Bennn Strickland

thank you bad bunny for highlighting the importance of critical power distribution infrastructure bsky.app/profile/cost...

Thank you for this!!!

My friends and I are working on @snaccoongame.bsky.social, a game about being a raccoon and doing raccoon stuff!

It's available for wishlist on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2001850/...

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.

Important Announcement:

it's time... get in stream as we play heart machine's latest, POSSESSOR(S)!

twitch.tv/aqualounge_tv

The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.

Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).

PC + PS5. Available now. 😈

store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...

How does an #indiestudio create a soundtrack for their 17th century folk horror game?

Step one: Hire a badass audio team.
Step two: let them be their weird, wonderful selves.

@chrisrickwood.bsky.social made his own tagelharp (YES - handmade!), then he also tracked down a hurdy-gurdy just for us.

AaaaaaAAAAAAA!

Hahaha I picked one baseball game to watch this year this rules hahaha

I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.

I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.

Please, share this. 🖤

My time at Heart Machine has sadly come to a rather abrupt end. I was there for almost 6 years, & had been working on Breaker since summer 2020. It was a pleasure working with them!

Now, a new chapter begins.

YouTube video by troupe gammage Troupe Gammage Music Reel

After 7.5 years, my time making music & sound at @heartmachine.bsky.social is ending w/ the recent layoffs.

I'd love to keep pushing boundaries -- please reach out if you think I can help solve your audio problems, especially if you're doing something artistically wild.

RTs appreciated 🙏

The Terrible Layoff Beast has come for me and I no longer work for Heart Machine. It was a good team, I'm sad I won't get to work with them anymore.

If you're looking for a game designer, I'm available for full time gigs and consulting. I'm pretty OK at it.

I'll have more info to share in a bit.

Hi friends. Unfortunately, my time at Heart Machine is coming to an end. I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. Saying goodbye to such a talented team is difficult, but I am excited for the next adventure. <3

I'll have more info soon.

Thanks everyone. Stay strong out there.

The layoffs have come for me and time at Heart Machine will be wrapping up at the end of the month.

If you're looking for a Technical Artist with experience in Houdini, Unreal, Unity, Python, VEX and C++, lets chat. 🫡

(portfolio updates incoming)
randireynolds.artstation.com

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

Ok this slaps

come be a senior QA analyst and send me bugs, puff up that jira bro

New Opportunity Alert! 🚨

We're looking for an Environment Artist to help us craft an exciting game world! Come join our team and bring our vision to life. 🎮 ✨

Check out the role and apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/...

We are horrified by the federal government laying siege to our beloved City and terrorizing members of our community in coordinated and widespread ICE raids today. These raids are cruel, tear families apart, and are an affront to who we are as a city. Attacking and corralling community members from local hardware stores and warehouses is just another instance of dehumanizing immigrant workers. The City of Los Angeles is built by immigrants. LA is stronger, better, and a true testament of our principles when we welcome and care for our immigrant neighbors. The City of LA’s Sanctuary City Ordinance prohibits City resources from being used to aid federal immigration enforcement. However, today, the City witnessed through videos and media coverage Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers within the vicinity of ICE raids. LAPD’s presence raises serious questions about whether we are abiding by our City’s mandate as a Sanctuary City and is a cause for concern and confusion regarding LAPD’s role. I have begun communications with LAPD leadership to determine the reason behind LAPD’s presence at today’s raids. A preliminary explanation offered by LAPD is that LAPD is deployed to calls for help regardless of who is requesting their assistance, e.g. ICE, another agency or a member of the public. While we await formal answers to our community’s questions, my Office will be assessing the impact that today’s activities have had on our city resources and your tax dollars. As City Controller, we will be formally requesting information from the LAPD to determine the financial impact these ICE raids have had in using City resources, such as the LAPD’s involvement and response to the resulting demonstrations.

Re: Today's ICE Raids in the City of LA

As City Controller, we will be formally requesting information from the LAPD to determine the financial impact these ICE raids have had in using City resources, such as the LAPD’s involvement and response to the resulting demonstrations.

Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS

Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

Stormtrooper-ass looking cops standing in front of a giant donut.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

long live Los Angeles

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
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Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

Yes. More than anything. I want the whole catalog. I would watch Tank eat the phone book.

Drake rn:

Good Luck at the new gig. Keep posting cool stuff

Re: LAFD Budget

Seeing City officials in the press ignore the severe impacts of these budget cuts, especially the ones covering for their poor budget decisions to cut a majority of departments' budgets & even AFTER Chief Crowley told them about the impacts these cuts have had, is DISGRACEFUL.