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Richard Lemarchand

@rich-lem.bsky.social

Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.

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Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2w ago

Good news! 🧟You can get Beatdown City Survivors 💯Which is 100% Very Positive on Steam 💸For 25% off! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Beatdown City Survivors store listing showing 100% Very Positive.
Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 3w ago

Beatdown City Survivors is part of the nonbinary coded games fest! (because of the launch discount cooldown, the game will be on sale for a week starting the 18th) You can play the demo right now! And if you're feeling generous, it's $9.99 beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

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Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor@derek-lieu.com · 3w ago

I'm gonna speak at Game Devs of Color this year! :DDD For this talk I'm focusing on the trailer for Skin Deep by @blendogames.bsky.social. Everything from getting the job through finishing it up. It'll be a whirlwind walk through my process for making a trailer.

Game Devs of Color Expo@gdocexpo.com · 3w ago

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Derek Lieu: More Than Skin Deep: How an Indie Game Trailer is Made From Concept to Completion From the first call with #gamedev to final cut, Derek walks through the full trailer-making process - what to show, what to cut, & how to make your game impossible to scroll past.

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · last mo.

Currently working on customization modes to make the game harder, quicker, and one mode will make it easier. Should be dropping on Steam by early next week.

Shawn Alexander Allen@shawndoublea.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 Eradicate hordes of monsters in this 🗽Immersive 👥survivors roguelite 🌃set in a destructible city OUT NOW! 🛠️fun weapon crafting 🐱large cast of characters 🏗️dynamic environments 🔊pumping soundtrack Play the demo/check it out today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm

Douglas@dmgregory.ca · last mo.

This is one big worry around AI: capitalism never uses technology advances to let us work *less*, it just packs *more* work into the same time / onto the same people An AI "perfectly" automating the low-stakes, easier tasks just turns my job into an unbroken stream of high-stakes, demanding tasks 😱

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · last mo.

if it ever works it's going to be simply burning out developers at 10x speed popping them out like assault rifle rounds red hot and spent one a week

Richard Lemarchand@rich-lem.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’m really excited to be attending DiGRA next week, for the first time ever! Heather Kelley and I are running a level design workshop on Wednesday morning… If you happen to be in Dublin tonight, reach out and let’s get together!

Richard Lemarchand@rich-lem.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My friend and former student Nickey Olson just released his game ‘Richard’ on Steam! It’s a brilliant interactive narrative setting Shakespeare’s Richard III against a background of high school drama, with excellent design and astonishing art. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/3635830/...

Richard on Steam

Welcome to Rose Academy, home to the brightest students in the world! Play as the new transfer student, George, as he embarks on his campaign against Richard, the most popular kid in school. Develop f...

store.steampowered.com

Richard Lemarchand@rich-lem.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Steven is an extremely thoughtful and interesting interviewer, and I’m honored to be among the wonderful group of people he’s gathered here. Check out the trailer for The Examined Game, below!

The Examined Game with Steven Lake@theexaminedgame.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I juat released a trailer for The Examined Game youtu.be/a-b40R6Nk98 featuring @vankelsing.bsky.social @alexbeachum.bsky.social @juliaminamata.bsky.social @rich-lem.bsky.social @jon.inkle.co & Joeseph Humphry amongst many other video game super stars #outerwilds #uncharted #80days #lifeisstrange

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think maybe my job now is just repeatedly saying this? And eg: you can also borrow a load of audiobooks on your phone from local libraries. Not just classics! Brand new buzzy novels and non fiction! I have Yesteryear and Calculation of Volume and Things In Nature Merely Grow right now.

Naomi Alderman@naomialderman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

every time I say this, someone didn't know: you can get the NYRB, the New Yorker, the LRB, Paris Review, The Spectator (weirdly not New Statesman), The Week, both French & Italian Vogue & New Scientist among many many other magazines FREE via the Libby app from your local library?

Carolyn Petit@carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Really good interview IMO. I nodded vigorously in agreement with Thomson here in particular, on the virtues of letting games go before we exhaust them of content completely: “I think that one of the things that games are great at is living large in our imaginations.”

It's a valid way to play games. But on the other hand, I do want to push back against it, because I think that some of my best experiences with games as a player have been when I have left them, not necessarily unfinished, but leaving large aspects of them unexplored. I think that by doing that, the game can occupy your imagination in a far greater capacity than if you explore every single nook and cranny, you see exactly everything the game had to offer. I think that one of the things that games are great at is living large in our imaginations.
Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

i talked to ap thomson about the weird game he made and all the bits of himself that he put in it: kotaku.com/titanium-cou...

Aerial_Knight@aerialknight.com · 3mo ago

The early previews for the next DropShot Update have been really great. launching next week, but send this link to your favorite content creator. If you would like to win a copy of Dropshot on the platform of your choice, share this post and follow Im giving away 5 codes forms.gle/5RWUUHHFNtSg...

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Dosa Divas Out Now@outerloopgames.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Easily one of the most vibrant-looking indie RPGs to release in April, Dosa Divas is a creative adventure centred around food, where two sisters and their giant mech aim to bring a bit of culture back to the world’s eating habits." www.mirror.co.uk/gaming/april...

11 best indie games released in April 2026 – small gems you probably missed

April was a great month for a fun and varied selection of creative indie game releases. Here's a list of those we'd suggest you check out.

mirror.co.uk