Vaida
@vaida.me
Designing things & making things 🌕 a bit of UI/UX @ Strange Scaffold 🌔 Edinburgh 🌓 https://vaida.me
slay queen!!
Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
slay queen!!
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Still working night and day on The Mermaid Mask. I've never worked so hard or for so long on anything! Apologies again, about being so quiet for so long. It's been a real 'head down working' kind of year.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Still working night and day on The Mermaid Mask. I've never worked so hard or for so long on anything! Apologies again, about being so quiet for so long. It's been a real 'head down working' kind of year.
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Pleasantly surprised to learn that this video is actually about cool game UI (among a dozen other topics, it's a chaotic watch)
The most important point here is that the primary reason we're getting less varied and experimental interfaces in games is... the economy
youtu.be/Zc3D-5ZyQpI
The most important point here is that the primary reason we're getting less varied and experimental interfaces in games is... the economy
youtu.be/Zc3D-5ZyQpI
Yes, games really WERE cooler years ago
YouTube video by f4mi
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Pleasantly surprised to learn that this video is actually about cool game UI (among a dozen other topics, it's a chaotic watch)
The most important point here is that the primary reason we're getting less varied and experimental interfaces in games is... the economy
youtu.be/Zc3D-5ZyQpI
The most important point here is that the primary reason we're getting less varied and experimental interfaces in games is... the economy
youtu.be/Zc3D-5ZyQpI
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@bartbonte.bsky.social ooh good to see you on here! hope the belgian indie scene is doing well! 😎
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@bartbonte.bsky.social ooh good to see you on here! hope the belgian indie scene is doing well! 😎
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one miyamoto line that always sticks with me is that you know have a (good) solution when it solves multiple different problems at once
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
one miyamoto line that always sticks with me is that you know have a (good) solution when it solves multiple different problems at once
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designing a mech for a religious cult whose devotees venerate the syncing of their pulses was very very exciting for me. fingers for feet, nail motifs abundant. angels are just demons that shine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
designing a mech for a religious cult whose devotees venerate the syncing of their pulses was very very exciting for me. fingers for feet, nail motifs abundant. angels are just demons that shine.
70 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, just finished the main story thread of Act 1... and realised some books/notes you pick up are quest hints but aren't signaled as different to pure lore books... the completionist's curse
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
70 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, just finished the main story thread of Act 1... and realised some books/notes you pick up are quest hints but aren't signaled as different to pure lore books... the completionist's curse
oooh, super cool stuff being organised in the ttrpg scene in glasgow 👀
Hi Friends! #GroundhogPlay is a new access-focussed ttRPG playtest convention at @plutoq.bsky.social Glasgow, organized by @thirdvaultyarns.com and @floaker.bsky.social.
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
Run your in-dev game, get feedback, learn lessons, and try again. There will also be a creator peer support space.
#TTRPGintro
November 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
oooh, super cool stuff being organised in the ttrpg scene in glasgow 👀
"What if James Bond was a 5-pixel-tall cowboy? Could that cowboy escape FORT FREEZE?"
a cinematic and very serious PuzzleScript game for the ThinkyCon Jam! had lots of fun doing the puzzle design for this one!
vaidap.itch.io/splinter-cow...
a cinematic and very serious PuzzleScript game for the ThinkyCon Jam! had lots of fun doing the puzzle design for this one!
vaidap.itch.io/splinter-cow...
SPLINTER COWBOY in FORT FREEZE: THE FINAL FRONTIER by Vaida
Will Splinter Cowboy survive this deadly mission?
vaidap.itch.io
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"What if James Bond was a 5-pixel-tall cowboy? Could that cowboy escape FORT FREEZE?"
a cinematic and very serious PuzzleScript game for the ThinkyCon Jam! had lots of fun doing the puzzle design for this one!
vaidap.itch.io/splinter-cow...
a cinematic and very serious PuzzleScript game for the ThinkyCon Jam! had lots of fun doing the puzzle design for this one!
vaidap.itch.io/splinter-cow...
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I just love being an artists and making art. I love seeing all that is wonderful around me. I love soaking up knowledge and concepts and images, I love coming up with new things, learning new skills. I just love it all so damn much.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I just love being an artists and making art. I love seeing all that is wonderful around me. I love soaking up knowledge and concepts and images, I love coming up with new things, learning new skills. I just love it all so damn much.
