Mike C

@everyone It’s the meow-ment you’ve been waiting for! We’re happy to announce Little Kitty, Big City will be officially releasing on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store next Monday October 12th, 2026! 📱🐾 You can pre-register NOW on both platforms!

My boss, to his credit, argued over and over with the c-level who pushed the AI — “we already have Stella and she’s funny and she’s good at this, she’s done live games before so live ops are no problem,” etc — but the suit insisted “gamers love new tech” so using AI would be “great marketing”

Kitty's on the move! Little Kitty, Big City is coming to Android and Apple devices! You'll be able to get your paws on it later this year. 🐾📱🐈‍⬛ The wait's worth it, we purr- omise! Check out the announcement trailer and pounce onto preorders with the App and Google Play Stores!

that direct could have been an email

INFERNO. 18 TRACKS. 70 MINUTES. 2xLP, CD, DIGITAL. 29 MAY 2026. boardsofcanada.com

> revenue remains flat for 5 years > 1 game is 80% of revenue > double company size > somehow have 5,000 people working 1 game, a digital store, and an engine > digital store still doesn’t have sizable market share vs a company that has 350 employees > whatcouldgowrong

Temp assets should be as obvious as error'd assets

We are absolutely over the moon about this beautiful website @sega.jp made for the physical Switch edition of Little Kitty, Big City, releasing in Japan June 18th! ありがとうニャ !

QQ: is anyone in my network a 2D pixel artist looking for contract work? I have a good friend who is looking for someone to help them on a small project 🙂 If so, send me a msg and I’ll intro yall!

I don’t think people know how common this is

Incredible. Prev project of mine was offered 70/30 (in their favor, until recoup, then 60/40) and 60/40 (in their favor, forever). Both also owned all IP and sequel rights. I was told “that’s standard” by many people. Absolutely crazy for those pubs who did nothing more than throw money at you.

I don’t know how you can work at a company like this and have a clear conscious

I wish people knew how insane the desktop stack is. It’s like 4 different runtimes of different versions and layers of layers of brokers. It’s a nightmare of components run by different teams

It’s kinda weird to even have that recommendation when PS5 and Xbox ship with 16GB.

Need a last minute Valentine for the purr-fect person in your life? Kitty’s got you covered! Print out these adorable free valentines and give them to your friends and loved ones! 🥰😻 Printable here: littlekittybigcity.com/freebies

literally survivorship bias. how'd "Bioware magic" work out for them in the end?

I spoke to @fortune.com about my upcoming book Super Nintendo and the secret(s) to Nintendo's enduring success - a large part of which is cultivating and caring for developers instead of hiring and firing everyone in yearly cycles. (Book deets: linktr.ee/super_nintendo) fortune.com/2025/11/28/s...

HAZE 1.1.4 is live, bringing orthographic camera support in scene view and play mode ✨ Time to make those isometric dioramas even *more* atmospheric 🌫 Check it out here: assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx...

I'm not surprised. I still really want a spicy GDC roundtable that's just shit-talking indie publishers because there's just soooo much tea. If they can't even reply to the IGF what makes you think they'll reply to that 1m+ sub streamer? Or brand who wants $$$ collab?

PSA: If you want to render an SDF texture using an Image component and Text Mesh Pro, you can! You need to copy the SDF shader and make two small tweaks, which I've explained in a blog post here: blog.roytheunissen.com/2025/10/08/r... #unity3d #gamedev

‘Jeff the human cat isn’t real. He can’t hurt you.’ Jeff the human cat:

making HL2 inspired Z-billboarded volumetric light shader in godot. love this trick for how stupidly effective it is for distant lights

he’s so real for this

game dev joys: discovering you can use the new customizer feature to make the entire cat lime green, turn them into a green screen and overlay a king gizzard video on there

Here is my charity pin I designed for King Gizzard for Field of Vision! All proceeds will go to PfCA, a grassroots movement building a vibrant community for 2SLGBTQIA+ and Gender-diverse people in rural Colorado. I was so honored to make this

Hey everybody, especially you cool cats in SoCal! Little Kitty, Big City will have a booth at CatCon in Pasadena this weekend, August 2nd and 3rd! We will have new merch to check out, a gachapon prize machine, and a station where you can play a demo of our UPCOMING UPDATE. 👀👀 catconworldwide.com

I both extremely love and hate this game at the same time 😂

www.catherinejue.com/fast “No one asks for fast software” I’m trying to not be snarky, but this is standard in the game industry. 16ms budget is the norm

I got to go to "The Shape Of MOTHER" exhibition in Tokyo today. A gorgeous display of the original 180 clay models from MOTHER 1 and 2. No pictures were allowed inside, but you must go see it if you're in Tokyo between now and Sept. A truly special exhibition. I'm so happy I got to see it!

If you want to actually solve the problem, instead of punishing itch, start calling payment cos Collective Shout, which is run by people who get published by Spinifex, a very terf-seeming organization, apparently needed 1,000 people to yell at visa to get this done. We got more than 1000 people.

Who’s getting hyped for our upcoming 🌟free update?🌟 Here’s some new art to tide you over for the meow-ment…

Hiring and firing is _very_ expensive. Even more so when knowledge and team cohesion is lost. Want to make games cheaper? Have a lean team that works well and can move quickly. The bloat is insane

The US Army marched through Washington DC yesterday to commemorate its 250th year. Many officials were in attendance, including Secretary Pete Hegseth. To show his support for the Army, he wore a camo tie. Personally, I think there was a more sophisticated choice 🧵

Hey #UE5 - if you're working on something #stylized and are looking for an integrated solution for cel shading that lets you ditch post-processing or bespoke unlit materials, my engine fork might be for you! 🧵 github.com/hippowombat/...

We have paw-some news to share coming straight from today’s Wholesome Direct! Kitty is back to commit more hijinks this summer in a brand-new free content update coming to Little Kitty, Big City on all platforms: The Picture Purrfect Update! Here’s the trailer:

We have a special announcement tomorrow during the @wholesomegames.com direct, starting at 9 AM PST! Be sure to tune in!