Gregory Avery-Weir

People sharing mediocre work by AI and saying "It's coming for your job!" is like when someone shows you their kid's work and is like, "You better watch out!" I'm not worried, Dave. I'm pretty sure I can draw better than your eight-year-old, and quite frankly he should maybe have a backup plan.

“the USPS must turn a profit” makes me want to set things on fire

they put a clause in the fucking constitution about postal service, that’s how important it is

nothing in there about “only if you can make money on it”

the thing about extreme content in video games is that the most appalling taboo porn game on the internet is still more artstically valid and has more reason to exist than Roblox

Warframe is a super slow burn, introducing fragmentary setting elements almost organically. By the time the story quests pick up speed, you have an impressive grasp of what matters in the world. @endyd20.bsky.social is doing a great first-playthrough YouTube series that highlights the approach.

We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com

Ugh they were right, this game is obscene

humble bundle continues to be weak shit

what's happening with Horses is a natural outcome of the payment processor censorship that happened earlier this year and we're going to see many more cases of this as the five platforms that exist all agree it's not worth rocking the boat any more

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

strangely inspirational

MILF and tentacles getting pulled alongside loli and shota reinforces what I and others have said since the summer: If you empower Mastercard to censor a little, you empower them to take everything away. The problem is the capacity for a credit card to censor

Call them

hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.

noplayersonline.net/statement

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

experiments with multi-tile variants to reduce 'gridding'
all permutations tile seamlessly, each tile is 20 pixels^2
for a yet unreleased project in ~2022

Did you know that Yarn Spinner tests and deploys all our software on some old PCs a friend found in a dumpster? 🗑️🔥

We entered a competition to win $5000 to buy better gear, so we can test and deploy to more storefronts and platforms. Now we need YOUR VOTE 🫵 Help us out? 💚 woobox.com/fw8p3z/galle...

We're live! Come chat with us about censorship and game design.

Twitch Twitch is the world

In honor of those organizing against paypro and storefront censorship, I'm streaming the very problematic "The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories" at 3 EST for Future Proof Plays! www.twitch.tv/gregoryavery... Join me in about two and a half hours for a game about queer self-harm.

Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)

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this entire thread is a must read.

people pirate most stuff when they're broke as shit and buy all they can when they're not, except for all the shit you can't see without piracy 'cause no one sells it. people pay when they have the cash and, increasingly, they have no cash. blame The End Of Mass Prosperity In The Imperial Core.

HORSES Fourteen days, a horse farm, and a few rules to follow...   Take a break from you

As Valve will never admit wrongdoing or their own cartoonish, well-documented inconsistency (because they'd have to re-review SO much and nobody at the company wants to do that), the only option left is to ensure Santa Ragione doesn't go bust. Which means buying games somewhere other than Steam.

i won't explicitly evoke my goofy as fuck catchphrase but there is something really insidious to me about this unheaded cultural movement towards an aesthetic of having no-one be responsible, and as a result creating and submitting to obfuscated systems of control

HORSES cover with a banned from Steam logo

Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...

Squeakross home squeak home screenshot, a rodent is sitting surrounded by golden squeakross trophies

you can nominate squeakross for the "Sit back and relax" Steam award!!

NOMINATE=> store.steampowered.com/news/app/287...

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still looking for new gigs! pay a disabled former indie luminary to speak remotely at your school, write for your project, or design a game for you! my new portfolio site isn't up yet but w.itch.io is chock full of my work (and also contains my contact info)

Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season

This is such a bummer. FIST was a beautiful game. I'd expect that team to respect the value of art, but it sounds like they want players shitting on it with user-prompted AI slop.

Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time

think you shipped a game with technical debt? buddy you just executed a heist