Robin Lawrence ☀️

Open Letter Relating to the UK Video Games Council - full version on our website https://www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-regarding-the-uk-video-games-council/

We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...

Very happy to have been invited back to my old stomping grounds today to tell Abertay students the good word about co-ops 💖 And it was a real treat to see the games the 3rd year students have been working on this semester!! What an incredibly talented bunch, the future of games is looking bright 🌟

Thank you again for having me, Martin!! It was fantastic to get to meet some of the teams and see the wonderful games they've been making, what a talented bunch you've got this year 🌟

Currently prototyping an incremental falling sand game (with wizards) and needed a tutorial, so here's me acting as your most humble vizier in some old school FMVs! 🔊
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday

A screenshot of Very Evil Demons' Bluesky profile, showing that the account has 1k followers. There are drawings of demons tooting trumpets on either side.

Wow, we've just reached one thousand followers here on Bluesky! Thank you all so much for joining us on our journey—we're excited to share more soon about the strange and arcane game projects we've been brewing up...👀

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untitled voice note recording for a new nameless screamo band from first practice last night. everything will undoubtedly change cause we're just screaming nonsense over it, but didn't expect us to come away with anything demo'd so soon:)

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It was great to meet you too! Hope to bump into you at future events :)

excerpt reads: "I hear stories about directors who scream at actors, or they trick them somehow to get a performance. And there are some people who try to run the whole business on fear. But I think this is such a joke -- it's pathetic and stupid at the same time. When people are in fear, they don't want to go to work. So many people today have that feeling. Then the fear starts turning into hate, and they begin to hate going to work. Then the hate can turn into anger and people can become angry at their boss and their work. If I ran my set with fear, I would get 1 percent, not 100 percent, of what I get. And there would be no fun in going down the road together. And it *should* be fun. In work and in life, we're all supposed to get along. We're supposed to have so much fun, like puppy dogs with our tails wagging. It's supposed to be great living; it's supposed to be fantastic."

once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish

I started a very wip started pack of worker-owned videogames co-ops ✊️ let me know who I'm missing!
#gamedev
go.bsky.app/NDdAqko

With so many people making the leap over to Bluesky..

✨ The UKGI Slack admins have made a starter pack for our community! ✨

If you want to be added, check the announcements section of our slack. To join the slack, click the link for the signup form!

❤️❤️❤️

go.bsky.app/2sha92U

Heyo folks, made a starter pack for Scottish Game Dev people just so we're all easier to find! :)

(If you want off or want on the list, let me know in a DM or in replies)

go.bsky.app/UnvUPJB

An event stand set up with two laptops and an assortment of game controllers. One screen displays the main menu of Bean To Me, and the other shows Springpongs menu.

We're all set up and ready to go at the Scottish Games Frenzy in Glasgow! Come try your hand at Bean To Me and Springpong 🌟

The words "Bean to Me!" on a checkerboard background with beans flying out in all directions.

It’s time to crack open a refreshing can of beans! Bean to Me, the Mancala-like battle of wits with weird beans and wild strategies is launching on Steam for PC and Steam Deck today!
#gamedev #indiegames #beantome #mancala

Splash art for Bean To Me!, showing the games logo on a checkered purple background. Various strange beans burst forth from the centre.

Splash art for Springpong, showing the games logo with two of the games flower-themed characters on either side. A football-like playing field from the game is visible in the background.

Tomorrow, on the most ghoulish day of the year, we'll be manifesting at the Scottish Games Frenzy in Glasgow!

Come along and behold not one, but two of our games - we'll be showing demos for Bean To Me (which also releases on Steam tomorrow!!) and Springpong 🫘🌼

games.creative.barclays/events/sgw/

Hi! I'd love to be added, if there's room 🌟

Figured I needed a new intro post as it certainly is popping off on here! I promise to remember to post more 🫡

A photo of Robin, who has pale skin and dark mid-length hair bleached underneath. He is wearing an orange corduroy jacket and walking through the woods.

A banner graphic for Very Evil Demons, with two little imp characters blowing trumpets on either side of the logo.

A promotional poster for the game Kinoko, showing the titular character in their red coat and oversized witchy hat, standing in a lush green forest.

hello! I'm Robin (he/they), and I'm an artist & worker-owner at co-op studio Very Evil Demons, based in Dundee. I've worked on such things as Kinoko and Pocket Mortys, and now I'm making some other stuff. I like folklore and strange beasts, and hope to one day get lost wandering the moors 🌿

Bean To Me! on Steam Use strange and magical beans to bend the rules and chain together absurd synergies in a wild twist on the ancient game of Mancala. Battle your friends, collect new beans, and build the ultimate bean ...

Visit our Steam page and Wishlist us today! If you’re up for a challenge, download the free demo and give it a try for yourself - can you become the brainiest bean strategist with the biggest bean synergies?
store.steampowered.com/app/3001670
Full version coming October 31st!

NEXT FEST Bean to Me Very Evil Demons Check out our game demo during Steam Next Fest. Oct 14 - 21 at 10AM PT

We’re thrilled to announce that Bean to Me, the single-and-multiplayer Mancala-like game with weird rule-bending beans is coming to this October’s Steam Next Fest which begins today at 10am PT / 6pm BST! #steamnextfest #nextfest #gamedev #indiegames

we made a worker co-op! and the worker co-op makes games!!

check out veryevildemons.com if yr on the search for co-dev/porting/prototyping! or just want to find out about some evil ol' games 🤠

look at this gnome I made for this 🫵

Key art for the game Crystals of Runewood. The classic MMORPG-styled logo for the game sits on top of a blurred background of a town from the game.

We greatly enjoyed partaking in this years #GMTKJam over the past few days!

Our offering is Crystals of Runewood, a bite-sized peek into the life cycle of a mid-2000's MMORPG. You can play it in your browser, if you'd like!

veryevildemons.itch.io/crystals-of-...

haha thank you! battening down the hatches as we speak 🫡

We've gone and started a game studio!!

The five of us have been super busy laying the foundations for our co-op for the past few months and we've got something really special going - keep an eye out for some extremely sick worker-owned devilry from your friends from hell 😈🔥

An illustrated banner displaying the Very Evil Demons logo, with two small demons on either side tooting horns.

Something wicked this way comes...

The summoning has succeeded; Very Evil Demons have arrived on the material plane!

We're a brand new worker-owned game studio based in Dundee. We're open for business, and we have our own devilish projects brewing - stay tuned for more 🔮

it's very nice to see so many friendly faces popping up over here lately! glad everyone's making it off that sinking ship 🌤

The classic "Captain, it's Wednesday" Tintin comic panel. "What a week, huh?" sighs a beleaguered Captain Haddock, as fresh-faced young Tintin reminds him it is, indeed, only Wednesday. The little white terrier dog Snowy sips a fat juicy pint beside them.

it's a really good thing I already had a piercing appointment booked for tomorrow because my goodness, it has been Quite The Week

Tickets for our next event are live! ⭐

📣 - 6pm / 29th September / 3 Sessions Street - 📣

Thanks to our sponsors we are now providing food completely on the house!

Grab a ticket here and we'll see you there ! 🔥

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundee-gam...

A drawing of a bunch of hands coming out of the earth holding a banner that says Game Worker Solidarity on it.

I know folks in the games industry are curious about unions and don't know where to start, so I spent a good portion of Friday writing up an intro guide.

It includes information for Australia, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Ireland, Malta, South Korea, Sweden, UK, and USA.