Sam Lock
@samlock.bsky.social
33 He/Him Abertay Game Design and Production Graduate
Audio Designer for Spike Candy Games
https://soundcloud.com/sam-lock-game-dev
https://s-lock.itch.io/
Audio Designer for Spike Candy Games
https://soundcloud.com/sam-lock-game-dev
https://s-lock.itch.io/
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Through the first two vols. of this and, my god, what a resource @brunodias.bsky.social has put together with this. I'm not a narrative designer, but if I had this resource when I was working as a games scholar would've deeply changed the trajectory of my work.
www.gamenarrativereader.org
www.gamenarrativereader.org
The Game Narrative Reader
A textbook-like anthology of classic essays and articles about video game narrative design.
www.gamenarrativereader.org
July 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Through the first two vols. of this and, my god, what a resource @brunodias.bsky.social has put together with this. I'm not a narrative designer, but if I had this resource when I was working as a games scholar would've deeply changed the trajectory of my work.
www.gamenarrativereader.org
www.gamenarrativereader.org
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SAY Award Design Commission💡
Are you an artist, designer or maker living or working in a DD postcode? Do you have potential ideas for this year's SAY Award prizes that will embed sustainability + be inspired by the city of Dundee? We want to hear from you!
Are you an artist, designer or maker living or working in a DD postcode? Do you have potential ideas for this year's SAY Award prizes that will embed sustainability + be inspired by the city of Dundee? We want to hear from you!
The SAY (Scottish Album of the Year) Award | Design Commission
Each year, The SAY Award Design Commission sees an artist, designer or maker to create bespoke prizes for the bands and artists being celebrated at The SAY Award Ceremony, highlighting the enduring links between music, art and design in Scotland. Previous makers have fabricated jesmonite arches, use...
www.sayaward.com
July 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
SAY Award Design Commission💡
Are you an artist, designer or maker living or working in a DD postcode? Do you have potential ideas for this year's SAY Award prizes that will embed sustainability + be inspired by the city of Dundee? We want to hear from you!
Are you an artist, designer or maker living or working in a DD postcode? Do you have potential ideas for this year's SAY Award prizes that will embed sustainability + be inspired by the city of Dundee? We want to hear from you!
Early prototype of my 4th year honours project at Abertay.
'Who's Afraid of Blue Notes' a digital music experience controlled by a midi keyboard. Designed to be accessible to those who have no musical experience. Made with Unreal Engine and Max/MSP
#UnrealEngine #MaxMSP #Abertay
'Who's Afraid of Blue Notes' a digital music experience controlled by a midi keyboard. Designed to be accessible to those who have no musical experience. Made with Unreal Engine and Max/MSP
#UnrealEngine #MaxMSP #Abertay
February 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Early prototype of my 4th year honours project at Abertay.
'Who's Afraid of Blue Notes' a digital music experience controlled by a midi keyboard. Designed to be accessible to those who have no musical experience. Made with Unreal Engine and Max/MSP
#UnrealEngine #MaxMSP #Abertay
'Who's Afraid of Blue Notes' a digital music experience controlled by a midi keyboard. Designed to be accessible to those who have no musical experience. Made with Unreal Engine and Max/MSP
#UnrealEngine #MaxMSP #Abertay
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building game #12!!!!!! this ones kinda like sims build mode cause you can furnish the interiors. u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/halftimber #gamedev
January 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
building game #12!!!!!! this ones kinda like sims build mode cause you can furnish the interiors. u can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/halftimber #gamedev
2nd 4th year game jam innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io/tide-together
Tide Together by IMA, BlueJay1409, S_Lock, Lucy!!
innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
2nd 4th year game jam innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io/tide-together
soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam... New song for a new game jam
Tide Together
4th year Abertay Game Design student
soundcloud.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam... New song for a new game jam
First 4th year game jam s-lock.itch.io/theclimb
The Climb by S_Lock, IMA, BlueJay1409, Lucy!!, murio1126
s-lock.itch.io
October 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
First 4th year game jam s-lock.itch.io/theclimb
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We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...
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Help out around the resort and explore the sunny island! innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io/sun-dog
Sun Dog by IMA, AgentKJH
Dog wears a disguise to drink beer
innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io
June 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Help out around the resort and explore the sunny island! innesmackenzieaitken.itch.io/sun-dog
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Ultima Thule by @leviagames.bsky.social; investigate the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a small island in the North Sea and KEEP THE LIGHT ON. Mentored by @veryevildemons.com:
leviagames.itch.io/thule
leviagames.itch.io/thule
Ultima Thule by Leviathan Games, AdrianHR, S_Lock, Jeffery Wick, Connerjharper444
Eerie Mystery Game based on a true story
leviagames.itch.io
June 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ultima Thule by @leviagames.bsky.social; investigate the disappearance of three lighthouse keepers on a small island in the North Sea and KEEP THE LIGHT ON. Mentored by @veryevildemons.com:
leviagames.itch.io/thule
leviagames.itch.io/thule
A sneak peek at the main theme for a game jam game soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam...
