Steven Messner

Damn, dude. This is definitely a feat worthy of a humble brag!

komm susser tod on slap bass

gigantic newman lying dead in an ocean of coffee

Where are my Vancouver friends at???

Come say hello!

A LOTR/producer meme in four panels. Panel 1: Gandalf looks at the enspelled King Theoden and says "I am blocked by this issue." Panel 2: An enspelled King Theoden replies, laughing, "You have no power here." Panel 3: Gandalf sheds his robe and shows he's now Gandalf the White and says, "@producer for vis" Panel 4: Enspelled King Theoden is subdued.

The way I snorted when I saw this...

Vancouver Game Garden Vancouver Game Garden is an independent games showcase featuring local developers in Vancouver, Canada.

Looking forward to @vangamegarden.bsky.social🌱🕹 this weekend and hanging out with fellow independent studios & creators!

@bbigames.bsky.social is providing hardware, while @stevenmessner.bsky.social and I will have #AmbrosiaSky🪐 from our friends at @softrains.bsky.social available to play 😀

Both Hardspace: Shipbreaker and Citizen Sleeper depict near futures where the familiar structures of capitalism and corporate control dictate the lives of their characters. In this panel Shipbreaker… Future Labors: Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace Shipbreaker in Conversation

Did you know that early versions of Shipbreaker looked a lot more like Citizen Sleeper (and vice versa)?

Watch this video to learn about the serendipitous similarities between each game and the ways they each explore labor and life under (space) capitalism.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClXa...

In space, no one can hear you scream... for joy!

Citizen Sleeper and Hardspace: Shipbreaker are teaming up for the Space Capitalism Steam Bundle! Two awesome sci-fi games, together at a permanent 10% discount!

Buy it here: store.steampowered.com/bundle/58811...

Right!? Spent a good minute marveling at the parallax on a simple ledge. Just couldnt believe simple terrain would have so much dimension to it!

My PC has been hard resetting when playing certain games (like Expedition 33) pretty regularly after I got a 5070ti.

Thought maybe the card or drivers were the issue but then I looked up when I bought my PSU and that bad boy is now 13 years old.

I think it's time for a Viking funeral...

Bah! Thank you for letting me know 🫠

Thanks for the kind words and totally understand where you're coming from!

Really appreciate it, Chet!

Thanks, Ben 😁

I was up until 2am last night working on this Very Serious landing page, so the least you could do is type all your personal information into the appropriate fields and press submit... 🥹

One last plug for @shipbreakergame.bsky.social before I sleep for a thousand years.

I'm *very* excited about the LYNX Pioneer Program, a new community initiative to get our players closer to development of the next Hardspace games.

Learn about it here: blackbirdinteractive.com/lynxpioneerp...

It's a very competitive niche so your recommendation means the world to us 🫡

Today we're all winners 😭

That means so much, thank you for the kind words :)

You best believe those vibes are going to be a north star that we'll be chasing with every fiber of our being :)

"Reactor meltdown imminent!"

(the reactor is full of my love for you)

It's early days but both @bbigames.bsky.social and @shipbreakergame.bsky.social are now on BlueSky and if you follow them it'll be like hearing from me except 66% of the time I'm wearing a fake mustache and speaking in brand voice.

It feels silly to fanboy over it because, like, I work here, but since Shipbreaker was ~80% of the reason I joined BBI, I'm on cloud nine right now!

So thank you for affirming my feelings 😂

Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Blackbird Interactive Acquires Full Ownership of Hardspace: Shipbreaker! - Steam News Blackbird Interactive is now the sole owner of the Hardspace IP! Here's a sneak peak of what we have in store and what these exciting changes mean for you!

Very exciting day at the office! We acquired full ownership of the Hardspace IP and are working on new Hardspace games! Huzzah!!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/116...

Dammit, Matt... I'm so sorry you're (and everyone else affected) having to go through this.

You're an incredible talent and I hope you land something soon 🙏🏼🙏🏼.

Ahhh! Congratulations!!

So happy for you and can't wait to read it 😊

I really love this perspective on parenting: give 'em enough slack to wade out of their comfort zone, where they'll be challenged and can grow.

That said we let our three year old watch Spirited Away once, totally forgetting how intense it was. So there's always a delicate balance 😅

"Congratulations. That was a test. You passed."

I've actually just gone ahead and given my personal account mod powers because at least I can still ban a fool.

Also a fun extra wrinkle is my personal discord is attached to an old work email I don't have access to, so I'm terrified or logging out and hitting a 2FA and losing EVERYTHING 🫠

Holy crap this is my biggest frustration with Discord right now!!

It's so annoying when you have a work/CM account and a personal one 😭

Between the FF7 Remake trilogy, the Eva Rebuild series, Gundam GQuuuX, and now Death Stranding 2, I'm discovering that I really like the "Works in direct but understated conversation with the creator's previous stuff" genre.