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Guido Schmidt
@narkerns.bsky.social
Author & Design Director @Rovio
Check out my book “Game Design: Impossible” here: https://books2read.com/GameDesignImpossible
Book progress - 8 out of 22 Todos remaining. Big point this week was how company culture is easy when the money is plenty. But when it counts, things can turn ugly quite quickly:

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November 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
*expanding my vocabulary*

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November 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Been thinking a lot about this lately and found this quote - which nails my own feelings I get when I find AI generated images or videos.
Not that I hate them, necessarily.
They're nice.
But ultimately, uninteresting, somehow.
I always wondered why.
This may be a good explanation.
Why do you think?
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Book progress - Still 9 out of 22 Todos remaining. Mostly because I worked on my last interview and getting that into the book:
www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Book Progress - 9 out of 22 Todos remaining. This week was mostly about the rationale for my framework:
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November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
*me writing a funeral scene*

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November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Book Progress - 14 out of 22 Todos remaining. Integrating feedback regarding balanced viewpoints is tricky, but very important: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Typical social media fluke, when a random comment gets almost 20k views on LinkedIn🤷
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Book Progress - 20 out of 22 Todos remaining. And I am still looking for a female game creator to interview: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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November 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
What a month!
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Book Progress - One more interview to add from a female game creator perspective: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What a week…
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Book Progress - A breather and new feedback. And acknowleding that, yes... sometimes shit happens: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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October 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I'm exploring character banter at the moment.

I'm on a quite serious story right now, but I need some levity as reprive while still staying in character and tone. Tricky stuff.
October 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*me right now*
October 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Book Progress - Wrapped up my last bits and pieces of notes, quotes, citations, and special thanks. Now we have to prepare the ARC: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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October 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Book Progress - Finished editing chapter 5 out of 5. Plus the epilogue. It was a good week and I got a lot of things done: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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October 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Beta reader feedback on my fantasy story. Seems like I am on a decent path with this.

Especially when working on it actually *gives* me energy.

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October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
*me, writing my dark fantasy story*
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Book Progress - Finished editing chapter 4 out of 5. Some big reworks in there, but we are getting there: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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September 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
You know what - writing is just so much fun! XD

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September 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Book Progress - Editing chapter 4 out of 5. Giving my prose more space and (contrary to good practice) keeping the head-hopping mid-scenes: www.linkedin.com/posts/narker...

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September 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For all people being afraid to write their story “because the same idea already exists”:

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September 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM