Ryan McDiarmid
@ryanmcdiarmid.com
Narrative + Game Designer, Writer, Visual Artist.
He/Him. Vancouver, BC. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Prev: Sky of Tides, Goodbye Volcano High, Hardspace: Shipbreaker
He/Him. Vancouver, BC. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Prev: Sky of Tides, Goodbye Volcano High, Hardspace: Shipbreaker
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Ryan McDiarmid
@ryanmcdiarmid.com
· Oct 6
In the interest of self-preservation I need to start reiterating: my current contract with KO_OP ends late Nov, and I'm looking for my next gig! I'm a game/narrative designer, writer, & generalist with lots of implementation experience in Unity, some in Unreal, knowledge of C#, Python, and more.
My expectations given the state of the industry rn are below water, but as always I’m indebted to everyone who shares or has shared this. More info in replies, open to non-games work.
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infinite grace for the company with like 17 billion dollars in income a year and none for the one with like 3 staff I guess
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
infinite grace for the company with like 17 billion dollars in income a year and none for the one with like 3 staff I guess
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seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
seeing people being like "ehhh Idkkkkk horses DOES sound kinda icky, I get why it was banned" like barely 2 months after a bunch of people kicked up the wildest possible hostile campagn against _itch_ makes me feel like I'm losing my mind lol
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KO_OP announces co-op narrative life simulation game Young Suns for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC
Goodbye Volcano High developer KO_OP has announced one-to-four-player narrative life simulation game Young Suns. It is available now in Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft…
Goodbye Volcano High developer KO_OP has announced one-to-four-player narrative life simulation game Young Suns. It is available now in Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft…
KO_OP announces co-op narrative life simulation game Young Suns for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC
Goodbye Volcano High developer KO_OP has announced one-to-four-player narrative life simulation game Young Suns. It is available now in Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft Store for $19.99, as well as via Game Pass. A Steam release will follow at a later date.
www.gematsu.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
KO_OP announces co-op narrative life simulation game Young Suns for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC
Goodbye Volcano High developer KO_OP has announced one-to-four-player narrative life simulation game Young Suns. It is available now in Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft…
Goodbye Volcano High developer KO_OP has announced one-to-four-player narrative life simulation game Young Suns. It is available now in Game Preview for Xbox Series, Xbox One, and PC via Microsoft…
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Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Solidarity with @teamsters.bsky.social , who sanctioned our strike nationwide and won't be delivering food, picking up trash, or bringing packages across picket lines! ✊🔥
#NoContractNoCoffee
#NoContractNoCoffee
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ok young suns is out so I can post about this: I got a bug where a furniture item spawned in the world as a chicken. complete with chicken noises. ceci n'est pas une poullet
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ok young suns is out so I can post about this: I got a bug where a furniture item spawned in the world as a chicken. complete with chicken noises. ceci n'est pas une poullet
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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haha she fuckin' got his ass!
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
haha she fuckin' got his ass!
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Found something Vancouverites all agree on: this budget sucks.
> A record-breaking 630+ people spoke at City Council on the motion; less than 5 were in favour
> The city received 16 letters in support, and 1244 in opposition
> 400 city jobs are expected to be cut
> A record-breaking 630+ people spoke at City Council on the motion; less than 5 were in favour
> The city received 16 letters in support, and 1244 in opposition
> 400 city jobs are expected to be cut
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Found something Vancouverites all agree on: this budget sucks.
> A record-breaking 630+ people spoke at City Council on the motion; less than 5 were in favour
> The city received 16 letters in support, and 1244 in opposition
> 400 city jobs are expected to be cut
> A record-breaking 630+ people spoke at City Council on the motion; less than 5 were in favour
> The city received 16 letters in support, and 1244 in opposition
> 400 city jobs are expected to be cut
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i've been making narrative tools for our writers and working with @yarnspinner.dev for the last year and i have SO MUCH to talk about how we're pulling all of this off. nobody can stop me from gushing about supporting localized realtime multiplayer dialogue salient conversations with yarn spinner
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i've been making narrative tools for our writers and working with @yarnspinner.dev for the last year and i have SO MUCH to talk about how we're pulling all of this off. nobody can stop me from gushing about supporting localized realtime multiplayer dialogue salient conversations with yarn spinner
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congratulations to the city of vancouver, who will now have one year of absurd austerity, overfunding of a useless police department, and likely several years more of undoing all the damage this shit is going to do
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
congratulations to the city of vancouver, who will now have one year of absurd austerity, overfunding of a useless police department, and likely several years more of undoing all the damage this shit is going to do
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JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
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Cat's out of the bag! While I didn't work directly on the build launching today, I've been collaborating w/ KO_OP's marketing team on playable microfiction set in the world of Young Suns! You'll also, I'm sure, see world building I've contributed make its way into future future stories in YS proper.
