Joni van der Leeuw

I made a song About AI Without AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=25QT... (production by @sonyafx.bsky.social !)

Train travels

Fiddling around with new camera

The making of Syo Data - about Sodade and AI imitating art jonivanderleeuw.substack.com/p/the-making...

We finally founded the foundation, @wisproy.bsky.social !

After more than 5 years (with a couple of lapses) toiling away at it, today I finally saw the credits role on Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure! 💪 Can still highly recommend! #nintendo #game #exercise

Klimaatverandering is niet cool. (In actie komen wel!) Met @gijsbertraadgever.bsky.social

This grown man reached S rank in #Splatoon this season and is very proud of this.

🎉CCM2 was selected for "The Wholesome Games Celebration" on Steam! 🥳We're SO proud to be in this lineup of incredible cozy games!😻 Get ready for discounts, world premieres… and free demos (incl. ours👀)! 💜August 6 at 10am PT / 1pm ET 🩷Thank you, @wholesomegames.com!

Week 28! (The last one before a summer break) - Hardship fund for laid off game developers - CVC takes a majority stake in Distrokid - WerkPlant is taking a break to come back strong in September! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

We had to skip a week because of a heatwave (!), but we're back for week 27! - Strikes at Ubisoft Barcelona - Emerging opportunities in indie film - Intro video for Platform ACCT; the dutch organization focused on working conditions in culture and creative werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 25! - AHK organizes workshop for starters in their Culture Club on September 7 - Indiegamesbusiness.com opens submissions for their Prismatic Indie Showcase - We had an intro with the Creatieve Coalitie and intend to collaborate more in the future! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 24! - Gamesindustry.biz interview with House House about Big Walk - European Commission approves UMG's acquisition of Downtown, but with some important conditions - ... and we've posted some openings on the WerkPlant website! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Bonus episode of the WerkPlant podcast! We visited A MAZE and Indigo and asked folks about their independence score. Check it out: open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

Week 23! - Organized resistance of musicians and composers against generative AI in Europe and in the US - WerkPlant attended Indigo in Rotterdam! - Paperwork for the WerkPlant foundation is filed! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

We skipped a week, but we're back for Week 21! - Culture Action Europe is calling out for input with a survey on the state of culture in Europe - ... and WerkPlant is finally founding the WerkPlant Foundation legal entity! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

I made some Star Fox techno music on a giant calculator youtu.be/05v8u0XADfM?...

Luister naar onze eerste Politieke Dieren Deventer podcast. Elke week praten we jullie bij over de belevenissen van de Partij voor de Dieren fractie in Deventer. open.substack.com/pub/partijvo...

Like and subscribe kids youtu.be/iksXditdPVg?...

And week 19! - Conference report by Creative Roadz - Panel video on healthy working conditions at Artscenico, featuring @markdeuze.bsky.social - And we're gauging interest for a crowdfunding workshop on the WerkPlant Discord server! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 18! - A report on the Triple I initative - Bandcamp Friday - Workshop crowdfunding in the WerkPlant Discord by Voordekunst werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

WerkPlant Weekly Week 17! - Op-ed in MusicBusinessWorldwide about the need for artists to organize themselves - the last episode of the WerkPlant Podcast Season 03 werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

In the meantime, on www.werkplant.com, we've given a spotlight to the podcast. Here you can find summarries of the episodes, list of key take-aways and more options to filter episodes by, so you can easily find and access the content that is most relevant and valuable to you!

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just released! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e20-geo... @mercuryskies.bsky.social, a multidisciplinary creative and founder of Causa Creations, describes his journey from performance art to documentary and crowdfunded tabletop and digital games.

Week 16 already! - Basic income for artists in Ireland - Video of seminar about wellbeing in journalism by @markdeuze.bsky.social - The WerkPlant podcast is taking a break, starting next week werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 15! - The Artist Corporation launches DFOS, a better internet on the internet - Five indie studios join forces and pool resources in Nova Assembly - WerkPlant visited Creative Roadz, a conference for freelancers in the creative industry werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A group of five independent studios have established Nova Assembly, a developer-led alliance focused on sharing resources and expertise www.gamesindustry.biz/five-studios...

A new episode of the podcast just went up. This time @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com has a chat with Marga Rotteveel, who is a photographer, researcher and a teacher at the St Joost art academy in Den Bosch (NL), with a bunch to say on sustainable independence! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e19-mar...

Week 14! - @gibiz.bsky.social interview with the Romeros - Essay on work culture by @markdeuze.bsky.social - Update on the @werkplant.bsky.social website to make our podcast more accessible and useful werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Week 13! - The Artist Corporation passes its first law in Colorado - The WerkPlant podcast with Company New Heroes is out - ... and another episode featuring artist, researcher and teacher Marga Rotteveel is recorded and ready to release in two weeks! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just appeared! And it's a great one! A long, winding, energetic and inspiring conversation between our own @wisproy.bsky.social and Lucas de Man and Wouter Goedheer from Company New Heroes. Great stuff! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e18-sti...

Week 12! - Spotlight on an interesting interview by "The Industry" with the CEO of Legion M about alternative film funding - Playstation's Angie Smets and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com interviewed by @markdeuze.bsky.social about the state of the industry! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

🩷“Cat Cafe Manager 2: Big City Bliss” and its predecessor are featured in the @rogueduck.net #RelaxingEvent 2026 lineup!😽 👇Purr-fect time to wishlist CCM2 on Steam, no?🥰✨ #indiedev

Week 11! With a bunch of podcast news, an announcement of an event hosted by @markdeuze.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam next Tuesday and: - The European Parliament urges lawmakers to protect copyrights from AI companies - ...and more! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

We're getting more and more interesting guests on the WerkPlant podcast! Like Brigitte van der Sande, who shares about all her endeavours to bring culture to public spaces and telling the stories that need to be told about war (and peace!) all over the world. werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e17-bri...

Week 10 was a busy one for WerkPlant! - @markdeuze.bsky.social was mentioned in an article (in Dutch) in Het Financieel Dagblad about burnout - The podcast is looking for guests - We're in talks with educational institutes - and we're looking for assistance! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

And for the WerkPlant Weekly of week 09: - Artists start campaign against AI-music platform Suno - Sony develops a tool for fingerprinting the sources of AI generated music - New episode of the WerkPlant podcast featuring Esmeralda Hoffman werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! This time we're very proud to have Esmeralda Hoffman - freelance producer in the games industry - as a guest! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e16-esm...

Week 08 is wrapping up, time for the next WerkPlant Weekly! This week: - News about Artist Corporations - (De)Monopolization in the music industry - ... and WerkPlant podcast news! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

WerkPlant Weekly of Week 07! - Report on the impact of the 2025 employment act the games industry - Unsettling Spotify trends - The final episode in the WerkPlant podcast miniseries from @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! In this one, @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about risk/reward structures at their respective companies ( @wispfire.com and @roostgames.bsky.social ) werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e15-roy...

Almost time for the weekend, so right about time for the WerkPlant Weekly! - @bandcamp.com Friday! - @distrokid.com is looking to sell off its platform for self-distributing music - And some behind-the-scenes podcast updates werkplant.substack.com/p/copy-werkp...

WerkPlant Weekly 05! - Universal buys Stationhead, platform for independent artist to connect with superfans - Valve faces UK class action lawsuit for monopoly position - And @markdeuze.bsky.social joins the board of the WerkPlant foundation! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast just went live! This time @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about their values, both personally and within their studios @roostgames.bsky.social and @wispfire.com Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e14-roy...

Week 04! With this week: - The launch of independend music financing platform Pipeline - The importance of discoverability for indie games - Grassroot music venues operating on increasingly tight margins Check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/werkplant-...

Another week, another WerkPlant Weekly. With this time: - US federal court rules that songwriters can reclaim their copyrights - The Artists Corporation posts their annual letter - And a new episode of the WerkPlant podcast! open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

A new episode of the WerkPlant podcast! In which @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com talk about decision making and how that process is organized in their studios ( @wispfire.com and @roostgames.bsky.social, respectively) - check it out! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e13-roy...

For the first time in over 10 years I was in a music studio today… to work on some of my own music, together with @sonyafx.bsky.social. A little scary but mostly very exciting and a lot of fun! To be continued…

The first WerkPlant Weekly of 2026! With this week: - Phasmophobia developer launching indie publishing initiative - @moreperfectunion.bsky.social producing insightful videos on sustainable independence (not just in the creative industry) open.substack.com/pub/werkplan...

In this special end-of-year-episode @wisproy.bsky.social and @jonivanderleeuw.substack.com look back on how far we've come with WerkPlant in 2025 and what our plans, hopes and dreams are for the foundation in 2026! werkplant.substack.com/p/s03e12-roy...