Tracey "Tam" McGarrigan
@ansiblecomms.com
Marketing strategic advisor & boss lady for interactive tech, video games & the creative arts AKA "The Queen of making stuff all okay!"
A smaller number of emails than usual, so there's a far better chance of getting featured this time out! Indie devs, to action!
Hey indie peeps. I'm going to be doing Kotaku's Indie Penance Day on Friday July 3 this year. If you have an upcoming or recently released game that deserves eyes, please email me at jwalker@kotaku.com with the subject "INDIE PENANCE 2026", and include a store link and YouTube video. Rules follow.
Our indie studio is looking for some freelance support for our current project Mithra. If you are a 2D artist or narrative designer based in the UK, check out our job listings!
We're hiring! We have a couple of short-term freelance positions open with a July 2026 start. We're looking for a Junior 2D Artist and a Narrative Design Assistant. These are both remote positions open to applicants with the right to work in the UK. Learn more: www.seventhdisorder.com/jobs/
We made a game where YOU get to summon any body and fight zombies away. So obviously we chose Rick Grimes. 🧟 (Sorry for that ending, Keira Knightly. We know you're reading!) #indiegame #gamedev
Having a bad day? Just remember, you could be in a zombie apocalypse. 🧟 So get up, go again, fight another day. Oh, and play the free demo of You vs Zombies, so you can even play a rogue-like as anything you can possibly imagine. #indiegame #gamedev
Pause to see your zombie apocalypse personality 🧟 Would you survive? #indiegame #gaming #roguelite #zombiegame #gamedev
I actually think the "Milk Maids of the Night" tune here is a banger! Happy #eurovision to all that celebrate!
Eurovision but it's zombies. Obviously. 🧟 Wait for the French lyrics. 🇫🇷🥖 12 points to whoever plays our free demo this weekend. #YouVsZombies #Eurovision #indiegame #roguelike #roguelite
We’re appointing a writer-in-residence! Join us to respond to our holdings related to the Bloomsbury Group (including the archives of Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s Hogarth Press) ahead of a major exhibition in 2027. Applications close 19 May. Best of luck! collections.reading.ac.uk/news-and-vie...
Call for Applications: Writer in Residence - Blooming Bloomsbury and the Modernist Archives Publishing Project -Creativity and Community Co-Curation (2026) | Museums and Collections
The selected writer will spend the summer months (June—September 2026) drawing inspiration from MAPP to develop new creative work. From September to December, they will build on this...
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OUT NOW! Congrats to my friends Antler Studios for bringing us all some jolly charming adventure! store.steampowered.com/app/1175600/...
Save 20% on The Wilds of Dacrima: Field Notes from a Poorly Supervised Alchemist and his Unruly Clockwork Companion on Steam
Uncover the secrets of the forest in this tale of two unlikely friends, with alchemist Edric Tayte and L-P1N. Forage for weird and wonderful ingredients, brew Potions to empower you with potent abilit...
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🎶🌳🧪A lovely musical slice of video game whimsy today to celebrate the launch of "The Wilds Of Dacrima: Field Notes From A Poorly Supervised Alchemist and his Unruly Clockwork Companion!" open.spotify.com/album/3Mz3Cr...
The Wilds of Dacrima
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Fancy writing for ON3? VaatiVidya and SmoughTown will each pick a new writer, who’ll be guided by Christian Donlan. Submit the first 50 words of your Elden Ring feature to info@on.games before 16/5/26. @vaatividya.com @smoughtown.bsky.social #EldenRing #GamesMagazine @kickstarter.com #ON3mag
Coming tomorrow, my fave titled whimsical adventure game of the year! store.steampowered.com/app/1175600/...
