Colin McInerney
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Indie game dev working with @StrangeScaffold , @DONTNOD_Ent , @StrongBadActual , and more
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Hey, I'm in this one!
I got laid off twice last year, it sucked ass, and I'm not alone. As
@WritNelson
says, it's not just that people have lost their jobs, but the potential projects and teams we've lost are the cost we'll never actually see. Unionize your workplace!
NEW: Corporate greed is killing the video game industry.
Investors flocked to buy up video game studios during the pandemic. Now they’re laying off thousands of workers.
And we get glitchier games, delayed releases, and fewer workers forced to put in inhumane hours.
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was nice to be able to put words to this feeling
The impact of thousands of games industry layoffs, in one chart.
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i got a new tattoo - tim stafford at violet crown tattoo
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spotted this at my local wendy's drivethrough and it took everything i had to not start cackling
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accepting ideas for what to do with this when it's done
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@alecrobbins
we need subtitles that mimic the pacing of old jrpg text boxes, with pauses in them that reflect the timing of the words
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also for anyone who followed me looking for VR stuff: i am leaving the VR industry behind. i will not be doing VR development ever again if i can help it. i want to make dumb indie games for the rest of my natural born life and i will fight every day to do that.
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please buy cadence of hyrule
1) it's really good
2) it's got cool accessibility options
3) encouraging a major publisher to take risks and let indies handle its major properties is super dope and good
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tinyBuild is shutting down HakJak Studios today.
I've been in this industry for over 8 years and it was genuinely the greatest team I've ever worked with.
I love making video games. I hate how this industry operates.
Looking for work in narrative/tech design.
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@GameFuel
dude cheated on his wife and streamed himself in a public restroom where minors were present but go off kings
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@AaronFullerton
@buddingmonkey
unfortunately the zodiac killer being in one of these pictures is a dead giveaway
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hyper-specific low-stakes curses: go.
i hope your favorite shirt gets a small hole in the front that's too big to justify wearing it, but too small to justify throwing it away.
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for blizzard as a company to take the stance that a player should be banned over defending protests where chinese police are using live rounds is not only cowardly, but disgusting.
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if my words don't scare you i'm still very much looking for work 🫡
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@RelSomethingCat
i sadly feel that's incorrect. there's not enough funding available to keep new indie teams alive. the only people who will be able to make indie games are the ones who already have money or some source of funding. there will just be a huge lack of games in 2-3 years.
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It's finished! You can download our
@VRAustin
Jam 2018 game at ! This game would not have been possible without
@AizleBun
,
@LarsCandyBars
,
@lukewarmdogg
,
@sampnewmark
, and freakin'
@StrongBadActual
, who can apparently VR with boxing gloves on!
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if there's no "good guy with a gun" to stop a shooting in fucking texas of all places there's not gonna be one anywhere for fuck's sake
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my choice words are that i cannot disparage M*ta so let me just say that Ready at Dawn was a wonderful studio full of incredible people. i genuinely learned a ton, including from one co-worker in particular, who i will be eternally grateful toward.
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regardless of how you feel about reddit or r/wsb in particular, the fact that the billionaires in charge of these hedge funds are freezing stocks in order to stop themselves from losing their piles of fake money because someone ELSE broke the rules for once should infuriate you
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happy 4/20, release all nonviolent drug offenders from prison
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friendly reminder that antifa is not an organization with rosters and club memberships - it's social action. if this passes and you get labeled antifa, you are labeled a terrorist. terrorists do not have rights. this is dangerous for everyone.
"Somebody’s got to carry the water for the fascists, and
@tedcruz
seems to have found his place”
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@ChrisWarcraft
Ben Carson is why Intelligence and Wisdom are different stats.
#BenCarsonAchievements
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if you don’t understand why community manager is a whole ass job, spend some time in a discord and imagine managing it
R O W D Y
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hey i get to do one of these things
(it's like writing/technical design all in one)
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@misterpedantic
@chrisbratt
john, for someone who calls themselves mister pedantic, you sure seem to be missing the minute detail that losing your job has a lot more baggage associated with it than "oh well, time to find a new job." c'mon man, you literally hang out with devs nonstop.
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@Carson02574430
@Turvamania
it was more than that, and he didn't pay a dime of it, because it's my tattoo. 🙂
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@technecat
@cybermeme__
@PTSDGuts
yeah that's a very OK way to play video games, and equally as valid as playing them for the thrill of hyper-competition, or for any other reason
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@Improper_tarian
@LibertyHangout
you mean left up to the will of individuals we trend toward progressive ideas rather than authoritarian rightwing garbage? fascinating
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@jwaaaap
there's an entire text adventure version of the job simulator office hidden in said office. you have to go to a website that was added in an update, and get the game from there, put it in the computer, and then you can play it.
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this tweet should not be taken as an indictment or RAD, M*ta, or any associated projects — i am simply burned out on the medium after nearly 7 years working in it
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i have a thing lined up so i will be OK. many of my coworkers will not. if you see anyone from M*ta (and Ready at Dawn in particular) looking for positions, please signal boost them. every single one of them is a powerhouse.
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i got laid off. i’ll have some Choice Words after i ready my severance agreement but it’s time to relax for a bit.
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@Ninja
thank you i will do my best when animal crossing launches for nintendo switch on march 20
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hey! i worked on this! go wishlist it RIGHT NOW!
Coming this summer to Steam and ! Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate!
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i’m gonna spend the next year trying to get in better shape, sleep on a real schedule, save money, and make more video games. i’m tired of being depressed and lazy, and the only way out of this funk is to kick its shit in.
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@korybing
yeah during the Talos Principle run the runner grabbed the diamond pick and said "shouts out to notch" and it got real quiet. bless.
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@theneedledrop
there was that one time you said you wouldn't review blink-182's 'neighborhoods' because it was 'just more blink-182' and honestly i am literally shaking with rage to this day
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@dunkindonuts
y'all couldnt even do "punkin is back at dunkin"?
i wanna speak to your marketing team smh
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@uescalt
the design challenges are much more spatial and limited to what the human body can do, and any extension of that usually risks making players nauseous. basic objects also afford a higher level of interaction than traditional games; it’s harder to commit to a dumb idea in VR.
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Modeled Strong Bad’s computer room as a quick evening exercise once my headache wore off. Not 100% happy with the Compy but I feel goof about it given the short turnaround.
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i also had an incredible manager for the second time in a row. that was a huge concern when i left owlchemy, because my manager there was truly special. to have great managers back-to-back was a delight.
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hey while we're at it, let's not forget that brandon boyer and nick robinson are among many pieces of shit who still get work despite having been outed as abusers
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@WRG_Art
back at bethesda, when a crash was found, it would blast an e-mail out to the entire company
i found four crashes one morning and submitted them all at once
i got several e-mails and DM's that mostly consisted of terror
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today's my first day at
@HakJakGames
! thrilled to be back in the indie world and working on something as goofy as pigeon simulator.
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Now that the paperwork is all signed, I'll be contracting at Don'tnod Montreal starting next Tuesday as a Level Designer!
I'm still wrapping up some other work I have, but this'll have me working fulltime for awhile. :)
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i've straight-up stopped reading kotaku and any adjacent sites bc of this. it's not enough to pay lip service, esp when your publication is directly responsible for the harm.
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@GameWorkers
bethesda in rockville has a whole ass kitchen with lunch that employees can purchase on-site and that place would not run the way it does if the kitchen staff weren't so fucking on point
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@mikesfriend98
@ZiddersRoofurry
If they’re sponsoring him they’re cool with the message he’s sending in public, and so are a lot of people. I for one welcome our gay furry DBFZ overlord.
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oh good we're about 7% vaccinated, might as well open 'er back up. not like we need herd immunity to stop another 44 THOUSAND texans dying. in case you can't fucking count,
@GovAbbott
, that's nearly 10% of TOTAL COVID DEATHS you ABSOLUTE SHITSTAIN
NEW: Issuing an executive order to lift the mask mandate and open Texas to 100 percent.
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things that are next for me:
-new job on may 1st, more on that around that time.
-i'm returning to contracting at strange scaffold to get back to the game i was working on, plus some more.
-a secret, third thing that i'll announce when it releases.
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all right
@andrewpprice
i made my
#blenderdonut
and went a little off the cuff. looking forward to starting my mug tomorrow 🙏
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we ding dang did it!
-big expansion for vacation simulator
-i wrote a lot of goofs for this
-i voice four bots including GigBot! that's me screamin' atcha in the trailer!
-go play it right now!
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Last day at Owlchemy Labs done. Some fun things I did at Owlchemy:
-Transitioned from QA to Design
-Wrote a whole bunch of words
-Said a whole bunch of words, professionally, into a microphone
-Made it past the 5 year mark of general industry burnout in a single job
Nice!
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yay the thing i've been working on for over a year is no longer a secret!!!!!
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and no, i am not increasing the number of tris. you think i'm gonna spend time _sculpting_ ted cruz? lmao
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