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Kim Acuff Steiner

@emberdione.bsky.social

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Chief Creative Officer at Prime8 Entertainment. Principal Level Designer by day. Prev: LBI, Zynga, Blizzard, ATVI, Sega. My views are my own, and entirely absurd. Profile pic by @meggoart <3 She/Her I stream at https://www.twitch.tv/emberdione

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi!

I'm Kim Steiner, and I'm a Cat Shaped designer! I have a focus in Level Design, but due to the Industry being what it is and a HEAVY dose of ADHD, I am very much a generalist.

I've been in the Industry for almost 18 years, and I've gotten to work on a ton of cool games with super cool people.

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David S. Pumpkins @dphrygian.com · 6h

I played a handful of game demos during the first day of Next Fest, out of the, uh, nearly 3000 demos that are in it. This is a sustainable industry. Anyway, a few recommendations:

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 7h

I do this with muting except for like my 3 favorite.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 8h

But it might also be tied to Patreon for most people.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 8h

We do ALSO have a discord, but - I assume, like everyone else you're TOTALLY over MORE discords. I don't know if we could do a forum. Do people even do forums anymore?

But our discord is also a lot of us just being silly. It does get sneak peek screenshots though.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 8h

I watch every gif all the way through now before hitting send. XD

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 8h

LOL - I have also been done dirty by this gif. XD

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Prime8 @prime8.games · 8h

👀😀😉

But then she found a horrifying bug.

THAT WE FIXED! (We think.)

Anyway, update coming in hot.

Rachel Vought @rachelbydesign.bsky.social · 9h

I played two non-work related demos today.

One was about chill ghost hunting.

The other was about riding ponies.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 8h

You two...

a close up of a woman covering her face with her hand and the words this got me like this .

ALT: a close up of a woman covering her face with her hand and the words this got me like this .

media.tenor.com

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 9h

This post is how I'm learning that most other people don't know you can put a notification on specific files for when they're checked in.

A skill I learned for a similar reason.

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Steve Bowler @gameism.bsky.social · 10h

If you have ADHD? Now is a great time to remove all of your old drink containers from last week off of your desk.

My personal PC desk with (counting) 19 cans of Dr Pepper or cherry Coke Zero (pictured, there's really 20) and one 16oz empty bottle of cherry coke.

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David S. Pumpkins @dphrygian.com · 10h

The demo of our folk horror card strategy game The Killing Stone is live!

We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.

Please check it out and leave a review!

store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

The Killing Stone Demo on Steam

Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...

store.steampowered.com

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 11h

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 11h

Every time. XD

I both loved and hated that it was so easy to hotfix WoW.

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 12h

Haha a friend was telling me about playing it and I realized I have like 30 bugs to fix in the second level. XD

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Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 17h

Steam Next Fest is officially LIVE! 🪽 Now's the time to play the free demo for Cloudheim, available until Oct. 20th!
store.steampowered.com/app/4017410/...

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 12h

Feeling the fall vibes? Want to get your spooky on?

Do I have the Demo for you!

Prime8 @prime8.games · 20h

The Ghost Hunter Simulator DEMO is live on Steam! Go forth and Ghost Hunt! Happy #NextFest everyone!

store.steampowered.com/app/4079080/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

Screenshot of Ghost Hunter Simulator Demo Steam store page

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J. Thomas @nullspeak.bsky.social · 13h

Holy hell, y'all - nextfest is *huge*. Seems wise to speak up elsewhere, too.

Want to play our demo - which includes a pretty meaty chunk of our historical / occult horror story + deckbuilder gameplay w/ a twist? It's here. If you're into it, please review!🫀

store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

The Killing Stone Demo on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14h

That's also why there's no combat. No pressure to act. No quick time events. No fomo. It's just a CHILL GAME that lets you wander around old buildings, be nosy, and maybe see some spooky ghosts.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14h

We're also using OpenDyslexic because (despite the fact that no one reads text in a game) it actually looks pretty thematic, is free (we're bootstrapped indie), and I want to make this game as easy as possible for <everyone> to play.

Including non-gamers.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14h

It would be a good blog post. Shame I am completely slammed. Maaaaybe my friend Matt might want to do it? XD

Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14h

We want to have accessibility for sight and hearing to start.

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 14h

"Kim, what is this low vision audio descriptions thing in your indie game?"

LOOK. If people who are BLIND can manage to get through Diablo 3, it's not a huge lift for me to add room descriptions and such to help them be able to explore these levels.

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"The Real Horror is the News" Reply Guy @posindustries.protects.earth · 15h

I'm the low vision accessibility descriptive voice. Find me by turning me on in the options! 😘

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"The Real Horror is the News" Reply Guy @posindustries.protects.earth · 15h

Oh hey my good friends at Prime8 have a demo out TODAY!

Also I'm in this game! YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

(I also recorded my lines on Halloween last year so you know it's extra spooky!)

Prime8 @prime8.games · 20h

The Ghost Hunter Simulator DEMO is live on Steam! Go forth and Ghost Hunt! Happy #NextFest everyone!

store.steampowered.com/app/4079080/...

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 16h

YAY congrats on Job! <3