gabriellekent.bsky.social wrote some excellent books for Knights and Bikes. I bet a kids adventure game with her taking the narrative lead would be fun.

Martin Korda back in the Lionhead days was really easy to work with. I don't think he's on bsky though. www.mobygames.com/person/18523...

For a narrative driven sci-fi AAA RPG, a game set in one of derekkunsken.bsky.social worlds would be incredible. Especially anything in the Quantum Evolution setting.
A smaller scope point & click game within "Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County" would surely be an indie hit too.

that looks stunning

obviously now my brain might parse "X-Fruits" a bit differently lol

Thank you :)

... I'm not sure how many AAA games released with the biggest event being a bunch of devs wearing studio hoodies & t-shirts wandering around London after announcing it on their blog... that was Fable II though!

100% agree. We've got no one who can take care of the kids locally, so the only time I get a few hours alone or to hang out with just my wife is if I take a school day off.

Thanks @zenofdesign.com :D It would be nice to connect to more gamedev folk on here, so yeah I am up for being added to that list :)

Now I've had a taste of that working-from-home life for a few years... I don't want to go back.
Was it better working remote in the 90s then it was in office?
I only got to work remotely very occasionally in the 00s

I am glad I got to do some programming on that project. People over the years have told me how important Fable II was to them, how it helped them feel seen or got them through a rough patch.
I am fortunate that I got to do my little bit to make a game that made the world a little better for some :)

yeah, impending meetings can take up too many brain cycles.