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There's something I've struggled with for most of my career, but never could properly put into words – until now.
Thanks to @LauraKBuzz and her wonderful metaphor, it'll likely be much easier in the future to help colleagues and employers understand this issue.
"In regards to multitasking, many autistic individuals struggle with processing multiple tasks at once, or being expected to unexpectedly and rapidly drop one task and move to another. The way I try to explain this is that, for me, it feels like when I get deep into a particular task or activity wires start connecting between my brain and the task. Switching tasks or doing something else at the same time means taking a moment to safely disconnect those cables so they can pause data transfer, or free up bandwidth to try and process something in parallel. It’s not as easy as yanking a handful of cords out, they need unplugging carefully which can take a moment."
Our Namaqualand collection is now available in #UnrealEngine!
Get 100+ unique assets completely free!
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Special thanks to our #Patrons who made this possible.
The games industry is broken. How do we fix it?
Let's figure it out together at the game developers unConference! A free and open forum where we share knowledge and have fun.
The games industry is broken. How do we fix it?
Let's figure it out together at the game developers unConference!
An open forum where the attendants create the day's agenda on the spot and freely exchange information. It's not about business. It's about discourse and having fun. Sign up for free!
https://gameworkers.co.uk/unconference 
April 5th in Jerwood Space, London, UK
We're looking for a Project Manager to join IMIRT - The Irish Game Makers Association: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4145787892
www.linkedin.comIMIRT - The Irish Game Makers Association hiring Project Manager (6-month FTC) in Ireland | LinkedInPosted 1:12:35 PM. About Imirt – The Irish Gamemaker’s AssociationImirt is the representative body for games in…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
Peter Akemann, co-founder of video game studio Treyarch and recent president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting plane during the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Akemann ignored flying restrictions in order to survey the Palisades Fire but lost track of his drone. Here's more from Eurogamer.
Eurogamer.net · Treyarch co-founder pleads guilty to flying drone that crashed into firefighting plane during LA wildfires
France's @STJV is calling for a general strike in the video #GamesIndustry on Thursday, February 13th.
They are fighting for transparency and preservation of jobs.
STJV · GG25: Call for a general strike in the video games industry – February 13, 2025 – STJVDrawing on its years of experience as the majority union in the French video games industry, the STJV was able to draw up an assessment of the industry , which
France's @STJV is calling for a general strike of the video #GamesIndustry on February the 13th, 2025.
The #union will not accept the worsening working conditions for #GameDevs in the industry anymore. It will fight back!
Solidarité, camarades! 
STJV · The STJV’s plan and orientations to sustainably improve the video game industry – STJVContext Now over 50 years old, the video game industry is not a ‘young’ industry. However, it remains unstable, with antiquated working conditions, and is still
After a year of doom about the games industry in the press, used to justify unprecedented layoffs and studio shutdowns, total games revenue in 2024...
Actually GREW slightly?!
The last two years have been about greedy VCs maximizing profit, NOT a decline in demand.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gamesindustrybiz-presents-the-year-in-numbers-2024
GamesIndustry.biz · GamesIndustry.biz presents… The Year In Numbers 2024
Concept artists define the look of video games. For Aftermath, Luke Plunkett spoke to a number of them, from indie freelancers to those at AAA (major) studios and everything in between, to learn about the work they do, why much of it is unseen, and the gnarly nature of contracts and NDAs. "...the implicit expectation is that a studio will own the work you make forever. One particularly hostile contract stated they would own my work in perpetuity for the rest of my life, or my children's lives. Not sure if that one will hold up in court," says Daisy, a AAA veteran now working in independent development.
flip.it · Most Video Game Artwork Will Never Be Seen - AftermathNDAs and contracts keep most artist's work uncredited and locked away, forever
Companies think that free and open source licences aren't viable for commercialization when that could be furthest from the truth. Here's one example where a company can make a game that is free and open source while still being as profitable if it were proprietary.
1. Have the source code be publicly available under a free and open source licence.
2. Have the source code of the game be compiled into a version that will prompt users to purchase the game or donate at first boot which can be accessed from the main menu.
