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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Really happy to be sponsoring @limitbreak.co.uk this year! They are now in their 8th (!) year of supporting UK games industry people progress their careers with the mentorship programme Join as a mentor or mentee at www.limitbreak.co.uk

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

@javieracordero.bsky.social Hi! You used to have a Game Dev LFW Notion site at javieracordero.notion.site/cce9a8faef6e... Did it move? If so, where to? I had this in my GameDev Megadoc and noticed the link was dead 😅 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Gamedev Megadoc Notebook

Gamedev Megadoc Notebook Last update: 18th March 2026 (Please note: This is a live document by Steven Yau @yaustar & https://stevenyau.co.uk) I’m a games developer and UK Games Investor with 18+ yr...

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hi @andreeagajda.bsky.social ! I maintain the stevenyau.co.uk/gamedev-mega... and one of the resources was your awesome Notion pages on marketing gacrivastudio.notion.site/d1e4e8a86bb5... Has that moved and if so, what's the new URL?

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Really happy to sponsor events like this! 🎮 These events and more are much needed to help our industry grow. Can't wait to see what gets showcased! #IndieDev #GameDev #GamesIndustry

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Slowly making progress through my book backlog 📚 "Thinking in Bets" by Annie Duke covers how often we wrongly link results with the quality of decisions made to get there and the need to separate decision making quality from outcomes.

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Know when you are getting old: when you realise you need glasses to play video games from the sofa 🤓

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 16/10/2025

Thread on what it took to port Rift Riff, made in Godot, to iOS and Android. 🧵👇 #godotengine #gamedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Almost 200 pages of game dev resources including: 🧑‍🏫 pitch decks 📢 marketing 🎨 art assets 🖥️ programming tools 🗣️ conference talks 🔎 job searching/careers 💰funds and more! 👾

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JetBrains Rider @rider.jetbrains.com · 23/09/2025

In-house engines are on the rise, AI tools are multiplying, and @godotengine.org just hit 5% adoption in AAA 🚀 These are just a few trends covered in the 2025 State of Game Technology Report developed with Perforce. Read the full report 👉 ter.li/3bgafs Join our webinar 👉 ter.li/ql0rxp

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

People’s memories and judgement are unreliable, especially under pressure The Checklist Manifest covers the research to add checklists in hospital surgeries that significantly reduced complications when used 📖

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This looks like a better version of my #gamedev toolkit megadoc and it's community funded! Check it and help contribute 👀

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Finished Boss Fight Books Shovel Knight! 📖 Really great insight on their creative process and collaboration as a team. But this page hit pretty hard on how close they were money wise and wondered if there was an alternative. Eg funding, grant or even an advance #gamedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Looking for a games job?👾🔍 Many game companies host their job openings directly on platforms like Workday and Greenhouse I made a tool to search for jobs on these platforms with Google X-ray and shows roles posted directly from the companies themselves! labsofaweso.me/find-a-job/ #gamedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

🕹️ Going to be busy for a while 😅

A Hyper Mega Tech handheld with Evercade games

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crait 🐔 (Jonathan Holmes) @crait.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Did you know that the 1998 Tiger Electronics Pokedex has unique monochrome sprites that have never been extracted? I was considering making a Pokedex app for the Arduboy and trying to dump the ROM. Would anyone use this? Or even want to help me with reverse engineering?

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Reliving my childhood in a smaller form factor 🕹️

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Another FPL season, another FPL feature to support in my WhatsApp bot 😅! Managers are now displayed and points accounted for ⚽️ #fpl #premierleague

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This looks like a lot of fun if they get it out to market! Open source, repairable and modable portable pocket PC 👀 youtu.be/89pAwl55HJw?...

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Mecha Comet Linux Handheld (CES 2025)

YouTube video by GolemDE

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The new "fun" meta of job applications with referrals www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Quote: "According to hiring platform Greenhouse, while external applicants have a 1 in 200 chance of being hired, those with referrals have a 1 in 25 chance."

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The New $30,000 Side Hustle: Making Job Referrals for Strangers

Recommending strangers to companies like Microsoft and Nvidia has become a side hustle for enterprising employees

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Web Games on Reddit is a thing apparently 👀 They have Hackathon coming up with cash prizes! redditgamesandpuzzles.devpost.com #indiegamedev #gamedev

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Reddit Games and Puzzles Hackathon

Create a new game or puzzle for the Reddit community!

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

New chair upgrade thanks to the sales! A lot wider than I expected so just about fits in my office. But damn, does it feel good to sit in 😄

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 13/10/2024

Another huge update to my game dev notebook 👀👾 - Careers section with job boards, salaries and tools - Voice acting - More business and market tools - Tags for game jams and new to games/industry - Games Con archives + more to existing sections! stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t... #gamedev #indiedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Massive update to my game resources megalist! 👾 - Game pitch templates - Publisher and Funds lists - Games industry data - Engine and rendering learing resources - Art tools and resources - Pixel art fonts - UI assets packs + more at stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t... #gamedev #indiedev

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