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Gord McGladdery

@asitp-gord.bsky.social

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Studio Director, Composer, Game Director @ https://ashellinthepit.com Composer: FNAF: Security Breach/RUIN, Rogue Legacy, Smarter Every Day, lots more Creator of https://Fish.Game

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · Oct 23

Hey new people! 1st time doing one of these. I'm Gord, Studio Director at A Shell in the Pit.

Been in games 12 years. Done sound & music for a pile of stuff, created Fish Game & am a solo artist (also A Shell in the Pit).

Hire us: ashellinthepit.com
Music: tinyurl.com/ydunxe8c
Fish Game: fish.game

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 2d

...caves of qud...?

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 2d

Nope

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 4d

I'd been laying low to keep the door open for conventions to generate work for my team but dude I just can't anymore. Cancelled everything last week & am not setting foot in the states for the foreseeable future. honestly feels like a weight has been lifted.

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laryssa 🎶 @laryssaokada.bsky.social · 5d

⤷ ゛it’s bandcamp friday! ˎˊ˗

that means all fees are waived and 100% of profit goes directly to the artist. it’s a great way to support the music you enjoy!

last week i dropped my new album stutter, here’s a little sampler ~

laryssaokada.bandcamp.com/album/stutter

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 5d

First glance impression of Melbourne: what if Vancouver & San Francisco had a nice clean baby

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 6d

Have flown 13hrs, still 9hrs to go after 6hr layover. Big ol planet we got here.

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

I had a friend complaining about the exact opposite. It seems perfect world is still outside of our grasp

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Tim Keenan @misfitsattic.bsky.social · 7d

👑 the Below the Crown Demo is now on Steam ♟️

Our nerdy love letter to Roguelikes, Chess, and Dungeon Crawlers is here:
🔸Take the Wizard King below in our procedural dungeons
🔸Spells, Upgrades, Bosses ...and Psychological Testing!
🔸Daily & Player Challenges
store.steampowered.com/app/4023520/...

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

does kinda feel like they're trying to hairpin a 200m tanker

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

Fun fact: Vancouver Airport has designated weed smoking areas

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Nicholas McDonnell @nicholasmc1.bsky.social · 7d

Crabmeat dev is live, tooling around with some backlog features now the major milestone is done.

twitch.tv/searchinginteractive

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

Was already excited for MIGW then at 1am remembered you can buy onitsuka tigers in Australia. at a whole new level now.

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

Will dearly miss seeing my American friends with some kind of annual regularity. I look forward to meeting up & exploring other countries together though! & you're welcome here any time.

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

what's meta-fucked is that I wouldn't have made the above post while I was still planning on these trips for fear it* (*doing a free speech) could cause me issues at the border. Which should have been reason enough in itself to stop coming.

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 7d

The weirdass generals' meeting broke the camel's back for me. Had been leaning into my privilege to continue stateside business trips despite my personal feelings in order to generate $ for the team but it no longer feels worth the stress & effort. Had 3 cons booked 😞.

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Jessica Shipard @jessicashipard.bsky.social · 8d

wake up we made u a new videogame <3

Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 8d

Announcing... DOGPILE!!! ✨🦴

Dogpile is a roguelike deckbuilder about merging DOGS. Play dogs, get money, customize your dogs with special traits, refine your deck, PLAY MORE DOGS!

Free demo is live on Steam, WISHLIST NOW!!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3839300/...

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 8d

my reaction to first seeing the prototype

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 8d

Oh hey I am doing music on this!

Studio Folly — DOGPILE!!! @folly.studio · 8d

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BUS Game Devs - Vancouver Game Dev Series @busgamedevs.bsky.social · 8d

We just announced our next Vancouver gamedev speaker event on October 15!

⚔️ Dan Fornace and George Rogers from the Rivals of Aether team in Seattle

🎵 Ryan Roth, composer of Void Bastards, The Beginner’s Guide, and many more

⛷️Nick Spanos of Fresh Tracks and Buffalo Buffalo

bit.ly/vgdsOCT2025

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 9d

What I would give for a Veep-style political comedy about the BC Fast Ferry scandal.

Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 9d

No game is closer to my heart than Wandersong. the most ambitious composition project of my life (100 songs!) at exactly the time in my life when I could pull it off. I couldn't repeat it today & the fact that it landed with people exactly how we'd hoped made it all worth it. Happy 7th bday Bard!

Beastieball @beastieball.bsky.social · 11d

Besides @vangamegarden.bsky.social today, it's also the 7th year anniversary of our previous game, Wandersong! 🎉

We actually designed Deluja after the sky seals in Act 6 of Wandersong, and they would absolutely be on the team of the main character, the Bard! 🦭

An illustration featuring Beasties and the Bard in the middle. From left to right: Diggum, Hopsong, the Bard, Deluja, Bongus, and Punkchirp

An image of the Bard petting the sky seal in Act 6 of Wandersong

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 9d

a weekend in abstract: thanks everyone that wishlisted my funny little game at the game garden event!! line go up

and if you're just hearing about ANOTHEREAL, the rpg adventure with top-down shooter battles starring astra the ghost girl & umbra the cat/panda/beast & other unannounced weirdos...

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 10d

I have to head home today but still buzzing from @vangamegarden.bsky.social yesterday. What an incredible event. Nice work y'all; I needed that.

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Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · 10d

Behemoth is the new free Expansion for #Bulwark is releasing on Steam this Wednesday. This is the big free expansion for the year and is another leap forward for the game.

Share and support my dedicated way of evolving my games post-launch. No EA, No 1.0 just passion.
#indiegame #solodev #indiedev

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Gord McGladdery @asitp-gord.bsky.social · 11d

Beet game clip of all time