Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
Pinned
Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hey! 👋 I’m Amy-Leigh, and I’m a Writer & Narrative Designer at Sweet Baby Inc. 🍬 I like nature, bad jokes and weird stories, and I’ve heard I’m pretty friendly 👀 so if that sounds like your vibe, you came to the right place! 💛
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
I wrote a memoir last year about my time working as an Uber driver after my divorce. It's out in paperback this year.
It was well reviewed but never got the attention we thought it would.
It was well reviewed but never got the attention we thought it would.
Drive: Scraping By in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time
Scraping By in Uber's America, One Ride at a Time
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wrote a memoir last year about my time working as an Uber driver after my divorce. It's out in paperback this year.
It was well reviewed but never got the attention we thought it would.
It was well reviewed but never got the attention we thought it would.
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
the irony is that it's ppl like stephen miller who are incapable of integrating in to american society. that's why they're fascists. they need to force the entire world to conform to them bcos they can't fit in.
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
the irony is that it's ppl like stephen miller who are incapable of integrating in to american society. that's why they're fascists. they need to force the entire world to conform to them bcos they can't fit in.
“TOO WET.”
Please I am creasing up 💀
Please I am creasing up 💀
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“TOO WET.”
Please I am creasing up 💀
Please I am creasing up 💀
I can’t wipe misinformation from the internet, sadly, but listen: when you are watching ANY video on ANY subject, but ESPECIALLY one that makes you get emotional or take a stance on a subject, I am *begging* you to ask yourself whether they give you a clear source for the information they share.
November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I can’t wipe misinformation from the internet, sadly, but listen: when you are watching ANY video on ANY subject, but ESPECIALLY one that makes you get emotional or take a stance on a subject, I am *begging* you to ask yourself whether they give you a clear source for the information they share.
I feel like this *must* have been said before, but the perfect Kill Bill sequel was set up in Kill Bill Vol. 1 with Copperhead’s daughter. More than enough time has passed for it to work. It’s a genuinely compelling continuation of the story - and it would deserve a cinematic release!!! 👀👀👀
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I feel like this *must* have been said before, but the perfect Kill Bill sequel was set up in Kill Bill Vol. 1 with Copperhead’s daughter. More than enough time has passed for it to work. It’s a genuinely compelling continuation of the story - and it would deserve a cinematic release!!! 👀👀👀
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
I played Winter Burrow on stream for the past few cozy evenings and last night I finished it. What a lovely game. The art is incredible.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I played Winter Burrow on stream for the past few cozy evenings and last night I finished it. What a lovely game. The art is incredible.
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Did you know 7 Days to Die was one of the inspirations for our game? 👀
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Did you know 7 Days to Die was one of the inspirations for our game? 👀
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
Don’t worry! There are no zombies in Winter Burrow 🐭
We were inspired to explore the contrast between the stress of wandering the cold unknown VS the relief of returning to your safe, warm home ❄️
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Fellow mice adventurers!! !🐭🧣
You can now nominate your favourite games for this year’s Steam Awards! 🏆
We would be so honored if you would cast a vote for Winter Burrow 💌
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
You can now nominate your favourite games for this year’s Steam Awards! 🏆
We would be so honored if you would cast a vote for Winter Burrow 💌
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fellow mice adventurers!! !🐭🧣
You can now nominate your favourite games for this year’s Steam Awards! 🏆
We would be so honored if you would cast a vote for Winter Burrow 💌
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
You can now nominate your favourite games for this year’s Steam Awards! 🏆
We would be so honored if you would cast a vote for Winter Burrow 💌
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Bonus is if we sold 10 annual subscriptions it would wipe out our debt!
Subscriptions posting today!
Little Deer graphic novel subscriptions can be purchased in 3,6,9 or 12 month bundles! Give the gift* of a year of cool new comics!
*Gift can also mean for yourself! You deserve cool comics too!
littledeercomics.ie/collections/...
Little Deer graphic novel subscriptions can be purchased in 3,6,9 or 12 month bundles! Give the gift* of a year of cool new comics!
*Gift can also mean for yourself! You deserve cool comics too!
littledeercomics.ie/collections/...
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Bonus is if we sold 10 annual subscriptions it would wipe out our debt!
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
TONIGHT! Come play our game about taking billionaires to court for their climate CRIMES ✨
in london and free on nov 27? our narrative director @meghna.bsky.social will be at Play Praxis with a build of All 🌏Will⚖️ Rise -- come join for an evening of open discussion about meaningful games, curiosity & play, showcasing games in development 💪 www.eventbrite.com/e/play-praxi...
