Kim Acuff Steiner
@emberdione.bsky.social
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.
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I stream at https://www.twitch.tv/emberdione
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.
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.
Oh no I love it.
😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭
I just bought $100 worth of a discontinued perfume.
"But Kim, you don't wear perfume?"
Look.
"But Kim, you don't wear perfume?"
Look.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Oh no I love it.
😭😭😭😭😭
😭😭😭😭😭
I will always be smug that the resale value of Skylanders is significantly higher than both Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I will always be smug that the resale value of Skylanders is significantly higher than both Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions.
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Check out this amazing review someone gave Fantastic Findings! I really makes me happy, as a developer! 🥲
If you have also not given the game a review yet, be sure to do so! A game doesn't go into Steam's discovery queue until it has reached a certain number of reviews. So I would appreciate it!
If you have also not given the game a review yet, be sure to do so! A game doesn't go into Steam's discovery queue until it has reached a certain number of reviews. So I would appreciate it!
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Check out this amazing review someone gave Fantastic Findings! I really makes me happy, as a developer! 🥲
If you have also not given the game a review yet, be sure to do so! A game doesn't go into Steam's discovery queue until it has reached a certain number of reviews. So I would appreciate it!
If you have also not given the game a review yet, be sure to do so! A game doesn't go into Steam's discovery queue until it has reached a certain number of reviews. So I would appreciate it!
I was sick yesterday and spent most of it asleep.
So we're doing our Thanksgiving today.
So we're doing our Thanksgiving today.
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I was sick yesterday and spent most of it asleep.
So we're doing our Thanksgiving today.
So we're doing our Thanksgiving today.
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Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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This blanket is ANGRY
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This blanket is ANGRY
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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.
QRP with your links!
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My Black Friday sale suggestion would be to buy a full price indie game.
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My Black Friday sale suggestion would be to buy a full price indie game.
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No Black Friday sale from me, I’m afraid. But you certainly CAN still buy my Holiday candles! They make great stocking stuffers, or just great for setting a festive mood.
grumpycandlecompany.com/collections/...
grumpycandlecompany.com/collections/...
Holiday
Homemade soy candles and wax melts from one grumpy old man in Milwaukee, WI.
grumpycandlecompany.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
No Black Friday sale from me, I’m afraid. But you certainly CAN still buy my Holiday candles! They make great stocking stuffers, or just great for setting a festive mood.
grumpycandlecompany.com/collections/...
grumpycandlecompany.com/collections/...
Post something random or have an awful December.
I got random.
I got random.
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Post something random or have an awful December.
I got random.
I got random.
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Sure, having your name in credits is cool but you know what's even better? Having your pets in the game. 😇 #Cloudheim #GameDev
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sure, having your name in credits is cool but you know what's even better? Having your pets in the game. 😇 #Cloudheim #GameDev
*me sitting on the couch, thinking about getting up and getting a water.*
*Ryan, walks in and hands me a water.*
"Boy, I sure Jedi mind tricked that."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I think I have to pee."
"Let's repeat the experiment, I'm gonna try it again."
"You could just tell me."
*Ryan, walks in and hands me a water.*
"Boy, I sure Jedi mind tricked that."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I think I have to pee."
"Let's repeat the experiment, I'm gonna try it again."
"You could just tell me."
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
*me sitting on the couch, thinking about getting up and getting a water.*
*Ryan, walks in and hands me a water.*
"Boy, I sure Jedi mind tricked that."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I think I have to pee."
"Let's repeat the experiment, I'm gonna try it again."
"You could just tell me."
*Ryan, walks in and hands me a water.*
"Boy, I sure Jedi mind tricked that."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I think I have to pee."
"Let's repeat the experiment, I'm gonna try it again."
"You could just tell me."
"So they ate you first?"
"Yeah."
"Have the other kids learned you're good?"
"Yeah."
My kiddo played a Donner Party game tonight. XD
"Yeah."
"Have the other kids learned you're good?"
"Yeah."
My kiddo played a Donner Party game tonight. XD
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"So they ate you first?"
"Yeah."
"Have the other kids learned you're good?"
"Yeah."
My kiddo played a Donner Party game tonight. XD
"Yeah."
"Have the other kids learned you're good?"
"Yeah."
My kiddo played a Donner Party game tonight. XD
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"On a personal note, I want to say that you stood out uniquely as a candidate. I've been responsible for design hiring and interviews for almost my entire career and have seen many candidates, and it's quite rare for candidates to stand out amongst hundreds of qualified applicants."
Me: Huh.
Me: Huh.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"On a personal note, I want to say that you stood out uniquely as a candidate. I've been responsible for design hiring and interviews for almost my entire career and have seen many candidates, and it's quite rare for candidates to stand out amongst hundreds of qualified applicants."
Me: Huh.
Me: Huh.
Wait - Oto is the voice of the Skull in the Last Unicorn?!?
Wow!
Wow!
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Wait - Oto is the voice of the Skull in the Last Unicorn?!?
Wow!
Wow!
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I am going to be thinking of this as the Quintessential LA Joke for years now.
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I am going to be thinking of this as the Quintessential LA Joke for years now.
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Thanks to Blizzard, I am giving away a Epic Edition of Midnight which includes housing early access that goes live on Dec 2nd! #WoW_Partner
To Enter:
💜 Like
✅ Follow
🔁 Repost
Winner Drawn on Dec 2nd.
(Open to All Regions)
To Enter:
💜 Like
✅ Follow
🔁 Repost
Winner Drawn on Dec 2nd.
(Open to All Regions)
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Thanks to Blizzard, I am giving away a Epic Edition of Midnight which includes housing early access that goes live on Dec 2nd! #WoW_Partner
To Enter:
💜 Like
✅ Follow
🔁 Repost
Winner Drawn on Dec 2nd.
(Open to All Regions)
To Enter:
💜 Like
✅ Follow
🔁 Repost
Winner Drawn on Dec 2nd.
(Open to All Regions)
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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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Good morning! It’s Tuesday! Blood Ties came out one week ago. Feels like forever and just yesterday! Please, if you enjoyed it, in whatever format, you experienced it, write a review or post on your feed. Word-of-mouth really is the best advertising!
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Good morning! It’s Tuesday! Blood Ties came out one week ago. Feels like forever and just yesterday! Please, if you enjoyed it, in whatever format, you experienced it, write a review or post on your feed. Word-of-mouth really is the best advertising!
It's really funny to see streaming services we canceled back in August advertising their deal that's a fraction of the price.
I remember this song and dance when cable did it.
I remember this song and dance when cable did it.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's really funny to see streaming services we canceled back in August advertising their deal that's a fraction of the price.
I remember this song and dance when cable did it.
I remember this song and dance when cable did it.
I am invincible! (I own a bunch of cookbooks including my grandmother's church cookbook.)
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I am invincible! (I own a bunch of cookbooks including my grandmother's church cookbook.)
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would love to know divorce rates correlated with active mmo players vs baseline population
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
would love to know divorce rates correlated with active mmo players vs baseline population
I am really excited about Klee buffs!!!
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I am really excited about Klee buffs!!!