Jesse Himmelstein

D'ici une semaine, @emmamorin.bsky.social (Crush House, Reigns, Just Dance, ...) viens d'Angers pour nous présenter son expérience sur UI et UX. Ne le ratez pas la dernière Game Dev Afterwork de la saison à #Nantes ! @atlangames.com

📣 Game Dev Afterwork Nantes - mardi 12 mai à 19h à La Centrale Mini-conf par Emma Morin UX/UI designer (Reigns, Crush House, Just Dance…) “C’est quoi une bonne UX/UI dans le jeu vidéo ?” 📝 Inscription obligatoire www.helloasso.com/associations... Le showcase actu docs.google.com/presentation...

Les Producers ont-iels toute leur tête ? Mardi prochain c'est Romain Taupin qui nous fera une présentation sur le producing... ➡️ www.helloasso.com/associations...

Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes a lieu mardi 10 mars à 19h à La Centrale. Romain Taupin fera un talk sur le producing de jeu vidéo (Runes Studio, Endroad, Capital Games). Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations... Showcase : docs.google.com/presentation...

📢 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c'est la semaine prochaine mardi 13 janvier à 19h à la Centrale avec @roilulu.bsky.social Art Director, Character Designer et Game Artist ! Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...

Petit teaser de ma présentation au prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes 👀 Venez nombreuux

📣 Le prochain Game Dev Afterwork à Nantes, c’est mardi 13 janvier à 19h à La Centrale ! On accueillera @roilulu.bsky.social, Art Director, Character Designer et Game artist (Goodbye Volcano High, GNOG, Anarcute…). 📝 Inscription obligatoire : www.helloasso.com/associations...

In about 20 minutes I'll be live with @indiegamebusiness for a pitch deck review! Should be fun! It's at 4PM EST here: www.youtube.com/c/indiegameb... #gamedev #indiegame

Lovely post-Indigo gamedev dinner with some very chill peeps! @coreflux.bsky.social @adampype.bsky.social @pancakesamurai.bsky.social @heavenstone.net

Wouldn't these spritesheets work well as wallpaper for a kids room? #indiegame #gamedev

Check out the video of our new demo ! We added an illustrated intro and puzzles. Streamers and publishers - if you're interested in testing out demo, please tell me in the comments 😉 And give us some love ❤️ #indiegame #demo #gamedev #publisher #gamedesign #teaser

This Sunday I'm headed to Kraków for the #DigitalDragons #gamedev event. Despite living in Europe for the past 20 years, this will actually be my first time in Poland, and I'm excited to discover it! I've heard great things about the historic center. Hit me up if you're there and we can meet!

Comment créer un jeu VR ? J'ai hâte de découvrir ce va nous raconter Erwin Eninger sur la direction artistique de Blade & Sorcery chez @warpfrog.bsky.social Il présente le mardi 13 mai chez @atlangames.com. La billetterie est ici : lnkd.in/eBwVhE5P www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPd...

Who's hiding in the tree? Making levels for Secret Woods is a lot of fun! #indiegame #gamedev

We're adding sticker puzzles to our hidden objects game. I just worked on having a nice intro where the pieces fall. What do you think? #gamedev

Awesome interview by Gwen & Sam from @runawayparade.bsky.social to @npr.org about the devastating effects of tariffs on the indie board game industry www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Recently I ran a brainstorming workshop for a game about soil health for the Benchmarks EU project. The game is inspired by Reigns, and players make hard decisions and see how they impact the soil. After playing the rough prototype, the participants came up with new cards we can integrate.

I had a blast last week showing Secret Woods at the @londongamesfest.bsky.social. Most of the attendees were either streamers, publishers, students, or game devs. So I got to have a lot of fun conversations! Also, who knew that Secret Woods ran on a Steam Deck? I’m impressed!

ChatGPT likes me! 😂 Someone wrote on our website asking how to try our game. I figured they had seen Secret Woods at the London Games Festival last week. But when I asked how they heard about us, they wrote: "I ask to chatGPT for educational game on blockchain and it suggested you :)"

Quite a stark contrast at the #GDC bookshop this year! I guess video game culture is evolving. Or is it splitting in two?

I never saw so many game design books in one place as there was at the #GDC shop! I couldn't resist, and bought 2 that I'm sure to love. "Building Simcity" traces the classic city builder and the history of simulation games. "Game Balance" seems to be a bible on this most difficult of subjects.

I'm not exactly surprised, but given how often I see people ask ChatGPT questions rather than searching, it is alarming indeed. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/a...

Our game Secret Woods was accepted into the London Games Festival!

➕Playable at New Game Plus➕ 🪵 Secret Woods - Play Curious The Moss-t Fascinating Hidden-Object Adventure! A cozy hidden-object game about uncovering the wonders of an old-growth forest. 🎟️tickets.games.london | #LGF25 #NewGamePlus

@stfj.net I have a daily trivia game called Mixstory, and I wonder if it could be a good fit for Puzzmo. If you're at GDC I'd love to meet and get your thoughts. Thanks!

Life, the board game, seemed normal at the time, but now it feels more like you're a gangster who held up a bank, kidnapped some kids and is making a run for it.

I just got my tickets to my first #GDC! The Game Developers Conference is a huge #gamedev event, with something like 30k people attending. But because it is in San Franc, and it VERY expensive, I’ve never made it over there yet. Until this year! If you’re going too, let me know!

If you follow game dev, you might know that work conditions in big studios are often awful. To fight this, a French union (STJV) is organizing a global strike and made an incredible bundle to help raise some funds! Minami Lane and Froggy's Battle are both part of it ✊💕 Link ⬇️

If you're a tech person looking for a job, you might want to check out this list. A bunch are remote work... news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4291...

Here's a 30 second glimpse into Secret Woods, including some new gameplay elements #indiegame #gamedev