Play Praxis
Bringing together games in development and their makers with people across games, art, research, and philosophy. A space to play and connect
www.eventbrite.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
TONIGHT! Come play our game about taking billionaires to court for their climate CRIMES ✨
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
If your family really sucks this holiday season, I am your new family and I think you're great and deserve love, a job, shelter and safety.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
If your family really sucks this holiday season, I am your new family and I think you're great and deserve love, a job, shelter and safety.
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
just asking a question
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
just asking a question
I know I have some game dev parents on here that have spoken about roblox a bit - anybody got any thoughts for Trish?
Just asked my daughter in law what grandson wants for Xmas, she said summat about Roblox and I said he ain't having owt to do with that bollox😒I've heard some bad shit about them recently. Anyone know any safe stuff for a 9yo?
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I know I have some game dev parents on here that have spoken about roblox a bit - anybody got any thoughts for Trish?
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
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?
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Rockstar Games’ MASS Firing Of Unionised Workers
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Hey! I’m sorry if things are tough right now. Seems that way for a lot of very kind and hardworking people. Please don’t forget that you are loved, and that the one constant of life is change 💛✨
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hey! I’m sorry if things are tough right now. Seems that way for a lot of very kind and hardworking people. Please don’t forget that you are loved, and that the one constant of life is change 💛✨
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
Nominate Winter Burrow for the Sit Back and Relax Award in the #SteamAwards2025! 🧣🐭
If our cozy adventure brought you comfort this year, your vote means the world to us and @pinecreekgames.com.
Make your nominations here: https://f.mtr.cool/eqohqgcuyq
#gamedev
If our cozy adventure brought you comfort this year, your vote means the world to us and @pinecreekgames.com.
Make your nominations here: https://f.mtr.cool/eqohqgcuyq
#gamedev
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Nominate Winter Burrow for the Sit Back and Relax Award in the #SteamAwards2025! 🧣🐭
If our cozy adventure brought you comfort this year, your vote means the world to us and @pinecreekgames.com.
Make your nominations here: https://f.mtr.cool/eqohqgcuyq
#gamedev
If our cozy adventure brought you comfort this year, your vote means the world to us and @pinecreekgames.com.
Make your nominations here: https://f.mtr.cool/eqohqgcuyq
#gamedev
Hey! I’m sorry if things are tough right now. Seems that way for a lot of very kind and hardworking people. Please don’t forget that you are loved, and that the one constant of life is change 💛✨
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hey! I’m sorry if things are tough right now. Seems that way for a lot of very kind and hardworking people. Please don’t forget that you are loved, and that the one constant of life is change 💛✨
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!
As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!
www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
![“We worked [on Hyper Gunsport] with a localization company that refused to give the names of the people that actually did the work; they just wanted to have their company name in there,” Sheffield said. “They say they do that because ‘It's the standard’ and ‘to avoid poaching’ or whatever, but I hate that and think it's total BS. … I've also seen a lot of folks complain about how they weren't credited on a game because they'd left the studio before the game they worked on was finished. And indeed, our lead 3D artist left two years ago. But he's still the first artist credited because he set the style and visual tone for a lot of the game. Not working on the game to the very end doesn't negate the work he did.”
The more Sheffield thought about how to meet the needs of so many different types of contributors – and discussed the matter on social media – the more a comprehensive, detail-oriented approach to crediting started to make sense.
“That had all been percolating in the back of my mind as we got close to finishing, and then it just sort of hit me as it came time for me to write the credits,” he said. “I discussed this approach with the team and everyone was fine with it, so we just went for it. We always want to credit everyone that touched the game, so even though the core team was 7 or 8 people at any given time, we credited around 145 people in Demonschool. Who cares if it's a lot of people? Who cares if it's long? They all did something and they deserve credit. And you basically can tell who the core team was by reading the descriptions. None of us are precious about that anyway.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5gdejlhcswjbzraadoltdpps/bafkreibksibak2xsgvbrid7evym3utz6yzfccilowfs7apv7b2sddssd3q@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes
Reposted by Amy-Leigh Shaw
This “don’t feed the trolls” rhetoric is exactly what I got when harassers were flooding my inbox with death threats + calling local police in an attempt to SWAT my house. It’s outdated and ridiculous
Great reporting from Aftermath once again
Great reporting from Aftermath once again
For Aftermath, @alyssamerc.bsky.social spoke with the Sucker Punch dev fired over Charlie Kirk comments and others, who highlighted the unique way the backlash played out in games
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This “don’t feed the trolls” rhetoric is exactly what I got when harassers were flooding my inbox with death threats + calling local police in an attempt to SWAT my house. It’s outdated and ridiculous
Great reporting from Aftermath once again
Great reporting from Aftermath once again