Bertine van Hövell (@baroness) — Bluesky Profile

14 hours ago

It's me. I'm a white european woman with long dark brown hair in a ponytail and dark brown eyes. I'm wearing a striped blue and grey blazer with purple chevron details. I'm sticking up my thumb to the camera and you can see the blue AdventureX 2025 badge around my neck.

Hi! I'm Bertine and sometimes I'm also #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!
I've been in games for 20 (!) years now.

My specialty is narrative, whether technical, design or writing. I do freelancing and solodev.

I represent indies at the Dutch Game Association and I'm on commissions for various game grants

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45 minutes ago

All sorts of dad-coded things. Mostly chill, wise dad. The type of dad you want every dad to dad. A platonic ideal of a dad. But not a daddy.

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7 hours ago

Every discord server has a Dad (m/f/x). If you can't point out the Dad in your server, it's probably you.

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8 hours ago

The demo was so good, I'm definitely picking this one up

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8 hours ago

Congrats with the launch! What a journey and it looks amazing! Can't wait to pick it up and give it a go!

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13 hours ago

From the linux community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the linux community

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Mega thread on who is behind these age verification laws, spoiler alert it’s Meta.

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12 hours ago

Anyone know what the best way is to do a newsletter nowadays? All the services I remember have turned bad so I was hoping someone knows alternatives!

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12 hours ago

It's so frustrating that there are some really cool things you can make with LLMs but most people operating in that space are grifters and fascists, and barely anyone actually knows what the tech is and what it does - even people who should know better!

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12 hours ago

I'm actually really curious about which implementation they're using!

It's unlikely to be the type that is making our world a little worse every day because it would be far too expensive to run. Sounds like it's more a sophisticated NLP
I also think it only suits this specific gameplay approach.

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13 hours ago

🔥🔥🔥

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13 hours ago

Christ what a world we live in we ought to consider making that choice. Respect!

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13 hours ago

Right??? I felt so lucky when I saw it on the clearance rack and it just happened to be my size :D

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14 hours ago

Hi! I'm Bertine and sometimes I'm also #WhatAGameDevLooksLike!
I've been in games for 20 (!) years now.

My specialty is narrative, whether technical, design or writing. I do freelancing and solodev.

I represent indies at the Dutch Game Association and I'm on commissions for various game grants

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16 hours ago

eyyyy look at them kids!

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1 day ago

I'm currently having a chat with my sis who is a digital colour expert and she suspects the test isn't entirely implemented correctly because the creator made a few unusual choices. And this would lead a browser to misrepresent the actual colour difference on HDR, making it easier on HDR screens

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1 day ago

Low number, it specifies the distance between two colour values

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1 day ago

heck yeaaah! Finally I can get rid of this trenchcoat and be my true mantis shrimp self!

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1 day ago

Honestly a lil surprised!

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1 day ago

I'm pretty sure this is due to having calibrated my monitors correctly and not so much my eyes. Fun nonetheless.

www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd

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1 day ago

It's gonna become so much easier to take out an FBI agent with a metal chair

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1 day ago

CJEU press release:
Member State legislation which does not permit the amendment of the
gender data of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to
freedom of movement is contrary to EU law
A Bulgarian national was registered at birth as being male, with a name, personal identification number and identity documents corresponding to that sex. She currently lives in Italy, where she has begun hormone therapy, and now presents herself as a woman.
She instituted proceedings before the Bulgarian courts seeking a declaration that she is a female person and to have her civil status data amended on her birth certificate. Despite the medical opinions and legal assessments confirming the gender identity claimed, her request was rejected.
According to national legislation, as interpreted by the plenary assembly of civil chambers of the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation, the term ‘sex’ must be understood in its biological sense, excluding any amendment of the particulars relating to sex, name and identification number. The public interest, based on the moral and/or religious values of Bulgarian society, thus prevails over the interests of transgender persons.
Hearing the dispute, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has doubts as to the compatibility of that legislation with EU law and has referred the matter to the Court of Justice.
In its judgment, the Court holds that EU law precludes legislation of a Member State which does not permit the amendment of the gender data in the civil status registers of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to move and reside freely in another Member State.
The Court emphasises first of all that, while the issue of identity documents falls within the competence of the Member States, they must exercise that competence in compliance with EU law...

Huge trans rights ruling from the EU's top court - if someone moves to another EU country and transitions, their home country can't refuse to amend their registration details to match their lived gender identity

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2 days ago

Hell yeah, congrats!!

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4 days ago

68% of American Jews support the US-Israel war against Iran, survey finds - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The results suggest U.S. Jews are more supportive than Americans overall but less than Israeli Jews.

The @jta.org headline is simply wrong; please amend. JPPI itself acknowledges that it polls "connected" Jews, not Jews overall, meaning disproportionally more denominationally affiliated Jews and those who've lived in Israel, and less intermarried Jews. www.jta.org/2026/03/09/i...

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2 days ago

Wow, they're even simulating the psychological process of game developers now

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2 days ago

This kid like many others was loved.

Double layered clothing that fit him. Glasses tied around, so he would not lose them. Shoes that look bigger than his feet, so he would grow into them.

A fun water bottle. A wave goodbye before leaving for school, and America/Israel killed him like many others.

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2 days ago

Dude.....

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3 days ago

Can't believe GDC2026 will be remembered as Gategate

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4 days ago

Only on one game?

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4 days ago

on the other hand, don't be a coward and put it on your cv/linkedin too :]

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4 days ago

a games credit 'Body Pillow Coordinator'. The name has been censored out because I already feel bad enough for this person

Be very careful about adding joke credits to your games because turns out mobygames takes that stuff very seriously

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