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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ

@quantumconnor.bsky.social

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🌱 Making worlds that feel more alive 🦑 🎮 Solarpunk cybertwunk exploring Indigenous futures in games 🐆🇬🇾 http://connorwall.com 🗣️ 🇪🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺...🇩🇰 📍BOS ↔️ NYC @bostonindies.bsky.social @bostongamedev.bsky.social @techpoetics.bsky.social @blackingaming.bsky.social

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to re-cultivate my sense of “fun” this week ⛈️🌈 #gamedev

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Windpunk @klukdigital.bsky.social · 3d

💨 Been tweaking the flight a bit.
Added these new wind streams close to the ground. Somehow ended up making a whole new teaser for it 😅
Celebrating #FinnishGamesWeek 🇫🇮✨
#GameDev #IndieGame #FGW25 #FGWSteam25

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to be selected for the first BIPOC Games Studies Conference at the Strong National Museum of Play Sept 12-14 — showcasing my game Omnivores Rule! 🪐🪸

Also excited to learn from some of the leading changemakers and research about games as tools for change. 🌎 #games #research #gamedev #indie

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 22

Can’t believe I actually did it 🤯 It’s alive 🌋 #gamedev #indie #environment

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silverspookgames.bsky.social @silverspookgames.bsky.social · Aug 22

"Strange new worlds beyond endless war." A work-in-progress scene from my 90's-style #retrogame adventure game Neofeud 2! Neofeud 1: store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiegame #steamdeals #indiedev #indiegames #visualnovel #scifi #SteamDeck

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Join us Tuesday, August 26th, 6-8pm @ Somernova, for a panel on interaction design!

Designing museum installations 🏦, using game engines as live performance tools 🎭, finishing projects fast 💨, and more. #livecode #gamedev #vj @travh98.bsky.social

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Come check out an event I’m putting together on Aug 26th with @travh98.bsky.social, Zalika, and Gwen

Boston Tech Poetics @techpoetics.bsky.social · Aug 19

BTP August Meetup!

Learn how game engines shape museum space—
How VJs craft stories with rhythm and grace.
From rapid iteration to interactive art,
This panel explores loops that open the heart.

Join us Tuesday, August 26th for a panel on interaction design!

flyer by @quantumconnor.bsky.social

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Been working on a world heartbeat effect that ripples the environment itself 🫀🏜️.

So far, I've landed on a post-process effect... although ideally, I'd like the meshes to warp. WPO might work, but will likely require mesh edits for a consistent effect. 🌌 #gamedev #indie #spacetime

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Aug 16

Excited for this years Boston GameLoop :)) #gamedev #indie #boston hosted by @bostonfig.bsky.social

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Jarory de Jesus @jrawry.bsky.social · Aug 5

So many folks are looking for work and getting rejected, being reduced down to what qualities exist on a piece of paper. I'd like to counteract some of that, so share what makes you #MoreThanAResume

I'm a musician, poet, and cook. I also love improv. RT w a pic for reach, let's start a trend.

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 28

Was strangely productive between comic con sessions last week. I made a save system, main menu, options menu, and this: 👁️ #lotr #gamedev #indie #ue #sdcc

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Indigenous Futures and Sequential Art
Location: Room 23ABC
Date: Sunday, Jul 27 12:30 PM

Gaming Creator Connection
Location: Marina D, Marriott Marquis
Date: Saturday, Jul 26 1:00 PM

Unlocking Virtual Production: Indie Filmmakers
Location: Grand 6, Marriott Marquis
Date: Saturday, Jul 26 6:45 PM

Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 23

Excited to return to San Diego Comic Con this year 💥🖼️. Eager to meet new game devs, voice actors, and creators around these sessions:
#gamedev #sdcc #comiccon

Indigenous Futures and Sequential Art
Location: Room 23ABC
Date: Sunday, Jul 27 12:30 PM

Gaming Creator Connection
Location: Marina D, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Date: Saturday, Jul 26 1:00 PM

Alternative Career Options in Video Games
Location: Room 10
Date: Thursday, Jul 24 4:30 PM

Unlocking Virtual Production for Indie Filmmakers
Location: Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina
Date: Saturday, Jul 26 6:45 PM

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 22

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

zpdt.co/playcz

#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Achimostawinan Games @achimogames.bsky.social · Jul 18

Wanna play an Indigenous cybernoir detective game (for free) and talk about it?

Sign up here: bit.ly/4nWbR1f

This is open to everyone no matter the size of your platform! We want to hear what you think!

Get a Hill Agency: PURITYdecay Steam key!

What would our world look like on the brink of freedom from colonial oppression? Find out in this heart-pounding and atmospheric Indigenous cybernoir detective game! Play as Meeygen Hill, a hardboil...

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Chris Chedrawi | كريس @chrischedrawi.bsky.social · Jul 15

Is this thing on? 🎤

I’m back on here to talk all about writing, video games and books! #gayauthors #arabauthors #writers #books #fantasyauthors

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Boston Tech Poetics @techpoetics.bsky.social · Jul 10

JULY MEETUP NEXT WEEK!!

elle is going to do an improvised figjam talk about her special interest the zizians, a transfem anarcho-vegan rationalist ai-safety "cult" (?) linked to 6 deaths. yes there are boats involved.

Open projector @ 6:00PM
Talk begins @ 7:00PM

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Sunny Team @sunnyteam.bsky.social · Jul 14

We're a small indie team making cozy games full of warmth. Short and fun experiences!
If you love soft art, gentle stories, and a bit of challenge, you’re in the right place 🌸✨
#cozygames #gamedev

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 14

Simulating reciprocity 🔄 🍃🌱
#spooky like #subnautica #gamedev #indie #scavengersreign

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Chris Kotiesen @chriskotiesen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sunshine

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George @hannahtempler.com · Jul 10

pulled

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Chase Bethea @chasebethea.bsky.social · Jul 10

Ah-hoy hoy! 🏴‍☠️ Sunken Stones 🎮 by @spritewrench.com is releases next week. In double 🎉, I am hosting a Listening Party of the Sunken Stones Original Soundtrack 📀,RSVP here and kindly share #gamemusic / #vgm . It's free! BIG LOVE!

chasebethea.bandcamp.com/merch/sunken...

#videogamecomposer #gamedev

Sunken Stones Original Soundtrack Listening Party from Chase Bethea

Listening Party from Chase Bethea.

chasebethea.bandcamp.com

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 9

Working on basic UI feedback for player interactions this week 💡: #gamedev #indie #nature #ui #omnivoresrule

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Connor 🤸🏽‍♂️🌋 Gamedev x VJ @quantumconnor.bsky.social · Jul 7

This is surprisingly satisfying… lake a game of snake, but with a dragon 🪱

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