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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here's a quickstart doc for anyone looking to do a games startup in the UK 🇬🇧 stevenyau.co.uk/uk-games-qui... Has as lists for regional hubs, grants, public money, investors, VCs, publishers and more that are based in the UK

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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 · 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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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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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 · 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

@patrober.bsky.social I've fixed the location options so that it only returns results that have the location names in them :) If you do a hard refresh of the page, you should get the latest version You know if it's the right version if it puts the locations first in the Google Search box

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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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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 · 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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