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Senior Narrative Designer on Frostpunk 2. Loves cookies and Murder, She Wrote. https://www.amandaikelly.com/
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Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

submitted 25 days ago • 191 comments

Microsoft is going to price gouge you by adding their genAI to your subscription without your consent, and they are not transparent about how to avoid this bullshit. Here's how to change your subscription back to "Classic" for a lower charge without Copilot: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

submitted 36 days ago • 304 comments

Hey so I made a David Lynch Game Jam. use the #davidlynchgamejam to follow along, tag your entries, and if you can't join, share. Go here to join: itch.io/jam/fix-your...

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

this is what long-time Elon watchers call "The Realization": when Elon stumbles into your area of expertise, and you realize everyone just gives the guy the benefit of the doubt because he talks about complicated things people don't pay attention to

submitted 38 days ago • 162 comments

floored they didn't call it the swiitch

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

I'm trying to decide if I'll make any new year's resolutions around self-improvement and just noticed that Boston offers monthly chocolate-tasting classes

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

THIS SUCKS. Game writers: if your company is planning on doing this for characters you wrote, PLEASE kick up a fuss. Don't cross that picket line!!!!

submitted 66 days ago • 4 comments

That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are

submitted 72 days ago • 278 comments

y'all. i used to play among us. sometimes i was even the assassin. should i be worried? who knows what i'm capable of

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I think there is no greater example of how much the police and justice system are for the wealthy & property than what we’re seeing with the resources being thrown at catching The Adjuster.

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

Must be terrifying knowing that someone who you’ve never met has the power to destroy your life

submitted 78 days ago • 4 comments

Terry Pratchett articulating the truly horrific horribleness of humanity.

submitted 88 days ago • 17 comments

CHARACTERS - Day Eight: Dorian Now this is a fun one. It's no big secret I have a lot of feelings about Dorian, not least of which because he was my first (and only) gay male companion. There's a lot more to him than that, of course (as there should be), and it was quite a trip. So let's go!

submitted 88 days ago • 34 comments

doctor dog treating sick cat, 15th century

submitted 92 days ago • 124 comments

CHARACTERS - DAY FOUR: Alistair Ah, Alistair. Depending on who you ask, he's the adorable woobie with the biggest heart or the irritating, over-used man-child. Yes, he is indeed all of those things. Good characters have flaws to go with their virtues. Ugly spots. That is literally their humanity.

submitted 92 days ago • 57 comments

CHARACTERS - DAY THREE: Flemeth I have a type. I admit it. There are certain wells I can return to repeatedly and always find something new to explore. One of them is older female characters. Mike used to rib me about it. Consider Wynne. Meredith. Genevieve. And, of course, the biggie: Flemeth.

submitted 93 days ago • 36 comments

Re: TGA nominations... Are our memories really that short...? www.ign.com/articles/how...

submitted 97 days ago • 21 comments

Let me show my hand as a narrative designer: It's all narrative all the time whether you intend it to be or not. Mechanics are not just abstract tools, they mean and imply things too

submitted 100 days ago • 17 comments

Making video games is hard

submitted 102 days ago • 12 comments

devs who create and maintain good documentation are goated

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I say stuff like "I'll never understand this country." But no, I do. I think we all do.

submitted 109 days ago • 39 comments

submitted 109 days ago • 72 comments

"The stories we tell, the characters we create and the game worlds we build are instrumentalised by those who seek to silence creativity, to stoke fear and incite hatred. " Damn fine speech.

submitted 113 days ago • 4 comments

The really baffling thing about this is: Re-writing someone else's draft is INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT. I should know! I have done it! Even if the first draft was amazing, it's hard to go in and fix it because it requires you to reverse-engineer the thing from its concept.

submitted 131 days ago • 2 comments

I love to make female characters that are like just some guy but a woman

submitted 402 days ago • 0 comments