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Jeff Hamilton

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Game designer at Blizzard. He/him. Fan of: comics, music, archery, my cats. Personal account, all opinions are just mine. formerly @jeffahamilton on Twitter https://jhamilton.bearblog.dev/blog/ for blog-shaped thoughts

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pink haired bride in a netted tulle wedding dress and a tiara

pink haired bride in a netted tulle wedding dress and a tiara

this is #whatagamedevlookslike (when she’s getting married to another gamedev ayyy)

i’m polly, not at GDC, but been in games for a million years (14)

narrative designer on dispatch
game designer on palia
designer & producer on neopets
and some other shtuff

10.03.2026 19:21 👍 70 🔁 14 💬 4 📌 0

all of us in theaters tearing out any hair we have remaining like "WHY CAN'T EVERYONE SEE THIS"

10.03.2026 21:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm opening up ttrpg consultations once again, but I'm going about it a little differently this time. It'll be two hours for 40USD, and you can reply to this post to sign up. I'll get to as many people as I can.

You'll want to read this whole thread though. There's a developer-wide bonus.

10.03.2026 19:18 👍 55 🔁 29 💬 2 📌 1

I forgot, apologies. Credentials.

Creator of the Babble On Equity Project (www.bigbadcon.com/blog/babble-...)

Independent Designer of Mutants in the Night (800+ copies sold) and plot ARMOR (1300+ copies sold)

Narrative Designer at WotC On D&D (9mo)

Creative Director @ Dimension 20 (2yrs)

10.03.2026 19:49 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0

Terra Nil is not an exact match for that but it's interesting in that vein

10.03.2026 20:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣

10.03.2026 20:02 👍 1872 🔁 617 💬 59 📌 105

I'm Ellie. I'm an Asian-American narrative designer, writer, educator, and occasional Twitch streamer.

Over a decade ago -- in my first day of in game dev undergrad -- someone told me I was in the wrong class.

Babes, they were wrong about us. 🔥

#WhatAGameDevLooksLike

10.03.2026 20:30 👍 40 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 0
Full body mirror selfie of me in an all-black outfit. I am wearing a wraparound harness, a short cape, pointed toe boots with a clear wedge heel, and have mesh sleeves with roses embroidered on them

Full body mirror selfie of me in an all-black outfit. I am wearing a wraparound harness, a short cape, pointed toe boots with a clear wedge heel, and have mesh sleeves with roses embroidered on them

Selfie of my face. I am wearing octagonal glasses, a silver floral ear cuff, and a black velvet choker

Selfie of my face. I am wearing octagonal glasses, a silver floral ear cuff, and a black velvet choker

I am actually at GDC so it’s that time again 🙂‍↕️

I’m a Singaporean game producer on Diablo IV 🖤
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike

10.03.2026 20:05 👍 172 🔁 23 💬 15 📌 0
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The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

10.03.2026 16:39 👍 5753 🔁 1194 💬 69 📌 124

Hi I'm Nigel! I'm a producer at Bungie working on Marathon! If you need a producer for anything be it animation, systems, concept, marketing I've done it all!

While I'm not at GDC I hope I can go back one day! #WhataGameDevLooksLike

18.03.2025 19:06 👍 96 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 1

Okay LFG #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! I’m Mary, + this is my 10th year in games. I’ve been AAA and indie, everything from narrative director to contract writer, and I’m now a senior writer at CD PROJEKT RED.

I’ve got two wee children and a very lorge cat, 50+ houseplants, + many unfinished manuscripts 💕

10.03.2026 10:58 👍 207 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 6

Hopping aboard the yearly #WhatAGameDevLooksLike trend 🚂! I’m Devin, I’ve been drawing for indie & AAA stylized games for 7+ years now (what the helly 😳). I’m currently a lead concept artist at Owlchemy Labs making colorful, whimsical VR games! TALK 2 ME ABOUT FASHION!! Enjoy GDC yall n stay safe 🥹

10.03.2026 06:24 👍 102 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 0

immediate save to cart

10.03.2026 06:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Most accurate portrait of modern culture currently available

