just heard a guy on the radio receive the news that the film he directed got nominated to an Oscar. he screamt and cried.

and I could relate.

I've followed the IGF for so many years. being nominated for a game I directed, feels... staggering.

now, 6 of us have created a real company, gotten gov. funding, and are working on a bigger, better, beautifuller version of Mind Diver.

most days, I'm just in the work.

when I take a step back, every act feels significant, everything seems full of color.

thank you, IGF <3

very very proud of the team and our game,

it was a cobbled-together team of students, from >8 different institutions.
it was the most challenging creative process, I've ever been in.
having a bunch of smart people say "it's good", relieves a part of the old doubt inside.

RT @igfnews@twitter.com

#IGF23 Nominees for Best Student Game

Gevaudan (Team Gevaudan)
Mind Diver (Indoor Sunglasses; @MindDiverGame@twitter.com)
Presenter Slides (@being_brin@twitter.com; @m_schifter@twitter.com)
Shutter (Team Scoop; @shutterthegame@twitter.com)
Skala (@GustavAlmstrom@twitter.com)
Slider (@randomerz_@twitter.com)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/igfnews/status/1617927353283514368

*walks on stage*

*taps mic*

*coughs*

*inhales*

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*turns off mic*

*walks off stage*

How does #gamedev work?

On Saturdays, you spend an hour in the rain in a park, picking up fallen soft branches to give to a friend, so she can help you make a wooden wreath an actress will wear, when you 3D-scan her next week, as a a signifier of the cult her character is in.

This game is nice to devour in my eternal hunger for extremely well-designed mobile arcade games.

Come beat me.

It, uhh, suddenly got very hard after 60 🙃

RT @chinykian@twitter.com

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SAWBLADES.
Available for mobile devices, Jan 2023.
Preorder/Pre-register now!!! (links in the replies)

#gamedev #indiedev #gamemaker https://twitter.com/chinykian/status/1597959568948047872/video/1

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chinykian/status/1597959568948047872

please remember to like and subscribe and view. viewwww

Best video game podcast out with another episode after a tiny break of a small decade

RT @robertashley@twitter.com

A Life Well Wasted Episode 8: Memory

Out Now.

This sat on a hard drive for almost a decade. Thanks for hanging around for it. http://alifewellwasted.com/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/robertashley/status/1602383099165384704

guess I'm into mechs now

RT @mossmouth@twitter.com

Never played Armored Core, but I'm definitely going to start. https://twitter.com/fromsoftware_pr/status/1601060647327784960

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mossmouth/status/1601123477406089216

how i give myself direction

Realizing that several of my favourite games involved me taking a long break from them and returning!🤔
Disco Elysium: felt so guilty after the tribunal, I couldn't keep playing.
Dark Souls: first time reaching the bell gargoyles 🙃
Journey of 1000 Stars: Repeatedly!
And the QT!

RT @ZepCap@twitter.com

@Nifflas@twitter.com It's my favourite WTF moment of any game! Also my favourite implementation of magic. It had such an impact on me - I literally took a break for a month from the game upon realizing the full impact of the Magic.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ZepCap/status/1599754813822013440

Extremely tempted

This is very hot

RT @optimisticindie@twitter.com

From today, Substream is now available to buy from @itchio@twitter.com and via http://substream.benbradley.com/

It's an on-rails shooter where every level morphs and animates to the soundtrack - tribal, funk, jazz from Floex (Samarost3) and chiptune from Souleye (VVVVVV). Oh, and space is looped.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/optimisticindie/status/1593637304291262464

Hey folks! I'm Joe and it's literally my job to help more people discover thinky games (I still can't believe this job exists).

* I run the YouTube channel Joe Plays Puzzle Games: https://youtube.com/@JoePlaysPuzzleGames
* I helped launch ThinkyGames.com: https://thinkygames.com/
* I occasionally make puzzly things: https://josephmansfield.uk/ and https://sftrabbit.itch.io/
* And more to come!

If you enjoy or are even mildly intrigued by thinky games (I'd love more people to discover this world), give me a follow!

So you're just getting started in Mastodon huh?

Here's a neat thing. On the web interface you can search for a Hashtag.

Same as you can on Twitter.

Something like #Ukraine, for example

But on the search results, see that little user icon on the right? Click it and you'll follow it as if it's a user!

New posts with that tag will arrive in your home page, even if you don't follow the author yet

A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:

1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.

2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.

3) Don't obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn't a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.

@radiatoryang do you... make game?