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Honored to be in such august company! Find me on LinkedIn if you want to chat at DICE!

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Breaking: New era of video games is upon us. Time to adapt.

Introducing #TeaseYaGame; open to ALL #VideoGames.

3 x a year. Lite version of PYG; Jan, Apr, Sep.
PLUS: Special December teaser edition!

June & November WILL remain as #PitchYaGame. 🫡

Live next Tuesday! Who's ready?! 🥳

#indies Put your game out there for people to see!

Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.

As we rebuild post Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica could really use your help.

If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund:
supportjamaica.gov.jm

Appreciate. #Peloton Logan and Ben for getting me back moving today after two weeks out with a shattered wrist.

And now I can say that this is part of our efforts to amplify #teamwater!

#TeamWater Help us give 2 million people clean water for decades

I got to see months of work launch :)
teamwater.org

#TeamWater is live—rallying streamers, gamers, and game makers to raise $40M and bring clean water to 2 million people. And we are putting more games creators and streamers into this than ever before.

Launch video: lnkd.in/gvwfb83U
Learn more! teamwater.org
Donate today! lnkd.in/gM4cbtcR

We are going to run for a month, so if Aug 1 is too soon, we'd love to have you come in later!

Something massive is coming to Fortnite Creative.
If you’re a UEFN creator averaging 250+ CCU, you’ll want in.
It’s global. It’s creator-led. And it starts August 1.

DM me to join, spots are limited ⚠️

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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huh... it let's me repost my own content. Time Saver in this case, but man that's ripe for abuse. (takes off community hat)

Booking meetings #bestpractices for those going to #DICE and/or #GDC.
1/ make sure your location is clear (there are 2 starbucks in the Aria, for example)
2/ if using scheduling system, make sure it's set to LOCAL time, not the user's.
3/ include your phone number in the confirmation email

Join me in supporting new game devs through the IGDA Mentor Cafe - Friday morning at GDC. #giveback #gamedev

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.

I’ve decided that “how are you?” Is a rude question in this world right now.

I think I’ll start asking “how is your personal circle of hell today?” instead.

Booking meetings #bestpractices for those going to #DICE and/or #GDC.
1/ make sure your location is clear (there are 2 starbucks in the Aria, for example)
2/ if using scheduling system, make sure it's set to LOCAL time, not the user's.
3/ include your phone number in the confirmation email

thanks to @gamediscoverco.bsky.social for the heads up. Steam added text to seldom-updated Early Access Game overviews - such as Heartbound: Note: The last update made by the developers was over 13 months ago. The information and timeline described by the developers here may no longer be up to date.

I'm putting together a list of Water-based games. If you have (or love) a game that features water (either as a mechanic or environment or ???), please add it as a comment!

YouTube video by SNL Fanatic Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of SNL Music | Official Preview | Peacock Original - SNL Fanatic

Wow! This is a/ an amazing history of SNL music b/ a masterclass on video editing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxY...

I've started booking meetings for GDC and DICE. Would love to meet with new/growing studios that would like a free 30 minutes of advice on their operations, growth plans, or a friendly deck review. DM me here or on LinkedIn.com/in/lucienp for a booking link.

Steamworks Development - Steam Asset Sizes & New Preview Tool - Steam News Ensure you are using the latest templates and check out our new preview tool to help

Valve bought out the Steam Store Asset Preview Tool and has made it free for everyone to use - nice! store.steampowered.com/news/group/4...

It was introduced to me as Socialist doorstop fantasy. A genre I didn’t know I needed in my life. Wonderful

Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

For an example of what might happen with basic universal income and art you can read “the hands of the emperor” by Victoria Goddard.

Fair Play Summit: Kind Games: Designing for Prosocial Multiplayer What does it look like to proactively design our games to facilitate positive human relationships? Games built on a foundation of kind aesthetics can deliver greater player satisfaction, greater long ...

Every Game designer should watch this talk about pro-social game design. Whether you are a programmer, artist or designer, understanding how people interact with each other in your game is just absolutely critical to making an experience people want to be in gdcvault.com/play/1034445...

If you are starting a game company and are at the point of starting to pay people and/or take investment, I'd love to help you be successful. I've been building game companies for 20 years and can save you DAYS of frustration with banks, investment prep, corporate setup, payroll, insurance, etc.

Thoughts on Xitter's Community Notes - starts as an analysis, not sure it ends as anything more than an opinion piece, but interesting from a community design perspective, in any case.
vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023...

Such a good thread on both the issues of blaming management for all the ills of game dev and the inherent fallacy of thinking games are “just like film”.