Hellloooooo!!! Long time no squawk, huh? My records indicate we haven't spoken since...December 2024. Oops!! Time flies when you're making a video game! 😅 Soon, I'll get to tell y'all ALL about it, but for now, we both have to make do with me using [REDACTED] as a placeholder. I have SO MANY memes to share with y'all, I literally cannot wait. Keep yer eyes peeled!! In the meantime, what I'm here to share with y'all is still really cool, so get ready |
Hellloooooo!!! Long time no squawk, huh? My records indicate we haven't spoken since...December 2024. Oops!! Time flies when you're making a video game! 😅 Soon, I'll get to tell y'all ALL about it, but for now, we both have to make do with me using [REDACTED] as a placeholder. I have SO MANY memes to share with y'all, I literally cannot wait. Keep yer eyes peeled!! In the meantime, what I'm here to share with y'all is still really cool, so get ready |
Goodbye Volcano High Discord AMATo celebrate the SECOND anniversary of Goodbye Volcano High, we're hosting an AMA in our Discord on Wednesday, August 27th at 2:00 PM ET! There's still time to submit questions, so head on over to our Discord to get started! See you there, dinos ♥ 🦖 |
Goodbye Volcano High Discord AMATo celebrate the SECOND anniversary of Goodbye Volcano High, we're hosting an AMA in our Discord on Wednesday, August 27th at 2:00 PM ET! There's still time to submit questions, so head on over to our Discord to get started! See you there, dinos ♥ 🦖 |
Omg remember when Twitter first hid likes and people would post in the thread that they'd liked the post? We made some of our own and they turned out SO cute. |
Omg remember when Twitter first hid likes and people would post in the thread that they'd liked the post? We made some of our own and they turned out SO cute. |
I started working at KO_OP just two weeks before launch, so GVH's anniversary always feels a little like mine, too! It's hard to choose the top moments of my time in the ✨ games industry ✨ but I'll do my dang best 🫡 |
I started working at KO_OP just two weeks before launch, so GVH's anniversary always feels a little like mine, too! It's hard to choose the top moments of my time in the ✨ games industry ✨ but I'll do my dang best 🫡 |
GAMES FOR IMPACT Getting to see OUR dinogang on the main stage during The Game Awards was so cool and surreal, and although we didn't win, it was amazing to see how much our gay little game has ☄️impacted ☄️(sorry 🤪) people!! Huuuuge congrats to Tchia again—such a cute and wonderful game you should check out! |
GAMES FOR IMPACT Getting to see OUR dinogang on the main stage during The Game Awards was so cool and surreal, and although we didn't win, it was amazing to see how much our gay little game has ☄️impacted ☄️(sorry 🤪) people!! Huuuuge congrats to Tchia again—such a cute and wonderful game you should check out! |
ONE-YEAR GVH ANNIVERSARY Y'all. Y'ALL! Our first anniversary was perfect 😭 ♥ |
ONE-YEAR GVH ANNIVERSARY Y'all. Y'ALL! Our first anniversary was perfect 😭 ♥ |
An INCREDIBLE piece from former GVH artist, Max Morgan! You can find them at https://www.maxdraws.net/ and on Twitter at @deerghast! |
An INCREDIBLE piece from former GVH artist, Max Morgan! You can find them at https://www.maxdraws.net/ and on Twitter at @deerghast! |
In the months leading up to it, I was so nervous about putting together a good celebration, and it turned out a million times better than I could've imagined. Community management is at its peak when the whole studio gets in on it, and getting to work directly with my co-workers on this was truly a dream. |
In the months leading up to it, I was so nervous about putting together a good celebration, and it turned out a million times better than I could've imagined. Community management is at its peak when the whole studio gets in on it, and getting to work directly with my co-workers on this was truly a dream. |
THE INTERSECTION OF CONTENT AND BRAIN ROT I really can't overstate how incredible it is to have a job where making jokes on the internet professionally is a large part of my day (shout out to my Leo rising 🦁 ⭐), but the absolute PEAK is when I can make something extremely silly that's mostly just for me (that's the aforementioned Leo rising hehe), like mixing Goodbye Volcano High with My Brother, My Brother, and Me, or Depanneur Nocturne with the classique Celery Man bit from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! |
THE INTERSECTION OF CONTENT AND BRAIN ROT I really can't overstate how incredible it is to have a job where making jokes on the internet professionally is a large part of my day (shout out to my Leo rising 🦁 ⭐), but the absolute PEAK is when I can make something extremely silly that's mostly just for me (that's the aforementioned Leo rising hehe), like mixing Goodbye Volcano High with My Brother, My Brother, and Me, or Depanneur Nocturne with the classique Celery Man bit from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! |
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YOU! I've spent a lot of time on the internet in my personal and professional life, so I'm well aware of all the things that can go wrong, but this community has been so welcoming and fun 🥹 Y'all are so talented, so funny, and so sweet—community management wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable if it weren't for our lovely community. It's such a delight to get to talk with y'all, and I'm excited to be able to be able to do that more as our next project develops!! Thank y'all so much for being YOU ♥ 🫂 |
YOU! I've spent a lot of time on the internet in my personal and professional life, so I'm well aware of all the things that can go wrong, but this community has been so welcoming and fun 🥹 Y'all are so talented, so funny, and so sweet—community management wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable if it weren't for our lovely community. It's such a delight to get to talk with y'all, and I'm excited to be able to be able to do that more as our next project develops!! Thank y'all so much for being YOU ♥ 🫂 |
Saleem Executive Producer, Studio Co-founder |
Saleem Executive Producer, Studio Co-founder |
A Note from Saleem We're celebrating our 13th year of KO_OP! It's a wild achievement and I'm so grateful for the years of support and encouragement. I'm so excited about what's next (more on that below) but safe to say it's our biggest and most ambitious game yet. Please stick around to see it revealed in due time. Otherwise I just wanted to mention how we are hoping to convert this newsletter into something you're delighted to receive in your inbox every few months. I've always been inspired by the Campo Santo Quarterly Review (RIP), and while I don't think we have the resources to go that in depth, we're doing our best to make this something special to read. Look forward to in depth conversations, critiques, and thoughts around cooperative and democratic game development. After 13 years, I think we have quite a lot to say on the subject. In the meantime you'll catch me on our discord so definitely pop in and say hi. |
A Note from Saleem We're celebrating our 13th year of KO_OP! It's a wild achievement and I'm so grateful for the years of support and encouragement. I'm so excited about what's next (more on that below) but safe to say it's our biggest and most ambitious game yet. Please stick around to see it revealed in due time. Otherwise I just wanted to mention how we are hoping to convert this newsletter into something you're delighted to receive in your inbox every few months. I've always been inspired by the Campo Santo Quarterly Review (RIP), and while I don't think we have the resources to go that in depth, we're doing our best to make this something special to read. Look forward to in depth conversations, critiques, and thoughts around cooperative and democratic game development. After 13 years, I think we have quite a lot to say on the subject. In the meantime you'll catch me on our discord so definitely pop in and say hi. |
look i'm on a computer i tried my best with this signature |
look i'm on a computer i tried my best with this signature |
So, What's Next?OMG sooooo much. I've been hard at work on a little side project related to our next game that I think y'all are gonna love. Especially if you're into things like Severance and Murderbot?! Will share more news about it in upcoming newsletters, across socials, and in our Discord! Speaking of Discord, we've been redecorating as we prepare for our next project. In addition to all the great channels y'all love, we've added a KO_OP Lounge! This section houses a channel for all things game development, as well as another for talking about studio co-ops and unions! We love being able to connect with y'all, and getting to share our experiences with game dev and co-ops + unions is exciting! 😁 As Saleem mentioned we're also tweaking the structure of these newsletters—I'll still be here yapping about our projects, but we'll be including things from the studio itself! There's so much brain power at the studio, and I wanna share that with y'all. You'll get to see in-studio memes, devs' side projects, behind-the-scenes info of how our next project's developing, and whatever else these ridiculously talented and brilliant people are cooking up. |
So, What's Next?OMG sooooo much. I've been hard at work on a little side project related to our next game that I think y'all are gonna love. Especially if you're into things like Severance and Murderbot?! Will share more news about it in upcoming newsletters, across socials, and in our Discord! Speaking of Discord, we've been redecorating as we prepare for our next project. In addition to all the great channels y'all love, we've added a KO_OP Lounge! This section houses a channel for all things game development, as well as another for talking about studio co-ops and unions! We love being able to connect with y'all, and getting to share our experiences with game dev and co-ops + unions is exciting! 😁 As Saleem mentioned we're also tweaking the structure of these newsletters—I'll still be here yapping about our projects, but we'll be including things from the studio itself! There's so much brain power at the studio, and I wanna share that with y'all. You'll get to see in-studio memes, devs' side projects, behind-the-scenes info of how our next project's developing, and whatever else these ridiculously talented and brilliant people are cooking up. |
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We have a channel dedicated to posting things that align to an assigned vibe/theme. This month, I got to choose the vibe—BRAINWORMS!!! People posted inside jokes, cartoons from their childhood, movies they loved—it's great :) THIS is the kinda stuff we'll be sharing more often here!! |
We have a channel dedicated to posting things that align to an assigned vibe/theme. This month, I got to choose the vibe—BRAINWORMS!!! People posted inside jokes, cartoons from their childhood, movies they loved—it's great :) THIS is the kinda stuff we'll be sharing more often here!! |
I'm heading out for a vacation soon, but I wanted to drop y'all a line before I log off! So excited to continue on this journey with y'all, and many many MANY thanks again and again for all y'all's love, support, and memes! ♥ Talk soon!! 👋 |
I'm heading out for a vacation soon, but I wanted to drop y'all a line before I log off! So excited to continue on this journey with y'all, and many many MANY thanks again and again for all y'all's love, support, and memes! ♥ Talk soon!! 👋 |
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