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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Hm, that's a bit tricky unless they are looking to build up one of those skillsets Typically in game dev, the entry or junior level positions are in programming, art or level scripting/design Production doesn't really have an entry path for the most part. People tend to come from other disciplines

Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

What skills/experience do they have?

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

Is it a service for a game or discovery/analytics platform for games that are out there?

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

Oh sweet, thanks! I will update the doc :)

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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?

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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In Netflix in No Rule Rules, they also talk about how each person has virtual 'chips' (budget) that they can make bets on decisions/projects with. Their performance isn't judged on a single outcome but from the aggregate and requires 'zooming out' from individual results.

We often hyper focus on individual results and outcomes instead of looking at our decision making over a longer period regardless of the outcomes.

Success doesn't always mean that good decisions were made yet we often quickly cite that as the reason for success. And inversely, failure doesn't mean that decision quality was poor.

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.

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 🤓

Adriaan @adriaan.games · 16/10/2025

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

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Yeah, sorry. I only caught the tail end of my quoted and didn't scroll up 😅 Replied here bsky.app/profile/yaus...

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Training sims, serious games, education/e-learning No tipping point for me, more of moving towards interesting projects/companies which is sometimes games related, sometimes not

Ah, saw the first post! I've moved into games adjacent stuff and almost standard app dev Currently using Phaser at Gather Town so game dev skills are being used there Otherwise, the usual suspects. Gambling/slots, architecture, robotics, AI training sims, branded experiences, e-commerce ....

Out of interest, what are you looking for?

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Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

Thanks! I currently have it under "🧱 Building and Making the Game Learning Resources" 😄 docs.google.com/document/d/1... Along side a Marvel Snap presentation which I loved how they worked on iteration www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73n... Would love to have more under this!

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Gamedev Toolkit Notebook Last update: 8th Oct 2025 (Please note: This is a live document by Steven Yau @yaustar & https://stevenyau.co.uk) I wanted to keep a list of development tools and assets (b...

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

• A 5 step checklist for putting in a central line reduced infection rates from 11% to 0% during a 10 day period • Good checklists need practice and iteration to be useful. They are reminders, not guides • A team checklist gives them an opportunity to confer/raise issues Read more: amzn.to/3TOz47D

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 📖

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 · 20/06/2025

Oh cool, this is a better format than my megadoc of something similar 😄 Feel free to nab all the resources/links from mine stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t...

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Redirect to Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

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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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It's a pretty straightforward static page so all the files can be scraped/downloaded and modified for elsewhere Is there something I can expand on to help?

@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

Ah, I think I may have found the issue, will update in a bit

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to filter by location in the Google Query or APIs :( Still looking for a way to only get results that mention the location but haven't found something yet

Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

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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Oh, what did you find that was untyped? I can point the PlayCanvas team towards some feedback :)

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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 🕹️

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

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 · 07/01/2025

Ooo, I missed this! Thanks

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Might want to look at RPGMaker. Quite a bit of functionality is available out of the box to save coding those systems yourself