Claire Blackshaw
@evilkimau.bsky.social
Creative Programmer and VR junkie.
Personal Account. Technical Director @ FP ex Adobe / Mm / Sony / Climax among others
Personal Account. Technical Director @ FP ex Adobe / Mm / Sony / Climax among others
Next week I'm going to
A| and Games Conference
Looking forward to it
Not all grifters or bs. Procgen, behaviour trees, moderation tools and better testing. My first degree is in field and it's part of the magic of code.
Just like I don't let the BS break my love of VR. Embrace good reject bad
A| and Games Conference
Looking forward to it
Not all grifters or bs. Procgen, behaviour trees, moderation tools and better testing. My first degree is in field and it's part of the magic of code.
Just like I don't let the BS break my love of VR. Embrace good reject bad
November 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Next week I'm going to
A| and Games Conference
Looking forward to it
Not all grifters or bs. Procgen, behaviour trees, moderation tools and better testing. My first degree is in field and it's part of the magic of code.
Just like I don't let the BS break my love of VR. Embrace good reject bad
A| and Games Conference
Looking forward to it
Not all grifters or bs. Procgen, behaviour trees, moderation tools and better testing. My first degree is in field and it's part of the magic of code.
Just like I don't let the BS break my love of VR. Embrace good reject bad
Reposted by Claire Blackshaw
A bunch of bug fixes for Augmental Puzzles, and a big thank you for your feedback and poll votes. Quest now has an on-screen keyboard for feedback, plus fewer hitches. We're working on one for Steam next.
flammablepenguins.com/augmental_pu... #vr #gamedev
flammablepenguins.com/augmental_pu... #vr #gamedev
Halloween Hike Patch Notes | Augmental Puzzles
Augmental Puzzles, Halloween Hike: an experiment in word puzzles and stories. Campgrounds, a new mode where every board hides a word, and Halloween Hike, our first story pack, where every solve…
flammablepenguins.com
November 2, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Go play this lovely chill out game. Rob makes great stuff and is a lovely #indiedev based in London.
It was supposed to be a short 3-6 month project... but after 18 months my new little game Hokko Spaces is OUT NOW out now on Steam and Nintendo Switch!
I'm so happy and so thankful for the work done by my lovely collaborators!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2907400/...
youtu.be/JLO8JP2DR38?...
I'm so happy and so thankful for the work done by my lovely collaborators!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2907400/...
youtu.be/JLO8JP2DR38?...
Hokko Spaces | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Team17
youtu.be
October 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Go play this lovely chill out game. Rob makes great stuff and is a lovely #indiedev based in London.
Been doing a lot of thinking of how to reach puzzle heads with our logic puzzles in #VR. Its a niche over a niche but I think it is there and we aren't reaching it well. Also I need to get better at #marketing #gamdev *(¬_¬)* any tips welcome
October 29, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Been doing a lot of thinking of how to reach puzzle heads with our logic puzzles in #VR. Its a niche over a niche but I think it is there and we aren't reaching it well. Also I need to get better at #marketing #gamdev *(¬_¬)* any tips welcome
The new campgrounds mode is being presented with a story pack called "Halloween Hike" its a nice little experiment to see how that goes.
Also thanks to the server we are running an in-game poll for what you would like to see more of?
#gamedev #poll #sudoku
Also thanks to the server we are running an in-game poll for what you would like to see more of?
#gamedev #poll #sudoku
Sudoku, but the answer is a word.
Our new mode Campgrounds is out, and with it Halloween Hike: a spooky story we hid inside 101 puzzles. Solve a board and its line comes out of the dark. Five chapters, one cabin, one scream.
Meta Quest and Steam. flammablepenguins.com/augmental_pu...
Our new mode Campgrounds is out, and with it Halloween Hike: a spooky story we hid inside 101 puzzles. Solve a board and its line comes out of the dark. Five chapters, one cabin, one scream.
Meta Quest and Steam. flammablepenguins.com/augmental_pu...
October 29, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Working on a new mode. Just the visual side atm. Though super happy with how it's coming along. #puzzle #gamedev #screenshotsaturaday
October 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Working on a new mode. Just the visual side atm. Though super happy with how it's coming along. #puzzle #gamedev #screenshotsaturaday
Going live with chill friday steam twitch.tv/kimau
October 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Going live with chill friday steam twitch.tv/kimau
First step towards our multiplayer update. For now its better score boards with snazzy new identities.
The Community Patch is out! Augmental Puzzles now runs on its own puzzle server. Make a Puzzler Card with your own name and heraldry crest, bring your old save across in one step, and enjoy Nonogram clues that tell the truth.
www.flammablepenguins.com/augmental_puzzles/patch_2026_community.html
www.flammablepenguins.com/augmental_puzzles/patch_2026_community.html
October 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
First step towards our multiplayer update. For now its better score boards with snazzy new identities.
ITV Re𝚏𝚘𝚛𝗆 doc is really worth a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4h...
Undercover Inside Reform UK: Full ITV Exposure Documentary
YouTube video by ITV News
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2026 at 11:21 AM
ITV Re𝚏𝚘𝚛𝗆 doc is really worth a watch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4h...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp4h...
Reposted by Claire Blackshaw
This weekend for #LDJam old tech theme Claire ported Colour Sudoku to the Gameboy Colour. Play online or on your GBC kimau.itch.io/colorduko
October 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This weekend for #LDJam old tech theme Claire ported Colour Sudoku to the Gameboy Colour. Play online or on your GBC kimau.itch.io/colorduko
Even when I take a break from Augmental I can't stop myself XR ported to Gameboy Colour and it runs great on my @modretro.bsky.social
#ldjam Old Tech theme so have Colour based Sudoku on Gameboy Colour
ldjam.com/events/ludum...
#ldjam Old Tech theme so have Colour based Sudoku on Gameboy Colour
ldjam.com/events/ludum...
ldjam.com
October 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Even when I take a break from Augmental I can't stop myself XR ported to Gameboy Colour and it runs great on my @modretro.bsky.social
#ldjam Old Tech theme so have Colour based Sudoku on Gameboy Colour
ldjam.com/events/ludum...
#ldjam Old Tech theme so have Colour based Sudoku on Gameboy Colour
ldjam.com/events/ludum...
Desk upgrade... and people wonder why I yearn for a pure XR work environment. No headset has quite hit it for me but its sooo close.
My desktop headset needs to be wired, flawless desktop connection and support multiple systems with wireless dongles to arbitary capture HDMI/DP connections
My desktop headset needs to be wired, flawless desktop connection and support multiple systems with wireless dongles to arbitary capture HDMI/DP connections
October 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Desk upgrade... and people wonder why I yearn for a pure XR work environment. No headset has quite hit it for me but its sooo close.
My desktop headset needs to be wired, flawless desktop connection and support multiple systems with wireless dongles to arbitary capture HDMI/DP connections
My desktop headset needs to be wired, flawless desktop connection and support multiple systems with wireless dongles to arbitary capture HDMI/DP connections
Today's stream will likely go long and be a bit looser than usual feel like just doing some chatting and working on stream. Chill friday chat twitch.tv/kimau
Kimau - Live on Twitch
Storming onwards with community update | Streaming augmental puzzles.
twitch.tv
October 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Today's stream will likely go long and be a bit looser than usual feel like just doing some chatting and working on stream. Chill friday chat twitch.tv/kimau
Doing a bit of a cleanup of my study trying to rearrange everything and I've just been sorting through and I found these bits and bobs from the dreams days.
So I thought I'd share some random reflections.
So I thought I'd share some random reflections.
October 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Doing a bit of a cleanup of my study trying to rearrange everything and I've just been sorting through and I found these bits and bobs from the dreams days.
So I thought I'd share some random reflections.
So I thought I'd share some random reflections.
