Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social
𧬠Co-Founder, Lore + Wiki Manager @ dnacreative.ca
π Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
β¨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon)
πΊ Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct
βοΈ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
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π Archivist + Caretaker of dnacreative.notion.site/codex
β¨ Notion Seller (my Notions could kill a dragon)
πΊ Co-Creator, Former Producer/Editor of #FutureOfPlay Direct
βοΈ Semi-retired #cosplay lady
π€π©Άπ€π
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Alanna Smith
@alannamode.bsky.social
Β· 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
Weβre gonna leave the games industry better than we found it π€
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library π§¬
π ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
πΈ COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
π«‘ curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
Introducing DNA CODEX: The GameDev Library π§¬
π ongoing, always growing, digital archive for all
πΈ COMMUNITY-FUNDED and freely accessible
π«‘ curated + maintained by DnA Creative (us!)
dnacreative.notion.site/codex
definitely something-ecuted
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
definitely something-ecuted
Reposted by Alanna Smith
If someone ever gets too annoying, just use BLOCK (Y)!
But watch out! Some posters may try to get around your BLOCK (Y) and press the attack. Talk about a sticky situation!
Remember: a good BLOCK (Y) is your first line of defense!
But watch out! Some posters may try to get around your BLOCK (Y) and press the attack. Talk about a sticky situation!
Remember: a good BLOCK (Y) is your first line of defense!
Pay attention: to read a post, simply drag your eyes across the letters, and form the words in your mind.
Try it now.
Great job!
You should be able to read posts now.
Come back any time you need a refresher on reading posts!
Try it now.
Great job!
You should be able to read posts now.
Come back any time you need a refresher on reading posts!
Are you sure? You are about to progress your timeline. You will no longer be able to return to this post once you have left. Would you like to continue?
β Proceed
β I'm not ready
β Proceed
β I'm not ready
February 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
If someone ever gets too annoying, just use BLOCK (Y)!
But watch out! Some posters may try to get around your BLOCK (Y) and press the attack. Talk about a sticky situation!
Remember: a good BLOCK (Y) is your first line of defense!
But watch out! Some posters may try to get around your BLOCK (Y) and press the attack. Talk about a sticky situation!
Remember: a good BLOCK (Y) is your first line of defense!
Oh hell yeah
HELL YEAH
πππ€
HELL YEAH
πππ€
βPlease enjoy the museumβ:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 12, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Oh hell yeah
HELL YEAH
πππ€
HELL YEAH
πππ€
Reposted by Alanna Smith
Experienced in Unity and like making gameplay trailers? We're looking for a contractor at @gamesbystitch.com!
This contract can lead into more contract work, for social content. (I am hoping it does.)
Please note: candidates must be located in Ontario, Canada.
βΉοΈ: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
This contract can lead into more contract work, for social content. (I am hoping it does.)
Please note: candidates must be located in Ontario, Canada.
βΉοΈ: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Games by Stitch is hiring a Game Capture Artist / Trailer Editor!
This $6000 contract requires proficiency inside Unity game engine to create exciting videos featuring our game's 3D artwork. You&...
Games by Stitch is hiring a Game Capture Artist / Trailer Editor!
This $6000 contract requires proficiency inside Unity game engine to create exciting videos featuring our game's 3D artwork. You'll b...
www.linkedin.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Experienced in Unity and like making gameplay trailers? We're looking for a contractor at @gamesbystitch.com!
This contract can lead into more contract work, for social content. (I am hoping it does.)
Please note: candidates must be located in Ontario, Canada.
βΉοΈ: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
This contract can lead into more contract work, for social content. (I am hoping it does.)
Please note: candidates must be located in Ontario, Canada.
βΉοΈ: www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Reposted by Alanna Smith
Games industry operates like the film industry with absolutely none of its protections and its fuckin brutal
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Games industry operates like the film industry with absolutely none of its protections and its fuckin brutal
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
This kind of "let them go after the project is done" is only moderately possible with a whole ecosystem of unions and creative houses. It's wild this isn't regulated
It's like a desire to appear intelligent/informed by wearing the polite aesthetic of level-headedness. Because the alternatives are
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
February 12, 2026 at 1:18 AM
It's like a desire to appear intelligent/informed by wearing the polite aesthetic of level-headedness. Because the alternatives are
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
- admitting you don't understand the issue enough to get why folks are mad, or decide on a stance at all
- admitting you're on the unfavorable/bad side of the issue
Cause I much prefer to watch and learn and strategize and set up a well planned takedown than run in and learn by getting shot at or whatever π it's like hunting! Or a puzzle to solve!
