Richard Bolland

I'm not really a big AI Doomer but it kind of felt like being explained how they've made improvements to a noose while it's being tied around your neck and expecting some type of applause for the innovation.

They continued to say that if designers don't adopt this method they will be left behind and out of a job.

A COO of a big insurance company gave a talk about how they are paying a multi-billion dollar AI company a subscription each month, so that their executive team can bypass the design team, to create an AI experience for their customers which makes the multi-billion rand insurance company more money.

Last night I attended a design event with about 100 creatives or so...

Yas, I love making games. That is all.

Rive to Survive We’ve been exploring Rive, a tool that lets you create lightweight, interactive animations that keep people engaged way longer than a static image or a simple video ever could.

We all know the internet is constantly changing, and we’re always on the lookout for ways to make content more engaging (and keep people sticking around longer). One big trend that’s been picking up steam lately is interactive content made in
@rive.app www.studiobo.io/blog/rive-to...

YouTube video by Nyamakop Relooted Announcement Trailer

Not all treasures are lost… some are just waiting to be reclaimed.

Announcing Relooted:

An Africanfuturist heist game where you reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums.

Please share, & wishlist!

youtu.be/KgPxPfXb734

(Wishlist links in next tweet!)

@dayofthedevs.org #SummerGameFest

Woohoo! @gamemakerstoolkit.com scrabble roguelike is super fun!

Had a lot of fun paper prototyping a scrabble roguelike with @nekropants.bsky.social who also took this tasty📸

Making a fully responsive interactive explainer for our studio in
@rive.app 🤠

Meneer.

Learning how to use @gamemaker.io and it's a lot of fun! Still got lots to do but it's been rad to use visual scripting.

Coding still absolutely breaks my brain but hopefully just by doing things I will get better.

I loved this short blog post by @grumpygamer.com about Vertical Slices.

grumpygamer.com/vertical_sli...

Haha that's a great suggestion! Thanks Mandy 😀

Stressed day?
Break some glass.

Angry at your partner?
Break some glass.

Hate glass bottles?
Break some glass.

Outraged at the lack of human empathy in this capitalist world we live in?
Break some glass.

Made completely in @rive.app
Break some glass: richardbolland.itch.io/breakglass

SQUISH lives! The prototype of our new, joyful, cozy, adventure game is out now! 

Plant flowers! Go on adorable quests! Make witch-punk BFFs! Create wholesome chaos!

giantswordgames.itch.io/squish

#indiegame #indiegamedev #cozygames #platformer #farminggames #pixelart

We've got lots of fun stuff we're cooking up at Studio Bo! Can't wait to show you what we've been working on.

Where's Wally but with sounds!

We made a 'hidden sound' game with
Pressure Cooker Studios in a 2-week jam.

Give it a play here: hellostudiobo.itch.io/finding-father

Heyo! We're Nyamakop and we made Semblance, the first true plat- "former"

We're finally back on the social media grind and will be keeping you in the loop with kwl things we've done and kwl things we're doing!

You can give it a play too: rive.app/marketplace/... Have fun!

I made a game about bees🐝🥵 in *8 hours* using @rive.app at the Super Friendship Arcade Jam.

Concept to deployment, with no code. Whoop whoop!

Special thanks to Ben from @teamlazerbeam.bsky.social who made the sick-ass music and @damousey.bsky.social who is making an alt-controller for this game!

@nekropants.bsky.social knows how to make a guy happy.

I miss the old Vimeo days.

Thursday - We Are Losing Third Places The Corder Report · Episode

Really loved your 'Third Place' podcast episode @dancorder.bsky.social Totally agree that we need to reclaim those third places. open.spotify.com/episode/2VpJ...

Ah man, I love this! You have a playable yet?

It's one of the only digital mediums that allow for a full creative experience. It adds a depth that cannot be achieved through a purely visual or auditory experience.

Kings & Castles by Studio Bo, AshCubed, Rich Bolly Who will conquer the great Isle of Sheeple?

We've now made Kings & Castles completely mobile compatible right from your browser: hellostudiobo.itch.io/kings-castles

So if you're reading this on your phone, you should be able to play! 👑🏰

Dang, I wish I could have made that meet up. Sounds like it was super valuable!

Was it the Makers Massive Tech Talk and was it Evan's wise words? Curious to know what went wrong :)