I really wish more people realised how bullshit Linear No Threshold (LNT) the standard rad measure for decades has caused more harm than good. So much fear without science has actively damaged humanity. Great video on it. youtu.be/gzdLdNRaPKc
Big Nuclear’s Big Mistake - Linear No-Threshold
YouTube video by Kyle Hill
youtu.be
October 11, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I really wish more people realised how bullshit Linear No Threshold (LNT) the standard rad measure for decades has caused more harm than good. So much fear without science has actively damaged humanity. Great video on it. youtu.be/gzdLdNRaPKc
Not saying there aren't issues with AI, Social Media ect... but ye gods the amount of media that conflates the fall of US with fall of the world are so bloody insipid. Esp when it refuses to acknowledge the conditions which led to its dominance.
Speak to more historians and zoom out.
Speak to more historians and zoom out.
October 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Not saying there aren't issues with AI, Social Media ect... but ye gods the amount of media that conflates the fall of US with fall of the world are so bloody insipid. Esp when it refuses to acknowledge the conditions which led to its dominance.
Speak to more historians and zoom out.
Speak to more historians and zoom out.
Balance assistance ux assistance and memory vs annotation in puzzle design is tough. Would be curious from my puzzle design friends what's your vibe? Any personal rules?
Tough #gamedesign question is how much help the UI gives the player. We have one of these issues with #nonograms where my dumb ADHD brain keeps falling into the same trap. Should we make this change or is it too much?
October 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Balance assistance ux assistance and memory vs annotation in puzzle design is tough. Would be curious from my puzzle design friends what's your vibe? Any personal rules?
Seeing the Sony patent sell off to Meta makes me sad. No way to tell if my patents were sold but I don't think so. Looks to be Sony Group not PlayStation sub. Also its 419 patents some of which are XR related. Also there is likely a licence back clause. Still makes me sad.
October 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Seeing the Sony patent sell off to Meta makes me sad. No way to tell if my patents were sold but I don't think so. Looks to be Sony Group not PlayStation sub. Also its 419 patents some of which are XR related. Also there is likely a licence back clause. Still makes me sad.
Here is the thing you can't copyright sewing patterns, cooking recipes, any fonts (only the software) and deffo not math.
This is because copyright was made to enhance the public domain by providing a space for individuals to do difficult things and make profit.
This is because copyright was made to enhance the public domain by providing a space for individuals to do difficult things and make profit.
Holy shit. Someone has decompiled the Adobe suite, rebuilt it in Rust and released it as open source.
Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update.
getartcraft.com/apps
Either all software is dead or the US copyright laws are about to receive an update.
getartcraft.com/apps
Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools
Image editing, vector illustration, video, photography, PDFs, motion graphics and page layout: seven native, open-source apps from the ArtCraft team, built in Rust and free to use.
getartcraft.com
October 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Here is the thing you can't copyright sewing patterns, cooking recipes, any fonts (only the software) and deffo not math.
This is because copyright was made to enhance the public domain by providing a space for individuals to do difficult things and make profit.
This is because copyright was made to enhance the public domain by providing a space for individuals to do difficult things and make profit.
ADHD fun mode my brain was fully nerd snipped doing inktober sketch... Wait what if I did irregular sudoku but with letters, enter my favourite isogram (word with unique letters) campgrounds. Oh neat letters instead of numbers and augmental code kinda already works #adhd #gamedev
October 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Back from break small update on Augmental and Solving some puzzles. twitch.tv/kimau #gamedev #update
Kimau - Live on Twitch
Back from break lets solve some Daily and chat about updates | Streaming augmental puzzles.
twitch.tv
October 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Back from break small update on Augmental and Solving some puzzles. twitch.tv/kimau #gamedev #update
If you don't think coding is creative fuck you and you are the problem. Some of the most creative people I know are maths majors.
October 1, 2026 at 7:09 AM
If you don't think coding is creative fuck you and you are the problem. Some of the most creative people I know are maths majors.