Don't threaten me with a good time. This is like asking me how I'd get through a day if you removed all the clutter and noise from my life which slows me down from doing what I actually want to be doing.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 8h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

It's time for Part 2 of Scripting for Game Trailers: MUSIC Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying to bake a cake without a cake pan. It's going to get very messy. www.indiebard.co/knowledge/sc...

Scripting for Game Trailers Part 2: Music — IndieBard

Music is the backbone of any trailer script. It sets the pace of the cuts, enhances the tone of the content, and serves as a conduit of emotion. Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying t...

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Suzanne | Indiebard Trailers@indiebard.co · yesterday

Scripting for Game Trailers, continued! Today we talk about EMOTIONS Gain your core audience's interest by embuing your game trailer with emotions they enjoy from the gameplay experience In other words, 🕺hook them on a feeling🕺 www.indiebard.co/knowledge/scripting-for-game-trailers-series-emotions

Question to games journalists, publishers, show runners, and B2B folks: Are trailers still the best way for you to get a quick look at a game to decide whether you want to learn more about it? Or are TikToks and shorts something you’d rather see in say, a pitch email? (Researching for a video)

Question to games journalists, publishers, show runners, and B2B folks: Are trailers still the best way for you to get a quick look at a game to decide whether you want to learn more about it? Or are TikToks and shorts something you’d rather see in say, a pitch email? (Researching for a video)

The sound in Big Walk is genuinely award-worthy

A Shell in the Pit@ashellinthepit.com · yesterday

Big Walk is out today! We've been SO lucky to get to work with @househouse.com on it, what an incredibly special experience. Here are some of @emaudible.bsky.social and @nicholaszhangaudio.bsky.social highlights that came up in one of our play tests, on working on the sound for the last 5 years 🔴🟡🔵

Played some Big Walk with a friend. I loved it ❤️ Gonna try playing two friends tomorrow 😙

Drop by the Choices Matter festival on Steam for demos, discounts, treats, behind-the-scenes bits, a quiz... and @itshannahflynn.bsky.social showcasing narrative gameplay and character creation in Mandrake! Everything kicks off on the 10th of August and there'll be more info closer to the time.

NEW: For @indiewire.com, I spoke to Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Jamie Selkirk and *many* more for an oral history of The Frighteners as it turns 30. Specifically, how the commercial flop drove innovation at Wētā, paved the way for The Lord of the Rings, and was just a whole lot of fun to make.

IndieWire@indiewire.com · yesterday

Peter Jackson and more reflect on 'The Frighteners,' their first Hollywood film, and the growth of Wētā for its 30th anniversary. Oral history.

I'm looking for more work in the upcoming months! Here's a couple games I've worked on but I also provide the following complimentary services: 👑Your teams biggest cheerleader ✨Can work booths 🎤Speaker 💬My job requires a lot of networking -> Found opportunities for my games that way

A couple more of my Project: Anglerfish concepts from @cyan.com's presentation at Mysterium last week:

Plus a couple pieces of DRAMATIC MYST ART which, let's be honest, was the whole reason I joined @cyan.com in the first place. Gotta draw me some spooky Linking Books:

Mandrake will be in this, and when I'm not supervising a swimming lesson I'll be telling you more about it

Telltale@telltalegames.bsky.social · yesterday

Celebrate narrative games w/ our first-ever CHOICES MATTER FEST on Steam! AUGUST 10 - 17th: It’s stacked with... 🪧40+ Demos 🪧Behind-the-scenes content 🪧Interviews 🪧A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-type quiz 🪧Exclusive announcements 🪧TWO WORLD PREMIERES (not ours) 🪧…and discounts on 90 featured games!

This is as good an excuse as any to re-share the Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer I got to help make with @derek-lieu.com @chrisremo.bsky.social and @erinyvette.bsky.social a decade ago. Still proud of it! youtu.be/S_IVvhSX2tY

Quadrilateral Cowboy release trailer

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Brendon Chung@blendogames.bsky.social · 2d ago

Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

Scripting for Game Trailers, continued! Today we talk about EMOTIONS Gain your core audience's interest by embuing your game trailer with emotions they enjoy from the gameplay experience In other words, 🕺hook them on a feeling🕺 www.indiebard.co/knowledge/scripting-for-game-trailers-series-emotions

Scripting for Game Trailers Part 1: Emotions — IndieBard

If your game trailer is embued with the emotion(s) your core audience enjoys feeling, you have a greater chance of getting them invested in the game.

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Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

Save 63% on Klei Cyberpunk on Steam

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that is very literally how taxes work

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

it's actually sad as hell to use AI for research when research is the fun part. you can just email people and call them on the phone and ask them questions about the thing that they have expertise in. you can read documents & learn cool shit. ok now i'm just talking about how being a reporter is fun

This is a great intro to how the goals of a game trailer affect its design and the creative choices you'll make!

Suzanne | Indiebard Trailers@indiebard.co · 2d ago

Scripting for game trailers = everything everywhere all at once I've written a multi-part blog series breaking down important elements of scripting for trailers, and how they're all interconnected. The introduction is live now: www.indiebard.co/knowledge/scripting-for-trailers-introduction

There were freezer trucks of dead bodies parked less than three blocks from my Brooklyn apartment. I can’t understand the mindset of someone that just wants to pretend that this didn’t happen.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.

Oh no, I guess I have to buy some Ferrero Rocher! 🤪

Knoebel 🛬 Gamescom@knoebel.bsky.social · 3d ago

Ferrero Rochero boxes are perfect for storing Game Boy games.

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

Rik Godwin@rikgodwin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Quote with a ridiculous movie you think people should watch.

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Best I could come up with: – Connect-the-dots - spellchecker - camcorder - graphical user interface - photo op

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 5d ago

Find the 5 words from your birth year that perfectly describe YOUR vibe ⬇️ www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/

The other (much smaller) game @shoomlah.bsky.social and I worked on near the end of our time at Cyan is shown here (@ 28:07). "WhoD'nit?", a Myst visual novel / Phoenix Wright style murder mystery (and yes you would obviously be able to flirt with all the suspects!) I still really want to make this.

Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · 5d ago

Last weekend, Cyan studio co-heads Hannah & Eric attended the annual Mysterium fan gathering to give this year's “State of Cyan” address. Lots of information was revealed. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrBSgqf1XM

Last weekend, Cyan studio co-heads Hannah & Eric attended the annual Mysterium fan gathering to give this year's “State of Cyan” address. Lots of information was revealed. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrBSgqf1XM

IMPACT: that company that was offering to buy books for AI companies’ training data — and probably destroy them in the process — says it will no longer offer this service following 404 Media’s exposure of it www.404media.co/ai-company-t...

Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

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Welcome to the resistance: meet the workers dodging (and sabotaging) their employer's AI mandates: aftermath.site/ai-resistance-...

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...