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The world is truly a clown show. Truly the worst and most loathsome timeline ever. No words otherwise beyond pure disgust and anger.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

The industry has really been depressing lately (the past 3 years now). Headlines like this make me bitter and sour and really lose the spark of what got me into the industry in the first place. Big love and hugs to my friends at Monolith, Player First, and WB SD.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

📢KICKSTARTER PRE-LAUNCH CAMPAIGN IS NOW LIVE📢 DevteamLife 2: it's a passion job, soon on Kickstarter! Please share on your social medias, colleagues and friends, subscribe to the pre-launch page to be the first to know when it will go live! Link in the thread 🔽

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

EA CEO Andrew Wilson's recent comments about Dragon Age: The Veilguard have spawned countless headlines and angry posts about how he thought it should have been a live-service game, but when you actually look at the transcript, it's really just corporate word soup. It's not saying anything imo

submitted 23 days ago • 42 comments

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW! GO GO GO! ✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨

submitted 25 days ago • 66 comments

Color me super excited and surprised that I manged to get through for the #Switch2 Experience sweepstakes in Paris! Hype is very real, and it's good to have a reason for living till at least April 5th!

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

There isn't much international coverage but the aggressor's army has decided to continue occupying parts of south Lebanon past the 60 day period as per the ceasefire agreement. And, they are casually still blowing up housing in villages across the border. Just regular shit.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Just would like to mention that despite the "Ceasefire" with Lebanon, and the intention to respect the sovereignty, there is currently an aggressor MK drone whizzing over the capital Beirut, and has been for the last 40 minutes. Happy Tuesday.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Fuck cancer. Please hug your loved ones today for me. Life is short, take all the photos you can, and cherish all the moments you have. Please send cute pet photos. And once again, fuck cancer with every fiber of fuck I have to give.

submitted 41 days ago • 5 comments

Switch 2 let's gooooo! A shame the leaks happened because otherwise this would have been a much stronger reveal. But happy to see them confirm the mouse capabilities and the upper USB C. Is that a new Mario Kart tease? Cannot wait for the April direct and later launch!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Even with the end of hostilities from the aggressor, please continue to hold them accountable for the countless lives lost and the continued apart_heid system that forces 🍉ians to go through nightmares every day. So much destruction and death.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you

submitted 46 days ago • 9 comments

Freaking finally. Ending a 2+ year stalemate of shit in the country. Hoping this means that some stability is incoming for Lebanon. Of course corrupt AHs are still in control. I have zero faith in macho MPs that resort to calling women MPs "wh*res" at the earliest chance, which happened today.

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you for supporting my Dream. Our campaign reached its goal ❤️❤️❤️

submitted 53 days ago • 23 comments

Big congratulations to @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social and the team working on "Dreams on a Pillow" for not only reaching the funding goal but exceeding it to now be over 200K!! This is absolutely phenomenal and a testimony to how necessary stories like this are. Alf mabrouk and kul tawfeeq!

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Last eight days to take part in the funding and support of "Dreams on a Pillow", a 🍉 game retelling stories from the 1948 Nakba. Please consider donating whatever you can in the link below to help bring it to life:

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

We're almost 90% to the goal for @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's Dreams on a Pillow - a game about Palestine, made by a Palestinian, literally risking his life under violent apartheid to make this game and tell this suppressed story. 8 days left. Please help him out. launchgood.com/1948

submitted 54 days ago • 3 comments

🎉Out Now 🎉 Just in time for the holidays, my book “Demystifying Creativity on originality in game development” is now shipping world wild on Amazon, Google Books or wherever you get your books from! Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone🎄

submitted 67 days ago • 13 comments

Thanks, Eurogamer, for running this. It remains crazy how intentionally silenced this story has been in games media, so it's good to see someone bravely report on it. www.eurogamer.net/palestinian-...

submitted 70 days ago • 9 comments

The interview was phenomenal. Tremendous work by @gdocexpo.com and @sharpiepls.com. More than 60% of the funds have been raised in such a tremendous time. Please do check out the campaign and contribute whatever you can to get this absolutely necessary game made: www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

submitted 71 days ago • 0 comments

Such a fantastic #DevInterview! Uplift & support Palestinian stories and voices. The best way to support #DreamsOnAPillow is by contributing to their crowdfunding campaign. 🔗 www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/... #gamedev

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Nate here, fighting back tears as I type. @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social is a Palestinian game developer from the city of Nablus– the same birthplace as my father-in-law. Baba hates it when I say father-in-law. I use the term only so you know he’s my wife’s biological father, not mine. 1/x

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

Interview is now premiering on YouTube !! youtu.be/K1J_kQ_EFho

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

Yoooo, Rayman was added as a new bot to rescue in the #AstroBot Winter Wonder update. What a cute and pleasant surprise. This game is such a joy, and never fails to make me literally scream out in joy.

