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@cityloop.bsky.social

Melbourne/Naarm based artist, educator and award winning gamedev. She/her/they. Games Investment Manager at Screen Australia. Prev: ghosttowngoldie

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I fostered these two kitties for a few months - both very beautiful and friendly cats.

If you know of anyone looking to adopt a pair of enchanting fluffy idiots, here they are 🐈🐈

27.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’™ Delphiniuuum πŸ’™

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cin...

27.10.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Ricky omg πŸ₯Ί

26.10.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enter the Chronosphere on Steam Enter the Chronosphere is a real-time, turn-based action game where everything moves when you do. In a collapsing universe, each member of your crew is the last echo of their species, united by one go...

In other news, Enter the Chronosphere. Free demo. So good. store.steampowered.com/app/1969810/...

26.10.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

And for the briefest of moments you may have had hot wet socks πŸ˜”

25.10.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Veeery nice

21.10.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
BBC NEWS:
Scientists reveal the secret

Image of a scruffy looking circular white dog with a very blurry schnauzer in the background.

BBC NEWS: Scientists reveal the secret Image of a scruffy looking circular white dog with a very blurry schnauzer in the background.

18.10.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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HOW I LONG TO HUG YOU WITH MY NEW HUGE MUSCLES.

12.10.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 472    πŸ” 88    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 17
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Freeplay’s Mads Mackenzie Talks Indies at Games Events We spoke with DrΔƒculeΘ™ti designer and Freeplay co-head Mads MacKenzie in the lead-up to Parallels, and discussed the impact of physical events on indie games.

Making my @qualbert.com debut with a chat with @madmacsfuryroad.bsky.social about indies and games events. :)

08.10.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

fuuuuuck look at that title card at the end, incredibly good.

19.09.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Game Worlds opens this Thursday. An insane sentence to type out.

16.09.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Color Study
#art #illustration #digitalart #clipstudiopaint

13.09.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1301    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5
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Letters to Arralla is dropping in exactly ONE week on 16th September, 11am AEST πŸ˜±πŸ’•πŸ‘πŸ’Œ Everyone is so excited to meet you, their new island postie!

#indiegamedev #cozygames #wholesomegames

09.09.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8
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Games Criticism is Dead; Long Live Games Criticism A response to Grace Benfell’s Endless Mode piece, β€œSilksongΒ Hastens the Death of the Critic” Last week the long-awaited sequel to Team Cherry’s hit search-action game Hollow…

Been thinking about this all week; but really this just brings a bunch of stuff bubbling up that I've been sitting on for way longer. On the death of criticism:

noescapevg.com/games-critic...

07.09.2025 06:49 β€” πŸ‘ 360    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 39
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Interview with Team Cherry for Hollow Knight Silkson From Ludum Dare beginnings to the highly anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong, explore Team Cherry’s creative journey in this in-depth interview tracing their career.

Silksong is out today - and I am so excited to share my deep-dive into the game's development.
I spoke with Team Cherry about Silksong's design, its origins, and the creative principles that drive their work. I'm thrilled to share it:

05.09.2025 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I bench pressed 50kg today 😈 (twice…but still!!!)

06.09.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Production - Online - Funding and Support - Screen Australia Screen Australia offers a range of funding programs and support to content makers from development to screening.

πŸ“£ Hey Australian gamemakers!

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

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

πŸ“† Applications close Thu 28 Aug, 5pm (AEST)
πŸ‘‰ www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

22.08.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
lenny is sat with homer at moe's with some pokemon cards scattered across the bar.
Lenny: hey whatcha got there homer?
Homer: oh i don't know... it's some crap the boy is into these days
Barney: hey! moe! this one looks like you!
Moe then snatches the card.
Moe: what? gimme that! i oughta sue the hell outta-
Moe then contrmplates the Magmar card, and finds recognition within it.

lenny is sat with homer at moe's with some pokemon cards scattered across the bar. Lenny: hey whatcha got there homer? Homer: oh i don't know... it's some crap the boy is into these days Barney: hey! moe! this one looks like you! Moe then snatches the card. Moe: what? gimme that! i oughta sue the hell outta- Moe then contrmplates the Magmar card, and finds recognition within it.

flaming moe's

15.08.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13425    πŸ” 4150    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 25
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Parallels returns and early bird tickets are available now.

