iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Christian Sparks @hippowombat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey there friends! Unfortunately, I was among those impacted by layoffs at Heart Machine last week. If you or someone you know is looking for an experienced Unreal Engine Technical Artist, I'm available for full time, part time, or contract opportunities.

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Surgent Studios @surgentstudios.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Happy FixForce Early Access Day!!! WE ARE LIVE ➡️ Online co-op extraction platformer for 1-6 people 🤑 Play as a robot repair crew 🔧 Build towers and bridges out of junk 🤖 Play as a head when you die until your friends put you back on a body Snag it on Steam + Epic 🤖🔧🤖🔧🤖🔧

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Gone fully native and watching the Disney clip show for the first time. God jul j’all 🇸🇪 🎅

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Oh hey it’s the first signs of spring.

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Baffled by how little Ghost of Yotei has been celebrated for its order of magnitudes improvement it made over its predecessor and its open world peers when it comes to its fluid blending of storytelling and exploration

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Forza Horizon hitting the same ‘in case of emergency: Japan’ button as Ass Creed

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

This absolutely diabolical Texas switch

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Game execs looking at the tech sector reporting zero returns from AI initiatives

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Duolingo’s decision to fully skin their conversation practice as a random phone call baffles me (a social anxiety riddled mess)

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

My dog out here FaceTiming like me mum n dad

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Anna Hollinrake 🌤️ @annahollinrake.com · 21/05/2025

GOOD MORNING BLUESKY Have you heard?? We're just 8.5k away from hitting our initial funding goal!!! Please give us a pledge if you've been thinking about it, we might be able to hit 100% within 24 hours of launch!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ann...

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Crescent County - a witch-tech delivery adventure

Underground motorbroom street racing. Chaotic deliveries. Kissing on the mouth. A painterly, witch-tech, open world game.

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I have absolutely zero regrets for this impulse purchase

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I often think about how one of the GBA Castlevanias had an amazing synergistic magic system where you combined cards to modify your moveset and one of the end game combinations is just… Gun

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

New Mission Impossible movie or new Dumb and Dumber?

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

As much as I love a good Mario it’s always exciting to see one of the rest of the cast get a shot. Feels like the team really gets to shake off some of Mario stylistic baggage and go wild. DK Bonanza is giving me Warioland energy and I am eating it up

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“We continue to prevent generations in the style of individual living artists, but we do permit broader studio styles…” Meanwhile that particular studio’s broader style:

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

the perfect Technical Designer interview

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

“..the main purpose of my games wasn’t for them to be consumed, but rather for them just to be made.” So lovely. that human urge to just will something into existence

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpG8... Watanabe playing the greatest hits. Absolutely sobbing, I’m 14 again watching the CNX promo reel on repeat just to glimpse the cowboy bebop snippet

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Lazarus | OFFICIAL TRAILER | adult swim

YouTube video by Adult Swim

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 06/02/2025

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hang on a second Veilguard almost sold two million in three months and is deemed a failure?

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Joe Pera @joepera.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Chinese Ai vs US Ai - feels like an appropriate time to share this scene from the show (2018)

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

What is this genre and how can I find more of it?

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

-squints- did a Danish person make this map…?

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

You can check out the resulting video here—and I’m so dang glad it exists. Long live Bass Reeves Can’t Die. youtu.be/69Ukg2BqIk0?...

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how does an indie game get made?

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Having an existential crisis by the fact I reviewed these movies the same. One is definitely better than the other but the scores are CORRECT

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

My fave movie, game, tv show and book of 2024

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Our building association has floated the idea of buying out our houses and it has prompted a physical Facebook comment thread that updates every other day in our letterbox. The natural progression of people rebuilding their vinyl and dvd collection

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Joe Kinglake @joekinglake.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Heya folks, do I have any mutual indie developers who have included #accessibility features in their released games they would be interested in letting me reference in my book on building better accessible games?

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Also, if only there was a clue to know how long…

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I don’t post often and when I do it will very likely not be about my work at Playdead. Partially because I’ve fully embraced the PD air of mystique but also because we got a dog recently and she is my goofy muse

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Gonna have to get this guy to sign an NDA

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Simon Vickers @vickersofdibley.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Hello #gamedev bluesky. I’m Simon, lead game designer at Playdead. It’s lovely to be here while the clean car smell is still pungent

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