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Searra Leishman

@seawolfly.bsky.social

Lvl 37 | Accessibility & UX Designer Manager @hyperluminalUK | She/Her | #a11y | Artist | Amateur Photographer | #DREADpirate ๐Ÿง  ADHD

328 Followers  |  102 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 21.09.2023  |  1.5922

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Eeeee congratulations! Very well deserved!!! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฅณ

09.07.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Demystifying EAA & GPSR - IGDA Game Accessibility SIG Guide to how the European Accessibility Act and the General Product Safety Regulations apply to videogames and the wider games industry

The legal landscape for game accessibility has changed. GPSR requires safety, EAA requires accessible comms & ecommerce. The deadlines are upon us, but many devs remain unaware. If you don't know about these laws yet, you need to! Info:
igda-gasig.org/what-and-why...
#gamedev #indiedev

17.06.2025 08:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
A circular Gouache painting on wooden birch slice. Depicting a small animal skull, green foliage and a white pumpkin on a black background. 

The paintings sits n a wooden countertop.

A circular Gouache painting on wooden birch slice. Depicting a small animal skull, green foliage and a white pumpkin on a black background. The paintings sits n a wooden countertop.

A circular Gouache painting on wooden birch slice. Depicting a small animal skull, green foliage and a white pumpkin on a black background. 

The paintings sits n a wooden countertop.

A circular Gouache painting on wooden birch slice. Depicting a small animal skull, green foliage and a white pumpkin on a black background. The paintings sits n a wooden countertop.

Pleased with how this piece wrapped up. Had a lot of fun exploring using Gouache on wood like this. And the dark fantasy life study subject matter is something I know really want to play with more.

Anyway thatโ€™s 1/5 kitchen renovation decor painting projects done. ๐Ÿ’ช

20.06.2025 08:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the Fantasy Hike App. Depicting a silhouettes of a small hobbit like character hike into a cave mouth with a flaming precipice just beyond. 

Text reads: Day 535. 1779.96 miles. Mount Fire, Entering the chamber of fire.

Screenshot from the Fantasy Hike App. Depicting a silhouettes of a small hobbit like character hike into a cave mouth with a flaming precipice just beyond. Text reads: Day 535. 1779.96 miles. Mount Fire, Entering the chamber of fire.

Well itโ€™s taken 18 months but Iโ€™m finally on the precipice of completing my 1780 mile walk to Mordor challenge with only 0.25miles to go. ๐ŸŽ‰

Likely completed with evening dog trot later today.

Final Patch reward is in my sights, and then I need to figure out where the heck Iโ€™m walking to next. ๐Ÿคฃ

19.06.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our Lovely UX/UI department is expanding to take on some exciting new projects and we are looking for a Senior UX/UI designer to join our team. ๐ŸŽ‰

16.06.2025 10:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A circular slice of wood with raw bark edges has been primed with white gesso paint. On top of this is a rough pencil sketch of composition including an animal skull, a large pumpkin and leafy foliage.

A circular slice of wood with raw bark edges has been primed with white gesso paint. On top of this is a rough pencil sketch of composition including an animal skull, a large pumpkin and leafy foliage.

A circular slice of wood with raw bark edges has been primed with white gesso paint. On top of this is a rough pencil sketch of composition including an animal skull, a large pumpkin and leafy foliage.

A circular slice of wood with raw bark edges has been primed with white gesso paint. On top of this is a rough pencil sketch of composition including an animal skull, a large pumpkin and leafy foliage.

Burnout is the worst in many ways, but last year it really crippled my usually very creative brain.

It feels extremely good to be dusting off the cobwebs again.

Under sketch and priming done. Next step is to crack the paints out and do some colour swatching to settle it on colour palette.

01.05.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Graphic promoting Hyper Luminal Games hiring for a Senior 3D Game Animator.

Graphic promoting Hyper Luminal Games hiring for a Senior 3D Game Animator.

We're HIRING a Senior 3D Game Animator!๐ŸŽฌ

Hyper Luminal Games is hiring a full-time 3D Animator with 6+ years of professional experience working with industry standard software.

If this sounds like you then please get in touch: hyperluminalgames.bamboohr.com/careers/47

29.04.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
River the black and white husky lies on top of her purple ducky stuffed toy, she looks mischievous and has her tongue poking out at the front of her mouth. Beneath her is a white fluffy blanket.

River the black and white husky lies on top of her purple ducky stuffed toy, she looks mischievous and has her tongue poking out at the front of her mouth. Beneath her is a white fluffy blanket.

Weekly dose of Husky silliness. River got a new ducky, she is so happy about it sheโ€™s had her tongue stuck out like this for nearly 30 mins.

Every time I look at her I start laughing again. ๐Ÿ˜‚

#justhuskythings #huskymama #sometimesiblep

18.04.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right! Putting n a complaint. So rude.

16.04.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah good. I see Iโ€™ve arrived back in Scotland just in time for second winter. ๐Ÿฅถโ˜”๏ธ

16.04.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Searra Leishman's @seawolfy talk, "Behind the Curtain: Sustainable approaches to accessibility in an indie development environment.". In the top left corner is the Hyper Luminal Games logo with a large HL. A photo of Searra, a white woman with brown hair, is on the right side of the screen with her title, "Accessibility & UX Design Manager". The background is purple.

Screenshot of Searra Leishman's @seawolfy talk, "Behind the Curtain: Sustainable approaches to accessibility in an indie development environment.". In the top left corner is the Hyper Luminal Games logo with a large HL. A photo of Searra, a white woman with brown hair, is on the right side of the screen with her title, "Accessibility & UX Design Manager". The background is purple.

"Behind The Curtain" by @seawolfly.bsky.social peels back the curtain on Pine Hearts development and why it's so important to create an accessibility toolkit from the get-go!

If you want super practical tips to better define, prioritize, and build accessible projects, this talk is for you!

14.04.2025 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Searra shares a quick selfie ans hug with Sightless Kombat. Searra is on the left and wearing a white shirt with tiny dinosaurs printed on it and has red hair. Sightless is stood beside her to the right wearing a green Atomfall T-shirt, black jacket and a cap with the logo for RNIB on it.

Behind them is a wall covered in blue, yellow and red lights.

Searra shares a quick selfie ans hug with Sightless Kombat. Searra is on the left and wearing a white shirt with tiny dinosaurs printed on it and has red hair. Sightless is stood beside her to the right wearing a green Atomfall T-shirt, black jacket and a cap with the logo for RNIB on it. Behind them is a wall covered in blue, yellow and red lights.

Goodness of any conference this one always feels like such a homecoming and community.

Had a wonderful moment to finally speak to the lovely @sightlesskombat.bsky.social today over breakfast. So so nice to speak to you.

#GAconf

15.04.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks to all the folks who have added me here recently. Intended to engage here more regularly going forward forward since that other place is now a miserable cesspit.

Looking forward to having great conversations about game dev, accessibility, art and design again going forward. ๐Ÿ’–

15.04.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello world, ever set up an account for something and then promptly forget the password and then entirely forget you even made a profile.

Yep me too, Iโ€™ll chalk it up to adhd. ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

15.04.2025 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rough end to the week. So finally rolling a character in Baldurs Gate 3 and living vicariously through her today was a much needed mental break.

24.09.2023 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜Some days I am more wolf than woman and I am still learning how to stop apologising for my wild.โ€˜

21.09.2023 06:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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