Someone on the morning show on #Victoria CBC radio has taken to playing the theme to Buckeroo Bonzai in between segments and it gives me a boost every time I hear it.
@ironiciconic
Award-winning writer, game designer, & programmer. Wrote for Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Seven Keys & BAFTA-winning Hercule Poirot: The First Cases. Partner @ Talespinners. Cat sorcerer. Canadian. (He/They)
Someone on the morning show on #Victoria CBC radio has taken to playing the theme to Buckeroo Bonzai in between segments and it gives me a boost every time I hear it.
Hahaha! @labelleepoque.bsky.social will love this one.
Iβm Anna, Iβm a Senior/Lead freelance game writer and narrative designer, and this is #WhatAGamedevLooksLike
Eh, fuck it.
Did writing and ND for some fan projects, then finally got a legit job last year, which nibbled at my impostor syndrome enough for me to claim this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!
I bring a "what if both these characters were women" energy to the writers room that guys don't always love.
So exciting! I can't wait to read the heck out of this book.
After three years of work, AETHUS is out... NOW! π©βπβοΈ
This is my love letter to survival-crafting games, and it's a full 1.0 package - no EA!
$15.99 at launch for 30+ hours of proper story-driven gameplay.
Can you help me spread the word about my little indie game?
#AETHUS #GameDev #IndieGame
Congrats to my favourite editor!
My brief essay in this is called "The Art of Writing Lore," and it's about how to take those codex/encyclopedia entries to the next level.
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face
Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now
"...we all hold secrets in our hearts that we do not wish to be revealed to the world, and these characters are no different."
What secrets do your characters hide?
Find the clues in my essay βThe Case of the Mystery Game Writerβ in the new collection βGame Narrative Kaleidoscopeβ.
#GameWriting
Do it! I'd sign if I was going to be there...
RUSH
Check this out! I'm cozily nestled between @wildwinter.bsky.social and @kaittremblay.bsky.social. Definitely in fine company!
Itβs alive! My favourite person ever was invited to contribute to this book about #narrative in #videogames and I am so excited and proud of them @ironiciconic.bsky.social
Happy Game Narrative Kaleidoscope Release Day!
Get your copy today and check out "The Case of the Mystery Game Writer" by yours truly, as well as over a hundred essays by my talented fellow game writers.
Thanks to @jon.inkle.co for making it happen!
#GameWriting #GameDev #GameNarrative #Writing
I'm so excited!
Who's got two thumbs and has written an article for this fine publication?
πMe!π
I should probably mention that the weather is nice here today, in my neck of the woods. Not winter weatherish at all.
I find it strange that everything that UPS is supposed to deliver to my home gets delayed by a "significant weather event". Did they offend a weather witch or something?
NEW: The Chinese-language messages that accused non-ABC Vancouver councillors didn't start with Lenny Zhou, who has since apologized for them.
They started with the mayor.
I may have to refer to them as "Cyberpintos" from now on.
I love the subway sequences in Unavowed with the characters talking amongst themselves.
Tweet by Jatin @jatinkmalik The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible
Excited to share that reviews for the Echo Generation 2 demo is 94% Positive on Steam!π
Thanks to everyone who played and reviewed so far!
Curious about this sci-fi deckbuilding adventure? Play the demo ahead of #SteamNextFest NOW!
One of the highlights of my going to GDC the first time was meeting Brenda, who was very gracious about my fanboying at her about Wizardry 8.
I'll never forget how Eka in the last minute saved us from signing a bad deal for Venba.
He gave us so much help and only asked in return was we help others like he helped us, which I'm trying my best to do, especially with emerging devs.
Reach out! There are a lot of parasites hoping you won't.
do you:
π‘οΈ want to eat the rich
π citizen sleeper, disco elysium, cosmic wheel sisterhood
π₯ feel like the world is fucked
βοΈ and want to do something about it?
Then back All Will Rise on Kickstarter NOW + share with your friends + enemies. We NEED YOU! β¨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...
Canadian Olympians ice dancing to RuPaul? Yes, please! #olympics #canada #werk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnK6...
I once had brunch one table over from David Suzuki.
I also got on the same plane as him back to Vancouver from Heathrow.
Coincidence?! Yes, most likely.
OMG I remember this