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cat's out of the bag! While I didn't work directly on the build launching today, I've been collaborating w/ KO_OP's marketing team on playable microfiction set in the world of Young Suns! You'll also, I'm sure, see world building I've contributed make its way into future future stories in YS proper.
Young Suns is so good, man. And it's only going to get better.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Young Suns is so good, man. And it's only going to get better.
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the main reason to buy cheap coffee is it tastes bad but gets the job done. the main reason to buy expensive coffee gear and specialty beans is it tastes bad and it's your fault. once again everything comes back to catholic brain or protestant brain
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
the main reason to buy cheap coffee is it tastes bad but gets the job done. the main reason to buy expensive coffee gear and specialty beans is it tastes bad and it's your fault. once again everything comes back to catholic brain or protestant brain
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RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
Sex cardigans: can the Wicked sequel make bulky knits strangely alluring?
It’s not the sexiest of garments. It arguably looks more like a discarded fishing net. And yet it has cast a spell over the internet
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RIP Sean Connery you would have loved saying this headline
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Cat's out of the bag! While I didn't work directly on the build launching today, I've been collaborating w/ KO_OP's marketing team on playable microfiction set in the world of Young Suns! You'll also, I'm sure, see world building I've contributed make its way into future future stories in YS proper.
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Cat's out of the bag! While I didn't work directly on the build launching today, I've been collaborating w/ KO_OP's marketing team on playable microfiction set in the world of Young Suns! You'll also, I'm sure, see world building I've contributed make its way into future future stories in YS proper.
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I (and others) worked so incredibly hard on this presentation. It would mean the world to me if you would check it out!! Young Suns represents something really special to all of us, and today is JUST THE START
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I (and others) worked so incredibly hard on this presentation. It would mean the world to me if you would check it out!! Young Suns represents something really special to all of us, and today is JUST THE START
![Sexual assault allegations
In October 2017, during the Me Too movement, a former talent agency employee accused Ratner of rape.[106] On November 1, 2017, six women, including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, accused Ratner of sexual assault and harassment, as well as following an actress into a bathroom without invitation and masturbating as another entered his trailer to deliver food.[107][108] The same month, Elliot Page accused Ratner of sexual harassment and outing the then-18-year-old Page as gay (before Page came out as a trans man) in front of many onlookers including Anna Paquin, who later confirmed the story.[109] A former fashion model came forward regarding an incident involving Russell Simmons and Ratner back in 1991, when Simmons coerced her to perform oral sex while Ratner was present.[110]
On November 1, 2017, the same day as the allegations of six women, Warner Bros. announced it had severed ties with Ratner. Afterwards, Ratner announced that he was "[stepping] away from all Warner Bros.–related activities" and Warner Bros. was reviewing the issue.[111][112][113][114] In April 2018, Warner Bros. announced that they would not renew their $450-million co-producing deal with RatPac.[9]
Personal life
Ratner had a 13-year relationship with actress Rebecca Gayheart from 1986 to 1999, beginning when he was 17 and she was 15.[115] From 2004 to 2006, Ratner dated Serena Williams and appeared on an episode of "Venus and Serena: For Real", the Williams sisters' reality show.[116]
In September 2023, Ratner immigrated to Israel. Ratner is friendly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and was invited by Netanyahu to attend his speech at the United Nations General Assembly.[117][118] In July 2024, Ratner listed his home in Beverly Hills, California as a rental for $100,000 a month.[119]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2frcv36gpqtp4h6cdyl35gyw/bafkreigy3hued5plbakproryheompsle44oaguhskhjafznexx76bisgju@jpeg)
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I also really want to thank @wholesomegames.com for supporting us and for letting us announce by making a donation to Doctors Without Borders Gaza bsky.app/profile/whol...
To help celebrate this announcement, the game's developer has donated 10k CAD to Médecins Sans Frontières on behalf of Wholesome Games and in support of critical relief efforts in Gaza. Thanks, @ko-op.com!
How MSF is responding to the war in Gaza
An unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, with attacks on civilians, attacks on health care, and a brutal siege.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I also really want to thank @wholesomegames.com for supporting us and for letting us announce by making a donation to Doctors Without Borders Gaza bsky.app/profile/whol...
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Watch our Young Suns teaser! Available now in Xbox Game Preview on Game Pass and coming soon to other platforms 🪐
www.youngsuns.com
www.youngsuns.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Watch our Young Suns teaser! Available now in Xbox Game Preview on Game Pass and coming soon to other platforms 🪐
www.youngsuns.com
www.youngsuns.com
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...