Unity dev at BetterUp, previously at Inkle. Maintains the Unity plugin for Ink. GDC speaker, game design blogger.
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Joined March 2011
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Tom Kail retweeted
.... There once was
a labyrinth
at the end of time ....
🚨 ANNOUNCING 🚨
THE FOREVER LABYRINTH
An inkle game
In collaboration with @googlearts
Free to play right now, in browser or the GAC app
🖼️ goo.gle/foreverlabyrinth
Tom Kail retweeted
🎮 #GameJam Announcement! 🎮
A 48 hour in-person Game Jam hosted by Cambridge Game Makers at Thrive!
📅 18th-19th November
📍 Thrive, Cambridge
RSVP now!
🔗: eventbrite.co.uk/e/game-jam-…
Tom Kail retweeted
A 🧵 on why I *DON'T* use #Unity3D's Shader Graph. It has its pros and cons, but some of those cons are BIG...
1⃣ - The readability is relatively weak.
Below are 2 graphs doing the same thing.
A) Amplify Shader Editor (similar to Unreal)
B) Shader Graph
#gamedev #realtimevfx
Tom Kail retweeted
So, big news time.
Today is my last day at @pcgamer - and, for the foreseeable, my last day in games media! After 5 years of writing about games, it's time to start making them again.
After a wee break, I'll be helping @inkleStudios
as a level designer on @AHighlandSong !!
Tom Kail retweeted
Announcing: the next inkle game:
🏔️🎶A HIGHLAND SONG 🎶🏔️
Teenager Moira McKinnon is running away to reach the sea. But the Highlands are wild and cruel. Can she find a way across the hills?
⭐️WISHLIST NOW: store.steampowered.com/app/1…
Coming to PC & Switch.
🔄Please RT!
Tom Kail retweeted
Our very first season is here! Earn XPs, level up, and claim new ships and cosmetic items that are only available during the season.
🏴☠️ Season 1 is all about our favourite Pirates! Can you collect them all and dominate the open sea? 💣💣
#gamedev #battletabs
Tom Kail retweeted
Tomorrow night we're hosting @tomkail who's made a Ink plugin for #Unity to make it story based games.
Sign up here:
meetup.com/london-unity-user…
Tom Kail retweeted
Next Unity online Meetup scheduled for Tues 30th Nov
meetup.com/london-unity-user…
#unity #ink #plugins
Tom Kail retweeted
🎉 It's time to return to the Nebula!
HEAVEN'S VAULT is now a two-part sci-fi epic that reimagines, deepens and extends the award-winning game.
OUT NOW: inklestudios.myshopify.com/
Newcomer or fan, set sail for a world of robots, fallen Empires, lost language and ancient secrets.
Tom Kail retweeted
Curves and Surfaces – ciechanow.ski/curves-and-sur…
Tom Kail retweeted
Made with #ink: Betwixt
"Lifeline meets The Lord of the Rings", Betwixt is a collaboration between a science writer, a cognitive hypnotherapist and an award-winning author that aims to "make mental resilience epic"
apps.apple.com/app/id1540472…
Tom Kail retweeted
Overboard! is shortlisted - in the Best Game Made Quickly And With Dolphins category
The #GoldenJoysticks nominations have been revealed via @GamesRadar - and voting is live!
Have your favourite games of 2021 made the list?
gamesradar.com/golden-joysti…
Tom Kail retweeted
Honestly had so much fun compiling this video, was such a pleasure to exhibit MORSE at #EGX last week. After a year developing the game in isolation with very little in person feedback, it was such an enriching experience to have. Thanks ♥️
Grab the demo: alexvscoding.itch.io
Tom Kail retweeted
On a dusty moon I found an iron box with rusted hinges, but what lay inside was mysteriously intact…
Tom Kail retweeted
The biggest ever ink jam is concluded! Congrats to all participants and we can’t way to start digging in!
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Tom Kail retweeted
Overboard!: JULY, 1935. A MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED aboard the SS Hook.
Only one problem: you did it.
inkle.itch.io/overboard?ac=q… by @inklestudios
Tom Kail retweeted
Our Android port comes courtesy of @unity3d - we were impressed how easy it was!
But respect to @tomkail for polish, and @ZADMan, @jpruskin, @PVBuk for cross-device testing.
And a “Look! Dolphins!” to the person in our testing group who posted an early build to a torrent site
Can Androids get away with MURDER?
Acclaimed you-dunnit OVERBOARD! is OUT NOW on @GooglePlay:
🗡️ play.google.com/store/apps/d…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - @AdventureGamers
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - @guardian
#6 Best Switch Game '21 - @metacritic
Read more: inklestudios.com/overboard