Diana
@dianashrike.bsky.social
Narrative Designer @ RuneScape 3. Mostly quests.
Opinions my own.
Writes a great deal of fantasy nonsense.
Opinions my own.
Writes a great deal of fantasy nonsense.
29k ish words of.... something!
Genuinely over the moon that I've managed this, it's a huge win for me on this project, been blocked for ages.
Now to figure out how to finish the damn thing
Genuinely over the moon that I've managed this, it's a huge win for me on this project, been blocked for ages.
Now to figure out how to finish the damn thing
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
29k ish words of.... something!
Genuinely over the moon that I've managed this, it's a huge win for me on this project, been blocked for ages.
Now to figure out how to finish the damn thing
Genuinely over the moon that I've managed this, it's a huge win for me on this project, been blocked for ages.
Now to figure out how to finish the damn thing
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Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
So there goes all my Project Astrid work, I love working in games, spending a year of my life on creative work that goes straight in the private equity shredder!!
A minor vent compared to the actual devs who are at risk of losing their jobs right now, I know, but still. Bleugh
A minor vent compared to the actual devs who are at risk of losing their jobs right now, I know, but still. Bleugh
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of extensive layoffs: www.gamesindustry.biz/splash-damag...
Splash Damage places entire studio into consultation ahead of redundancies
Splash Damage has announced a consultation process affecting all staff at the Bromley-based studio, which will conclude…
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So there goes all my Project Astrid work, I love working in games, spending a year of my life on creative work that goes straight in the private equity shredder!!
A minor vent compared to the actual devs who are at risk of losing their jobs right now, I know, but still. Bleugh
A minor vent compared to the actual devs who are at risk of losing their jobs right now, I know, but still. Bleugh
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#Ethiopia wants to plant more than seven billion new trees 🌳
a #Belgian town introduces citizen #lottery to rebuild trust in government 🏰
commuters in #Warszaw can take a break from their screens thanks to a #library inside the metro 📚
and more – in our new issue 👇
a #Belgian town introduces citizen #lottery to rebuild trust in government 🏰
commuters in #Warszaw can take a break from their screens thanks to a #library inside the metro 📚
and more – in our new issue 👇
Ethiopia to plant seven billion trees, Belgian town trials "lottery government", Warsaw's metro library - Squirrel News
In today's edition, we're talking about Ethiopia's plan to plant more than seven billion trees by 2025, the Belgian town giving randomly selected residents real policymaking power, and how commuters i...
squirrel-news.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Following the dismantling of the Kwoneesum Dam in Washington state a year ago, the area has been transformed and its wildlife is returning.
reasonstobecheerful.world/kwoneesum-da...
reasonstobecheerful.world/kwoneesum-da...
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Following the dismantling of the Kwoneesum Dam in Washington state a year ago, the area has been transformed and its wildlife is returning.
reasonstobecheerful.world/kwoneesum-da...
reasonstobecheerful.world/kwoneesum-da...
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I’ve never used Ch*tGPT. I’ve never wanted to or had a single moment when I thought it would be helpful. I realise my work is very specific, but whenever I see people talk about using it or ‘needing’ it ngl in my head I’m just thinking ‘skill issue’.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I’ve never used Ch*tGPT. I’ve never wanted to or had a single moment when I thought it would be helpful. I realise my work is very specific, but whenever I see people talk about using it or ‘needing’ it ngl in my head I’m just thinking ‘skill issue’.
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A ‘forest city’ in #England would repurpose out-of-use farmland as affordable, green housing 🌳
a successful #free #bus rides programme gets the green light to go on 🚌
a man inspired by a poetry book in #prison goes on to found a nonprofit building prison #libraries 📚
and more - in our new issue 👇
a successful #free #bus rides programme gets the green light to go on 🚌
a man inspired by a poetry book in #prison goes on to found a nonprofit building prison #libraries 📚
and more - in our new issue 👇
England plans new 'forest city', Iowa City free bus scheme carries on, ex-inmate builds 500 prison libraries - Squirrel News
In Squirrel News today, a 'forest city' in England would repurpose out-of-use farmland as affordable, green housing connecting forest reserves; a successful free bus rides programme in Iowa City gets ...
