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Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games · 14h

In case you missed it - Shape Sender Deluxe has a demo on Steam you can play now!
⭐🟥🟠
If you play it and wishlist it I'll give you a crisp high-five next time I see you, I promise 🤞🏽

store.steampowered.com/app/2976470/...

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely! And that time that kid came up while we were chatting and asked for your autograph!

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 1d

I was talking about you today! Miss you, old friend ❤️

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 1d

We have been through HELL. Many have lost jobs, studios, and opportunities, but on the whole we have faced an existential crisis similar to the crash of 2010 and we’re STILL HERE.

I wish we had more opportunity this week to explore why were more resilient than we once were, and how move forward.

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 1d

Heading home after Freakon, GCAP, Parallels, and a little bit of PAX.

I have missed you all, and it was amazing to reconnect and feed my extrovert. Thank you for challenging me, encouraging me, and reminding me that this community of heartful and artful game makers give me life and love ❤️

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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 1d

I still think the most accurate and consistent way to think about generative AI is that, in every instance, people exclusively use it for tasks that they don't have any respect for or give a shit about.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Chloe Appleby @chloeappleby.bsky.social · 2d

DONT COME AT 7 OR ILL BE MAD AT YOU

Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 2d

1 Hour until Freeplay Parallels!

See you all at 6 pm!

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The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social · 3d

The #AGDAs25 Winner For Game of the Year is...

The Drifter by Powerhoof

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 5d

They are all my children and I love them equally

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 5d

Posting up at General Assembly for anyone checking out of GCAP for the day

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

It is!

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

The right had a long history of taking words that mean things they like and diluting their meaning until they can’t be used meaningfully anymore in conversation or the media.

Don’t let them have it.

The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 6d

i think it’s actually completely okay to say an algorithm is not a real person

hailey @hailey.at
if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

AY MELBS have a chat with someone about the fkn rain because I’m about to get on a plane and SO HELP ME

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

Please sir, my sheeps

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

SURE IS!
(Please ignore my name in the credits)

Dan Ryckert @danryckert.com · 6d

I can’t believe I’m going to say this but LEGO Party is absolutely better than Mario Party.

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

HEY

You have shipped some astonishing games. You don’t get to let imposter syndrome win any more!

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 6d

Skin Deep should be at the top of everyone’s list. It’s a phenomenal achievement!

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 7d

Buy our videogame it's on sale it has good jokes store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

store.steampowered.com

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 6d

If not for the “too many games” problem, you’d already have played this.

Don’t wait any longer! You deserve nice things!

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 7d

Buy our videogame it's on sale it has good jokes store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Save 25% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

store.steampowered.com

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 8d

Aw maaaan
Also you’ve had this one in the pipe for a while now huh

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 9d

That is a phenomenal headline

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Edmond Tran @edmondtran.bsky.social · 9d

If any indie devs out there with previous/current/upcoming Game Pass deals would like to share thoughts about the Ultimate price hike news, and how it might shift the perceived value of the service in regards to potential audience/sales etc, hit me up in DMs or email. Can be on or off the record!

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 9d

Microsoft has restructured its Xbox Game Pass subscription service, with price increases for the Ultimate and PC-only tiers.

The company previously increased the cost of Game Pass Ultimate in July 2024.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Cost Increased by 50% in Subscription Shakeup

Microsoft has restructured Xbox Game Pass and enacted price increases, saying it is adding more value and benefits to its lucrative service.

thisweekinvideogames.com

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 9d

I used to actually buy stuff from Lucent Globe because I like their mission, but their advertising technique and just the INCREDIBLE number of emails they send out in a week icked the hell out of me.

Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 9d

The trend of ads starting with “we owe everyone an apology” can go get extraordinarily fucked

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Jason Imms ➡️ MIGW25 @jasonimms.bsky.social · 9d

They have also devalued AAA - why pay full price for a game that will likely hit the sub within 12 months?

I’d say that trend increasing has played a part in this new structure.

As predicted, the service has devalued individual titles in the hope they might grab an insurmountable market share.

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