Loïc Fontaine
@loicfontaine.bsky.social
12+ years of Community, Communications, Marketing and Business in Video Games. Head of Communications @ mod.io. Consulting & advising. Previously at Ubisoft, Paradox. French dad in Stockholm.
The state of the industry and the world is pretty grim, and I know Gamescom is bound to be a bittersweet experience; but I can't wait to see my people and find joy in their company, looking at the little glimpses of hope and deciding how we're going to make them grow together.
Please watch my @gamecamp.fr talk because I can't do it as hearing and watching myself talk makes my skin crawl. However people have said it was good, so it's worth confirming.
mod.io@mod.io · 2mo agoCurious about how UGC & modding support can support your game? What are the latest numbers and cases studies? Wondering if monetization is something worth exploring? @loicfontaine.bsky.social delivered a state-of-the-art talk last month at @gamecamp.fr, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Ta...
Read all the details about the new Swedish citizenship law now that it's on effect. I will learn Swedish and get my citizenship out of spite to cast my vote against the absolute idiots who voted this reform for the rest of my life. Fy fan.
Nintendo goes after another fan project. smh
GoNintendo@gonintendo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5mo agoMan sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing meth pills shaped like Mario: https://gonintendo.com/contents/60738-man-sentenced-to-6-years-in-prison-for-distributing-meth-pills-shaped-like-mario Paging Dr. Mario! #mario
Our team has been shipping stuff like crazy this spring, so we felt we had to step up our game and wrapped it up in a neat little video on top of the usual blog article.
mod.io@mod.io · 5mo agoAll the latest from @mod.io! Improvments for creators, new features, Switch 2 support, and games going live with our marketplace solution! Find our more on our blog. blog.mod.io/dev-update-s...
The extremely handsome "Scoot Manis" you see here, is the mod merchant you speak to in the game to access mods. Thanks to @regionsofruin.bsky.social & @rawfury.bsky.social for immortalizing me in your game & congrats on the release. Now to make a mod to buff my characters stats through the roof 🤣
mod.io@mod.io · 5mo agoCelebrating the release of @regionsofruin.bsky.social from Gameclaw Studio and @rawfury.bsky.social, with integrated @mod.io mod support from day one! Explore, Gather, Fight, Rebuild and get Modding! store.steampowered.com/app/1375750/...
Ça semble un peu fou : aujourd'hui Origami enregistre sa 100ème Hebdo ! 🎉🎂🥂 RDV 13h00 pour fêter ça avec du Banga et des jeux vidéo ! www.twitch.tv/origat... youtu.be/bY7rpSdrutI
There's just 22 days left to back Rescue Ops: Wildfire on Kickstarter, and help us to make the firefighting simulator of your dreams! www.kickstarter.com/projects/155... #indiegame #kickstarter #indiedev #simulatorgame #firefighter
This is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike! I’m JC, I’ve been a gamedev for 10+ years in AAA/indie, and I am currently lead producer and (NEWLY MINTED) COO at my studio, @twirlbound.com! I love making cool stuff with cool people, developing sustainable career paths, and of course yelling (lovingly) about Jira ✨
For any request in March, the easiest way to contact me will be through Steam DMs as it is unlikely that I check any other device.
Mega Crit - Slay the Spire 2 Out Now! ⚔️@megacrit.com · 7mo agoThe Spire awakens once more in Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026! ⚔️ New characters, enemies, environments & more await you in Slay the Spire 2, the sequel to the iconic roguelike deckbuilder. Will you attempt the climb alone... or enlist the aid of your fellow adventurers?
Next month, meet the @mod.io team at @officialgdc.bsky.social in San Fransisco. We're bringing our full range of solutions, with an emphasis on the latest: Switch 2 support, monetization solutions, account verification, file validation systems and automated moderation.
Happy to announce that I've joined the very fine folks at @shirogames.com as COO & Head of Publishing. It's a great studio full of talented and kind people and I couldn't be happier to be helping out with games going from Wartales and Northgard, to new productions like SpaceCraft and Farever.
Very proud of this end of year message to creators, supported by some of our dearest partners. ❤️
mod.io@mod.io · 9mo agoThis holiday season, with some of our friends at @larianstudios.com @gscgameworld.bsky.social @braceyourselfgames.com @ubisoft.com @warpfrog.bsky.social , we wanted to thank all the creators who make mods & content to make our favorite games even better! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxhD...
Anno 117, Europa Universalis 5 and Endless Legends 2 all out and I'm stuck there having one of the busiest months of my career when all I want to do is sink 200 hours in each.
Another partnership that feels quite personal, one of my favorite game franchises, and the old friends form Ubi and their crazy talented modding community renewing their trust in mod.io. ❤️
mod.io@mod.io · 11mo agoWe're honored to continue our modding journey with Anno & our friends at @ubisoft.com! After Anno 1800, mod.io will again be the home for mods for Anno 117: Pax Romana. The official page is already live and ready to share your creations and download mods others created! mod.io/g/anno-117-p...
Mdr le PS ils vont regarder la victoire de Mamdani ils vont se dire un truc du genre "faut qu'on soit plus présent sur tiktok" au lieu de capter que faudrait juste être de gauche.
Glad that the people travelling to Stockholm for the For Devs conference will get to enjoy appropriate local autumn weather. 🌧️
I've spent 5 years at Paradox during the development of Bloodlines 2, very excited for everyone who has been involved with this project to see it live. I've zero credit to take or stories to tell about this project, better people than me have always been the ones making the hard decisions for it. 🖤
outstar 🧛 "professional vampire simp"@outstar.bsky.social · 11mo agoI was 4 months pregnant when I got invited to a party that turned out to be Bloodlines 2 announcement day My kid goes to school now The game is finally out - the miracle happened Have the best fun playing it, folks, and you can bet I'll be here for the next one 🙏
Them: “no one had pronouns in my day” A TV Character from their day:
Finally got my final trophy in Helldivers 2, platinum baby. Did it all for Super Earth.
More GCAP content from mod.io. If you're in Melbourne this week, don't miss @scottreismanis.bsky.social and Joshua Astbury fireside chat about the evolving landscape of modding & UGC, on Wednesday! registration.crowdcomms.com/gcapandagdas...
Boosters: AI is changing everything, you're either on board or you're left behind! Reality: AI has had little impact on the labor market, adoption across industries is very low, and execs claiming that they automated junior roles are often simply lying
AI is not killing jobs, US study finds
Research shows little evidence that cutting-edge tech such as chatbots is putting people out of work
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Once again, incredibly good and very difficult to argue against.
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 12mo agoNewsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
Had a blast being part of the jury for this, even if it led to late night sessions to play all the mods. Gor worried for a minute with this contest but ended up in awe with the quality of the submissions. Still the early days for FP2 modding community, but crazy stuff already available!
mod.io@mod.io · last yr.Congratulations to the winners of the Frostpunk 2 Modding Contest organized by @11bitstudios.bsky.social, we were blown away by the level of quality and ambition of submissions. These mods are definitely worth you giving them a spin for your next run! mod.io/g/frostpunk2
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra)