squirrel-news.net
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A ‘forest city’ in #England would repurpose out-of-use farmland as affordable, green housing 🌳
a successful #free #bus rides programme gets the green light to go on 🚌
a man inspired by a poetry book in #prison goes on to found a nonprofit building prison #libraries 📚
and more - in our new issue 👇
a successful #free #bus rides programme gets the green light to go on 🚌
a man inspired by a poetry book in #prison goes on to found a nonprofit building prison #libraries 📚
and more - in our new issue 👇
No AdventureX for me this weekend but I'll probably write a short essay on Burnout because. Well. Yeah
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
No AdventureX for me this weekend but I'll probably write a short essay on Burnout because. Well. Yeah
Wake up idiots new Inkle dropping in Jan
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.
We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wake up idiots new Inkle dropping in Jan
Piecing together information about Olivia whats-her-name and why everyone is talking about her today like I'm playing obra dinn all over again
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Piecing together information about Olivia whats-her-name and why everyone is talking about her today like I'm playing obra dinn all over again
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A very wise person once told me 'Don't stress, nobody had a single original thought in their twenties'
Well guess what I'm turning 30 next year and somehow my writing brain is kicking back into gear
Well guess what I'm turning 30 next year and somehow my writing brain is kicking back into gear
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A very wise person once told me 'Don't stress, nobody had a single original thought in their twenties'
Well guess what I'm turning 30 next year and somehow my writing brain is kicking back into gear
Well guess what I'm turning 30 next year and somehow my writing brain is kicking back into gear
sunny day + solar panels + wfh + design ideation process that requires me to Make Things With My Hands = WE'RE DOING STOCK FROM SCRATCH TODAY BABAEYYYYY
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
sunny day + solar panels + wfh + design ideation process that requires me to Make Things With My Hands = WE'RE DOING STOCK FROM SCRATCH TODAY BABAEYYYYY
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
Finally getting through the left hand of darkness and I think it's going to be one of those books that Changes Me fundamentally as a writer
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Finally getting through the left hand of darkness and I think it's going to be one of those books that Changes Me fundamentally as a writer
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
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mostly on RuneScape
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
mostly on RuneScape
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A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
A LOT of industry folks need to take "I think there's a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit" to HEART.
Ten thousand words in babeyyy!!!!
Usually I've fallen off the NaNo train by this point in November but somehow this year it's actually happening!! Yeehaw
Usually I've fallen off the NaNo train by this point in November but somehow this year it's actually happening!! Yeehaw
It's the novel writing month that we dare not name!!
My typewriter is beribboned and I'm procrastinating over the first words. Let's fucking go
My typewriter is beribboned and I'm procrastinating over the first words. Let's fucking go
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ten thousand words in babeyyy!!!!
Usually I've fallen off the NaNo train by this point in November but somehow this year it's actually happening!! Yeehaw
Usually I've fallen off the NaNo train by this point in November but somehow this year it's actually happening!! Yeehaw
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Australia has so much #solar power that it's giving it away for free 🇦🇺
Lithuania has more than #halved its suicide rate 🇱🇹
in Japan #litter-picking has become a competitive sport 🇯🇵
and more – in our new issue 👇
Lithuania has more than #halved its suicide rate 🇱🇹
in Japan #litter-picking has become a competitive sport 🇯🇵
and more – in our new issue 👇
Free electricity in Australia, Lithuania halves suicide rate, litter-picking becomes global competitive sport - Squirrel News
We're closing out the week at Squirrel News talking about how Australia is planning to give away free solar power due to a national surplus, Japan's litter-picking scheme becoming a global sport, and ...
squirrel-news.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Australia has so much #solar power that it's giving it away for free 🇦🇺
Lithuania has more than #halved its suicide rate 🇱🇹
in Japan #litter-picking has become a competitive sport 🇯🇵
and more – in our new issue 👇
Lithuania has more than #halved its suicide rate 🇱🇹
in Japan #litter-picking has become a competitive sport 🇯🇵
and more – in our new issue 👇