# substance (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover substance. Page: Feed: --- ## [Exporting Investment: The Case For and Against VGEC](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/08/exporting-investment-the-case-for-and-against-vgec/) _2026-08-21 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: We are very quick to hand companies tax breaks. I would rather move the same money from corp structures like VGEC into personal tax credits for UK residents earning in strategic creative sectors. More transparent, survives job moves, makes UK freelancers more affordable and catches the indies VGEC misses. People first, because this industry is built entirely on talent. Right off the bat I ## [Fun Feels Dangerous in Recovery](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/fun-feels-dangerous-in-recovery) _2026-08-11 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ I remember thinking the hard part of recovery was going to be the quitting. ## [Rewriting the Script: Recovery Street Film Festival 2026](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/t8bqc4auak39t01kff7kv530lmh1i5) _2026-08-11 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ At the Anti-Stigma Network, we believe that challenging stigma means amplifying real voices to help how people understand substance use and recovery. Storytelling - especially when led by lived experience, is one of the most powerful ways to do this. We’re proud to share this blog from the Recovery Street Film Festival, which creates a platform for people to “rewrite the script” and move beyond… ## [Patient-Centered Care Is Dying in Front of Us: What It Actually Means, Why We’re Losing It, and How We Fight Back](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/patient-centered-care-is-dying-in) _2026-08-06 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ I’ve been having the same conversation over and over lately. ## [Is It Time to Dump “Substance Misuse”?](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/is-it-time-to-dump-substance-misuse) _2026-08-04 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Is it time to dump the term “substance misuse”? We explore whether the language we use unintentionally reinforces stigma and question whether it’s time for something better. What do you think? Read the blog and join the conversation. ## [When Success Feels Dangerous: Why Getting Better Triggers the Hardest Self-Sabotage](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/when-success-feels-dangerous-why) _2026-08-03 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ I had just signed the lease. ## [𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐂 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/07/%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%80%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%8e%f0%9d%90%82-%f0%9d%90%8f%f0%9d%90%ab%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%ac%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%a7%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%ac-%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%9a%f0%9d%90%a7/) _2026-07-31 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has presented the first sets of cannabis cultivation licences to two companies after successfully meeting all the legal and regulatory requirements. Presenting the licences, the Director-General, Major General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, urged the companies to strictly comply with all the conditions attached to their licences. He stressed that the licences ...… ## [Coaching vs. Counseling for Addiction Recovery: The Honest Truth About How I Do Both (And Never Cross Lines That Blow Up My License or Harm Clients)](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/coaching-vs-counseling-for-addiction-152) _2026-07-29 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ You’re sitting across from me—or rather, on that video call. ## [Process Addictions After Substance Recovery: When the Phone, Food, Work, or Relationships Become the New Drug](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/process-addictions-after-substance) _2026-07-27 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ Think life gets easier once you’re sober? ## [A Relapse Does Not Erase Your Progress: Why ‘Starting Over’ Is Bullshit](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/a-relapse-does-not-erase-your-progress) _2026-07-25 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ My Slip Did Not Make Me Fail: You Have NOT Failed Recovery ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ghX4Yt8wKO37) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [When will we stop blaming people and start looking at systems: lessons from prison recovery support](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/when-will-we-stop-blaming-people-and-start-looking-at-systems-lessons-from-prison-recovery-support) _2026-07-24 · Phoenix Futures · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Tom Wright, Head of Operations for Phoenix Futures reflects on substance use stigma in the prison system. ## [From Street Hustle to Life’s Muscle How the skills that kept you alive out there can keep you alive in here](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/from-street-hustle-to-lifes-muscle-7a6) _2026-07-23 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ You already know how to hustle. ## [Codependency After Sobriety: When ‘Helping’ Is Still Hijacking Your Recovery](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/codependency-after-sobriety-when) _2026-07-23 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ How Codependency Shows Up After Sobriety (and What to Do About It) ## [Triggers Aren’t the Enemy—They’re Messengers From Your Nervous System](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/triggers-arent-the-enemytheyre-messengers) _2026-07-18 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ We talk a lot about triggers in recovery circles, like they’re some special curse reserved for people with substance use histories, process addictions, or mental health diagnoses. ## [Shipping Godot VR and Porting to PSVR2: A Partial Post Mortem](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/07/shipping-godot-vr-and-porting-to-psvr2-a-partial-post-mortem/) _2026-07-18 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: Written version of the talk I gave at Develop Brighton 2026. Yes Godot can ship commercial VR, we paid roughly £80k in early adopter tax to do it. War stories from rebuilding Godot's core, the community PS5/PSVR2 port with George Marques and André Ewald, why I ended up writing a whole new render server for 4.7, and a call to arms for platform holders and render programmers. Nothing in ## [Real Talk Recovery: Progress in the Northwoods – Why We’re Fighting for This Day](https://progressisprogress.substack.com/p/real-talk-recovery-progress-in-the) _2026-07-15 · Belinda (Belle) Morey · Progress is Progress_ I’m Belle Morey — a woman in long-term recovery from methamphetamine, a licensed Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor, a mom, a wife, and the founder of Progress Is Progress LLC. ## [Words, Stories and Magic](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/bk0mz3cyoil9gqaudfkv7mlo3g8wvk) _2026-07-02 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Even the most carefully chosen words can miss the mark if the communication behind them carries hierarchy, ambiguity, or unintended judgement. Read why dignity, agency, and fairness must sit at the heart of every interaction. ## [You Are Not Alone: Breaking Silence Around Alcohol Harm in South Asian Communities](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/you-are-not-alone-breaking-silence-around-alcohol-harm-in-south-asian-communities) _2026-06-30 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ In this guest blog, recovery advocate and founder of No More Pretending, Navi Dhesi reflects on the importance of shared experience, visibility, and open conversation in addressing alcohol harm within South Asian communities. ## [Why It Matters: Recognising LGBTQIA+ Struggles in Addiction and Accessing Support](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/why-it-matters-recognising-lgbtqia-struggles-in-addiction-and-accessing-support) _2026-06-16 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Drawing on her own recovery journey, Wezz Killinaul explores why recognising LGBTQIA+ experiences matters in addiction treatment and how listening to lived experience can help create services that work for everyone. ## [NACOC Partners Uncle Ebo Whyte to champion campaign against drug abuse](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/06/nacoc-partners-uncle-ebo-whyte-to-champion-campaign-against-drug-abuse/) _2026-06-15 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ Management of the Narcotics Control Commission as part of strategies to reach a wider audience through the arts and entertainment industry has partnered celebrated Ghanaian playwright and motivational speaker, Uncle Ebo to join the campaign against drug abuse among the youth in the country. The Roverman Productions CEO is known for his professional theatre ... The post NACOC Partners Uncle Ebo… ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/thPhVr5yn8jQ) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐉𝐀 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/06/%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%80%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%8e%f0%9d%90%82-%f0%9d%90%92%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%a4%f0%9d%90%ac-%f0%9d%90%92%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%ab%f0%9d%90%a8%f0%9d%90%a7%f0%9d%90%a0/) _2026-06-13 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intensified efforts to address the growing challenge of substance abuse among young people by seeking stronger collaboration with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to enhance public sensitisation and awareness across the country. As part of preparations for the 2026 World Drug Day commemoration, the Director-General of NACOC, Brigadier General ...… ## [𝐍𝐀𝐂𝐎𝐂, 𝐆𝐒𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬 a𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭-𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/06/%f0%9d%90%8d%f0%9d%90%80%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%8e%f0%9d%90%82-%f0%9d%90%86%f0%9d%90%92%f0%9d%90%80-%f0%9d%90%82%f0%9d%90%a8%f0%9d%90%a7%f0%9d%90%9d%f0%9d%90%ae%f0%9d%90%9c%f0%9d%90%ad-%f0%9d%90%92/) _2026-06-11 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has commenced a comprehensive scientific examination of narcotic exhibits earmarked for destruction as part of preparations for the 2026 World Drug Day Commemoration. The exercise, initiated by the Director-General of NACOC, Brigadier General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, brings together scientific… ## [Drug Abuse Destroying our Youth – Chief Imam](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/06/drug-abuse-destroying-our-youth-chief-imam/) _2026-06-11 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu has lamented over the increasing drug abuse particularly among the youth across the country. According to him, the indiscriminate abuse of drugs is posing a serious challenge to the future of the youth in the country. Sheikh Nuhu Sharubutu made these remarks when the Director-General of the ... The post Drug Abuse Destroying our Youth – Chief… ## [The Responsibilisation Trap.](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/the-responsibilisation-trap) _2026-06-10 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ As we launch our new Stigma-Free Organisations Toolkit, we explore the "responsibilisation trap" and why people with alcohol problems are often blamed twice: first for developing a problem, and then for struggling to recover from it. ## [Kofi Ababio and Sons’ Company Ltd Supports NACOC with Donation Ahead of 2026 World Drugs Day](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/06/kofi-ababio-and-sons-company-ltd-supports-nacoc-with-donation-ahead-of-2026-world-drugs-day/) _2026-06-08 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ Kofi Ababio and Sons' Company Ltd have donated assorted sanitary supplies and a cheque to the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) in support of activities marking this year’s International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, also known as World Drug Day. The donation, presented on behalf of the company on Thursday June 4, 2026 by ... The post Kofi Ababio and Sons’ Company Ltd Supports… ## [EID-UL-ADHA MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO ALL MUSLIM STAFF OF NACOC](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/05/eid-ul-adha-message-from-the-director-general-to-all-muslim-staff-of-nacoc/) _2026-05-27 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ As we celebrate Eid-Ul-Adha, I warmly extend my heartfelt greetings and best wishes to all our Muslim staff across the Commission. This sacred occasion reminds us of the enduring values of sacrifice, obedience, unity, and compassion — principles that continue to guide us both in service to our nation and in our daily lives. On ... The post EID-UL-ADHA MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL TO ALL… ## [How the Alcohol Industry Seeks to Own the Role of Adviser and Guardian](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/how-the-alcohol-industry-seeks-to-own-the-role-of-adviser-and-guardian) _2026-05-26 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ What happens when the alcohol industry becomes the voice of “responsible drinking”? This blog examines how brands are increasingly positioning themselves as advisers and guardians of public wellbeing - and why that may deepen stigma and shift attention away from the structural causes of alcohol harm. ## [The Asymmetric War for Hearts and Minds: How Alcohol Marketing Outguns Public Health and Fuels Stigma](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/the-asymmetric-war-for-hearts-and-minds-how-alcohol-marketing-outguns-public-health-and-fuels-stigma) _2026-05-21 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Why does alcohol advertising dominate culture while treatment and recovery remain so heavily stigmatised? James Armstrong explores the unequal battle between the alcohol industry’s multi-million-pound marketing machine and under-resourced public health messaging. ## [NACOC Partners UPSA-RCC to train enumerators for baseline study on Substance Use Among Youth](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/05/nacoc-partners-upsa-rcc-to-train-enumerators-for-baseline-study-on-substance-use-among-youth/) _2026-05-19 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the Research and Consultancy Centre (RCC) of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), has organised a training programme for enumerators and supervisors ahead of a baseline study on substance use among young people in the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality. The project was aimed at targeting young people ... The post… ## [Better PRs: Voting Panels, AI Review, and Stack Your Damn Commits](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/04/better_pr/) _2026-04-29 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: Post GodotCon brain dump. First and foremost this is a people problem, process and tools just help us scale our collective fallibility. Three angles on the rest: Juan's anon voting panel proposal (good idea, needs guardrails), AI review (yes, do it, it's already standard at commercial studios), and stack your bloody commits (the only fix you can ship today). Worked example with git commit ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yL8cIFj4FTjU) _2026-04-29 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Shipping VR in Godot: Troubles, Victories and Reality](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/04/shipping_vr_godot/) _2026-04-28 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: This is the extended written version of a talk I gave at GodotCon. The 30 minute slot was too short, my delivery was knackered, and I worried on the day that the whole thing came