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

I had to snip out my favourite moment from #TheGameAwards. @laratlarian.bsky.social's words echo the heart of every developer. The industry needs to listen. We just want to make cool stuff for people. #indiedev #gamedev

submitted 78 days ago • 31 comments

My takeaway from the night, is my friend's highlight of #TheGameAwards ... I will only call the Football game from @sloclap.bsky.social Fifu.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Absolutely, beyond a shadow of a doubt, well deserved and definitely one of the best games I've played this year. Followed closely by Balatro and Pop: The Lost Crown!

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

OKAAAAAAAAAAAAMI IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAACK FUCK YESSSSSSSSS

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

I genuinely didn't think Hazelight Studios could outdo themselves from It Takes Two, but everything we have seen from Split Fiction looks absolutely bonkers and I cannot freaking wait. Kudos Josef Fares and team 💜❤️

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Oh @samlakewrites.bsky.social you beautiful amazing man. Thank you for wearing the Ceasefire for Gaza pin. Means a lot to people like us to see someone at #TheGameAwards do something to recognize the horrible atrocities occurring in Palestine and Gaza.

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Big congrats to the amazing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown team and the accessibility team at Ubisoft for the Innovation In Accessibility win at #TheGameAwards. Absolutely well deserved and truly brought the Metroidvania up a notch. One of the best games of the year. 💜🙌

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to has an official release date!! Mark your calendars for February 3rd! Wishlist it now (or try the severely outdated demo we've improved upon so much it's embarrassing heh): store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...

submitted 80 days ago • 50 comments

The support has been incredible. Let's help get Rasheed and the game over the funding line and make sure important stories like this are told and experienced by many.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Just Israel doing Israel things, now violently invading yet another country. There is no greater threat to human rights or peace than Israel, a nation that can genocide, apartheid, and occupy with impunity. It is unraveling our world as a whole, and will be the end to Western leadership on Earth.

submitted 80 days ago • 22 comments

I've decided to create a humble starter kit for game devs that are of Lebanese origin. I know there's more than these fine folks around, but I have a feeling most haven't joined Bluesky. I'll wait and see, and potentially turn it to a Levantine Arab list instead go.bsky.app/BCfeTT1

submitted 82 days ago • 6 comments

I used to write about games before I started making them (and will still write about other people’s games). I started this ultra niche Starter Pack featuring journalists turned game developers (and executives). Please let me know if you or someone you know should be added! go.bsky.app/Crg4Fi1

submitted 84 days ago • 65 comments

As someone currently going through work burnout due to various reasons, this speaks to me at a deeply fundamental level. I genuinely can't wait to see and go through the journey Davey and the team @ivyroadgames.bsky.social have in store for us.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...

submitted 85 days ago • 38 comments

I really don't know what to say tbh. It's been so bloody depressing. Go to work, get depressed, go home, get even more depressed, somehow find the energy and leeway to restart and repeat. I genuinely just try and take each day as it comes cause I don't have the willpower otherwise.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday, Palestinian artist Zeyne released an incredibly beautiful short film dedicated to her homeland. The film is part of Zeyne’s new release where she combines poetry, R&B, and dabke music all in an ode to Palestine. It’s visually stunning youtu.be/xhH6CON3SD8?...

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

What the heck does a ceasefire mean if the possibility of war by the aggressors is based on mood and whim. People in Lebanon have to constantly live in fear and worry of tomorrow. What a sham, and what a circus of politics and a desire for constant death and destruction.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

first guest is @ramiismail.com, who explained why games mess up arabic and how that's both a result of and catalyst for anti-arab sentiment. we also discussed dreams on a pillow, a palestinian project he's producing on that has an “in case of our creative director getting massacred” contingency plan

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

I don't think there has ever been a more pivotal time for a game like "Dreams on a Pillow" to exist. It deserves to exist and needs our support. Please consider contributing to the campaign below to help @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social bring this game to life, because no one else can or will.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments