Andrew Crawshaw
@andrewcrawshaw.bsky.social
Gamedev and 1-person studio @ThunkdGames Past credits: The Magnificent Trufflepigs, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Amnesia: AMfP. Also run gamedev networking events. https://linktr.ee/andrewcrawshaw
#GRNEWHORIZONS is fast approaching‼️ Grab your tickets at the advance rate £199 here: buff.ly/9HVrExm RATE ENDS 31st JULY Thanks to our official partners @redkitegames.bsky.social, Double Eleven + @xsolla.bsky.social + strategic partner Steel City Interactive for their continued support.
NEWS update with some of the latest speakers and party news on #GRNewHorizons
No physical games means future consoles will eventually become landfill. There's no secondary market and there'll be barely any collectors of machines that can't be used for anything because support has been switched off. Which probably means virtual consoles will be the next step...
Indies, launching the game they've worked on for 3 years, with zero marketing activity:
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · last mo.my god
If you make games and are in #Sheffield or #SouthYorkshire (or anywhere tbh), why not join us on Thursday 🥳
Play Sheffield@playsheffield.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Play Sheffield meet up for June is ✨Thursday 4th✨ 📅 4th June 🕖 7pm - 9pm 📌 Sheffield Plate, Orchard Square 🔗 luma.com/knbgyf79 Super casual, and open to everyone involved in video games in any role, whether you're studio, indie, hobbyist or part of the wider games industry 🎮
When game designers get Chat GPT to write their resume...
🎉🎉 Happy GaMaYo Day - and what a way to celebrate it 🎉🎉 Running until the 3rd June, the event features over 100 games from our network's fantastic developers and publishers. store.steampowered.com/news/group/3... #gamedev
GameRepublicGaMaYo - Game Republic Games Festival - Steam News
The Game Republic Games Festival features the best games from its UK members and events, including the huge game dev meet-up GaMaYo which takes place on the 21st May in Leeds!
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More Tintin animated movies in the works? This is great news! I thought they'd abandoned the idea. (I still think Indiana Jones needs this treatment. I'd love to see an animated series in this style). www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/the-...
'The Adventures of Tintin' Sequel Plans Moving Ahead, Peter Jackson Tells Cannes | Animation Magazine
'Lord of the Rings' helmer Peter Jackson told his Cannes master class that he intends to return to directing at last with a 'Tintin' sequel.
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ICYMI: we're working on a sci-fi-horror 3D text-parser about controlling human beings for a corporation that will exploit any resource for profit. If that sounds like your jam, we have a short demo on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4600930/...
Remote Control Demo on Steam
Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.
store.steampowered.com
Canteen - Wishlist REMOTE CONTROL@canteen.bsky.social · 3mo agoWelcome to the team 🫡🕹️ #indiegame
📢 We need you... For the Northern Games Office which will bring information together about the North's incredible ecosystem, opportunities and more to support everyone wherever they are and at whatever stage they are at in The North. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... - #gamedev
Northern Games Office
Game Republic has established the Northern Games Office - inspired by the community of the Great Northern Games Discord, following our work on developing the Great North Creative and interventions to…
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If you are a #gamedev based in the North East - there is a coach from Middlesbrough and Newcastle to GaMaYo on 21st May. Special thanks to sponsors Johnston Carmichael and Double Eleven + Acid GameLabs- sign up for one of the twenty FREE spaces here: gamayocoachjun26.eventbrite.co.uk
GaMaYo Coach - June 2026
A FREE return coach from Newcastle and Middlesbrough to GaMaYo in Leeds.
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If they're televising David Attenborough's 100th birthday party I hope we're going to see him getting his birthday bumps. It's not a proper birthday party if you don't get bumps.
Can't wait to see what it makes of all my cat scream emojis and melting face emojis.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."
More games content and commissioning please! The BBC Charter review is about to close, we think games should play a significant part in the workings of the BBC in the future, please contribute to the Charter Review. Deadline 10th March #gamedev dcms.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Game Republic New Horizons has established a new advisory board of over 20 industry experts to shape the three-day October conference. https://bit.ly/4re3HS8
Our studio only sent one programmer to Microsoft's "X01" conference, which was a pre-launch event for the original Xbox. I didn't go but I ended up with the Press Kit - a couple of CDs in a neon green perspex case.
Back in the day... my second PlayStation (1) game. Our publisher's QA dept would send us a VHS tape of bug captures with the bug numbers written on the back. They'd send them via a motorbike courier. I think some of them were captured by pointing a videocamera at the screen. No patches or updates.
40 new games on show, 300+ 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 , 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦-𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 AND 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. Book now + we have 6 demo spots left for grabs. If you are a #gamedev grab a free ticket for the event by joining The Great Northern Games Discord: buff.ly/GJLYjXV #games
INTERNSHIP ROLES 🎨 Come work with us at Rebellion on exciting games. If you have a cool art portfolio but 0 industry experience under your belt, you should apply. - Concept Art Internship wrkbl.ink/dK6mBOJ - Environment Art Internship wrkbl.ink/3jsfWAQ - Weapon Art Internship wrkbl.ink/3IgFN8X
Busy day ahead, but looking forward to hosting Leeds Games Toast this evening! (It's a monthly informal hangout for gamedevs.) No ticket required, just drop in and mingle.
Game Audio Symposium is back for 2026!! Come and join us in Leeds for 2 days of awesome talks and chats with the game audio community
Game Audio Symposium@gameaudiosymposium.bsky.social · 6mo agoHere we go again! The most amazing two day in person game audio event in the UK returns for a fourth year! We’re excited to announce that the Game Audio Symposium ’26 will take place in Leeds on 29th & 30th May. Tickets are available now at www.gameaudiosymposium.com
After a few months off I'm happy to share that Leeds Games Toast is returning next week. We're close to the train station, and we (gadly) get game makers from across the North, NE, NW joining us to hang out and chat with fellow game makers
We've done a new game! If you like one or more of: * Tower defence * Scottish Space Dwarves * Retro vibes You should check this out right now!
Wales Interactive@walesinteractive.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe're reuniting with @ant-workshop.com to bring you Into the Slimy Mines, a tower defense roguelike with a card twist! You can expect... ⚒️Intergalactic Mining Dwarves 🦠Hundreds and thousands of Slimes ⚒️Did we mention the Intergalactic Mining DWARVES? youtu.be/9MPBCESan6Q
our next game REMOTE CONTROL is ready to wishlist on Steam! very stoked to be making this thing. help out your local indies, we're just little guys: store.steampowered.com/app/4253280/...
REMOTE CONTROL on Steam
Remote-control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk and decide how disposable a life really is.
store.steampowered.com
Canteen - Wishlist REMOTE CONTROL@canteen.bsky.social · 6mo ago📣📣 Announcing our next game 📢📢 REMOTE CONTROL Our sci-fi horror typing adventure where you control human proxies to explore a derelict spaceship. Type your commands, manage risk, and decide how disposable a life really is. Wishlist now on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4253280/...
