Leon Hijazi-Killin 🍉🏳️‍🌈🎮✨🔜Develop:Brighton

Mythmatch – taking on ancient Greek tech bros to rebuild a broken world Low-budget puzzle game is also about building communities and challenging capitalism – while still looking cute and approachable

Hi I spoke to @oneofmoo.bsky.social about Mythmatch, an intriguing puzzle game combining RPG and match-three elements with a slyly anti-techbro narrative

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Come chat with me at Develop! 🙌✨

YouTube video by Nothing Without Us DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH IS HERE! FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING | Nothing Without Us

🥳HAPPY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE!🥳

Find out what we have planned for this incredibly exciting month here:
youtu.be/J7vB1l9cb0I

a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it . ALT: a cat is holding a microphone in its mouth and singing into it .

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!

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

We're pleased to reveal the lineup poster for Games Transformed 2025!

We’ll be joined by Meg Jayanth, Chris Bratt, Gareth Damian Martin, Clapton CFC, Innuendo Studios & many more!

Join us on Saturday 12 July for Games Transformed 2025.

TICKETS: www.tickettailor.com/events/games...

This looks like the most unsurprising chart I've ever seen, but if you only read British media you'd lose your mind learning that this is the reality of it

Games for Palestine Charity 2025 A game jam from 2025-06-15 to 2025-07-11 hosted by Junch. The people of Palestine continue to be subjected to repeated hostilities, destruction of homes and livelihoods, critical infrastructure, and d...

Finally ready to talk about the project 📢📢

Excited to share the launch of @seagamesforgood.bsky.social - a community-powered initiative to do GOOD, and as its first project - Play for Peace: Games for Palestine Charity in partnership with @unrwausa.bsky.social.

More below⬇️

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I wrote a case study on the importance of and ROI for creating consistency during uncertain times for @balancepatch.bsky.social 👀✨️

Wrote about SGF, ICE, and covering the event as first-generation US born person.

This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets

Once again, Teen Vogue is doing the journalism needs to be done. Thanks for your hard work just telling the truth while other news outlets orchestrate a baseless moral panic.

Case Study: Creating Consistency in Uncertain Times — BALANCEPATCH How can you create consistency at your studio or business in times of constant uncertainty? Using the work we did with Sumo Group for their Pride campaign from 2021 through to 2024, this case study...

Our new case study is now live: Creating Consistency in Uncertain Times.

Check it out! ⬇️

www.balancepatch.co.uk/blog/casestu...

Meet @leonkillin.bsky.social, a principled leader, culture builder, and one of the brilliant members of the Code Coven Academy CIC Advisory Board. Through his work at Balance Patch, Leon helps studios create inclusive, caring cultures that are built to last. Grateful to have him.

Jack Poso Ev @JackPosobiec Follow Some of y'all cant handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows This is direct communication (phallocentric) vs indirect communication (gynocentric) I understand you aren't used to it 4:33 PM • 6/5/25 • 53K Views

I cannot stop wheezing

Hey #PitchYaGame!

Mythmatch is an anti-capitalist merge game about the power of community over authority.

⚡ Challenge the Gods
✨ Inspire the Mortals
🏚️ Rebuild Ithaca
🫂 Find Your Match

New Demo on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/1778050/...

It’s probably bad that the future of America’s government pivots on a fight between Lex Luthor and the Joker

I teach a game writing class. Students have scripts, worldbuilding docs, treatments, etc due every week

About half the class used ChatGPT last semester even though I made it clear using an LLM = an F. When I asked why a studio would ever hire them if their work was just ChatGPT, they seemed stunned

Literally why would we WANT to though

En route to the red line around parliament for Palestine with @pscupdates.bsky.social 🇵🇸

I'm collating together who all is celebrating this year on a LinkedIn post so keep them coming! 🏳️‍🌈

www.linkedin.com/posts/leon-k...

A List Of Games By Trans People Before 2010

Happy pride folks

I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team.

We have always been here.

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Jonathan Joss, known for King of the Hill and Parks and Rec also played Robert Rainwater in Cyberpunk 2077. He was a great actor and my heart goes out to his family and partner. May homophobes rot and burn.

"but my nostalgia"

"but she doesn't own the fandom"

"but I'm not going to give her money I'm just going to keep her property culturally relevant forever"

"but also I'm definitely going to give her money and just pretend I didn't"

Children's media consumed by adults funding fascism. Wild.

So I'm looking to ramp up my freelance work after my hours for a client got slashed. 💀

I'm available for reviews, mock reviews and guides, as well as LGBTQ+ and HoH consultation. I'm an award-winning writer with experience in narrative design and PR. aimeehart.journoportfolio.com

RTs appreciated.

I'm collating together who all is celebrating this year on a LinkedIn post so keep them coming! 🏳️‍🌈

www.linkedin.com/posts/leon-k...

Is your games studio posting support for Pride this year? Or have you seen a particular studio posting? I want to see 'em! Share below pls? 🙏

Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales

Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.

Title: Ad Finem Fidelis; faithful to the end. Image: An illustration of a crouching gargoyle with long curved horns, one broken off, seated on a stone dias. The gargoyle is cast in half-shadow at an angle. At the bottom of the dias is a plaque that reads "Ad Finem Fidelis" meaning Faithful To The End in Latin. Also below the dias there is a wreath of ivy with smaller stone goblins hidden within it. Behind the gargoyle is a Medieval-style pennant of the LGBTQ+ flag, each color breaking into separate streamers that flutter behind and around the gargoyle.

✨🌈𝔄𝔡 𝔉𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔪 𝔉𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔰🌈✨

Happy Pride!

Is your games studio posting support for Pride this year? Or have you seen a particular studio posting? I want to see 'em! Share below pls? 🙏