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Geoffrey Golden
@geoffreygolden.bsky.social
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• Narrative Lead at Doborog ("Clone Drone" Games)
• UVW-CWA Member
• VCR Board Game Apologist

Portfolio: https://geoffreygolden.com
Newsletter: https://equipstory.com
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geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Take a Fun Audit! It’s more fun than it sounds!
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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mattielubchansky.com
finding out recently that almost all the words in the dictionary are not IP and are in fact open source/public domain was an absolute game changer for me as a writer
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Join us! Let's make the game industry better for workers.
videogameworkers.bsky.social United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 3d
Interested in making it a reality? Since we're union with a direct-to-join model... you can!

Read up on how to join here:
uvw-cwa.org/membership
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Continue to awaken dateable objects.
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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mixolumia.com
game developers must realize our only competition is real human relationships. if we can continue to erode those, our market dominance is assured
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 AM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
I’m alive! And I hate it!!!
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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getequipped.bsky.social
get equipped with serious anger
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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duckvalentine.bsky.social
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Most of my job is writing dialogue for murderous robots.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
I'm proud to be a union game developer and I got to click a little box that says as much.
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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mikedrucker.bsky.social
Screenshot from Ghostbusters of Winston covered in marshmallow saying “I love this town!”
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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caraellison.bsky.social
‘Special thanks’ is for people’s dogs and cats. Not for people who spent five years of their lives actively developing a videogame for you
October 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
I look forward to every issue of ChoiceBeat. Not a lot of publications are talking about HyperCard in 2025!
willyelektrix.bsky.social Willy Elektrix @willyelektrix.bsky.social · 24d
The new issue of ChoiceBeat: The #VisualNovel and #InteractiveFiction Zine is out!

SO MUCH STUFF!
Long Live the Queen
Ladykiller in a Bind
ChoiceScript
Videotome
Hypercard
MORE!

Read: www.flipsnack.com/choicebeat/c...
Download: choicebeat.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/c...

#indiegame #narrativegame
Cover of ChoiceBeat: The Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction Zine. It features a humanoid lion made from a photo collage.
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets With President Trump sending ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here's how to tell them apart - and what their powers are. I replaced the bottom of the graphic which showed border patrol, ice national guard fbi DEA and secret service instead with old Wolfenstein 3D characters including German Shepherd, dog German trooper, SS guard, mutant guard, German officer, Hans grosse, doctor scharrs Hitler ghost, mech Hitler, and Hitler.
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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thejenya.bsky.social
Narrative Design sometimes... when you are organizing files, localization work, prepping lines and barks for voice actors.
Image from Barbie movie of Ken, extremely orange tanned man with shockingly blond hair in a pink shirt saying "My job is just... spreadsheet." The original quote is "My job is just beach."
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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jasonklamm.com
Heeyyyy I'm the trailer narrator for season three of Worst Movies Ever Played: www.faustiannonsense.com/worstmoviese...
Thanks to @geoffreygolden.bsky.social !
Worst Movies Ever Played | Faustian Nonsense
Worst Movies Ever Played is an actual play podcast where three comedians use a roleplaying game to improvise hilariously bad VHS movies. The kind you'd find scavenging through the dumpster behind a Bl...
www.faustiannonsense.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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annacwebs.bsky.social
I think it should remain possible to work professionally on video games without having to move
Norman Rockwell's "Free Speech"
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Maddie won.
October 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
My friend @geoffreygolden.bsky.social made a game that's this EXACT mood.

geoffreygolden.itch.io/fymp
October 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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diveamydive.bsky.social
Hi again! Are you a studio or individual looking to hire Narrative talent for your games project? Good news! This great big Starter Pack below is brimming with Game Writers & Narrative Designers who are looking for work right now! I hope it helps you find somebody really special 🥰💛
diveamydive.bsky.social Amy-Leigh Shaw 🔜 AdventureX @diveamydive.bsky.social · Sep 17
Hey! I have no idea how to do this, I’ve never made a List or Starter Pack before, but:

⭐️ If you’re a Games Writer/Narrative Designer looking for work, and you’d like to be added to my Starter Pack, lmk!
⭐️ If you’re looking to hire a Games Writer/Narrative Designer, check out this Starter Pack!
September 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
The three types of game dev job listings
RESPECTABLE AA STUDIO is hiring 25 different LEAD EXECUTIVE SENIOR C-SUITE DEVELOPERS for EXCITING NEW GAME THAT’S BEEN GETTING LOTS OF BUZZ Requirements: -At least two PhDs in game development -Shipped at least 25 AAA titles as a lead developer -400 years of experience with Unreal Engine -Expert in C#, Python, C++, Ruby, Swift, Rust, HTML, CSS, PHP, Perl, SQL, MATLAB, R, QBASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN, Assembly, punch cards, and operating Babbage’s difference engine -No, we are not fishing for one specific person who coincidentally just left their job at another studio. Why would you think that? THAT FAMOUS GAME STUDIO is hiring a developer for THAT BELOVED GAME FRANCHISE THAT WAS FORMATIVE TO YOU BECOMING A DEV! Benefits: -$150,000/year plus insurance, dental, a retirement plan, and a puppy -Hang with those famous game devs you saw at that GDC talk -We have a ball pit! Requirements: -A positive attitude 😊 -Passionate about our game! -Willing to learn -Some basic game dev experience a plus but not required -Onsite only on Pitcairn Island A 14-YEAR-OLD WHO DOWNLOADED UNITY YESTERDAY is hiring a developer for I DECIDED TO TURN MY DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN INTO A GAME -so im making this game and i have this rly rly good idea but i never made a game b4 so i need u to do all the engine stuff and the programming and fix the mechanics and do the sound and lighting and shaders and backgrounds, i drew my characters on the back of homework but can u turn them into pixel art for me, i cant pay u but we can do rev share and when this game is a big hit youll make millions of dollars
September 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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paletteswap.site
The president’s latest public appearance has drawn concern over his health due to his body rapidly flashing red.

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September 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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hownottodraw.bsky.social
Yeah, no. I'm a contractor, I write for games, and sometimes that means writing 100% of a game's text. I'm a valuable part of the team! Contractors aren't just "support", they deserve to be credited (and treated) better than this
September 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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petermjgross.bsky.social
It's Friday, which means a new installment of Equip Story from @geoffreygolden.bsky.social!

(My favorite post is still his discussion of the Muppets at Disney)

www.equipstory.com/muppet-funer...
When I think of modern Disney storytelling, I think of three core power fantasies: * You will achieve what your heart desires. (Princesses) * You have the power to save the world. (Marvel) * You are on the right side of history. (Star Wars) We empathize with a well-written character, but we want to be a character who unlocks a power fantasy deep inside us. We want to buy that character’s lightsaber, get a cute makeover to look like them, or visit their boring-looking superhero office park “canvas” in California. We want to become more like these heroes. That is Disney’s core business.
August 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
geoffreygolden.bsky.social
Very excited about my Gen Con haul! I bought solo TTRPGs, card games, a board game, an autographed Magic the Gathering card and finger puppet with hand rods!
August 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM