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Creative Director @heartloopgames.bsky.social‬ . Prev: Blizzard, WB Games, Ubisoft, etc... One of the Habibis. Professor at Dawson College. GDC Advisor. TEDx Speaker.

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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

06.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 3666    🔁 1320    💬 17    📌 94
Screenshot of Poly Fighter. Tyra vs Smackenzie. Smackenzie is stuck in a T-Pose and her hair is stretched long.

Screenshot of Poly Fighter. Tyra vs Smackenzie. Smackenzie is stuck in a T-Pose and her hair is stretched long.

Animation bug of secret Sailor Moon transformation?

04.10.2025 01:28 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

It's not like we made it easy for you to understand what's going on 😅

04.10.2025 14:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

About half way through the show 😅

04.10.2025 14:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot of Poly Fighter. Tyra vs Smackenzie. Smackenzie is stuck in a T-Pose and her hair is stretched long.

Screenshot of Poly Fighter. Tyra vs Smackenzie. Smackenzie is stuck in a T-Pose and her hair is stretched long.

Animation bug of secret Sailor Moon transformation?

04.10.2025 01:28 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

03.10.2025 05:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yes, absolutely! And thank you!!

03.10.2025 05:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still a few days left for our Alpha playtest!!

If you wanna give the game a try and help us out with some feedback so that we can make the game even better, we'd really appreciate it!!

Please consider tagging anyone who you think would be interested in a Roguelike Fighting Game :)

Thank you!

01.10.2025 14:41 — 👍 33    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 0

Thank you!

01.10.2025 15:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Still a few days left for our Alpha playtest!!

If you wanna give the game a try and help us out with some feedback so that we can make the game even better, we'd really appreciate it!!

Please consider tagging anyone who you think would be interested in a Roguelike Fighting Game :)

Thank you!

01.10.2025 14:41 — 👍 33    🔁 23    💬 3    📌 0
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Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms - Dexerto A mother is going viral after winning a Mortal Kombat tournament while holding her five-day-old daughter in her arms.

#Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms. You know, like you do. www.dexerto.com/mortal-komba...

29.09.2025 20:35 — 👍 3236    🔁 833    💬 64    📌 356

This works for game design docs too!!

[Design a social capital system that's both individual and faction-based.]

Then you can finish outlining the design before coming back and fleshing out the stubs.

28.09.2025 22:35 — 👍 31    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0

This looks so good Anisa!!

28.09.2025 22:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Turnbound reveal trailer - PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct
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INTRODUCING OUR NEW GAME TURNBOUND!!!

Your sould is trapped in a haunted board game and you gotta play for your freedom! Also I added a cat because you always need a cat being a dick somewhere in your game

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_r...

28.09.2025 16:47 — 👍 84    🔁 20    💬 9    📌 1

Awww, thank you 🥰🥰🥰 You're too kind!

28.09.2025 15:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

❤️❤️❤️

28.09.2025 07:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@osamadorias.bsky.social taught me the fundamentals of this some time ago and the very next visual I made was so good and useful that we ended up converting it into an in-engine overlay for use with our dev tools

Highly recommended reading ⏬

28.09.2025 03:29 — 👍 23    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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When Spreadsheets Aren’t Enough: A Framework for Approaching System Visualization Visualization techniques can help us design and maintain game rules and systems, communicate these internally (across the development team), and effectively convey them to external stakeholders (such ...

Let's talk System Visualization! As designers, we often lean on visuals to help understand, communicate, or simply use a system. But which visuals???

This report (polarisgamedesign.com/2022/when-sp...) suggests we "PAUSE" and consider:

- Purpose
- Audience
- Usage
- Scope
- Emphasis

(Thread!)

27.09.2025 19:34 — 👍 57    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 3

Let's take a quick author break! This report was written by @apepers.bsky.social @ichiro.bsky.social @osamadorias.bsky.social Crystin Cox, Melissa Ramsden, Michael Austin, and Brent Ellison at our 2022 retreat. Follow them for further design insights~

OK back to the paper on System Visualization!

27.09.2025 19:40 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Friends!! The Poly Fighter playtest is live!!

Please sign up, play, and give us ALL of your feedback!!

RTs are appreciated!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

26.09.2025 14:24 — 👍 73    🔁 44    💬 0    📌 2
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a large building Alt: RDJ saying maybe
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Love this 😍

27.09.2025 01:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉🎉🏁🥇🏁🎉🎉

🕹️Poly Fighter
🏃Keiishi, Tamago, KREL, Sage009

Merci au studio Heartloop pour le playtest de Poly Fighter au NoReset

#NoResetMarathon #Speedrunning #Polyfighter #NoReset4FGV #NoReset7 #SpeedrunForCharity #GamingMarathon #VirtualGuardians #CharityStream #GamingForGood

07.09.2025 20:07 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Poly Fighter Is a Roguelike Fighting Game With a Retro Aesthetic Alpha playtest goes live soon on PC.

ICYMI: Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game heading to PC with a retro aesthetic, and an alpha playtest will go live soon.

www.rewinder.co.uk/poly-fighter...

20.09.2025 16:30 — 👍 20    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1
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Poly Fighter Is a Roguelike Fighting Game With a Retro Aesthetic Alpha playtest goes live soon on PC.

Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game heading to PC with a retro aesthetic, and an alpha playtest will go live soon.

18.09.2025 13:30 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1
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actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames

24.09.2025 20:26 — 👍 468    🔁 116    💬 16    📌 27

Congratulations!!!

26.09.2025 15:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

History in the making! A Polaris co-director's game is up for its first playtest, check it out:

26.09.2025 14:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Friends!! The Poly Fighter playtest is live!!

Please sign up, play, and give us ALL of your feedback!!

RTs are appreciated!! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

26.09.2025 14:24 — 👍 73    🔁 44    💬 0    📌 2
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Poly Fighter on Steam Poly Fighter is a single-player roguelike fighting game. Learn new moves from every opponent you defeat to build your fighter’s unique style. Battle through tense retro-arcade duels with beginner-frie...

🔥 Our first alpha playtest is LIVE on Steam right now! 🔥

Until October 3rd you can sign up to try the game early and give us valuable feedback!

👉 Request access on Steam now! ❤️
store.steampowered.com/app/3977340/...

#Playtest #IndieGame #Roguelike #FightingGame #Steam

26.09.2025 14:07 — 👍 38    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 5

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