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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 28/09/2026

HEY SOUND DESIGNERS - a friend has passed on their need for some quick adhoc freelance work. 300£ p/day. Something about a theatrical digital experience for children. Message me for details

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 22/09/2026

the modern version of Checkovs Gun is Akiras Bike Slide

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 22/09/2026

Watching people interact with AI is so sad. It's like watching my child put an excess of energy into trying to avoid brushing her teeth.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 17/09/2026

@amazefest.bsky.social where will the 2027 event be held? Do you have a city or venue already?

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 13/09/2026

Sorted all my fabric samples. Extremely satisfying.

A box full of fabric samples neatly arranged

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 13/09/2026

I realize now that as a kid, low poly graphics never felt unrealistic, instead it felt like I was looking at an actual real thing, through a distorted screen - like a bathroom window.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 09/09/2026

Jet2 is ridiculous. All the other plane company names could not have been taken. I guess next year we'll see the launch of "_Planes"

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 05/08/2026

Not so long ago, there was just blood salt and water. At the emergence of industry, 49 more holy substances were discovered.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 01/08/2026

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch. ( I will be watching all of them)

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 31/07/2026

Game design process in one image

a miro board screenshot of game design flow charts, with a note in the centre reading "how does time work??"

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 30/07/2026

I want to work with all of these

A pronoun selector featuring 9 different pronoun pairs

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 20/07/2026

The whole design team are on the chopping block. I worked with all those being let go and they are an incredible people and skilled artists. Anyone looking for any designers?

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 13/07/2026

At my kids school they're doing playground repairs but it just looks like the most cursed hopscotch

Misshapen yellow squares over a cracked playground surface

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 10/07/2026

Where's the AI tool that gives the user a sense of ethics? Oh there isn't one? how interesting

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 08/07/2026

Across all the video games I've played, I have never seen a desire path

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 18/06/2026

I had a dream where Kellogs released a cereal mascot smash brothers clone, based on those 8 packs of mini cereal boxes. The Golden nuggets prospector was hammering the coco pops monkey.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 18/05/2026

‪My new business - selling soft drinks with high SEO searches as names - "when do the clocks go forward" (lemon) - "Restaurants near me" (peach) - "how many litres in a gallon" (grape) - "why am i so tired all the time" (energy drink) - "photoshop online free" (raspberry)

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 11/05/2026

That bit in movies where they flash back and the child versions of the characters have the same hairstyle and clothes is the most hilariously lazy trope

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 04/05/2026

We watched the end of the century Compressed on a tiny screen A dead star collapsing and we could see That something was ending

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 02/05/2026

Be gay, break chat bots github.com/Exocija/Zeta...

github.com

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

One last illustration for the Swords Without Masters, again @portablecity.bsky.social is such an incredible art director and assembled such a cool squad of artists for this project, it's been so fun to see everyone flesh out their ideas

illustration of a cursed tree, the tree is covered in swords hanging from bare branches, from a hole in the trunk a liquid splills onto the ground. Surrounding the tree are skulls sitting on and among stones and candles. A ritual occurs here, it seems.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 18/04/2026

Living in a Post-Shrek world

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

From the animated trailer directed by POTTO Collective for "La Langue des Vipères", a graphic novel by Juliette Brocal, published today in France by Rue de Sèvres. Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH56...

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 19/03/2026

Rich furries are the 21st Century equivalent of those Renaissance art patrons

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 04/03/2026

All of Terry Gilliam's films need a bath

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Concept art by Alex Niño and Marcelo Vignali for Mulan (1998), dir. Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft, Walt Disney Feature Animation

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 08/02/2026

The XX: they who made a track called "intro" which was a brief 2 minutes, it has no business being this good.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 17/01/2026

We are the curators of our own awarenesses

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Harald Hagen 🏳️‍🌈 @haraldhagen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Heya, folks! I'm looking for games writing work, available asap. Some notables about me: ▪︎ 10 years of freelance writing/narrative design exp ▪︎ skilled in compact prose to convey expansive inner/outer worlds ▪︎ genres: fantasy, scifi, magical realism, occult, post-apoc ▪︎ loves the weird + heartfelt

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 15/01/2026

Virtual-on cyber troopers for sega saturn. Extremely cool game. extremely crispy.

screenshot of VR troopers, a 3d robot fighting game

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 11/01/2026

How did all duck characters become typecast as being up their own asses

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Tom Francis @pentadact.com · 08/01/2026

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice: www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1... I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 26/12/2025

In 2026, "Grinch" becomes a new DnD race

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 18/12/2025

Modern assassination markets are purchasing a curse from an Etsy witch

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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 16/12/2025

Game thought - what if the player creates the music of the game passively, as the repercussion of their actions? Such as matching the rhythm to how often they do specific actions, or favoring instruments for spending more time with different equipment.

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