Sam Lock

Tide Together 4th year Abertay Game Design student

soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam... New song for a new game jam

The Climb by S_Lock, IMA, BlueJay1409, Lucy!!, murio1126

First 4th year game jam s-lock.itch.io/theclimb

People lived in fear that the kids would 'get their own back'

Open Letter Relating to the UK Video Games Council - full version on our website https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-regarding-the-uk-video-games-council/

We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...

Sun Dog by IMA, AgentKJH Dog wears a disguise to drink beer

Help out around the resort and explore the sunny island! innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io/sun-dog

Ultima Thule by Leviathan Games, AdrianHR, S_Lock, Jeffery Wick, Connerjharper444 Eerie Mystery Game based on a true story

Ultima Thule by @leviagames.bsky.social‬; investigate the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a small island in the North Sea and KEEP THE LIGHT ON. Mentored by @veryevildemons.com:
leviagames.itch.io/thule

Sun Dog Theme Theme song for a Game Jam game

A sneak peek at the main theme for a game jam game soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam...

Agent Squidge Splash Screen - title Agent Squid Licence to fail. Squidge floats amongst a chaotic array broken and breaking objects

An anthropomorphic cat gazes at an beautifully rendered island landscape. Screenshot from the game Shore Leave.

A pine marten with a huge sword strapped accross it's back looks at a fantasy village. A screen hot from the game The Chronicles of Marten.

First person view down a cavern made whose walls appear to be the inside of a human brain. The cavern is decorrated with houshold items. The player's hands are silhouetted against the scene. A screenshot from the game synaptic.

A thread to celebrate the 3rd Year Professional Project games our students at @AbertayUni delivered this year. I'm linking to a dozen in the thread but all 31 can be found on our showcase page here:

itch.io/jam/professi...

Please, get in touch if you want to mentor next year.

If he divorces the AI does Sam Altman get alimony?

I'd put my hat in the running for music

i hope he does this. i would love so much if there was a new rightwing party in the US that only ever gets 6% of the national vote. that’d be so sick

YouTube video by Man Carrying Thing book red flags and the Male Reading Crisis

Book discourse makes me want to die, but I felt like this guy put words to so much of what drives me up the wall about the gendered anxieties around books and reading

OpenWebSearch – a European index for European search engines : Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful

The European Union is working on its own web index to allow search engines based on the continent to stop relying on Google or Bing for their results. An important step to seriously sidelining those companies.

God, the Devil, and AI feat. Miles Klee (E323) People use generative artificial intelligence to troubleshoot technical problems, churn out anime-inspired images based on their personal photos, and drive university professors who teach undergrad co

In the latest episode of QAA, we interview @milesklee.bsky.social about his chilling article on ChatGPT encouraging religious psychosis in its users, and I explore how the Christians who claim AI is demonic are wrong, but not *wrong* wrong on.soundcloud.com/UmtjAVCbA3xk...

Chaos Destruction in UE5 MetaSounds | Massimo Caramella Hey everyone, I just finished a short UE5 audio implementation project that I wanted to share. It's a simple system that creates procedural, physics-based debris collision sounds using MetaSound, ...

Using #UE5 physics to create convincing destruction #gameaudio sounds using granulation by SoVGA student Massimo Caramella: www.linkedin.com/posts/massim...

I do genuinely think AI could theoretically help with loneliness, maybe you just need someone to talk with etc etc but the issue is when you create something with no will that only exists to satisfy you and make you feel better, you end up making technology for sociopaths

I've made a game about building medieval castles! 🏰 you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii

YouTube video by Charalanahzard The games industry is screwed 2.0

I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great.

youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ

YouTube video by Leviathan Games Ultima Thule (2025) :: Release Gameplay Video

Ultima Thule 1.0 is out now! Beware, this video contains *SPOILERS* youtu.be/Njfv9FUwgu4.

"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once."
— Ocean Vuong (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)

#madewithunreal #gamedev

Keep the light on.

#madewithunreal #gamedev

"Should pale death with treble dread / make the ocean caves our bed, / God who hear'st the surges roll, / deign to save our suppliant soul." - The Lighthouse (2019)

#madewithunreal #gamedev #trailertuesday

From the twisted minds of the Leviateam.

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato

#gamedev #madewithunreal #horror

Video games and workers’ rights - can we share our way out of this mess? 👇🏻

Are you afraid of staircases?

If you are, then you have climacophobia.

#madewithunreal #gamedev #stairs

Ultima Thule by Leviathan Games, AdrianHR, S_Lock Eerie Mystery Game based on a true story

HARK! Alpha build of "Ultima Thule" be upon ye! Play at your peril...

leviagames.itch.io/thule

#madewithunreal #gamedev #des315

Opinion Video games are good for your mental health? Not if you play like me Adrian Chiles

Something fishy is afoot...

#unrealengine #gamedev #leviathangames

The Ambient Audio Design of 'Still Wakes the Deep'
Daan Hendriks (Audio Director) Francesco Del Pia (Lead Sound Designer) @thechineseroom.co.uk #GameAudioGDC @audiokinetic.bsky.social