Wren Brier
@wrenegade.bsky.social
Creative Director of Unpacking📦, currently taking a break from game dev to enjoy other things life has to offer.
this is genuinely my greatest fear about writing historical fiction. I'll spend a bunch of time researching, do my best, and some fucking chicken expert will be like "chickens are wrong"
Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · 2y agoThis is the best film complaint I’ve ever seen
I started language school last week (mid-level Japanese). The first week was a bit chaotic but this week has been pretty solid and I’m really enjoying it! I can’t believe how much my listening skills have improved already.
Concert treasures ✨ Concerts in Japan often have special confetti strips you can catch during the finale, and some stores sell plastic sleeves for turning them into keychains!
Proud to announce the next game Vampirium: 1997 Dracula is king of the United British Empire. Kill his enemies and find your own path through a minimalist immersive sim sandbox. Wishlists and retweets massively appreciated (and, you know, massively helpful) store.steampowered.com/app/4035190/...
Vampirium: 1997 on Steam
1997. Dracula is King of England. At his command, master your dark gifts to assassinate his enemies and secure his vampiric empire. Infiltrate locked-down locations, adapt and survive in living enviro...
store.steampowered.com
Me: I feel like an egg sandwich but I can’t decide what kind Family Mart: Don’t worry, I got u babe
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Bought myself a brand new CD player at Tower Records in the year of our lord 2026 because Japan is an alternate universe
Made a pilgrimage to see Our Lady of Music and Soccer today
this is such a good thread, Nicholas explains it so clearly with some excellent visual examples if you care about art, either making it or just enjoying it, give this a read
Nicholas Kole@nicholaskole.bsky.social · last mo.Hi there, nice to see you. Professional craftsperson here to say: THE VALUE IS ABSOLUTELY IN CREATING A PERFECT FLOWER POT YOU WEIRD GARGOYLE (1/?)
Unpacking was included in the "Design & Disability" exhibit at the V&A South Kensington, and they've now opened that exhibition at @VADundee. It'll be on view through October, and well worth a visit. Details here: www.vam.ac.uk/dundee/whats...
Our friends at @paralives.com have made this lovely house inspired by a certain familiar location you might recognize from Unpacking!
Paralives@paralives.com · 2mo agoour latest patch is out ( ◡̀ ᴗ ◡́)و update your game and check out our known issues!
make it exist first, you can make it good later (2009-2026)
I'm happy to announce that I'm working on a prototype for 'The Ropeway' with funding from Screen Queensland! My wonderful wife Mei-Li is producing and the excellent Launchable Socks will be working on sound design and music. Below is a quick demonstration of the pulley and constraint mechanic.
Unpacking will be leaving @gamepass.xbox.com at the end of this month, so you have just under two weeks to get to it if it’s been sitting in your “to play” list! Head here to play: www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...
As I see more friends fall victim to this discord hack, I remind people that if someone asks you to download their new game out of the blue, right now, because it will only take a couple minutes, after "catching up" for a minute It's a hack, and they will take over once you download that file.
BREAKING: Several Xbox studios, including Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Double Fine, are negotiating with Xbox as they try to avoid closure. Some or all could spin off. Lots still in flux as many studios remain unsure about what's happening. Here's the latest: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Studios in Microsoft’s Xbox Division Brace for Closures
The studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent.
bloomberg.com
Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.
Love to find out that our aircon is not only broken but actually so old and busted that it needs to be fully replaced, inside and outside unit, as we approach mid June in Tokyo
Honestly, when the Paralives team sent me screenshots of the house from the final level of Unpacking so lovingly recreated in their game I got a little emotional. They nailed it.
Unpacking 📦@unpackinggame.com · 2mo agoThere's many ways to incorporate the new Unpacking items in @Paralives.com but what if we started by recreating the final house? Here's a few peeks at rooms you should recognize!
I'm currently available for work! I have 15 years of experience making art for games - pixel art and 2D, be it still or animated :) I'm specially open for illustrative work, commissions, part time and/or short-term projects! 🎨 lunascimento.art 📬 lunascimento.art@gmail.com
