come to my GDC 2026 talk with @fortebass.bsky.social!
GAME FUNDING: LESSONS FROM OUTERSLOTH
💰 what is indie survival
💰 how we run a fund (and you can too!)
💰 OUTERSLOTH CONTRACT reveal (whoaaA)
💰 this specific slide
🕐 Mar 9 @ 10:30am | @officialgdc.bsky.social
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Love this personal essay by Boen linking GTA V's radio stations to nostalgia, driving, and the messy realities of US urban infrastructure. A great start to this month's theme of Radios!
The car and the radio are inextricably linked in GTA V: it's impossible to discuss one without the other.
In our first article on Radios, Boen Wang explores how GTA V's music stations mesh with a fantastical vision of driving and US infrastructure.
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The Creative Director behind Sable has expanded: Not into a publishing scheme, but into culture journalism. @eteogames.bsky.social' Archetypes is a collection of writing by some of the best culture authors in games. We talked to @eteogreg.bsky.social about it.
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Throw on FlyLo FM and dig into our latest piece, from our newest Archetype - Radios. Boen Wang's nostalgia tinged dissection of Radio in GTA V
![Flying Lotus - More (feat. Anderson .Paak) [Official Video]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:psnaug4snmd37t325qhwqht5/bafkreidgtpmwf3sjh6gun6id46h74motfc5mitzwxz33p4rtkbon66xv3a@jpeg)
Reading this piece reminded me of the time I got to work with Shinichiro Watanabe on Flying Lotus' and Anderson .Paak's music video for MORE - a long time ago now, but an insane privilege
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Throw on FlyLo FM and dig into our latest piece, from our newest Archetype - Radios. Boen Wang's nostalgia tinged dissection of Radio in GTA V
after dozens of hours researching, playing, and learning i now present my first ever mini indie game nature documentary:
youtu.be/oogENt7XVbQ
more to follow soon
📖 THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE ❄️ is out NOW!
www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope
100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max...
ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!
RE9 devs watched Advent Children and said ‘yes’
Tie your sneakers and ready your camera 📸
TOEM 2 is launching this summer on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch
Add to your Steam Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2900640/...
📺 youtu.be/ttHxdcIOo00
Love it when you spend all evening chasing a bug that's stopping you from progressing and it turns out resetting Unity fixes it immediately
Man desperately trying to justify his Wii U purchase
Steam Next Fest is still going strong, and so is response to our new approach to physics in action games!! Try out Awaysis NOW!! store.steampowered.com/app/3334760/...
A strange forest, full of unsettling creatures
#procgen
Our monthly roundup post is here, recapping our articles on Skyboxes and recommending further reading on the subject. Take a look!
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40 years ago today, the first episode of "Dragon Ball" aired in Japan.
MEGACITY WEST IS OPEN TO ALL!
The Airframe Ultra demo is live for Steam Next Fest.
You’re either the fastest or you’re scrap metal.
"In some ways... excessive detailing prevents the player from being able to use their imagination and world-build in their mind."
This week's article examines the skyboxes of Final Fantasy 7 and its remake. Catch up here: vist.ly/4skbz
I almost forgot I wrote this piece, a little exploration of FFVII Remakes stunning skyboxes and skyboxes as a design tool for developers.
Enjoy!
Final call for your video game Skybox suggestions! Is there a video game sky that has particularly inspired you? Tell us on Discord and your comment could be featured in our monthly roundup.
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I desire the rock of forbidden dentures
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If you're an environment artist and you're based in the UK we will be hiring in the New Year. Job listing will be posted on our website in January.
#indiegame #gamedev
Thanks! Yeah they do a really nice job in KH, I love exploring the little vignettes that make up an area on noclip.website and seeing what tricks they use there
By showing glimpses of distant regions, skyboxes can encourage players to dream beyond a game's borders.
Such is the case in Final Fantasy 7, which Eteo founder @shedworksgreg.bsky.social unpacks in this week's Archetypes article.
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"We've got to bounce back" 🛰️
Interviewing @jumpovertheage.com taught us why Citizen Sleeper 2 is built around crisis, instability and the effort of recovery.
Check out the FULL conversation we had with them on Youtube!
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Our final article on skyboxes is by @eteogreg.bsky.social himself! Really good writing on why showing the player distant, unreachable places can be more effective for worldbuilding than letting them explore everything. Leave it to the imagination!
I almost forgot I wrote this piece, a little exploration of FFVII Remakes stunning skyboxes and skyboxes as a design tool for developers.
Enjoy!
Good luck! Looks great
Chengxi's storyboards originally had these two cuts at different angles. He told me to improvise as much as I wanted, so I figured I'd save the background department a cut.
