Shoma Patnaik

Game writer @PCFPeopleCanFly, formerly at Ubisoft Montreal. All opinions are my own, but I'm willing to share. She | her | they | them.

[Shoma Patnaik @shomatweets]

This year I am attempting to write and draw a mini comic/graphic novel/ illustrated thing from the #drawtober official prompt list, that’s also heavily inspired by a holiday I took in the woods up north and some family lore. Here’s pages 1 & 2 based on prompt 1 - Carving.

[@meghna.bsky.social @betterthemask]

I devoutly wish for more game developers to think this way about our work & artistic purpose. to employ every strategy to capture the player’s attention, yes, but not to indulge the player as a consumer. “disappoint the usual expectations and inspire new ones”

[🏮Zakuga Art🏮 @ZakugaMignon]

Glaze is out now!
Glaze is a program that will mask your artwork in AI/ML. No company should be able to steal your artwork now.

This is an important step in the right direction for protection of a vulnerable creative field.

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[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

yes, please do enlighten me. email me at [email protected]

[Pixelles @PixellesMtl]

Registration for the game writing program is now open! Apply if you have no previous experience writing for games and we’ll get you started with a solid foundation. https://t.co/tjCIBfSsVZ

[Pixelles @PixellesMtl]

The writing program is back for another session! This year we’re focusing on beginners who have no previous game writing experience. Check out the website for more details: https://t.co/tjCIBfT0Lx

[Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape @JonLamArt]

Before I go to bed, I wanted to say this. I love the art community deeply. When AI artists steal/co-opt art from us I don’t just see art, I see people, mentors and friends. I don’t expect you to understand.
#artcommunity #aiart

[Sam Wineburg @samwineburg]

In an age of information overabundance,
critical ignoring is as important as critical thinking.

[Lauren 🍉🎗️ @OkieRezKid]

If you want to help out Indigenous peoples who have been effected by the trauma of residential schools. You can donate to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. And also learn some history.

https://t.co/8kKm6BPwP4

[Shoma Patnaik @shomatweets]

If folks would like to keep in touch outside Twitter, I’m on Instagram as shomatic and slightly more active there (as in, I post more than once a year)

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

15 years ago my PhD advisor taught me One Weird Trick for editing your own writing. Edit **back to front**, paragraph by paragraph. I still use it and it still surprises me how well it works. When I get my students to do it, it often blows their minds. Try it!

[Megan Kiekel Anderson @Megan_NerdNest]

October thread of paying speculative fiction submissions open and upcoming for writers! 🧵

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” https://t.co/EH3reri9lz

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

"Who will you call for help if you abolish police?"

Well this guy called 911 and the police killed him while he was locked inside his own car.

[Osama Dorias @osamadorias]

There are no more quiet parts. The racism is just out loud and state sanctioned now in this province.

[Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @Jairo_I_Funez]

For those making claims that STEM somehow naturally leads to Nazism are forgetting the metaphysical foundations of the humanities. The latter justified colonialism by positioning colonized peoples as subhuman beings. Sepúlveda,Kant, Hegel, Locke, Hobbes, & Heidegger come to mind.

[Cory Morningstar @elleprovocateur]

No war but class war.