Alina B
@froshadowing.bsky.social
Production & Narrative Director in Games, writers guild. Worked on X-Files, Biped, Pathfinder 2, Simpsons.
Links:
https://ln.ki/froshadowing
Co-founder at Chosen Bun, making stealth adventure Project KVASIR, co-host at BORZOI Cast.
4d workweek ❤️
Links:
https://ln.ki/froshadowing
Co-founder at Chosen Bun, making stealth adventure Project KVASIR, co-host at BORZOI Cast.
4d workweek ❤️
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Alina B
@froshadowing.bsky.social
· Jun 16
A one-year journey came to an end.
My book 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳? is out today! (THREAD)
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: shorturl.at/fVvOA
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: shorturl.at/EBIwF (available on all other regional amazons too)
My book 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳? is out today! (THREAD)
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: shorturl.at/fVvOA
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: shorturl.at/EBIwF (available on all other regional amazons too)
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"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"
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Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
Our game is for SPLINTER CELL and METAL GEAR FANS, algorithm PLEASE FIND THEM!
How I feel at an overcrowded networking event, standing closest to the bar with free booze
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
How I feel at an overcrowded networking event, standing closest to the bar with free booze
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ppl are way too obsessed with individualism and then become overly nihilistic when they find out just how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things like yeah man maybe that should encourage you to be more cooperative and empathetic in solving problems
November 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
ppl are way too obsessed with individualism and then become overly nihilistic when they find out just how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things like yeah man maybe that should encourage you to be more cooperative and empathetic in solving problems
I desperately want to hug the entire team behind Dispatch!
I am so happy they pulled through with their vision exactly as they wanted. Whoever didn't give them money can take an L.
I am so happy they pulled through with their vision exactly as they wanted. Whoever didn't give them money can take an L.
NEW: the new game Dispatch is a huge hit (1 million copies!). But few people know how close it came to never existing.
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Here's the wild story, from a canceled Splinter Cell game (scoop!) to a Telltale divorce to the founders not taking paychecks for six months: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Turbulent, Seven-Year Saga Behind Hit Game ‘Dispatch’
The narrative, superhero game starring Aaron Paul of ‘Breaking Bad’ sold 1 million copies in the 10 days following its Oct. 22 release
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I desperately want to hug the entire team behind Dispatch!
I am so happy they pulled through with their vision exactly as they wanted. Whoever didn't give them money can take an L.
I am so happy they pulled through with their vision exactly as they wanted. Whoever didn't give them money can take an L.
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If you are thinking "it isn't fair that they have a 4 day work week and I don't" you are right! Fix that problem by forming a union and bargaining for what you need.
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
![Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdife25rfr5drwr2nhncr3rf/bafkreidfgv3xytmgta3x35mjze22ojok7lwh3vlhgrcfbcwr7hjg6bb6eu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
If you are thinking "it isn't fair that they have a 4 day work week and I don't" you are right! Fix that problem by forming a union and bargaining for what you need.
PSA: Steam doesn’t make this clear, but if you create a Steam page for your game and list yourself as the company (e.g., as a sole proprietor), you won’t be able to change it later once your actual company is set up.
You’ll have to create a new account and pay the $100 fee again.
#indiedev
You’ll have to create a new account and pay the $100 fee again.
#indiedev
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
PSA: Steam doesn’t make this clear, but if you create a Steam page for your game and list yourself as the company (e.g., as a sole proprietor), you won’t be able to change it later once your actual company is set up.
You’ll have to create a new account and pay the $100 fee again.
#indiedev
You’ll have to create a new account and pay the $100 fee again.
#indiedev
A very interesting piece to consider as I'm pretty sure this type of thinking has already made its way to the game industry.
youtu.be/XPq-16zNo5E?...
youtu.be/XPq-16zNo5E?...
How Hollywood Screws (Almost) Everyone
YouTube video by Second Thought
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A very interesting piece to consider as I'm pretty sure this type of thinking has already made its way to the game industry.
youtu.be/XPq-16zNo5E?...
youtu.be/XPq-16zNo5E?...
I hope we all find out the names of people in Rockstar's management & HR who made the call.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I hope we all find out the names of people in Rockstar's management & HR who made the call.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
vSync on by default
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
vSync on by default
Happy to see my book traveling the world. You should grab yourself one too!
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: brazdeikene.gumroad.com/l/ezytg
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.amazon.de/Alina-Brazde... (available on all other regional amazons too)
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: brazdeikene.gumroad.com/l/ezytg
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.amazon.de/Alina-Brazde... (available on all other regional amazons too)
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Happy to see my book traveling the world. You should grab yourself one too!
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: brazdeikene.gumroad.com/l/ezytg
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.amazon.de/Alina-Brazde... (available on all other regional amazons too)
𝗘-𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸: brazdeikene.gumroad.com/l/ezytg
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: www.amazon.de/Alina-Brazde... (available on all other regional amazons too)
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How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
How did you celebrate anti-communism week?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
Lining up at a food bank? Finding out you’d lose access to healthcare? Being unable to afford housing?
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to treat subjects and people you're not already interested in sorta similarly to ones you are is how you discover things and be an open person... a person people enjoy and can bring things to.. an equal opportunity recipient of opportunities.. a worthwhile mf...
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
to treat subjects and people you're not already interested in sorta similarly to ones you are is how you discover things and be an open person... a person people enjoy and can bring things to.. an equal opportunity recipient of opportunities.. a worthwhile mf...
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Searching for that Y2K feel
Updating the UI designs for the Front End. The main goal of this iteration is to streamline the layout and elements, create designs for various scenarios and make the overall look more consistent.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #stealth
Updating the UI designs for the Front End. The main goal of this iteration is to streamline the layout and elements, create designs for various scenarios and make the overall look more consistent.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #stealth
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Searching for that Y2K feel
Updating the UI designs for the Front End. The main goal of this iteration is to streamline the layout and elements, create designs for various scenarios and make the overall look more consistent.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #stealth
Updating the UI designs for the Front End. The main goal of this iteration is to streamline the layout and elements, create designs for various scenarios and make the overall look more consistent.
#gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #stealth
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I won’t even need to rip off Carlito’s Way
November 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I won’t even need to rip off Carlito’s Way
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Bet I can make a PS2 scale GTA game with a reasonable budget and a bunch of amazingly talented people I know, without resorting to labour crimes
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Bet I can make a PS2 scale GTA game with a reasonable budget and a bunch of amazingly talented people I know, without resorting to labour crimes
Me and @arvy.bsky.social in 2012, right before getting into gamedev.
I just quit being a journalist on TV. And Arvy's a very promising cinematographer/illustrator ❤️
Our farewell party before moving to another country and leaving all our friends behind.
I just quit being a journalist on TV. And Arvy's a very promising cinematographer/illustrator ❤️
Our farewell party before moving to another country and leaving all our friends behind.
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Me and @arvy.bsky.social in 2012, right before getting into gamedev.
I just quit being a journalist on TV. And Arvy's a very promising cinematographer/illustrator ❤️
Our farewell party before moving to another country and leaving all our friends behind.
I just quit being a journalist on TV. And Arvy's a very promising cinematographer/illustrator ❤️
Our farewell party before moving to another country and leaving all our friends behind.
Give them some love
Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union.
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts.
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
actionnetwork.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Give them some love
For the life of me, I do not understand why people that have no vision are being consistently hired as creative directors for games.
[insert angry goose meme]
[insert angry goose meme]
I contracted on a game that fundamentally changed what it was trying to be every six months because the CD had played a new game over the weekend. They worked on that doomed project for ever seven years before someone finally pulled the plug
How poor leadership slows down game development
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For the life of me, I do not understand why people that have no vision are being consistently hired as creative directors for games.
[insert angry goose meme]
[insert angry goose meme]
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Looking for some tips:
Does anyone have experience with NavLinkCustomComponent?
We’re trying to make AI use doors (locked / unlocked) and have encountered some issues.
Suggestions appreciated!
Does anyone have experience with NavLinkCustomComponent?
We’re trying to make AI use doors (locked / unlocked) and have encountered some issues.
Suggestions appreciated!
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking for some tips:
Does anyone have experience with NavLinkCustomComponent?
We’re trying to make AI use doors (locked / unlocked) and have encountered some issues.
Suggestions appreciated!
Does anyone have experience with NavLinkCustomComponent?
We’re trying to make AI use doors (locked / unlocked) and have encountered some issues.
Suggestions appreciated!
Dispatch is so amazingly good.
GODDAMN!
GODDAMN!
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Dispatch is so amazingly good.
GODDAMN!
GODDAMN!
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November 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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If you ever feel embarrassed, remember that one time when I forgot to mute my mic while petting my dog. And ended up calling the CEO of the company "such a pretty, good girl" during his presentation for the entire team.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
If you ever feel embarrassed, remember that one time when I forgot to mute my mic while petting my dog. And ended up calling the CEO of the company "such a pretty, good girl" during his presentation for the entire team.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
I keep hearing this about CEOs whose companies are tanking projects: "Well, at least he’s a good salesman.”
Sure, selling’s easy - when you have no intention of delivering and just lie with confidence.
Sure, selling’s easy - when you have no intention of delivering and just lie with confidence.
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I keep hearing this about CEOs whose companies are tanking projects: "Well, at least he’s a good salesman.”
Sure, selling’s easy - when you have no intention of delivering and just lie with confidence.
Sure, selling’s easy - when you have no intention of delivering and just lie with confidence.