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David Elahee.
🎮 Dev - Designer - [email protected]
🎮 Game Programming teacher & coordinator @ENJMIN

🤘 ex-President & cofounder @SO· Games
🔨 Working on DeathTower
🎯 Specializing in being a generalist
🌐 https://headbang.club
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cassim.montilla.fr
Combattre le KKK est jugé trop risqué politiquement par Ubisoft
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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wario64.bsky.social
Heart Machine making layoffs and ending development on Hyper Light Breaker www.gamedeveloper.com/business/hea...
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
blackmagic.bsky.social
TT trop marre...
killylog1.bsky.social Pierre Maugein @killylog1.bsky.social · Oct 6
Victime collatérale des licenciements récents de Funcom, le studio The Outsiders (Metal Hellsinger) va malheureusement fermer ses portes après 10 ans d'existence. Toute la force possible aux employé.es pour la suite.
October 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
I don't give a shit so I _will_ name and shame here
Director, Gen AI for Games Director, Gen AI for Games with verification Netflix · Los Angeles, CA (On-site) Key Responsibilities Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features. Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines. Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit. Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals. Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc). Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts. Chart clear, strategic paths for partnership, integration, or co-development. Influence broader company thinking around Gen AI, creative collaboration, and impact in games.
October 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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stephentotilo.bsky.social
A rundown of Saudi government-funded investment in the video game industry since 2022

I figured it'd be impactful to see all of this in one list

From yesterday's Game File: www.gamefile.news/p/ea-saudi-a...
The PIF already owned nearly 10% of EA, which will be rolled over into the new ownership structure. The Saudi government’s investment in gaming largely via the PIF, has been in overdrive for the past four years. In January 2022, the PIF announced the $1.5 billion purchase of esports organizations ESL and FaceIt as well as the creation of the Savvy Games Group, a would-be gaming conglomerate. Savvy’s chairman is Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). In May 2022, MBS’ Misk Foundation upped its ownership of long-running Japanese game maker SNK to 96%. In September 2022, Savvy said it would invest $38 billion into gaming. Among its goals: $13 billion earmarked “for the acquisition and development of a leading game publisher to become a strategic development partner.” In July 2023, Savvy completed a $4.9 billion purchase of Scopely, the mobile gaming company behind the hugely successful Monopoly Go. In the spend-money-to-make-money world of mobile gaming, Scopely has found itself with hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on the game’s marketing, to rake in billions in revenue. In summer 2024, the Saudi government-funded eSports World Cup kicked off, offering a “life-changing” $60 million prize pool, which was an esports record (The EWC topped themselves the year). The Cup lists Sony as a strategic partner and has featured games from Capcom, Riot, Epic, Activision Blizzard, and more. In September 2024, Savvy CEO Brian Ward was elected as one of the board of directors for The Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming conglomerate that owns the rights to Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider franchises. Savvy is the second-largest shareholder of Embracer. In May 2025, Savvy-owned Scopely completed its $3.5 billion purchase of most of the game portion of Niantic, including its popular mobile game Pokémon Go Also in 2025, SNK’s newest fighting game, Fatal Fury: City of Wolves, had “one of the most aggressive [marketing campaigns] we’ve seen for a fighting game,” per Fighters Generation. City of Wolves’ promotional campaign included an unusually large $2.5 million tournament prize pool, the branding of one of the year’s biggest—and Saudi-backed—boxing matches as “Fatal Fury,” and multiple and a musical number in the middle of Wrestlemania 41, the biggest event of the year from Saudi government financial partner WWE. (Despite all that hype, poor sales led to the resignation of SNK’s CEO.) In summer 2025, the eSports World Cup featured a spin-off New Global Sport Conference, which included a talk with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. During that talk, Guillemot confirmed a free-to-consumers mini-expansion to 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage. The add-on will be set in 9th century AlUla, which is located in what is now Saudi Arabia. (Ubisoft has declined to confirm that the Saudis are financing the 2025 expansion, but Game File sources familiar with the project are under the impression it is. A Ubisoft rep told me earlier this month that the game update “was made possible thanks to the support of local and international organizations…”) Over the past several years, the Public Investment Fund has purchased large stakes of publicly traded gaming companies, holding 6.5% of EA rival and Grand Theft Auto maker Take Two, 6.6% of Capcom and 4.2% of Nintendo, among others
September 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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nova-box.com
Nothing beats a Nova-box story. 🎶
And right now, you can save up to fifty percent! 🎶
Narrative games, you can trust! 🎶

store.steampowered.com/developer/no...

#Indie #IndieDev #IndieGame #VisualNovel #Autumn #AutumnSale #Steam #SteamAutumnSale #SteamSale
September 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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gamesidestory.bsky.social
Aujourd'hui, on aimerait vous faire part d'une initiative appelée Palestinian Voices in Games, un réseau international de bénévole qui mettent un coup de projecteur sur le peuple palestinien dans la sphère du jeu vidéo indé.

palestinian-voices-in-games.com
Palestinian Voices in Games
palestinian-voices-in-games.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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antoinelatour.bsky.social
New mechanic for Fakutori!
The Ice block can cool burning blocks, transforming them into something else. For example, putting an Ice block next to a Lava block will turn it into Obsidian!

#gamedev #indiegame #indiedev
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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sekamelica.bsky.social
I've finally found a workflow that I like with enemy AIs so I'm working on combat again!
What do you think?

Can't wait to animate more stuff and try the implement the first boss fight using the new tools I did!
September 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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hard-drive.bsky.social
Anyone who mocks or otherwise doesn’t properly mourn the death of our beloved Dark Lord Sauron will find themselves taken into orc custody and brought to Barad-dûr for questioning. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
September 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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chlowski.bsky.social
screaming seagull meme the seagull stands for video games executives, screaming « AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA »
September 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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emericthoa.bsky.social
Silk Song at 20$ is really not helping the indie industry. It's (probably) strongly devaluating a 2025 game. Of course they are going to breakeven and make lots of profits but I wish they had sold it 30$ and used the extra profits to fund cool games (ex: like Outersloth does) or whatever charity.
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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azuranotes.fr
La base même du design quelque soit le produit : pas d’itération sans échec ✨
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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chloew.bsky.social
Plus de 100 morts dans les Alpes italiennes cet été:

➡️ Trop de marcheurs inexpérimentés qui partent sur des pistes trop dures et sans l'équipement adéquat

➡️ Idem pour les escaladeurs en salle

➡️ De mauvais conseils de ChatGPT/distraction par le smartphone
www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
Why Are the Italian Alps So Deadly This Summer?
On average, three hikers have died every day throughout the summer in Italy’s high peaks. Experts explain why.
www.outsideonline.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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drawmeapixel.bsky.social
📢ANNOUNCEMENT!

We are thrilled to introduce Crushed In Time, an elastic point-and-click game with Sherlock and Watson from There Is No Game!

🗓️Coming 9202
❓On PC, Mac, Switch, iOS and Android
💬Fully voiced with subtitles in 10 langages

👉Wishlist NOW!
The Crushed In Time key art.
August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ontariodgc.bsky.social
Via Variety: 'Guillermo del Toro refused to make #Frankenstein with too much visual effects and green screens: "I want real sets."'

variety.com/2025/film/fe...
August 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
blackmagic.bsky.social
Silksong, Sekiro anime, Unbeatable, Dawn On War 4, BSG, all the same day.... happy gamescom week of communication hell!!!!
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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lagrumemasque.bsky.social
Le 26/08 je donne une formation sur l'approche de l'UX dans le design de JV sur le discord d' @abidingbridge.bsky.social
C'est à prix libre et l'orga est toujours pro donc hésitez pas à aller vous inscrire !
August 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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okomotive.ch
HERDLING will stampede onto Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Epic Game Store and Steam in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS 😱😱😱

Wishlist/Pre-Order now!
August 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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tailiepoe.bsky.social
Can I just say how fucking ridiculous it is that queer and nsfw art is more heavily regulated than the fucking plagiarism machine destroying our planet that is genAI
July 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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antoineramo.bsky.social
Cette fin de semaine, je serai en Bretagne au festival des imaginaires techniques, pour une conférence sur ce dont nous prive cette grosse machine qu'on appelle industrie, et sur les tentatives en cours pour tout lui reprendre.
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Image du jeu Militsioner dans laquelle un paysage est surplombé par un policier géant qui fixe l'objectif. Un titre est lisible : "Jeux vidéo : défaire l'empruse de l'industrie sur les imaginaires"
July 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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ritualstudios.bsky.social
⭐️Fretless has a 99% positive rating on Steam!⭐️

Thanks to everyone who bought and played the game, and left us these amazing reviews.

We've been blown away by all your feedback and we're working on a patch to fix the most pressing issues. Will tell you more about that asap!
Image depicting the Fretless Steam store page, showing that the game has a 99% positive review score with 393 reviews
July 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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ritualstudios.bsky.social
We made a documentary about the making of Fretless that will go up on @robscallon.bsky.social 's channel tomorrow along with the release of Fretless!

There is a premiere for it up now if you want to hang out before :)

🎸 ITS A BIG DAY FOR MUSIC RPGS 🎸

youtu.be/3USobO6qRHE?...
Making a Musical Indie Game from Scratch (making of Fretless)
YouTube video by Rob Scallon
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
blackmagic.bsky.social
\m/
thanks for your trust <3
ritualstudios.bsky.social Fretless 🎸 Out on Steam! 🎸 - Ritual Studios @ritualstudios.bsky.social · Jul 17
🎸 Fretless is OUT NOW on STEAM! 🎸

Instead of collecting swords and shields, you battle with guitars, synthesizers, and riffs! Upgrade your pedal board, collect instrument mods, and explore a vibrant world full of music! 🐸🔔

Get Fretless here! bit.ly/Fretless-Game
July 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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yamukass.bsky.social
Le message est assez limpide.
marinetondelier.fr Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · Jul 15
François Bayrou propose donc que le 8 mai, qui commémore la victoire contre le nazisme, ne soit plus férié.

On doit le comprendre comment exactement ?
July 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM