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A design things I still struggle with and constantly check is asking the question "Is this feature compelling for the player or is this fun for the designer?" It's really easy to get into the weeds and be clever about designing something but the player never engages with it. Playtest is the answer!

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In case you're in Brooklyn Friday night and want to see some very cool indie games: www.meetup.com/gumbo-collec...

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there are SO many amazing, talented, wonderful (and a million more adjectives) people I have been wanting to meet in new york that if you see dark circles under my eyes KNOW that i will be running off of joy, excitement and dreams... ... and caffeine. a lot of it. hehe

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Finally arrived to New York City, phew—first stop is Colombian food, and no one can stop me. (BUT I am open to suggestions, where should I go while I'm here ? 👀✨)

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i know a Lot is happening, BUT if you’re a mutual of mine and have my phone number don’t message me through SMS long story short, messages do not go through in my new phone EVEN though it’s the same number. whatsapp/discord/insta still work thank goodness

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GamesRadar+ has a whole page about how and what to pitch us: www.gamesradar.com/gamesradar-p... The email for the vast majority of freelance pitches to put it in front of the relevant eyeballs is: [email protected]

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Submissions for the Six One Indie Showcase are open until July 8th! Indies of all backgrounds are encouraged to submit their games for consideration. As always: zero-barriers, zero-costs, no paid inclusions or ads. Key info can be found in the thread below! Submit: www.sixoneindie.com/showcase

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We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤 Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬 📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all 💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible 🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!) dnacreative.notion.site/codex

submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments

If you’re at NarraScope, come to the Arch Street Meeting House and check out Rosewater! (I love that I’m demoing in a historical building in Philadelphia)

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Only 3.5lbs to lose before I can schedule bottom/top surgery. Really hoping I can be scheduled before the end of the year and I have to reapply for insurance coverage again. I have enough funds for about 10 days off so far, hoping I can double that! ko-fi.com/U7U613D3A4

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IT'S JUNETEENTH! There is still so much fucking work to do in this country to clean up the blood it was built on and so many reparations owed. One of the small ways we can help is actively seeking out, hiring, supporting and buying from Black artists. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 6 days ago • 18 comments

I would like to thank the combined powers of daydreaming and heaphones for my entire career

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We just released a huge update for ATUEL on itch.io! 🎉🙌✨ Our surrealist documentary game now includes: 🗨️ Localization to 7 new languages! 🎮 Full support for controllers! 💪 Better performance for low-end PCs! This update is also coming to Steam & Google Play on June 30th! matajuegos.itch.io/atuel

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You have until June 30 to opt out of @atlassian.bsky.social adding AI to your JIRA. Check your email for a message with the subject "Important notice: AI and Rovo access coming soon" for more information.

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Writing a script in Excel.

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Job titles don't necessarily reflect the work you do and vary wildly from studio to studio. Nobody agrees on what a narrative designer is.

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In the GameDiscoverCo newsletter, Women-Led Games Showcase was shown to average around 3,900 wishlist additions per game during #SummerGameFest! This is only our second year running and we can't wait to improve moving forward. Check out the post here: newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/revealed-t...

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happy fathers day to the father that STEPPED UP kazuma kiryu

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Really nice to see @turnfollow.itch.io’s Before the Green Moon featured on here! Love what they do.

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ATUEL IS ALSO PART OF NEXT FEST! 🙌 🌺 🎏 You can play the demo and wishlist the full game here: store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

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Folks, please store.steampowered.com/app/2666920/...

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With $15k in grants awarded to 1-2 Devs located in NYC, deadline is this Friday the 13th!

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All the 💙 to @marinmmiller.com for bringing the Caretaker to life!

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“I’m sure they’d be ready to clarify that it’s not the people, it’s the city itself, and that’s frankly even more frustrating: the fact that they think the two can be divorced. That the place can be separated from the people.” This is it right here. Thank you @gameonysus.bsky.social

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Wishlisted this SO FAST and so should everyone, check out Atuel!

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Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.

submitted 15 days ago • 22 comments

I volunteer as a narrative tribute, but honestly Bloody Roar was my first fighting game and remains one of my all time favorites.

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Simone Weil // "Everybody knows that really intimate conversation is only possible between two or three. As soon as there are six or seven, collective language begins to dominate."

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The reason we make games about immigrant food is because food is is the first step in connecting with culture. People will accept immigrant food before they accept the people that make it. You can’t separate the two. We got to celebrate our game in LA this week despite the anti-immigrant assholes.

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Over the weekend we revealed our latest game - Colorbound! It's got: 🧩Thinky puzzles 🎨An amazing color palette 🎵Catchy original music 💙Subtle and emotional Chilean narrative Wishlist it- store.steampowered.com/app/3778610/...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

resist, one thousand times.

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Making a game is hard. Releasing one is harder. If a game stumbles out of the gate or feels raw, remember: most of these folks are running on fumes. Feedback helps. Kindness helps more.

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I had the pleasure of putting this feature together! Truly so delightful to step back and be like damn, we makin a GAME. This team is working so hard to make Grave Seasons awesome 😁🎮 Also very fun to go "I'd like to focus on our femme devs for this" and that's just... the majority of the studio 😂

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... Oh, so students have to move THERE for an internship and put up with THAT high of a risk?

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Our next game, Dosa Divas. Battle an evil fast food empire in this spicy narrative turn-based RPG. Two sisters and their upgradable spirit-mech cook delicious meals, fight corpos, build up your reputation with local communities, and reconcile with loved ones. youtu.be/jzOKSPSVYwY?...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

The lack of Wu-Tang love on my feed is disheartening.

submitted 19 days ago • 9 comments

Reminder: Actors are still on strike for bare minimum guard rails on the use of AI in videogames and we have been for 11 months. We have struck longer and with less resources than our on-camera colleagues.

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