Gaby Roque-Worcel
@gabrielar-w.bsky.social
Indie Game developer, Unreal Engine freelance dev, Software engineer, IT pro, infosec aficionado, nerd. I worked on the VFX industry. She/her Pan ADHD Autistic. Chronic illness girlie.
Wellington, NZ
Wellington, NZ
It was great working with you @lesliellama.bsky.social on this project!
This past weekend I spent 3 days working with a team of awesome people on this game: lesliellama.itch.io/earworm It was made during the PowerUp Game Jam (powerupjam.com/team/worm-st...)
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
Earworm by LeslieLlama, thegozde, SIFZapata, mulldrifter, gabrielamelian
A musical game about infecting humans with song
lesliellama.itch.io
October 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It was great working with you @lesliellama.bsky.social on this project!
This past weekend I spent 3 days working with a team of awesome people on this game: lesliellama.itch.io/earworm It was made during the PowerUp Game Jam (powerupjam.com/team/worm-st...)
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
Earworm by LeslieLlama, thegozde, SIFZapata, mulldrifter, gabrielamelian
A musical game about infecting humans with song
lesliellama.itch.io
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This past weekend I spent 3 days working with a team of awesome people on this game: lesliellama.itch.io/earworm It was made during the PowerUp Game Jam (powerupjam.com/team/worm-st...)
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
Click and drag to aim the worm, and catchy songs will start. #gamedev #indiegame
I have been playing this awesome Indie game from O'Saurus studios in Australia "Call of the Golden Valley". It features cute wombats with a really nice animation. Not the main plot, but I love these little details. 🤩 #indiegamedev bsky.app/profile/osau...
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I have been playing this awesome Indie game from O'Saurus studios in Australia "Call of the Golden Valley". It features cute wombats with a really nice animation. Not the main plot, but I love these little details. 🤩 #indiegamedev bsky.app/profile/osau...
Live commenting my first playthrough of 'Call of the Golden Valley' (store.steampowered.com/app/2131660/...) made by a fellow developer in Australia.
Excited!!!
Excited!!!
Save 10% on Call of the Golden Valley on Steam
Your friend is missing in the Australian outback and you must find her. Search the Internet for clues, solve mysterious puzzles and uncover the conspiracy of the vanishing hikers of Golden Valley.
store.steampowered.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Live commenting my first playthrough of 'Call of the Golden Valley' (store.steampowered.com/app/2131660/...) made by a fellow developer in Australia.
Excited!!!
Excited!!!
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
PŌNEKE HĪKOI KI TE PŌTI!
National Day of Action: Friday 26 September 4pm
Protoplasm Sculpture on Lambton Quay (at Hunter Street) walking to Te Awe Brandon St Library.
Bring your flags, placards and banners in support of Māori wards and constituencies, Te Tiriti and justice, and join the hīkoi.
National Day of Action: Friday 26 September 4pm
Protoplasm Sculpture on Lambton Quay (at Hunter Street) walking to Te Awe Brandon St Library.
Bring your flags, placards and banners in support of Māori wards and constituencies, Te Tiriti and justice, and join the hīkoi.
September 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
PŌNEKE HĪKOI KI TE PŌTI!
National Day of Action: Friday 26 September 4pm
Protoplasm Sculpture on Lambton Quay (at Hunter Street) walking to Te Awe Brandon St Library.
Bring your flags, placards and banners in support of Māori wards and constituencies, Te Tiriti and justice, and join the hīkoi.
National Day of Action: Friday 26 September 4pm
Protoplasm Sculpture on Lambton Quay (at Hunter Street) walking to Te Awe Brandon St Library.
Bring your flags, placards and banners in support of Māori wards and constituencies, Te Tiriti and justice, and join the hīkoi.
Of all the problems that healthcare service has in NZ I can think of none that require AI to solve.
I saw this job add today for a company that deals with confidential patient information (including me and family's medical history), and it sent shivers down my spine 🥶. #AI #NZ
I saw this job add today for a company that deals with confidential patient information (including me and family's medical history), and it sent shivers down my spine 🥶. #AI #NZ
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I was reading this article today: www.gamefile.news/p/hunting-fo... And it made me think: how cool would it be to have something like IMDB for video games. (Unless there is something like this already?)
What do you guys think?
#gamedev #indiedev
What do you guys think?
#gamedev #indiedev
Hunting for the staff credits in 2025’s top video games
From Clair Obscur to Xenoblade, everyone's got a different approach to how they show who made their game. PLUS: There's always the Fortnite approach.
www.gamefile.news
August 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I was reading this article today: www.gamefile.news/p/hunting-fo... And it made me think: how cool would it be to have something like IMDB for video games. (Unless there is something like this already?)
What do you guys think?
#gamedev #indiedev
What do you guys think?
#gamedev #indiedev
Yay! The demo is finally out. It's great to see my fellow NZ devs publishing cool stuff 🇳🇿
Help us spread the word about our demo for our little decorating game!
