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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Love teaching procgen having to like clarify that it’s ai but also not ai

Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hate to sound like a grumpy old person but I might have to now ban asymmetrical two player co-op games from my classes until the students get some new ideas Thanks big walk

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

someone on twitter got into the zei squirrel discord and damn they are a full on nazi

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...

"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look

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BUS Game Devs - Vancouver Game Dev Series @busgamedevs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Revealing a new Indie Game Dev speaker event in TORONTO! Presentations and Q&As with the creators of: 💾 Inscryption 🗡️ Slay the Princess 🌟 In Stars and Time 🔎 The Incident at Galley House Tickets are just $10 for this fantastic lineup on Oct 24! Reposts are very appreciated!

An infographic revealing "Indie Game Dev Summit" in Toronto, October 24

featuring the creators of Inscryption, Slay the Princess, In stars and Time and The Incident at Galley House

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The amount of AI slop in this year igf submissions is incredibly upsetting especially since a lot of them are student submissions

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Molleindustria FUTURE? NO THANKS! OUT NOW @molleindustria.org · 04/09/2026

Solidarity with my fellow games-and-politics scholars who will have to play these racist slop games because they represent some kind of landmark in the form.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Getting into kpop means you just have a really nice flashlight when the electricity is out due to a massive rainstorm

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It’s my birthday so I’m in the BTS concert and it stopped raining the moment the performance started

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Xlov is the most important group in kpop right now and everyone should be into them youtu.be/qUSii9wNdbM?...

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XLOV Answers Your Calls: Voguing, Spilling Tea | Phone a Fangirl

YouTube video by BuzzFeed Celeb

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Dungeon crawler Carl is The Boys if it was written by Terry Pratchett and I will not elaborate farther

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excuse the bad photos but I made a coat

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’m trying to take it easy this month as my fall semester is going to be BUSY but it’s just making me anxious

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itch.io @itch.io · 04/08/2026

Enjoy 127 items by 109 creators and support game devs effected by recent layoffs: itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Life Update: I am not here a lot cause I have been avoiding social media since January, but my research lab/game studio SoftMachine inc. is now a real thing and we have a website!!!

softmachineinc.xyz

The web site of softmachineinc

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hello folks, in a shocking development NextGen Showcase now has a website!!! Please check it out, and join us during Toronto Games Week lnkd.in/eTgRJ9k5

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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SoftMachine Inc. Game Lab @unplaces.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

NEW UNPLACES CONTENT - 🔥 BONFIRE. We at Unplaces want to turn YOUR dreams into games! Submit your dreams on the Miro board for a chance to be added to Unplaces! #miro #unplaces #indiedev

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hi folks, we are still looking for submissions for this year NextGen Showcase. NextGen is a curated student showcase taking place during Toronto Games Week, this 2026 showcase is curated by Jenny Windom submit here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1C-k...

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NextGen Showcase Submission Form

NextGen is a curated student showcase taking place during Toronto Games Week, highlighting exciting new work from emerging game developers. This year’s event will be held at CSI Spadina (192 Spadina A...

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SoftMachine Inc. Game Lab @unplaces.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

💤 Places I've dreamt of this week... There was this strange lobby. Decently ventilated, but I couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. 🧵 [1/6] #unplaces #indiegamedev #miro

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Liz England @lizardengland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).

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SoftMachine Inc. Game Lab @unplaces.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

[🗼 - THE TOWER ] Every corner turned, every photograph examined, I felt this place shift, and the floor rumbling beneath me. 10/10 would get lost here again. So can you: miro.com/app/board/uX... 🧵 [2/3]

A screenshot of a section in The Tower, a choose your own adventure game.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Look Unplaces now has an actual social media account

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

collecting dream pies for Cauldron, the 2nd mini game in Unplaces 🌀 sweet, savory, magical, cursed — if you can call it a pie, it counts (yes, sandwich too) submit your dream pie here: 🥧 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... wander the Unplaces: miro.com/app/board/uX...

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Pie Recipes for the Cauldron

Send me your pie recipes for Cauldron! 🥧✨ Cauldron is the second mini game in Unplaces — a map-based game (built in Miro) about places that exist only in dreams. Check it out here: https://miro.com/ap...

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kieu @ we must not stop living @leslekieuart.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I made a sweater, I will like to note that you should not try intersia for the first time with mohair

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I think I might be crafting too much, I might need a break from making stuff to actually do my actual work

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 18/09/2025

I can't even process Jimmy Kimmel being too edgy for the establishment. Motherfucker doesn't have enough edge to open a pouch of Capri Sun

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Showing up here to announce to the world that I started watching the Chinese omegaverse BL We already have pheromones and the promise of a mpreg

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

✨ Exciting news! ✨ I’m happy to share that I’ve received an OAC grant for Unplaces, a map-based game (built in Miro) exploring places that exist only in dreams. This is a work in progress, but the very first mini-game, The Tower, is now live at: miro.com/app/board/uX...

miro.com

Unplaces

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Draknek & Friends @draknek.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

💛 Help keep Hand Eye Society alive. We’re a small nonprofit facing funding cuts—and we can’t continue without your support. Donations pay artists, keep events accessible, and make our programming possible. 🎮 Donate: zeffy.com/donation-for... Can’t give? Please share.

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Support Hand Eye Society

🌟Donate to Support Hand Eye Society! 🎮Support video game arts by joining us in our mission to create impactful showcases, events, and workshops. Your kindness, donations, and time are invaluable. Toge...

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Ok but it the endless amount of awfulness going on right now, the ceo getting caught cheating in the Coldplay concert gives me so much joy

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🎤✨ Big News! My TTRPG where you play as K-pop trainees fighting for your chance to debut on a cutthroat survival show is finally available now! Will you survive all of the audition rounds, stand out from the pack, and dodge the dreaded Evil Edit? Fighting! yifatshaik.itch.io/gliter-and-g...

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Glitter & Grit by Yifat Shaik

Friendships? Tested. Dreams? On the line. Debut? Not guaranteed.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I will just like to note the size difference between my two boys

Two cats, one large ginger boy and one tiny void

They are the same age but the ginger is twice the size of the black one

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The hotel I am in is playing Fox News in the lobby for some reason and my god it’s like watching Israeli news level of newspeak

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Hand Eye Society @thehandeyesociety.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

🎮 We need your help to keep Toronto’s game arts community alive. With your support, we can pay artists, run workshops, & host accessible events. Every dollar helps us keep these programs going. 👉 www.zeffy.com/donation-for... Please share to help us reach more people.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Hello, internet! In my latest attempt to escape reality, I’ve become somewhat addicted to short Chinese vertical dramas where the protagonist dies and then gets reborn before all the terrible things happen (and gets her revenge) their are hundreds of those, i adore all of them

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I’m in the new Rogers stadium and I’m shockingly impressed by everything

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

A while back, I made a TTRPG inspired by Kpop survival shows. I originally planned to release it when Kpop Demon Hunters dropped. But plot twist, it’s now set to launch with the premiere of Boys 2 Planet! In the meantime… the itch.io page is officially live!!! 🎉👀 yifatshaik.itch.io/gliter-and-g...

yifatshaik.itch.io

Glitter & Grit by Yifat Shaik

Friendships? Tested. Dreams? On the line. Debut? Not guaranteed.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Nothing ever made me feel more like a token "woman in games" as when everyone was praising Briana Wu shitty game because she was a GG victim. Anyway, this is really funny...

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

NextGen showcase was a great success and I spent most of it showing people my fancy new convertible shoes

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Douglas @dmgregory.ca · 15/06/2025

Setting up for NextGen Showcase at Toronto Games Week. Come join us at the Centre for Social Innovation (192 Spadina, just north of Queen) from 7-9 PM to play some great games from the next generation of talented students! Free! #TGW25

Four miniature arcade cabinets sit on a table. Graphics on the sides/front say "Toronto Games Week" "Games Made Open" and "TTL Maker Space".

Tables with computer monitors and comfy upholstered chairs (bright red and zebra print), being set up by people busily working in the background.

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Everything is on fire, but at least I am less burned out from the last semester

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The Elder Memes @theeldermemes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

if you are protesting now or in the future be safe and remember: • do not announce you're attending online • do not sign any online RSVP • wear a mask • wear clothes that don't draw attention • leave your phone at home • bring bottled water • do not speak to cops • do not post photos after

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

I am in sabbatical this year, and starting it by taking some pottery classes and making some very ugly pots

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Yifat Shaik @yifatshaik.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

NextGen showcase is back for the 3rd time as part of Toronto Games Week! NextGen Showcase is a curated showcase, featuring games crafted by emerging talents in Toronto's vibrant game development scene. Join us on Sunday, June 15th, 7 pm-9 pm in CSI Spadina torontogamesweek.com/schedule.html

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Toronto Games Week

Celebrating games in Toronto, Canada

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Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Announcing our debut title... Ambrosia Sky. 🪐 Amongst the asteroids of Saturn lies your home, and a mystery that demands to be solved. Clean the contamination, lay the dead to rest, and find her. store.steampowered.com/app/3580160

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