Discordia Dystopia🔜TwitchCon🔜DevGAMM

TwitchCon ticket and accomodations acquired 😎

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

🤔🧐

Atlassian loves to push an unnecessary change to Jira over the weekend so Monday sprint planning can start off chaotic

Played DND for the first time in awhile last night so made the Castle Amber Onion Soup and Dwarven Tide-Me-Over meatballs from the official cookbook.

I have been working on a tedious side project that has been extremely manual and has sucked tremendous amounts of ass but @dukedonuts.bsky.social just automated it for me in a single afternoon and now I no longer hate this fucking project

Gonna have to snag one next year 👀👀

Actual footage of me trying not to talk about all the cool things that are happening at @akuparagames.bsky.social that I'm not allowed to talk about yet

Missed having you there, Mr Master

I will be at TwitchCon October 17-19! Who will I be seeing there?

“From QA, I managed to… convert that into a production and marketing path.”

In this clip from our recent Meet the Team interview, our COO Alyssa Kollgaard (@discordiadystopia.bsky.social) talks about how her career in games got started.

I will be speaking at @devgamm.bsky.social alongside my colleague @dukedonuts.bsky.social - we are giving a talk entitled "Why Players Stay (or Leave) and What to Do About it"

It's all about product design and player motivations, and the psychology and philosophy behind designing for retention.

Working at a fully remote studio means that meeting in person is often a luxury. Luckily we manage a few like this from over the weekend at LA Comic Con!

Took the kids to LACC to visit @themix.bsky.social and see the @airframeultra.bsky.social and My Pet Hooligan setups. I'm glad I get to share a love of games with my babies!

The My Pet Hooligan Steam playtest is live and has 60 signups in less than 15 minutes. Wild!

Head over to the Steam to join in on the chaotic cartoony madness yourself: store.steampowered.com/app/3574840/...

MPH also be at LACC in The Mix booth this weekend, if you want to try it out in-person!

a man in a suit and tie is running down a sidewalk with the words let me in written on it . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is running down a sidewalk with the words let me in written on it .

Me while everyone I know is at Wasteland

At the Databricks and Blueprint events in DTLA tonight 💪

Confirming that I will be at:

TwitchCon San Diego (October 17-19)
DevGAMM Lisbon (November 6-7)

If anyone wants to meet up at either!

"“We’ve reached the point where we’re able to… hold our own against the greater marketplace”

In this clip from our recent Meet the Team interview, our COO Alyssa Kollgaard (@discordiadystopia.bsky.social) talks about why the position of COO is what’s right for Akupara Games right now.

Thank you!

A bunch of my friends are going for the first time this year and I'm sad to not join them.

I was ALSO thinking of Wastelanding at LACC. That's part of why I can't make Wasteland this year (work obligations)

I won't be at Wasteland Weekend this week so I'm remaking my Wasteland crust pants to combat FOMO and because I outgrew the original pair. Slow going, still lots to pin and sew. 🫠

I *WILL* however, be at LACC, The Cortege, Vola AND the Databricks dinner all this week so I'll still be v. busy

I've had enough sidequests lately that I haven't started any new jackets...pulled out some patches for one more more music focused synthwave piece. Deciding what stays and goes.

I have a couple jackets to finish but I think I've mostly moved on from this craft for now to focus on other things!

Name a better feeling as a game dev than holding a game you worked on in your hands.

Thanks @serenityforge.com @alamodegames.bsky.social @akuparagames.bsky.social for making it happen!

Thank you for always being a supportive partner and colleague who pushes me and Akupara to be our best!

The exceptionally talented & empathetic Alyssa Kollgaard @discordiadystopia.bsky.social has been promoted to COO!

She’s shaped Akupara's culture, pipelines, and structure - and always uplifts her team first. Proud to have her leading alongside me 💜

More: www.akuparagames.com/2025/09/09/m...

Normally I'd have a quippy joke locked & loaded, but I'll be serious here - It is my absolute honor & privilege to be able to continue to serve the folks at Akupara Games in this new role.

I can say with confidence that we employ some of the brightest, most ambitious & tenacious people in games.

🎂Celebrating: 9 years of 🐢Akupara Games! ✨

For story lovers, challenge seekers, deck makers and any and every gamer at heart, we have an indie video game for you.

Our publisher sale starts now, with over 30 titles on discounted up to 90% off 💘

COOL THINGS TODAY

1: Akupara is 9 years old; we are having publisher sales across storefronts to celebrate!
2: We are publishing the Joe Richardson games! I come from a family of 3 generations of medieval re-enactors and am a huge Monty Python fan so I'm hyped
3: A secret third thing

Judging game submissions for the DevGAMM Awards and the #1 consistent critique I have - PLEAAAASE developers, make sure your screenshots are communicating THE GAME, not just staged static environment assets with UI and character turned off. I want to know WHAT THE GAME IS AND WHAT I AM DOING IN IT

Community vote is open! Don't forget to cast your vote for My Pet Hooligan :D