Mike Bithell
@mikebithell.bsky.social
Director of video games. Most recently TRON: Catalyst, previously Thomas Was Alone, Subsurface Circular etc etc
But have you considered that, I, the protagonist, might be right?
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
But have you considered that, I, the protagonist, might be right?
A cool thing about being in London is when I realise that a primary source for the research I need to do this week is 30 minutes away from where I’m staying. “Oh, I need to learn about x? fuck it, I’ll go hang out where it was invented on Tuesday”
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A cool thing about being in London is when I realise that a primary source for the research I need to do this week is 30 minutes away from where I’m staying. “Oh, I need to learn about x? fuck it, I’ll go hang out where it was invented on Tuesday”
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Thomas Was Alone week is almost over, but we have the rest of our legacy celebration to go.
Here's to the game about rectangles that made all those future titles possible. 🟥
Here's to the game about rectangles that made all those future titles possible. 🟥
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thomas Was Alone week is almost over, but we have the rest of our legacy celebration to go.
Here's to the game about rectangles that made all those future titles possible. 🟥
Here's to the game about rectangles that made all those future titles possible. 🟥
Had both a birthday and a wife with exceptional taste in all areas except romance, so found myself building the Lego Gameboy. My god. Just a beautiful bit of engineering and design celebrating a beautiful bit of engineering and design.
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Had both a birthday and a wife with exceptional taste in all areas except romance, so found myself building the Lego Gameboy. My god. Just a beautiful bit of engineering and design celebrating a beautiful bit of engineering and design.
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
Love is as blind as a targ
Interestingly, only Kras the Klingon is seen drinking some unidentified beverage from a golden cup in #StarTrekTOS' "Friday's Child". All the Capellans and the Enterprise landing party are not getting a drink at all.
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Love is as blind as a targ
It’s funny catching wind that my posts against generative ai have raised a few eyebrows and pissed a few people off. I’d love to be able to give a fuck, but first I’d need to steal a million fucks from other people, and have a machine randomly assemble small parts of those fucks together for me
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s funny catching wind that my posts against generative ai have raised a few eyebrows and pissed a few people off. I’d love to be able to give a fuck, but first I’d need to steal a million fucks from other people, and have a machine randomly assemble small parts of those fucks together for me
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Pluribus starting unsurprisingly well. Immediately playing with your genre expectations. 5 seasons please.
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pluribus starting unsurprisingly well. Immediately playing with your genre expectations. 5 seasons please.
I am a self indulgent man
Did you know that all of our self-published games take place in the same universe? While the Thomas Was Alone characters might not appear in their rectangular forms in our later titles, you may have picked up on easter eggs re: a certain group of 'Architects' here and there.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I am a self indulgent man
Shout out to the escape room designer(s) they brought in for the finale of traitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Shout out to the escape room designer(s) they brought in for the finale of traitors
I like the idea of a 90s musical rendition of Waiting for Godot:
Godot!
(The exclamation mark is vital)
Godot!
(The exclamation mark is vital)
I keep thinking you're talking about the current production of the play with Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (which rocked BTW)
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I like the idea of a 90s musical rendition of Waiting for Godot:
Godot!
(The exclamation mark is vital)
Godot!
(The exclamation mark is vital)
Godot feels like what it is: an engine made in 2025 by people who know how small to mid size games are actually put together.
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Godot feels like what it is: an engine made in 2025 by people who know how small to mid size games are actually put together.
Sick, so taking natural remedies (point and click adventure games).. playing The Drifter and loving it.
More of you need to release your adventure games on Mac, is the thing
More of you need to release your adventure games on Mac, is the thing
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sick, so taking natural remedies (point and click adventure games).. playing The Drifter and loving it.
More of you need to release your adventure games on Mac, is the thing
More of you need to release your adventure games on Mac, is the thing
What’s that.. is it the low hum of humanity realising they can laugh in the face of establishment power and narratives?
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What’s that.. is it the low hum of humanity realising they can laugh in the face of establishment power and narratives?
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Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Just checking you all know about Spirit Swap, the game that came out this year that I directed alongside many incredibly skilled friends and workers! We’re a majority (uh I’m pretty sure 100% tbh) marginalized people co-op and self-published! Please check out our trailer I love it so much!
Good job, guys
Go on New York, do the thing. Ripples.
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Good job, guys
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Realized I forgot to share this one! The latest PWL is about indie game marketing, and why you should make bad games. DO IT. (ft. @mikebithell.bsky.social & @charalanahzard.bsky.social)
youtu.be/cFAihl5DNAc
youtu.be/cFAihl5DNAc
Make Bad Video Games (& indie marketing) | Play, Watch, Listen
YouTube video by Play, Watch, Listen+ with Alanah Pearce
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Realized I forgot to share this one! The latest PWL is about indie game marketing, and why you should make bad games. DO IT. (ft. @mikebithell.bsky.social & @charalanahzard.bsky.social)
youtu.be/cFAihl5DNAc
youtu.be/cFAihl5DNAc
There is for sure a marketing gap. It’s not that narrative games don’t sell, it’s that a lot of publishers aren’t set up to sell them. It’s a lot easier to blame the marketplace or devs for an issue than to give their marketing teams the resources they need to get it done.
It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
There is for sure a marketing gap. It’s not that narrative games don’t sell, it’s that a lot of publishers aren’t set up to sell them. It’s a lot easier to blame the marketplace or devs for an issue than to give their marketing teams the resources they need to get it done.
Go on New York, do the thing. Ripples.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Go on New York, do the thing. Ripples.
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Across the world, game dev unions are standing with us. @rockstargames.com - reinstate our members, now!
SAG-AFTRA stands in solidarity with the IWGB Game Workers Union exercising their right to organize following reports of union-busting at Rockstar. Our members’ union performances on Rockstar games are an integral part of the success and legacy of games like Grand Theft Auto.
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Across the world, game dev unions are standing with us. @rockstargames.com - reinstate our members, now!
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We're sending out THOMAS WAS ALONE Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're sending out THOMAS WAS ALONE Steam keys to creators who want to play the game on their channels this week. There's still time to get involved if you want to be one of them!
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
Fill out the interest form below and we'll be in touch ⬇️
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The entirety of my baseball knowledge comes from that one episode of DS9.
November 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The entirety of my baseball knowledge comes from that one episode of DS9.
Good shit. Terrifying, but good. youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q?...
ChatGPT made me delusional
YouTube video by Eddy Burback
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Good shit. Terrifying, but good. youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q?...
Looking forward to the #aiandgames conference this week. Say hey if you see me wandering around
(Conference on actual proper ai stuff devs use like machine learning, enemy behaviour etc, I’ll be dodging any generative crap, obviously, hate that charlatans force that clarification)
(Conference on actual proper ai stuff devs use like machine learning, enemy behaviour etc, I’ll be dodging any generative crap, obviously, hate that charlatans force that clarification)
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looking forward to the #aiandgames conference this week. Say hey if you see me wandering around
(Conference on actual proper ai stuff devs use like machine learning, enemy behaviour etc, I’ll be dodging any generative crap, obviously, hate that charlatans force that clarification)
(Conference on actual proper ai stuff devs use like machine learning, enemy behaviour etc, I’ll be dodging any generative crap, obviously, hate that charlatans force that clarification)