Alina B

And right before that it took me couple of weeks (!) to convince our coder Dima to stop working on UI (an easy win and a familiar task) and to switch to AI polishing (more complex and less familiar territory).

And he still managed to sneakily do more UI work behind the scenes. Tough life.

Just recently I got in an argument with @arvy.bsky.social about the importance of spending an entire working day to update 3d model of a PC in SeverLink - bc we only have him for 1 day per week, and still have untextured places on the level. He actually talked his way out of this one.

Also it is my job to notice if someone needs help. Because despite their best effort people are rarely good at spotting AND admitting they are stuck and/or that they are avoiding a certain task.

Which can cost your team a looot of time.

All this effort - to hear "well, actually..."

Bruh

So it's my job to not only choose priorities based on value, but chop them into "clear/easy/fun"

And then hold everyone accountable with "Is what you did this week - what we agreed was most valuable?"

Teams often default to being "nice" & avoiding conflict at the direct expense of own progress.

Not this "why producers exist" BS again🫩

I used to wonder what's the value of a producer for a tight-knit team like ours (I'm also a writer here). Won't people just do what's important?

Turns out when left unattended, people will most certainly pick what's clear/simple/fun instead.

I had a mental itch I needed to scratch.
So I edited out Sean Connery spoiling what's going to happen next in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (the OG fragment follows). Feeling much better now.

SeverLink (coming soon)

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Manhunt

Our game (SeverLink) and 3 references

a man with a beard and long hair is making a surprised face with his mouth open . ALT: a man with a beard and long hair is making a surprised face with his mouth open .

YES

As someone with a massive crush on Japan for years - silently waiting for you to post more photos from there 🫠

Text reads: KO_OP is Hiring! Our studio mascot, a dark blue genderless humanoid named ini, is at the bottom right corner, holding their face and smiling with hearts floating around their head.

Text reads: Responsibilities - Working closely with our QA lead, design, tech, and production to understand project goals and build test plans collaboratively. - Writing and iterating on test cases for a game actively in development, with a live player base. - Paired testing with other members of the QA department, with a focus on networked multiplayer testing. Requirements - Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English. - Applicants in Canada will be given priority, however applicants outside of Canada are welcome to submit their application should we be unable to fill the role locally. Preferred experience - Experience with JIRA, Slack, Notion and Unity. - Experience with network testing and working on Live Service titles. - Having worked on released titles for Steam and Xbox. - Experience with Xbox Cert for XBPC, Series XS and Xbox One.

Fonctions - Collaborer étroitement avec notre responsable de l’assurance qualité ainsi que l’équipe de conception, l’équipe technique et l’équipe de production pour comprendre les objectifs du projet et élaborer les plans de mise à l’essai. - Rédiger et exécuter des scénarios d’essai pour un jeu en cours de développement avec une base active de joueurs. - Réaliser des essais en collaboration avec d’autres membres du service de l’assurance qualité, notamment des essais de jeux multijoueurs en réseau. Exigences du poste - Connaissance de l’anglais (nous formons une petite équipe dont bon nombre des membres se trouvent à l’étranger). - Nous accorderons la priorité aux candidatures canadiennes. Cependant, les personnes qui résident ailleurs sont également invitées à soumettre la leur, au cas où nous n’arriverions pas à pourvoir le poste localement. Atouts - Connaissance de Jira, de Slack, de Notion et d’Unity. - Expérience avec les essais en réseau et le développement de jeux-services. - Expérience de travail sur des jeux publiés sur Steam et Xbox. - Obtention passée de la certification Xbox pour PC, Xbox Série X|S et Xbox One. Rémunération - 90 069 $ CA/année (1 732 $/semaine) - Télétravail uniquement (travail hybride ou au bureau à Montréal, si désiré) - Semaine de quatre jours et horaire flexible Il s'agit d'un poste contractuel de six mois. Lien dans la bio pour plus d'informations.

We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶

Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨

the irony about the show is its title makes you think it's a "good" man turning "bad", but it's a repressed man unleashing himself, before he loses everything and then turns to good. the greatest trick of the arc isn't the audience rooting for a bad guy, it's somehow finding "good" in him.

Question to all who watched Breaking Bad:

Do you think Walter White genuinely changes over the course of the series, or does he merely shed social constraints and reveal who he was all along?

(question born out of a screenwriters' group discussion, and I realized I can't decide for myself)

Actual city in UK called Bath

> Send all emails to the bath
🫡

Yourself as a cartoon

The fact that there are modders who remove snakes from games for people with snake phobias to be able to enjoy them, makes me think there's still some good in this world.

Sensational conclusion: Resident Evil 4 is the best (unofficial) Indiana Jones game.

It has:
- hunting treasure for money
- spikey ceilings
- riding the wagonette
- tombs and dungeons

COOL

From the IndieGaming community on Reddit: Are game announcements dead? Explore this post and more from the IndieGaming community

Made a small postmortem on reddit re: if the game announcements are even alive as a marketing tool.

Hopefully the mods will not delete it
www.reddit.com/r/IndieGamin...
#indiedev #indiegame #marketing

Seance 2 confirmed

Somehow even white paint fails: it's both too much and not enough.

And don't get me started on the whip. It should be the best thing in the game! Not boring. I want to kick the shit out of everything with the whip. But I caaaan't.

Everything feels so low energy in modern AAA games 😞

I am playing Indiana Jones right now, and my god I miss the game design and controls from Tomb Rider Legend (GOAT truly): effortless jumping, clear ledge indication, humor, boss fights with clear rules. Am I asking for too much?

IJ is just endlessly frustrating in the design choices.

YouTube video by macciboma Requiem 1 Giuseppe Verdi - Dies irae, Libera me

The appropriate soundtrack:
youtu.be/_jBLyIQvNf0

The topic is lenses in Indiana Jones OG vs game
@arvy.bsky.social

I think it's interesting that the solicitor says that interim relief can be "draconian" on businesses by forcing the employer to pay for the length of the tribunal process.

So is it "draconian" on individuals to force them to pay for the length of the tribunal?

Especially when the company HAS the money
bsky.app/profile/fros...

“PS2風”ステルスアクション『SeverLink』正式発表。『スプリンターセル』などの影響受ける、“2000年で止まった世界”での潜入ミッション
automaton-media.com/articles/new...

Keeping my pencil sharp for more names, thanks to People Make Games new video of the court hearing