If you don’t know us, we’re a small NZ studio making a witchy, cozy game and just released our first demo. 😊 It would mean the world to us if you could help us share it! 💜✨
#cozy #cozygame #indiegame
If you don’t know us, we’re a small NZ studio making a witchy, cozy game and just released our first demo. 😊 It would mean the world to us if you could help us share it! 💜✨
#cozy #cozygame #indiegame
August 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Yay! The demo is finally out. It's great to see my fellow NZ devs publishing cool stuff 🇳🇿
I am currently paying for all my past sins trying to develop a web application with AWS #webdev #AWS
a picture of patrick from spongebob with the words so much pain
ALT: a picture of patrick from spongebob with the words so much pain
media.tenor.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I have used the Anti-planner many times over the years to allow me to understand myself, feelings and emotions. It has also helped me greatly in getting un-stuck on creative work and life in general. I highly recommend it. #ADHD #Neurodivergent
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violets are sweet
i hate self-promo
but ya girl’s gotta eat
Get it $10 off:
✨anti-planner.com✨
July 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I have used the Anti-planner many times over the years to allow me to understand myself, feelings and emotions. It has also helped me greatly in getting un-stuck on creative work and life in general. I highly recommend it. #ADHD #Neurodivergent
I'm trying to think of lighthearted topics and things for a game, looking for inspiration as it may, however reality is such a sad, weird, frustrating world out there that it becomes so hard to find some light in it.
I'm trying to be a comedian when I was destined for drama.
I'm trying to be a comedian when I was destined for drama.
July 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I'm trying to think of lighthearted topics and things for a game, looking for inspiration as it may, however reality is such a sad, weird, frustrating world out there that it becomes so hard to find some light in it.
I'm trying to be a comedian when I was destined for drama.
I'm trying to be a comedian when I was destined for drama.
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
The Haka Party Incident is now streaming free in Aotearoa New Zealand.
If you haven't seen it already, I implore you to give it a watch; it's truly striking how much and yet how little has changed in terms of Pākehā and Māori relations.
www.rnz.co.nz/video
If you haven't seen it already, I implore you to give it a watch; it's truly striking how much and yet how little has changed in terms of Pākehā and Māori relations.
www.rnz.co.nz/video
RNZ Video
Documentaries, films and series about Aotearoa.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Haka Party Incident is now streaming free in Aotearoa New Zealand.
If you haven't seen it already, I implore you to give it a watch; it's truly striking how much and yet how little has changed in terms of Pākehā and Māori relations.
www.rnz.co.nz/video
If you haven't seen it already, I implore you to give it a watch; it's truly striking how much and yet how little has changed in terms of Pākehā and Māori relations.
www.rnz.co.nz/video
Why am I not making progress?
All the highly successful games have great teams.
I have only one employee and she is sick all the time :P
#solodeveloper #indiegamedev #chronicillness
All the highly successful games have great teams.
I have only one employee and she is sick all the time :P
#solodeveloper #indiegamedev #chronicillness
July 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why am I not making progress?
All the highly successful games have great teams.
I have only one employee and she is sick all the time :P
#solodeveloper #indiegamedev #chronicillness
All the highly successful games have great teams.
I have only one employee and she is sick all the time :P
#solodeveloper #indiegamedev #chronicillness
NZGDC 2025 let's go!!!
July 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
NZGDC 2025 let's go!!!
NZ peeps: This cause is close to my heart. I believe in public transport and I love trains. If you agree, please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Restore The Southerner Train
A restored Southerner train route offers affordable transport for 750,000 SI residents, bridging gaps where air is too costly for students/low-income, coaches inaccessible for disabled/elderly, and ca...
our.actionstation.org.nz
June 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NZ peeps: This cause is close to my heart. I believe in public transport and I love trains. If you agree, please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
are you ready
📰 It's TRADE MAGAZINE WEEK 📰
💥 NEARLY 400 video game industry trade magazines, full-text searchable by the public 💥
🎙️ NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, and more 🎙️
☠️ NOT for the FAINT-OF-HEART historian ☠️
🚨 ONLY at archive.gamehistory.org 🚨
📰 It's TRADE MAGAZINE WEEK 📰
💥 NEARLY 400 video game industry trade magazines, full-text searchable by the public 💥
🎙️ NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, and more 🎙️
☠️ NOT for the FAINT-OF-HEART historian ☠️
🚨 ONLY at archive.gamehistory.org 🚨
June 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
are you ready
📰 It's TRADE MAGAZINE WEEK 📰
💥 NEARLY 400 video game industry trade magazines, full-text searchable by the public 💥
🎙️ NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, and more 🎙️
☠️ NOT for the FAINT-OF-HEART historian ☠️
🚨 ONLY at archive.gamehistory.org 🚨
📰 It's TRADE MAGAZINE WEEK 📰
💥 NEARLY 400 video game industry trade magazines, full-text searchable by the public 💥
🎙️ NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meier, and more 🎙️
☠️ NOT for the FAINT-OF-HEART historian ☠️
🚨 ONLY at archive.gamehistory.org 🚨
Today was supposed to be my first day back working on my indie game. I had a plan and huge expectations (along with the anxiety that comes with it). #gamedev #storytime
a cartoon of a dinosaur with a sign that says nervous rex on it
ALT: a cartoon of a dinosaur with a sign that says nervous rex on it
media.tenor.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Today was supposed to be my first day back working on my indie game. I had a plan and huge expectations (along with the anxiety that comes with it). #gamedev #storytime
Let me tell you, you know
Ah, I need a miracle, I need a miracle *** sings off key ***
Ah, I need a miracle, I need a miracle *** sings off key ***
a cartoon character named spongebob is singing into a microphone while two other characters look on
ALT: a cartoon character named spongebob is singing into a microphone while two other characters look on
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Let me tell you, you know
Ah, I need a miracle, I need a miracle *** sings off key ***
Ah, I need a miracle, I need a miracle *** sings off key ***
We know who's happy to use AI:
"The heaviest AI use showed up for those working in "Business & Finance," at 50 percent of respondents. Next up were those in "Production & Team Leadership" and "Community, Marketing, & PR" at 40 percent [...]. Developers in all other departments reported less use."
"The heaviest AI use showed up for those working in "Business & Finance," at 50 percent of respondents. Next up were those in "Production & Team Leadership" and "Community, Marketing, & PR" at 40 percent [...]. Developers in all other departments reported less use."
Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
Developers do not in fact welcome our new AI overlords.
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We know who's happy to use AI:
"The heaviest AI use showed up for those working in "Business & Finance," at 50 percent of respondents. Next up were those in "Production & Team Leadership" and "Community, Marketing, & PR" at 40 percent [...]. Developers in all other departments reported less use."
"The heaviest AI use showed up for those working in "Business & Finance," at 50 percent of respondents. Next up were those in "Production & Team Leadership" and "Community, Marketing, & PR" at 40 percent [...]. Developers in all other departments reported less use."
How can I explain to all the companies: Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. That I am NOT INTERESTED in AI features of any kind, and to stop pestering me about it?
No Google, I don't want to use Gemini, just leave me alone! #AI
No Google, I don't want to use Gemini, just leave me alone! #AI
January 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
How can I explain to all the companies: Google, Microsoft, Apple, etc. That I am NOT INTERESTED in AI features of any kind, and to stop pestering me about it?
No Google, I don't want to use Gemini, just leave me alone! #AI
No Google, I don't want to use Gemini, just leave me alone! #AI
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
tell me whyyy
I’m not trying to be difficult, I’m just trying to understand throughoutly
I’m not trying to be difficult, I’m just trying to understand throughoutly
January 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
tell me whyyy
I’m not trying to be difficult, I’m just trying to understand throughoutly
I’m not trying to be difficult, I’m just trying to understand throughoutly
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
Comprehensive festive guide for supporting indie game developers:-
🎁 Wishlist an indie game
🎁 Buy an indie game
🎁 Leave a user review
Happy holidays 😋
🎁 Wishlist an indie game
🎁 Buy an indie game
🎁 Leave a user review
Happy holidays 😋
December 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Comprehensive festive guide for supporting indie game developers:-
🎁 Wishlist an indie game
🎁 Buy an indie game
🎁 Leave a user review
Happy holidays 😋
🎁 Wishlist an indie game
🎁 Buy an indie game
🎁 Leave a user review
Happy holidays 😋
I have been out of commission for a month recovering from surgery and I have completely lost track of why I do what I do, and what is it that I really like about making games. Can I crowd source some inspiration? Why do you like making games? #gamedev #indiegames
December 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM
I have been out of commission for a month recovering from surgery and I have completely lost track of why I do what I do, and what is it that I really like about making games. Can I crowd source some inspiration? Why do you like making games? #gamedev #indiegames
Reposted by Gaby Roque-Worcel
Old Man Yells at Bluesky.
December 6, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Old Man Yells at Bluesky.
It's just my luck that the one post I make about lack of engagement gets the most attention 🤦🏻♀️ Look, I just want to interact with actual people, cat pics, read interesting facts, see cool games and art. If we could just like and comment on positive posts we could make this place feel more wholesome
Everyone is raging about how Bluesky has all this engagement, more than Twitter and Threads, blah blah... And it was a bit like that maybe a month ago. But since then, despite my followers growing more than ever, my posts feel like yelling out the window. Only the big names get to be heard, again
November 29, 2024 at 5:27 AM
It's just my luck that the one post I make about lack of engagement gets the most attention 🤦🏻♀️ Look, I just want to interact with actual people, cat pics, read interesting facts, see cool games and art. If we could just like and comment on positive posts we could make this place feel more wholesome