Chad Toprak

ICYMI: We are looking for expressions of interest for anyone wanting to learn Blender! Follow the link and read all the details!

Thank you everyone for coming along to our exhibition launch today! ☺️💛 @chadtoprak.bsky.social & I feel so grateful and loved! 🥹✨

(I totally forgot to take any photos but it was so lovely to see people playing in the playspace of Traces of Play and adding a game to the wall 🥰)

A selection of images from games etc. Hannah Nicklin has worked on, a screencap or key art image from: Saltsea Chronicles, Black Mirror: Thronglets, Mutazione; and the cover of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice. Also featured two reviews. One from Eurogamer: 5/5 Saltsea Chronicles "Onwards you go in pursuit of your missing crew, then, your story diverging further from mine with every island choice, with every flick of the head or settling of the lips. Memories/Artefacts? Skeptical/Curious? And astonishingly, through all these moving parts, all this phase space, my story still made rich sense, and actually built to a truly devastating climax. Scream/Weep? Fittingly, for me, Saltsea Chronicles turned out to be a story about choices as well as a story made of choices. It made me think about the big decisions I make in life, but also the decisions that shape a life that I don't even notice having made. Ripples turning to waves and all that. You must play this. It's luminous." The second of Mutazione from Gamespew, 9/10 "Mutazione is a game that builds up relationships within a community you instantly feel a part of. The main story is secondary to the real drama and the heart of the town, but it’s necessary. It’s extremely well-written, and the hand-drawn environments are beautifully designed. Die Gute Fabrik has crafted a sweet, powerful fairy tale that delves into the human psyche and allows you to reside there for five hours or so."

A virtual biz card on a dark purple background, featuring an image of a white woman in glasses, with blonde hair, speaking at a podium. Next to it is the title Hannah Nicklin, and the details Creative Director, Narrative Lead/Designer, Senior Writer, Consultant. 11+ years experience in interactive narrative • 3 games shipped as Lead (PC, Console, mobile) • Many more as consultant • PhD in Interactive Practices • Masters & BA in Play/Screenwriting & Dramatic Arts • GDC Indie Summit Advisor, BAFTA Juror, TGA Future Class • Author of Writing for Games: Theory & Practice Black Mirror: Thronglets; Saltsea Chronicles; Mutazione; Saturnalia; Night School (A Netflix Studio); Cardboard Computer; Die Gute Fabrik; Draknek; Twisted Tree Games. Based in: Sheffield, United Kingdom Work in: Remote, CET-PST LinkedIn.com/in/hannah-nicklin hannahnicklin.com

📚 My current contract is coming to an end in Dec so I am now looking for new work!

⭐ I am an award-winning & expert/lead game writer & narrative designer.

🌎 I am interested in long & short term contracts & consultancy, ideally remote.

Let's chat!

hannahnicklin.com
linkedin.com/in/hannah-nicklin

spoke to @afterclimate.com.au about the sustainable games standard, a means of tracking emissions now publicly available for use by the entire games industry. a lot of thought went into this thing

You know what they say: the best time to do this is at the peak of a globally-reported government AI procurement scandal

funding doors are always open 😌

LAST CHANCE DON'T DILLY OR DALLY!

Remember, in addition to sick announcements, we're also looking for games that released this year that want to run a December discount 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

truly

🚨 Just one day left to submit for Frosty's Dec event! 🚨

Last chance to submit your upcoming or recently released game made in Australia & Aotearoa for consideration. Dev submissions close TOMORROW, Sep 30! ⤵️

forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...

Cherie!! 🥹💖 massive congrats to you and Daniel! 🙏✨ wishing you all the best!! 🥰

Incredibly proud of this new installation work that @helenkwok.bsky.social & I made together about childhood games from around the world 💖

If you're in Melbourne, do check it out at Footscray Community Arts 🙏 The exhibition is now open!

Lovely photos in the thread below 🧵👇

TLDR:
- MS exec Nadella personally oversaw the IDF spy unit deal
- As recently as May, internal MS reviews claimed there was no TOS violation
- MS, only after public Guardian report of what the IDF spy unit was doing with their software: "oh my , this isn't what we had in mind at all !! no likey !"

BDS works! also, they're still letting the IDF use their other cloud services, but they're starting to move on this, keep pushing.

A woman and a goat, art from Dreams On A Pillow

New coalition seeks to help Palestinian game developers 'speak loudly' through games
aftermath.site/palestinian-vo...

💛 TRACES OF PLAY 💛 is a participatory installation that celebrates the folk, playground, and street games we used to play. Created with @chadtoprak.bsky.social, come subvert these humble everyday objects into magnificent playthings of joy! 🪨🥜🥄✏️🪢

Justice Rangiah in his own words in Lattouf v ABC penalty decision.

The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.

ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.

The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.

Just saw this 😭🙏 looking forward to meeting in person! 💖✨

See you soon! :)

In case you missed it... Frosty is coming back this December 🍦🥳

We’ll be featuring exclusive reveals, announcements, and updates from upcoming and recently released games made in Australia & Aotearoa. Dev submissions open NOW and close in 1 week, on Sep 30! ⤵️

forms.gle/tt8y9N1dPweS...

cover art from the bundle page

the “Play for Peace - Games for Palestine 2025 Charity Bundle” needs as much support as it can get right now. it’s halfway there with just 2 days to go!
itch.io/b/2979/play-...
please share and spread the word.

We're just about 4 days left before the Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle sale ends, and about $8,000USD away from hitting $100k USD.

Please RT and help push this as far and to as many people as possible for this last stretch.

Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

chills down my spine. stoked for this one!
proud that we get to support bold artistic projects like this.

play for peace bundle logo

10 months in the making, Play for Peace bundle launches to raise money for Palestinian Aid: aftermath.site/play-for-peace...

please consider supporting this fantastic bundle 🙏

video trailer and bundle link in the post below 💖

Production - Online - Funding and Support - Screen Australia Screen Australia offers a range of funding programs and support to content makers from development to screening.

📣 Hey Australian gamemakers!

Screen Australia's Games grants close in 6 days! A reminder to get your applications in! 💪

🛠 Games Production Fund - up to $100k
🎨 Emerging Gamemakers Fund - up to $30k

📆 Applications close Thu 28 Aug, 5pm (AEST)
👉 www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

i'm ready when u are, australia

I know a bunch of you follow me. How have you managed to square away the thought that as journalists, if you were unlucky enough to be born in Gaza, Israel would have murdered the fuck out of you by now? How do you put that away and keep spewing IDF shite? It's fucked.

Unfortunately just videogames / digital games / games on screens (hence 'Screen Australia').

For now.

Hope to one day see a Games Australia where all forms of games and play are more likely to be eligible.