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joannes
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· Sep 19
🌐 NEUROCRACY 🌐
An episodic sci-fi hypertext game
✅ Fall into a wiki hole from the future
✅ Solve a murder across article edits
✅ Your investigation affects the outcome [citation needed]
⭐ "Ambitious" - The Guardian
⭐ "Brilliant" - Eurogamer
▶️ Dive in: omnipedia.app
▶️ More info: neurocracy.site
An episodic sci-fi hypertext game
✅ Fall into a wiki hole from the future
✅ Solve a murder across article edits
✅ Your investigation affects the outcome [citation needed]
⭐ "Ambitious" - The Guardian
⭐ "Brilliant" - Eurogamer
▶️ Dive in: omnipedia.app
▶️ More info: neurocracy.site
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Everybody is saying that you should hire me to absolutely nail the look of your characters in 2026
Hey!
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
Do you need a highly technical character artist with almost 15 years of individual contributor and leadership experience? Looking for someone to wrangle your shaders? Or perhaps you need a person to assemble your character art pipeline?
That's me!
🎨 www.xavierck.com
📫 [email protected]
December 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Everybody is saying that you should hire me to absolutely nail the look of your characters in 2026
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something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
something I learned this year is you should invite people to things even if you know they can’t come. instead of it making them feel bad it actually makes them feel good
I bet watching the new Avatar movie feels exactly like this
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I bet watching the new Avatar movie feels exactly like this
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I'll add: if the other game is out, that's a gift.
You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.
You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.
Any time you work on anything, you are going to hit those "UH OH" moments where your stomach drops as you see a similar project that makes yours feel derivative and uninteresting and doomed to fail.
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
That's normal! Regroup, adapt, persevere! Your perspective has value!
Reposting with alt text because I felt it too important no to share
December 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'll add: if the other game is out, that's a gift.
You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.
You get to play a finished version of your idea, see how it feels, how it sold, and what everyone thought of it? That's incredibly powerful information to make something that builds on it.
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We need to go back to a medieval/Renaissance view of translation, which is basically that translating requires a level of interpretation that creates a new artistic work
As a multiple language speaker it's also frustrating to see people using AI for translation because the English speaking world tends to treat translators like workers for hire instead of co authors of text and this feels like more of it. Translation at the literary level is creative work.
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(2/?)
December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We need to go back to a medieval/Renaissance view of translation, which is basically that translating requires a level of interpretation that creates a new artistic work
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87. NEUROCRACY
One of the more interesting experiences in gaming this year. It's a story told through Wiki entries but also through the changes and manipulations of those entries in real time. Times seasons allow players to roleplay as backend editors swapping ideas.
pyrofoux.itch.io/neurocracy
One of the more interesting experiences in gaming this year. It's a story told through Wiki entries but also through the changes and manipulations of those entries in real time. Times seasons allow players to roleplay as backend editors swapping ideas.
pyrofoux.itch.io/neurocracy
NEUROCRACY by pyrofoux, Playthroughline
Solve a murder in the future by diving into its Wikipedia
pyrofoux.itch.io
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
87. NEUROCRACY
One of the more interesting experiences in gaming this year. It's a story told through Wiki entries but also through the changes and manipulations of those entries in real time. Times seasons allow players to roleplay as backend editors swapping ideas.
pyrofoux.itch.io/neurocracy
One of the more interesting experiences in gaming this year. It's a story told through Wiki entries but also through the changes and manipulations of those entries in real time. Times seasons allow players to roleplay as backend editors swapping ideas.
pyrofoux.itch.io/neurocracy
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Eliza is 50% off. It’s a fully-voiced visual novel about an AI therapy app. It was released in 2019, years before the idea of AI became what it is now. How much did it get right? What did it get wrong? Play it for yourself (play the whole thing) and decide.
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
Save 50% on Eliza on Steam
Eliza is a visual novel about an AI counseling program, the people who develop it, and the people who use it. Follow Evelyn Ishino-Aubrey as she reconnects with people from her past, gets to know the ...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Eliza is 50% off. It’s a fully-voiced visual novel about an AI therapy app. It was released in 2019, years before the idea of AI became what it is now. How much did it get right? What did it get wrong? Play it for yourself (play the whole thing) and decide.
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
store.steampowered.com/app/716500/E...
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The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given
Florence Smith Nicholls (@florencesn.bsky.social) on How to be a videogame archaeologist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jE1...
How To Be A Video Game Archaeologist - A talk by Florence Smith Nicholls
YouTube video by Center for Digital Play
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The recording of my talk "How to be a Video Game Archaeologist," presented at ITU Copenhagen, is now online! It's the most comprehensive overview of my PhD research I've given
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Me, and half of my coworkers, have been laid off. I'm now looking for my next position as gameplay or tools programmer (remote, or relocating within Europe). More about me on my website: pauljoannon.com #gamejobs #gamedevjobs
Hi! I'm Paul, a French game programmer living in Lille.
You might know me for narrative-centric games such as “Bury me, my Love”, or “King of the Castle”.
I am also one of the maintainers for the .NET integration in #GodotEngine.
You might know me for narrative-centric games such as “Bury me, my Love”, or “King of the Castle”.
I am also one of the maintainers for the .NET integration in #GodotEngine.
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Me, and half of my coworkers, have been laid off. I'm now looking for my next position as gameplay or tools programmer (remote, or relocating within Europe). More about me on my website: pauljoannon.com #gamejobs #gamedevjobs
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Without further ado here are ~30 of my favorite game trailers from 2025!
You’ll find games of all sizes, and trailer concepts familiar and incredibly unconventional. All of them stood out from the crowd of many well executed trailers.
I guarantee you’ll find something fun and/or inspirational 😄
You’ll find games of all sizes, and trailer concepts familiar and incredibly unconventional. All of them stood out from the crowd of many well executed trailers.
I guarantee you’ll find something fun and/or inspirational 😄
My Favorite Game Trailers of 2025 — Derek Lieu Creative - Game Trailer Editor
Here are about 30 of my favorite game trailers from 2025. While there were far far more amazing game trailers this year, these ones stood out from the crowd for one reason or another. Whether it was a...
www.derek-lieu.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Without further ado here are ~30 of my favorite game trailers from 2025!
You’ll find games of all sizes, and trailer concepts familiar and incredibly unconventional. All of them stood out from the crowd of many well executed trailers.
I guarantee you’ll find something fun and/or inspirational 😄
You’ll find games of all sizes, and trailer concepts familiar and incredibly unconventional. All of them stood out from the crowd of many well executed trailers.
I guarantee you’ll find something fun and/or inspirational 😄
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You do not become a world builder by reading everything everyone else has to say about world building. You do it by the actual act of creating, the continuous and dedicated practice of the skill. You fail, you learn, you create again. This is what makes you a world builder.
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
You do not become a world builder by reading everything everyone else has to say about world building. You do it by the actual act of creating, the continuous and dedicated practice of the skill. You fail, you learn, you create again. This is what makes you a world builder.
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Haven't found time to do a thread of my trailer work this year yet but getting "Best trailer for least trailer-able game" for the Neurocracy trailer from @derek-lieu.com, among such talented company, is a better endorsement than I could ever give myself 🥹
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Haven't found time to do a thread of my trailer work this year yet but getting "Best trailer for least trailer-able game" for the Neurocracy trailer from @derek-lieu.com, among such talented company, is a better endorsement than I could ever give myself 🥹
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
www.derek-lieu.com/blog/2025/12...
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New Post: Magpie (Part One) 🐦⬛
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New Post: Magpie (Part One) 🐦⬛
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
Magpie is my tool for livecoding visuals, made inside #picotron! This post explains what livecoding is (briefly), what Picotron is (also briefly), and shows a bit of what Magpie can do.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/m...
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The police are corrupt and incompetent. We will have to help ourselves.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The police are corrupt and incompetent. We will have to help ourselves.
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SOMA is less than 2 quid.
SOMA is one of the best sci-fi stories in games, perhaps even beyond.
You should buy SOMA.
SOMA is one of the best sci-fi stories in games, perhaps even beyond.
You should buy SOMA.
Save 95% on SOMA on Steam
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very exi...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
SOMA is less than 2 quid.
SOMA is one of the best sci-fi stories in games, perhaps even beyond.
You should buy SOMA.
SOMA is one of the best sci-fi stories in games, perhaps even beyond.
You should buy SOMA.
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Nic & I wrote hundreds of events for Amberspire, so I can say (with some bias) that the game’s world is so considered & interesting, but allows the player to form their own narrative that is reflected back at them in the cities they build.
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
And hey, wishlist Amberspire! tell a friend! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nic & I wrote hundreds of events for Amberspire, so I can say (with some bias) that the game’s world is so considered & interesting, but allows the player to form their own narrative that is reflected back at them in the cities they build.
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
I’m proud to work on it, and everyone should wishlist it!!
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So it's AI propaganda
You deliberately chose to make your process more grueling and stupid to get a lower quality result and convince people we should accept AI
You deliberately chose to make your process more grueling and stupid to get a lower quality result and convince people we should accept AI
The company behind the mcdonalds ad:
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
Imagine taking more time than it would take to do something traditionally. I bet it would take a builder longer to build a house out of jelly instead of brick, because jelly isn't brick.
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
So it's AI propaganda
You deliberately chose to make your process more grueling and stupid to get a lower quality result and convince people we should accept AI
You deliberately chose to make your process more grueling and stupid to get a lower quality result and convince people we should accept AI
Underrated part of the Dark Age ending is when Bob Page, whose whole deal is that he wants to centralise all computers in the world, yells at Helios to stop the Area 51 reactor meltdown and the AI replies that its systems are not interfaced with the generator technology 🤭
Me when I first played Deus Ex: "This is what you were made for, JC. This is why you exist. Let's do this. For it is the dawning of a new day"
Me now: "Dark age baybeeeeee, time to live in villages"
Me now: "Dark age baybeeeeee, time to live in villages"
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Underrated part of the Dark Age ending is when Bob Page, whose whole deal is that he wants to centralise all computers in the world, yells at Helios to stop the Area 51 reactor meltdown and the AI replies that its systems are not interfaced with the generator technology 🤭
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There are plenty of hack, bandwagon, reverse engineered independent games. There are also plenty of people working in the mainstream, at the biggest studios, who are imaginative and passionate.
I don't think there's some kind of binary where it's 'independent creative', 'AAA uncreative'.
I don't think there's some kind of binary where it's 'independent creative', 'AAA uncreative'.
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
There are plenty of hack, bandwagon, reverse engineered independent games. There are also plenty of people working in the mainstream, at the biggest studios, who are imaginative and passionate.
I don't think there's some kind of binary where it's 'independent creative', 'AAA uncreative'.
I don't think there's some kind of binary where it's 'independent creative', 'AAA uncreative'.
I set up a Bandcamp account solely to host some Neurocracy-related music and I lose my shit every time I get this email
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I set up a Bandcamp account solely to host some Neurocracy-related music and I lose my shit every time I get this email
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Let me be clear again: every single Venezuelan is more valuable than all the oil and minerals reserves in the country, those reserves are a bargain price in exchange for the freedom of each one of us.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Let me be clear again: every single Venezuelan is more valuable than all the oil and minerals reserves in the country, those reserves are a bargain price in exchange for the freedom of each one of us.
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i reviewed skate story, broke my hands, and now i’m having a nice hot drink with my fingers curled up like the fossilized cocktail prawns from that scene in beetlejuice thinking about how i want to do it all again
Can't sleep? Moon too bright? Want to eat it?
It's a simple goal for a demon in the underworld, as you'll find in this gorgeous, extraordinary narrative adventure that just so happens to require skateboarding.
Or Skate Story review: www.eurogamer.net/skate-story-...
It's a simple goal for a demon in the underworld, as you'll find in this gorgeous, extraordinary narrative adventure that just so happens to require skateboarding.
Or Skate Story review: www.eurogamer.net/skate-story-...
December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
i reviewed skate story, broke my hands, and now i’m having a nice hot drink with my fingers curled up like the fossilized cocktail prawns from that scene in beetlejuice thinking about how i want to do it all again