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Stephane Rappeneau
@stephanerappeneau.bsky.social
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Game Industry Finance 🎮 http://weird-loop.com indie studio & indie-plaza.eu cofounder. Teacher of game economics at La Sorbonne university. French Excel Artist. MtG nerd. He/Him.
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Stephane Rappeneau @stephanerappeneau.bsky.social · Oct 3
How to manage studio finances when crisis is the new norm ? I've spent 20y in a major investment bank during subprimes, here's what I learned and what I think also applies to game industry 🧵
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December 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I’ve been thinking about this interaction more than I should lol. Right now all CEOs who are thinking about replacing receptionists by AI have no idea how it helped me kickstart a difficult week and gave me a sense of belonging. It made me feel welcome and seen.
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✅ Bucket-list #68 : being on a first-name basis with the receptionist at Arte headquarters.
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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✅ Bucket-list #68 : being on a first-name basis with the receptionist at Arte headquarters.
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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brandon.insertcredit.com
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Head of CNC (part of french ministry of culture in charge of cinema & game industries) raises a warning on private school selling expensive dreams (30 to 50k€) to wannabe gamedevs
www.linkedin.com/posts/gaetan...

(ping @erwancario.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Dread Delusion is an incredibly tight and dense open-world with splendid writing, haunting soundtrack and an otherworldly setting that made me feel like a teenager discovering Morrowind for the first time. It succeeds where most AAA fail, distilling fantasy/escapism to its unadulterated essence.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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One of the first board games project we worked on last year is out ! Beautiful varnished cover 😍

Art Direction : @leamenardart.bsky.social
Concept Art : Léa & @rappenem.bsky.social
Thank you Studio H (Hachette) for their trust 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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People dislike synthetic content but it will likely be harder and harder to tell, leading to misleading purchases. Like social slop, at one point you start feeling icky and it becomes easier to just switch to a more « trustful » platform. I’m pretty sure my kids have this generational agility.
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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40k tracks per day on Deezer (more than a third) are IA generated. Volume tripled in less than a year. On Steam Nextfest, 507 out of 2900 games were disclosing AI, a likely under-reported floor. Current platforms don’t care about content production process as long as people consume and MAU go up.
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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joshscherr.bsky.social
Hey all you gamers claiming to "want shorter games made by fewer people who are paid more to work less" here's your chance to put your $15 where your mouth is: a spooky & elegiac exploration game made by ex-Bethesda & Ubi devs. It's excellent. Buy it & prove there's a market for games like this!
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Hello ! On sous-loue un espace pro indépendant (+ espace commun cuisine / salle de réunion) à 5min d'Auber et St Lazare dans une chouette rue. Parfait pour un studio indé de 3-5 personnes. Deviendez coloc de Weirdloop et Humble Reeds ! Me contacter 🏠
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Hello ! On sous-loue un espace pro indépendant (+ espace commun cuisine / salle de réunion) à 5min d'Auber et St Lazare dans une chouette rue. Parfait pour un studio indé de 3-5 personnes. Deviendez coloc de Weirdloop et Humble Reeds ! Me contacter 🏠
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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theguardian.com
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Self-checkout underperform humans but let's use AI to replace artists, teachers, researchers, shrinks and dead loved ones. www.journaldugeek.com/2025/11/03/l...
Les caisses automatiques sont un échec dans les supermarchés
Les caisses automatiques, autrefois perçues comme une innovation majeure dans le commerce de détail, ne sont prisées ni par les consommateurs, ni par la grande distribution. Entre problèmes techniques...
www.journaldugeek.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Our concept artist Gabrielle made this Steam Capsule for @hectiq.bsky.social ✨(temporary logo)
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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"Scale, finances, and tech dominance simply aren't enough to make it in what is, essentially, a creative industry that sometimes cosplays as a tech sector on weekends." 🤣
www.gamesindustry.biz/another-tech...
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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wednesdays-game.bsky.social
✨ ChatGPT Sauve La Terre !✨

La suite tant attendue de Bernard Arnault Sauve La France est jouable en un clic sur PC ou smartphone.

C'est de l'espoir en barre !

pierrec.itch.io/chatgpt-sauv...
ChatGPT Sauve La Terre 2025, la Terre fait face à un ensemble de crises sans précédent. Les inégalités se creusent. Les océans se réchauffent. Les épidémies ressurgissent. Les guerres éclatent aux quatre coin du monde. Les jeux vidéo coûtent de plus en plus cher. Bref : c’est chaud, frère. Heureusement, une I.A. veille. Vous êtes ChatGPT. Et vous allez sauver la Terre.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Told it last year but game market is ripe for disruption in distribution & finance. Bytedance is reportedly working on a game digital store 😱 technode.com/2025/10/26/b...
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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The many faces of the INSANE concert from Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 at one of the most prestigious classical hall of Paris, #Pleyel. What a wild ride it has been.
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The many faces of the INSANE concert from Clair Obscur : Expedition 33 at one of the most prestigious classical hall of Paris, #Pleyel. What a wild ride it has been.
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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mightymerch.store
It’s World Artists Day! Let’s celebrate the amazing illustrators whose art brings our merch to life. 🧵
It’s World Artists Day! Let’s celebrate the amazing illustrators whose art brings our merch to life. Caves of Qud Haste Furi Haven
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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'We don't believe in it:' Palworld maker Pocketpair won't publish games that use generative AI
'We don't believe in it:' Palworld maker Pocketpair won't publish games that use generative AI
Pocketpair communications director and publishing manager John Buckley explains how AI can harm even its most vocal detractors.
www.gamedeveloper.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I’ve been playing the Invincible and my jaw has dropped literally every frame. Composition, color, it’s stunningly beautiful. As a lover of polish SciFi movies, in particular classics such as O-bi O-ba, or Sexmission, I wished there had been a polish voice over. But hey, still a great trip ! 🌑
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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A part of me thinks we actually NEED a major franchise to 100% commit to GenAI, ends up costing more than previous installment anyway, and then bombs spectacularly. Halo might as well be this industrial failure benchmark.
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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heidi-game.bsky.social
The September Devlog is finally here! 🐐

See the news on Steam to know what we've been cooking (pun intended!)

store.steampowered.com/news/app/358...

#IndieGame #CozyGames #ScreenshotSaturday
A picture with a portrait of Birgit, a middle aged woman with gray hair, and her house in the background, with the cooking mini game In the top left corner, text reads "September Devlog"
October 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM