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Hugh O' Reilly
@hughoreilly.bsky.social
Senior 3D Animator at Black Shamrock and indie hobbyist.

Climber, cyclist, SSBM, cars, DnD, too many to list...

📍 Wicklow, Ireland
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Just realized I never posted this here, but I am so grateful to have worked on the Oblivion Remaster with this amazing team ❤️
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Wii Shop Wednesday!
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I feel quite smug having sold my Quest 2 last week...
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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🚨GO KART ISLAND IS OUT NOW ON STEAM!🚨

An open-world, story based kart racer! Buy a copy now, Lachlan won't become Go Kart Champion by himself 🐮🏆

Please check it out and leave a review if you like it! ❤️

store.steampowered.com/app/3749790/

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If megabonk was on a hydrofoil...
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Outside of job/client-seeking, this is what I’ve been doing!

Seán and Mícheál have created a really class learning app and I’m so excited to be working on it with them.

Please please check it out. We want to make this work, to help make learning Irish more accessible. We need support to do that
Dia dhaoibh a chairde!

We are Sionnach. We are in the process of building an app to help anyone learn whichever of the 3 main dialects of Irish they choose.

We would love for everyone from new learners to native speakers to try it out and let us know what you think!

www.sionnach.app
Sionnach - Complete Irish Language Learning System
Learn Irish with our comprehensive app featuring multiple lesson types, dialect audio, progress tracking, dark mode, and XP system. The most advanced Irish learning platform available.
www.sionnach.app
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The must-play deduction game of the year is here, and you're going to obsess over it
The Séance of Blake Manor is the surprise Halloween banger of the year
The must-play deduction game of the year is here, and you're going to obsess over it
www.polygon.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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🤯
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Here's the pitch that landed Truckful dev MythicOwl a publishing deal
Here's the pitch that landed Truckful dev MythicOwl a publishing deal
MythicOwl and Pocketpair share the pitch deck and budget breakdown that secured the Polish studio a publishing deal with the Palworld maker.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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The Seance of Blake Manor is now live on Steam.
Check out our launch trailer!

💀 store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...

#indiegames
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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So...The Séance of Blake Manor is my favorite game of 2025 so far.

A first person murder mystery with detailed investigation mechanics, superb writing, and atmosphere. Also the best game about Irish History I've ever played

Bravo @spookydoorway.bsky.social 👏

store.steampowered.com/app/1395520/...
Save 10% on The Séance of Blake Manor on Steam
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurren...
store.steampowered.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Have had a small breakthrough with my silly prototype, meaning that swing speed & angle finally do matter :)
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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This is FANTASTIC. I knew it was based in Ireland, from and Irish dev but I was blown away by some smart it is. First person detective game with some super smart time and investigation mechanics. Out in just a few weeks.

Check out the demo. It's seriously wonderful.
The Séance of Blake Manor is part of the Steam Next Fest. Check out the demo if you haven't already.

The game is launching on the 27th of Oct!

Play now: bit.ly/47Pm8XA

#indiegames
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Every time this happens I hear rebel songs
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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example #4238336

engineers who want to move everything to cpp are bad engineers
TIL that Clair Obscur was built almost entirely (95%) using Unreal Blueprints

(Talk by Florian Torres of Sandfall at #ddc2025)
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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battlefield 6 map editor is... *checks notes*... godot
July 31, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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HEY SEVERAL PUBLISHERS, PICK UP ROMERO GAMES' PROJECT AND THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WILL LIKE YOU. MAYBE SOME YOUTUBER WILL MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HOW YOU SAVED ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STUDIOS. JUST SAYING.
Update (July 7, 2025)
July 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Bluesky is suspending people for posting the Palestinian flag now.

Aaron needs to resign now. Also, they need to ban Singal and Vance.
HM. BUT THATS NOT DELETED @support.bsky.team, @moderation.bsky.app. And Ive explained *why* that was posted and why its harmless… so what can I appeal if you dont tell me?

Well what have I posted recently?

What could be a common denominator… oooooh nooooo it couldnt be that we both QT Palestinia—
July 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Woke up with tinkering energy. Spent it on my silly golf prototype. I want to lean into the mechanic of standing on a ball and hitting it...
July 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Hey friends, we’re looking for an animation intern at my new company, Blue Scarab. If any of you are interested or want to recommend someone, please let me know.
#gamejobs
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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July 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM