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★ Creative Artificer 🪄 & Marketing Alchemist 🧪 ★ Head of Brand @ Into Games ★ Director of ‘The Ouroboros Express’ 🚂 > najmahsalam.com/play-the-ouroboros-express ★ IG50 Winner '24 🏆 najmahsalam.com Check out my services! https://ko-fi.com/najmetender
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One of the joys of a brand new journal is immediately covering it in stickers

Digital love languages ❤️ memes sent through insta DMs ❤️ job openings in LinkedIn messages ❤️ heart to hearts in Discord ❤️ unhinged WhatsApp groups

If you know how to write the same thing in different, fresh ways, again and again, you're halfway to being a content marketer.

A game I worked on is releasing a new demo as part of Steam Next Fest! Bundle of Joy is a lighthearted, story-rich, minigame romp about becoming a parent during the pandemic. 👶 Wishlist now 👶 > store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/... #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Grew up with roly-poly but may have to replace it with cheesy bobs

Current status: Crying looking at jellycat dragons I'm not even a plushie girlie but... 😩

All the markings have nearly rubbed off my stove so switching on the right plate is like a Resident Evil puzzle

Guys I just wanna say, if we ever have like a meeting or hangout and you’re not feeling good - just let me know and reschedule. I would never be mad at you for self-awareness.

In other news I made a really tasty chilli con carne yesterday as a result of browning the beef first because I learnt about the Maillard reaction from the Burger Scholar. That is my ideal evening.

I just want to live a small humble life making things with friends, having nice food and getting enough sleep.

Concept art for Metropolis (1927) by Erich Kettelhut.

Once again I'm here pleading people who play indie games to rate them/recommend them if they enjoyed them 🙏 Too many times I've experienced people telling me they liked my games (either in a comment, DM or during a stream/gameplay) but then don't rate them.

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Some of you haven’t listened to “Never Be The Same Again” by Mel C and Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes today and I’m here to fix this aggregious error

Expectation/reality

Headed to guildford.games festival this Friday! Gimme a shout if you’re going 😎

Welp, time for my annual watch of Labyrinth soon

Imagine being offline

Me as a ghost, shaking a spectral air fryer basket that will never be filled 😫

I hear the Miniature Counterfeiters' Guild is accepting new applicants, if you're looking to make a little coin

I’m gonna be old and say I’ve observed people saying stuff that is factually correct but the way it’s said is so bad. Like the way information is presented, especially in online spaces, is just as important as the message itself…

Can’t really explain why but I feel like I have bro energy

I was looking at some graffiti and someone had tagged “DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB” over one of the pieces… Brutal…

The latest Footnotes newsletter is out! In it, I share stories from MAGFest and @mivsmagfest.bsky.social. It was an incredibly rewarding and validating experience. Also, just about a month and a half left before our release... kinda scary! Check it out here: buttondown.com/essaygames/a...

I used to work for a travel company and I once helped out with a luxury tour in Southern Italy. At the end of the tour, two of the guests complained that we ate too much pasta and seafood. 🤡

This is so ridiculous but I miss having a Singaporean style chicken chop. So simple and good.

"I'm fun! I'm a fun person!" I say while creating documentation systems for other people to follow and writing several reminders on how to follow those systems.

Me: Maybe I'll chill out a bit this week. |Also me: Takes part in a TTRPG jam out of nowhere. 🤡 If you love fun, food and the, ridiculous antics of a cooking showdown, why not give Picnic Wars a try? Grab some friends and play it now~! 🐝 🍰🍴 #TTRPG #GameJam #LayoutDesign #Illustration

Feeling overwhelmed today, I fear.

I can’t stress enough how people want to work with people who are good to work with, and that extends beyond pure technical skills. Do you communicate needs well? Are you a good listener? Do you advocate for others? Are you able to balance being professional and fun well?

This may sound primitive and unscientific, but through the fairies, we COULD ask Mothra for help

Recent scribbles presented without context

...check up on yo strong friends...

Happy Lunar New Year!! 🐍 #art

there are only 3 kinds of game producers. i will not explain

If you're the parent of a child age 9+, and you have not started the HPV vaccine for them, it would be worth asking your doctor to start it. It prevents many cancers but remains controversial for stupid reasons, and there's a very good chance it could go away or become limited.

📢 Level Up has been updated with new salary data from: • Nintendo • Rockstar Games • Blizzard Entertainment • Stoic Studio • Scopely Check it out here: lvlup.fyi #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevelopment

I am OVER THE MOON that @mackeza.bsky.social wrote about Bundle of Joy for @theguardian.com. I love how she identifies so clearly what I'm trying to capture and share. What an incredible way to start the week!

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Looking for good eggs! 👀 We're gonna be following Twitch streamers all afternoon. So if you're a mental health safe space for your viewers - drop a link to your Twitch below! 💜

Seeing YouTube videos called “I fixed this game’s _____” leaves such a sour taste in my mouth to be honest. I think you can provide a different take or perspective, or critique, but the idea that you can “fix” it sounds so deliberately provocative. But I guess that’s what works for the algorithm?