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K
@kiranjv.bsky.social
Aspiring game designer 🫠

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December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.

#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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My Narrative Design Lessons bundle is now live!
You can get at least a book worth of ND foundations, dialogue design, and experimental tools. All come with a free lesson.

Been doing this 16 years. So happy to share.
itch.io/s/172588/nar...
#narrativedesign #gamedev #indiedev #gamewriting
Narrative Design Lessons by All Worms
A bundle by All Worms, $50.00 for Dialogue Design Lectures, Narrative Crash Course, Strangened Narratives
itch.io
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Netflix boss Ted Sarandos was previously asked if they're destroying Hollywood

“No, we’re saving Hollywood"

"Folks grew up thinking, ‘I want to make movies on a gigantic screen and have strangers watch them ... [and have them] play in the theater for 2 months … It’s an outdated concept"
December 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Netflix has officially announced they're acquiring Warner Bros for $82.7B

• Claims they will continue to release WB films in theaters

• CEO teases that theatrical length for films will likely be shorter because 'long, exclusive windows aren't consumer friendly'

• Deal won't close until Q3 2026
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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bummer situation but grim lol at this exception on the epic games store
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮

“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Woot! Shrouded Suns made it on IGN's GameTrailers channel!

My janky-ass teaser is about to get a 7/10 from the gamers over there, but I am hyped :D

#Gamedev #Indiegame #Godot #GodotEngine

youtu.be/J8cPMuLLfBg?...
Shrouded Suns - Official Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by GameTrailers
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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There's now an AI warning notice browser plugin for itch.io as well as Steam
#AI #itch #GenerativeAI
There's now an AI warning notice browser plugin for itch.io as well as Steam
The developer behind the useful AI notice browser plugin for Steam has now done the same for itch.io, and they've made it easier to use the extensions.
www.gamingonlinux.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Also, here's a glimpse at my rotoscoping process... #LUNARK #pixelart
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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They’re describing it as a “shock and awe” campaign, which is why it’s essential to show them there’s huge opposition NOW. Call / email your reps to let them know you oppose censorship bills like KOSA and the SCREEN.

Read up and get involved in the @fightforthefuture.org Week of Action.
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.

Today's action: Share and sign the petition.

Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Love how the search AI will spoil everything you look up.

"Where can I watch Movie X?"
"Movie X is movie where everyone dies in the end. You can watch it on [whoever paid for the ads]."

"How do I beat Boss X in Game Y?"
"Boss X is the hardest boss in Game Y before [massive spoiler]"
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Material Maker's November showreel is now on Youtube and shows quite a few awesome materials.😍
www.youtube.com/shorts/h3S5M...
Material Maker November 2025 showreel
YouTube video by Rod Zilla
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Sometimes I hate myself for the kind of gameplay ideas I have, coding this tumbling block physics with the screws was SOO hard

But I'm happy that the block puzzles are getting more varied and better integrated with the platforming, pacing and all

(game is ABYSS X ZERO, btw)

#gamedev #lowpoly #axz
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Eidos Montreal hit with more layoffs, working as support studio with most projects seemingly canceled

➡️ insider-gaming.com/eidos-montre...

This follows prior layoffs back March when 75 devs were let go. Embracer previously canceled a new Deus Ex game early last year
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This has been a great year for the engine, but there are still a lot of things we would love to do.

If each person visiting our website donated €5, we could hire 5 more developers to work on Godot full-time.

👉 fund.godotengine.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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PlayStation released an advent calendar where you can earn tickets via daily quests like watching an AD, you can use the tickets to enter a lottery to win games, controllers, etc. They also have free stuff like avatars which seem to be Ai generated.

advent.playstation.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is continuing to share his thoughts on genAI during a press tour for his new book.

He called those defining use cases for AI "not the most humane or creative people," and compared its self-referential behaviour to "when we fed cows with cows and got mad cow disease."
Rockstar Games Co-Founder Dan Houser Says Generative AI Will "Eat Itself"
Houser that "Some of these people trying to define the future of humanity… are not the most humane or creative people" in an interview.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser compares AI to 'mad cow disease' and says execs pushing it aren't very creative people

🎙️ Virgin Radio UK
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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would it kill you to at least count the toes before you ship it
SO... I'm pretty much done with Fortnite. There were statements made by Tim Sweeney saying that AI usage doesn't need to be disclosed, and then AI usage was found all over this current season- from art to sprays to in-game songs. Between that, and the upcoming shitty wizard collab... Yeah, I'm done.
December 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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A bit late into Black Friday but hey I got three courses worth of Narrative Design lessons up on sale for half price.

That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!

itch.io/s/171366/nar...
#narrativedesign #indiedev
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Some more cheeky #GodotEngine 'watch-dev'.

On the one hand, was an interesting challenge thinking of a game that made sense on the form factor. Only radial game I could think of was old school Tempest.

On the other, these devices clearly aren't made for it. I rinsed the battery in no time!
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM