Jake Manion
@jakemanion
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Making meaningful games in Nairobi with @UsikuGames. Previously @Aardman UK and @IOElephants.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2009
✨Happy Star Wars Day 2023 ✨ From one life-long franchise fan, to any other. #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWars #StarWarsDay #HyperDeltas
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Nominees announced for this year's @GamesIndAfrica awards - some great people and projects in the list:
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GameUp Africa by @maliyoapp & @Google currently running weekly talks for mobile game people in Africa: Register: https://t.co/5WW1uhKDyX - @GamesIndAfrica article for more info:
gamesindustryafrica.com
Launched in 2021, GameUp Africa which was formed as a collaboration between Google and Maliyo Games has in a relatively short time evolved to become an essential avenue for those wishing to develop...
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Call for participants to She’s Got Game, for African women working in games - @GamesIndAfrica
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Nice to share a glimpse of our studio on the BBC yesterday, with some key voices chatting about the games scene in Africa:
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Just listed : @Squatties G'Evol Gang | General Evol & The Bonekind Army. 1 of 1, open to offers. LFG! Made for @_KidEight #EVOLARTCOMP @GEVOLsNFT
https://t.co/6pB1LBQVvY
#rarible #ethereum #nonfungible #digitalasset #nft via @rarible
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A scene created for KidEight's #EVOLARTCOMP 2021.
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PEOPLE OF PLAY: AFRICAN GAME DEVELOPERS celebrates the growing African foothold within the gaming industry! Curated by @vbassey, co-founder of Games Industry Africa, & in partnership with @IF_SouthAfrica. View the exhibition: https://t.co/Y0lNst8X34
#PowerToThePixel
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(1/) Our African inspired role-play MMO and 5E setting Kickstarter campaign is LIVE 😍✨🖤💥!! And we are excited to announce we are being supported by @riotgames 🥳 Check out below for details 🥰 KICKSTARTER:
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I just backed The Wagadu Chronicles - Afrofantasy MMO for role-play on @Kickstarter
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An Afrofantasy world to explore both as an isometric MMO built for in-character roleplay and as a 5E-compatible tabletop setting!
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LIMITED GIVEAWAY MADNESS! 1st edition of 300+ pages 5E-compatible rulebook of Wagadu for FREE! Introduction to Wagadu's setting + unique Afrofantasy adventure "The Oath & The Child" link to download: https://t.co/CzDtMzIz2L ENJOY 🖤✨📕
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Hey #tech4wildlife gaming comm, our friends at @ioelephants have a brand-new short-term contract opportunity for a Unity Developer! Get involved with these conservation gaming innovators by emailing jake@internetofelephants.com for application details! https://t.co/ifmIS0wZlg
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I wrote a visual article about how Flash games shaped the video game industry, with contributions from the creator of Flash and more than 20 former Flash game developers. https://t.co/oD7UckND1U
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Revealing the first animation from #WallaceandGromit: #TheBigFixUp, the duo's first foray into #augmentedreality, developed with @FictioneersLtd. Rendered in #CG using new technology, fans will interact in fresh ways and get closer than ever to the duo: https://t.co/rUgT62I50b
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I'd like to introduce people to @gamesnightguru, the family orientated board game site. In fact they can introduce themselves here: https://t.co/FbGJAnbzbv (RTs appreciated)
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The #NatureForAll Discovery Zone has hundreds of fun and accessible resources! Here are a few that are particularly exciting this week: @ParksCanada @UNEP @TED_ED @CanGeo @ChildrenNature @AAEE_ACT @ioelephants
https://t.co/tCDizPesAN
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ICYMI: We really enjoyed talking to young explorers who joined us from around the world for @NatGeoEducation’s #ExplorerClassroom yesterday. If you missed it, here’s the recording of the session. https://t.co/Sf7VNgxAVk
@InsideNatGeo @jakemanion @raffmares 🐘💚
We are excited to host a @NatGeoEducation’s #ExplorerClassroom this Thursday at 2 pm ET, on how you can make games for nature. Hundreds of kids from around the world will join 🐘🐘🐘 Will you and your kids come too? Join us at https://t.co/aSQhlYBrpu
#conservationoptimism
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Gotta say, I have similar game dev dreams as those talked about in this month’s edition of @NatGeoMag @NatGeoExplorers @ioelephants
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Explorer Gautam Shah combined his passions for technology and nature to found @IOElephants—a game company telling real conservation stories based on data. Read about how he hopes to find new ways to engage the next generation of conservationists.
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