Gerben Grave || Multiverse Narratives

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org

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Did a new one

I decided to NOT submit my talk proposals for GDC2026.

I think I have some killer topics, but it's impossible to tell what kind of country I'd be visiting in 7 months. I hate having to miss seeing my fellow narrative peeps there but, given current circumstances, I don't want to commit to attending.

Senior Writer Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...

Goooooood morning, Bluesky! CD PROJEKT RED is hiring two more writers for Cyberpunk 2. Come tell razor-sharp stories with my talented crew! #games #writing

We need an Expert Writer
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And a Senior Writer
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Members come, and sometimes members leave. But today, we issued member number 50 to the latest company to join our cooperative!

A total of 50 unique members have joined the Game Bakery since it has been founded almost 10 years ago.

On that note, welcome aboard, Umbra Studios! 🎉🎉

#GameBakery

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Call for a voice actor!

We’re looking to cast a female actress for our next game. Vocal age 25-35, Northern England accent, preferably Mancunian, incl. Pakistani and Indian Mancunian accents.

That’s you? Then send a sample to info@inklestudios.com, marked “casting call”.

Paid gig, ofc

<3 RTs!

Submissions are open for upcoming showcases! 🍂

Our Fall Showcase will be 🖥️ ONLINE + ONSITE 📍

If you have an exciting playable demo dropping this Steam Next Fest submit for Indie Fan Fest Showcase as well! 💪

➡️ bit.ly/MIXFall25

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Is it October already?

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Works for social media posts t-

Hey #PitchYaGame!
Autogame Deluxe is a 1-10 player party game where you control a car with one button!
Evade cops, commuters, and chaos. Every press turns you left and every turn speeds you up!
🚗🚗🚗 🚓

Wishlist & play the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/1952450/...

Eloquence: the narrative Metroidbrainia about language!

🗣️Collect and use phrases of a functional symbol language!
🏝️Explore a vibrant and dynamic world!
🌋Save the islanders from an eruption!

Did you enjoy the movie Arrival? This is the game for you!
#PitchYaGame #indiedev #linguistics

Links below

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Heads-up: #PitchYaGame is THIS week! 🥳😱😅

🔹June 6th.. LESS than 4 days away.

#GameDev #IndieDev

Say <redacted> to <redacted> for me when you <redacted> him!

It's a bit lullig though

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

EU citizens, please take 30 seconds to sign the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion therapy (torture against LGBTQ+ people).

Only 1 day left to meet the criteria of 1 million signatures.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public

European Citizens' Initiative Give your support !

Si l'initiative citoyenne européenne visant à interdire les thérapies de conversion dans toute l'UE ne récolte pas 1 million de signatures d'ici 10 jours, elle échouera malheureusement...
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Today is an Offspring kind of day 🤘🎧#amwriting

Detail of Steam's "Specials" store tab, in which it looks as if in the capsule art of Star Wars Battlefront II, Darth Maul's light saber is breaking through its border, extending into Kingdoms and Castles store capsule art.

Steam's "Specials" store tab, in which it looks as if in the capsule art of Star Wars Battlefront II, Darth Maul's light saber is breaking through its border, extending into Kingdoms and Castles store capsule art.

I thought it. Only for a second, but I definitely thought it.

"Cross-Steam Capsule Marketing. They did it. The mad lads actually did it."

Turns out it was just a coincidence

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Ahead of the next #PitchYaGame on June 6th, we would love to reach more..
🔹Devs / teams in other countries
🔹Industry people (publishers, creators, press et al)

Be eternally grateful if you can help, in any way! 🥰

Aim: more #IndieGames from all corners of the world pitched & supported 👀

Looks gooooood!

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between on Steam Glitchhikers is a surreal journey through the spaces between places. A late night drive, a deserted airport lounge, a moonlit walk through an empty park, a quiet carriage on an overnight train. Who wi...

This one might be useful for you too! store.steampowered.com/app/1449230/...

Good luck!

As true mastery and skills become rarer through AI reliance ,they become more valuable and harder to acquire.

Thus the way to survive beyond AI is to focus on the hard skills that AI promises to replace.

This is the 'AI Mastery Paradox'.

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REPOSTS APPRECIATED ‼️

Please if you're a queer european person or simply a decent human being, sign his petition to help fight LGTB+phobia in EU. Trans people are being persecuted, it ends in a month and in less than a minute you can help people to not lose rights

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Thanks, I hate it

［GDC 2025］言語学から学ぶゲームキャラクターの命名術――Gerben Grave氏が語る「ネームクラフト」の秘訣

4Gamer 🔗https://www.4gamer.net/games/557/G055797/20250318049/
［GDC 2025］言語学から学ぶゲームキャラクターの命名術――Gerben Grave氏が語る「ネームクラフト」の秘訣

世界観に溶け込んだキャラクター名を設計するための実践的な方法が解説された

A movie from the year you turned 30.

Today we would like to introduce you to one of our co-founders & current chair of the Bakery @thomasjager.nl, a producer. Until 2023 he worked at BlackMill Games, mainly on the game Isonzo!

Interested in learning more about Thomas? Check out the link in the comments below!

#GameBakery #Groningen

Polished HEMA longsword

I polished my sword yesterday!
(Not a euphemism, I swear)

Shiny once more!