Between the games industry, theatre in Australia collapsing and the ongoing push for Ai, I am well and truly utterly exhausted.
Amber Stacey
@amberstacey.bsky.social
💀 Creative Director & Artist @Bones: Wandering Soul // Studio Tinkerhaus Pty Ltd. 🎮 Co-Leader @Level Her Up. 🌸 Busy Mum 🎓Academic. 🎭Musical Theatre 🏳️🌈She/Her
Trying to say autoethnography, interpretivism and methodological, all in one go and first thing in the morning for a research presentation… was an insane choice by past me 💀
Spontaneous trip to the Immigration museum last night to see “Eonarium Enlightenment: An Immersive Light Show” with the music of Vivaldi 🎻💚
We're brainstorming @frostygamesfest.com's total world domination at the moment, so if anyone has need for a Frosty shaped collaboration, panel appearance, talk or otherwise we would love to hear from u!!! hello at frostygamesfest dot com 🍦
Very excited to be searching for some voices to help us bring some of our key characters to life 👀
We’re looking for talented voice actors to help bring the characters of our narrative game to life as we take the project from prototype to vertical slice 💀 Paid roles. Applications close June 30. All details ➡️ studiotinkerhaus.com/casting #CastingCall #IndieGame #GameDev #VoiceOver #Indiedev
I’ve been working on a little animation promo with a few of my tinkerhaus team members in UE5 for an early learning centre and it’s been an absolute joy to work on an animation project again 💚 Really proud of our little team and pulling this together in a very short amount of time.
Finished a paragraph today? That's progress. Writing is built one sentence at a time. Celebrate every forward step. #MondayMotivation
A day off work well spent, singing on ABC radio with Lucy and the Glee Club 🩷✨
We couldn’t be more thrilled to share that Bones: Wandering Soul has been selected for funding through VicScreen! 🤩✨ 💀✨✌🏻 #vicscreen #indiegame #madeinmelbourne
Tonight I did a wholesome thing and joined Lucy Durack’s ‘Glee Club for grown ups’ for a wee bit of a cozy sing 😌🩷
Alysa Liu is every kid that stopped doing what they loved due to competitive expectations, abuse & burn out. To win gold after coming out from retirement & choosing to do it all on her terms, with zero expectations other than the need to perform and make people happy, is what freedom looks like 🩷✨
10pts to this guy, for not peeing on the funky shoes of Virginia Gay during our evening stroll just now. As you can see… he is very pleased with himself 😆
Between the living and the forgotten, Bones stands still. Searching for a name. Searching for a home. #indiegame #skeletongame #indiedevs #feelinglost #lonelysouls #narrativegame
✨ BOOKS OPEN!✨ My clients for this year have wrapped and in 2026 I will be looking for new work! I am a Art Lead with a specialty in anything 2D, who has also done business admin. I'd love to work with kind folks making cool things, if this sounds like you plz shoot me a msg💚
Phenomenal 🔥❤️ Was certainly well worth the 15yr wait to see her again.
Let’s gooooo! 🥳
THIS WEEK: 3rd Annual "We Can Build It!" Game Jam 🎮 Make a game in 48hrs with the support of a welcoming community and experienced gamedev mentors! 🗓️ Nov 22+23 | 9am-5pm AWST 📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord) ✨ For women & non-binary folks 🔗 RSVP FOR FREE: events.humanitix.com/level-her-up...
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Unity & Game Design! 🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors 🗓️ Nov 15 | 10am–4pm AWST 📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord) ✨ For women & non-binary folks 🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!): events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents... #gamedev #unity
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Unity & Game Design
Learn the fundamental skills for Unity and Game Design in this two-part workshop for emerging / future women & non-binary video game developers.
events.humanitix.com
Went to attend a small event in city tonight and naturally stumbled my way into another, which just happened to be a sing-a-long of Wicked at Fed Square. ✨ I may or may not have been wearing a wicked themed shirt by accident in the process 😅
33yrs later, and she can still be found backstage for any performance 🩷
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Aseprite & Blender! 🎮 Two-part FREE workshop led by experienced mentors 🗓️ Oct 25 | 10am–4pm AWST 📍 In-person (Perth) + Online (Discord) ✨ For women & non-binary folks 🔗 Register (in-person spots limited!): events.humanitix.com/lhu-presents... #gamedev #2dart #3dart
Level Her Up Presents: Intro to Aseprite & Blender (2D & 3D Art)
Learn the fundamental skills for 2D pixel art & 3D modeling in this two-part workshop for emerging / future women & non-binary video game developers.
events.humanitix.com
My HEART 😭🤍
Our youngest team member Oscar has made an appearance for his first ever PAX, and has been busy giving the latest build of Bones: Wandering Soul a spin, in between collecting pins from all the indie games on display 💀🩶 @amberstacey.bsky.social @paxaus.bsky.social #PAXAus #MIGW