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Tuba Zef @tubazef.com · 7d

Hey indie devs, good news! Game Pass is not gonna kill indie games after all...

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · Jul 18

The Woke And Gay Charity Stream to raise money for @translifeline.org kicks off at 8PM ET on 7/25 and goes until 8PM ET 7/26

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 17

There few events or studios, and without remote roles I may not be in games at all as I can’t leave Cornwall at the moment, nor do I want to, I love it here! ❤️ I’m one of the rare lucky ones to get into this biz, not due to lack of skill or talent of others, and it’s so sad to see them stuck. 4/4

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 17

I appreciate organisations like Into Games helping inner city folk to break into the industry, but while I may be biased being from Cornwall, getting into the industry from underfunded rural areas (where many people are working class) is extremely hard. Even with a games uni on my doorstep. 3/4

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 17

Another major problem is the availability of jobs and the lengths you need to go to get a job in the UK. It’s still crazy to me that people can be expected to move across the country and away from their loved ones for roles that could be done just as well remotely. It’s all done on PCs anyway! 2/4

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 17

The same could be said for adjacent industries too but yes. Getting into games is very expensive monetarily (uni, other courses, events, travel, PC to make the games on etc) and time-wise as learning game dev can take a while and games can take a while to make! 🧵1/4

bbc.com/news/article...

Does the UK video games industry have a class problem?

A non-profit organisation is trying to create more pathways into the sector for working-class people.

bbc.com

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 11

I’m only a designer so I don’t know about the technical workings but I am all in favour of the movement. I support the preservation of media and remember in the 00s that a lot of games had community run servers. So it just seems like a great idea to me!

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 11

So bizarre. I got on the train, opened blue sky, and this was the first post to pop up! Really nice to meet you and thanks for walking me back ☺️ Safe travels!

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 11

Holy moly, @developconference.com was amazing! It was my first Develop and first trip to Brighton and I really couldn’t have asked for more. I am so grateful that I got to meet so many lovely people from all corners of the industry and learn so much from them ❤️ The parties were pretty fun too 😄

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george w @grgwllrd.bsky.social · Jul 2

Do you like:
Stickers?
Relaxing?
Lofi beats?
Frogs?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you should check out @littlecornersgame.bsky.social, a game we're excited to be co-publishing later this year that we've just dropped an early demo for on Itch (link in 🧵)

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 1

That worked thanks so much!

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you! Just found out about this event through coworkers and I'd love to go!

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jul 1

Has the code changed? It isn't working for me :(

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jun 13

Just saw this again... Blue Prince has consumed my life. It's like it was made purely for me. I love it so much.

Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 8

Today was the first I’d heard of Blue Prince when I checked Metacritic. It looks really good and very much my kind of game. I’m surprised it’s never crossed my radar but delighted with the hype it’s getting now!

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Apr 8

It's lovely to watch the industry be as widely excited about a upcoming indie game once more. Can't wait for Blue Prince to launch.

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Jun 13

I have to inform you all that A Guidebook of Babel, a great butterfly effect puzzle game on a journey to the afterlife, is currently on CDKeys for only 19p!! www.cdkeys.com/a-guidebook-...

A Guidebook of Babel PC

www.cdkeys.com

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 24

TTRPGs for Trans Rights - Ohio: 467 items for $5.00
itch.io/b/2946/ttrpg...

TTRPGs for Trans Rights - Ohio by Rue (ilananight) and 225 others

TTRPGs for Trans Rights - Ohio: 467 items for $5.00

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 23

I've been so hyped for Clair Obscur since I saw the announcement and thought, "Finally, Persona but adults!!". I finished Metaphor Re:Fantazio this weekend (loved it) so I can't wait to sink into another game that's going to take me months! 😅

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 8

Today was the first I’d heard of Blue Prince when I checked Metacritic. It looks really good and very much my kind of game. I’m surprised it’s never crossed my radar but delighted with the hype it’s getting now!

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Apr 8

It's lovely to watch the industry be as widely excited about a upcoming indie game once more. Can't wait for Blue Prince to launch.

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 6

I went to check the projects I’ve been supporting on Lego Ideas and I’m sorry but I’m gonna need about 8000 of you to back the Colin the Caterpillar Lego set. It was added in 2023 and only has a few months left!

ideas.lego.com/s/p:af8d351f...

Colin the Caterpillar

Colin The Caterpillar is a chocolate cake popular in the United Kingdom. This model captures his iconic shape and features, including his chocolate ...

ideas.lego.com

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 3

Glad it wasn’t just me!

Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Apr 3

So I was a little tiny bit right 😅 nice to see Silksong shown but my god when the Bravely Default coverage started, I was convinced that was Garnet from FFIX!

Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Mar 31

I really don’t know why, and I’ll get my clown makeup on, but I just really think Silksong and FFIX remake will be announced at this as launch titles. I feel it in my bones!

Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com · Mar 31

Just 2 days to go until the #Nintendo Switch 2 Direct!

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Mar 31

I really don’t know why, and I’ll get my clown makeup on, but I just really think Silksong and FFIX remake will be announced at this as launch titles. I feel it in my bones!

Nintendo Life @nintendolife.com · Mar 31

Just 2 days to go until the #Nintendo Switch 2 Direct!

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Trans Game Dev @transgamedev.bsky.social · Mar 26

March 31st is #transdayofvisibility and the lovely @danaenight.bsky.social will be running a fundraiser over at twitch.tv/DanaENight at 18:00 CET to help us pay our bills! We're looking to showcase games made by our community members, head over to Discord to add your game onto the schedule! 💜

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Mar 25

Finally set up modding on Baldur’s Gate 3 last night. Of course I had to get the projector out for the most important mod to be displayed in all its glory.

Projected gameplay of Baldurs Gate 3 showing the protagonist in conversation with Withers. Withers has big naturals thanks to mods

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Cassy Cornish @cassycornish.bsky.social · Mar 22

Is it a normal game dev thing that family members send you bugs they’ve found in games you haven’t worked on as if you should fix it?

Hoping it’s a one off 😅

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