Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social
🧬 Co-Founder, Lore + Wiki Manager @ dnacreative.ca
📜 Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
✨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon)
📺 Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct
⚔️ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
🖤🩶🤍💜
📜 Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
✨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon)
📺 Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct
⚔️ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
🖤🩶🤍💜
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Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social
· Jun 20
DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library
DNA CODEX is a free digital GameDev Library built and maintained by DnA Creative - a curated and community supported digital archive for game development resources.
dnacreative.notion.site
We’re gonna leave the games industry better than we found it 😤
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library 🧬
📚 ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
💸 COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
🫡 curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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What's more grave than fighting demons?!
Our buddies @necrosoftgames.com 's DEMONSCHOOL is now out and we think you should try it 😈
Our buddies @necrosoftgames.com 's DEMONSCHOOL is now out and we think you should try it 😈
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What's more grave than fighting demons?!
Our buddies @necrosoftgames.com 's DEMONSCHOOL is now out and we think you should try it 😈
Our buddies @necrosoftgames.com 's DEMONSCHOOL is now out and we think you should try it 😈
Three episodes into The Mighty Nein and I fear I've never been more correct in my life
Alright here's my base level understanding of Mighty Nein, I'm ready to go 👍🏾
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Three episodes into The Mighty Nein and I fear I've never been more correct in my life
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if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
if you're still writing using the hero's journey, your mind is closed to all the possibilities
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Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
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I was talking to a guy who does beautiful woodworking stuff and I said it seemed hard as hell.
He said "Shit son, doing anything is hard. Hammering in a nail straight is hard. Anyone says something is easy they just don't remember being taught how to do it. Or practice didn't feel like work."
He said "Shit son, doing anything is hard. Hammering in a nail straight is hard. Anyone says something is easy they just don't remember being taught how to do it. Or practice didn't feel like work."
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I was talking to a guy who does beautiful woodworking stuff and I said it seemed hard as hell.
He said "Shit son, doing anything is hard. Hammering in a nail straight is hard. Anyone says something is easy they just don't remember being taught how to do it. Or practice didn't feel like work."
He said "Shit son, doing anything is hard. Hammering in a nail straight is hard. Anyone says something is easy they just don't remember being taught how to do it. Or practice didn't feel like work."
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Hi Frosty Friends! We're looking for some more volunteers to help translate subtitles for our upcoming Frosty Mini showcase ☀️
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hi Frosty Friends! We're looking for some more volunteers to help translate subtitles for our upcoming Frosty Mini showcase ☀️
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
If you're fluent in Japanese, BR-Portuguese, or French and you'd be happy to donate the time week of Dec 1st, please email us! [email protected] 💙
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I think "fake it til' you make it" is genuinely a great bit of advice but people (understandably!) think it means "lie until you've duped everyone" when in reality it's much more "act like you belong here because you actually do and you need to get over yourself"
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I think "fake it til' you make it" is genuinely a great bit of advice but people (understandably!) think it means "lie until you've duped everyone" when in reality it's much more "act like you belong here because you actually do and you need to get over yourself"
Me prior to working directly on a game: "Wow, game devs are intense! How do they work on one project consistently for like 4+ years?"
Me now, 18 months into a game I've been on for either 7 years or 3 weeks depending on how close a deadline is: "Ah yes I see. Nothing makes sense is how."
Me now, 18 months into a game I've been on for either 7 years or 3 weeks depending on how close a deadline is: "Ah yes I see. Nothing makes sense is how."
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Me prior to working directly on a game: "Wow, game devs are intense! How do they work on one project consistently for like 4+ years?"
Me now, 18 months into a game I've been on for either 7 years or 3 weeks depending on how close a deadline is: "Ah yes I see. Nothing makes sense is how."
Me now, 18 months into a game I've been on for either 7 years or 3 weeks depending on how close a deadline is: "Ah yes I see. Nothing makes sense is how."
I do this with my friends every Sunday. We call it Accountability Hour.
We do it on a Discord video call. Girlies in our comfiest clothes, sipping warm drinks, yapping, doing the things we HATE and encouraging each other. It's like the lamest weekly DnD campaign ever and it's awesome
We do it on a Discord video call. Girlies in our comfiest clothes, sipping warm drinks, yapping, doing the things we HATE and encouraging each other. It's like the lamest weekly DnD campaign ever and it's awesome
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I do this with my friends every Sunday. We call it Accountability Hour.
We do it on a Discord video call. Girlies in our comfiest clothes, sipping warm drinks, yapping, doing the things we HATE and encouraging each other. It's like the lamest weekly DnD campaign ever and it's awesome
We do it on a Discord video call. Girlies in our comfiest clothes, sipping warm drinks, yapping, doing the things we HATE and encouraging each other. It's like the lamest weekly DnD campaign ever and it's awesome
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do you know renpy? do you live in ontario? do you wanna help me with my game. pleas
Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
do you know renpy? do you live in ontario? do you wanna help me with my game. pleas
Not now, massive wing-shaped Kilauea volcano eruption
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Not now, massive wing-shaped Kilauea volcano eruption
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GOLDENEYE Pause Music
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
GOLDENEYE Pause Music
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
#JamesBond #Videogames #MusicSky #90s #Nostalgia #Gaming #GoldenEye #Movies #OTD #FilmSky
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Game development
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Game development
Taking part in important Canadian traditions (throwing on big coat over pajamas to go pick up my Timmies breakfast) 😤👍🏾
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Taking part in important Canadian traditions (throwing on big coat over pajamas to go pick up my Timmies breakfast) 😤👍🏾
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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Every Black person born in this country is owed a reparations stipend for life. That six in knife never got taken out.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Every Black person born in this country is owed a reparations stipend for life. That six in knife never got taken out.
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Trying to do this but have a chicken-and-egg problem. Need to estimate attendance.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5. Somewhere you can buy food/drink most likely. Possibly presentations as a stretch goal if we get enough commitment/funds.
Who of you will want to attend?
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5. Somewhere you can buy food/drink most likely. Possibly presentations as a stretch goal if we get enough commitment/funds.
Who of you will want to attend?
Who wants to join me for Game Developers & Cheeseburgers (GDC) in Toronto on Saturday, March 7, 2026?
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
Attendance costs the price of a cheeseburger, fries and a drink divided by the number of attendees who aren't me.
RSVP below so we can book an appropriately sized venue.
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trying to do this but have a chicken-and-egg problem. Need to estimate attendance.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5. Somewhere you can buy food/drink most likely. Possibly presentations as a stretch goal if we get enough commitment/funds.
Who of you will want to attend?
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5. Somewhere you can buy food/drink most likely. Possibly presentations as a stretch goal if we get enough commitment/funds.
Who of you will want to attend?
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I still think about "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Eritrea" like once a week
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I still think about "Elden Ring: Shadow of the Eritrea" like once a week
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png