Joanna @ Bhaalposting
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● World's biggest Elincia Ridell Crimea fan
● Independent Game Designer
prev. ???, Jedi Survivor, Marvel's Avengers, Jedi: Fallen Order
● SRPGs, Socialism, Game Dev
● she/her
● Independent Game Designer
prev. ???, Jedi Survivor, Marvel's Avengers, Jedi: Fallen Order
● SRPGs, Socialism, Game Dev
● she/her
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Look all jokes aside I think a game that retailed for $50 and had a reasonable, sustainable budget sweeping the awards is probably a good message to send to the industry, if it's even capable of listening.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Look all jokes aside I think a game that retailed for $50 and had a reasonable, sustainable budget sweeping the awards is probably a good message to send to the industry, if it's even capable of listening.
Leon S Kennedy you are my favorite woman
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Leon S Kennedy you are my favorite woman
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Next X-Mas Fire Emblem is... Titania!
Please give her an alt, FEH
Please give her an alt, FEH
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Next X-Mas Fire Emblem is... Titania!
Please give her an alt, FEH
Please give her an alt, FEH
Just wrote an entire narrative system backend AMA
December 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Just wrote an entire narrative system backend AMA
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“I'm the princess of Renais. I will fight, either to victory or to death.” ⚔️🌹
#FireEmblem
#FireEmblem
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“I'm the princess of Renais. I will fight, either to victory or to death.” ⚔️🌹
#FireEmblem
#FireEmblem
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Happy birthday Falin 🪽
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy birthday Falin 🪽
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My favorite game protagonists who stuck in a never ending loop.
#alanwake2 #signalis #outerwilds #slaytheprincess
#alanwake2 #signalis #outerwilds #slaytheprincess
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My favorite game protagonists who stuck in a never ending loop.
#alanwake2 #signalis #outerwilds #slaytheprincess
#alanwake2 #signalis #outerwilds #slaytheprincess
idk how unreal asset factories work and i don't need to know bc i know a little guy named the Duplicate Asset Node
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
idk how unreal asset factories work and i don't need to know bc i know a little guy named the Duplicate Asset Node
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Expressive Byleth ✏️
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Expressive Byleth ✏️
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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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The release of Arc Raiders has raised significant concerns about the ethics of utilising generative AI in a AAA game. It’s important we understand that for whatever gains AI delivers, who is losing out, and what impact does that have on the industry?
Read on!
www.aiandgames.com/p/arc-raider...
Read on!
www.aiandgames.com/p/arc-raider...
Arc Raiders and the Ethical Use of Generative AI | 19/11/25
We discuss the issues surrounding Embark's use of AI voices
www.aiandgames.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The release of Arc Raiders has raised significant concerns about the ethics of utilising generative AI in a AAA game. It’s important we understand that for whatever gains AI delivers, who is losing out, and what impact does that have on the industry?
Read on!
www.aiandgames.com/p/arc-raider...
Read on!
www.aiandgames.com/p/arc-raider...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
just learned blueprint functions placed in an event graph that only sometimes return a value (i.e. iterate through loop, return matching case, no other return node in the function) will cache the returned value and not update to the output to nothing/null if you run them and a return node isn't hit.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
just learned blueprint functions placed in an event graph that only sometimes return a value (i.e. iterate through loop, return matching case, no other return node in the function) will cache the returned value and not update to the output to nothing/null if you run them and a return node isn't hit.
The thing that sucks is that when you only have a placeholder asset, but there is some sort of build or milestone coming up that demands a half-way finished piece.
Tbh a lot of wasted work goes into making something halfway good multiple times, instead of making one good thing later.
Tbh a lot of wasted work goes into making something halfway good multiple times, instead of making one good thing later.
In gamedev, if you're using a placeholder asset, best practices involve marking it as placeholder so garishly and offensively clearly PLACEHOLDER that you can't possibly miss it. Also flagging that asset in the dev process so it can be identified quickly before the final build.
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing that sucks is that when you only have a placeholder asset, but there is some sort of build or milestone coming up that demands a half-way finished piece.
Tbh a lot of wasted work goes into making something halfway good multiple times, instead of making one good thing later.
Tbh a lot of wasted work goes into making something halfway good multiple times, instead of making one good thing later.
The category that always always always bums me out is Best Performance, which ever favors the biggest names/roles in the most cinematic & motion captured games regardless of the quality of those roles or performances.
Konatsu Kato's nomination is a huge breath of fresh air though, and deserved.
Konatsu Kato's nomination is a huge breath of fresh air though, and deserved.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The category that always always always bums me out is Best Performance, which ever favors the biggest names/roles in the most cinematic & motion captured games regardless of the quality of those roles or performances.
Konatsu Kato's nomination is a huge breath of fresh air though, and deserved.
Konatsu Kato's nomination is a huge breath of fresh air though, and deserved.
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When i though you had been lost, my world went dark 💚💙
Elincia and Lucia's reunion in chapter 23 for day 5 of @fefemslash.bsky.social week!
#fireemblem #fe9 #tellius #elinciaxlucia #elincilu #fefemslashweek2025
Elincia and Lucia's reunion in chapter 23 for day 5 of @fefemslash.bsky.social week!
#fireemblem #fe9 #tellius #elinciaxlucia #elincilu #fefemslashweek2025
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
When i though you had been lost, my world went dark 💚💙
Elincia and Lucia's reunion in chapter 23 for day 5 of @fefemslash.bsky.social week!
#fireemblem #fe9 #tellius #elinciaxlucia #elincilu #fefemslashweek2025
Elincia and Lucia's reunion in chapter 23 for day 5 of @fefemslash.bsky.social week!
#fireemblem #fe9 #tellius #elinciaxlucia #elincilu #fefemslashweek2025
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Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hey so, today is my last day at Crystal Dynamics apparently. I joined the company in 2018 to work on Marvel's Avengers and it's been the longest (and best) job I've ever had. It now means I'm looking for work, so if you know of any senior writer/narrative designer positions please send them my way.
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Death of the Author: An Alan Wake Series Retrospective
YouTube video by Noah Caldwell-Gervais
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
i have now seen all of inuyasha, with the exception of the final act. a year+ of nearly weekly watch sessions. here is my ranking of the movies:
4. Fire on the Mystic Island - too complicated but at least it has Sesshomaru.
4. Fire on the Mystic Island - too complicated but at least it has Sesshomaru.
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
i have now seen all of inuyasha, with the exception of the final act. a year+ of nearly weekly watch sessions. here is my ranking of the movies:
4. Fire on the Mystic Island - too complicated but at least it has Sesshomaru.
4. Fire on the Mystic Island - too complicated but at least it has Sesshomaru.
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