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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 1d

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 2d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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TimOfLegend @timoflegend.bsky.social · 2d

Let us battle! #rocktober13 !!! 🤘🤘🤘

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Dan Jones @causeimdanjones.bsky.social · 10d

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Dan Jones @causeimdanjones.bsky.social · 11d

Started this years ago, but gonna try to continue drawing monsters/body horror film stuff for the month.

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PlayFrame @playframe.bsky.social · 14d

If only there was a lesson to be learned here
#silksong

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 13d

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners

so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

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SomeHumbleOnion @somehumbleonion.bsky.social · 14d

My game Smushi Come Home has a lil 40% discount this week for the Steam Fall sale! 🍄🍂

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 16d

One of the best party games ever made is on Switch now

Landfall Games @landfall.se · 16d

ROUNDS is finally on Switch!

⚔️1v1 rouge-lite shooter
🪄65+ unique power-ups
🔥Over 11M different combinations
🍜100% organic noodle arms

Get it here: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 16d

aww, congrats to you both!

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 17d

help, i'm running out of space on my Do Not Work For This Company list

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 17d

YES

the presence of cheats and accessibility options has only ever added to my enjoyment of literally any game i've played

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 18d

lrt: I think as game designers we have a lot of anxiety that playing the game "wrong" will ruin it somehow but when I think back to me as a kid I found nothing but delight in playing games in obtuse ways or using cheat codes and that's an important part of the history of the medium too imo

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 19d

oh god i used to have one of those, i think

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PlayFrame @playframe.bsky.social · 21d

Hornet has had it up to HERE with these ants
#Silksong

I think I might hate these ants

YouTube video by PlayFrame

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 22d

It is the invincible meme based on the "look at what it takes to mimic our power" scene

The top panel is "look at the cow" with a scene from Harvest Moon 64

The second panel says "moooo" with a close up of the cow

Harvest moon 64 is a well-known and loved Nintendo 64 game much like Quest 64

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S ∆ R E N ✦ 杰敏 @sarenstone.com · 23d

My friend @causeimdanjones.bsky.social is doin a streamathon to help raise funds to cover some expensive dental work by playing a randomizer of SIX ZELDA GAMES mixed together (LTTP, LA, OOT, MM, WW, and TP).

Consider givin' it a peep!

www.twitch.tv/causeimdanjo...

CauseImDanJones - Twitch

Hyrule Historia Streamathon! | !hyrule

www.twitch.tv

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 23d

how could Past Us do this to Now Us

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PlayFrame @playframe.bsky.social · 24d

Thus begin the adventures of Taller Bug Knight
#silksong

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 26d

I'm so giddy to be playing a Hollow Knight game again

Hollow Knight: Silksong - #1 - I Am Taller Bug Knight

YouTube video by PlayFrame

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · Sep 16

If your placeholder assets aren't clearly placeholders, you'll forget to replace them

Back in ~1999, the art director for some dollhouse game made a temporary diamond-shaped model for their character UI. By the time he realized they hadn't replaced it, it was too late and it shipped as-is. Oops!

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Heather Flowers @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · Sep 11

playing 1000XRESIST. visually stunning game. really enjoying it!

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · Sep 12

Any month now, I'm sure Nightreign will throw in something new that us casual dregs can participate in

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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · Sep 9

Latest Archipel book looks excellent.

The Wor[l]ds of Yoko Taro | Writing in video games

A book exploring the writing process in games through a series of interviews we conducted with Yoko Taro, creator of the NieR series.

www.kickstarter.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)

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