Jill Murray
@jillmurray.bsky.social
Creative & Narrative Director for videogames at Discoglobe Interactive. MFA Creative Non-Fiction student at UKC. Creator of the World's best musical ever sponsored by Orbitz. www.discoglobe.ca
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Jill Murray
@jillmurray.bsky.social
· Aug 1
If anyone has emailed saying my company, Discoglobe, is hiring for a freelance position, THIS IS A SCAM. I think they are using LinkedIn connections to find names to manufacture a veneer of legitimacy.
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Remember: no matter what game you're working on, you'll end up making about 25% of it in the end. The key is to choose the correct 25%.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Remember: no matter what game you're working on, you'll end up making about 25% of it in the end. The key is to choose the correct 25%.
#gamedev #indiegame
#gamedev #indiegame
Ten new #tartan setts were registered today. Regrettably, my favourite belongs to a golf course. "intended to capture the spirit of Carnoustie’s wild and beautiful coastline.: www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ten new #tartan setts were registered today. Regrettably, my favourite belongs to a golf course. "intended to capture the spirit of Carnoustie’s wild and beautiful coastline.: www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
Passed this enormous xmas tree last week while riding my winter bike. A bonus to winter cycling I hadn’t considered, is continuing to see the city up close through all its seasons.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Passed this enormous xmas tree last week while riding my winter bike. A bonus to winter cycling I hadn’t considered, is continuing to see the city up close through all its seasons.
I basically made a 10-second long game Bitsy about this. discojill.itch.io/his-only-love
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I basically made a 10-second long game Bitsy about this. discojill.itch.io/his-only-love
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I like this a lot.
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 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I like this a lot.
Discord automatically recognizes Scrivener as a "game" and so when I opened it just now, discord invited me to invite other writers to "play" Scrivener with me. Unplug it all, make it all stop.
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Discord automatically recognizes Scrivener as a "game" and so when I opened it just now, discord invited me to invite other writers to "play" Scrivener with me. Unplug it all, make it all stop.
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"Studios don’t want to address toxicity against their employees because they see it as confronting the dark sides of their community, which they believe is a core demographic."
Yep, pretty much. Even in the face of quantifiable evidence to the contrary.
Yep, pretty much. Even in the face of quantifiable evidence to the contrary.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Studios don’t want to address toxicity against their employees because they see it as confronting the dark sides of their community, which they believe is a core demographic."
Yep, pretty much. Even in the face of quantifiable evidence to the contrary.
Yep, pretty much. Even in the face of quantifiable evidence to the contrary.
Inverness Castle gets a new #tartan today. Lots of math symbolism in this one. (details in alt) I like the pixel art gradient effect where the blue and "deep timber" intersect. www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Inverness Castle gets a new #tartan today. Lots of math symbolism in this one. (details in alt) I like the pixel art gradient effect where the blue and "deep timber" intersect. www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail...
Must admit my am fake "commute" walk from and to my desk is so good for my wellbeing, I may need to implement one at the end of the day, too.
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Must admit my am fake "commute" walk from and to my desk is so good for my wellbeing, I may need to implement one at the end of the day, too.
This sounds very cool.
Game writers and narrative designers (of all levels, really) should be interested in the *Prototyping Video Game Narratives with Short Stories* course by @iamleyeti.bsky.social.
Lessons start this Monday (Nov 24), and you can find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/proto...
Lessons start this Monday (Nov 24), and you can find out more here: www.d6learning.com/course/proto...
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This sounds very cool.
A presence, under the tree.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A presence, under the tree.
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Montreal! My friends opened a restaurant! It’s a Mediterranean snack bar inspired by the Armenian diaspora right in the Mile End. Give them a follow on the Instagrams and come by!
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
my friends, if you’re still using instagram i’d appreciate if you gave dinettebardez a follow. thank u www.instagram.com/dinettebarde...
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Montreal! My friends opened a restaurant! It’s a Mediterranean snack bar inspired by the Armenian diaspora right in the Mile End. Give them a follow on the Instagrams and come by!
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
They are soft launching for the next two weeks & testing out menu items! Be the first to try stuff out!
🖤🇦🇲🖤
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from
I want this for myself.
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I want this for myself.
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Attention all comics making friends! MCAF (montreal comics art festival) is now accepting sign ups! Come to Montreal with your comics so I can see you!
www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/about-us/...
www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/about-us/...
Pro Zone • MCAF
Montreal Comic Arts Festival 2026 The 15th edition of MCAF will be held on May 15, 16 and 17 on Saint-Denis Street, which will once again be closed to traffic between Gilford and Roy streets. The pro...
www.fbdm-mcaf.ca
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Attention all comics making friends! MCAF (montreal comics art festival) is now accepting sign ups! Come to Montreal with your comics so I can see you!
www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/about-us/...
www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/about-us/...
Checked out a bit of the new Deux Montagnes REM line out of McGill station yesterday, and I think it’s going to bring a lot of life back to downtown. There were like… suburban teenagers using it to go to the Eaton Centre mall. Both directions busy with ppl both leaving work and coming to hang out.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Checked out a bit of the new Deux Montagnes REM line out of McGill station yesterday, and I think it’s going to bring a lot of life back to downtown. There were like… suburban teenagers using it to go to the Eaton Centre mall. Both directions busy with ppl both leaving work and coming to hang out.
Honestly, this would work on me as long as it was Apple Fitness. Show me the Jessica and Kyle extended universe. Make me stop mid-curl to note some arcana.
Like, forget canon alternate reality games – I want to write a mythos-heavy TV show where the links between individual episodes can only be understood in the context of the patch notes of a licensed mobile fitness app.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Honestly, this would work on me as long as it was Apple Fitness. Show me the Jessica and Kyle extended universe. Make me stop mid-curl to note some arcana.
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This is probably not how Dundurn wanted me to promote this.
@dundurnpress.bsky.social is having a site-wide holiday sale until December 13. Use use code HOLIDAY25 to save 25% on all books, but especially my novel LUMP, which Quill & Quire called a "darkly enjoyable domestic tale [that] is as astute as it is entertaining.”
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is probably not how Dundurn wanted me to promote this.
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Epstein Inbox Simulator '25
jmail.world
jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Epstein Inbox Simulator '25
jmail.world
jmail.world
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My #gamedev hot tip of the day: document everything, thoroughly. Pretend you live in a time loop. Games take time to make, and I for one need weekly reminders of what The Vision™ is and what we're trying to achieve, to avoid chasing squirrels.
a man says okay so what am i doing ?
ALT: a man says okay so what am i doing ?
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My #gamedev hot tip of the day: document everything, thoroughly. Pretend you live in a time loop. Games take time to make, and I for one need weekly reminders of what The Vision™ is and what we're trying to achieve, to avoid chasing squirrels.
Someone is doing that one scene from What Remains of Edith Finch, but IRL.
Can it run DF?
Great news:
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Someone is doing that one scene from What Remains of Edith Finch, but IRL.
My new tools outlook, is don't want everything in a "suite" from one data-hoarding provider. I want tools from multiple sources, that are designed to play well with other tools and allow me to control my own affairs.
Yesterday, I unhooked all my domains from Gmail, and started migrating to Thunderbird. I also replaced gdrive with Pcloud for storage. My whole PC is running way better today!
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My new tools outlook, is don't want everything in a "suite" from one data-hoarding provider. I want tools from multiple sources, that are designed to play well with other tools and allow me to control my own affairs.
Yesterday, I unhooked all my domains from Gmail, and started migrating to Thunderbird. I also replaced gdrive with Pcloud for storage. My whole PC is running way better today!
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yesterday, I unhooked all my domains from Gmail, and started migrating to Thunderbird. I also replaced gdrive with Pcloud for storage. My whole PC is running way better today!
One time I said this to a potential client and they got all offended and nasty, which was a bright red flag that saved me and others a lot of trouble. (Good thing I didn’t get to recommend anyone!) So even when it backfires it’s useful.
One curious thing that helped me a lot in my freelance career is knowing a lot of other freelancers.
Being able to tell people "I'm not the most suitable person for this, but I know a guy/gal/pal who is" is a great way to present yourself as reliable and considerate, which'll take you very far
Being able to tell people "I'm not the most suitable person for this, but I know a guy/gal/pal who is" is a great way to present yourself as reliable and considerate, which'll take you very far
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One time I said this to a potential client and they got all offended and nasty, which was a bright red flag that saved me and others a lot of trouble. (Good thing I didn’t get to recommend anyone!) So even when it backfires it’s useful.
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injecting code into other people’s software in such a way that it seems native, famously the behavior of only the most trusted tech companies
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
injecting code into other people’s software in such a way that it seems native, famously the behavior of only the most trusted tech companies