Teddy Dief
@teddydief.com
IGF & Peabody-winning game designer/director
◆ Hyper Light Drifter Co-Designer
◆ OFK Creative Director & Singer
◆ Glitch City Co-Founder
◆ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
⇒ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
◆ Hyper Light Drifter Co-Designer
◆ OFK Creative Director & Singer
◆ Glitch City Co-Founder
◆ prev: Square Enix, XBox, Disney
⇒ https://linktr.ee/teddydief
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Teddy Dief
@teddydief.com
· Sep 7
Hi new Bluesky friends 👋 I’m Teddy - a game designer/director who co-led games like Hyper Light Drifter, Peabody Winner/pop group OFK, and the LA collective Glitch City! I’m working on some new games about action, music, life, fashion… I’ll get to talk about them soonish. For now, I’ve got fries.
🎧NEW OFK THIS FRIDAY
3 years(!) since we released our game about a little band of friends - a massive labor of love that won us phenomenal fans AND a Peabody Award! Life has gotten full & busy but WE ARE HERE. Feels good to be back
3 years(!) since we released our game about a little band of friends - a massive labor of love that won us phenomenal fans AND a Peabody Award! Life has gotten full & busy but WE ARE HERE. Feels good to be back
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🎧NEW OFK THIS FRIDAY
3 years(!) since we released our game about a little band of friends - a massive labor of love that won us phenomenal fans AND a Peabody Award! Life has gotten full & busy but WE ARE HERE. Feels good to be back
3 years(!) since we released our game about a little band of friends - a massive labor of love that won us phenomenal fans AND a Peabody Award! Life has gotten full & busy but WE ARE HERE. Feels good to be back
WE ARE SO BACK
New OFK track this Friday
Our first original song since the game
Something to warm u up 🤍
New OFK track this Friday
Our first original song since the game
Something to warm u up 🤍
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
WE ARE SO BACK
New OFK track this Friday
Our first original song since the game
Something to warm u up 🤍
New OFK track this Friday
Our first original song since the game
Something to warm u up 🤍
This is what going hard looks like
Trailer - Hypernet Explorer
YouTube video by Nocoldiz
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is what going hard looks like
What bsky friends might know is my involvement in Hyper Light Drifter & OFK & Square Enix blah blah
What you might NOT YET KNOW is that I’m the Dark Spirit of Videogames Christmas and my time draws near ☃️
What you might NOT YET KNOW is that I’m the Dark Spirit of Videogames Christmas and my time draws near ☃️
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
What bsky friends might know is my involvement in Hyper Light Drifter & OFK & Square Enix blah blah
What you might NOT YET KNOW is that I’m the Dark Spirit of Videogames Christmas and my time draws near ☃️
What you might NOT YET KNOW is that I’m the Dark Spirit of Videogames Christmas and my time draws near ☃️
OK BE COOL SHOULD I ASK HER ABOUT VIDEO GAMES OR
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
OK BE COOL SHOULD I ASK HER ABOUT VIDEO GAMES OR
shipped by now
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
shipped by now
I'm competing/co-opeting today in Starfriends to celebrate their Kickstarter success, and perhaps to show @plante.bsky.social that he's wrong about goldeneye being a 2-star game. WATCH LIVE AT 4PM PT
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm competing/co-opeting today in Starfriends to celebrate their Kickstarter success, and perhaps to show @plante.bsky.social that he's wrong about goldeneye being a 2-star game. WATCH LIVE AT 4PM PT
Reposted by Teddy Dief
The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out. store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
store.steampowered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The biggest day in esports has arrived. Q-UP is out. store.steampowered.com/app/3730790/...
Does this count as Hades cosplay if @ulicon.bsky.social gives me a gift and I act sad about my dad?
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Does this count as Hades cosplay if @ulicon.bsky.social gives me a gift and I act sad about my dad?
I am CRUSHED. Transformers Devastation (PS4) - by Platinum Games who made NieR Automata - was pulled from Steam. Hasbro give it back!
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I am CRUSHED. Transformers Devastation (PS4) - by Platinum Games who made NieR Automata - was pulled from Steam. Hasbro give it back!
"Quality of Life Improvements" are sometimes a bad idea for your game. Don't round out your interesting edges because you're afraid a player will feel a hard feeling!
October 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Quality of Life Improvements" are sometimes a bad idea for your game. Don't round out your interesting edges because you're afraid a player will feel a hard feeling!
This should be the most watched video on the internet this week. Inspiring!