across as too negative — so I'd cut a chunk of positive advice for time, and I've put it back in here. Yes, Godot can ship commercial VR — we did it with Augmental Puzzles. The labour cost was roughly £80k ## [Illicit Tobacco Trade Poses Serious Public Health Risks — DG](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/04/illicit-tobacco-trade-poses-serious-public-health-risks-dg/) _2026-04-28 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Brigadier General Maxwell Obuba Mantey, has warned that the illicit tobacco trade poses serious public health risks and causes significant economic losses to governments worldwide. According to him, illegal tobacco products deprive governments of billions in tax revenues annually, undermine legitimate businesses, fuel organised… ## [NACOC Participates In Inaugural Session of Ghana-Sierra Leone Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC)](https://www.ncc.gov.gh/2026/04/nacoc-participates-in-inaugural-session-of-ghana-sierra-leone-permanent-joint-commission-for-cooperation-pjcc/) _2026-04-23 · Enoch Gyabaah · Narcotics Control Commission_ The inaugural session of the Permanent Joint Commission for Cooperation (PJCC) between Ghana and Sierra Leone was held on 23 April 2026 in Accra, Ghana, with expert discussions focused on addressing some important issues between the countries. The session, co-chaired by Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa and Sierra Leone’s Deputy Minister of ... The post NACOC… ## [Football matchday moderation campaigns seem well-intentioned, but do they work – and what do they cost?](https://www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/t4s4u7wosbo8seqirn64ipa5xt9zuz) _2026-04-23 · Lisa Gardener · Blog - Anti-Stigma Network_ Are moderation campaigns in football really reducing alcohol harm? This blog explores the limits of “drink responsibly” messaging, arguing that while well-intentioned, these approaches often shift responsibility onto individuals, overlook structural drivers, and risk reinforcing stigma rather than reducing it. ## [Lazy Sunday: Feedback Screens, Viewport Bugs, and Giving Back to Godot](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/02/lazy-sunday-feedback-screens-viewport-bugs-and-giving-back-to-godot/) _2026-02-15 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: After shipping Augmental Puzzles on Meta (Feb 3rd) and Steam (Feb 13th), I spent a lazy Sunday porting our XR screenshot capture code back to Godot main as a PR. The feature was born from wanting a Subnautica-style in-game feedback screen — capture the full eye view, attach it to a mood-tagged bug report, send it to our ticketing system. Godot's OpenXR viewport capture was broken, so we ## [Standards Matter: Reflections from Contingency 2026](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/02/contingency/) _2026-02-02 · CBs GameDev Blog_ Audio Recording this blog post is written from TLDR: Back from Contingency, a lovely residential roleplaying convention in Sunny Hunny. Played and ran a bunch of games including Brindlewood Bay, Shinobigami, For the Queen, and Liminal Horror. Had some important realisations about modern safety tools—particularly the 'lay-off/bring-it-on' mechanic borrowed from LARP combat for emotional scenes. ## [Netflix, Cloud Gaming, and Low-Interaction Play](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2026/01/netflix_cloud/) _2026-01-26 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: Netflix calling out cloud gaming as a 2026 priority to shareholders got me thinking about an entire design space I've been orbiting my whole career. From Buzz controllers to WebSockets to Twitch Plays Dead Nation - there's a rich history here that most people have forgotten, and it's about to become relevant again. I'm too busy getting ready to ship our first VR game as a studio to chase ## [Neo's Creepy Robot and the 'Solid Platinum' Data Play](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/10/neo_robot/) _2025-10-29 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: I just watched the Neo trailer. It's creepy as hell, but I'm also really excited. The hardware design is smart: soft plastics, wool, and non-intimidating. It's designed to not be scary, even though it is. VR devices unlock cheap and accurate telerobotics which bridges the AI gap and gives data for building the AI This isn't just about chores; it's a 'solid platinum' data collection play. ## [How to Get Into Game Engine Dev?](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/10/start_engine/) _2025-10-20 · CBs GameDev Blog_ A mate pinged me recently because a student friend of theirs had a specific question: how do you actually get into game engine development? Not just games programming in general, but proper engine work. It's a brilliant question and one I don't get asked often enough, probably because most people assume you need some sort of dark magic ritual involving assembly code and linear algebra. TLDR: ## [OpenXR's New Controller and Why the People in the Room Matter](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/09/standards_matter/) _2025-09-20 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR OpenXR now has a sensible generic controller profile Digital buttons (menu, primary, secondary) Analogue trigger & grip Joystick axes & touch Grip/Aim pose tracking This is a boring-but-huge deal: no more 'laughably unusable' default controller STANDARDS WORK MATTERS and this is an small but important milestone, standards work is often not celebrated enough. It is slow careful compromise ## [VR Text Was Killing Performance, So I Took a Hatchet to Godot's Label3D](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/08/fast_text/) _2025-08-29 · CBs GameDev Blog_ I hit two massive problems a few months back. First, my simple text menus were absolutely destroying performance in VR, especially when adding nodes to the scene tree. Second, the font quality looked like shite. This is the story of that rabbit hole and the custom solution, FastText, that came out of it. TL;DR: If you're using Label3D in Godot for anything more than a couple of labels in a ## [A Personal Journey: Year One of Flammable Penguin Games](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/06/personal_journey/) _2025-06-25 · CBs GameDev Blog_ What do studio closures, a changing funding landscape, cancer, A&E, and co-working spaces have in common? I didn't expect them to be a major part of my last year. As Flammable Penguin Games approaches the one-year mark and the announcement of our first VR title—after cancelling one title and shelving another—I thought it apt to reflect on how what was meant to be a studio with staff is ## [The Godot Rough Patch](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/05/godot_rough_patch/) _2025-05-27 · CBs GameDev Blog_ TLDR: Shipping a game with Godot is hitting all the expected rough patches around polish, tech milestones, and store compliance. The engine's great but the community's mostly hobbyist, so commercial requirements often mean rolling your own solutions. Also, please stop renaming functions in the engine - some of us are trying to ship games here. I knew it was coming, I said as much in my Develop ## [Split Rendering for VR: What does it look like](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2025/03/split_render/) _2025-03-08 · CBs GameDev Blog_ I've been doing a 30 day video challenge on YouTube and lately speaking a lot about VR topics. VR Standards Dilemma Messy History why PCVR is still a faff Messy History of VR Streaming and today on Split rendering And I thought it would be good to get my ideas back in blog format. Conclusion at the top to save you time Split rendering will likely be a part of future of VR/AR technology, but it's ## [Building for Watchy](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/12/watchy/) _2024-12-28 · CBs GameDev Blog_ A short article on a little hobby code project resulting in two watch faces. As long term fan of the best wearable, The Pebble Watch, my wife and I have a real soft spot for the long battery life epaper watch focused on time keeping and bits of useful functionality. The wearable market is dominated by wellness, fitness and subscription based services. The lack of a true pebble successor is a sad ## [The Craft of Game Development in Cheap Game World](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/11/craft/) _2024-11-29 · CBs GameDev Blog_ Industry Context Recently, I attended GodotCon and gave a talk at Develop North. GodotCon was eye-opening, and at Develop North, I discussed using Godot professionally. I shouldn't post the talk here, as it's better suited for a conference environment, but much of the information is already on my website in articles. I want to address a phenomenon being discussed in many circles: how does a ## [Godot Modular Design](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/11/godot_extend/) _2024-11-10 · CBs GameDev Blog_ There are many reasons I think that Godot is a great technical base and has a robust future, but chiefly among them is the modular way in which things are built and designed with the assumption that parts will be ripped out, replaced and improved. This is done through an easy to approach code base, modules system and robust support for addons and extensions through GDExtension (using godot-cpp) ## [Wider Games Industry](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/10/wider_game/) _2024-10-25 · CBs GameDev Blog_ Disclaimer: This is a bad news bear piece. If you're feeling rough, have a coffee and skip this one. I have spent almost 20 professional years in what I would call the premium gaming market but now almost weekly I hear of layoffs and survive till ‘25 so what does our future look like? Last week I was at GodotCon in Germany which was a great time but a moment to reflect on the shape and scale ## [Setting up a Studio the not dev bits](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/10/not_dev/) _2024-10-10 · CBs GameDev Blog_ It’s been a while since I started this little gamedev journey and I wanted to talk about all the bits that aren’t gamedev so I can share what I’ve been up to. This is also why I say making games as a hobby is a totally valid thing and the gap between hobbyist and professional is larger than people sometimes think. Though if you are interested in crossing the gap maybe this will help. This ## [External Memories and VR Industry](https://www.claire-blackshaw.com/blog/2024/10/vrbiz/) _2024-10-04 · CBs GameDev Blog_ I’ve struggled the last two weeks to make time to write about creative tools and volumes. The subject still fascinates me but as I said at the start of this series it was a brain dump before lessons learnt paged out of my brain now I’m no longer at Adobe or thinking about Dreams. Well the brain was not fully dumped the hectic business of running a new studio has meant that it has been