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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah, sorry. I only caught the tail end of my quoted and didn't scroll up 😅

Replied here
bsky.app/profile/yaus...

Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, saw the first post!

I've moved into games adjacent stuff and almost standard app dev

Currently using Phaser at Gather Town so game dev skills are being used there

Otherwise, the usual suspects. Gambling/slots, architecture, robotics, AI training sims, branded experiences, e-commerce ....

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1h

Training sims, serious games, education/e-learning

No tipping point for me, more of moving towards interesting projects/companies which is sometimes games related, sometimes not

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, saw the first post!

I've moved into games adjacent stuff and almost standard app dev

Currently using Phaser at Gather Town so game dev skills are being used there

Otherwise, the usual suspects. Gambling/slots, architecture, robotics, AI training sims, branded experiences, e-commerce ....

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1h

Out of interest, what are you looking for?

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks! I currently have it under "🧱 Building and Making the Game Learning Resources" 😄

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Along side a Marvel Snap presentation which I loved how they worked on iteration www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73n...

Would love to have more under this!

Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

Gamedev Toolkit Notebook Last update: 8th Oct 2025 (Please note: This is a live document by Steven Yau @yaustar & https://stevenyau.co.uk) I wanted to keep a list of development tools and assets (b...

docs.google.com

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1d

Find the Gamedev Toolkit Notebook at stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t...

#gamedev #indiedev

Redirect to Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

stevenyau.co.uk

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · 1d

Almost 200 pages of game dev resources including:

🧑‍🏫 pitch decks
📢 marketing
🎨 art assets
🖥️ programming tools
🗣️ conference talks
🔎 job searching/careers
💰funds and more! 👾

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JetBrains Rider @jetbrains-rider.bsky.social · 22d

In-house engines are on the rise, AI tools are multiplying, and
@godotengine.org just hit 5% adoption in AAA 🚀

These are just a few trends covered in the 2025 State of Game Technology Report developed with Perforce.

Read the full report 👉 ter.li/3bgafs
Join our webinar 👉 ter.li/ql0rxp

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 30

• A 5 step checklist for putting in a central line reduced infection rates from 11% to 0% during a 10 day period
• Good checklists need practice and iteration to be useful. They are reminders, not guides
• A team checklist gives them an opportunity to confer/raise issues

Read more: amzn.to/3TOz47D

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 30

People’s memories and judgement are unreliable, especially under pressure

The Checklist Manifest covers the research to add checklists in hospital surgeries that significantly reduced complications when used 📖

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 20

My own #gamedev megadoc for reference 😄

stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t...

Redirect to Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

stevenyau.co.uk

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 20

This looks like a better version of my #gamedev toolkit megadoc and it's community funded!

Check it and help contribute 👀

Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · Jun 20

We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤

Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬

📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex

DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library

DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.

dnacreative.notion.site

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 20

Oh cool, this is a better format than my megadoc of something similar 😄

Feel free to nab all the resources/links from mine stevenyau.co.uk/game-maker-t...

Redirect to Game Maker Toolkit Notebook

stevenyau.co.uk

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 14

Finished Boss Fight Books Shovel Knight! 📖 Really great insight on their creative process and collaboration as a team.

But this page hit pretty hard on how close they were money wise and wondered if there was an alternative. Eg funding, grant or even an advance

#gamedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thanks for the shoutout!

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 5

It's a pretty straightforward static page so all the files can be scraped/downloaded and modified for elsewhere

Is there something I can expand on to help?

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 5

@patrober.bsky.social I've fixed the location options so that it only returns results that have the location names in them :)

If you do a hard refresh of the page, you should get the latest version

You know if it's the right version if it puts the locations first in the Google Search box

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 5

Ah, I think I may have found the issue, will update in a bit

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 5

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to filter by location in the Google Query or APIs :(

Still looking for a way to only get results that mention the location but haven't found something yet

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Jun 5

Looking for a games job?👾🔍

Many game companies host their job openings directly on platforms like Workday and Greenhouse

I made a tool to search for jobs on these platforms with Google X-ray and shows roles posted directly from the companies themselves!

labsofaweso.me/find-a-job/

#gamedev

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Apr 13

Oh, what did you find that was untyped? I can point the PlayCanvas team towards some feedback :)

Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Mar 7

🕹️ Going to be busy for a while 😅

A Hyper Mega Tech handheld with Evercade games

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crait 🐔 @crait.bsky.social · Feb 16

Did you know that the 1998 Tiger Electronics Pokedex has unique monochrome sprites that have never been extracted? I was considering making a Pokedex app for the Arduboy and trying to dump the ROM. Would anyone use this? Or even want to help me with reverse engineering?

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Feb 18

Reliving my childhood in a smaller form factor 🕹️

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Steven Yau @yaustar.bsky.social · Feb 1

Another FPL season, another FPL feature to support in my WhatsApp bot 😅!

Managers are now displayed and points accounted for ⚽️

#fpl #premierleague

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