Mike Cook
@mtrc.bsky.social
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AI, creativity and procedural generation researcher. No, not that kind of AI. I write and make games and take photographs of cities. Senior Lecturer at King's College London. A prototype for a much larger system http://www.possibilityspace.org | he/they
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New Game: Blank Page Boogie-Woogie.

A game-designing game for making quick and silly games with your friends. All you need to get started is a pen, some paper and some willing co-designers.

illomens.itch.io/blank-page-b...
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videogames allow us to explore complex issues through interactive systems, embedded in beautiful virtual worlds.
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Southbank, London. October 2025. I took these with a janky £20 camera that prints onto thermal paper. A little post-processing to convert to B&W and tweak the levels. #photos #street #london
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Hell yeah can’t wait
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WAIT WHAT'S THIS?

💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!

🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.

Enjoy!

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...
Earth Must Die Demo 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
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friends, unfortunately I am in need of some help again to keep a roof over my head

we are moving out of this flat on the 17th (in 10 days) we got for the month, and nowhere to go with very little funds so far

I am trying to raise about 1500 Euros while I am interviewing and applying to grants
Pay Berrak Nil Boya using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/berrakn and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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I’m assuming this is going to intensify massively over the next twelve months as they attempt to wriggle out of their contract with Microsoft.
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Took me a second to realise that this is now a road! I walk over that section of bridge most days I go into work.
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Yeah it’s very clear from the end of the article that he’s trying to hedge his bets and is just there for the money. It’s odd.
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konstantinosd.bsky.social
'Night and the City' by Chris Donlan remains one of the finest online articles on game urbanism ever. Somehow simultaneously personal, historical, and objective it is an excellent read, and a reminder that L.A. Noir remains truly unique.

Find it here: www.eurogamer.net/night-and-th...
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This is switch_angel! She’s a live coder who often uses Strudel, a browser based tool for livecoding music. She’s great: youtu.be/sefJz9biLCY?...
Creating Beats & Rhythms in STRUDEL
YouTube video by Switch Angel
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The generated dice are one of the best examples of procedural rules working and being interesting in games I think.
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I will craft the most beautiful 4x4 sprite you’ve ever seen
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I bet Taylor Swift gets as many trombones as she wants.
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Someone is making a Tiny Bookshop-like/sequel right now but it’s set in a local videogame store in the early 90s and it’s going to sell a hundred million copies.
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Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
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God imagine conference tamagotchis
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This year has tested me in amazing new ways though I gotta say.
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tbf it is a lot easier when nothing anyone does materialises 90% of the time, and doesn’t work the remaining 10% of the time