@TimothyCBest

I'm a game designer who loves stories and words and play | Design Daredevil @UltStudio_ | Opinions are my own | He/him.

 Melbourne
Joined November 2013
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The English PhD hubbub is pretty on the nose. As a professional narrative designer, niche study of making meaning is super valuable. It expands my craft and adds to my toolbox. Sometimes, it's the weirdly-specific tool that you want to put the perfect finish on a job.
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You don't have to agree with all the cultural analysis or framework of a work to get something out of it. But, understanding how a tool was used -- or might have been used -- can inform how you swing it around.
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Worked on this one for about a year. It’s great to see how it’s grown and become even cuter and cozier! 💛
Tales of the Shire
@talesoftheshire22 Sep 2024
🌻 Discover, decorate, & live the cosy life of a Hobbit. Tales of the Shire will arrive everywhere on March 25th, 2025.

Release Date Reveal | Tales of the Shire

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Great podcast about the commercial art of making indie games that doesn’t mention games once. searchengine.show/listen/sea…
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Pretttty. Plus talking catfish.
Compulsion Games@CompulsionGames9 Jun 2024
Explore the Deep South and confront mythical creatures in this folktale for modern times. Enter South of Midnight, coming 2025. Wishlist on Steam or Xbox now! Steam: bit.ly/43RdS3Y Xbox: bit.ly/3CpKUMW
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Talking to a student at a CalArts event last night. STUDENT: Industry is so broken. ME: Sure. It breaks all the time. Then guess what happens? The brave and bold build it back up with new things. This too shall pass. Patience, grass hopper. STUDENT: So what can I do? ME: Get better and survive. Your day will come.
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@GIBiz27 Jan 2024
For a company that makes such a big show of diversity and inclusion, Riot sure is willing to spend a lot of time and money weeding out anyone who doesn't fit | This Week in Business gamesindustry.biz/riot-and-m…

Riot and Microsoft layoffs the same, but different | This Week in Business

This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a…

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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about electoral reforms, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative (and they're hoping you don't hear about it) #auspol

Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections

The Australien Government has made an ad about electoral campaign finance reforms, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

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Labor’s missed opportunities: - Not legislating @zalisteggall’s truth in political advertising bill - No Murdoch Royal Commission - No media misinformation laws - No significant action on pressing cost of living issues - Long Referendum campaign - Ongoing decay in ABC 1/2
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"We already live in no, no is now," this is exactly why we need the Voice, to move forward! Thank you @Briggs for speaking your truth. #VoteYes #VoiceToParliament #HistoryIsCalling
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If you are PAX AUS-ing come and see me -- and these lovely peeps -- talk all things games writing. Writing for games, about games and all around games. 🎮✍️💬🥳 #PAXAus2023
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I'll be at PAX AUS this year and I'll be on this panel with some other lovely, creative, wordy, folks: "From writing about games to writing for games: what's the journey?" Come join us Sunday morning (11am) if it's your kind of thing. aus.paxsite.com/en-us/schedu…
The panel's name, "From Writing about games to writing for games: what's the journey?" in the PAX AU colours.

ALT The panel's name, "From Writing about games to writing for games: what's the journey?" in the PAX AU colours.

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So, this is what I've been working on all year. Leave it to Wētā Workshop to make a teaser trailer hotter than a Balrog's vindaloo. But cosy.
Tales of the Shire
@talesoftheshire21 Sep 2023
Your cosy Hobbit life awaits in Tales of the Shire, a heart-warming new The Lord of the Rings™ game by Wētā Workshop and Private Division. Coming 2024.
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Stonking great essay from Tim Colwill on 40K. History, meaning-making, counter-culture run through the money mill... Give it a look. Long, but zippy, smart writing.
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Check out this gorgeous, minimalist strategy game. I helped a bit on the narrative side and with some of the characters. You can check it out in early access right now.
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This looks so fun! Is missile air-juggling a thing? How did I not know this is a thing?
Lez@LezTusi4 Jun 2023
He thought he was safe by hiding behind his huge shield while firing missiles...
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Nice work @hungrysky ! Congrats all.
Screenwest@Screenwest4 May 2023
🎮🎉 Screenwest is pleased to announce that 13 Western Australian digital game projects have received funding through our new Digital Games Production Fund! ow.ly/xFtX50Ofmir

13 projects supported through Screenwest's new Digital Games Production Fund - Screenwest

From an action-packed game about a runaway computer virus to a fantasy set in the Jewish quarter of Warsaw, the projects supported through the fund span a multitude of genres including virtual...

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I feel there's a great pun lurking here. Maybe something about "getting an extension to really plug the game". The Powerhoof guys are wizards.
Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof@DuzzOnDrums28 Apr 2023
Why's The Drifter taking so long? It's a small team + big game... but also because I find it too fun spending a day on unnecessary polish like dragging around this extension cord
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Looking forward to getting my talk on!
Festival of Interactive Narrative & Storytelling@DunedinFINS21 Apr 2023
🥳 FINS 2023 OPENING EVENT 🥳 Join @code_nz as we officially open the inaugural @DunedinFINS with presentations from special guests - Rick Stemm, Timothy Best and Zhia Zariko! events.humanitix.com/fins-20…

FINS 2023 OPENING EVENT

Get tickets on Humanitix - FINS 2023 OPENING EVENT hosted by New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence. Find event information.

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