@werejul.bsky.social
🎮 COO @ Shiro Games 🔨 Working on Wartales, SpaceCraft, Farever, Frostrail, and more 🌐 Previously: Moon Rover, Battlefield, Mirror's Edge, Crusader Kings, Plants vs. Zombies, and a whole lot more. 🇫🇷🇸🇪 Frenchman lost in Sweden.
I'm old enough to remember multiple cycles of "PC Gaming is Dead" narratives, and now even Japanese publishers (traditionally very console or mobile-focused) are making the lion's share of their profits there.
A good lesson to triple (or quadruple) check when you modify stuff on the Steam backend ! Glad to see a Hunter: The Reckoning game in the making though. Still one of my favorite TTRPG of all time. I hope this one makes it to release…
Didn’t expect to get Kyriu breaking the 4th wall to provide some parenting moral support in #Yakuza 3 but here we go.
This series about Japanese gangsters keeps the wholesomeness coming.
"Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales" by @mikemignola.bsky.social was a wonderful random discovery at the local library, a perfect read for a cold afternoon next to my son who was reading about dragons in more age-appropriate stories.
Read it, that way Mr Mignola will make more (hopefully).
So how's BlueSky for job offers ? We're hiring a Senior Community Manager over here at @shirogames.com. Fluency in English required, and good enough level of French to enjoy living in Bordeaux. Job ad is here, feel free to share if you know anyone interested !
Demos for SpaceCraft and Farever are available on Steam. Go forth and Explore the Universe / Bash some Slimes & Loot Some Treasure !
Yup.
I think I still have bookmarks from my very first games industry job hunt 20 years ago. That folder is full of studios that have since closed. It’s very sad but still there.
After being away from France from 20 years, I shopped for fresh food at the Sunday market in Bordeaux today and realized how much I took for granted when I was growing up here. I also realized that I'm gonna get really fat really fast, but who could blame me, really ?
But… I like John Wick, will I still like Ballerina ?
SpaceCraft demo is also coming on Monday !
I might or might not have gone to bed way too late yesterday playing on our internal version of Farever... I can't wait for the hordes of players to discover the game starting with our demo on Monday and... you know... break everything.
We are proud to announce that Shiro Unlimited, our third-party publishing arm, is partnering with Funday Games, the developer of Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, on a new title to be revealed in April 2026.
We look forward to sharing more details at the official reveal.
Great initiative ! Note that the channel is not added by default when someone joins the Discord, might be good make it a default one ?
Playing Yakuza 3 Kiwami. Games from this series are my comfort food. I amble between silly fights and even sillier mini-games, and this relaxes me like no other game ever does. Also makes me extremely hungry because... so much food-related stuff. Play it. Play them all !
This is the news that France wants more babies and GTA6 is 9 months away.
For those of you who haven't tried out Northgard yet, have a look at this review of the Definitive Edition from GameCritics and give it a go !
It’s so cool that they could do this back then.
And I haven't even mentioned Northgard, Evoland, Dune: Space Wars, and a lot more to come, but maybe it's time I stop with the self-promotion. Anyway, I'm excited and... now back to work.
Through our publishing label Shiro Unlimited and our friends at FakeFish comes survival-FPS Frostrail, bringing together monsters, freezing weather and... trains ?
Also in the works is Farever, a cute, dynamic and very cool action-RPG you can discover over here. store.steampowered.com/app/3672400/...
Coming this year is SpaceCraft, a space exploration and building/crafting game as deep as you'd expect from the makers of Wartales, and I can't wait to see what players will make in its huge universe.
Don't know those games ? Let me give you a tour !
Here's Wartales, the strategy RPG that's been stealing my sleep since its initial release in 2021 and keeps going strong with new content and systems added multiple times a year. Still not helping with my sleep schedule.
Happy to announce that I've joined the very fine folks at @shirogames.com as COO & Head of Publishing. It's a great studio full of talented and kind people and I couldn't be happier to be helping out with games going from Wartales and Northgard, to new productions like SpaceCraft and Farever.
An in-depth analysis of France’s main gamedev job board
☑️ Job posting dropped by 71% in the last 3 years
☑️ Half of activity in Paris region, with strong presence in Occitanie which french gov has officially renamed Sandfallcity
emploi.afjv.com/observatoire...
On a personal note reacting to something that's said in the episode: I also finished alone at the end, and by the time I finished the game (around New Year's Eve maybe ?) I seem to recall it was about 25% of all players ? Interesting how different cohorts play the game differently.
And here's another strong listenig recommendation: the Game Maker's Notebook with @nicholasherman.bsky.social, hosted by @alexaray.bsky.social on the story behind Dispatch which was my favorite game of the year even though I discovered it very late. gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/narrative-de...
Catching up on my podcast listening. This episode of the Game Maker's Notebook with @jesawyer.bsky.social and @alexaray.bsky.social is very good for any lover of RPGs or... just games. Have a listen. gamemakersnotebook.libsyn.com/obsidians-jo...
CALL FOR SPEAKERS 📢
Applications for #GameCamp talks and workshops are now open!
Would you like to share your experience, knowledge, or skills with those who work in the professional video game industry in France and beyond?
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