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Manuel Correia
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Eclectic game designer, making games that bring people together since 2010. Lead Game Designer at Redcatpig
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https://gamesbymanuel.com/
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Manuel Correia @gamesbymanuel.bsky.social · Nov 19
Hi everyone, I'm Manuel Correia. I've been designing videogames and boardgames for the last 14 years.

These are some of my favorite projects so far. Have you played any?
The cover for the videogame Empire of Sin, which takes place in 1930's Chicago. the cover features a several lit up buildings at night and three characters. A smoking white man with a trillby, a woman with a hat and a machine gun and a black man with a beret and a pistol. They're surrounded by crates of booze. The cover for Superhot: The Card Game, featuring a red dude that was shot through its head. The character is made of red glass which is shattering away. The logo for the game Cook-Out: A Sandwich Tale. It is in front of a tall sandwich that is on a table with a picnic blanket. On the background there are flying ingredients, breaking plactes, a cleaver, ketchup. The logo for the game Agent Decker, featuring its name on a blue and black background.
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smestorp.bsky.social
Does anyone happen to have a copy of any of the games I've listed on my website as "released but no longer hosted"? (the bottom 14 www.smestorp.com)
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Michael Brough
www.smestorp.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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aftermath.site
Demonschool's credits show rest of games industry how it's done

aftermath.site/demonschool-...
a screenshot from demonschool's credits outlining the roles of brent porter, 3d art lead ("Did most of the 3D modeling and rigging as well as creating most backgrounds. Also developed the lighting scheme and the visual style used in tiling and texture work. Created a number of the 2D battle and NPC sprites and visual effects, as well as preproduction concept art, including determining the final proportions of battle characters.") and catherine menadbe, 2d art lead ("Created most avatars and poses, all overlays and menu art, the game logo, and well as a large number of 2D battle and NPC sprites. Responsible for the look and flow of almost all UI. Did 3D modeling and texture work for the clubhouse, main map, and several other locations. Also created the hero art for tradeshows and platforms.")
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
Cool idea for smaller teams!
For huge teams, forget it. For example, Diablo 4's credits are already ~40 minutes long!
brandon.insertcredit.com Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 1d
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.
Credits for Brent Porter (3D art lead) and Catherine Menabde (2D art lead) are shown here. There's a lengthy description of what they did, with a pastiche of various Demonschool characters underneath, messing around with a computer.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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adashtra.bsky.social
Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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cajardinemp.bsky.social
Video game giant Rockstar has sacked more than 30 workers across the UK, including my constituents working at their Edinburgh office. I urged Ministers to support workers who have lost their jobs, and stop this from happening again.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
Looking through my photos from Inércia 2024, I really like how this one turned out.
The combination of mood, colors and grain remind me of the incredible @rob-sheridan.com
Photo of the party hall with dim lighting and shallow depth of field. In focus you can see a CRT showing the game Turrican 2 ("Congratulations, you're a top ten player...") running on a Commodore Amiga. In front of it - but facing the other way - is a lady sitting on a chair. Her hair is both blonde and black, she has a dark coat and glasses and her face is in the shadow. She is from Asso Hit Et Nunc. The rest of the Retro Corner can be seen out of focus.
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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inercia.bsky.social
2 weeks until our Inércia 2025 event takes place! Checked the program schedule? Finished those bridge theme inspired entries? Registered to attend? Great! Now help us promote the event to the rest of the digital art community out there! inercia.party
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
I have great news... YOU CAN. RIGHT NOW.

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@videogameworkers.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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leaftilde.bsky.social
Ready Player One's credited author was Ernest Cline but it was actually Ghostwritten by a Funko Pop.
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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whalesandgames.com
Take to the skies of Explora as Townseek is coming to PC and Consoles in Spring 2026! 🎉

Hop on your airship and uncover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! Our new release window was just announced in Cozy Quest! 🦈

Play our demo and wishlist the game at s.team/a/1659360! 🐟
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
VERY Nice!
A crop of the Steam page for Demonschool. At the top there is the key art and game logo. Synopsis: "Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island." ALL REVIEWS: Very Positive (69) RELEASE DATE: 19 Nov, 2025 DEVELOPER: Necrosoft Games PUBLISHER: Ysbryd Games A tighter crop of the first image, focusing on "Very Positive (69)"
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
At last! I've been looking forward to this one.
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
Easy. Tim Curry barely keeping it together in Red Alert 3.
youtu.be/U_U59u69tys?...
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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necrosoftgames.com
BTW did you know almost half the team is in Ireland? That's why we're on this list: store.steampowered.com/curator/4145...
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
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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tuglaw.leituga.com
Rest in peace Rebecca Heineman aka Burger Becky and Goddess of Stories Jennell Jaquays.

Sad for our loss but happy for your reunion.

💜
burgerbecky.bsky.social Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social · 8d
The 1/2 last toast from the legend herself:

Valhalla really really reeked of beer, but Jennell seems happy

The other angels are tired of me saying “fight for the other users” while throwing my halo around

- Becky
lindken.com
lindken.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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frankcifaldi.bsky.social
Even if you have no idea what this is or who these people are, even if you're not that into magic, bookmark and watch this masterpiece of oration and showmanship
papapishu.bsky.social Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · Dec 22
Here is a Christmas gift months in the making: an RF rip of the greatest magic special in history. Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet, never released on home video, sourced from an internal HBO Production tape sourced by @pulsingcinema.bsky.social: archive.org/details/rick...
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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policesquad.bsky.social
- Who are you, and how did you get in here?
- I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.
#PoliceSquad #locksmith
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
This is a big part of why I will only take remote work from now on.
gilespink.bsky.social Harrison G. Pink - Open to work! @gilespink.bsky.social · 12d
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
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...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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eizebasa.baby
dude I just asked a question
Google search "are curtis silwa and jojo silwa related" Al Overview: No, media personality JoJo Siwa and activist Curtis Sliwa are not related; They have different last names; neither of them are "Silwa."
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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reki.gay
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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necrosoftgames.com
Hello, not only do we not use AI we would rather cut off our own arms than do so. Demonschool is 100% human made.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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kelpana.bsky.social
Gut gemacht Deutschland!
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 14d
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵

• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses

• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal

"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"

— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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mackeza.bsky.social
“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...
“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
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gamesbymanuel.bsky.social
In the last chapter of my design diary about Cortiça, I cover the game’s release and the currently running reprint campaign. If you want a physical copy, now’s your chance!
gamesbymanuel.com/2025/11/08/c...
🎲✂️
Cortiça Part 6 – Release
Cortiça was officially released in April 2024 through the Board Game of the Month Club, Button Shy’s subscription service where backers receive a new game every month. This meant that the physical …
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November 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM