struggling.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Heya! I'm Idris (they/she), a narrative-focused game designer and aspiring shounen protagonist! I've worked on Gigantic, Shadow of War, and Horizon Forbidden West. Currently a Senior Content Designer at Lost Lake Games (whose name you can abbreviate with fingerguns ✨👈🏼👀👈🏼✨)

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

BRO BLACK MIRROR S7 EP 1 🫠👍🏼💯😭

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Liam Wong had a wildly successful career as an art director for major video games when, during a promo trip to Japan, he bought a camera, and altered his life’s trajectory. In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the street photographer discusses his unique and fascinating journey:

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 14/04/2025

Ubisoft released a color blind simulation tool today, called UbiChroma. The free and open source tool enables developers to test for color blind accessibility issues in real-time. Fitting existing workflows, it can help catch color blind issues early. caniplaythat.com/2025/04/14/u...

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UbiChroma, a real-time color blind simulator released by Ubisoft - Can I Play That?

Ubisoft released a color blind simulation tool, UbiChroma, making it possible to test for color blind accessibility issues in real-time.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

FINALLY caving-- Started Cyberpunk 2077 & haven't been this gripped by an open-world game since..... wait fuck probably Witcher 3 hang on asdfdgjkh-- ANYWAY, I'll probably make a longer post with design/narrative thoughts on it at some point, but I also wanted a place to 'aaaa' as I experience it

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Emil Čolić @chol.ch · 13/11/2024

Em dashes are duct tape for sentences and I love them

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晴晴 [On Hiatus] @sachinteng.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

A world without Trans people has never existed, and it never will. More than visibility, we need safety 🏳️‍⚧️

Portait of a woman covered in sludge. Only her arms are uncovered. But within the sludge, her face and body are partially visible, revealing a floral pattern on her face and body, pink and white flowers on blue background. This is a repaint of an illustration I did a decade ago. In the original there in equal sign superimposed at the bottom of the canvas. The equal sign is still there, but it is empty now.

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Jordan Magnuson @jordanmagnuson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Do you make weird, artsy, short-form videogames? Or know someone who does? Check out this new zine project I've been working on (intended to kind of bridge poetry/academia/art world/indie games) - and consider submitting a game for the first issue! www.gamepoems.org

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Game Poems Magazine

Game Poems is an online literary magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames. The videogame poem is a concept that challenges traditional boundaries betw...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I think that perhaps the best revenge you can take in a world that seeks to tear you down is simply to keep creating.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

If you're in or visiting Tokyo and looking to work out with tattoos, please take advantage of the research I did when I moved here 🖤 idristhegrey.substack.com/p/ie-tattoo-...

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I.E. Tattoo-Friendly Tokyo Gyms

Idris the Expat: LET'S GET SWOLE!

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

This comment still makes me smile btw 😂 You can look cool too, xTraexEdge!!! Don't let your dreams be dreams!!!!

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Work on a Yokai game ✅ Work on a mecha game __ 👀?

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Romain Barrilliot @skacky.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

If any now ex-Monolith (😟) developer reads this, Arkane Lyon is hiring several positions. Please apply, we’d be thrilled to have you with us. jobs.zenimax.com/jobs?departm...

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ZeniMax Jobs

Bethesda Softworks is hiring for multiple positions across our award-winning game development studios and global publishing teams!

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It's been almost a decade since I left Monolith to work at Guerrilla, and I only worked there for about 1.5 years, but that studio was and will always be special to me. This one really, really hurts.

