maya 🧜
@lightningfused.bsky.social
hi, i'm maya! • they/them • game producer looking for work • icon by fuzzmeffa • opinions are my own 🌺
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maya 🧜
@lightningfused.bsky.social
· Sep 4
I got laid off from Firaxis today. I helped ship Marvel's Midnight Suns DLC and Civilization VII, and would love to talk to you about mid level Producer roles.
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i was able to pick up some short term work, but i'm still open and looking for my next full time narrative role! I'm an asset to your team at any stage and ready + eager to be challenged.
Hi #Portfolioday l! I'm Emma Kidwell, an award nominated writer and designer experienced in indie and AAA. I've worked in all stages of game development from polish to pitching. I'm adaptable, quick to learn, and available for full time and contact work ✍️
✨ emmkid.info
✨ emmkid.info
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
i was able to pick up some short term work, but i'm still open and looking for my next full time narrative role! I'm an asset to your team at any stage and ready + eager to be challenged.
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Whenever I find out a colleague is using LLM to do literature searches and to "summarise" papers
January 10, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Whenever I find out a colleague is using LLM to do literature searches and to "summarise" papers
me, going to the gym once: this is just like yakuza 6
January 13, 2026 at 11:25 PM
me, going to the gym once: this is just like yakuza 6
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I solved it.
What's the deal with Rumiko Takahashi's signature hand pose? aftermath.site/whats-the-deal...
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I solved it.
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These were three solid "flat screen" studios that got swallowed, ground up, and spit out by Zuck's fickle fad tech machine.
Wishing every member of these teams a soft landing in a miserable environment.
Wishing Zuck a very "go touch the sun."
Wishing every member of these teams a soft landing in a miserable environment.
Wishing Zuck a very "go touch the sun."
Update: Meta has shut down three game studios and laid off all employees.
-Armature, the devs behind the VR port of Resident Evil 4
-Twisted Pixel, the studio that made Deadpool VR
-Sanzaru, which developed Asgard's Wrath 1 and 2.
-Armature, the devs behind the VR port of Resident Evil 4
-Twisted Pixel, the studio that made Deadpool VR
-Sanzaru, which developed Asgard's Wrath 1 and 2.
Deadpool Studio And More Closed As Meta Chases AI Instead Of Gaming
Twisted Pixel, Armature, and Sanzaru Games have been gutted according to laid off employees
kotaku.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
These were three solid "flat screen" studios that got swallowed, ground up, and spit out by Zuck's fickle fad tech machine.
Wishing every member of these teams a soft landing in a miserable environment.
Wishing Zuck a very "go touch the sun."
Wishing every member of these teams a soft landing in a miserable environment.
Wishing Zuck a very "go touch the sun."
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i was affected by the cancellation of zenimax online's unannounced MMO, which means you 🫵 can hire me to help your art & cinematics teams.
reposts, recs, and leads appreciated! the DMs will remain open until the employment situation improves.
reposts, recs, and leads appreciated! the DMs will remain open until the employment situation improves.
August 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
i was affected by the cancellation of zenimax online's unannounced MMO, which means you 🫵 can hire me to help your art & cinematics teams.
reposts, recs, and leads appreciated! the DMs will remain open until the employment situation improves.
reposts, recs, and leads appreciated! the DMs will remain open until the employment situation improves.
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Since it's a new year and new projects may be getting started/funded, I wanted to post again that my partner @barndone.bsky.social is still looking for work!
Looking for Jr/Entry level programming work. Has experience in Gameplay, UI, AI, and is also interested in shaders/tech art.
Thanks! ❤️
Looking for Jr/Entry level programming work. Has experience in Gameplay, UI, AI, and is also interested in shaders/tech art.
Thanks! ❤️
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Since it's a new year and new projects may be getting started/funded, I wanted to post again that my partner @barndone.bsky.social is still looking for work!
Looking for Jr/Entry level programming work. Has experience in Gameplay, UI, AI, and is also interested in shaders/tech art.
Thanks! ❤️
Looking for Jr/Entry level programming work. Has experience in Gameplay, UI, AI, and is also interested in shaders/tech art.
Thanks! ❤️
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JP has managed to write this incredible paragraph on the nature of talent and then a couple paragraphs later reminds us of the time Nicki tweeted about her cousin’s Covid vax-induced swollen balls. Pulitzer
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
JP has managed to write this incredible paragraph on the nature of talent and then a couple paragraphs later reminds us of the time Nicki tweeted about her cousin’s Covid vax-induced swollen balls. Pulitzer
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I'm between jobs and strapped for cash so I opened up a little shop on ko-fi, where you can find a huge Twine Grimoire TUTORIAL+DEV BUNDLE as well as a previously UNRELEASED GAME ‼️
🪄 Grimoire resources are always free on itch, but donations help support my work. ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop
🪄 Grimoire resources are always free on itch, but donations help support my work. ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop
Visit Grim's Ko-fi Shop!
I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm between jobs and strapped for cash so I opened up a little shop on ko-fi, where you can find a huge Twine Grimoire TUTORIAL+DEV BUNDLE as well as a previously UNRELEASED GAME ‼️
🪄 Grimoire resources are always free on itch, but donations help support my work. ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop
🪄 Grimoire resources are always free on itch, but donations help support my work. ko-fi.com/grimdev/shop
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Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!
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LOS ANGELES: ICE is prowling Silverlake & the hills
![Text from a friend of mine:
“[Other friend] was walking her dogs a block from her house in Silverlake and ice rolled up and took two gardeners
They are going up in the hills and nabbing people. Warn your neighbors!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kba5ra5zizxsey2nq4pwnove/bafkreigqz4iwnoilpik6eghhzgw2qhftw6dd3spcjhnsk5b7g5t6xih5je@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
LOS ANGELES: ICE is prowling Silverlake & the hills
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can a studio hire me so i don't ever have to do a humiliating "AI interview" ever again please
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM
can a studio hire me so i don't ever have to do a humiliating "AI interview" ever again please
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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✨Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you ✨
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
✨Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you ✨
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Today on the b-man show: whispers, bean spreadin’, and one fancy prance
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Today on the b-man show: whispers, bean spreadin’, and one fancy prance
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Oguri Cap ... Cap as in Peak...
January 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Oguri Cap ... Cap as in Peak...
in better news, check out one shitty robot blocking the other's path indefinitely
January 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM
in better news, check out one shitty robot blocking the other's path indefinitely
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Union formed on Dec 18, 2025.
Studio closure confirmed on Jan 7, 2026.
Studio closure confirmed on Jan 7, 2026.
Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after devs vote to unionize
Workers at the Canadian studio voted to unionize in December in search of security in an era of 'studio closures, layoffs, and increasing instability.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Union formed on Dec 18, 2025.
Studio closure confirmed on Jan 7, 2026.
Studio closure confirmed on Jan 7, 2026.
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"A Mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara's a man!"
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
"A Mulberry is a tree, Kuwabara's a man!"
