Noah Magnolia

Noah Magnolia

@noah.aesthetic.games

Working on @australiadidit.gg and other treats at @aesthetic.games // (they/he) ❤️

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Our game launches soon! You can go wishlist it now!!!

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

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every bash command on linux is blplk -avqPmr o7 . ~/ every powershell command on windows is Please-Mister-Computer -Could-You-Kindly-Do-Me -This Favor ".\"

Just found out I've probably needed glasses my whole life? It turns out things aren't normally blurry when they're a bit far from you? You CAN read small text at a distance??? Fucked up.

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Whenever I hear of a studio that has “grown 50%” since their last successful release, I get worried. So many companies grow way too fast. On the other hand you see small teams staying small, and doing great work for decades. A successful game can keep you afloat for ages if you stay small.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

How Star Wars: Galactic Racer kept the core team small and sustainable through distributed development. "When you shrink, there's a personal impact to people, but you also lose an incredible amount of knowledge, which I think is probably way more expensive to retrieve" https://bit.ly/4hT02qg

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#ROCGameFest alum Australia Did It, which was developed locally by @aesthetic.games, will be released on November 10! For now, you can check out the new trailer right here…

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

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OMG so hyped to see people play this!!

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

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Oh hey, this is a lot sooner than I was expecting. Game looks great, get on it.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

I missed this post! Thanks for having us! This talk was a blast.

Rochester Game Festival@rocgamefest.bsky.social

#ROCGameFest 2026 is a go! Aesthetician Labs delivered a great keynote on the advantages of making and playing small games! Thanks @aesthetic.games!

At least I look cute in the one pair of budget friendly frames that fit my face

Noah Magnolia@noah.aesthetic.games

Just found out I've probably needed glasses my whole life? It turns out things aren't normally blurry when they're a bit far from you? You CAN read small text at a distance??? Fucked up.

Just found out I've probably needed glasses my whole life? It turns out things aren't normally blurry when they're a bit far from you? You CAN read small text at a distance??? Fucked up.

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This is my best approximation of what it looks like without my glasses. The text on bluesky is legible but smaller text on screen SUPER is not. How did I not notice this???

Just found out I've probably needed glasses my whole life? It turns out things aren't normally blurry when they're a bit far from you? You CAN read small text at a distance??? Fucked up.

I just got my prescription and within 10s of wearing them my eyes relaxed (or like, my brain stopped compensating???) and now without the glasses the whole world is a double vision mess what the hell.

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God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

In Australia Did It we have a command called “trailermode” which toggles this kind of stuff. We also have a component you can attach to anything which basically just disables that thing if trailermode is on. It works pretty well!

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So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!

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i have unfortunately been affected by this, and will be leaving the studio at the end of this month. i will miss it dearly and am really hoping to make it back. ko_op is/was likely my last ride in games, but i am open to the right opportunity. deets on my experience in thread.

An important update from KO_OP.

I've had the chance to work with Noé lately and I can confirm everything that's being said in the other quotes. They are very thoughtful, kind, and a joy to work with!

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