iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 29/09/2026

Andrey Surnov's concept work for Jusant in my brain again this morning. Can't think of a game set among ruins that made me more desperate to see more of its world. So few games manage such an original and rich aesthetic, so sad the team never got to make more.

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just remembered that I finally saw a Batman Arkham/Heist movie-esk ventilation duct in the wild last weekend:D

Man-sized Ventilation duct in a hotel staircase

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Bertine van Hövell 🛝 Gamescom @baroness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Everyone who calls the games industry 'gaming industry' is unwittingly adopting the successful strategy of the gambling industry to make it seems digital games and gambling are the same; with the intent to fall under more lax regulations Stop them from piggybacking on our medium. We're making games

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy 90th anniversary to Yoichi Kotabe, longtime collaborator of Hayao Miyazaki & Isao Takahata (Heidi, Marco, Panda Kopanda, Jarinko Chie, Nausicaa, Grave of the Fireflies) and Nintendo (Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Pokemon...).

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just finished Big Walk and damn. Fantastic video game!

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mixing it up recently 😅 boxd.it/8WzAR

Letterboxd 4 recently watched movies screenshot

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

gaming today in a nutshell playstation: we broke up with kojima xbox: surprise we are dating kojima nintendo: hehe kirby is round and fat

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Jay Gunn/Wilson @gunnwriter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Three months into the preproduction design on the new game, the shape, gameplay flow and mechanics are mapped. I picked up an old sketchbook that was full of my old hand written notes & design doodles for an old Sony PlayStation game called “Ghosthunter” from 2002. I would hand draft everything.

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I've been preaching about 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 for years as concepts that every Designer should become familiar with! My friend Vitaly did an amazing job breaking these down and giving a level-headed perspective on the "yellow paint = bad" discussion: youtu.be/rvWCz5hVTyg

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Why You Misunderstand the Yellow Paint Problem

YouTube video by In Plain Sight

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 25/08/2026

Spirited Away (2001) dir. Hayao Miyazaki 📽️

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Ave 🏳️‍🌈 @avemakesgames.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Honestly one of the hardest parts too is making sure others have any idea what it means too. Just slight differences between how teams use terms has caused some interesting questions ive the years lol

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Already noticed some AAA games from the last few years slipping in quality due to the attack on labourers by the wealthy class and uh... I think gamers need to know it's gonna keep deteriorating in small ways, not a big bang Games will still drop for a while, but they'll be quietly worse

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-38-m...

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Unrelated: I can not be the only one seeing this, right?

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BRIEFS @briefsge.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

BRIEFS IS BACK! The open call is NOW! The theme is LOVE! Think 1500 EUR to make a short game! Think jam-sized, like 40 hours to make it over a couple months. Pitch your game and get that cash! Apply until 16th of June! goldextra.com/en/briefs-a-... #indiedev #gamedev #art

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Super honored to be part of the @indiearenabooth.de jury this year ✨ (the IAB and I go way back, so this is really neat!) It was super cool to play all the amazing submissions, and I'm really excited to see the final selection in Cologne later this summer 🙌🎮

The picture shows Tristan wearing a Patagonia cap, sun in his face standing on a square in Prague. Banner reads "Indie Arena Booth 2026 Jury Member"

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Kellan jett @kellanjett.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Photos of Ani, an ancient Armenian City on the Turkish armenia Border. Very breath of the wild. I’m posting A lot of Eastern Turkey stuff over on my photography instagram if anybody is interested www.instagram.com/kellan_outsi...

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 29/01/2026

A video on gyms, zoos and museums! A must-watch by @rystorm.com for any indie out there. Goes into why you should choose different ways of documentation sometimes, learned a lot myself! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PJR...

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Gyms, Zoos, and Museums: Your documentation should be in-game

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Clayt💿n @nixon.computer · 10/01/2026

That's what I'm talking about.

A slide that reads "Presenting games primarily as consumer products undermines arguments to preserve and make them accessible as an art form." from a MAGFest panel. That panel from the Dark Knight Returns where he breaks the gun also is on there.

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

“Hey man, me and the boys were thinking of hanging out and going bowling, wanna come?” “UGH MORE FRIENDSLOP?”

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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.

Luca Ronconi's production of Niccolò Jommelli's opera "Fetonte"

Set design by Mauro Pagano (1951-1988)

Tennessee Williams’s Suddenly Last Summer in 1998.

Set design by Ralph Koltai (1924-2018)

Jean-Christophe Maillot's production of Faust.

Set design by Rolf Sachs (b. 1955)

Simon Armitage's production of the Odyssey.

Set design by Robert Wilson (1941-2025)

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Happy “Do I Still Remember How To Make A Video Game” Eve!!!!!

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I wrote another short article on medium with reviews of five game dev books I read in 2025. 📚✨ Check it out and let me know your reading recommendations for 2026! medium.com/@tristan.han...

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Five Game Dev Books I read in 2025

Following the tradition of the last four years, here are my brief reviews of books on game design, the games industry, or related topics…

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Arden Osthof @ardenost.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Please check the thread for the petition, which you can sign even if you don't live in Germany! I would prefer to not end up on any lists, thank you.

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Indika (2024)

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Next week, I'll be back in Cologne to attend the Deutscher Entwicklerpreis✨ I'm excited to reconnect with friends & colleagues and to celebrate the incredible achievements of our industry. If you'll be there too, let me know 🙌 I’d love to catch up! #DEP2025

Picture of Tristan, with text saying "Meet me at Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2025"

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☀️🌸idspispopd🥀🌙 @bhaalspawn.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Half Life (1998) is now as old as the first ever arcade game, Computer Space (1971) was when Half Life was released.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

(glances to the right of my screen)

A framed print of two screengrabs from the last Kirby Air Riders Direct. Game Director Masahiro Sakurai is saying 'Oh Dear', 'Why is making a game so hard?'. The framed picture is sitting on my desk.

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Mary Blair's concept art for Disney's Sleepy Hollow adaptation.

Pastel of headless horseman chasing Ichabod over the bridge

Pastel of Ichabod pursed by the Headless Horseman

Pastel of Ichabod looking up to see the Headless Horseman looming over him

Paste of Ichabod coming to a stop before a tree where a glowing pair of eyes look out at him from a hole in the trunk

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

For gamers who aren't in game dev, you should know that we are in one of the worst periods in game dev history in terms of industry stability and the reason you're not seeing that play out through products is because the average development window of games is 3-7 years so it hasn't reached you yet.

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

One day, nearly 2000 years ago, a cat dashed across some drying tiles, somewhere near Hadrian's Wall. It's immortality of a kind, isn't it?

Photo of square orange tiles, set into the ground, across one of which several cats footprints are clearly visible.

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.

Cover of German children's book "The Little Vampire"

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Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 31/08/2025

New video! Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, in-game trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse Why are game developers so adverse to these technologies? The best way to find out is by asking folks who have lived through the history of game development. youtu.be/CeZ_rcDQg6Q

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Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, ingame trading, Blockchain, and the Metaverse

YouTube video by Robin-Yann Storm

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

More Psychonauts 2 bts stuff?! 😱 Sign me up!

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

This is the last one of my re-uploaded game design book recommendations articles📚 The next one I'll post will be the one for this year (probably around December)! medium.com/@tristan.han...

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Game Dev Book Recommendations: What I read in 2023

In 2021, I made the New Year’s resolution to read more. Since then, at the end of each year, I have highlighted some of the books in a…

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Character design in Co-op games be like:

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Tristan 🏗️🏰 @tristanld.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Hey friends! I just started my new job (for which I moved to a different country 😱) as a Level Designer at GRIP Studios in Prague. ✨🎮

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Kenney @kenney.nl · 04/07/2025

I changed the way I work a couple of months ago to follow this advice, it made a big difference and my productivity went up by miles. (I don't know who made this image, if you do, let me know so they can be credited)