10.03.2026 03:09 👍 15363 🔁 3773 💬 275 📌 224
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Cooperation Design Unique Problems of Cooperative Game Design In some ways, cooperative systems make a designer’s life much easier. It’s easier to enjoy even a mediocre experience with friends, because humans like to g...

thanks to the fan asking me to dig up my 2013(?) article on co-operative design. attention friendslop admirers, you can here see how it solves all 5 unique co-op problems through deliberate friends-only, comedy-as-lower-expectations, and other cleverness: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

09.03.2026 17:46 👍 35 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Shaw’s grocery store

Shaw’s grocery store

“we have Silksong at home”
Silksong at home:

10.03.2026 00:27 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

looool

10.03.2026 00:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!!

I will be at GDC all week!

09.03.2026 23:19 👍 89 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0

it’s that time! #WhatAGameDevLooksLike
I’m Calliope, prev lead producer at Wētā Workshop on Tales of the Shire 🍀
👉 now full time Platform Director at GYLD, & part time advisor/cozy game expert/ marketing/strategy @dragonsnacksgames.bsky.social

i’m into history, cozy, and spooky!♥️

pic: gdc2025

09.03.2026 23:15 👍 187 🔁 27 💬 4 📌 2
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09.03.2026 21:53 👍 5568 🔁 751 💬 46 📌 20

a very literal enclosure of the commons scenario lol

09.03.2026 17:49 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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the coral tower
#hollowknight #silksong #art

09.03.2026 15:34 👍 3718 🔁 591 💬 12 📌 8
JC has pink and purple hair and is wearing sunglasses, a black sleeveless hoodie, and a silver necklace with a pizza charm on it. She is in front of a bunch of flowers that look like they are exploding out of her head. The sky is blue behind her.

JC has pink and purple hair and is wearing sunglasses, a black sleeveless hoodie, and a silver necklace with a pizza charm on it. She is in front of a bunch of flowers that look like they are exploding out of her head. The sky is blue behind her.

This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! I’m JC, I’ve been a gamedev for 10+ years in AAA/indie, and I am currently lead producer and (NEWLY MINTED) COO at my studio, @twirlbound.com! I love making cool stuff with cool people, developing sustainable career paths, and of course yelling (lovingly) about Jira ✨

09.03.2026 16:03 👍 394 🔁 67 💬 11 📌 20

wow xpac launch and daylight savings time getting together to suplex my sleep schedule into oblivion

09.03.2026 08:57 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

always paladin first. I play everything eventually though 😄

09.03.2026 08:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

yep 89.14. 90 tomorrow!

09.03.2026 08:38 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
An artist on a ladder drawing a huge art piece live

An artist on a ladder drawing a huge art piece live

One of the developers of the game Abigail holding up a tiny felt pizza with the heads of two babies on it! :0

One of the developers of the game Abigail holding up a tiny felt pizza with the heads of two babies on it! :0

Tim and a Psychonauts fan who is wearing a hat and goggles just like Raz’s

Tim and a Psychonauts fan who is wearing a hat and goggles just like Raz’s

An overhead shot of the Midway full of people for Day of the Devs.

An overhead shot of the Midway full of people for Day of the Devs.

Thanks to everyone who came to #DayOfTheDevs this year! Both the developers and the players! Thanks to all the hard working folks who make the show run so well! And thanks to all our generous sponsors! I had a great time and met so many awesome people! See you next year! 💀🎮❤️

09.03.2026 06:20 👍 235 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 0
my cat Tommy sitting in the middle of the bed. he has hunted a toy mouse

my cat Tommy sitting in the middle of the bed. he has hunted a toy mouse

bed's been claimed, sorry

09.03.2026 07:01 👍 384 🔁 7 💬 12 📌 0

don't think I'm gonna quite make max level today in WoW but I'm reasonably close. Guess I should have taken a PTO day to play 😅

09.03.2026 06:44 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

A Shadow The Hedgehog promotional image with the caption 'SORRY I FORGOT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. I SIMPLY DIDN'T REALISE THAT IT WASN'T ALL YEAR.'

09.03.2026 01:54 👍 15841 🔁 5226 💬 3 📌 27