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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12h

I've seen Ulysse 31 with all my kids (aged 13 to 24). The humanist takes, designs, songs and animations have aged exceedingly well compared to Scifi wonders of old such as Gundam or Cobra. I believe Hades or Epic the musical are GenZ equivalent of Ulysse 31 🔥 so much potential.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 14h

Every two months with have a coffee with my co-founder (Art Director), we're almost reaching our phones to contact Jean Chalopin, remember his shady crypto and bank schemes, and end-up saying we might as well start working on Ancien Testament 31 because the IP is free. One day...

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 1d

Hey Rutile bon courage, les trolls se lassent, et votre travail restera. On est avec toi pour le lancement ça va déchirer✊

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Rutile @sparklerutile.bsky.social · 3d

Ça nous conforte en tout cas dans l’idée que le silence doit être brisé, et on compte sur votre soutien quand la bd sortira!

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 2d

She doesn't really look like her, but her mother Marlène Jobert was the archetype of a spunky woman lead in "Les Mariés de l'an II", a great classic from my childhood ⚔️(director is a relative of mine !)

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 3d

I’ve seen a few articles and it smells like a fully-engineered clickbait campaign, relayed by medias that pay so little that there are no journalists anymore, only ‘prompt journalists‘ who crank dozens of « articles » a day without any capacity to take a step back. Closing in on dead internet theory

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 3d

One thing also I noted in creative industries : people often have several projects brewing, at various phases of development. Then one gets funded, and they prioritize it. But when several get funded at the same time it’s hard to break commitments and then the workload explodes 🫠

Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 3d

Totally agree ! It’s harder when you love your work or when you‘re your own boss though. Work-life balance was never a problem for me for 20 years until it became one 🥲

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 4d

Be proud of you ! At least you’ll sleep better, and will be more available for better opportunities. The older I get the more I trust fate. I’m getting mystic 😱

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 4d

Sad but true. Steam is also « supporting the dev » with a monopolistic store where everyone is seemingly happy to help Gabe purchase Yachts in a collective prison of our own doing

Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 4d

Yeah finding the balance is hard. No one will blame you to take care of yourself and your immediate family, if only to take a breather. It’s a marathon. I often tell studio founders their first duty towards their employees is to take care of themselves, to be able to take care of others.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 6d

« Discarding the human behind » feels like the hidden motto of the sociopaths who own those companies

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 6d

Doing God's work 🙏

Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 8d

Meilleur nom de jeu

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 8d

I see only Fortnite Roblox and Minecraft, what else ?

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 9d

I’ve been in charge of setting up a full AI-powered VA pipeline. While result was good enough for daily-game builds placeholders, I suspect even bad voice acting would have been incomparably better. So far, GenAI is good for CEOs who see their employees as meat-LLM, little else.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 9d

I’ve been in charge of setting up a full AI-powered VA pipeline. While result was good enough for daily-game builds placeholders, I suspect even bad voice acting would have been incomparably better. So far, GenAI is good for CEOs who see their employees as meat-LLM, little else.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 9d

To be fair, VA are biased because they fear they might lose their jobs, but everyone else is biased because they have no idea what the job and challenges of voice acting is. Ditto : developer, game & narra designer, artist etc. We’re just bad at evaluating anything outside our field of expertise.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

GenAI art is still EASY to spot in 2025 and behind each « SORRY WE MISSED IT OOPS » there’s likely a lack of time, attention and budget for what is -DUH- your main marketing asset. Hire artists, art directors, pay them decently and I can guarantee you won’t have to issue sorry-ass press communicates

Third Éditions @thirdeditions.bsky.social · 12d

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 11d

Noctober 🫠

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

Her art ages so gracefully 🥰

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

Congrats Tarja ! 🔥

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

GenAI art is still EASY to spot in 2025 and behind each « SORRY WE MISSED IT OOPS » there’s likely a lack of time, attention and budget for what is -DUH- your main marketing asset. Hire artists, art directors, pay them decently and I can guarantee you won’t have to issue sorry-ass press communicates

Third Éditions @thirdeditions.bsky.social · 12d

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

Même wizard of the coast, probablement le client le plus consommateur et renommé d’illustrations fantasy, tombe dans le panneau. Un artiste ça se choisit avec amour et ça se paye décemment, sinon on a ce genre d’incidents industriels. Et si on n’a pas les skills pour, on recrute un DA.

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Stephane Rappeneau @weird-loop.com · 12d

Merci de le préciser ! J’ai montré l’illus au studio et tout le monde était mdr tellement l’IA était évidente, et il semble que le portfolio de l’artiste était un red flag ambulant. Derrière chaque CP de ce genre je m’interroge aussi sur le soin pris à sélectionner les artistes et le budget.

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