John O’Kane

As we announce the first round of tickets for FÍS Games Summit 2026, we are excited to share that Game Designer and Director @nictringali.bsky.social will be one of our guest speakers on the day! The Summit will again be hosted at the Radisson RED in Galway on April 24th.

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Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2 — Imirt Imirt - The Irish Game Makers Association, in partnership with Screen Ireland through the Screen Ireland Digital Games Portfolio have had the honour of running the Irish Games Fund, a first of its kin...

Introducing... The Irish Games Fund - Stage 2

@outliersocial.bsky.social @dreamfeel.bsky.social @enigmastud.io @screenireland.bsky.social

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Announcing Bog Bodies from Dreamfeel!

A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.

Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...

As the Irish far-right align themselves with British far-right in some twisted idea of a common threat from 'invaders'. It's worth noting that British fascists are reverting back to the days of the National Front, when they hated white (Irish) Catholics also. Hear for yourself at 0.16 in this clip.

The Imirt Irish Game Awards 2026 — Imirt The Imirt Irish Game Awards return for 2026 to celebrate the best of Irish Games from 2025! Teams should nominate themselves for awards, and can put forward multiple games in multiple categories as a...

The Imirt Irish Game Awards are back for 2026, with new categories for Best Student Game and Best Experimental Game.

Submissions are open until February 9th! For further information on the awards and how you can submit your game to the show, please click here! - www.imirt.ie/news/2026/1/...

The Fallosophy beta has been live for 6 days.

Over 1,000 players have already tried to climb the history of ideas - and almost as many have fallen back to the beginning.

Given how many players keep climbing back up, we’re going to keep the beta on @itch.io going forward

▶️ Play now: bit.ly/4pNSqaK

When I talk about my historical research people are shocked at the brazen propaganda of board games produced during WW1. Things like “recruiting for Kitchener’s army” and “little soldier boy”. But this never went away, just adapted.

as in, if we want investment in games in Ireland we have to support the organisations doing it and shout about the impact it has

I'm really excited to take part in the Irish Games Fund, and I was delighted to help with IndieDev and Incubator etc, and we need all these to keep going for the future 🙏

Denman wearing an Imirt pin

Lovely 10 Year commemorative enamel pin from this year's IMIRT AGM.

I got to design this logo years ago, so I was thrilled when IMIRT reached out to me to update the logo. My favourite bit was switching out the D20 for a D10 for this commemoration (2015-2025).

I wrote a blog post about pathfinding and pedestrian simulation: www.psychicsoftware.com/2026/pathfin...

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I will be doing the first pitch of Persevere at the @imirt.bsky.social AGM in just over an hour, as part of the IndieDev program (shout out to @ardan-ie.bsky.social also!). This marks the end of our IndieDev period, and the start of our road to release! Exciting! docs.google.com/presentation...

Oh my, I’ve been lied to all my life ><

Europe’s largest sea cliffs in Donegal.

It’s hard to describe how tall these are. Located in Donegal Ireland, these are Europe’s tallest sea cliffs. Lucky to see them recently. Similar to how difficult it was to photograph the Colca canyon in Peru.

Terry and I are going to be in Australia early Feb to early March, approx:
* Melbourne: 10-16 Feb
* Bit of travelling (Hobart, Moonta)
* Adelaide: 25 Feb-8 March
Let me know if there's book things or game things happening that I should know about!

Selfie. Yer man.

Two boxes of fish and chips.

Cliff walk on a cold but sunny day. Sea to the left, dangerous lighthouse in the distance.

Just wrapped another year of Ireland’s longest running Irish Christmas Gamedev party.

I've prepared a little blog post discussing the ideas behind the new Smooth Walking Mode we developed for UE's Mover plugin. This Movement Mode is also used in the new UE 5.8 GASP release!

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It was deliberate intentional and from the top down. That's how you do it.

Suspending Doctors Without Borders is definitely a thing healthy countries do

Reminder that The Guardian has a financial partnership with openAI so they have a vested interest in trying to paint this shit in a positive light.

You can't trust a single thing they say about it whatsoever

The motion detector now works in cutscenes! It's fun to see how far this scene has come since like... 2022??

#pixelart #gamedev #survivalhorror #gamemaker

Two panel image Top panel is a door, the hero, an enemy, and a chest right next to each other. This is labeled "GAME" Bottom panel is the same except large empty spaces have been placed between the hero, the enemy, and the chest. This is labeled "GAME (open world)"

It’s time….

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:

A multiple branching game made in twine. Screenshot of backend with passages and branches. Úna-Minh's layout so far.

✨ CHICKEN FILLET ROLLS WANTED ✨ Close to completion with my first solo game about chicken fillet rolls!

Full draft of the game done, now all about polish. Still on the hunt for people’s roll pics for the in-game gallery! If you've a pic to contribute / plan on getting a roll 😊 DM me! #gamedev

Save 30% on Axyz on Steam Axyz is a retro gravity switching puzzle game that asks the player to use their environmental and spatial awareness to beat every level. Soak in the vaporwave, switch gravity, collect tapes, and more ...

Axyz is a fantastic puzzle game based on the PS1 classic Kula World (Roll Away). One of the rare 'indie homages to an old game' that understands what made the original fun and builds on it in a smart way. Highly recommend!

Newgrange Winter Solstice 2025 | Heritage Ireland Newgrange is the best known of the 3 great passage tombs in the Brú na Bóinne complex. The passage and chamber are aligned in a

Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now.

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ICYMI I released my attempt at a bullet heaven/survivors like. Always found the interesting part of these games to be the movement so I worked hard on making that the focus of Dronelord Hyperviber. Your weapons are triggered by different kinds of movement events and modes and speed is fire rate >:)

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IMIRT Board Elections 2025 — Imirt Voting for Imirt's new board members is now open and will take place until midnight on Monday the 15th of December. Details of how to vote and links needed to vote will be sent to members by email. ...

If you're in Irish Games development it's a wonderful idea to vote in this year's Imirt Board elections. The next 2 years will be very important as to how our main industry body forms firmer ties with government and industry.

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This word has been doing 1 to me all my life as I’ve experienced it written as both 2 & 1.