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steam machine de la abuela
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
steam machine de la abuela
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if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
if you get to make art today, add something fucking dumb that cracks you up
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
that is the specific humanity in your work
everything else, no matter how necessary (and it is!! it's vital!), everything else is redundant context, it's safety
you have plenty of tortilla
it is time for the meat of joy
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Glad to see Polygon cover the resistance of game developers to generative AI--and to be able to speak briefly to one of the greatest dangers of this entire thing.
Gen AI doubles down on making MORE SPACE for production issues that *already make games worse.*
www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-...
Gen AI doubles down on making MORE SPACE for production issues that *already make games worse.*
www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Glad to see Polygon cover the resistance of game developers to generative AI--and to be able to speak briefly to one of the greatest dangers of this entire thing.
Gen AI doubles down on making MORE SPACE for production issues that *already make games worse.*
www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-...
Gen AI doubles down on making MORE SPACE for production issues that *already make games worse.*
www.polygon.com/arc-raiders-...
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🚨 The Clones and Consciousness bundle ends soon! 🧠
Explore both The Orchard and the Starward Belt in this blockbuster bundle, including Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and 1000xRESIST for 17% off!
Be quick, the bundle is only live for one more day ⏱️
💠💫 bit.ly/ClonesAndCon...
Explore both The Orchard and the Starward Belt in this blockbuster bundle, including Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and 1000xRESIST for 17% off!
Be quick, the bundle is only live for one more day ⏱️
💠💫 bit.ly/ClonesAndCon...
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨 The Clones and Consciousness bundle ends soon! 🧠
Explore both The Orchard and the Starward Belt in this blockbuster bundle, including Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and 1000xRESIST for 17% off!
Be quick, the bundle is only live for one more day ⏱️
💠💫 bit.ly/ClonesAndCon...
Explore both The Orchard and the Starward Belt in this blockbuster bundle, including Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector and 1000xRESIST for 17% off!
Be quick, the bundle is only live for one more day ⏱️
💠💫 bit.ly/ClonesAndCon...
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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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asked my mom for a tarot card set for my birthday, but the ones she sent me are "AI-enhanced"... it's a pain having to manually investigate bc this is a thing i definitely want to be 100% human-made
does anyone have a favourite deck, esp one that ships to the UK?
does anyone have a favourite deck, esp one that ships to the UK?
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
asked my mom for a tarot card set for my birthday, but the ones she sent me are "AI-enhanced"... it's a pain having to manually investigate bc this is a thing i definitely want to be 100% human-made
does anyone have a favourite deck, esp one that ships to the UK?
does anyone have a favourite deck, esp one that ships to the UK?
finished watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man today, played through the Dispatch episodes that are currently out this weekend. going from banger to banger
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
finished watching Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man today, played through the Dispatch episodes that are currently out this weekend. going from banger to banger
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my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
YouTube video by Thinky Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
my ThinkyCon 2025 talk about crankin out little games in my free time is up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsl... includes a cute photo of Stegi ((un)official mascot of the corgispace manifesto)
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Today is the steam release day for the lovely Drill Bird by @mnniska.bsky.social and friends, it's just a lovely little game!
Save 17% on Drill Bird on Steam
Drill Bird is a cozy-yet-tense digging platformer where every trip underground counts. Play as a bird fallen from the sky, in search for powerful ores to hatch your Egg. Get home before night falls, u...
store.steampowered.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today is the steam release day for the lovely Drill Bird by @mnniska.bsky.social and friends, it's just a lovely little game!
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dick cheney reminded me of this article. “Yeah, well, waterboard me if it makes him feel better. It’ll still take a week.” rest in piss etc
www.huffpost.com/entry/cable-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/cable-...
I Was A Cable Guy. I Saw The Worst Of America.
A glimpse of the suburban grotesque, featuring Russian mobsters, Fox News rage addicts, a caged man in a sex dungeon, and Dick Cheney.
www.huffpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
dick cheney reminded me of this article. “Yeah, well, waterboard me if it makes him feel better. It’ll still take a week.” rest in piss etc
www.huffpost.com/entry/cable-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/cable-...
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For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
store.steampowered.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
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anyway wwwobble.org is very cool - a Downpour-like but on the web. and it's Olivia Jack who's working on it! (she made Hydra). and she's got funding for it! so nice to see!
Wobble Web
wwwobble.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
anyway wwwobble.org is very cool - a Downpour-like but on the web. and it's Olivia Jack who's working on it! (she made Hydra). and she's got funding for it! so nice to see!
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Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
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Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
actionnetwork.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...