Aron Durkin
@arondurkin.bsky.social
Co-Founder Super Spline Studios https://bsky.app/profile/supersplinestudios.com UK - The People First 4 Day Week Game Animation Specialists! - 18 years a 3D Animator / Tech Animator | BAFTA Member https://supersplinestudios.com/
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If anyone is near or around Glasgow on Thursday, I'm going to be giving a presentation about unions, explaining the Rockstar situation, and why it's a perfect example of why we need to unionize.
www.meetup.com/videogames-g...
www.meetup.com/videogames-g...
Glasgow Games Soapbox, Thu, Dec 4, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
An evening of talks about games and game development.
We have a small selection of speakers from in and out of the games industry sharing their wisdom. Expect talks to be
www.meetup.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If anyone is near or around Glasgow on Thursday, I'm going to be giving a presentation about unions, explaining the Rockstar situation, and why it's a perfect example of why we need to unionize.
www.meetup.com/videogames-g...
www.meetup.com/videogames-g...
And that’s credits on Dispatch. Banger.
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And that’s credits on Dispatch. Banger.
I’m playing both of these currently and they are pretty great indeed!
Nothing better than witnessing game devs get swarmed with huge amounts of love they didn't expect because they made a kick ass game 💚
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m playing both of these currently and they are pretty great indeed!
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We're at #MCM Birmingham this weekend on two different booths 🫧
Find us at Leftfield Collection or the #EGX Rezzed / #GameRepublic area - get some cute stickers and play Ascend!
@gamerepublic.bsky.social @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiedev #ascend #game #demo #tarot #witchybusiness #puzzle #zodiac
Find us at Leftfield Collection or the #EGX Rezzed / #GameRepublic area - get some cute stickers and play Ascend!
@gamerepublic.bsky.social @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiedev #ascend #game #demo #tarot #witchybusiness #puzzle #zodiac
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We're at #MCM Birmingham this weekend on two different booths 🫧
Find us at Leftfield Collection or the #EGX Rezzed / #GameRepublic area - get some cute stickers and play Ascend!
@gamerepublic.bsky.social @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiedev #ascend #game #demo #tarot #witchybusiness #puzzle #zodiac
Find us at Leftfield Collection or the #EGX Rezzed / #GameRepublic area - get some cute stickers and play Ascend!
@gamerepublic.bsky.social @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social #indiedev #ascend #game #demo #tarot #witchybusiness #puzzle #zodiac
We label the ingredients of stuff all the time.
“Information is bad, actually”
Shambles industry to let some of these lot have a voice.
“Information is bad, actually”
Shambles industry to let some of these lot have a voice.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We label the ingredients of stuff all the time.
“Information is bad, actually”
Shambles industry to let some of these lot have a voice.
“Information is bad, actually”
Shambles industry to let some of these lot have a voice.
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Hello!! Sadly this is me? Anyone need a video editor/media artist/motion designer with management experience?
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hello!! Sadly this is me? Anyone need a video editor/media artist/motion designer with management experience?
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listen, this person is just wondering if it's now acceptable to legitimize wholesale theft and massive energy consumption
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
listen, this person is just wondering if it's now acceptable to legitimize wholesale theft and massive energy consumption
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Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
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Join us! Looking for a contract animator on EU timezone to come work on the coolest secret game in development anywhere in the world (IMHO 😈) app.trinethire.com/companies/30...
Half Mermaid Productions | Senior Gameplay Animator
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Work With Us on Project D████
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Job Description
We are looking for an experienced and talented Senior Gameplay
Animator to join the developm...
app.trinethire.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Join us! Looking for a contract animator on EU timezone to come work on the coolest secret game in development anywhere in the world (IMHO 😈) app.trinethire.com/companies/30...
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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I'll just leave these here
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll just leave these here
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So many people are self sabotaging by deskilling via this nonsense right now. Want an edge in 2027? Don’t build reliance on bad tools into your process in 2025.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
So many people are self sabotaging by deskilling via this nonsense right now. Want an edge in 2027? Don’t build reliance on bad tools into your process in 2025.
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A statement from the Game Workers of the IWGB this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please join us in marking this important day by remembering those we have lost due to trans violence and hate.
Further resources:
empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
Further resources:
empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A statement from the Game Workers of the IWGB this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please join us in marking this important day by remembering those we have lost due to trans violence and hate.
Further resources:
empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
Further resources:
empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
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psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
psst, no one is struggling with this - we are trying to create singular things that resonate with a huge audience or resonate hugely with a specific audience. We "struggle" with how tech and VC funding has broken almost every creative economy we have. So thanks but no thanks
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Dispatch developer AdHoc has no interest in using AI to replace voice actors or game development. https://bit.ly/4oNA3mq
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Dispatch developer AdHoc has no interest in using AI to replace voice actors or game development. https://bit.ly/4oNA3mq
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November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Odd to see Split Fiction for Family Game in @thegameawards.com. Great game, but it's PEGI 16 for "realistic-looking violence towards human characters... being impaled on a large axe, with blood spraying on the impact, as the character is heard grunting in pain." "the word 'f*ck' is heard censored."
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Odd to see Split Fiction for Family Game in @thegameawards.com. Great game, but it's PEGI 16 for "realistic-looking violence towards human characters... being impaled on a large axe, with blood spraying on the impact, as the character is heard grunting in pain." "the word 'f*ck' is heard censored."
DVD extras / behind the scenes stuff inspired a whole generation of folk to make stuff, myself included.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
DVD extras / behind the scenes stuff inspired a whole generation of folk to make stuff, myself included.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
A shame we’ve lost some of that inspiration in the streaming era.
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Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
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#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
November 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#Dispatch devs have no interest in using AI for game development 🎮
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
"AI feels like a production solution, not a creative one. Maybe it's a creative one if you aren't creative"
"Whatever we're building, it has to connect. It's got to be made by people. It's got to connect to people"
(via GIBiz)
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Is there any more condescending award than "Games for Impact?" Reminds me when they paraded me on stage at high school graduation and gave me an "overcoming the odds" award. Consolation prize-ass. I'm in a wheelchair and was trying to get laid in high school I wasn't trying to be valedictorian.
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there any more condescending award than "Games for Impact?" Reminds me when they paraded me on stage at high school graduation and gave me an "overcoming the odds" award. Consolation prize-ass. I'm in a wheelchair and was trying to get laid in high school I wasn't trying to be valedictorian.
Two Point Museum! Nice one @twopointstudios.bsky.social
Here is the full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2025. gameinformer.com/2025/11/17/h...
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two Point Museum! Nice one @twopointstudios.bsky.social
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Krafton's CEO allegedly used ChatGPT to tell him out to get out of paying Unknown World's cofounders
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Krafton's CEO allegedly used ChatGPT to tell him out to get out of paying Unknown World's cofounders