A weekend of trying new things, melancholia, and lots of House of the Dragon.🐉
Claire Maesters - Author
@gonewiththeravens.bsky.social
📜 | (narrative) writer for @roostgames & @apple 🥀 | working on my debut dark fantasy novel 🐍 | defender of the morally grey
“Dutch businessman Milo van der Graaff” and it’s a guy sounding like an American trying to sound French. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a triple A title nail a Dutch accent. Ever. Just hire native voice actors, how hard can this be? 💀 #voiceacting #narrativedesign #gamesky
I challenged myself to write 10k words for my novel today. -Got up at 6AM -Worked till 1AM. -Witnessed my main character doing something completely unhinged I did not anticipate. 🧍🏼♀️ But most importantly.. 🧑🩰I FECKIN DID IT!🧑🩰 🔥10,000 words, baby!🔥 #authorsky #writersky
Been playing AC Black Flag, which made me dive into its stunning music and... ...I think I just unlocked MULTIPLE new soundtracks to write my dark fantasy novel to! 🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=irii... (There's LOTS to say about Ubi, but their thematic music is always peak👌). #writingsky #authorsky
Assassin's Creed 2 (Full Official Soundtrack) - Jesper kyd
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Oh, to have someone love you like Max and Chloe love each other in every single timeline. 🦋😭
_LastGlass_@lastglassgaming.bsky.social · 5mo agoThat's credits rolled on #LifeIsStrangeReunion. NGL, I had little hope for this one leading up to release & I was so wrong! Plays on nostalgia, but I loved it and the ending hits you like a freight train. I don't want it to be but if this is the end, it was a beautiful exit! @deckninegames.com
Being at the stage with @roostgames.bsky.social where I get to test and implement character dialogue and see everything come together on screen got me like—
a dog stands on a set of stairs looking at a car
ALT: a dog stands on a set of stairs looking at a car
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“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.” - Cormac McCarthy, The Road #quotes #bookquotes
They make games and movies like they used to. So many of them. Same with books. But the mechanisms you learned about them were totally gutted and changed to only amplify shit that's already popular. It's still there! You're just mostly on your own to find it.
An even more egregious example in the article: Ubisoft accepted 6 million euros from the German government in some sort of arts fund, only to machine translate the German language option.
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 10mo agoUbisoft admits AI-generated loading screen "slipped through" into final build of Anno 117: Pax Romana www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-admi...
🧙♀️We have always loved mysterious brews, whimsical witches, and pretty black cats.🐈⬛✨ ⭐Today, the rest of the world celebrates these wonderful things with us! 🎃🧡Happy Halloween, everybody!🧡🐈 ~ #cozygames #indiedev
I wish the most beautiful #lordoftherings quote, "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you" didn't speak to my soul as much as it does. But it does. Heart-wrenchingly so. - Art by mario-art
When you're navigating the rockiest of roads in life, but you also have the best job in the world, so you get to fully focus on developing a new character you already love dearly for @roostgames.bsky.social.🖤 😸Can't wait for you guys to meet them in #catcafemanager2! #indiegames #narrativedesign
When overnight, you come up with a bizarre but culturally relevant short story idea full of symbolism and painful allegories, but you're already knee-deep in your debut dark fantasy novel🧍♀️. #if-only-there-were-more-hours-in-the-day #writerlife
Obsessed with mine! Get 'em while they're hot! 🔥😍
Nana Moon { game dev } - WISHLIST BATHORY@moonana.bsky.social · 12mo agoNeed to save up for my visa renewal next year, so opening art commissions for pixel art avatars! I will draw anything you want on the style of Keylocker (examples below), but colors can be as you wish them to be! There are only 10 slots available! More info on the link below ⬇️ #promosky #pixelart
Going through the first episode of my favorite show to analyze its strengths: I’m taking notes, coldly picking apart every scene to see why it works, studying its brilliant storytelling... ...only to STILL END UP IN TEARS at the end. Oh, Attack on Titan, my beloved. #AttackOnTitan #WriterLife
🌻🌷Spending my day at the garden center on a Sunday afternoon, buying things to make my balcony look nice and pretty. And yes, I am actually enjoying it, too. ☘️🌿 I’ve really entered my #thirties, huh.
🖤Nothing is more satisfying than watching your physical bookshelf grow. 💸Nothing is more dangerous than loving to watch your physical bookshelf grow. Anyway… get on my shelf, Cormac McCarthy. You're up next! #TheRoad #PhysicalMedia
“No, I’m Not a Human” is such a fascinating, refreshing horror game. The artstyle, music, and writing compliment each other perfectly👌. Gonna keep my eye on the talented humans (or are they?) of @trioskaz.bsky.social.👀 #noimnotahuman #indiehorror
When you’ve spent the entire day calling and emailing with Booking and Lufthansa and STILL don’t know if you’ll be allowed to fly to Munich tomorrow.😍🫶 #lovethisforme Trying to salvage the remainder of this sucky Sunday with takeout and iconic TV nostalgia.
A little peek behind the curtain! Or in the kitchen. Or wherever you want to peek. #catcafemanager2 #ilovemyjob
Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Demo OUT NOW!@roostgames.bsky.social · 12mo ago🐱Many of Cat Cafe Manager 2's kitchen appliances are a little more whimsical than your ordinary microwave or air fryer… 🎨Let's see how artist Esmeé goes about creating a fantastical candy machine from start to finish in the thread below!👇 (🧵1/5) #indiedeveloper #cozygames #indiegames
It’s a good one! ☝️🙂↕️
Cat Cafe Manager 2 😽☕ Demo OUT NOW!@roostgames.bsky.social · 12mo ago🍭Our latest STEAM UPDATE has just gone LIVE!🩷 In it, Esmeé demonstrates some serious ✨kitchen magic✨, showing you how we develop appliances from a 2D sketch all the way to a fully functioning 3D model! 👇Check it out through the link below this post! #indiedeveloper #indiegames
🌷Our lead artist Carmen was invited to @indigo-showcase.bsky.social and asked to prepare a presentation about her work for Cat Cafe Manager 2! 🐱🩷 🎤She spoke about artistic choices, Dutch cultural references, and the significance of cat scratches on furniture! 💛🐈 ~ #indiedeveloper #indigoshowcase
🖤”How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand?” 5 years ago this month. Miss you, dad.🕊️
Shannon Wild Smith@shannonwildsmith.bsky.social · last yr.You've got stardust in your feathers ✨
🇳🇱Took a field day at the #Rijksmuseum with my broski @roostcarmen.bsky.social to study classical Dutch art. 🖤Stood there laughing at this poor cat for a good couple of minutes. 🫡Today was a good day.
Pre-ordered "Sunrise on the Reaping" at my local bookstore just now.📚 Fingers crossed it will arrive in time so I can bring the book along to Devon in 2 weeks.🤞 Let the 50th Hunger Games begin! #suzannecollins #sunriseonthereaping
Spending my Sunday reading in my local bookshop. 🖤📚 My favorite third place in town!
How can half a game already make such an impact?🙏 I wish #lostrecords existed when I was an awkward teen outcast, dealing with lots of resentment in my heart. I recognized my younger self in Kat’s anger and Swann’s insecurities. Inspiring work, @michelkoch.bsky.social and the rest of #dontnod. 🖤
H 🐇@doodlenoodleh.bsky.social · 2y agoBloom & Rage! 💫 #lostrecords #lostrecordsbloomandrage
