Paul Kilduff-Taylor
@mode7games.bsky.social
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Mode 7 // nervous_testpilot + _ensnare_ // Mode Collapse
modecollapse.com - read my words about things
mode7.games - games
nervoustestpilot.com - music
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"How many willies" you ask
Well, here's some trivia:
Valve paused the approval process on the game, to ask if they could please get some video footage specifically of the alien orgy, so they could assess whether the game was allowed to launch on Steam
Well, here's some trivia:
Valve paused the approval process on the game, to ask if they could please get some video footage specifically of the alien orgy, so they could assess whether the game was allowed to launch on Steam
The game we are launching later today has:
- An alien orgy
- Full voice acting, including Alex Horne, Joel Fry and Ben Starr
- Many naughty words
- Fully animated like an Adult Swim cartoon
- Loads of willies
If you don't play it, you're probably an idiot?
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
- An alien orgy
- Full voice acting, including Alex Horne, Joel Fry and Ben Starr
- Many naughty words
- Fully animated like an Adult Swim cartoon
- Loads of willies
If you don't play it, you're probably an idiot?
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"How many willies" you ask
Well, here's some trivia:
Valve paused the approval process on the game, to ask if they could please get some video footage specifically of the alien orgy, so they could assess whether the game was allowed to launch on Steam
Well, here's some trivia:
Valve paused the approval process on the game, to ask if they could please get some video footage specifically of the alien orgy, so they could assess whether the game was allowed to launch on Steam
You can't argue with willies
The game we are launching later today has:
- An alien orgy
- Full voice acting, including Alex Horne, Joel Fry and Ben Starr
- Many naughty words
- Fully animated like an Adult Swim cartoon
- Loads of willies
If you don't play it, you're probably an idiot?
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
- An alien orgy
- Full voice acting, including Alex Horne, Joel Fry and Ben Starr
- Many naughty words
- Fully animated like an Adult Swim cartoon
- Loads of willies
If you don't play it, you're probably an idiot?
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
You can't argue with willies
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A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
A new website about PC games, from me, @brendyc.bsky.social and @jonhicks.com.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
Reader-supported, which means no ads, no guff, and lots of games blogging about delightful things to play. If you liked our work on RPS, we think you'll like @jank.cool.
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Completely normal launch day
Having a perfectly relaxed launch day, hurriedly adding a new character to the game.
(Thanks for the quick turnaround, @2dforever.com!)
(Thanks for the quick turnaround, @2dforever.com!)
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Completely normal launch day
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One cool thing EMD has is lip syncing.
I wrote some code that analyses each voice line text and breaks it down into phonemes (ah, mm, ee, ss, etc) and works out roughly where in the audio file it appears. Then all we need is mouth frames to match, and play them. It works well, most of the time!
I wrote some code that analyses each voice line text and breaks it down into phonemes (ah, mm, ee, ss, etc) and works out roughly where in the audio file it appears. Then all we need is mouth frames to match, and play them. It works well, most of the time!
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 AM
One cool thing EMD has is lip syncing.
I wrote some code that analyses each voice line text and breaks it down into phonemes (ah, mm, ee, ss, etc) and works out roughly where in the audio file it appears. Then all we need is mouth frames to match, and play them. It works well, most of the time!
I wrote some code that analyses each voice line text and breaks it down into phonemes (ah, mm, ee, ss, etc) and works out roughly where in the audio file it appears. Then all we need is mouth frames to match, and play them. It works well, most of the time!
I'm not going to be baited like this
May the Earth Must Die be with you
January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I'm not going to be baited like this
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Everyone's getting in on the action!
You simply can't get better press coverage than "we've never heard of it until now", thanks Metro! 💜
(thanks @euclidianboxes.bsky.social!)
You simply can't get better press coverage than "we've never heard of it until now", thanks Metro! 💜
(thanks @euclidianboxes.bsky.social!)
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Everyone's getting in on the action!
You simply can't get better press coverage than "we've never heard of it until now", thanks Metro! 💜
(thanks @euclidianboxes.bsky.social!)
You simply can't get better press coverage than "we've never heard of it until now", thanks Metro! 💜
(thanks @euclidianboxes.bsky.social!)
You'd better buy Earth Must Die today (store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...) because @danthat.bsky.social publisher @mikerose.bsky.social is out here reposting MY repost of the announcement so clearly things are IN CHAOS over there and you are their only hope of success!
January 27, 2026 at 9:28 AM
You'd better buy Earth Must Die today (store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...) because @danthat.bsky.social publisher @mikerose.bsky.social is out here reposting MY repost of the announcement so clearly things are IN CHAOS over there and you are their only hope of success!
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TODAY'S THE DAY
It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do
Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do
Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Earth Must Die on Steam
These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...
store.steampowered.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 AM
TODAY'S THE DAY
It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do
Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
It's Earth Must Die Day. Unlocking at 6pm GMT, your purchase on the dot will HUGELY help us out with Steam ranking etc, so if you're around to grab it as soon as we press the button, please do
Until then, pls contribute to wishlist and share
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
There's always been a strange mischaracterisation that those of us who have consistently pushed for games to be culturally aligned with other forms of media are just doing so to be pretentious wanks. I *am* a pretentious wank but that's not my motivation - games need cultural support.
