Seth Rosen
@sirrosen.bsky.social
Burned out. Nectar Vector next. Before: Game Director + Lead Designer on Pacific Drive, Designer on Bioshock Infinite, various Don't Starve things, and Mafia 3. Liked Movie. Boston area. he/him
If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...
A Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)
This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's...
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really into this guy who krumps to various songs while singing said songs a cappella
I don’t know why we have to single out the evil Canadians here… I’m sure the good and neutral ones have thoughts too. And why doesn’t chaotic/lawful enter into it? (I agree, this is Bad)
Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22h agoAmericans really don’t understand how evil Canadians view this rhetoric. We think it’s just “Trump being Trump” and trolling for lulz, but Lutnick here is threatening the sovereignty of our closest ally and biggest trading partner. This is a catastrophe, not easily remedied.
My parents have been cleaning out their house so I’ve absorbed a few pieces of art, which is really lovely. And also this thing I made in 1st grade.
Scientists! 🧪 Dive even deeper into your paranormal research with the Abiotic Factor + Pacific Drive bundle, celebrating the Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest!⬇️ store.steampowered.com/bundle/83593... 🤝 @ironwood.bsky.social
Seth Moulton? More like Seth Molten!!! (he may as well have fallen in a volcano)
Anyway if you want more reading on this—this is something the Black Tabby Games team and I chatted about.
Scarlet Hollow dev Black Tabby Games slinks into game publishing
Black Tabby Games will now be publishing games under the Black Tabby Publishing label.
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Some very high profile mid-sized studio crashes of the last 3 years feel like they were because their business models weren’t based on making successful games, they were based on securing funding. The product was the potential game, not the released ones.
So many game studios struggle to pay the bill with game revenue—even with a commercially successful game they keep the lights on through externally funding the next game. We’ve built a very stupid system for moving money around in this industry!!!
wait how is PEAK not in the survival crafting fest on steam??? yea it doesn't have crafting but we overindex on that--crafting isn't key to survival design and that's the best survival game to come out in years imo... the health/stamina/status bar is so gd smart, I'm in awe of it every time I play
I made two games on this list! That feels pretty good! They're also both on sale on Steam in the PvE Survival Crafting Fest, so if you haven't played Don't Starve or Pacific Drive, check that out (as well as the other fantastic games on this list) gamerant.com/best-single-...
7 Single-Player Survival Games That Are 10/10 Masterpieces
Survival games are often associated with multiplayer, but there are also perfect single-player experiences in the genre.
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Possible first party @buttplug.io support coming soon to Pacific Drive?
Seth Rosen@sirrosen.bsky.social · 2d agoYou CAN fuck the car
Also this week: need some therapy after carpal tunnel surgery and I searched for the speciality on my insurance’s website. 1 result. One! Spent the last two days calling misc numbers provided by my doctors and asking if they take my insurance—most did, but some didn’t have availability til Oct
Next they’ll be arguing that you need to submit a form 27b/6 on a weekly basis to keep anything you’ve purchased. Bad, Brazil-ass world they’ve made!
imho it’s bad that it seems to be metaphysically impossible to stay employed by a video game making corporation under death spiral capitalism
I got this TV for free from a (admittedly not very friendly) dumpster outside of an abandoned motel, it was being rained on so I thought it was a goner, but nope! Still works just fine. Pacific Drive looks great on it!
For my newest video I took people's assumptions about game development and... addressed them! Including why crunch actually happens, how much money game developers make, and the unique way that making games 'ruins them' for you: youtu.be/WnfKzdTUjtw?...
I fear we have misunderstood game development
YouTube video by Alanah Pearce
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Don't get lost on your way out of Flathill - you never know which roads go to the OEZ. 🌲🚘🧪 Check out our new bundle with @deepfieldgames.bsky.social Abiotic Factor on Steam - shorturl.at/XXKe8 Bringing together these two funky sci fi games with atmospheric worlds was a no brainer!
Save 42% on Abiotic Factor x Pacific Drive on Steam
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such giddy joy about trucks shearing themselves in half. this is pure hater energy. @reportermatt.bsky.social
hello! please play the USUAL JUNE demo, a game about the corruption at the heart of the Midwest, written by the lovely David Pinckney and narrative directed by me, a person who loves spooky things, puzzles, finji games, intrigue, the x-files, investigations, etc
Finji@finjico.bsky.social · 7d ago👻 USUAL JUNE IS LAUNCHING OCTOBER 28TH! Fight monsters, talk to ghosts, and get to the bottom of a mystery threatening to obliterate an entire city in Usual June, a third-person action-adventure game developed by Finji (that's us!!) Play the demo on Steam! #awesomeindiesshow #gamescom #usualjune
I can hold two ideas in my head at once. Allow me to demonstrate: “Abolish ICE” and “lmaooooooooo”
GTA is very impressive and it just makes me tired to think about the number of hours and amount of content and systems and features that goes into making something like that
cam brink showing everyone how you handle all this. real one
Loomin' Onion™@buckrawheat.bsky.social · last wk.pulled the video so you don't have to go to X we stan a towering queen who does not care for the antics of mediocre men
had a cursed idea for a friendslop game, might have to milk it
To tell if a maze is solvable, just hang it by its corners If it tears into pieces, you’ve found a solution
the thing about indie games is that if someone designs one single game I love, I’ll get whatever they make for the rest of their lives and pretty much always have a good time. people are so attached to ip but imo you really gotta know the creators.
Listening to a basketball podcast and I recently finished watching Foundation and I think instead of referring to players being in their prime, being young, etc, we should just say they’re in their Dawn, Day, Dusk eras
this is the first major advance in the field of dunkology in decades
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · last wk.Jordan Southerland won the dunk of the contest by combining a 6 foot high jump with a dunk 🤯