Craig Breathnach - Writer
@craigbreathnach.bsky.social
Irish freelance writer for comic books and video games. He/him.
Portfolio : https://linktr.ee/craigbreathnachwriter
Creator and writer of @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
Volunteer with @galwaygamejam.bsky.social
#IrishGameDev
Portfolio : https://linktr.ee/craigbreathnachwriter
Creator and writer of @wuxiawerewolf.bsky.social
Volunteer with @galwaygamejam.bsky.social
#IrishGameDev
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Steam Curator: Games From Ireland
Games developed in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, from Irish creators, or playable in the Irish language (Gaeilge).
store.steampowered.com
The #SteamAwards Nominations are now open! There's a bunch of games on the @imirt.bsky.social Steam Curator Page you can nominate right now!
#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IrishCreatives #IrishGameDomination #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IndieGame
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#IrishGameDev #IndieDev #GameDev #IrishCreatives #IrishGameDomination #SpeirGhorm #SpeirGorm #IndieGame
store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...
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It was super cool that we had this in Saltsea Chronicles. So many of us do variety of things within a game (often unseen), and grouping them together makes a lot of sense!
Ah! We did something similar on Saltsea Chronicles. Even if it meant repeating responsibilities against folks, I want everyone to get their Moby Games coverage!
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It was super cool that we had this in Saltsea Chronicles. So many of us do variety of things within a game (often unseen), and grouping them together makes a lot of sense!
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Live on RTÉ today.
Never imagined writing about Trump and Master Chief.
Alice, we are well and truly through the looking glass.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Never imagined writing about Trump and Master Chief.
Alice, we are well and truly through the looking glass.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
The console wars have ended – is this a new era in gaming?
During the mid-1990s, a bitter tech war was in full swing, dividing classrooms, workplaces and friendships across the nation.
www.rte.ie
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Live on RTÉ today.
Never imagined writing about Trump and Master Chief.
Alice, we are well and truly through the looking glass.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
Never imagined writing about Trump and Master Chief.
Alice, we are well and truly through the looking glass.
www.rte.ie/culture/2025...
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later today we'll have an in depth interview with @enigmastud.io hitting inboxes for our Primo subscribers - we have a lovely ol' natter about the birth of the studio, Jamie's trilogy or horror work, and upcoming horse adventure: TÖLT 🐎
www.pantaloon.io/primo
#indiegames
www.pantaloon.io/primo
#indiegames
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www.pantaloon.io
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
later today we'll have an in depth interview with @enigmastud.io hitting inboxes for our Primo subscribers - we have a lovely ol' natter about the birth of the studio, Jamie's trilogy or horror work, and upcoming horse adventure: TÖLT 🐎
www.pantaloon.io/primo
#indiegames
www.pantaloon.io/primo
#indiegames
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Folks, the law is an arse. Please remember the law isn't about what's ethical, right or wrong. The law is the law - it's made up - and sometimes it is absolute bullshit.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Folks, the law is an arse. Please remember the law isn't about what's ethical, right or wrong. The law is the law - it's made up - and sometimes it is absolute bullshit.
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I've launched my Save/Load plugin for #UnrealEngine!
It can save and load the entire state of a level, with no per-actor setup required - it "just works" in most cases.
It's also optimised to load extremely fast when reloading from the same level.
Available now on Fab!
www.fab.com/listings/75b...
It can save and load the entire state of a level, with no per-actor setup required - it "just works" in most cases.
It's also optimised to load extremely fast when reloading from the same level.
Available now on Fab!
www.fab.com/listings/75b...
NV Save / Load
NVSaveLoad is a plugin for saving and loading the state of the game.It is designed to “just work”, being very easy to integrate with almost no setup. Unlike other save/load systems, you don't need to ...
www.fab.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I've launched my Save/Load plugin for #UnrealEngine!
It can save and load the entire state of a level, with no per-actor setup required - it "just works" in most cases.
It's also optimised to load extremely fast when reloading from the same level.
Available now on Fab!
www.fab.com/listings/75b...
It can save and load the entire state of a level, with no per-actor setup required - it "just works" in most cases.
It's also optimised to load extremely fast when reloading from the same level.
Available now on Fab!
www.fab.com/listings/75b...
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Google search putting "AI Mode" all the way to the left where "All" used to be so you accidentally fucking click on it is such desperate behaviour to justify their sad, stupid investment. You know it's bad when they have to force you to use their new "technology". Nobody wants this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Google search putting "AI Mode" all the way to the left where "All" used to be so you accidentally fucking click on it is such desperate behaviour to justify their sad, stupid investment. You know it's bad when they have to force you to use their new "technology". Nobody wants this.
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back at it again in down the bugfixing mines~ today we have what i think might be an AMD GPU driver crash on Linux only (lol) and a shader that dosnt work right on nVidia GPUs (including switch (double lol))
WE ARE A TINY GAME WE SHOULD NOT BE HITTING TWO DIFFERNT VENDOR SPECIFIC GPU ISSUES ITS 2025
WE ARE A TINY GAME WE SHOULD NOT BE HITTING TWO DIFFERNT VENDOR SPECIFIC GPU ISSUES ITS 2025
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
back at it again in down the bugfixing mines~ today we have what i think might be an AMD GPU driver crash on Linux only (lol) and a shader that dosnt work right on nVidia GPUs (including switch (double lol))
WE ARE A TINY GAME WE SHOULD NOT BE HITTING TWO DIFFERNT VENDOR SPECIFIC GPU ISSUES ITS 2025
WE ARE A TINY GAME WE SHOULD NOT BE HITTING TWO DIFFERNT VENDOR SPECIFIC GPU ISSUES ITS 2025
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This has been the norm for a decade at least.
