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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 02/10/2026

Steam Fall sale is ON! Too brain tired after Nighthawks launch to do a proper marketing for this right now. In the meantime, I will have blind faith that public desire for our games transcendes the need for me to tell everyone to buy them. There. Nailed it. store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 22/09/2026

The early reviews of Nighthawks are looking good. Phew! Guess we can release the game now. Look for it at 10am EST! (two-ish hours from now)

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 22/09/2026

Nighthawks is OUT! When the sun sets, outcasts rise. Gather new friends, face old prejudices, and prepare to seize the night in Nighthawks, the vampire RPG where the secret is out... but the hunt continues. Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/... GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/nigh...

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That's her name, don't wear it out! Although since this is set a few years earlier, she's still working on her PhD. Regis is "Doctor", and Lao is just a "Case Officer"

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silverspookgames.bsky.social @silverspookgames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Great chat with @technocratgames.bsky.social on the state of the indie & wider game industry, cyberpunk, low-poly models & 3D engines i.e. Quake / Half-Life making a comeback, staying creative an adaptive in 2026, and more! www.youtube.com/live/vNDzR6a... #indiegame

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Indiegame making in 2026, cyberpunk & more with Technobabylon creator James Dearden

YouTube video by Silver Spook

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It does become a lot easier with decent-looking characters mind you, rather than the nudist placeholder team

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My wife now understands that "unpeeling people's faces" is a normal response to the question of "what are you up to?"

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you! Now I just need to actually finish a game with them.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oops, forgot to add this one to the last post. It makes a lot more sense with this instead of the man's unpeeled face.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I can make models, but I'm a lot less competent at painting textures. As such, I've been using projection maps of @ilchy.bsky.social portraits for the game, and cleaning up the results afterwards to make it fit the head.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A grumpy senior investigator for CEL. He's seen too much, and lately that's Lao's fault.

3D model of a tired-looking man in a blue jacket

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I figure that she's the protagonist, and if anyone deserves more polygons, then it's her.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mine have more going on in the shapes of their faces, and their hands to allow for grippiness.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This Case-Officer-in-training has a triangle count comparable to Rinoa Heartilly, at around 1,000. I've prioritised other areas of her...geography...than FF8 did.

Rinoa Heartilly (FF8) standing next to [ANONYMOUS WOMAN IN BLUE TRENCHCOAT]. Black lines illustrate their topology

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Final Fantasy VIII and the later PS1 has been my latest monomania when it comes to style.

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tickets are now available for #AdvX26, the UK narrative & adventure games conference taking place in London on 7 & 8 November! Come play our curated game exhibits, chat with devs and listen to experts! Buy at buytickets.at/adventurexco... Info, speakers, games, schedule at adventurexpo.org!

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I have, and I like what I see so far! It's very vibrant

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In my earliest plans for Technobabylon, Dr Regis' first name was Sam, before I realised what that would make the duo into.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

These ye olde games from 2003 thinking "a drive bigger than 128GB? Impossible!"

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Even that would be going a bit far, it's only 300MB in reality. I suspect it's one of those issues that arise out of it being an installer from 2003

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Incidentally, GoldSrc Saturdays is hosting Half-Life: Firearms this evening, in an hour. It's less reflexes-oriented than Counter Strike.

Half-Life: Firearms mod. A helicopter flies in front of a red sky

Half-Life: Firearms mod. Man kneeling with a rifle.

Half-Life: Firearms mod. View over some buildings.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

No, Half-Life: Firearms mod, I don't think you really need one and a quarter terabytes.

Installer for Half-Life: Firearms mod. It shows an error that won't allow installation until 1251963MB has been freed up

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I've been going to AdventureX since it was in a room above a pub in Didcot, and now I have a ticket to this one, I look forward to seeing you all there! Or else.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 12/08/2026

AdventureX tickets go on sale TODAY. I’m giving the first talk of the event! It’s called “20 Years of Wadjet Eye” and I’ll be discussing how I survived 20 years in this business. I’ll also be revealing some early sales figures for the very first time.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Tickets for #AdvX26 go on sale TOMORROW (Wednesday) at 3:00 pm GMT+1 (UK time)! Join us for a weekend of narrative gaming in London on 7 - 8 November at the LSBU Hub building. Tickets have sold out quickly in past years, so plan ahead and make sure not to miss out! More info: adventurexpo.org

AdventureX 2026, 7-8 November. Tickets on sale Wednesday, 12 August at 3:00 pm GMT+1. A person with pink hair, a coat, and a lanyard checks in at AdventureX.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't recall where I first saw it, but I'm a fan of the conspiracy theory that Meta teamed up with Ray Ban for their glasses so that googling "Meta glasses ban" would bring up sales pages rather than where they've been restricted.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

For fuck's sake BBC News, describing Abdul El-Sayed as an "insurgent" candidate isn't even subtle dog-whistling, it's just plain shouting.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've had to show my MP that they're not even hiding the comically evil side of things. They're named after the artifact used by Sauron to spy on the people of Middle-Earth, and their UK head's grandfather led the British Union of Fascists.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I look forward to seeing everyone here!

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Dakota // Syncaroonie @syncaroonie.com · 17/07/2026

I posted the Steam page for my game, Solaire, earlier! Here's the first trailer I posted on there as well! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #solaire

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The school I work at has a policy. If a student/customer asks "do you have English for <topic>?" then the management will always say "yes", then come up with a syllabus later. I am now a teacher of "English for the supernatural and paranormal".

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026

JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I do think it's amusing that the UK's new one-way effector drone (the effect being, "boom") is called "Nyan"

The "Nyan" one-way effector drone. It's like a Shahed with a jet engine.

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Mother couldn't make it for my birthday since she was having lunch with Princess Anne (as one does), but she sent this cross-stitch that she made

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

As am I - it's a never-ending cycle of feeling like it can be improved!

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hearty congratulations! And enough characters for a shared multiverse. Through the Wadjetverse?

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 09/07/2026

WADJET EYE IS 20 YEARS OLD!! Which means it’s time to celebrate with another group photo. It’s frankly ridiculous that the universe has allowed me to continue doing this for so long. I’m grateful for it every day. Thank you all.

20 games and 20 years worth of Wadjet Eye characters, all bunched up for a group photo.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 06/07/2026

The entire Blackwell series is 70% off during the Steam Summer Sale! Eight years in the making, the Blackwell series tell the story of medium Rosa Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone as they help lost and lonely ghosts pass on. Find them here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/

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Darryl Mott @gamerstavernshow.com · 04/07/2026

Woohoo! My favorite point-and-click adventure game is on here! If you don't know Technobabylon, here's a "negative" review that should sell you on it.

Steam review from user Nyaru

Title: Tricked by the SJWs again!

Snap, they got me good

Played just over 2 hours before they unleashed their agenda: suddenly I'm looking at interracial gay mamages and hanging with minority trans people in a progressive paradise where it is the norm, as apparently nobody is even surprised by it.

Just past the refund period. Well, guess it's my own fault for taking my time and inspecting everything instead of rushing through the story.

EDIT: and now I found lesbians and a gay robot, and some other cringey thing I forgot.

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Dave Gilbert @wadjeteyegames.com · 04/07/2026

🚨 The Steam Summer Sale is STILL ON! 🚨 Nab all our games for up to 70% off until July 9th. store.steampowered.com/developer/Wa...

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As a wholly impartial third party, I say "buy Technobabylon"

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James Deardenayake @technocratgames.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm always pleased to hear when Technobabylon has been enjoyed! I fear that if I tried to replay it myself, I'd keep spotting things I didn't get around to fixing a decade ago.

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