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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent this is now Steam Deck optimised - jumped to the top of my weekend to-play list!

DOOM @doom.com · 4d

Update 2.2 includes general bug fixes and combat encounter adjustments for all platforms. It also introduces new handheld optimizations and quality of life updates including DOOM: The Dark Ages now being Steam Deck Verified.
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Image of the Doom Slayer with the text, "DOOM: The Dark Ages is on Deck" with the logos for Steam Deck and the green check mark next to Verified logos below.

Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 5d

AI in “can’t deliver when anyone cares about the quality of the output” shocker.

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 5d

Charles Cecil says that using AI to upscale artwork for Broken Sword: Reforged was a mistake. "The result was not enormously satisfactory," he says. Instead, Revolution ended up redrawing the backgrounds from scratch, using the original artwork as a reference.

www.gamesindustry.biz/ai-was-an-ex...

"AI was an expensive mistake": Charles Cecil on innovation, insolvency, and Broken Sword

Plus, why Revolution Software needs to innovate for Broken Sword 6 – and why it might be a long way off

www.gamesindustry.biz

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John Dickens @johndickens.bsky.social · 14d

Our team are running user research concerning games accessibility. This is a paid research session open to UK residents. Please register your interest below if you are interested in taking part.

@researchi.bsky.social

www.researchi.co.uk/projects/RI9...

RI971: UK-Wide Digital Accessibility Research - £100

www.researchi.co.uk

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 15d

Huge fan of previous Size Five games - in particular Behold The Kickmen, and Lair Of The Clockwork God.

Looking forward to what’s next!

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

store.steampowered.com

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 18d

Tom Arnold on this list also confirms True Lies 2… still waiting!

Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 19d

This 2002 press release of 'celebrity testimonials' for the PS2 is an absolutely incredible time capsule.

Jason Biggs, actor, American Pie II
“I do play PlayStation. I have a PS2 console and it is awesome... It is amazing. PS one is still great, but the graphics and the concepts on PS2 are incredibly realistic… I had PS2 in my trailer for American Pie II. Me and the rest of the guys would get into some heated games.”

Vin Diesel, actor, The Fast & The Furious
“If I'm not playing Sony PlayStation or rereading a classic or watching a foreign film…my friends and I get on the Internet and find out who I'm dating, and it's always hysterical.”

Jimmy Fallon, actor, Saturday Night Live
“The PlayStation 2 is sweet! The new Madden game sounds insane... I want to play it now. I’m also excited about playing over the Internet. If they make an Olympic game it will be awesome to actually play someone in China. Too much fun.”

Dave Mathews, singer, Dave Mathew’s Band
“The band is so into PlayStation 2. I can’t imagine being on the road without it. Our lounge on the bus is dedicated to PlayStation 2”

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 19d

It’s been quite a few years since I played, but I always found co-op FIFA unfair as I couldn’t distinguish the colours between the arrows indicating who was who. Looking forward to seeing how it’s changed since then!

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 19d

Web-puh, or web-pee? 🫠

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 19d

With the invention of the .webp format, humanity has finally achieved it’s goal of creating an image format no-one can open.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 21d

Played ‘and Roger’ this weekend.

Can’t say too much about it, but it will stick with me for a long time.

The cover art for and Roger. It depicts a hand drawn art style of a woman/girl waking through an internal door.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 24d

A lot of my work has been from the perspective of user researchers - so I’m really excited about this new series of playtesting interviews showing a different viewpoint - starting with experienced producer Tom O’Connor:

gamesuserresearch.com/how-to-build...

How to build user testing into your development process, from concept to release | Games User Research

How to build user testing into your development process, from concept to release - from experience production at Tencent & PlayStation

gamesuserresearch.com

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 29d

The Age of Man is … approx a couple of weeks?

Elrond from Lord Of The Rings. “the Time of elves is over”

Lots of the rings “the age of man is over”

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · 29d

Puzzle gaming today - played through Time Flies, and Ooo, with Blue Prince next.

I always think puzzle games are interesting from a playtesting perspective - specifically how to balance the intended difficulty bs frustration.

A screenshot from Time Flies. It shows a hand drawn picture of a fly landing on a guitar

A screenshot from Ooo. It shows a caterpillar in a puzzle room with a frog

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 14

Worryingly, life membership of the Tate is only 25 years. What do they know that I don't?

Life Membership of the Tate - 25 years free entry...

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Cheryl Platz @funnygodmother.bsky.social · Sep 11

It’s been such a bonkers couple of weeks, but this is HUGE news and affirmation for my new #gameDev book. If endorsements from folks like Will Wright and Jesse Schell and @stevebromley.bsky.social weren’t enough, we’re being featured by Kirkus Reviews as a recommendation in their print mag Oct 15. 💜

Ideaplatz @ideaplatz.com · Sep 11

The Game Development Strategy Guide has been celebrated by early reviewers and has been selected by Kirkus Reviews for a rare indie spotlight in the October 15 print magazine. Just a few more days to pre-order before September 16. Press release: www.gamedevelopmentstrategyguide.com/the-game-dev...

The Game Development Strategy Guide celebrated by early reviewers; selected by Kirkus Reviews for an indie spotlight - The Game Development Strategy Guide

New book by Cheryl Platz honored for its groundbreaking approach to demystifying and documenting modern video game development with new tools and insights in a fun and accessible way Bellevue, WA : Th...

www.gamedevelopmentstrategyguide.com

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 9

My experience in many games

da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · Sep 9

DAMB IT - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKELITEN TRYEN TO DO THERE QUEST BUT THEY DONT REMEMBER ? THEY DONT REMEBER SO MUCH STUFF DONT REMEBER SOME GRADES OF SCHOOL DONT REMEBER SOME ENTIRE YEAR'S DONT REMEBER FACE'S DONT REMEBER NAME'S BUT SOMEHOW COMMERCIAL'S ARE STUCK IN THERE, PIZZA BAGEL SONG, CAR DEALERSHIP SONG, SOAP JINGLE, CANT REMEBER GRANDMAS FACE BUT REMEBER PHONE NUMBER FOR CAR DEALERSHIP, CURSED EXISTANCE, OUTLAW ALL AD'S, OR MAYBE I SHOULDNT REMEBER SCHOOL ANY WAY IT WASNT THAT GOOD BUT HOW WOULD I KNOW AT THIS POINT, VAGUE MEMORY OF THROWING SHIT IN METAL LOCKER AND GETTING YELLED AT BY TEACHER'S FOR INVALID REASON'S , ANY WAY DA TEXT "I FORGOT WHAT MY FUCKEN QUEST WAS, PROBALY SOME TREASURE, FORCED TO FIGHT RATS EVEN THOUGH ITS THERE CAVE, RETURN A ITEM TO GUY OR PRINCESS, A GUY I DONT KNOW WANTS ME TO KILL A SECOND GUY I DONT KNOW, GREAT A STAIRCASE THAT GOES DOWN TO A HARDER LEVEL " AND THATS ANOTHER THING WHEN YOUR ON A ADVENTURE AND YOU RUN INTO ANOTHER GUY RUNNIN AROUND STEALING SHIT WHY ARE THEY YOUR ENEMY, SEEMS LIKE YOUR JUST COWORKERS IF YOU ASK ME - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 8

Perhaps time for a resurgence in collocated gaming 🤞

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 8

I recently enjoyed the book LAN Party, with its many pictures bringing back memories of late, nerdy, nights.

A page from the book Lan Party. It shows a CRT monitor and lots of Mountain Dew.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 7

Red-green, the most common! (I think…)

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am colourblind - not a dedicated accessibility consultant, but happy to provide a perspective when helpful.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 5

(Although I recognise “do we all have a shared understanding of what we’re trying to do” is someone’s job)

Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Sep 5

Similar with games - critiques starting from “this game was bad because the game developers did a bad job” are naive and unhelpful.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Aug 30

Agreed - “easy to navigate” government services shouldn’t really be a website problem. The limitation will be the complexity of the underlying service - you need to focus on understanding and editing the domain itself, not its representation on the web.

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Aug 28

I really liked the mechanic in I Am Alive of bullets being very scarce in the post-apocalyptic world, making each shot a concious and costly decision.

It also ended on a cliffhanger - would be fun to see it come back!

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · Aug 28

Atari has acquired the IP rights to five Ubisoft games: Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home, and its sequel, Grow Up.

Atari acquires five Ubisoft Games

Atari has acquired the IP rights to five Ubisoft games: Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home, and its sequel…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sounds like a good deal 😋

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Steve Bromley @stevebromley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Do they come back later with a second helping of potatoes, for the authentic carvery experience?

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