The world has forsaken the heavens, it is said a wish will restore their glory…

salvation must come from within

from 'The Creation of Éa'

Investors aren't invested like employees and players are. Shareholders don't care about games or the industry. Layoffs, stock buybacks, pump and dump for short term gains.

But good games are a long term play. Building a strong dev team and player base are optimal strategies.

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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

It’s happening, folks, ‘80s retromania has reached the orcas. They are bringing back old outfits, they’re leaving earnestly confessional comments on YouTube under synthpop and hair metal videos, they’re telling orca calves to take a stack of resumés and a suit and go ask companies if they’re hiring

Little ship animation I made in #pixelcomposer

#pixelart

I think if there's one single thing I could hammer into any indie dev's brain it's that video games are art but games studios are business, and so you need to think long and hard about who you want to involve in the business of your art.