Books Schwartz 📚
@sunshineduk.bsky.social
Sr Narrative Designer at Microfun ✨ Prev: Drydock, Sony Santa Monica, Possibility Space, Molasses Flood/CDPR, Ubisoft, Lifeline, Wayfinder ✨ larprunner, YA writer, ADHD, queer as heck ✨ they/them
I have been derisively calling them the Geoffies for years. we really need a better replacement name so that doesn't stick.
(take it from a narrative designer: your worst placeholder name WILL ship and it WILL suck so make sure your placeholder names are ones you can live with!!)
(take it from a narrative designer: your worst placeholder name WILL ship and it WILL suck so make sure your placeholder names are ones you can live with!!)
It's time. Bring on the Geoffies
The Game Awards needs to make 1 major change if it wants to be the Oscars of gaming
It's time. Bring on the Geoffies
www.polygon.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I have been derisively calling them the Geoffies for years. we really need a better replacement name so that doesn't stick.
(take it from a narrative designer: your worst placeholder name WILL ship and it WILL suck so make sure your placeholder names are ones you can live with!!)
(take it from a narrative designer: your worst placeholder name WILL ship and it WILL suck so make sure your placeholder names are ones you can live with!!)
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This is not a drill!! Letter Lost demo is live on Steam!!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3624790/...
Letter Lost on Steam
You’re the sole employee at the Kharnym Isle post office, stamping, sorting, and delivering mail. But the job hides secrets, and the office itself holds mysteries you must uncover. This will be the on...
store.steampowered.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is not a drill!! Letter Lost demo is live on Steam!!!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3624790/...
LA hike random encounter: flying type Pokemon trainer
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
LA hike random encounter: flying type Pokemon trainer
it’s been eighty four years……..
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
it’s been eighty four years……..
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WE'VE ANNOUNCED!!! AAAAA!!!
The House of Hikmah opens its doors to you 🚪
Step inside this sanctuary of knowledge and search for answers as you uncover a story of healing, discovery and hope.
Watch the trailer below, and Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...
Step inside this sanctuary of knowledge and search for answers as you uncover a story of healing, discovery and hope.
Watch the trailer below, and Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3451680/...
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
WE'VE ANNOUNCED!!! AAAAA!!!
that very relatable feeling when you and your friends get so emotionally overinvested in your larp characters at summer camp that twenty years later the camp sells official merch making fun of you for it 😌
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
that very relatable feeling when you and your friends get so emotionally overinvested in your larp characters at summer camp that twenty years later the camp sells official merch making fun of you for it 😌
upside of commuting to an office in beijing: picking up sweet new fits on chinese shopping apps
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
upside of commuting to an office in beijing: picking up sweet new fits on chinese shopping apps
Wake Up Dead Man was VERY fun and I hope Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig get to make a dozen more of these
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Wake Up Dead Man was VERY fun and I hope Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig get to make a dozen more of these
it took 25 episodes but gundam ZZ has finally started to get good… at long last the writers made the flip from “wow dumb teenage slapstick in cool robots” back to “war is bad”
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
it took 25 episodes but gundam ZZ has finally started to get good… at long last the writers made the flip from “wow dumb teenage slapstick in cool robots” back to “war is bad”
deviled eggs with cajun-style shrimp! delicious as hell. (inspired by a recent gastronauts!)
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
deviled eggs with cajun-style shrimp! delicious as hell. (inspired by a recent gastronauts!)
look at my beautiful new child
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
look at my beautiful new child
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Many folks are reaching out asking how they can support me so here are the best ways of doing that
Links to charities & non-profits I support:
@aclu.org
@trevorproject.bsky.social
@geekgirlcon.bsky.social
queertheland.org
Links to charities & non-profits I support:
@aclu.org
@trevorproject.bsky.social
@geekgirlcon.bsky.social
queertheland.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Many folks are reaching out asking how they can support me so here are the best ways of doing that
Links to charities & non-profits I support:
@aclu.org
@trevorproject.bsky.social
@geekgirlcon.bsky.social
queertheland.org
Links to charities & non-profits I support:
@aclu.org
@trevorproject.bsky.social
@geekgirlcon.bsky.social
queertheland.org
Everything about this looks SO good!! This is exactly the kind of game I want to see more of!! Enormous congrats to my pals at KO_OP!!
Watch our Young Suns teaser! Available now in Xbox Game Preview on Game Pass and coming soon to other platforms 🪐
www.youngsuns.com
www.youngsuns.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Everything about this looks SO good!! This is exactly the kind of game I want to see more of!! Enormous congrats to my pals at KO_OP!!
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This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is what happened to me. Employers across the board need to be aware of how harassment campaigns work and do better to protect their employees from them. These people should not have a platform to profit off of harassment.
my larp company in europe imploded to the tune of a wild kotaku longread expose
(kotaku.com/poor-pay-abu...) so I needed a new job! and it turned out that one of my larp players was a gamedev and encouraged me to come over to games and it turns out my larp design skills apply perfectly over here
(kotaku.com/poor-pay-abu...) so I needed a new job! and it turned out that one of my larp players was a gamedev and encouraged me to come over to games and it turns out my larp design skills apply perfectly over here
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
my larp company in europe imploded to the tune of a wild kotaku longread expose
(kotaku.com/poor-pay-abu...) so I needed a new job! and it turned out that one of my larp players was a gamedev and encouraged me to come over to games and it turns out my larp design skills apply perfectly over here
(kotaku.com/poor-pay-abu...) so I needed a new job! and it turned out that one of my larp players was a gamedev and encouraged me to come over to games and it turns out my larp design skills apply perfectly over here
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Hi all. ❤️ thanks for reaching out. I’m sad about FPC still, but I’m coping.
I am looking for work! I’m interested in Head of Community/Comms roles for teams who want to build strong and lasting communities. I’ve done Creator programs, PR, Brand, Social, Corporate comms mgmt - you name it!
I am looking for work! I’m interested in Head of Community/Comms roles for teams who want to build strong and lasting communities. I’ve done Creator programs, PR, Brand, Social, Corporate comms mgmt - you name it!
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hi all. ❤️ thanks for reaching out. I’m sad about FPC still, but I’m coping.
I am looking for work! I’m interested in Head of Community/Comms roles for teams who want to build strong and lasting communities. I’ve done Creator programs, PR, Brand, Social, Corporate comms mgmt - you name it!
I am looking for work! I’m interested in Head of Community/Comms roles for teams who want to build strong and lasting communities. I’ve done Creator programs, PR, Brand, Social, Corporate comms mgmt - you name it!
some houses have skeletons in the closet... apparently ours has skeletons in the bathtub
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
some houses have skeletons in the closet... apparently ours has skeletons in the bathtub
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Since I evidently still have the critical acclaim juice, if you know of anyone who needs a narrative/content/game designer with technical and management skills, 15 years of experience, acclaim in related fields, and has some other fancy awards like being a Forbes 30 under 30, I’m your guy!
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May every games industry team have a Myriame
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
May every games industry team have a Myriame
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
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POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
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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!
There'll be a new pinned post this week, but for now: Ambrosia Sky: Act One is *out* now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Save 15% on Ambrosia Sky on Steam
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by a mysterious contamination. Survive and harvest strains of aggressive alien fungi...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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!
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Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...