Gabriel | mystal

Holy shit, the game I worked on for three years is finally announced! I did a lot of tech and combat design work on this game and I'm so proud of it. That big hammer weapon at the end of the trailer was my baby, I designed and implemented most of it with help from amazing artists and programmers :3

Bevy 0.19 is out now! It features Next Generation Scenes, Render Bigger Scenes Faster, Contact Shadows, More Feathers Widgets, Text Input, Richer Text, App Settings, Post Processing Effects, Improved Skinned Mesh Culling, and more! bevy.org/news/bevy-0-19

A friendly reminder that Double Fine's Psychodyssey is one of the finest pieces of media ever created, and a must-watch for anyone who cares about video games, yet somehow it's also completely free www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The news is true - you can hop in and start playing Spirit Crossing on Steam TODAY! Grab your friends - or come make some new ones - and come meet us in the Crosslands. 🧡 store.steampowered.com/app/2321960/...

Yeah I worked with a CA employment lawyer to make a 2 year rider, TL;DR the rider says that the studio is obligated to pay out 2 years of your salary if they don’t employ you for at least a year. And cover COBRA. qorquiq.itch.io/2-year-rider

We desperately need more studios like this not less

nearly ten years ago i participated in the first manifesto jam and i'm so glad @haraiva.bsky.social kept the ball rolling for #manifestojam2026 presenting: YOU HAVE TO BE A PERVERT a prayer for myself and anyone else who needs to hear it aerialshading.itch.io/you-have-to-...

"I'm okay with using LLMs for the sake of the team's work-life balance" is a really insidious thing to say because no tool (however effective) can give you work-life balance. Work-life balance comes from good boundaries, appropriate headcount, clear responsibilities, and realistic scheduling.

Cosmic horror is great because it just kinda invents itself. Spend a bit too long thinking about the sun and you realize it’s a radioactive death ball larger than your mind has capacity to comprehend, so inherently dangerous that looking directly at it will harm you, and it’s just sitting there.

I wrote a manifesto for making games, and (not) selling them, for #manifestojam illomens.itch.io/no-one-is-go...

"It is easier and more fulfilling to show me who you are than it is to try and triangulate who you think I want you to be." perfect, exquisite, no notes

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

Please Use AI

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

Show me your megastructures

Oops, I forgot to post this one here.

Don't mind me, I just found a good excuse to repost my Majora's Mask saga with the new 10 photos feature.

Lots of good replies in the quote reposts you all should check out! I'll be over here quietly thinking about what mine would be

The thing that gets me about using genAI for concepting is that all my collabs with concept artists made my designs way better. They ask the right questions and thus allow us to start with a much more solid foundation. It shows once again most people don't understand what concept art is for

MANIFESTO JAM 2026 An invitation/provocation for YOU to write a manifesto. Running for a full week from June 8th to June 15th (AEST). Participate and submit at: itch.io/jam/manifest...

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

Final Battle! 🔥 #finalfantasy

Those agendas and biases can be anything! Case in point: you think the fruit in the garden of eden was an apple because a guy translating the story into Latin wanted to make a pun.

“Perhaps the most damaging experience of all though is not simply the illness itself. It is not being believed.” MSP Morven-May MacCallum speaking about her experience of Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses, including #MECFS, in the Scottish Parliament.

do u see the vision

What I need is FFXV-2. all my boys in short shorts rolling around in their beach cruiser doing side quests, just vibes, no world saving. There are 1000 new recipes and 500 more fish to catch. You can take cute selfies with every boss monster. There's a bros-only swimsuit contest

Okay I'm legit excited for gen ATLAS. It's hitting me in a similar spot that Eva and Pacific Rim and Big O do that no other mech game has so far

Every company could do this, they could accept the union and come to the table. It would be easy.

brain short circuited

This article is SO fucking funny. "The real problem is there aren't enough 50+ game designers!" Yeah, agreed. Any thoughts on why that might be? Like maybe the fact that this industry fires treats anyone over 35 as "not hungry enough", and relies on burning out a steady stream of younger devs? no?

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A reminder that our 'role-puzzling' game Arranger is 60% off on Steam/Switch, and also out/cheap on PS5, EGS, Itch, iOS, Android. It's everywhere, dammit! We're also not worlds away from an Overwhelmingly Positive rating, which would make me deeply happy. What if YOU left a review? arranger.quest

Someone actually did a study a while back that showed the most effective way to get women out of TERF groups wasn’t people trying to change their minds, it was them getting literally any benign hobby, like learning other languages or taking up needlework

At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.

Alright, it's that time again... Introducing NETHERSPIRE! A short 3D Metroidvania where you explore, platform and fight your way through the ruins of a colossal tower, and try to protect its ancient vault! 👇Wishlist it right here! s.team/a/4712470 #GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev