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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11h

GOOD NEWS, I was on One Life Left this week, and now you can listen to it.

I blabbed some more about Earth Must Die.

One Life Left @onelifeleft.com · 11h

We took it beyond mere flirtation and went all the way with @danthat.bsky.social as this week's Super Special Guest on the show! You can listen to it NOW on your podcatcher of choice!!

Then write us a letter. Don't forget that bit!!!

hello.onelifeleft.com

#GameDev

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 15h

Applications close in a week. If you were thinking about it, get yours fired in asap

Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 14d

Scottish early-stage/aspiring games leaders - this looks like a brilliant opportunity, stick your name down!
sgda.co.uk/accelerator

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The Horror At Highrook - Out Now! @highrookhorror.bsky.social · 2d

Hey investigators! Just a reminder that "The Horror At Highrook" is currently 30% off during Steams Autumn Sale (The biggest discount so far!)
Why not pop over and treat yourself!
👻🌛🐈‍⬛
store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/...

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 2d

Hello! I wrote this op-ed because I've fielded some awkward requests from devs and PR (who shall remain anonymous) this year and I think it's indicative of a wider issue in the game industry that stems from some folks not fully understanding the role of reporters.

THOUGHTS on Game Dev Dot Com:

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 2d

Dear game developers, please remember what 'on the record' means

Let's discuss the role of journalists and journalism in the video game industry.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 2d

Best Switch go-karting game since Mario Kart 8 and I'm not even lying.

Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · 2d

📣 BIG ANNOUNCE 📣

Ma go kart game is coming to Switch on 9 January 2026! 🙌

Literal childhood dream stuff making a kart game on a Nintendo console! Big ups to @ant-workshop.com for handling the publishing, always liked those guys.

HYPED 🥳

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · 2d

📣 BIG ANNOUNCE 📣

Ma go kart game is coming to Switch on 9 January 2026! 🙌

Literal childhood dream stuff making a kart game on a Nintendo console! Big ups to @ant-workshop.com for handling the publishing, always liked those guys.

HYPED 🥳

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 2d

You could even say they captured Brian and bring him back in hand drawn form!

Does anyone have the phone number for Universal, I reckon this is a goer.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 2d

I bet you could make Fast X:2 out of bits of existing Fast movies. Introduce them two motorcycle baddies from the Take On Me video to the franchise and you can hand draw whatever else you need to make it work

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 2d

honestly I'd just assumed they'd filmed the two parts back to back.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 3d

Lego Gameboy set is really nice. A very satisfying and clever build with a surprising amount of detail for the size of the thing. And best of all, only 2 stickers (for the cartridge labels) with everything else being printed bricks. Lovely.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 5d

And when I say "recently" I mean "in any version of Unity from 2017 onwards" 😬

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning from Unity, I guess. If you’ve released a Windows/Linux/macOS game in Unity recently, might be worth patching unity.com/security/sep...

Security Update Advisory

A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, and macOS operating systems. Unity has provided fixes that ad...

unity.com

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Ewan McKenzie @ekenz.bsky.social · 6d

✨NEW CONTENT UPDATE!✨

Sure you love the Go Kart Island demo, but have you ever wished you could play as a Zebra and race around a hotel? Well now you can! 🦓 🏨 ✅

Patch notes for 0.3.0 linked below!

📝 tinyurl.com/4wymfnrk
🎮 s.team/a/3749790

#indiegames #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 6d

spot whose key art artist is on holiday :)

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely cool I'm getting spoilers for Peacemaker S2, a TV show I want to watch, through news about Fortnite, a video game I have no interest in.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 8d

Left breasty dumpling or right breasty dumpling? Of course, it was always both breasty dumplings!

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 9d

EARTH MUST DIE 🌍💀
Very proud of how this turned out - looks and sounds beautiful, great cast doing sterling work, and imho it's funny and clever too!
Please WISHLIST and SHARE!
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

youtu.be/RtgXzAiGw-I...

Earth Must Die - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by No More Robots

youtu.be

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 8d

“The controls in RDR2 are deliberately clunky and unwieldy to make playing it a slog like being an actual cowboy” is a real big brain take.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

the problem is you have to start trying to work out if an Intel Core Ultra 7 is better or worse than an AMD Max Pro 380 and honestly who can be bothered?

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe I should just try Unity on this air and see what happens. Binaries and Dead End Job were both developed on macbooks.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

What kind of macbook are you on? I use a Macbook Air ('23 / M2) for non-dev stuff. Could be tempted to go back up to a new Pro

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

I posted this at the weekend and it got _nothing_. Maybe that guy was right and Bluesky is a dead platform after all.

Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 11d

🎵Another dimension, new galaxy…🎵

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

that movie was so bad, but everyone seemed to let it off the hook cause it was "feel good". Feel good if you're Jon Faverau, maybe.

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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 9d

I'd really like a windows development laptop where the fan doesn't go mental the whole time (unlike when Unity's running on my Razor one). Does such a thing exist?

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 10d

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

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