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Teddy Dief

@teddydief.com
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Director/Designer of Videogames ◆ Hyper Light Drifter ◆ We Are OFK ◆ Glitch City LA ◆ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney ⟡ IGF & Peabody Winner ⇒ linktr.ee/teddydief

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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 22/09/2026
GOT IT! Minted fresh, the official Nobuo Uematsu biography by @milkman.bsky.social
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 14/09/2026
PRE-ORDERED 🤍 Can't wait to devour this - a must-read for us Final Fantasy diehards. Also plan to charm @milkman.bsky.social into signing it 👍👍👍
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 14/09/2026
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the one ring.
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 09/09/2026
Sad about SUICA Penguin? Me too! BUT FYI: This is Chiharu Sakazaki, the artist who designed SUICA! She kept the rights to SUICA Penguin, and the license deal is expiring. Perhaps they couldn’t agree on a fee. BUT heres more about her…
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 09/09/2026
support New* Indies @timoflegend.bsky.social @karriebear.bsky.social
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 08/09/2026
What’s an example of perfect casting?
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 08/09/2026
Overheard at PAX: “if you pee in the pool the pee goes back up in you and turns you into a zombie”
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 07/09/2026
send in the Clouds
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 07/09/2026
The Aggies by @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @megacrit.com the hot new non-recurring award show @smashynick.bsky.social host divine. @karriebear.bsky.social stunned the red carpet. @jenn-svedberg-yen.bsky.social finally won an award for Clair Obscur. The AggroCrabs let me snap them
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 05/09/2026
SPY PARTY is very back at PAX! @checker.bsky.social is coding on the floor as you have come to expect
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 04/09/2026
Same Photo @aggrocrabgames.bsky.social @smashynick.bsky.social
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 03/09/2026
HELLO PAX Mostly here to see old friends, talk about new stuff, haunt the FF7 panel and hope they notice me
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 26/08/2026
NEW GAME from my dear friends and the creators of NIDHOGG!!! Goes hard.
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Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I had a great time picking @caseyyano.bsky.social’s brain about originating a whole genre with Slay the Spire! Tune in to the Game Maker's Notebook for the conversation 🎧
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 24/08/2026
whom will I see at PAX 🤍
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 05/08/2026
Welp, our game We Are OFK was just banned from Steam in Russia... presumably for queerness.
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 02/08/2026
Beautiful performance tonight of Apotheosis from the modern classic Journey! Bravo @awintory.bsky.social @tinaguo.bsky.social 🤍
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 24/07/2026
Got asked again today about Hyper Light Drifter, how we built our own custom Level Editor~ I gave a demo of it at GDC that's free to watch now! (Demo starts 13:00) gdcvault.com/play/1024062...
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'Hyper Light Drifter': Secrets of Kickstarter, Design, & Pizza
Join Creator Alx Preston and Design + Code Teddy Dief as they take you deep behind the journey of creating their indie success, from the design to business of 'Hyper Light Drifter'. Hear untold secre...
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 24/07/2026
You can get Small Yourself from the Small Worlds exhibit in Odaiba, Tokyo! @karriebear.bsky.social
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 13/07/2026
Multibowl by AP Thomson & Bennett Foddy is a wonderful reminder of the variety of games, and that we should sample more of them, more often. Never not forcing my friends to play my copy 🤍 @apthomson.bsky.social @foddy.net more: www.foddy.net/blog/2016/08...
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 08/07/2026
Very smart and will help you talk about games better
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 03/07/2026
Happy Independence Weekend to my Chrome Cloud Strife, a mini immortalization of our boy who fought so hard to win independence from the Shinra Corporation and its subsidiaries
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 24/06/2026
To celebrate my birthday please also celebrate the N64, born on the same day with the same sunshade energy
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 22/06/2026
a normal thing I was not scared to see in the Tokyo subway
subway signage reading "Exit 8"
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 20/06/2026
my OFK BitSummit performance is on display in the same building as Square Enix’s Shibuya office 🤍🥰
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 15/06/2026
Honored to join this STACKED lineup for the Post Games EGOTYs show! Please I dare you to tell me my choice is not a game
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 12/06/2026
dreamt that Channing Tatum opened a coffee shop where he makes artisanal pastries and serves them to you personally, named Channing Cafétum
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James Mielke @milkman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I always get the best #BitSummit action pics with @teddydief.com (and now featuring @karriebear.bsky.social giving elegant yellow ranger) by the Kamogawa. Example A:
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 16/05/2026
In Kyoto for BitSummit next week! To support the incredible Japanese indie games community who have been so welcoming to me as I've floated in and out of their offices for nearly 10 years 🤍 Incredible to see how this event has grown! Time for lemon sours, Iyoshi Cola, & game design deep talks
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 11/05/2026
based in Japan for the month and boy is it strawberry season 👀👍
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 24/04/2026
XOXO was the greatest festival-conference I’ve ever attended! This is a treasure trove.
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 23/04/2026
The plot of FF7 in 2 acts
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 20/04/2026
Incredible archival interview featuring Miyamoto (Mario) & Itoi (Earthbound), discussing creativity, game feel, physchology... with wild gems like this. Finally translated, courtesy of the incredible @shmuplations.bsky.social shmuplations.com/itoimiyamoto/
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Karrie Shao @karriebear.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Eternal love and gratitude and awe to my IGF presenters @teddydief.com @tmccue.bsky.social @mitukhandaker.com @kinucakes.bsky.social @awintory.bsky.social @fieldofreeds.bsky.social @selmaleh.bsky.social @cissyspeaks.bsky.social +Andy Schatz! All star lineup!!!
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 12/04/2026
It took NASA like 50 years to go back to the moon, and it’s been way less time since I released my last videogame, so this is all making me feel great about myself and my prospects
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Iridium Studios @iridiumstudios.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
IT'S FINALLY HERE! After so many late nights and challenges overcome, People of Note is OUT NOW, for $24.99 (+10% launch discount)! It's available on Steam, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and EGS. On behalf of Iridium Studios, we sincerely hope you love it. store.steampowered.com/app/1626170/...
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People of Note on Steam
In this turn-based RPG musical, join Cadence as she recruits an ensemble of musicians on her quest for stardom. Experience turn-based combat like never before, where each battle is a musical performan...
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fishbowl (OUT NOW on steam & ps5) 💜 @imissmyfriends.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Fishbowl is 💜 OUT NOW 💜 on PS5 & Steam (PC, Mac, Steam Deck) 🫧 Play at your own pace 🪞 No bad endings only different paths 🗓️ Do as much or as little as you are able to 🛏️ Remember, no matter what, you got through the day The two of us are in tears. Our game is out today! 🥹🥹
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 29/03/2026
PAX East still has the juice
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nightmargin @nightmargin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
day 5 of posting the daily countdown at I did for Hyper Light Drifter's release exactly a decade ago I actually struggled quite a bit drawing the post in this one! i'd like to think that I've gotten a bit better at drawing poses since then, or at least faster? but one never knows #hyperlightdrifter
drifter from hyper light drifter in the snow and he's dying from arrow damage. i thought there were enemies with arrows in the game but i don't think there were any in the final game. he does still leave a trail of blood if he's low on health which i think is a pretty cool touch
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 23/03/2026
IGF BTS and Karrie being really nice to me ☺️
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 23/03/2026
We wrote/directed the IGF Awards! Taking the reins was a Herculean task, bestowed on me by our host, my co-director & my love @karriebear.bsky.social + GDC board who trusted her to assemble a team. Our 1st call was @robdubbin.bsky.social whose seasoned skill in comedy & shows put wind in our sails🧵
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 23/03/2026
We wrote/directed the IGF Awards! Taking the reins was a Herculean task, bestowed on me by our host, my co-director & my love @karriebear.bsky.social + GDC board who trusted her to assemble a team. Our 1st call was @robdubbin.bsky.social whose seasoned skill in comedy & shows put wind in our sails🧵
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 20/03/2026
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New collection announcement: We're live at GDC... 1989! We've digitized 21 hours of talks from the third ever Computer Game Developers' Conference, now available for free in our digital library 🔊 gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-ta...
A cassette tape from CGDC 1989 labeled "The Golden Days of Computer Games."
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 19/03/2026
veritable Who’s Who of people who have talked your ear off about formalism at a GDC party @foddy.net @checker.bsky.social @adamatomic.bsky.social @gcuzzillo.bsky.social @messhof.bsky.social @flantz.bsky.social @karriebear.bsky.social @aeiowu.com @robdubbin.bsky.social Kristy Norindr Daniel Benmergui
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Jackie 🍱🥮 🍳 @geekyfriedrice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I will say this until the end of my days, @karriebear.bsky.social is one of the best hosts I've ever seen and I want to see her on more stages. Absolutely fantastic presence and energy at the @officialgdc.bsky.social stage last night. And that dress???
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 18/03/2026
ok yea it’s great and Benicio stole my heart boxd.it/dztF75
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A ★★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
Really hits at every angle! I love a film that speaks so well to human conditions that I don’t really care what plotting it’s doing. But the plotting here is topical and paced impeccably. A world just...
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Teddy Dief @teddydief.com · 15/03/2026
If you attended our IGF Awards show, thanks for laughing at my Dead Or Alive Beach Volleyball joke. Videogame history is important. I’m not old.
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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I stand by this
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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
*song exploder voice* and now, in its entirety, the 2026 Independent Games Festival Awards. run and hosted by @karriebear.bsky.social, co-directed by @teddydief.com, co-written by me. gotta be one of the strongest fields i've seen, congrats to all the devs and juries! www.youtube.com/live/rLbzERI...
Karrie Shao stabbing Andy Schatz with a scimitar onstage at the 2026 IGF Awards, Karrie lunging forward as Andy fires a confetti-cannon "blood" effect behind himAP Thomson accepting the 2026 IGF Excellence in Design award for Titanium Court as Teddy Dief, who presented the category, holds the trophy itself in the backgroundComposer Austin Wintory playing accordion onstage at the 2026 IGF Awards, accompanied by a musician on recorderVocal performers Sarah Elmaleh and Cissy Jones standing onstage opposite each other at the 2026 IGF Awards, preparing to name the festival's honorable mentions. Caption "So yeah, let's honor some mentions." Sarah is putting on sunglasses
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