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Melissa ๐ŸŽจ๐Ÿ‡

@melinteractive.com

me when i game and also design. yes ๐Ÿ’ซ (tt)rpg lover, (tech) designer, (medieval) fantasy nerd

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Eyyyy
I had so much fun reading a few of the essays already and they're so rad! Just tiny little snippets of delicious narrative wisdom. The sort of thing too niche and too small to get featured on a conference, but insanely valuable

Anyway, mine's about writing biographies, the quick and dirty way

05.03.2026 10:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i wish there were more design frameworks that focus explicitly on B and not A because it really could use some more attention and more discussion within the game design space

27.02.2026 16:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

so much of training designers focuses on:
A. how to make up a Really Cool Game

and so little of it focuses on:
B. how to teach people to play the Really Cool Game you just made up

when in reality B is like 60% of your job

27.02.2026 15:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we measure cognitive maturity using the Mayonnaise Meter

27.02.2026 15:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Only 2 weeks away!

26.02.2026 19:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's not every day a game I'm working on is on the cover of PC Gamer magazine!

Check it out for an exclusive look at Dawn of War IV, and where I reveal some tidbits on the various factions. ๐Ÿ‘€

26.02.2026 20:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The big day is tomorrow, we really outdid ourselves! Question is, what to do with all this stuff after ๐Ÿ˜ญ

24.02.2026 19:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i just finished binging all the old episodes and now I get a new one! No way!

23.02.2026 19:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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actually i think we need to make one of these but instead of the pumpkin its gobot

22.02.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if he gets here on time i gotta walk around with this guy taped on my shoulder at #godotcon

22.02.2026 18:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I GOT HIM!!!! MY SON!!! #godot

22.02.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey Bluesky! Here's some early footage from a game I'm working on; a destruction simulator party game! Expect to see more in the future!

21.02.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holy crap I sign out of the internet for one evening and what even is happening in the games industry today

20.02.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 269 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i was just thinking this afternoon, 'im doing a bad job keeping up on gaming news'. so i decide to read today. bad decision

20.02.2026 22:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Save 55% on Who's Lila? on Steam A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

i wanna share a game that altered my brain chemistry, and it's on sale rn
store.steampowered.com/app/1697700/...

point and click 'reverse detective' where you control the protagonists face by dragging parts around, instead of choosing dialogue options.
it's philosophical, weird, and really special

20.02.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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this is my new design cycle guys what do you think

19.02.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ooh! another video essay for the collection! thanks kitty

19.02.2026 20:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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this is what half my linkedin feed looks like ๐Ÿ˜ญ

15.02.2026 20:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

also make sure they all have autism

13.02.2026 16:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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pro tip: if you get married make sure you have a lot of game dev friends so they can make your venue into an elaborate escape room with drinkable potions and unlockable furniture and magnets and black lights and and and

13.02.2026 16:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1