Bob De Schutter

Hey everyone, I'm Bob, a Belgian professor and indie dev. My research is on 50+ year old gamers. Portfolio: www.bobdeschutter.be Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/bobdeschutter/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/BobDS06 I post about work, horror games/movies, board games, punk/metal, and basketball/volleyball.

Happy to support this. An initiative like this has been long overdue. Count me in to defend the needs of aging players.

Hoping to wrap up the book cover today and I am staging the scene in Blender. Ortographic or vanishing point perspective? What do you all think? (I am aware that the shadows would not really cast like that, but that is okay—it's conceptual. 😁)

57 million Americans over 50 play video games, more than those under 18, but 69% say that games aren't designed with them in mind. news.northeastern.edu/2026/06/02/o... @nuglobalnews.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social @gamegrrrl.bsky.social #games #oldergamer #gamesandaging #lifelonggamer

Indie Hive launched in 2019. Here are some games we played back then that we think are still deserving of a spot on your Steam wishlist (if you don't own them already!. #IndieGames #WishlistWednesday @bobdeschutter.be @iceberg-int.bsky.social @terrycavanaghgames.com

Proud of Games at Northeastern GSND alumni Nabil Oueida, Srinivas Teja Bhattar and Kito They now go by Ludocratic Games as they've been pouring what they learned into their indie game "The Box is Alive" and a Kickstarter campaign. Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud...

What is the “Stop Killing Games” initiative, and will it hold sway with regulators? @northeasternu.bsky.social game designer @bobdeschutter.be weighs in on the movement.

So far 2025 hasn't disappointed for horror movies. Sinners, 28 Years Later, Companion, Final Destination and Ugly Stepsister would make for a fine top 5 at the end of any year and we're just halfway there.

The Accessibility Wizard from @steampowered.com is a serious step forward, even if there's still room for refinement. What stands out most is how genuinely satisfying it feels to progress through the checklist. Hoping motivates devs to include more game accessibility features.

Even from my perch inside gamedev, I had no idea it was already this bad. The rot is spreading. A necessary, sobering read. (gift link)

I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it's worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now.

Was on a video call when my screen froze for a bit. For some reason it left a gaping hole in my face creepy enough for folks to take a screenshot. Maybe this is all a simulation after all?

Pretty stoked about this #SXSW panel on how 50+ year old gamers are a massive and underserved opportunity for the game industry.

I'll be at SXSW from 3/9 through 3/12 and at GDC from 3/18 through 3/22. Drop me a message if you'd like to meet up to talk age-friendly game design or anything else. :-)

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

Forgot to mention that we were in the New York Times![*] . . . . . [*] kids supplement

Remember when the pandemic began and everyone started accommodating remote work? Everyone began showing brand new movies and live concerts streaming? Disabled people had been fighting for this for decades. Now it’s all taken away. It’s not that they can’t accommodate us, they just don’t want to.

Ooh, we got 5 excellent papers from this year's Polaris game design conference. A good crop. Looking forward to getting them up on the website for everyone. If you want to check out previous year's papers, check out: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/

The next edition of GAconf will be at the Pullman St Pancras Hotel, London, on April 14th & 15th. And hybrid, also free to attend online. Two days of talks and networking on accessibility for disabled players. Registration now open at GAconf.com! #accessibility #gamedev

"Games are ridiculously profitable. The same 2024 that saw record layoffs also saw record profits for nearly every publisher in the industry."

Curious to see where this will go. Living in the US Midwest for a while, it was shocking how average Americans have no idea about the quality of life abroad. Sounds like some are finding out now.

I don't teach a class that could directly implement the rubric but there are some great ideas in here that are useful for other classes and contexts as well. For example, I love the "that can be proudly shared outside the classroom" requirement.

For some reason I cannot help but think of Jim Henson seeing this.

I’ve been loving my quiet feeds on Bsky. They boost the voices of people you follow or are following you who post less frequently.

Oh, and my favorite concerts this year were: 1. Have Heart/Gel (Boston) 2. Brutus (San Francisco) 3. The Hives (Boston)

Love how Alan Wake II is packed with incredible details that bring the world to live. Just noticed the janitor has a unique idle animation when you're in the room—he occasionally glances at you, adding a subtle tension, but he never does it when you're out of sight.

i went without heating for the last 2 years of kitsune tails production. we have enough to run the heating now, but if you want to play gay fox girl SMB3 and help ensure the heating stays on, you can get it on sale now: store.steampowered.com/app/1325260/... itch: eniko.itch.io/kitsunetails

It's incredible what people create in their spare time for fun. Just ran into a website of someone who just casually threw together fully playable web-based single player digital versions of some excellent board games (such as Cthulhu Wars, Arcs, Vast and Discworld).

I have no idea what I just watched but all I know is that they're "a science team and they make methamphetamine."

“You’re getting worse at [your art], but you’re becoming a great marketer for a product which is less and less good.”

One underlooked thing that makes Baldur's Gate 3 infinitely replayable is how "Jaquaysed" every single part of its level design is. "Jaquaysing" is a term named for Jennell Jaquays, whose dungeons were beloved for their non-linearity. To "Jaquays" something is (reductively) to make it less linear.

Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ rating Blaming EU laws, blaming storefronts, waiting for the future. Sitting on their hands I thought some good might come of this, this sucks

Seeing ads for AI grading applications everywhere. So let's get this straight? The AI that is writing my students' papers is now offering to grade them?