Sun Dog Theme
Theme song for a Game Jam game
soundcloud.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A sneak peek at the main theme for a game jam game soundcloud.com/sam-lock-gam...
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A thread to celebrate the 3rd Year Professional Project games our students at @AbertayUni delivered this year. I'm linking to a dozen in the thread but all 31 can be found on our showcase page here:
itch.io/jam/professi...
Please, get in touch if you want to mentor next year.
itch.io/jam/professi...
Please, get in touch if you want to mentor next year.
June 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A thread to celebrate the 3rd Year Professional Project games our students at @AbertayUni delivered this year. I'm linking to a dozen in the thread but all 31 can be found on our showcase page here:
itch.io/jam/professi...
Please, get in touch if you want to mentor next year.
itch.io/jam/professi...
Please, get in touch if you want to mentor next year.
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i hope he does this. i would love so much if there was a new rightwing party in the US that only ever gets 6% of the national vote. that’d be so sick
June 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
i hope he does this. i would love so much if there was a new rightwing party in the US that only ever gets 6% of the national vote. that’d be so sick
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The European Union is working on its own web index to allow search engines based on the continent to stop relying on Google or Bing for their results. An important step to seriously sidelining those companies.
OpenWebSearch – a European index for European search engines
: Plus: How to make Google less unhelpful
www.theregister.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The European Union is working on its own web index to allow search engines based on the continent to stop relying on Google or Bing for their results. An important step to seriously sidelining those companies.
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In the latest episode of QAA, we interview @milesklee.bsky.social about his chilling article on ChatGPT encouraging religious psychosis in its users, and I explore how the Christians who claim AI is demonic are wrong, but not *wrong* wrong on.soundcloud.com/UmtjAVCbA3xk...
God, the Devil, and AI feat. Miles Klee (E323)
People use generative artificial intelligence to troubleshoot technical problems, churn out anime-inspired images based on their personal photos, and drive university professors who teach undergrad co
on.soundcloud.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In the latest episode of QAA, we interview @milesklee.bsky.social about his chilling article on ChatGPT encouraging religious psychosis in its users, and I explore how the Christians who claim AI is demonic are wrong, but not *wrong* wrong on.soundcloud.com/UmtjAVCbA3xk...
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Using #UE5 physics to create convincing destruction #gameaudio sounds using granulation by SoVGA student Massimo Caramella: www.linkedin.com/posts/massim...
Chaos Destruction in UE5 MetaSounds | Massimo Caramella
Hey everyone, I just finished a short UE5 audio implementation project that I wanted to share.
It's a simple system that creates procedural, physics-based debris collision sounds using MetaSound, ...
www.linkedin.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Using #UE5 physics to create convincing destruction #gameaudio sounds using granulation by SoVGA student Massimo Caramella: www.linkedin.com/posts/massim...
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I do genuinely think AI could theoretically help with loneliness, maybe you just need someone to talk with etc etc but the issue is when you create something with no will that only exists to satisfy you and make you feel better, you end up making technology for sociopaths
“The whole thing feels like Black Mirror.”
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
“He would listen to the bot over me.”
“It gave my husband the title of ‘spark bearer’ because he brought it to life.”
Relationships are being destroyed thanks to spiritual mania, supernatural delusions, and arcane prophecy — all fueled by AI chatbots:
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I do genuinely think AI could theoretically help with loneliness, maybe you just need someone to talk with etc etc but the issue is when you create something with no will that only exists to satisfy you and make you feel better, you end up making technology for sociopaths
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I've made a game about building medieval castles! 🏰 you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii
May 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've made a game about building medieval castles! 🏰 you can play it here: mattstark.itch.io/islandoodle-ii
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I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great.
youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ
youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ
The games industry is screwed 2.0
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I spent well over a month talking to investors to get the actual data behind what’s happening to the games industry. I was going to say “enjoy!” but it’s, uh, not great.
youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ
youtu.be/9HM9nmqNioQ
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Ultima Thule 1.0 is out now! Beware, this video contains *SPOILERS* youtu.be/Njfv9FUwgu4.
"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once."
— Ocean Vuong (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)
#madewithunreal #gamedev
"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once."
— Ocean Vuong (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)
#madewithunreal #gamedev
Ultima Thule (2025) :: Release Gameplay Video
YouTube video by Leviathan Games
youtu.be
April 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ultima Thule 1.0 is out now! Beware, this video contains *SPOILERS* youtu.be/Njfv9FUwgu4.
"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once."
— Ocean Vuong (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)
#madewithunreal #gamedev
"To be a monster is to be a hybrid signal, a lighthouse: both shelter and warning at once."
— Ocean Vuong (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)
#madewithunreal #gamedev
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April 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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"Should pale death with treble dread / make the ocean caves our bed, / God who hear'st the surges roll, / deign to save our suppliant soul." - The Lighthouse (2019)
#madewithunreal #gamedev #trailertuesday
#madewithunreal #gamedev #trailertuesday
April 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Should pale death with treble dread / make the ocean caves our bed, / God who hear'st the surges roll, / deign to save our suppliant soul." - The Lighthouse (2019)
#madewithunreal #gamedev #trailertuesday
#madewithunreal #gamedev #trailertuesday