Unvarnished truth. This is the one area where I give a crap about games being taken seriously ‘as an artform’.. because as it stands, funds are limited, and frankly select for charlatans.
If you’re unwilling to lie about a 10x return, you’re fucked. So liars get funded
If you’re unwilling to lie about a 10x return, you’re fucked. So liars get funded
The UK videogames sector seems to be facing a duality:
On one hand, it is trying to convince investors that it's a high-growth, low-risk sector so that it raises financing.
On the other hand, it is trying to convince government that it's suffering from market failure, so it receives funding. 1/9
On one hand, it is trying to convince investors that it's a high-growth, low-risk sector so that it raises financing.
On the other hand, it is trying to convince government that it's suffering from market failure, so it receives funding. 1/9
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
There's always been a strange mischaracterisation that those of us who have consistently pushed for games to be culturally aligned with other forms of media are just doing so to be pretentious wanks. I *am* a pretentious wank but that's not my motivation - games need cultural support.
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So one interesting thing about the design of TR-49 I should stick in a talk somewhere: the VO dialogue isn't a branching tree. Like, at all. It's actually the same conversation model as Heaven's Vault: a bucket of content, roughly prioritised, driven by a what-do-you knowledge model. This gives:
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
So one interesting thing about the design of TR-49 I should stick in a talk somewhere: the VO dialogue isn't a branching tree. Like, at all. It's actually the same conversation model as Heaven's Vault: a bucket of content, roughly prioritised, driven by a what-do-you knowledge model. This gives:
You hear this advice all the time because a) it is correct and b) Git is so incredibly annoying that it's always tempting not to use it
Every so often I hear of indie studios working without version control systems, and I am shocked and appalled. This is seriously dangerous and you should stop immediately and get your shit sorted. Perforce or GitHub are right there, they're free for small teams, go use them NOW.
January 24, 2026 at 11:47 AM
You hear this advice all the time because a) it is correct and b) Git is so incredibly annoying that it's always tempting not to use it
Can't remember where I read this but isn't there a thing where people consistently see "elf machinery" that is running everything behind the scenes? Sounds quite reassuring tbh
Amazing article, 2 thoughts
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
1) absolute cosmic horror fuel (as per Ethan’s note)
2) they gave it to mice. Did the mice see mouse-sized people or even tinier mice?
Fascinating. Also....what if the tiny people are real and all around us and the mushrooms just let us see them.
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Can't remember where I read this but isn't there a thing where people consistently see "elf machinery" that is running everything behind the scenes? Sounds quite reassuring tbh
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Destroy All Monsters (1968)
January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
*Exceptional* thumbnail work from @jesawyer.bsky.social - never has such pragmatic insight been accompanied by such fucking horrendous visuals
January 22, 2026 at 6:48 PM
*Exceptional* thumbnail work from @jesawyer.bsky.social - never has such pragmatic insight been accompanied by such fucking horrendous visuals
A moment of sympathy for cinema workers in the UK right now at locations that are showing both Hamnet and the National Theatre production of Hamlet
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
A moment of sympathy for cinema workers in the UK right now at locations that are showing both Hamnet and the National Theatre production of Hamlet
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It's a good bundle
The ultimate pixel bundle has been created! @ant-workshop.com's Into the Restless Ruins + @trampolinetales.com's Luck be a Landlord is now available in a glorious bundle over on Steam.
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66640...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/66640...
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 PM
It's a good bundle
Incredible foley moment from Heat
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Incredible foley moment from Heat
If you think institutional knowledge decay is bad in AAA wait until you hear about indie game dev
This is probably the most sensible thing a game dev has ever said.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
If you think institutional knowledge decay is bad in AAA wait until you hear about indie game dev
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Sometimes a game trailer comes out and demands your full attention. This is one of those times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVb...
Obey The Insect God - Official Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Sometimes a game trailer comes out and demands your full attention. This is one of those times.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnVb...
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HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Minor rant: it frustrates me that in film something like the 80's pop soundtrack and Daniel Lopatin's ace electronic score for Marty Supreme is accepted but if you score a game in anything other than a hyperliteral way the gamers are immediately spinning in their chairs about how it "doesn't fit"
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Minor rant: it frustrates me that in film something like the 80's pop soundtrack and Daniel Lopatin's ace electronic score for Marty Supreme is accepted but if you score a game in anything other than a hyperliteral way the gamers are immediately spinning in their chairs about how it "doesn't fit"
Wow that must be like...really hard for you
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Wow that must be like...really hard for you
2025 was a real mixed bag of a year for me but definitely net positive. Bunch of music completed (Amberspire and Timelake); some of it released (Knights in Tight Spaces and Siegecaster) which is always something I'm happy about.
New big game dev project coming in 2026 - more soon.
New big game dev project coming in 2026 - more soon.
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
2025 was a real mixed bag of a year for me but definitely net positive. Bunch of music completed (Amberspire and Timelake); some of it released (Knights in Tight Spaces and Siegecaster) which is always something I'm happy about.
New big game dev project coming in 2026 - more soon.
New big game dev project coming in 2026 - more soon.