Simon Roth
@simoroth.bsky.social
Indie game developer (Maia, Trash Goblin, Compound Fracture, Soccer Story, VVVVVV, Kinectimals), technical artist, photographer, and community gardener.
Y'all need to nominate Trash Goblin for the "Sit Back and Relax" award!
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Y'all need to nominate Trash Goblin for the "Sit Back and Relax" award!
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Mora would love it if everyone could sign and retweet this petition to save more rescue dogs like her.
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Mora would love it if everyone could sign and retweet this petition to save more rescue dogs like her.
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Also worth noting that this is a pretty common-sense fix and so the usual "gov petitions just waste activism energy" thing doesn't apply here. We just need to get it in front of people quickly.
Mora would love it if everyone could sign and retweet this petition to save more rescue dogs like her.
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Lack of provision for rescues in the animal welfare bill is a disaster. It's already in the Lords so we need to fix this quickly! @laylamoran.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Also worth noting that this is a pretty common-sense fix and so the usual "gov petitions just waste activism energy" thing doesn't apply here. We just need to get it in front of people quickly.
For everyone who loves Mora!
The government are cracking down on tail docking (good), but haven’t taken into account charities working hard to rescue hunting dogs like her. Without an exception, thousands of animals a year will be left to suffer and die.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
The government are cracking down on tail docking (good), but haven’t taken into account charities working hard to rescue hunting dogs like her. Without an exception, thousands of animals a year will be left to suffer and die.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For everyone who loves Mora!
The government are cracking down on tail docking (good), but haven’t taken into account charities working hard to rescue hunting dogs like her. Without an exception, thousands of animals a year will be left to suffer and die.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
The government are cracking down on tail docking (good), but haven’t taken into account charities working hard to rescue hunting dogs like her. Without an exception, thousands of animals a year will be left to suffer and die.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I'm really really struggling to find potential Sponsors for @limitbreak.co.uk at the moment
We're not looking for huge amounts of money. We're a very lean programme thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Can you help? Look at out Sponsorship Deck or share this post 💖
limitbreak.co.uk/sponsorform
We're not looking for huge amounts of money. We're a very lean programme thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Can you help? Look at out Sponsorship Deck or share this post 💖
limitbreak.co.uk/sponsorform
Limit Break - Sponsorship Deck Request
Please fill in the following, and we will reach out with our most up to date sponsorship information.
limitbreak.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm really really struggling to find potential Sponsors for @limitbreak.co.uk at the moment
We're not looking for huge amounts of money. We're a very lean programme thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Can you help? Look at out Sponsorship Deck or share this post 💖
limitbreak.co.uk/sponsorform
We're not looking for huge amounts of money. We're a very lean programme thanks to our amazing volunteers!
Can you help? Look at out Sponsorship Deck or share this post 💖
limitbreak.co.uk/sponsorform
Do you think that a neurodivergent person could mask so completely and for so long that they completely destroy their self in a malign form of ego death?
..Asking for a friend.
..Asking for a friend.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Do you think that a neurodivergent person could mask so completely and for so long that they completely destroy their self in a malign form of ego death?
..Asking for a friend.
..Asking for a friend.
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The triple-threat of degraded search results, people burying advice in video content and imgur being blocked in the UK makes resolving software issues a real joy.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The triple-threat of degraded search results, people burying advice in video content and imgur being blocked in the UK makes resolving software issues a real joy.
😑
😑
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Any sick mutual-or-extended-network VFX artists looking for freelance work round these parts? 👀
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Any sick mutual-or-extended-network VFX artists looking for freelance work round these parts? 👀
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I think one reason why games people are looking forward to the collapse of the AI bubble, despite it likely triggering a massive economic crash, is that we're basically already living post-crash.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think one reason why games people are looking forward to the collapse of the AI bubble, despite it likely triggering a massive economic crash, is that we're basically already living post-crash.
How was this not already the case?? The wilful negligence at Roblox is going to continue to hurt the entire games industry for years.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits
Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
How was this not already the case?? The wilful negligence at Roblox is going to continue to hurt the entire games industry for years.
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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I'd like to share this old video of hers, where she talks about her time working on the 3DO port of Doom.
it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them
it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them
November 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'd like to share this old video of hers, where she talks about her time working on the 3DO port of Doom.
it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them
it's a wild story that stuck with me, and a reminder that sometimes "bad games" have amazing people working on them
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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forgot sound, but I gotchu
September 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
forgot sound, but I gotchu
Just realised the thing that unconsciously bothered me about Bloodlines 2 marketing, was just the total lack of alt/goth culture on display. Like, slap on some Genitorturers no?
Surely that was the obvious thing to lean into?
Surely that was the obvious thing to lean into?
Time to hit up The Asylum, or do you fancy a Blood Rave? #goth
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just realised the thing that unconsciously bothered me about Bloodlines 2 marketing, was just the total lack of alt/goth culture on display. Like, slap on some Genitorturers no?
Surely that was the obvious thing to lean into?
Surely that was the obvious thing to lean into?
I got more satisfaction sketching my dog in a cafe than I did from the last 6 months of my games development career.
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I got more satisfaction sketching my dog in a cafe than I did from the last 6 months of my games development career.
I am extremely annoyed at myself for not picking up the two new-looking Brother sewing machines I saw dumped in the street in Oxford a few months ago. But I guess I don't have the space for them anyway. I need a studio. 😑
While a good chunk of my outfits are now handmade, I can very much recommend /not/ hand sewing dozens of clips and nylon straps together for your own #techwear trousers. 😬
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I am extremely annoyed at myself for not picking up the two new-looking Brother sewing machines I saw dumped in the street in Oxford a few months ago. But I guess I don't have the space for them anyway. I need a studio. 😑
Bloody hell. A driveway salesman just came to the door and asked if my Mum or Dad was in.
I just turned 38. 😂
I just turned 38. 😂
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Bloody hell. A driveway salesman just came to the door and asked if my Mum or Dad was in.
I just turned 38. 😂
I just turned 38. 😂
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The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The IWGB has just announced that 220 letters, signed by Rockstar staff, have now been delivered to leadership at the company, demanding the immediate reinstatement of their fired colleagues.
Hmm why has my accountants started sending me emails laden with emoji bullet points. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm..
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hmm why has my accountants started sending me emails laden with emoji bullet points. Hmmm. Hmmmmmm..
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Mora went missing in the back garden at midnight... I went outside and couldn't find her in the inky black. Then, I sensed movement, and suddenly, a creepy little bipedal creature lurched out from underneath the apple tree and started lumbering unnaturally, disjointedly, towards me.
I almost died.
I almost died.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mora went missing in the back garden at midnight... I went outside and couldn't find her in the inky black. Then, I sensed movement, and suddenly, a creepy little bipedal creature lurched out from underneath the apple tree and started lumbering unnaturally, disjointedly, towards me.
I almost died.
I almost died.
Mora went missing in the back garden at midnight... I went outside and couldn't find her in the inky black. Then, I sensed movement, and suddenly, a creepy little bipedal creature lurched out from underneath the apple tree and started lumbering unnaturally, disjointedly, towards me.
I almost died.
I almost died.
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mora went missing in the back garden at midnight... I went outside and couldn't find her in the inky black. Then, I sensed movement, and suddenly, a creepy little bipedal creature lurched out from underneath the apple tree and started lumbering unnaturally, disjointedly, towards me.
I almost died.
I almost died.