"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Return of the Obra Dinn - Narrated Modeling Mega Timelapse
YouTube video by Lucas Pope
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This should be the most watched video on the internet this week. Inspiring!
gamedev making too many prototypes at once, Ben Affleck Edition
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
gamedev making too many prototypes at once, Ben Affleck Edition
Reposted by Teddy Dief
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
game design is such an embarrassingly human endeavor. you stumble through iterations, lost in the woods like 20 times even tho this happened on your last game. The real magical games somehow feel like… the result of that process. Something was FOUND after the SEARCHING. So cool. Let’s keep doing it
October 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
game design is such an embarrassingly human endeavor. you stumble through iterations, lost in the woods like 20 times even tho this happened on your last game. The real magical games somehow feel like… the result of that process. Something was FOUND after the SEARCHING. So cool. Let’s keep doing it
Every young man on his 18th birthday should be gifted a copy of Baby Steps to learn about the real world
October 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Every young man on his 18th birthday should be gifted a copy of Baby Steps to learn about the real world
Baby Steps has jumped up to maybe my GoTY 🤍 Genius, profound, incredible craft from level design to pacing and story. It hooks you with a simple/deep mechanic and then literally/figuratively takes you places
September 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Baby Steps has jumped up to maybe my GoTY 🤍 Genius, profound, incredible craft from level design to pacing and story. It hooks you with a simple/deep mechanic and then literally/figuratively takes you places
Baby Steps is genius and somehow truly thrilling in pajamas. OUT NOW by Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch!
store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...
Baby Steps is out now! Put one foot in front of the other on PS5 and PC.
YouTube video by DevolverDigital
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Baby Steps is genius and somehow truly thrilling in pajamas. OUT NOW by Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch!
store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...
“So you say you're under a curse? So what? So's the whole damn world.“
September 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“So you say you're under a curse? So what? So's the whole damn world.“
BAFTA Emmies Tea Party!
It’s an honor to rep videogame creators, build bridges between games & film, and celebrate BAFTA Breakthrough @karriebear.bsky.social! @bafta.org @baftagames.bsky.social
It’s an honor to rep videogame creators, build bridges between games & film, and celebrate BAFTA Breakthrough @karriebear.bsky.social! @bafta.org @baftagames.bsky.social
September 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
BAFTA Emmies Tea Party!
It’s an honor to rep videogame creators, build bridges between games & film, and celebrate BAFTA Breakthrough @karriebear.bsky.social! @bafta.org @baftagames.bsky.social
It’s an honor to rep videogame creators, build bridges between games & film, and celebrate BAFTA Breakthrough @karriebear.bsky.social! @bafta.org @baftagames.bsky.social
At the Demon Slayer premiere! Incredible to see anime represented in LA’s historic Chinese Theatre
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
At the Demon Slayer premiere! Incredible to see anime represented in LA’s historic Chinese Theatre
Reposted by Teddy Dief
I returned to the Olympic Exclusion Zone to tell you a brand new, horrific story....
Pacific Drive's first story expansion coming soon!!
Pacific Drive's first story expansion coming soon!!
Pacific Drive: Whispers in the Woods | Reveal Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXRk...
"Whisper in the Woods is an expansion to Pacific Drive - featuring a fully voiced cast of characters, new gameplay systems, additional content, and even more terrifying secrets to uncover."
Steam
"Whisper in the Woods is an expansion to Pacific Drive - featuring a fully voiced cast of characters, new gameplay systems, additional content, and even more terrifying secrets to uncover."
Steam
September 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I returned to the Olympic Exclusion Zone to tell you a brand new, horrific story....
Pacific Drive's first story expansion coming soon!!
Pacific Drive's first story expansion coming soon!!
Hi new Bluesky friends 👋 I’m Teddy - a game designer/director who co-led games like Hyper Light Drifter, Peabody Winner/pop group OFK, and the LA collective Glitch City! I’m working on some new games about action, music, life, fashion… I’ll get to talk about them soonish. For now, I’ve got fries.
September 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hi new Bluesky friends 👋 I’m Teddy - a game designer/director who co-led games like Hyper Light Drifter, Peabody Winner/pop group OFK, and the LA collective Glitch City! I’m working on some new games about action, music, life, fashion… I’ll get to talk about them soonish. For now, I’ve got fries.
There's a thread in Fast & Furious 9 in which Tyrese theorizes that perhaps they've survived all of their adventures because they are, in fact, invincible. This could have been incredible… 🧵
September 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There's a thread in Fast & Furious 9 in which Tyrese theorizes that perhaps they've survived all of their adventures because they are, in fact, invincible. This could have been incredible… 🧵
Reposted by Teddy Dief
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
Portfolio
emmkid.info
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info
I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:
emmkid.info