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James Parker

@jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social

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Knights in Tight Spaces. Fights in Tight Spaces. Ground Shatter director, Bristol Games Hub minister without portfolio. Mostly talking Turtles, Statham, Wick.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · Mar 4

Achievement unlocked: Have a live action trailer for a game in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kGi...

(Knights in Tight Spaces out now! store.steampowered.com/app/2315400/...)

⚔️ Knights in Tight Spaces | Launch Trailer | Available Now! ⚔️

YouTube video by Raw Fury

www.youtube.com

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Hannah Nicklin @hannahnicklin.bsky.social · 8h

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews.

One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles
"Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax.

Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous."

The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10
"Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so."

A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant.

11+ years experience in interactive narrative

• 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile)
• Many more as consultant
• PhD in Interactive Practices
• Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts
• GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class
• Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice

Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games.

Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Work in: Remote, CET-PST
LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin
hannahnicklin.com

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 13h

You stride into HMV, push past the piles of Funko Pops to get to your true prize, the largest wall of DAT tapes you've ever seen!

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 2d

There was a reason it was banned in the UK for so long... Brandon Lee's udders

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 3d

While I may not agree with his choice of venue, the man ordering his drink on the Wetherspoons app WHILE STILL ON THE TRAIN earns a degree of respect for his commitment to getting the beers in

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 5d

Given the picture they've used to illustrate it, the headline should probably finish "... and they're out for revenge!"

Headline "Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'" and a picture of a well-angry looking Green Turtle. Like proper angry.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 9d

I'll have a word with Zarah Sultana

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 9d

That feels like it would have been more cost effective

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 9d

I'm going to put it out there to the universe (and to a greater extend to Universal). I'd be very happy to make Fast-X-2 for $150m

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 9d

Two years after #FastX, its sequel still hasn't been greenlit by Universal - and keeping its budget to $200m is said to be the sticking point.
filmstories.co.uk/news/fast-x-...

Fast X Part 2 | Universal won't greenlight sequel without $50m budget cut - report

Two years after Fast X, its sequel still hasn't been greenlit by Universal - and keeping its budget to $200m is said to be the sticking point.

filmstories.co.uk

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 11d

British place names be like

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 12d

We're only half way through the decade there's time for at least two more Beekeeper films

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 13d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 12d

Weirdly Tom Hanks is well up for it, it's Beasley the Dog that's holding out for the big bucks.

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 13d

Fuck's sake Aaron Eckhart. If you'd mentioned this sooner, we could have done some kind of colab!

store.steampowered.com/app/3625850/...

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 13d

"That can't be. That's inside the room!"

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 15d

All pockets are gravity assisted, that's why your keys don't continually fly out and hit you on the side of the head.

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 15d

(and I say that as a man who has bought three generations of Baubax travel jacket)

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 15d

Have the tech bros discovered fishing vests?

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 15d

is it "play action" or "playaction" though?

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 16d

I remember when every branch of Target had its own moist locker...

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 16d

I can't 100% remember if I'm goading you into making game or goading you into NOT making a game. But either way the money is either waiting for you or - crucially - not waiting for you.

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 16d

I've got* 11 billion quid to spend on it... if you're interested, that is?

(*"can burden you with debt of approximately...")

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 16d

I've got one. "8 out of 10 people on this game show probably aren't okay with the state sponsored murder of a journalist... does Countdown"

James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 20d

The team have knocked it out of the (dog) park with this new DLC, if you've ever been a fan of Fights in Tight Spaces, this renews a whole bunch of things and will hopefully draw you right back in.

Ground Shatter 💥 K-9 Division out now! 🐶 @groundshatter.bsky.social · 20d

Fights in Tight Spaces: K9 Division is out now!💥🐶

Equip Agent Eleven with your new K-9 companion, introducing a brand-new set of cards, events, and enemies. Expanding the replayability of the core game.

🎮➡️ s.team/a/3625850

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 21d

Thinking once again of becoming one of those Flight Simulator men.

IGN @ign.com · 21d

Another big Xbox game is landing on PlayStation 5 — and this time it's Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Coming to PlayStation 5

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Duncan Robson @duncanrobson.com · 22d

For sale:

Steam screenshot. Baby Steps, Neva and Sworn at discounted prices.

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James Parker @jamesgroundshatter.bsky.social · 22d

I bought and drank an energy drink - it's quite nice - but it's also made (as I learned subsequently) by a noted manufacture of nicotine products so I'm not going to advertise them here #hero #notactuallymakinganydifference