Hello Brighton! I'll be at Develop all week. Come say hello if you want to talk about UI/UX things, the Game UI Database (free merch ahoy!), or if you're interested in hiring me for a future project. Or MAYBE even my composition work? I should probably be talking about that more 👀

Some Persona 4 Revival UI made it into this week's trailers. And yes, it slaps.

Mission accomplished on my first international talk!! Beautiful venue, wonderful crowd. This was probably the most relaxed I've ever felt on stage, I even got them to give a shout-out to my boyfriend in the audience 😅

Also - there’s a ruin underneath our hotel that they’ve turned into a museum?!? How cool is this??

First day in Malaga!! I’m speaking at Guadalindie tomorrow, so we decided to turn the trip into a week-long holiday 🌴

I love hearing about how people are using the Game UI Database in interesting ways! :D (Also glad this bonus feature didn't go unnoticed!)

I am so fucking sick of my website getting scraped. Millions of requests per minute, somehow designed to bypass all my security rules, choking the site until it completely stops loading. If I were paying for bandwidth, it would cost me a fortune. How is this legal?

So freaking proud of the Piece By Piece team - we're now in an official bundle with @ustwogames.co.uk!! How cool is that!? As ever, I'm so thankful that I got to work on such a beautiful game, let alone as its composer. This project really has been the gift that keeps on giving!

Also, shout out to the wonderful @kanaratron.bsky.social for the 'No Gen AI' Seal!

I added an anti-AI badge to the Game UI Database! Every one of the 72,684 (and counting!) screenshots on the site has been painstakingly tagged BY HAND with no AI assistance. If you're a creative, consider adding a similar disclaimer to your work to get the credit you deserve. www.gameuidatabase.com

Saturday's talk at MCM Comic Con/EGX went fantastically well! It's always really cool looking back on older talks and seeing how much more confident I am now on stage. Feeling very proud ☺️

I'm speaking at EGX tomorrow, May 23rd, at 2:30pm! Join me at the Careers Fair stage, where I'll be talking about the fundamentals of Game UI/UX, as well as the importance of branding, self-promotion and social media when building a career in games. (Also come get some free Game UI Database merch!)

Update: They posted an apology, promising to learn from their mistakes. ...it was entirely generated by AI.

Dead As Disco is FANTASTIC, and I just found out you can add your own music tracks. So, naturally...

A tale in three parts. When will they learn?

QOL Features: Draggable tabs, a Tap/Hold menu, toggleable Platforms, and a library of cross-platform templates with best practices to get you up and running!

SVG and PNG Exports: Save as a file or copy straight to your clipboard, ready to save into GDDs or as a game-ready asset!

Chords and Combos: Bind multi-button inputs (such as RT+A)!

More Pad Customisation: Fine-tune your own colours, strokes and more!

Oh... and try clicking the screen on the @play.date ;)

New Pads: Steam Deck, Switch 2 Controllers, Single Joycons and Playdate added to the lineup!

Keyboard & Mouse Mapping: Bind KB/M inputs to your gamepad actions for cross-platform compatibility. Covers both cursor-driven and camera-driven mouse controls.

Had a wonderful chat with @nickfieldmedia.bsky.social on the radio tonight AND I performed live for the first time in 6 years!! (It went well!)

Screens taken from the latest Open AI trailer. There's so much real history out there to admire and learn from, who even needs this? This slop will end up in Google searches, and before you know it, it’ll be impossible to see where we’ve come from. A retconning of history. Absolutely horrific.

Mouse: PI For Hire has made its whey onto the Game UI Database! As always, it makes me so happy to see more skeuomorphic art-led UI on the site! Brie-lliant stuff. Props to @playsidestudios.com on the launch! Go check it out... it's grate ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...

Grinning like a proud dad today at New Game Plus! Piece By Piece was chosen by Ustwo Games to be showcased alongside three other titles. Seeing our game next to Monument Valley is WILD.

I'm honoured to say that Piece By Piece has been chosen to be showcased at New Game Plus this week! I’ll be at the event both days to represent Gamkat as their composer, but will also be around to talk UI, the Game UI Database, PadCrafter, and the art of dancing while wearing a fake moustache.

Say no to slop 👎

PadCrafter 2.0 finally launches 29th April! Including support for new controllers, SVG/PNG exports, button combos, a ton of QoL changes, and - as a result of years of research through the database - a complete suite of tools for plotting mouse and keyboard compatibility in your gamepad-first titles.

I got Matt a smart bird feeder! Now we get pinged on our phones whenever friendly birds come to say hi! 🥰