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Recovering academic. I make tools for facial animation and game narrative at JALI. (@jaliresearch.bsky.social)

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wow that is not making me feel better

11.03.2026 04:04 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 2

No, she just put out a new video yesterday about the Saw movies!

11.03.2026 05:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of the bar i was sitting at when i drafted this post. I had a coupla ginger beers, too.

A picture of the bar i was sitting at when i drafted this post. I had a coupla ginger beers, too.

Today marks 11 years clean and sober.
I celebrated by remembering the next year, next day, next breath are promised to none of us.
And some Diet Coke.

If any of youβ€”especially fellow gamedevs & queer folxβ€”think you have a problem with drugs or alcohol & want someone to talk to, I'm here for you.

11.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

estrogen is magic 🩷

10.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 4319 πŸ” 738 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 4

This has got to be some kind of defamation or something. You can’t just steal people’s IP and then pretend they’re saying something they never said.

10.03.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 2

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

10.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 1354 πŸ” 478 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 48
Me sitting in our garden egg chair, wearing an AVFC dressing gown hoodie, pretending to be the Emperor from Return of the Jedi

Me sitting in our garden egg chair, wearing an AVFC dressing gown hoodie, pretending to be the Emperor from Return of the Jedi

Me (slender Black guy with short front dreads) in the car in my Villa Champions of Europe top

Me (slender Black guy with short front dreads) in the car in my Villa Champions of Europe top

Not at #GDC but back on the #WhatAGameDevLooksLike train ✊🏿

Writer / Narrative Designer / Editor / Creative Consultant in my 25th year in the games industry. Ever closer to my 50th lap around the sun, but still a goofy goof-off.

Close to revealing some fun comics work, but available for games gigs!

10.03.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
grainy pic of me in front of the ocean. i have short pink shaggy hair, round silver glasses, am wearing a pink crop top, and i have a big cheesy smile

grainy pic of me in front of the ocean. i have short pink shaggy hair, round silver glasses, am wearing a pink crop top, and i have a big cheesy smile

heyo #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!!

i'm Gina (she/her), a freelance composer & music designer for indie games!! i've been in the industry for 7yrs now 🀯 i love working with cool teams and making games that are playful n full of heart πŸ’—

not at GDC but i AM available for work πŸ‘€

10.03.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A selfie of a middle aged chubby white woman with short wavy blonde hair. She is wearing cute glasses. Also a red shirt, which could mean nothing.

A selfie of a middle aged chubby white woman with short wavy blonde hair. She is wearing cute glasses. Also a red shirt, which could mean nothing.

Not at GDC but #WhatAGameDevLooksLike
I've been a technical animator for almost 25 years. I've worked at Turbine Games, Blizzard, BioWare and now Motive. I've done everything from rigging to coding to bloody dismemberment effects. Also, hair. My new glasses are cute!

10.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

was shockingly good in a chat context but in the agent loop it is just confused as shit lmao

10.03.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

apparently contrapoints quoted my wife which is cool but the video is so long i can't actually find when it happens

10.03.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My sense from GDC so far is that everyone is trying to metabolize the fact that we just don't know what the fuck anything is going to look like in five years.

10.03.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

You know, this is really it. There are players who want to know every shred of lore, and players who can't be bothered to learn the main character's name.

Infinite generative dialogue serves neither.

10.03.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This would be a more compelling offer if this administration didn't literally betray every single foreign ally the US had in the world in the last 14 months, with the possible exception of Israel.

10.03.2026 04:44 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are slime creatures in Elden Ring and Nightreign using anim rigs from Kings Field 1 in 1994.

Don't fix what ain't broke.

08.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 472 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

?? :0

10.03.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

High enough that I am now realizing all cameras in this TV show are being held by people and now I have to visualize the people and where they are standing. Help

10.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
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#WhatAGameDevLooksLike Hi, I'm Rico. Been at gamedev for 6, going on 7 years. My main thing is rigging, whether it be characters, props, vehicles, or fiddly environment stuff.

10.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oakland is 10000000% cooler than sf just sayin

10.03.2026 04:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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ART/RENOIR1.GIF

10.03.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

that is a lot of portfolios

10.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hartsman: Expectations for success are different depending on who you are. #GDC26

10.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
09.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 606 πŸ” 155 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

How was your first day at GDC? Did you catch, kill, and eat one of the other attendees? Were you caught (I guess you won't reply if you were!)? Are you still looking? How's the blood situation on the show floor?

09.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

the pattern we saw today was also how it went during Covid and the Liberation Day crashes. The market crashes, Trump says exactly what the market wants to hear and the market rallies back, it's then revealed that what Trump was saying is bullshit, but the market stays up instead of crashing

09.03.2026 22:33 πŸ‘ 834 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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A look at the WIP trailer for Ghost of Yotei created by Sucker Punch a year before the studio officially unveiled the title in Sept 2024.

It was used as a β€˜forcing function’ to help the team lock in on a vision.

09.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Jay: Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick

The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term

How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots?

10:45 PM Β· Apr 27, 2023

Jay: Guys, please don't let "skeets" stick The experiment in decentralized naming decisions has resulted in the worst possible term How about skoots? Can we bring back skoots? Bluesky OGs, help me out here, remember skoots? 10:45 PM Β· Apr 27, 2023

Say what you will about Jay, but she is solely responsible for Bluesky posts being called skeets.

09.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 1899 πŸ” 209 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 67
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Rohrl: Puzzles should follow an easy-hard-easy pattern. Very easy to make early moves, then gets harder after obvious moves are done, and then accelerates to an easy finish once you break through. #GDC26

09.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meretzky: Tripeak Solitaire has a coin-based economy because it was originally a minigame in a casino game. All of the clones (like Disney Solitaire) have inherited this economy without considering why it was there in the first place. (Know Your Inheritance) #GDC26

09.03.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Board Game Area at #GDC25 is looking good!

09.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0