Check out freeplay.net.au for tickets and info, with a full lineup and general release tickets coming in September

15.08.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 12
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A crucial announcement, ScreenNSW has released a Digital Games Survey! A pivotal moment for NSW games industry to make its voice heard and help influence the future stand alone Screen NSW Digital Games Strategy for the next 3 years.

🚨 createresearch.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

READ BELOW 🧡

14.08.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

we did it!

I found a notebook from five years ago recently which had the original plan for running a KS campaign 'someday', as well as another idea I'll... have more to say about very soon.

it's been a long road and so many people have helped us walk it. thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

07.08.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0
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ACMI Unveils Full Lineup for 'Game Worlds' Exhibition ACMI has unveiled the full lineup for 'Game Worlds', its major upcoming exhibition dedicated to the art and impact of video games.

Just over 2 years ago ACMI in Melbourne invited me to develop the concept for their next headline videogame exhibition. Since then this show has grown up to be 'Game Worlds' which will open its doors this Sept...

au.variety.com/2025/digital...

06.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Australian gamemakers level-up with major funding from Screen Australia - Media centre - Screen Australia Screen Australia has today announced the latest games and gaming events to be supported through the agency’s industry-leading funding programs – providing $1.4 million for gamemakers to upskill and de...

The latest round of Screen Australia funded games has been announced, with over $1.4 million in direct project funding.

A massive congratulations to the 26 teams who have received support! πŸ’–

www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/media-cen...

21.07.2025 00:05 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
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Online - Games - Games Production Fund - Funding and Support - Screen Australia The Games Production Fund will provide grants of up to $100,000 to support the development of original, Australian independent games, with a budget of up to $500,000 at the time of applying, to take t...

πŸ“’ APPLICATIONS OPEN: Games Production Fund & Emerging Gamemakers Fund

Up to $100k for AUS game makers:
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

Up to $30k for AUS game makers:
www.screenaustralia.gov.au/funding-and-...

Eligibility guidelines, FAQs + our latest Trends Reports available online πŸ’™

10.07.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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'The Prince and the Pack.' (1912) Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, often known simply as Amadeo, was one of the few pioneers of Portuguese Modernism at the turn of the 20thC. He trained in Paris around 1906 and later exhibited with Braque, Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, Kandinsky, and LΓ©ger.

04.07.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! πŸ™Œβœ¨

πŸŒ„ Explore dreamlike landscapes
🦊 Shapeshift into different animals
πŸ“» Listen to real testimonies

Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis.

Help us out with a RT! πŸ™

store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

30.06.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 18
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The end of reality - The Shot Our establishment has asked us to believe that up is down, and that might is right. That this slaughter is ok. They are lying to you.

Here's @omarsakr.bsky.social, making his debut on The Shot. "The end of reality"

24.06.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 609    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 35

YeEhAw, Zap! ❀️❀️❀️

19.06.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Grannies film poster. A cowboy on horseback floats in the air in the videogame red dead online. A series of film festival laurels sit above the film title.

The Grannies film poster. A cowboy on horseback floats in the air in the videogame red dead online. A series of film festival laurels sit above the film title.

a man sits in front of two large projector screens showing the grannies. The film shows two players in desert settings. One screen shows a woman floating in a hovering wall of water. Another shows a cowboy waving from inside a desert canyon

a man sits in front of two large projector screens showing the grannies. The film shows two players in desert settings. One screen shows a woman floating in a hovering wall of water. Another shows a cowboy waving from inside a desert canyon

photo of inside the BFI's film archive. A woman stands in a tall dark narrow aisle in between shelves packed floor to ceiling with film cannisters.

photo of inside the BFI's film archive. A woman stands in a tall dark narrow aisle in between shelves packed floor to ceiling with film cannisters.

Over the past few months we've been finalising something delightful & very unexpected.

With agreements now signed & files shared we can officially say that our machinima doc The Grannies has been officially acquired by the BFI (British Film Institute) & is now part of their permanent archive.

🀠

19.06.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
Play Now Melbourne Play Now Melbourne - Australia's Pre-eminent Games market

EOIs open now until July 17th for Play Now Melbourne πŸ’š
vicscreen.vic.gov.au/playnow/

19.06.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

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