I met a UCC student here last night paying €2k/month for private accommodation in Cork city
I learnt students are paying gentrified prices for damp mouldy houses, not fit for purpose with landlords difficult to deal with
Time to get involved in Cork Student Housing Cooperative
#DerelictIreland
I learnt students are paying gentrified prices for damp mouldy houses, not fit for purpose with landlords difficult to deal with
Time to get involved in Cork Student Housing Cooperative
#DerelictIreland
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This has been the norm for a decade at least.
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crisp audio recap 2025
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
crisp audio recap 2025
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Many Nights a Whisper has been nominated as VGG's Game of the Year!
The nominee line-up is amazing and we're proud to see our game among them. Thank you! 💫
The nominee line-up is amazing and we're proud to see our game among them. Thank you! 💫
It's that time of year again.
Here are our 2025 Game of the Year nominees! As with every year, our list of nominees are synonymous with our favorite games of the year. We highly recommend you check ALL the games out and support these incredible teams.
These video games are GOOD.
Here are our 2025 Game of the Year nominees! As with every year, our list of nominees are synonymous with our favorite games of the year. We highly recommend you check ALL the games out and support these incredible teams.
These video games are GOOD.
Video Games are Good's 2025 GOTY Nominees Reveal
YouTube video by Naetoid
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Many Nights a Whisper has been nominated as VGG's Game of the Year!
The nominee line-up is amazing and we're proud to see our game among them. Thank you! 💫
The nominee line-up is amazing and we're proud to see our game among them. Thank you! 💫
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Anyone know any good sources to learn html so I can start designing my own website?
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Anyone know any good sources to learn html so I can start designing my own website?
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Wanna snag a cool username on launch day? First come, first served!
👉 Pre-register now to play Dec 15th: www.playdwg.com
👉 Pre-register now to play Dec 15th: www.playdwg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wanna snag a cool username on launch day? First come, first served!
👉 Pre-register now to play Dec 15th: www.playdwg.com
👉 Pre-register now to play Dec 15th: www.playdwg.com
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Hey new folks, follow my Steam Curator page.
It's where I put all the games I recommend. Big games, small games, weird games, the works. However, I do avoid games with predatory monetization practices, so nothing with lootboxes/etc.
It's where I put all the games I recommend. Big games, small games, weird games, the works. However, I do avoid games with predatory monetization practices, so nothing with lootboxes/etc.
Steam Curator: Casey Explosion
Focusing primarily on indie and mid-tier games, I present a list of games I find exceptional, underappreciated, or have something interesting and unique about them.
store.steampowered.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hey new folks, follow my Steam Curator page.
It's where I put all the games I recommend. Big games, small games, weird games, the works. However, I do avoid games with predatory monetization practices, so nothing with lootboxes/etc.
It's where I put all the games I recommend. Big games, small games, weird games, the works. However, I do avoid games with predatory monetization practices, so nothing with lootboxes/etc.
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Got a new video script written up. Stephameat’s back on the menu.
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Got a new video script written up. Stephameat’s back on the menu.
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Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nobody's clamouring for AI games, nobody's mad that games don't feature AI, there's a total and utter lack of demand for it. The only demand is from business heads who think it'll save them money, audiences and creatives are rejecting it.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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That's my president! 😊
@teni.bsky.social don't seem to use their bsky account so I'm posting this over here from their facebook because people should see it: one of the first things our new President Connolly did last week was write the community a letter for TDOR 🏳️⚧️
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November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
That's my president! 😊
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Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
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aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Any one of these massive AAA videogame companies could file suit against the 6-piece Chicken McNobody ringleaders harassing their employees, and that they don't is a choice. I said before of goobergate that the industry enjoys having a bunch of unpaid Pinkertons around too much to ever give it up.
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I should have more gamedevs as guests on my stream again, that was great when I did that recently
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I should have more gamedevs as guests on my stream again, that was great when I did that recently
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Friends! The Necromancer's Tale is aiming for nomination in the Steam Awards 2025, for Story-Rich games released this year. If you get a chance to nominate us at this link, it would be really appreciated! :-)
steamcommunity.com/games/131532...
steamcommunity.com/games/131532...
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Friends! The Necromancer's Tale is aiming for nomination in the Steam Awards 2025, for Story-Rich games released this year. If you get a chance to nominate us at this link, it would be really appreciated! :-)
steamcommunity.com/games/131532...
steamcommunity.com/games/131532...
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recently been like "maybe Linux will fix me"
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
recently been like "maybe Linux will fix me"
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One day, when I am actually in place where I can properly verbalise my trauma, I will write about how this country treated me while I was in-patient.
But until then I will just say, that state of Irish mental health system IS a human rights issue.
But until then I will just say, that state of Irish mental health system IS a human rights issue.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
One day, when I am actually in place where I can properly verbalise my trauma, I will write about how this country treated me while I was in-patient.
But until then I will just say, that state of Irish mental health system IS a human rights issue.
But until then I will just say, that state of Irish mental health system IS a human rights issue.
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We even credited everyone who worked on localization - yes, including temporarily trade show localization that didn’t ship in the final game. Crediting people is super cool and very legal you should do it too!
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We even credited everyone who worked on localization - yes, including temporarily trade show localization that didn’t ship in the final game. Crediting people is super cool and very legal you should do it too!