Jeff Row

@jeffrow3d.bsky.social

3D artist - game developer running Studio Polyfire: https://bsky.app/profile/studiopolyfire.bsky.social Working on Dreams of Sand (and other games) -> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3031160/Dreams_of_Sand/

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Game industry hardship fund

A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...

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early design experiments for a discarded horror game idea (and a Crow Country spiritual successor) - based on dinosaurs as they were originally perceived by Victorians in the mid/late 1800s

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Friends!!!!! 🥹💛 THE GOD IS OUT OF THE BAG! 💫 I’m so happy to announce that I’m the game director for this incredible game where you’ll play as Pythia, the priestess of Apollo’s oracle in Delphi! 😍 Demo available now! ✨ Wishlist & share! 💛

Oh Apollo! ✨ - PLAY OUR DEMO & WISHLIST NOW!@ohapollogame.bsky.social · 4mo ago

mortals 👀 I am in a game. it is called Oh Apollo! you work at my oracle. you fix my temple. you try to impress me. wishlist on Steam 🔥

So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.

I'm just happy to bring back bloom in this day and age and if any of you complain I will crank it even more download the Generation Exile demo right now on steam if you want to yell at me

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Welcome to the Lodge!! Eyes of Hellfire, our co-op gothic horror experience is now available on Steam Early Access! If you buy a copy, up to 4 of your friends can play free via the friends pass! 🖥️https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724030/Eyes_of_Hellfire/

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HERDLING is coming out in just a few hours, so there's just enough time to go through some other fun tech-art stuff 👀 Here's another behind-the-scenes 🧵 with various other interesting tech-art stuff featured in our vast and furrious game ✨

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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

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Teaching AI literacy. (GenAI is wrong A LOT. And even though people tend to think it saves time, we now have randomized controlled trials that show situations where it takes *more* time even when participants self-report it's saving them time.)

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I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using ai, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong".

Not only did the students discover that chatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realize that they should not use it as a primary source.