Mel (she/her)
@meltea.bsky.social
Director @gamesmellow.bsky.social Game dev / Narrative Game Designer / UX Designer. Working on Blueberry, a game about a woman's life, trauma and memory processing. Co-creator of Orwell.
Blueberry is in the Short Games Showcase by @ogrepixel.bsky.social starting NOW! ALSO: There will be a discount as from Saturday 💸 If you played the game already or are just getting it - please give us a review on Steam! 🫶😍 #ShortGamesShowcase2026 Check it out: store.steampowered.com/curator/4619...
It's time for Part 2 of Scripting for Game Trailers: MUSIC Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying to bake a cake without a cake pan. It's going to get very messy. www.indiebard.co/knowledge/sc...
Scripting for Game Trailers Part 2: Music — IndieBard
Music is the backbone of any trailer script. It sets the pace of the cuts, enhances the tone of the content, and serves as a conduit of emotion. Trying to make a trailer without music is like trying t...
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Suzanne | Indiebard Trailers@indiebard.co · yesterdayScripting for Game Trailers, continued! Today we talk about EMOTIONS Gain your core audience's interest by embuing your game trailer with emotions they enjoy from the gameplay experience In other words, 🕺hook them on a feeling🕺 www.indiebard.co/knowledge/scripting-for-game-trailers-series-emotions
Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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I am a radio astronomer that intercepts radio signals from space in my day job. I would totally follow any instructions received from space, whip up a batch of ET goo, and very likely lick it. For science!
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d agoOkay, I'm watching Pluribus. THESE FUCKING NERDS. YOU DON'T JUST WHIP UP A BATCH OF SOME UNKNOWN BIOLOGICAL FROM A SIGNAL YOU INTERCEPTED FROM SPACE. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING.
Blueberry is in this year's Games Composed in Germany sale 🎻🎶 My very talented audio team Felix Bachlinger and Paul Stähr did an amazing job with the music btw 💜 store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/Blueberry Event page: store.steampowered.com/sale/Games-C... #GamesGermany #indiedev #gamedev
The legendary Syd Mead (1933-2019) was born 93 years ago today.
I wrote a very personal article for Xbox Wire about how Blueberry was inspired by my own life, but also by how memories and trauma actually work in the brain: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0... #indiedev #gamedev
How Blueberry Shows Players the Purpose of Traumatic Memories - XBOX Wire
A deep dive on the psychology and personal experience that went into creating Blueberry.
news.xbox.com
I wrote a very personal article for Xbox Wire about how Blueberry was inspired by my own life, but also by how memories and trauma actually work in the brain: news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0... #indiedev #gamedev
How Blueberry Shows Players the Purpose of Traumatic Memories - XBOX Wire
A deep dive on the psychology and personal experience that went into creating Blueberry.
news.xbox.com
✨We're announcing our game Grandma(88). ✨ Feel free to like, comment and share. From now on we're open to all kinds of collaborations and ideas. If you're planning something that Grandma (88) could be part of, feel free to reach out. We would love to make it happen!
ROTxBLAU | working on Grandma(88)@rotxblau.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’re happy to announce „Grandma(88)” – a hand-drawn player-vs-narrator thriller, coming to Steam later this year! A visit to your dying grandmother turns into a shifting maze of memories where truth is unstable and trust is a resource. Wishlist it now on Steam! (Link in Bio)
My favorite Sam Neil fact will always be that he designed a future Australian flag that replaces the union jack with the aboriginal flag for Event Horizon and insisted the film use it.
By the way, I don't mean to stress y'all out, but Blueberry is on sale for another 3.5 hours... #gamedev #indiedev #BlueberryGame store.steampowered.com/app/1536120/...
this is better and more useful than every "AI" feature github.com/jotson/ridic...
Aus einem Screen zu unserem Lucky Punk Game (wir freuen uns über Wishlists): store.steampowered.com/app/4508290/... Classic Punk vs Establishment-Situationship, ausser dass das Establishment jetzt auch noch radioaktiv mutiert ist. 😅
Mizuhomaru, the mascot for the Tokyo town of Mizuho, is a combo of a Daruma (traditional lucky doll) and a tanuki (raccoon dog). Mizuhomaru is purple and pink like the local flowers, a crown of which is on its head.
Momento is out on all platforms now! 🦄 Haven't played it yet? Momento is a cozy room decorator with a twist: the choices you make play out over the course of a lifetime. If you played Unpacking or A Little to the Left, this game is for you, try it NOW!
NEWS: #NASAWebb gives us a new view of nearby, active galaxy Centaurus A. In infrared, a rich landscape of previously hidden features and stars—all shaped by a past galactic interaction—is revealed: https://news.stsci.edu/4xRetmd 🔭
Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal
On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”
🚨NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 ------------------------------------- ⚰️ I SHALL NAME THE DEAD⚰️ The Nameless Dead cannot be buried, their remains pile up in a mass of indignity. You have crawled from the gutter to name them. Explore the cemetery and uncover their names before the Worm eats your insides.
Hello friends, it's my birthday and @amazefest.bsky.social was so nice as to upload my talk from this year's festival for that specific reason 💜 youtu.be/W1DH-mrNkqc?...
A MAZE. / Berlin 2026 - Day 1: The artist is present: Making personal games
YouTube video by A MAZE.
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