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Kyle McKernan

@spacetreasured.bsky.social
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Studio Creative Director @ko-op.com

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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Feeling a deep empty well in my gut about the bleakness of this creative moment
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Working on a side project. Forgot that Troubleshooting can actually be fun sometimes
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Friend is making something incredible: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZipG... Wishlist, please! store.steampowered.com/app/2885890/...
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Gloom Break - Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by Gloom Break
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You either die a or you live long enough to see yourself become a
A normal guy in R. Crumb’s Snoid comic strip The Snoid from R. Crumb’s Snoid comic strip
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s Most Colorful Tree Awards season
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
huge congrats, nessa!!
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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”
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Slime Dome
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I mean, it *is* a hotel, that shit ain't free
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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
Seeing celebrities do this shit fills me with disgust. Don’t you have enough money?
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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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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
❤️
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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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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Getting the purrs
Me with my face against a tortie cat named Pepper
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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 placesAnother batch of cards with slightly different design, illustration are black and whiteBack 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 again
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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
Yeah man haha
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
That said, I love watching peers put their work out and succeed in whatever way matters to them
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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
we are dealing with an audience made up of the most hostile children on the planet
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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 · 11/08/2026
omfg
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
tfw you’re born
Screenshot from Labyrinth of Refrain with a notification saying “Obtained The Futulity of Living!”
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
With Emmy
Me doing bunny ears behind a small dog
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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
yes and it rules
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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
walkin in with their own incredible soundtrack. aspirational
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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
It’s just one of those things where you can just *tell* the vibe of the people behind it is less than ideal
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Kyle McKernan @spacetreasured.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Isn’t it all just so tiring?
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