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Cause I much prefer to watch and learn and strategize and set up a well planned takedown than run in and learn by getting shot at or whatever π it's like hunting! Or a puzzle to solve!
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
Enemies see me? Scary. Solution? Become invisible menace they never see coming.
Reposted by Alanna Smith
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence π₯
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence π₯
Maybe also stills from theatre, as they need to exaggerate far more than film/tv to get emotion across!
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Maybe also stills from theatre, as they need to exaggerate far more than film/tv to get emotion across!
Reposted by Alanna Smith
π¬π§π’ At least 1200 workers from Ubisoft were on strike today !
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after β
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after β
π¬π§βπ Ubisoft: unions called for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th. Here is the list of all the pickets around France ‡οΈ
February 10, 2026 at 5:04 PM
π¬π§π’ At least 1200 workers from Ubisoft were on strike today !
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after β
Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after β
Reposted by Alanna Smith
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
GENUINELY! A chart helps reflect on the result but like you gotta absorb the WHY and HOW something worked by learning and training the ole vibe check
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
GENUINELY! A chart helps reflect on the result but like you gotta absorb the WHY and HOW something worked by learning and training the ole vibe check
Reposted by Alanna Smith
It's cold in winter, but there is a solution
February 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's cold in winter, but there is a solution
Reposted by Alanna Smith
π¬π§βπ Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesnβt even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
π¬π§βπ Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesnβt even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.
Reposted by Alanna Smith
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
Weβll let the childrenβs words speak for themselves. π§΅
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
Weβll let the childrenβs words speak for themselves. π§΅
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
Weβll let the childrenβs words speak for themselves. π§΅
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
Weβll let the childrenβs words speak for themselves. π§΅
Reposted by Alanna Smith
Thank you for the artshare π
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Thank you for the artshare π
Reposted by Alanna Smith
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
Reposted by Alanna Smith
hit 'em where it hurts!! π₯°β¨
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
hit 'em where it hurts!! π₯°β¨
Reposted by Alanna Smith
πΊ Iβll always love this story/event. One of many examples of Black creators having a HUGE impact on pop culture.
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVIβs halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. π
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVIβs halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. π
- there would be no #SuperBowlHalfTimeShow without #InLivingColor. January 26, 1992. never forget.
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
πΊ Iβll always love this story/event. One of many examples of Black creators having a HUGE impact on pop culture.
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVIβs halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. π
This episode took MILLIONS of viewers away from CBS during Super Bowl XXVIβs halftime to the point in which it forced the NFL to make big changes for Super Bowl halftime entertainment. π
I know Macbeth is shaking rn
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I know Macbeth is shaking rn
You know recently a significantly less online friend - the kind who I worry could fall for griftier rhetoric if not careful - told me he'd gotten into watching your videos, and I was like oh thank GOODNESS Alanah will keep you checked into reality π€ππΎ thanks for talking about this stuff
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
You know recently a significantly less online friend - the kind who I worry could fall for griftier rhetoric if not careful - told me he'd gotten into watching your videos, and I was like oh thank GOODNESS Alanah will keep you checked into reality π€ππΎ thanks for talking about this stuff
Reposted by Alanna Smith
Introducing the βAI-BOROSβ: the few companies at the βtopβ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesnβt exist AND doesnβt make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Introducing the βAI-BOROSβ: the few companies at the βtopβ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesnβt exist AND doesnβt make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
In my opinion, no. Horizon has a ton of story and world but any "loose ends" are very much pointing to its next installment
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
In my opinion, no. Horizon has a ton of story and world but any "loose ends" are very much pointing to its next installment
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic
Like neither the characters nor gameplay nor artstyle in the new thing are recognizable, or seem to have anything to do with HZD's tthroughline beyond limited aesthetic