Love going to Develop: Brighton every year, it’s the highlight of the UK Games calendar - this time though the big feeling was that we’ve all had just about enough of sacrificing our craftsmanship and much more in the face of market. There’s some good people out there doing something about it 💛

This is freaking wild, I won the Game Dev Heroes Design Award at Develop: Brighton 😭😭😭 What the heck!! 😭😭😭

Zero Parades touches a theme you don’t see in games much - that being a good person and a good employee can be two totally different things - I love that it lets the player explore the implications and consequences of that. Some phenomenal artwork in this game, they popped off with these 👏👏👏

Lunar Garden by Daniel Arsham, a little pocket of peace in an otherwise chaotic timeline 🌷

Never been to #GDC but I’m also #WhatAGameDevLooksLike 🌷🌷🌷 I’m Venny, an enthusiastic Senior Game Designer specialising in systems design. Worked in everything from Snapchat games to AAA to indie games about witches 🌿🌿🌿 I love designing ethical, player-first systems, mentoring, and digital art 🎨

The most therapeutic way to spend winter break 😌😌😌 Super satisfying build, components kept clicking just right, the roof tiling was the most unique part of this miniature Seoul bakery ✨✨✨

Just finished Pocket Boss, what a clever little game, I want to cry at how relatable some of its satire is 🥲🥲🥲 pocketboss.ch

Just completed Hades II, clearly at the best possible moment as Supergiant have patched in a phenomenal and gratifying ending as of a few days ago 🥹🥹🥹

Hope you all had a terrifying Halloween 🎃🎃🎃 The best trio of Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach come for trick-or-treating last night and were rewarded with full-sized candy bars 🎃🎃🎃

It’s a crazy exciting day, we’re running the first EVER public test of the game I’ve been working on 🥹🥹🥹 If you fancy silly fun with adorable characters that stretch, splat, slingshot & melt, feel free to grab a key, we’re live from 17:00 BST all week 🌈 projectd5.levelinfinite.com/recruitment/...

Just completed Lorelei and the Laser Eyes to about 98.5% Truth Recovered ☕️☕️☕️ It’s the most compelling, artistic, and just-the-right-amount challenging puzzle game, kudos to the dev team 👏👏👏 One of those games I wish I’d worked on, hats off 🙌

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul - My game dev brain was thoroughly impressed by what a phenomenal level this would make 🤩🤩🤩

Hope you like this feed cleanser from the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew 🌿🌿🌿

(Care for the flashing lights 💥💥) Just for reference, this is how far away I was sat, went with a compact camera, my iPhone could never 💀

Went to see Twenty One Pilots, freaking phenomenal show 👏👏👏 I’m so excited for the 10 year anniversary of Blurryface

Few games have as much soul as South of Midnight 🌿🌿🌿 The combat is gratifying, albeit a tad monotone, but it doesn’t even matter. The strength of the music, visuals, narrative, and mythical creature design more than makes up for shortcomings elsewhere 👏👏👏

Botany Manor is so peaceful and beautiful, what a welcome break from the world 😌

Massive milestone for Monster Hunter Wilds at 10M+ units sold in its first month 👏👏👏 It’s my first Monster Hunter game and the cut-scenes just hit different 👌

Built another miniature book nook, this time a version of Jiufen Old Street in Taiwan 🏮🏮🏮 Very soothing build, using silicon glue and precision tweezers made it so meditative 🪷

I’ve been fighting the urge to scream today by building a tiny miniature book store angrily 😡 Turned out cute though 😡😡😡

Citizen Sleeper 2 is that rare kind of game that offers space for reflection upon its themes. It’s a needed oasis from information-overload and completionism that asks the player to consider underlying values rather than outcomes. Highly recommend this gem, it’s now one do my top ten ✨

Side note, this was absolutely terrifying, why did they have to go so hard 💀💀💀

About to finish Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, they absolutely smashed it 💪 🍿 The world-building, the details perfectly capture the magic of the films 📸 First time I’ve been excited to use the in-game camera and journal! Bloody brilliant game, can’t recommend enough ✨ Kudos to the team! 👏👏👏

Finished my latest Lego set, the Retro Radio 🧱 Gorgeous set and a thoroughly enjoyable build, despite the seemingly simple appearance 🌷 ✨ Loads of hidden mechanisms, the dials work with super satisfying clicks 🎛️ ✨ Surprisingly charming sound brick, with loads of personality 📻 Cat-approved too! 🐈

Never been into the Witcher series, but this reveal with Ciri looks cool as heck 🤩 It seems to be incorporating a more overtly Slavic aesthetic than I’ve noticed before, that’s a win in my book 🌷🌷🌷

Yeees, Karma and I would love to be added ✨

There’s something ✨ magical ✨ about the lighting and gentle fuzziness in Dragon Age’s cut-scenes, how does everything look so gorgeous 🤩

Did actual ✨ lectures ✨ to Game Design university students, really hope they found them useful!! 🌈🌈🌈

All the art on here has given me some courage to share my own work 🌈 These were a couple of characters + title card I made for a non-profit project called Mayor Mayhem that aimed to encourage people to vote 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

It’s my first Dragon Age game, let’s go!! ⚔️⚔️⚔️ I haven’t watched or interacted with anything DA related, this should be fun ✨