3. Provide official pre-built binaries for the game through e-commerce retailers such as Steam, Epic, Gog and etc. This version will have the functionality of asking for donations or to purchase the game removed as the game will have already been validated with a registration key.
4. Adopt the strategy used by Linux distributions through copyrighting the name and logo of the game and enforcing the copyright of it. Make it clear that while forks of the game is fine in of itself, that any derivatives must use a different name or design philosophy to avoid running afoul of the studio's copyright of it.
By following these four steps, you can have any games you create under a free and open source licence be just as profitable as if it were proprietary while still respecting the rights given by a GPL or similiar copyleft licences.
#foss, #floss, #freesoftware, #opensource, #games, #gamesindustry, #licences.
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The Indie Videogames space is a flaming trash fire right now.
Imagine how bad the internal business culture must be to have the ~Entire Freaking company just up and Quit~
"The entire staff of beloved game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned / The staff reportedly tried to spin out the company into an independent entity, but negotiations broke down." - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/games/2024/9/12/24243317/annapurna-interactive-staff-reportedly-resigns
The Verge · The entire staff of beloved game publisher Annapurna Interactive has reportedly resigned
Another black day for the #GamesIndustry!
Solidarity with the #gamedevs who are facing #layoffs at #Rocksteady, #BallisticMoon, #TiltingPoint and #ToadmanInteractive.
The @STJV is drawing attention to the working conditions at #Spiders, the studio behind #GreedFall. Workers at the studio call out a whole bevy of problems and deteriorating working conditions, which are getting ignored by management.
https://www.stjv.fr/en/2024/08/open-letter-from-spiders-workers-to-their-employer/
STJV · Open letter from Spiders’ workers to their employer – STJVThis open-letter from workers at Spiders to their employers is being published by the STJV at their request. Spiders is a paris-area studio 100% owned by Nacon.
German #GameDev.s have made their voices clear: The German #GamesIndustry needs to change.
With support by UNI Global and @wirsindverdi they have held a press conference at #Devcom
https://uniglobalunion.org/news/verdi-game-workers-devcom-union/
UNI Global UnionGerman game workers at devcom form new association, issue demands for better working conditionsGerman gaming workers have issued a series of demands to improve workers' rights in throughout the industry.
Continued thread
#Unionize the German #GamesIndustry - English version!
Germany's big trade union Verdi organized a #gamedev round table to find out what's needed to improve working conditions. It turns out: Quite a lot!
Read more about it here:
https://www.gamesmarkt.de/development/unionising-the-games-industry-gamedevs-roundtable-at-verdi-formulates-demands-for-fair-conditions-in-the-games-industry-16f4a0e9c254f9f41f268620cccb2bdf
www.gamesmarkt.deGamedevs’ Roundtable at Ver.di Formulates Demands for Fair Conditions in the Games IndustryNext to devcom, the game worker group Gamedevs’ Roundtable has held a press conference with six demands for better working conditions in the games industry. Apart from improved salaries, a collective agreement and contract standards, the group is asking for gender equality and an end to the penalisation and stigmatization of part-time work with the support of ver.di.
#Unionize the German #GamesIndustry!
Verdis #GameDev Round Table stellt der Öffentlichkeit seine Forderungen für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen vor!
https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/games-entwickler-betriebsrat-gewerkschaft-200824/
GamesWirtschaft.de · Games-Entwickler fordern besseren Arbeitnehmer-Schutz - GamesWirtschaft.deBessere Löhne, stabilere Verträge, faire Arbeitszeiten – so lauten einige der Forderungen, die Games-Entwickler anlässlich der Gamescom formulieren.
Another week with yet more layoffs and studio closures. I heard RaD were one of the good ones too, im so sorry to see the studio close. To everyone affected I can only hope you're able to find more work during this really shity time.
https://www.eurogamer.net/lone-echo-and-the-order-1886-developer-ready-at-dawn-reportedly-shut-down-by-meta
#GamesIndustry #GameDev #GamesNews
Eurogamer.net · Lone Echo and The Order: 1886 developer Ready at Dawn reportedly shut down by Meta