Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
Loud Whisperer • Dragon Fanatic • 🍬Award-Winning Writer and Narrative Designer @ Sweet Baby Inc🍬 • Previously @ Rocksteady Games • ✨Limit Break Mentor✨ • She/Her 💖💛💙 🏳️🌈
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Amy-Leigh Shaw
@diveamydive.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hey! 👋 I’m Amy-Leigh, and I’m a Writer & Narrative Designer at Sweet Baby Inc. 🍬 I like nature, bad jokes and weird stories, and I’ve heard I’m pretty friendly 👀 so if that sounds like your vibe, you came to the right place! 💛
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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
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fensartden.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
[email protected]
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I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
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Thread. A lot of people need this right now, not just in games. I saw the jobs numbers this morning too.
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Thread. A lot of people need this right now, not just in games. I saw the jobs numbers this morning too.
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I've been feeling this for a long time, but the thread defines it far better than I've managed to when I talk about it
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I've been feeling this for a long time, but the thread defines it far better than I've managed to when I talk about it
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The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more than 34 million people combined.
That level of inequality is totally unsustainable.
A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.
That level of inequality is totally unsustainable.
A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The 50 wealthiest families in the UK own more than 34 million people combined.
That level of inequality is totally unsustainable.
A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.
That level of inequality is totally unsustainable.
A wealth tax isn’t radical - it’s inevitable. And the Green Party will keep making the case.
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"If nothing is guaranteed, why crush myself against the uncertainty that rips out my heart, game after cancelled game, gut wrench after corporate gut wrench? Why not pursue an uncertainty which gladdens me, and, by the way, is unobstructed by the confident mistakes of creeps, ghouls, and trolls?”
February 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"If nothing is guaranteed, why crush myself against the uncertainty that rips out my heart, game after cancelled game, gut wrench after corporate gut wrench? Why not pursue an uncertainty which gladdens me, and, by the way, is unobstructed by the confident mistakes of creeps, ghouls, and trolls?”
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Thread, especially if you've recently lost your job.
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Thread, especially if you've recently lost your job.
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Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
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This resonates. TBH I'd especially love for those who haven't been laid off before to read it, and to really sit with the words "enterprise value."
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This resonates. TBH I'd especially love for those who haven't been laid off before to read it, and to really sit with the words "enterprise value."
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Oooof. Man does this hit hard. I strongly agree with all of this.
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Oooof. Man does this hit hard. I strongly agree with all of this.
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Right now, literally right now, I’m at the end of my tether with unemployment. I feel miserable and worthless and that my hard work and experience have zero value
This thread really spoke to me, maybe check it out. I hope one day the last panel works for me. Right now, I’m teetering on the brink 🖤
This thread really spoke to me, maybe check it out. I hope one day the last panel works for me. Right now, I’m teetering on the brink 🖤
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
(thread)
(thread)
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Right now, literally right now, I’m at the end of my tether with unemployment. I feel miserable and worthless and that my hard work and experience have zero value
This thread really spoke to me, maybe check it out. I hope one day the last panel works for me. Right now, I’m teetering on the brink 🖤
This thread really spoke to me, maybe check it out. I hope one day the last panel works for me. Right now, I’m teetering on the brink 🖤
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This whole thread from Kate Welch via Amy-Leigh Shaw is worth a read, and it is pertinent to professionals not just in games but across creative industries, but this is the most pertinent part. And I believe it deep in my bones.
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
This whole thread from Kate Welch via Amy-Leigh Shaw is worth a read, and it is pertinent to professionals not just in games but across creative industries, but this is the most pertinent part. And I believe it deep in my bones.
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I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measures
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Revealed: Israel bulldozed part of Gaza war cemetery containing allied graves
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Having internships without having jobs for them to enter when they complete the internship should be illegal.
Staffing your gutted dev teams with interns will not work out dudes.
Staffing your gutted dev teams with interns will not work out dudes.
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Having internships without having jobs for them to enter when they complete the internship should be illegal.
Staffing your gutted dev teams with interns will not work out dudes.
Staffing your gutted dev teams with interns will not work out dudes.
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Pretty much any work that relies on creative skill is taking a bad hit; too many people look at it and think, “that’s not hard, *I* can do that” - so (a) they don’t value it, and (b) they can’t tell the difference between good and bad quality. As a result, they’re happy to settle for “cheap.”
So many industries and career paths are going this way
February 4, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Pretty much any work that relies on creative skill is taking a bad hit; too many people look at it and think, “that’s not hard, *I* can do that” - so (a) they don’t value it, and (b) they can’t tell the difference between good and bad quality. As a result, they’re happy to settle for “cheap.”
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
(thread)
(thread)
February 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it:
(thread)
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„Hello sir do you have a moment to talk about horses in your game? Sir? SIR! Don‘t run from the horses you‘ll thank me!“
February 2, 2026 at 10:28 AM
„Hello sir do you have a moment to talk about horses in your game? Sir? SIR! Don‘t run from the horses you‘ll thank me!“
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"If y'all don't like it, then make your own games."
"Bet!"
Aerial_Knight's DropShot - Launches Feb 17th on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Epic, & Mobile
"Bet!"
Aerial_Knight's DropShot - Launches Feb 17th on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Epic, & Mobile
February 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"If y'all don't like it, then make your own games."
"Bet!"
Aerial_Knight's DropShot - Launches Feb 17th on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Epic, & Mobile
"Bet!"
Aerial_Knight's DropShot - Launches Feb 17th on PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Epic, & Mobile
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once in a while I’ll see or hear about something like the linked blog and I realize if nothing else I do not have the mental fortitude to be a writer in games, where everyone thinks they could do your job despite not understanding it at all. The sheer frustration. sprints for fucking writers lol
For more on this, vide Michet 2024 blog.lauramichet.com/why-you-shou...
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
once in a while I’ll see or hear about something like the linked blog and I realize if nothing else I do not have the mental fortitude to be a writer in games, where everyone thinks they could do your job despite not understanding it at all. The sheer frustration. sprints for fucking writers lol