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liamberry.ca Music and game dev in Winnipeg, Canada : he / him : Making cityofnone.com with noelberry.ca

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · Mar 4

Alrighty! Here's Berryjams (vol. 1), a collection of game-related tunes I've written over the past 13 years that are now licensed under CC-BY. Enjoy!
liamberry.bandcamp.com/album/berryj...

Berryjams (vol. 1), by Liam Berry

16 track album

liamberry.bandcamp.com

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 2h

hmmm how much are tickets to SF

aivi & surasshu @aivisura.com · 2h

Upcoming show in SF!

Wisdom Waveform 🎹🎻🍂
Nov 9 @ 2pm

We'll be performing with our friends @jasonyu.me, @roninopf.bsky.social & @sixthstationtrio.bsky.social in an afternoon of classical fusion music & local art!

Hosted by @syzygysf.com 🤎

🎨: Meena Vempaty

Tix: syzygysf.com/events/wisdom-waveform

Illustrated flyer by Meena Vempaty, with the pixelated words "Wisdom Waveform" in a puddle of water. Instruments from the game "Link's Awakening" lay on the floor of a northern California forest in autumn, with redwood leaves and tiny white mushrooms strewn across the scene.

Text says:

"Infloresce and Friends: Wisdom Waveform, featuring Jason M. Yu, aivi & surasshu, Ronin Op F, and Sixth Station Trio. Classical fusion music.

Get tickets at syzygy.com/events/wisdom-waveform.

Address: Syzygy SF, 395 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Date: November 9, 2025 at 2 PM."

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 2d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 5d

I love the internet, because it allows me access to 1h30m seminars on (relatively) niche aspects of harp notation by other music engraving nerds simply for the benefit of all

This is what the internet was meant for. Be like this kind of internet

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 7d

🚀🚀LITTLE ROCKET LAB IS OUT NOW!!! 🚀🚀

4 years of development, finally available on Steam and Game Pass

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

RTs unbelievably appreciated!! <3

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Donovan [Megahammer Studios] @megahammerstudios.bsky.social · 7d

Little Rocket Lab is OUT NOW!!

I have so much to share, so much music to show, tales to tell...

BUT FIRST. Most importantly:

1. @kyleschmitz.bsky.social : thank you for this amazing game

2. Everyone else: go check ou the game NOW (please)!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgWY...

Little Rocket Lab - Now Available on Steam and Xbox Game Pass!

YouTube video by No More Robots

www.youtube.com

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 7d

Cool game by cool Winnipeg game dev @kyleschmitz.bsky.social and co, with a great soundtrack by @megahammerstudios.bsky.social. Congrats to all on the launch!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 7d

🚀🚀LITTLE ROCKET LAB IS OUT NOW!!! 🚀🚀

4 years of development, finally available on Steam and Game Pass

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

RTs unbelievably appreciated!! <3

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Chiptune Monthly @chiptunemonthly.bsky.social · 7d

Now that we've had some time to get off work & confer & write things down, we've put out a quick statement, removed the albums from the October newsletter, and will be making sure that folks know when they submit their albums (which these were not, btw, we were tagged) that we won't promo AI "art."

CM's Stance on Generative AI in Chiptune | Chiptune Monthly

www.patreon.com

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 7d

I don't know how to skate
(yet)

Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 7d

my partner went away for one weekend and I bought a secondhand skateboard

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 8d

Good to know re: MuseScore!
Last I looked into it getting VSTs and stuff to run under Wine is really not worth it / practical, but it's been a while so I should really look into it again. Especially with Windows getting worse and worse I'm sure there are lots of people in the same boat

Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 8d

Yeah, I'veconsidered switching to a Linux compatible DAW but I've invested so much into collecting and setting up my VSTs, VEPro, template, etc... and I also I don't want to switch DAWs (again!!)

Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 8d

*crossing my fingers for years in the hopes that, one day, Microsoft will fold and we can seize Windows for ourselves*

Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 8d

One of the great trials of being a musician in game dev is the insatiably growing desire to switch to Linux while being bound to Win/Mac-only music/notation software. There is no escape

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 12d

I've been using it for about 2 years now, it's great, I am also scared. Sigh.

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 13d

Once again the Liberals are siding with big executives to help privatize postal delivery, an essential public service. This will hurt seniors, the disability community and rural areas the hardest.

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SIFTER @sifterhq.bsky.social · 14d

"When we release a game, we don't fully understand it, right? People playing it and talking about it we learn more about it and ourselves." @maddymakesgames.com + @noelfb.bsky.social share the story of CELESTE ahead of their talk at ACMI next week
INTERVIEW: www.sifter.com.au/post/celeste...

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Niigaan Sinclair @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social · 14d

Am very honoured to co-anchor today’s CBC News Special on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - check it out at 2 p.m. ET (1 pm CT) on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Join CBC to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | CBC News

Marking its fifth year on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day) is dedicated to reflecting and learning together about the enduring legacy o...

www.cbc.ca

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chloe @ccezra.bsky.social · 15d

Game Garden 2025 was a resounding success!! We had roughly 3300 attendees this year and even hit the ppl cap for some of the talks.

If you attended, we have a short public feedback form available. Any and all feedback is appreciated!
forms.gle/78u1aCRE8MCp...

And now I am in HIBERNATION 💤

2025 Game Garden Public Feedback

forms.gle

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 15d

This is a solid roundup of the ways Winnipeg is making progress. We can always wish these changes were faster but the fact they're happening at all makes me excited for the city's future

Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social · 15d

My column today: From residential zoning policy to trees, transit, Portage and Main and others, the summer 2025 was a season of urbanist change in Winnipeg. Some with immediate impact, some with impact in the future, and some are still a work in progress. www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...

Opinion: 2025: a summer of interesting urban changes

Over the last few months, the city has been busy implementing several new progressive city-building initiatives to enhance livability in our communities.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 15d

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 IS NOW OVER!! Thank you to all of our lovely attendees, exhibitors, and volunteers for making this event such a welcoming and fun time for gamers and game devs of all ages and walks of life.

We’ll see you next year for more local indie games, art, and talks! 🌻✨

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Denis *B*L*M* @quaidrayn.bsky.social · 17d

My kids enjoying the games on show at @vangamegarden.bsky.social.

My son playing a 2d exploration game on the monitor in front of him.

My daughter playing an aquarium simulator.

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Vancouver Game Garden @vangamegarden.bsky.social · 17d

Vancouver Game Garden 2025 is well underway!!

Until 5PM today & from 11AM-5PM tomorrow you can play local indie games, catch some incredible game dev talks, and peruse our artist alley featuring video game artists!

And don’t forget to participate in the Stamp Rally to win some exclusive merch!! 🌷✨

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Liam Berry @liamberry.ca · 17d

cityofnone.com is at the @vangamegarden.bsky.social! Come by and play and check out a bunch of cool local games this weekend

City of None

An upcoming adventure game by Noel and Liam Berry

cityofnone.com

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 18d

But this win means our collective pressure is working. Palestinians call for increased global BDS and shareholder pressure until Microsoft adheres to international law and ends all complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes.

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Noel Berry @noelfb.bsky.social · 19d

genuinely, who cares? public services aren't businesses. it provides services that should be accessible to the entire population. it should not be expected to make that profitable.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

screenshot from the article: "Canada Post is now facing an existential crisis," Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said in a statement on Thursday. "Since 2018, the corporation has accumulated more than $5 billion in losses. In 2024 alone, it lost over $1 billion, and in 2025, it is already on track to lose close to $1.5 billion."

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