Jesse Himmelstein
@heavenstone.net
Creating games for discovery, learning, and raising awareness. Designer, developer, and entrepreneur. Lives in Nantes, France
Yay, les GameDev Afterworks d' @atlangames.com reprennent à Nantes ! Rendez-vous le mardi 20 octobre à l'ESMA (il parait que les locaux sont très cool), pour une présentation de Delphine Fourneau, une superbe artiste, qui parlera de Murmurations, son jeu d'observation d'oiseaux en vue subjective.
D'ici une semaine, @emmamorin.bsky.social (Crush House, Reigns, Just Dance, ...) viens d'Angers pour nous présenter son expérience sur UI et UX. Ne le ratez pas la dernière Game Dev Afterwork de la saison à #Nantes ! @atlangames.com
📣 Game Dev Afterwork Nantes - mardi 12 mai à 19h à La Centrale Mini-conf par Emma Morin UX/UI designer (Reigns, Crush House, Just Dance…) “C’est quoi une bonne UX/UI dans le jeu vidéo ?” 📝 Inscription obligatoire www.helloasso.com/associations... Le showcase actu docs.google.com/presentation...
Game Dev Afterwork [NANTES]
Conférence organisé·e par Atlangames à Nantes - Retrouvez le réseau Atlangames dans le cadre des Game Dev Afterworks pour échanger, partager ou présenter des idées et des projets, avec une communauté ...
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Les Producers ont-iels toute leur tête ? Mardi prochain c'est Romain Taupin qui nous fera une présentation sur le producing... ➡️ www.helloasso.com/associations...
Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes a lieu mardi 10 mars à 19h à La Centrale. Romain Taupin fera un talk sur le producing de jeu vidéo (Runes Studio, Endroad, Capital Games). Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations... Showcase : docs.google.com/presentation...
Game Dev Afterwork [NANTES]
Conférence organisé·e par Atlangames à Nantes - Retrouvez le réseau Atlangames dans le cadre des Game Dev Afterworks pour échanger, partager ou présenter des idées et des projets, avec une communauté ...
helloasso.com
📢 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c'est la semaine prochaine mardi 13 janvier à 19h à la Centrale avec @roilulu.bsky.social Art Director, Character Designer et Game Artist ! Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...
Game Dev Afterwork [NANTES]
Conférence organisé·e par Atlangames à Nantes - Retrouvez le réseau Atlangames dans le cadre des Game Dev Afterworks pour échanger, partager ou présenter des idées et des projets, avec une communauté ...
helloasso.com
Atlangames@atlangames.com · 11mo ago📣 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c’est mardi 13 janvier à 19h à La Centrale ! On accueillera @roilulu.bsky.social, Art Director, Character Designer et Game artist (Goodbye Volcano High, GNOG, Anarcute…). 📝 Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...
Petit teaser de ma présentation au prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes 👀 Venez nombreuux
Atlangames@atlangames.com · 10mo ago📢 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c'est la semaine prochaine mardi 13 janvier à 19h à la Centrale avec @roilulu.bsky.social Art Director, Character Designer et Game Artist ! Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...
📣 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c’est mardi 13 janvier à 19h à La Centrale ! On accueillera @roilulu.bsky.social, Art Director, Character Designer et Game artist (Goodbye Volcano High, GNOG, Anarcute…). 📝 Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...
Grandma has gone missing in the old forest. Good thing she left you with this map! Find the lizard under the rock, and the bird nest in the tree. Search by the moonlight. Win stickers. Solve puzzles about food webs. Rekindle old memories. Maybe they will lead you back to her? 1/3 #PitchYaGame
It was quite an experience to have my 15-slide pitch deck pulled part and critiqued for an hour! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKtW... Until now, I mostly thought of the deck as visual support for my presentation, and maybe as notes for the publisher after the meeting. 1/2
Live Pitch Deck Review
YouTube video by IndieGameBusiness®
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In about 20 minutes I'll be live with @indiegamebusiness for a pitch deck review! Should be fun! It's at 4PM EST here: www.youtube.com/c/indiegameb... #gamedev #indiegame
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We believe that all developers, big and small, need a solid understanding of the business and marketing aspects of our industry in order to succeed. Unfortunately, very few resources are available to ...
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Lovely post-Indigo gamedev dinner with some very chill peeps! @coreflux.bsky.social @adampype.bsky.social @pancakesamurai.bsky.social @heavenstone.net
Check out the video of our new demo ! We added an illustrated intro and puzzles. Streamers and publishers - if you're interested in testing out demo, please tell me in the comments 😉 And give us some love ❤️ #indiegame #demo #gamedev #publisher #gamedesign #teaser
Secret Woods - Vertical Slice Teaser
YouTube video by Play Curious
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This Sunday I'm headed to Kraków for the #DigitalDragons #gamedev event. Despite living in Europe for the past 20 years, this will actually be my first time in Poland, and I'm excited to discover it! I've heard great things about the historic center. Hit me up if you're there and we can meet!
Comment créer un jeu VR ? J'ai hâte de découvrir ce va nous raconter Erwin Eninger sur la direction artistique de Blade & Sorcery chez @warpfrog.bsky.social Il présente le mardi 13 mai chez @atlangames.com. La billetterie est ici : lnkd.in/eBwVhE5P www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPd...
Blade and Sorcery | Official Update 10 Trailer - The Dungeons Update
YouTube video by The Baron
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Who's hiding in the tree? Making levels for Secret Woods is a lot of fun! #indiegame #gamedev
We're adding sticker puzzles to our hidden objects game. I just worked on having a nice intro where the pieces fall. What do you think? #gamedev
Awesome interview by Gwen & Sam from @runawayparade.bsky.social to @npr.org about the devastating effects of tariffs on the indie board game industry www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Tariffs against China threaten the booming board game industry
The Trump administration’s tariffs are strangling game designers, who warn that it’s not only prices that’ll go up. Plenty of games simply won’t get made.
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Recently I ran a brainstorming workshop for a game about soil health for the Benchmarks EU project. The game is inspired by Reigns, and players make hard decisions and see how they impact the soil. After playing the rough prototype, the participants came up with new cards we can integrate.
I had a blast last week showing Secret Woods at the @londongamesfest.bsky.social. Most of the attendees were either streamers, publishers, students, or game devs. So I got to have a lot of fun conversations! Also, who knew that Secret Woods ran on a Steam Deck? I’m impressed!
ChatGPT likes me! 😂 Someone wrote on our website asking how to try our game. I figured they had seen Secret Woods at the London Games Festival last week. But when I asked how they heard about us, they wrote: "I ask to chatGPT for educational game on blockchain and it suggested you :)"
Quite a stark contrast at the #GDC bookshop this year! I guess video game culture is evolving. Or is it splitting in two?
I never saw so many game design books in one place as there was at the #GDC shop! I couldn't resist, and bought 2 that I'm sure to love. "Building Simcity" traces the classic city builder and the history of simulation games. "Game Balance" seems to be a bible on this most difficult of subjects.
I'm not exactly surprised, but given how often I see people ask ChatGPT questions rather than searching, it is alarming indeed. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/a...
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
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Our game Secret Woods was accepted into the London Games Festival!
London Games Festival@londongamesfest.bsky.social · 2y ago🌱 Introducing the Official Selection: NATURAL WORLD - celebrating games inspired by nature! 🪵Secret Woods 🦊Spirit of the North 2 🐼Herdling #LGF25 #OfficialSelection
➕Playable at New Game Plus➕ 🪵 Secret Woods - Play Curious The Moss-t Fascinating Hidden-Object Adventure! A cozy hidden-object game about uncovering the wonders of an old-growth forest. 🎟️tickets.games.london | #LGF25 #NewGamePlus
@stfj.net I have a daily trivia game called Mixstory, and I wonder if it could be a good fit for Puzzmo. If you're at GDC I'd love to meet and get your thoughts. Thanks!
Life, the board game, seemed normal at the time, but now it feels more like you're a gangster who held up a bank, kidnapped some kids and is making a run for it.