The Wilds of Dacrima: Field Notes from a Poorly Supervised Alchemist and his Unruly Clockwork Companion on Steam
Uncover the secrets of the forest in this tale of two unlikely friends, with alchemist Edric Tayte and L-P1N. Forage for weird and wonderful ingredients, brew Potions to empower you with potent abilit...
store.steampowered.com
To celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, we... made him fight 100 zombie bosses. Obviously. Boaty McBoatface proved a worthy opponent. 🧟⛴️ #indiegame #gaming #roguelite #zombiegame #gamedev
Who is Your Game For? A great topic and conversation with @andrearene.bsky.social and @ansiblecomms.com
Who Is Your Game For? (And Why It Matters)
YouTube video by Gaming Decoded
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Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by, played, and survived. And to @londongamesfest.bsky.social for having us. Some of the heroes you created were genuinely heroic. Some... deeply questionable! Missed us? Don’t panic. The demo will be coming to the apocalypse in the next couple of weeks 👀
Setting up for a couple of magical wizard zombie bashing days & a new roguelite hero has been summoned! @youvszombies.bsky.social @michaelfrench.bsky.social @londongamesfest.bsky.social #NewGame+
🦹🏻♀️What makes a compelling video game villain? 💭 If you have thoughts, feelings, opinions, baddies you love to hate, traumatic end of level boss memories etc, fancy helping out a friend with her masters thesis by answering a few questions? Pls share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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🧟♀️This is every hero created during the GDC demo! If you were at the show, see if you can spot YOU in the line up! Missed GDC? See you at London Games Fest!
What a wild @officialgdc.bsky.social! Over the last week we've watched players create some truly cursed heroes in YOU vs Zombies. Cursed clowns. Pasta monsters. Capybara pirates. See if you can spot your creation 👀 Missed us at GDC? Join the playtest 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/4224660/...
🤔 AI curious and heading to #GDC? We’re showcasing how we’re using LLMs in YOU vs Zombies Describe any hero and summon a fully personalised character in seconds at runtime! 📅 Book a slot: https://google.jifflenow.com/external-request/gdc2026/meeting-request?token=af4443b4fe1d6bcc74cf
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Been clearing out my office, found this press kit from Amuzo Games (2011/12 ???) and now think the thumbdrive in here is *actually* a Biohazard...
I lurve my Playdate, even got a little pizza box cover for it + Mars After Midnight is SUCH an awesome title, is worth getting one just for that! 🟨
Headed to GDC next week?! 🛍️ @iam8bit.com will be selling Playdate systems (tariff free!!) in their shop — get one! 📅 March 9th - 13th 🌉 Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
YOU vs Zombies is making its public debut at #GDC in the Google Cloud lounge 🧟 Describe any hero, watch The Ritual summon them in seconds, then hurl them into the zombie apocalypse 🗓️ Book a demo slot: https://google.jifflenow.com/external-request/gdc2026/meeting-request?token=af4443b4fe1d6bcc74cf
People have a pop at AI vibe coding but I presume actual humans wrote the Ticketmaster app and they shouldn't be allowed out without adult supervision
PSA - for everyone in Europe booking meetings for GDC, keep in mind that the US is switching to DST the Sunday before the event (8th of March).
Just landed! That's my weekend SUPER sorted. Very looking forward to this one @mackeza.bsky.social ☁️🪙🍄
💪 CALLING ALL HEROES 💪 Want in on our first ever playtest? The bunker doors open TODAY! 🧟 Head to Steam and request access now 👇 https://bit.ly/3NOdTTL #YouVsZombies #IndieGame #PCGaming #SteamGames #Playtest #InteractiveNarrative #ZombieGame #ApocalypseGame
A CRACKIN' line up for @londongamesfest.bsky.social this year, with a special shout out to my friends @youvszombies.bsky.social - can't wait until April to find out more, their playtest open up tomorrow #Friday13th #ZombieRoguelite #IndieAI store.steampowered.com/app/4224660/...
REWILDERS: THE LOST SPRING - Herobeat Studios MUMBO SHUFFLE - 9 Buttons Games CANVAS CITY - Disc 2 Games LESS MISERABLES - College Fun Games DEVIATION GAME - Playfool YOU VS ZOMBIES - 10six Games THRIFTY BUSINESS – Spellgarden Games