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Barry Hemans
@overgroundlab.bsky.social
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Game Developer (Little Orpheus, Sunless Skies, Access, VTM:Bloodlines 2) Currently at IOI working on James Bond 007: First Light.
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Inspired?

Everything we do in life is influenced in some way by Mr Blobby, he mentally scarred all British people of a certain age. If you know, you know.

The Dr. Spotty hero card was our homage to our nightmarish OG.
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Systems design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; it drops 25 xp, 2x leather, 1x meat.

Narrative design: you have two cows. one of the cows dies; the other cow uses a salience-based storylet system to react with an appropriate bark ("moooo")

3c design: you have two cows. they can airdash
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If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
And just like that I want to go put the OST on
It's very cool! Will have to try and find one. Would be the perfect present for my brother
Unrelated but got to ask where you got the Lord Of The Strings hoodie?
+1 to any rolls for not being woken up
You know how in RPGs an enhanced version of an item is a "+1"?

Well this is six enhanced pairs of earplugs (Probably not)
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This will automatically select your local MP and pre-draft an email for you after entering your name and address in just a few clicks and less than 30 seconds.

My local MP is thankfully one of those actively advocating for trans rights; if one can do it, they all can.
🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
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We’re changing game engine.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
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How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever
Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍
Is what the kids these days call "Spilling the tea"?
This year managed to build a nice collection of front covers of things I've worked on.
My 2 current obsessions. That's some fantastic art!
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Hi! Here’s Silksongs Hornet if she were a Hades 2 character!

Check the last slide for Melinoe as a Silksong character :)
Yeah it's a odd little musical subgenre rabbithole I fell down a few years ago
Chikoi The Maid?
Harai The Maid?
Dorei The Maid?
I'm guessing all the maidcore artists but also that might be too obvious. And yeah Yakui is good. Don't remember how I found them either
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Genuinely powerful words to live by.
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Get behind the wheel of iconic 007 cars and experience the thrill of the chase in #007FirstLight.

Pre-order now and get a free Deluxe Edition Upgrade.

bit.ly/4ng7i0I

#EarnTheNumber
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We're making an automation game set in Windows 95 about making PowerPoint factories #gamedev #indiegames
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.
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I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:

hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length