Seth Rosen
@sirrosen.bsky.social
Burned out. Nectar Vector next. Before: Game Director + Lead Designer on Pacific Drive, Designer on Bioshock Infinite, various Don't Starve things, and Mafia 3. Liked Movie. Boston area. he/him
Pinned
Seth Rosen
@sirrosen.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Finally making an intro after being busy with life stuff lately... 📌
Hi! I'm Seth! I'm a game designer. I like systems and I've been doing this for almost 15 years now:
☁️🏙️ BioShock Infinite
🚫🍲 Don't Starve (Reign of Giants and lead on Together)
🥃🔫 Mafia III
☢️🚗 Pacific Drive (game director and lead)
Hi! I'm Seth! I'm a game designer. I like systems and I've been doing this for almost 15 years now:
☁️🏙️ BioShock Infinite
🚫🍲 Don't Starve (Reign of Giants and lead on Together)
🥃🔫 Mafia III
☢️🚗 Pacific Drive (game director and lead)
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Rebecca Heineman is a giant in the game industry. May she be long remembered.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Rebecca Heineman is a giant in the game industry. May she be long remembered.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
this is such a great generous thread of observations and insights from what must have been an absolutely hellish week. also GENERATION EXILE looks cool af -- I suspect a bunch of you following me are WILL ALSO be into narrative-heavy solarpunk sims/builders
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
this is such a great generous thread of observations and insights from what must have been an absolutely hellish week. also GENERATION EXILE looks cool af -- I suspect a bunch of you following me are WILL ALSO be into narrative-heavy solarpunk sims/builders
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2963240/...
Reposted by Seth Rosen
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Seth Rosen
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Reposted by Seth Rosen
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for November includes:
💰 Grand Theft Auto V
🚗 Pacific Drive
🌊 Still Wakes the Deep
🪖 Insurgency: Sandstorm
…and more. Full details: play.st/43NtckL
💰 Grand Theft Auto V
🚗 Pacific Drive
🌊 Still Wakes the Deep
🪖 Insurgency: Sandstorm
…and more. Full details: play.st/43NtckL
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog lineup for November includes:
💰 Grand Theft Auto V
🚗 Pacific Drive
🌊 Still Wakes the Deep
🪖 Insurgency: Sandstorm
…and more. Full details: play.st/43NtckL
💰 Grand Theft Auto V
🚗 Pacific Drive
🌊 Still Wakes the Deep
🪖 Insurgency: Sandstorm
…and more. Full details: play.st/43NtckL
Reposted by Seth Rosen
play thisssssssssssssssssss
👑The Below the Crown is now in Early Access on Steam ♟️
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
Our first launch in almost 10 years!
Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here for everyone to try - please give us a review!
store.steampowered.com/app/1883920/...
Save 35% on Below the Crown on Steam
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow p...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
play thisssssssssssssssssss
Reposted by Seth Rosen
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
Reposted by Seth Rosen
I don't think I've posted these marketing shots here! I arranged them for the upcoming Thick as Thieves game, and was also responsible for the architecture and lighting. I think they're fun!
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I don't think I've posted these marketing shots here! I arranged them for the upcoming Thick as Thieves game, and was also responsible for the architecture and lighting. I think they're fun!
Played an early build of this about a year ago and it was good then, very excited to see how even more good it is now!
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Played an early build of this about a year ago and it was good then, very excited to see how even more good it is now!
Rewired everything so I have all my consoles and dedicated PC-streaming set up now
I can play The Bible Game anytime I want
I can play The Bible Game anytime I want
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Rewired everything so I have all my consoles and dedicated PC-streaming set up now
I can play The Bible Game anytime I want
I can play The Bible Game anytime I want
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
I know I keep banging on about it but really, I think this bundle is such a fun collection of ideas, I just 'finished' levelling one character in Q-UP and it's just been such a fun gallery of little game design flourishes and beautiful design.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/60852...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/60852...
Save 8% on Heads or Tails on Steam
store.steampowered.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I know I keep banging on about it but really, I think this bundle is such a fun collection of ideas, I just 'finished' levelling one character in Q-UP and it's just been such a fun gallery of little game design flourishes and beautiful design.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/60852...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/60852...
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Ambrosia Sky: “it’s mainly out of spite”
"To some degree, I have been able to leverage my experience, reputation, or resume -- which is like maybe 10% deserved and 90% circumstantial -- to create opportunities for other people."
@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...
@joelburgess.bsky.social on the eve of Ambrosia Sky's release.
www.patreon.com/posts/what-i...
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Ambrosia Sky: “it’s mainly out of spite”
HmmMMm
November 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
HmmMMm
Reposted by Seth Rosen
A new sect may have been formed to capture the "whispers" in the woods for @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive expansion👁️🗨️
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A new sect may have been formed to capture the "whispers" in the woods for @ironwood.bsky.social's Pacific Drive expansion👁️🗨️
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
Thanks to the vancouver indie camp members, and uh sorry to the campers across the lake. ⛺
*Use headphones for a binaural experience
Reposted by Seth Rosen
basically all of these films were major points of obsession for me in college, and now you can watch them all just on youtube. amazing. in particular Mirror basically changed my entire relationship with film after i took a Russian cinema class on a whim and it made me change to a film major.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
basically all of these films were major points of obsession for me in college, and now you can watch them all just on youtube. amazing. in particular Mirror basically changed my entire relationship with film after i took a Russian cinema class on a whim and it made me change to a film major.
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Reposted by Seth Rosen
Hey #pitchyagame !
💥a mash up of top-down action, tower defense, and settlement building, and hive fives
🏠defend your people against waves of rogue AI bots
🌳bring life back to your island in the post-post-apocalypse
DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/
💥a mash up of top-down action, tower defense, and settlement building, and hive fives
🏠defend your people against waves of rogue AI bots
🌳bring life back to your island in the post-post-apocalypse
DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hey #pitchyagame !
💥a mash up of top-down action, tower defense, and settlement building, and hive fives
🏠defend your people against waves of rogue AI bots
🌳bring life back to your island in the post-post-apocalypse
DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/
💥a mash up of top-down action, tower defense, and settlement building, and hive fives
🏠defend your people against waves of rogue AI bots
🌳bring life back to your island in the post-post-apocalypse
DEMO: store.steampowered.com/app/3580340/Ash__Adams_Existential_Treads/
Reposted by Seth Rosen
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
EXCLUSIVE on @gamedeveloper.bsky.social: not only has The Game Awards not nominated a Future Class for 2025, it's told alumni it "does not have any active programming plans" for the award.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.
The Future Class page was taken down sometime this year—eliminating a definitive archive of honorees.