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Robert Tatnell
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Indie game developer, experienced creative lead and 100% of Gizmo Garden ▫️ I made Hokko Life ▫️ Prev. Arrowhead, Lionhead, Sony ▫️ he/they
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Robert Tatnell @robbodev.bsky.social · Sep 8
Realised I hadn't done an #introduction here yet!

I'm Robert a #gamedev of 15+ years now. Worked at some indie, and some not-so-indie studios. My first "solo" game was Hokko Life released 2022.

Previously I did Art Direction, VFX, Lighting & Techy stuff on titles like Fable, Gauntlet, Killzone
Screenshot from Hokko Life game of a character standing on a bridge fishing Screenshot from Fable 3 showing a glowing rifle Screenshot from Gauntlet game showing several hero characters fighting with a horde of mummies in a dungeon Screenshot from Killzone 2 showing an industrial scene with lots of crates and girders
robbodev.bsky.social
For those of you animation lovers in the UK, Kensuke's Kingdom is currently on iPlayer!

youtu.be/pJWmPoxN-FA?...
Kensuke's Kingdom | Official Trailer | Now Available On Digital and On-Demand
YouTube video by Front Row Filmed Entertainment
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Once again trying to play Ni no Kuni! Makes me so childishly happy flicking through the pages of a physical book to find magic to write in the touchscreen. Such a beautiful game 💕 Makes me want to get better at Japanese!
Photograph showing an old looking open book covered in illustrations and magical symbols on top of which there is a Nintendo DS open, with the game Ni no Kuni playing
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
robbodev.bsky.social
@pictoplasma.bsky.social yesterday was absolutely fantastic! Such inspiring talks from wonderful creators! I got the chance to chat to some lovely people too and then round the day off with having over an hour or bizarre animations pumped into my eyeballs.
Totally recommend for all animation lovers!
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Remembering this adorable house in Gero
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Yup, Bugonia was great, big thumbs up from me 👍
October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
So.. outside of Unity, Godot and Unreal... are there any other multi-platform 3D game engines worth a look out there?
October 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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robbiealdis.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Heck yeah! Sneak peak of the new LAIKA film!
Hot-damn I love stop-frame animation 💙
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
Wildwood First Look: Where Magic Takes Flight | LAIKA Studios
YouTube video by LAIKA Studios
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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robbiealdis.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Check out the devlog for my buddy James' excellent looking project!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=we0P...
Space Station Roguelite - Devlog 3 - Maps, Modules, Missiles
YouTube video by Broken Spaceship
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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alexstrook.bsky.social
its 2025, sick of ads and subscription, and im back to listening my local music file using winamp ("WACUP" is the modern version), and it rocks
"WACUP" music player, a modern version of winamp
October 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Well this looks nice!
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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edfear.co.uk
Help me, Bluesky! I'd love to find and chat to UK-based up-and-coming music composers for games - especially those who are as obsessed with the Japanese school of melody-focused game music as I am. Could eventually lead to a small paid gig and then maybe maybe more down the line. Spread the word! ❤️
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Rental Family was wonderful! Plenty of chuckles, and a good few tears along the way, highly recommended.
(So happy I could get a ticket for it at the London Film Festival!)
Movie poster for the film: Rental Family, showing five characters sitting on a Tokyo subway train in a row, Brendon Fraser's main character is sitting in the middle, there's an elderly Japanese gentleman to his right, a small girl and her mother to his left, outside the window cherry blossom and sky scrapers can be seen
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Multi platform simultaneous launch
impavid.us 🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · Oct 9
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.
October 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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ani-obsessive.bsky.social
From: Fair, then Partly Piggy (1988), dir. Toshio Hirata, Oh! Production
October 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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theoatmeal.bsky.social
Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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everydaylouie.bsky.social
counting 🐑
a stylized 3d render of a person counting sheep with a tally counter
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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gremlin.world
I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)
October 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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mikerose.bsky.social
🚀🚀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
October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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kurzgesagt.org
AI-generated content is flooding the internet, and we're entering a new era of information overload. Watch our latest video to find out how AI slop affects the internet and why kurzgesagt videos will always remain human-made: https://kgs.link/AISlop
In the middle, there is an AI-generated picture of a duck. Below it, there is a human-illustrated Duck, looking at the other duck in shock, and saying "Wtf is this?"
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
robbodev.bsky.social
Customizable CHONKINESS! Heck yeah!
abandonedsheep.com Schrodinger's Cat Burglar 😺 @abandonedsheep.com · Oct 7
Yep. That's a full customisation menu.
🐱🎨
October 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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dochackenbush.bsky.social
Coffe House.
#Art #CoffeeHouse #Japan
Illustration of the front of a Japanese coffee house. It is a squareish, modern two storey building with a curved awning and a decorative tiled panel above it. There are several planters of different sizes out front and some sparse foliage on the left and right sides of the building. A ginger cat sleeps on a freestanding sign to the right of frame.
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
robbodev.bsky.social
Just came across the wonderful illustration work of Yamaguchi Akira 😍
#art #illustration
Illustration in traditional japanese block-print style featuring an electricity pylon adorned with small buildings Illustration in traditional japanese block-print style featuring an electricity pylon adorned with a small building at the bottom and a few men sitting around it relaxing
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM