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Stanley W. Baxton // he/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ // PhD Student @ University of Salford, Narrative game designer, BAFTA Connect, ex-Supermassive Games https://stanwixbuster.co.uk

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · Oct 19

hello bsky: I'm Stanley, indie dev creating text-heavy narrative experiences that are satirical, horrifying, or queer, and sometimes all at once. I make games for exactly 3 people to lose their minds. #gamedev⁠ #visualnovel #interactivefiction

Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 20h

gaming and sustainability, my angle is basically "hey the industry is on fire have you considered looking at what the weirdos with two dollars are doing instead"

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 21h

my fondest memory of this game is when you somehow got everyone in our old office to play it and literally all of us ate shit and no one made it to the end

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 21h

dev log/update probably this weekend. moving and starting a phd has been as much a whirlwind as you might expect thank you for your patience good night

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 21h

moving out fully alone is very cool because it makes you really appreciate such luxuries as "having a place to sit" and "a shower curtain"

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Quinn K. | BACK BLANKSWORD ON KICKSTARTER @quinnkdev.bsky.social · 4d

Blanksword is funded.

Thank you, everyone. Holy shit. *Thank you.*

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bat grimes @ratgrimes.com · 5d

sakurai 3ds modding meme but it says “You know, it's actually really easy to back this game. Anyone can do it.”

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scorpy 💿 @socpens.com · 5d

this game overrated asf holy shit

scorpy 💿 @socpens.com · 6d

boring ass movie wish i was playing sonic unleashed on xbox 360 instead

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Runa Winters @runa-liore.itch.io · 7d

Give your money to Blanksword I'm not kidding

www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

BLANKSWORD

An Angelic Roguelike RPG

www.kickstarter.com

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ELLEN RE: GENEROUS @funnyposts.online · 9d

VIDEO GAMES AREN'T DEAD.

YOU'RE JUST NOT PLAYING DOMINO CLUB.

11 NEW GAMES. TRY NOT TO CUM.

domino.gallery/jams/boneyar...

BONEYARD JAM

Boneyard Jam. Aug 30 - Oct 5, 2025

domino.gallery

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks to everyone's renewed support, we're almost at 30K€!

Let's keep the momentum going!!!

Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 13d

Our indie Roguelike RPG where you play an Angel that rebuilds his brain back from scratch is over 50% funded on Kickstarter, with 2 weeks left to go.

We need ⚔️ YOUR HELP ⚔️ to cross the finish line!

(Kickstarter, Steam Demo & Discord links in first comment 🔽)

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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 13d

"ZA/UM union workers will be represented by the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain. Studio management has recognized the fledging union and will meet regularly with a committee of elected workplace representatives."

Work in the UK games industry? Join us today:
iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 13d

UK workers at Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM have unionized

Employees have formed the first recognized workplace union in the UK game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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willy wonka quotes @willywonkaquotes.wonka.zone · 25d

God fucking damnit dude

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👻Spooky Sister Ella👻 Spectral Siscon @moonstruckella.bsky.social · 21d

FUCKED UP IN THE CRIB OFF THE TYS, THEY GOT ME GOING NON VERBAL

TOOK THREE EXTRA STRENGTH AND NOW I'M MIN MAXING MY STATS IN AN RPG THAT ONLY RELEASED ON THE SEGA SATURN IN A TWO WEEK STRETCH BACK IN 1998

I TOOK AN AM PILL AND NOW I'M UP FOR THE SECOND WEEK READING TRAIN MANUALS, FUCK YOU GIVE ME

DoomMate @doommate.bsky.social · 21d

"That shit must've been laced with Tylenol, because I'm struggling to understand the social cue of giving a single fuck."

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 22d

i believe in you!!!!

Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 23d

you don't miss gdc you miss having a tangible community and four Business Boys have tricked you into thinking travelling halfway across the globe to macrodose one for 5 days a year is a suitable replacement. grow a spine and organise the dev community in your city

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 23d

"oh no! i simply can't miss out on spending thousands of dollars to get covid!" listen to yourself

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 23d

yeah i think we're at the point we just have to start openly shaming people who go to gdc. especially if you're not living in america

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 23d

Industry: hey GDC, we need you to move out of San Francisco and the US at large because it's unsafe, deal with the still-too-common harassment issues, stop charging egregious for-profit fees, and for you to provide proper compensation for speakers

GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it

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liz @catboss.bsky.social · 25d

jeff vandermeer is america’s most normal author

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 25d

My DMs are open. Capybaras can sub for pigs. In theory, I've love one huge jello mold that is the size of a VW beetle in shape of (redacted for now), but recognize that might defy the laws of physics. If you have insight into an abandoned pool, great. In terms of who to approach as well.

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28d

Okay, so, Portland...I need an abandoned indoor pool and someone to make really large multicolored jellos from molds that look like creatures if you smashed them on the floor of the abandoned swimming pool... and then someone with some trained pet pigs to devour the remains while being photographed.

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 25d

ok im back apparently yay

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Blanksword ⚔️ Kickstarter live NOW!! @blanksword.bsky.social · 28d

⚔️TIME ⚔️ TO ⚔️ RECLAIM ⚔️ YOUR ⚔️ BRAIN⚔️

Blanksword's Steam Demo & Kickstarter Campaign just launched as of RIGHT NOW!

Play the Demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

Preorder the game on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/283...

Join the Discord: discord.gg/ftmCfsupyv

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Stanwixbuster @stanwixbuster.co.uk · 28d

ok so bluesky's unlinked my domain and even though the dns connects it just refuses to update. very cool

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LÖVE Game Framework @love-framework.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's over! The winner of the LÖVE Jam 2025 B-Side is...

Candela! By @toffeee.com and @mothkira.bsky.social! Hot cakes they've done it again. Congratulations!

toffee.itch.io/candela

CANDELA by Toffee, Moth Kira

A shooter in the dark

toffee.itch.io

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Digital Poppy Poppy Zone @poppyzone.bsky.social · Sep 15

think this might backfire lads

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