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Jeannie Novak

@indiejeannie.com

singer-songwriter/musician/composer, creative writer, game series author/publisher, podcaster, photographer – and horror/sci-fi fan!

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INDIESPACE@indiespace.com · 2w ago

Los Angeles #artist Jane Jauregui expanded her brand, STFD ("Stuff That Feeds Delight"), into #plush decor honoring cultural identity & SoCal life—using felt, fleece & embroidery to craft objects such as fruits/veggies, hot dogs, lottery scratchers & clock radios! @latimes.com #indie #indieartist

Forget teddy bears: This artist makes plush fried chicken, cigarettes and lottery tickets

Childhood memories and her Thai and Filipino family inspire Jane Jauregui's 'STFD' plush art, which includes everything from plush drumsticks to cigarettes to paint cans.

latimes.com

GDE Series@gdeseries.com · 2w ago

Azur Games' Tatiana Vinogradova breaks down how Railroad Empire achieved record $600k+ monthly revenues by catering to a niche audience through historical accuracy, licensed Union Pacific partnerships, and streamlined card-based progression. – @pocketgamerbiz.bsky.social #game #gaming #gamedev

How Railroad Empire built a live game around a niche audience

Tatiana Vinogradova is a producer at Azur Games. Shortly after its release several years ago, the midcore strategy game Railroad Empire showed solid metric

pocketgamer.biz

That's What She Does (TWSD)@thatswhatshedoes.com · 2w ago

Pachinko #author @minjinlee.bsky.social reflects on leaving her law career following a life-threatening diagnosis to chronicling the #SouthKorea #diaspora. Now in good health, Lee discusses her latest #book, American Hagwon—which explores South Korea’s private cram schools. #writer @theguardian.com

‘I thought, if I’m going to die, I’m going to write a book first’: Pachinko author Min Jin Lee

Her last novel sold 5m copies and was adapted into a hit series. Nearly 10 years on, the Korean-American author has written another epic. She discusses ambition and the diagnosis that inspired her to ...

theguardian.com

Novy Unlimited@novyunlimited.com · 3w ago

@abragames.bsky.social president Rodrigo Terra outlines an ambitious vision for #Brazil to rank among the world’s top 5 #game producers within a decade—leveraging #videogames as an engine for economic growth & cultural soft power. @gibiz.bsky.social's @lewispackwood.bsky.social #gaming #games

Brazil wants to be in "the top five game producers in the world in less than 10 years"

Brazil's games industry body has set some lofty goals – but the region is growing fast in terms of players and revenue

gamesindustry.biz

INDIESPACE@indiespace.com · 3w ago

Liz Harris (Grouper) opens up about navigating scammers who siphoned 6 figures in royalties after an unreleased rarity went viral on TikTok. Harris reflects on maintaining #DIY independence in an unregulated #music landscape. – @jennpelly.bsky.social on @theguardian.com #indie #indiemusic #musician

‘It’s rational to fear the music industry’: Grouper’s Liz Harris on virality, streaming scammers and her ‘restorative’ dream-pop trio

When a rarity blew up on TikTok, the solitary ambient artist had fraudsters trying to steal her royalties. It reinforced her DIY mentality – until reforming her band Helen reminded her of the beauty o...

theguardian.com

Evil Asterisk Podcast@evilasterisk.com · 3w ago

Mike P. Nelson, Jessica Rothe, and Kiana Madeira talk about #horror #film BEWARE BOIÚNA. On location in the Amazon rainforest, the team endured brutal heat and sensory immersion to ground the film – merging #Brazilian #folklore and Titanoboa lore. – @xghorror.bsky.social on @fangoria.bsky.social

Interview: BEWARE BOIÚNA Filmed in a 360 'Forest of Horror'

Director Mike P. Nelson and stars Jessica Rothe and Kiana Madeira gave us the scoop on filming BEWARE BOIÚNA.

fangoria.com

KSPACE@kaleidospace.com · 3w ago

Brown University's engineers developed a brain-inspired imaging system that pairs a retina-like dynamic vision sensor with a spiking neural network to track and reconstruct moving objects obscured by dense fog or murky water. #science #tech #engineering #innovation #technology #stem #computing

Brown University engineers build brain-inspired imaging system that can ‘see’ through fog

By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving cars, search-and-rescue drones or medical imaging can reveal objects invisib...

brown.edu

GDE Series@gdeseries.com · 3w ago

@cdprojektred.com art directors Jakub Knapik & Kacper Niepokólczycki talk with 80 Level's @davidjagneaux.bsky.social about how Night City in @cyberpunk.net was built almost entirely by hand rather than through procedural tools. #gamedev #game #videogame #gamedesign #games #videogames #gameart

Cyberpunk 2077 Night City Built by Hand: CDPR Art Directors

Jakub Knapik and Kacper Niepokólczycki explain why Night City needed twice The Witcher 3's texel density and how path tracing fit its lighting pipeline.

80.lv

That's What She Does (TWSD)@thatswhatshedoes.com · 3w ago

Margaret Hamilton—the visionary computer scientist who led the MIT team that developed flight software for NASA's Apollo missions—has died at age 90. Hamilton’s work famously prevented Apollo 11 from aborting its 1969 landing. – @mit.edu #stem #history #science #computerscience #tech #technology

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

news.mit.edu

Jeannie Novak@indiejeannie.com · 2mo ago

Another win for horror filmmakers who got their start on YouTube. Sam Evenson shows that using YT as a creator is a viable way to jumpstart a film career. Looking forward to Evenson’s sensory-deprivation horror film, IGNORE IT. Our list continues to grow exponentially, @atmanrising.bsky.social!

Evil Asterisk Podcast@evilasterisk.com · 2mo ago

SMILE producer Temple Hill Entertainment and Anton Corp are partnering with YouTuber Sam Evenson to adapt his viral horror short IGNORE IT into a feature film. – @variety.com's Alex Ritman #movie #film #indie #indiefilm #indiemovie #horrormovie #horrorfilm #indiehorror #movies #films #horror

Jeannie Novak@indiejeannie.com · 2mo ago

A “chronovisor” is rumored to be a secret device that lets you “watch” events from the past like a television by capturing light and sound waves that have been left behind. It's the subject of this “academic noir” film shot on 16mm—which is already on our list, @atmanrising.bsky.social!

INDIESPACE@indiespace.com · 2mo ago

Directors Jack Auen and Kevin Walker discuss CHRONOVISOR—an “academic noir” shot on #16mm. The filmmakers reflect on casting academic Anne Laure Sellier, using analog research—and exploring technology + spirituality. #movie #film #indie #indiefilm #indiemovie scienceandfilm.org/articles/375...

Jeannie Novak@indiejeannie.com · 2mo ago

“Pseudo-induced crunch”—where scope and self-imposed standards surpass feasible timelines—is still a big problem. When teams are forced to sacrifice their health and time with family just to ship “on time”—and project completion is met with immediate reduction in the team—something’s got to give.

GDE Series@gdeseries.com · 2mo ago

id Software producer Andrew Willis reveals that DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations involved 80-hr workweeks—and despite their sacrifice, Willis and dozens of others were laid off by Xbox the day before launch. @insider-gaming.com's @mikestrawmedia.com #game #videogame #gamedev