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

オス！ I'm Idris Grey, a game designer and aspiring shounen protagonist with a penchant for bittersweet stories. Worked on Gigantic, Shadow of War, and Horizon Forbidden West; currently Senior Narrative Game Designer @unseentokyo.bsky.social 🖤 よろしくおねがいします！

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

love poems ❤️

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Game design prototypes are like "hey I made this from scrap metal, gum, duct tape, and tears, do you like it enough to say yes and dislike it enough to give me asset support? 🥺"

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arimia @arimiadev.com · 28/01/2025

Announcing.... Trans Joy Jam 2025, a short game jam about creating a brighter future! Any kind of game or fiction about trans & gender queer identities with an optimistic or happy outlook on the future are accepted 💙 This event runs until February 15th! Sign up: itch.io/jam/trans-jo...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In hindsight.. Janet was peak NB rep. Like I love the cyborgs and androgynous assassin types, but there is something so Real and Important and (for me) Relatable about how she just Is, and looks femme-coded, but Isn't A Girl (and never stops reminding everyone of that).

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ALT: a woman is standing next to a man in a suit and tie and says not a girl

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Murdercat pretty much ignores what's on any screen at all times, but... I'm playing through Death Stranding, and he got SUPER INTERESTED in one of the Dads Mikkelsen cutscenes. Like, climbed up in front of the TV making little grunting noises and wiggling his head around.

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Raul Ibarra @croasan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I can finally say it! I'll be giving a talk at @officialgdc.bsky.social with @liamwong.com about "See the UNSEEN: Revealing the Art and Animation of 'KEMURI'", mainly focused on the trailer we crafted for the TGA. All the info: schedule.gdconf.com/session/see-...

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Gravity Well @gravitywell.games · 04/12/2024

Gravity Well is growing! 🚀 We're hiring for 4 roles in Art, Design, and Production. If you're a passionate game developer, check out our job postings and apply today! 🔗 gravitywell.games

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

THE PLAYSTATION ANNIVERSARY EVENT SETTINGS OH MY GOD 🥹🥹🥹 Navigating a menu with the PS2 sound effects is healing me 😭💗

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Arcane S2 E3, 08:14 I shed actual tears 😭🥹 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE 2012 BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD EVER ACTUALLY HAPPEN THE SCENE WAS PERFECT HHKDDJFKFK

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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

"I have this high-fidelity physics simulation working, but it's being paired with this, in some ways, primitive pixel art." An inside look at the shaders and techniques that give the pixel art of Animal Well an old-school CRT visual effect

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Why Animal Well's home-brewed engine was key to its success

How an off-hours project, a rising YouTuber, and a unique Discord-driven release strategy came together for a game-of-the-year candidate.

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🩸 a l e x 🩸 @flavorwaves.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Hey friends! Summer Internships for Insomniac Games are now live! Please visit insomniac.games/careers for current openings. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll try my best to answer them!

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Nick Folkman @nickfolkman.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Insomniac’s writing internship is live (as well as all our internships in general)! Please apply if you’re interested— interns are integrated into projects and we try to involve them in as much of development as we can, and you’re actually writing on the game you’re on! insomniac.games/careers

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Rosa 🍊 @purecelain.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Now on bluesky: the ✨game design wiki✨! It includes: 🌱 The career progression of a game designer 💼 How to hunt for game design jobs 💡 Detailed run through of the game design process 🖼️ Many handy resources And more! rosacarbo.notion.site/Game-design-...

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Recently stopped by Guerrilla and received the sweetest, most unexpected goodbye gifts 🥹 Please tell people when you appreciate them ;; you never know when someone needs to hear that. These will give me strength when times are hard. I'll do my best to pay that forward.

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Comic Samanthas @comicsamanthas.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

My interview with UNSEEN is published! You can check out my anime origin story here, judge the books on my bookshelf, and see a cool picture of an octopus! www.unseen-tokyo.com/blog/see-the...

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UNSEEN Inc. — SEE the UNSEEN: Meet Senior Gameplay Engineer, SAMANTHA HALLORAN

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Idris Grey ✌🏼💀 @sirensstrand.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

こんにちはみんなさん！I'm Idris Grey MacChruiteir (she/they), a narrative-focused game designer who's currently working as a Senior Game Designer at UNSEEN Inc. 🖤🤍🖤 Previously at Guerrilla, Monolith, Snail Games, & Motiga; let's tell beautiful stories!! ✨ 頑張ってください!!

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