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gordonklarson.bsky.social
What game made you the saddest and did you see it coming?

#GameDev #GameDesign #Gaming #GameNarrative #PlayerExperience
August 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
savvygames.bsky.social
Update 0.3 is here!

Featuring all new art, accessibility options and the sky fishing biome!

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#GameUpdate #StuTheFisherman #NewArt #AccessibilityOptions #GamingCommunity #IndieGame #GameDev #NewBiome #GameArt #PlayerExperience
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “That was MY story.”

Me: “Exactly.”

Player: “I’ll never emotionally recover.”

Me: “Welcome to roleplay.” 😌🎭

#NarrativeDesign #RoleplayDesign #PlayerExperience #GameWriting #GameDev
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
p3ngu1nzz.bsky.social
Done and done, quick survey about how music is presented in games

#MusicInGames #AudioDesign #InteractiveSound #GameDevSurvey #PlayerExperience #SoundtrackMatters #ImmersiveAudio #GameDevCommunity #QuickPoll #gameDev #indieDev #dev #software #games
timoth.bsky.social Timoth| @timoth.bsky.social · Oct 19
Hey you, do you have a minute or maybe around 10 to fill out a survery? Its about Game Music and the Reseach Subject for my thesis.
I really need some Data on this so If you could help me out by also Resposting it, it would be great thank you.

#Gamemusic #VideoGame
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Diegetic Games Music
This survey is concerned in how diegetic can or cannot change the way players approach games, franchises and worldbuilding. What is diegetic game music? : Diegetic music in games,films etc. means mus...
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October 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Me: “Did the player feel something?”

Player: *emotionally wrecked*

Me: “Good. Proceed.” 😌🔥

#NarrativeDesign #PlayerExperience #GameWriting #GameDev
April 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: *steps slightly off the main path*

Me: “SURPRISE LORE!”

Player: “I just wanted to look at a tree.” 🌳📜😂

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #InteractiveStorytelling #GameDev
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “This is MY version of the story.”

Me: “Yes king/queen/royal chaos creature, claim it.” 👑🔥

#NarrativeDesign #InteractiveStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Music: “This is urgent.”

Quest log: “Take your time.”

Player: “So… which is it?”

Me: “We need a meeting.” 😭🎧

#NarrativeDesign #NarrativeUX #PlayerExperience #GameWriting #GameDev
March 11, 2026 at 11:07 AM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “I trust you not to hurt me.”

Me: “You shouldn’t.” 😈🎮

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
October 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: *puts controller down*

Cutscene: “Quick-time event.”

Player: “THIS IS A BETRAYAL.” 😭🎮

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #CutsceneDesign #PlayerExperience #GameDev
January 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “I forgot the plot.”

Player: “But I will defend this character with my life.”

Me: “As you should.” 😌🔥

#NarrativeDesign #CharacterArc #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
March 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “My playthrough was wild.”

Me: “Good.”

Player: “Was it supposed to happen like that?”

Me: “That’s the fun part.” 😌🗺️

#NarrativeDesign #OpenWorldStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
March 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “I would die for this character.”

Me: “You’ve known them for 6 hours.”

Player: “I said what I said.” 😭🔥

#Storytelling #CharacterDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
April 25, 2026 at 4:09 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “Wait… what’s the objective?”

Me: *opens quest log with concern*

Me: “We can do better.” 😭📜

#NarrativeDesign #NarrativeUX #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
March 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Me: “Let’s make them cry.”

*adds emotional dialogue
adds tragic music
adds puppy*

Game design team: “Bro—” 😭🐶

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Me: “This makes sense to me.”

Also me: “But does it make sense to someone who isn’t living in my brain?”

Brain: *static noises* 📡😭

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #Revision #GameDev
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
uxerlabs.bsky.social
Today we doing JCVD split, from dark isometric to cute Llama.
First @invergestudios.bsky.social Peregrino
Then @paramogames.bsky.social Llamalandia

Live now on : www.twitch.tv/uxerlabs

Come and discover your new #indie obsession!

#twitch #indiegames #PlayereXperience
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December 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Me: “I want players to feel at home in this world.”

Also me: *adds one haunted forest, three curses, and emotional trauma*

Player: “So… cozy?” 🥲🌲

#NarrativeDesign #Worldbuilding #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “You won’t believe what happened in my run.”

Me: “The system did its job.”

Player: “I was emotionally changed.”

Me: 😌🔥

#NarrativeDesign #EmergentStorytelling #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Me: “Okay, give them a breather.”

Also me: *adds a soft emotional gut punch instead*

Player: “THAT WAS NOT A BREATHER.” 😭💀

#NarrativeDesign #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #EmotionalPacing #GameDev
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
emilyrose9.bsky.social
Player: “I know how this works.”

Game: *changes the rules slightly*

Player: “…wait.”

Me: “Stay alert.” 😌🔥

#NarrativeDesign #EngagementLoops #GameWriting #PlayerExperience #GameDev
March 6, 2026 at 4:45 PM
catskullgaming.bsky.social
Good Morning GameDevs,

I'm trying to play games more critically to become a better game designer. What should I be looking for? what questions should I ask?

#catskullGameing #learnbyplaying
#criticalPlay #learnGameDesign #indieDev #gameAnalysis #playerExperience #gameDevJourney #indieGameDev
September 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
arthur-recolin.bsky.social
[THREAD] 👇

Music isn’t just a detail 🤏

You’re polishing your pixel art, tweaking gameplay, refining UI…

But what about the music? 🎧

It’s not just decoration 🖼️

It’s core to the player’s emotion 🥰

#GameAudio #GameDev #PlayerExperience
July 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
featherlessthegame.bsky.social
No UI. No text boxes.
Just the world teaching you how to play.

🎮 Would you prefer this, or a classic tutorial screen?
Tell me why 👇

Hashtags:
#gamedevlife #indiegameproject #gamefeel #gamedesign #playerexperience #environmentalstorytelling #unitydev #featherless #gamingreels #gametok
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
cheinyeanlim.bsky.social
Steam releases ad documentation, reinforcing its ban on forcing players to watch ads and stating that 'developers should not use paid ads as a business model.' 🎮🚫 #Steam #GamingNews #GameDev #AdPolicy #PlayerExperience #TechEthics #VideoGames
February 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM