Game Awards charging $450K-$1M just to submit a trailer? 💀

Indie devs are getting priced out of the industry. The system is broken.

Time to build outside the gatekeepers. 🎮

#GameDev #IndieGames

1 year of @PlayOutmine 🎮

52 consecutive weeks of tournaments ✅
100k players (no paid ads) ✅
1M on-chain transactions ✅

What started as a scrappy idea in our gaming studio is now a living, breathing ecosystem powered by players.

Year 2: scaling what works 🚀

#Gaming #Blockchain #IndieGames

AI backlash just killed a game before it launched 🎮

Running With Scissors announced Postal on Wed, cancelled by Thu. Why? Community found out the dev used AI.

Lesson: perception reality in gaming.

✅ Own your narrative early
✅ Be transparent about AI
✅ Community trust is your armor

#GameDev

AI NPCs are getting scary smart.

They remember every choice. Every betrayal. And now players are apologising to them bcs it feels too real 🎮

We wanted immersive experiences. We got them. But are we crossing a line? Can a game be TOO realistic?

The future is here. We're not ready.

Img Ubisoft

AI backlash just killed a game before it launched 🎮

Running With Scissors announced Postal on Wed, cancelled by Thu. Why? Community found out the dev used AI.

Lesson: perception reality in gaming.

✅ Own your narrative early
✅ Be transparent about AI
✅ Community trust is your armor

#GameDev

1 year of @PlayOutmine 🎮

52 consecutive weeks of tournaments ✅
100k players (no paid ads) ✅
1M on-chain transactions ✅

What started as a scrappy idea in our gaming studio is now a living, breathing ecosystem powered by players.

Year 2: scaling what works 🚀

#Gaming #Blockchain #IndieGames

Gemini AI just changed my entire workflow. 🎮

6 ways I used it this week:
✅ Marketing images
✅ Campaign videos
✅ Campaign planning
✅ UI suggestions
✅ In-game achievements
✅ Tileset recoloring

But here's the catch: too much AI kills originality.

Balance is everything. 🔑

#AIinGaming

1 year of Outmine 🎮

52 consecutive weeks of tournaments ✅
100K players (no paid ads) ✅
1M on-chain transactions ✅

What started as a scrappy idea in our gaming studio is now a living, breathing ecosystem powered by our community.

Year 2 is about scaling what works 🚀

#Gaming #Web3 #Outmine

99% of people don't want this. 🤯

𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙛𝙖𝙧 ?

2wai is creating AI digital twins of deceased loved ones. Their latest video? Showing 'immortality' with a famous actress.

The internet's reaction: ☠️

Where do we draw the line on natural human experiences like loss?

Your next 100K players aren't on Steam. They're on Telegram, WeChat, Discord & web platforms.

92% of gamers play mobile. Yet most devs ignore alternative platforms.

💵 Telegram: 1B users
💵 WeChat: 1.4B users, 1B gamers
💵 Poki & web: 200M+ audience

Where are YOUR players hiding?

#IndieGameDev

Who has any good games to share?

Here's one for my "Why I am leaving X" book...

Slush 2024 was a blast!

Reflecting on my experience of Slush 2024 - a conference with over 13,000 attendees from the tech and gaming industry.

Great to meet y'all and see you next year!

#slushfounderday #slushhq #helsinki #slush2024 #slush

#Slush is sadly over, flew back from Helsinki today 😢. Highlight was Damola doing Uptown Funk, loved it!
Now back to working on www.rogues.studio
#tech #startups #funding #entrepreneurs

Slush 2024 was a blast!

Reflecting on my experience of Slush 2024 - a conference with over 13,000 attendees from the tech and gaming industry.

Great to meet y'all and see you next year!

#slushfounderday #slushhq #helsinki #slush2024 #slush

Finally, an antidote to what's happening out there.