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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When your pal wants to call it a day but all you want to do is talk about the hole

A screenshot of Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse in which the protagonist has a dialogue choice for “Talk about the hole”

Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

frankly, the gamecube resident evil 1 remake is one of the most beautiful games ever made and I wish authored camera angles were more common in games these days

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I think promoting prediction markets and gambling apps should be a major blot on anyone’s career and should bring with it great public shame

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Grayson @wildrumpus.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

opening up commissions slots to raise funds cover my rent! really struggling to find work. DM me if you are interested! PLEASE SHARE! 50$ USD: chibi model / colour background 100$ USD: model / custom background 150$ USD: model / custom background + 3D printable file #blender3d #b3d #gamedev

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charlit ⭐️wishlist YS on steam 🪐 @charlit.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So sad to go but so grateful for the opportunity 🫶 I love the team sooooo much and hope to get a chance to work together again in the future! Our ko-working era may be ending, but the gifs will live on forever ✊

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ellen 🌻 alsop @spaceellien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sadly I’m one of the affected members. I love KO_OP and it’s hard to imagine working anywhere else. Manifesting that they get a pitch funded soon so that the studio can keep going strong. Please play Young Suns when it hits steam! If anyone has a concept/2d artist gig after Dec, please let me know!

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Miracle @miraclebutt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've been affected by this. I'll be remaining at KO_OP until the end of the year, at which point I'll be looking for full time animation work, either remote or onsite in Vancouver. I will likely open commissions around this time too, so keep an eye out.

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noé @celechii.itch.io · 10/09/2026

so sad to say i'm one of the devs affected by this and am leaving at the end of the month i've had an absolutely incredible time at ko_op helping ship our 3 most recent games over the 4 years i've been here. i love all my coworkers and hope that things improve and we get to work together again soon

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it's daniel @dkmode.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i have unfortunately been affected by this, and will be leaving the studio at the end of this month. i will miss it dearly and am really hoping to make it back. ko_op is/was likely my last ride in games, but i am open to the right opportunity. deets on my experience in thread.

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Extremely heartbroken to say that I'm one of the affected members. Working at KO_OP for four and a half years has been one of the best things to ever happen to me and I really hope that my teammates can land a pitch that can bring us all back together again.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 10/09/2026

An important update from KO_OP.

With great sadness and respect, over the next few months KO_OP will be saying goodbye to 13 members of our team. This decision was made to ensure the survival of the studio, and we deeply regret its necessity and the negative impact on our colleagues’ lives.

KO_OP has been making games for nearly a decade and a half, and our project funding has primarily come from publishers and platform partners. The games funding landscape has changed radically over the last few years, and unlike previous project cycles, this time we have been unable to secure funding for new projects while developing our current engagements.

As with all our company's operational decisions, this one was made democratically, and was motivated by the survival of the studio rather than maximizing profits. Our members are regularly updated on our cash flow situation, and were made aware of this upcoming shortfall well in advance. Membership then appointed a group to plan for this eventuality, and ratified their recommendations. Team leads and our elected executives will also be impacted by these reductions. We believe this level of transparency and accountability ought to be a minimum requirement for all organizations.

Young Suns will be reaching new platforms, with new content and features. We're all tremendously proud of it, and hope it will find its audience. Our bylaws ensure that any profits from Young Suns will still be shared with impacted team members. Our goal now is to develop new game concepts and prototypes while continuing to support Young Suns. In the event that we secure funding in the coming months, our intent is to rehire as many of our colleagues as possible.

In the coming days we will be sharing a list of impacted workers in the hopes of helping them find new work. We thank you for your support.

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I just think we should do more vampire games where you're kind of a weird asshole instead of an anti-hero. I'm trying to turn all of 'salem's Lot to serve my dark desires over here

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Cedre 🍃 @cedre.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This personal cards project is a thing that's still a work in progress! Here's a bit of the design evolution, until I find more time to make these real printed cards!

A bunch of card designs with two illustrations of fantastic places

Another batch of cards with slightly different design, illustration are black and white

Back design of cards, some clean, some sketches

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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 26/05/2026

I'm looking for work! - Characters - Environments - Animations Whatever your needs, I can do it 💪 I've worked on Teardown, Vampire Crawlers and many more! Feel free to DM me or email zachary.soares@zsinked.com

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Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Blood Dungeon is OUT NOW on Steam, Xbox Series, Windows Store, Game Pass, Switch 1+2, and PlayStation 5! RTs very much welcome. I love you. #boneup blooddungeon.com youtu.be/rmbXDEdb6Y0

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Blood Dungeon: Release Trailer

YouTube video by messhof

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

googling: how to get excited about video games again

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

In honesty, I think I’m starting to find the games industry’s yearly new genre gold rushes to be a bit depressing

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I love how people who defend devs from capital G Gamers celebrating layoffs always go "they didn't have any input on those creative decisions!" when it's like nah, they probably did and the games turned out great because of them and also they don't deserve to be laid off

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

imo there need to be more games for people who want to build things but don't want to accumulate resources

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

ngl there actually *is* something gratifying about playing a game and knowing every little icon the player sees was made by you

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

this makes sense because a marble is constantly dodge-rolling

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We have an announcement! He Who Watches by @danga.games will launch on September 2nd! 👁️🏹 A first-person puzzle game about walking on walls, manipulating gravity, and discovering secrets! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

awesome how every service is now perpetually getting noticeably worse while the prices of said services steadily increase

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Working on what I like to call “a really cool game pitch”

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

in an age of my life where I think a lot about zorn and thorn

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 20/07/2026

they’re ready for their encore… 👀 🎸 july 23rd 🦖

Blurred photo of a plushie from Makeship against a green background. Text reads: Makeship; Coming Soon; Created by Goodbye Volcano High, Made with Makeship; Limited Edition.

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

odysseus was absolutely housing that lotus flower dude

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Honestly, man, I just… do not want to see jokes about maga and Epstein jokes in games and I think it’s perfectly justified to judge a dev’s vibes based on that in today’s climate

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is literally how we named Trish in goodbye volcano high btw

Tweet saying, “If your name is Sarah and you’re not telling people it’s short for Triceratops, what are you even doing with your life?”

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Had to explain the you kick miette meme in a dev call today, gamedev is weird

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 29/06/2026

my crafting table? no, no…OUR crafting table, sundog 💪🏼🛠️🤝🏼 wishlist young suns TODAY on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4149610/...

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🏳️‍⚧️ B̵̩͈͠Ū̷̖͋G̵͖̿413🖤🩶🤍💜| the Damara girl @bugflower99.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

cosplay (you should try it🌷) feeling nostalgic about #GVH with its third anniversary approaching, and started replaying the game again so yeag ^u^ #GoodbyeVolcanoHigh #GVHfanart #GVHRosa #GVHNaomi @ko-op.com speedpaint: youtu.be/6aSYTZbdOD8

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

“If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?” no I would call you Crazy Superman

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Saying one of the most prolific live service titles “fell short of expectations” in a massive layoff announcement is a slap in the face to every dev and every player who knows how much Destiny meant in an industry where longevity is rare. Whose expectations did it fail? The investors? The execs?

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I just don’t believe video games as a medium are done forever, even if it looks bleak right now. I don’t know what that will look like, and right now I don’t entirely care—I mostly just want everyone to land on their feet as much as they’re able.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 25/06/2026

sad gay dino game 50% off now through july 9th!!! 🎸🦖 store.steampowered.com/app/1310330/...

Illustration of three anthropomorphic dinosaurs from Goodbye Volcano High having a beach day. Reed, a coral velociraptor, is handing Naser, a gray pterosaur, a beer, while Stella, a yellow stegosaurus, looks on in delight. Text in a pink rounded rectangle reads: Save 50% During the Steam Summer Sale!

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

goodbye volcano high will be in the sale if you're lookin for that

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

hey y'all, i hate to be asking this now of all times but there have been many complications with my move and i'm going to have to pay twice my rent while i wait for visa stuff to be approved. to help cover costs, i'm opening an online store for prints! shares appreciated ko-fi.com/jennayow/shop

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Visit jenna's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Eh how your audience chooses to lessen their experience of your art shouldn’t constrain it. I know of no game where you get the same exact experience watching a stream vs actually playing it. I can watch There Will Be Blood on a phone but to say PT Anderson should’ve cared about that is a bit silly

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I like to imagine world of tanks like the world of pixar's cars

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

FPS where there’s just one enemy but he’s actually a really nice guy

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

We as an industry do not need to prop up weird rightwing auteurs

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

An industry on the run from fostering the talent that comprises it

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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If anyone is looking to hire a Peabody and BAFTA winning senior writer, I am looking for work. I’ve got six years experience in games. Everything from indie to AAA. I am not married to staying in games. I am hoping to relocate to the Bay Area. I am keeping my ears to the ground.

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Can’t even make gamers your bitch anymore. Because of woke

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wanna make an rpg about being a jester and trying to come up with good bits to delight the courtiers

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