Sadly my position has been made redundant and I'm on the lookout for a new role. If you know of any current or future opportunities that may suit me please let me know. Portfolio linked below: gamesmegan.wordpress.com

After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant. If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨ fensartden.com [email protected]

Finally, a flag worth fighting for.

Got back into reading fiction in a big way the year before last after reading N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy. My family and partner were very good in gifting this haul of fiction over Christmas. Already finished Blood Over Bright Haven and it’s electric

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

One of the last puzzles I made for Monument Valley 3 was the Rubik’s Sphere. There were some cool technical and design challenges to bringing this one to life.

Hironobu Sakaguchi, recently, on his X account, has been posting an absolute treasure trove of design docs and promotional materials from early games. These are early design docs from Final Fantasy 3.

My level art..... ON DA TUBE????? 😳

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Last weekend I played so much News Tower that the news article symbols were in my dreams. Can’t wait to do the same again this weekend!

Yaaaaayyy, playing through the new MV3 content that released today and the level I talked about in my video is in here as a mini puzzle! Weeeeeeee

One of today’s rainbows 😄🌈

It's a fortunate position to be in to make levels for a game series you really love. Even more fortunate for the studio @ustwogames.co.uk letting you make a video showing how these levels can be designed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...

EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum". PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...

A bunch of new wonderful people added to this starter pack - collecting people working on indie games that explore better futures or critique the messed tangle of the present. Keep them coming! go.bsky.app/Fhw51ip #starterpack #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #future

This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!

We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.

Terrific video about the recent union busting at Rockstar and the response by affected employees and supporters

Any London based game devs out there, I think this would be an important demo to show up to if you can. The UK industry has to show Rockstar and Take Two higher ups that union busting will not be tolerated.

This is utterly scandalous and shameful behaviour from Rockstar! The right to unionise should be inalienable for all workers. That T2 and Rockstar would stoop this low is unconscionable!!

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

Riddle time: I am a key of grey hue. For dullness I am mocked. I must often cross with sisters. For purest crimson do I unlock. What am I?

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌 Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

Outside of the full time job as a game designer I try to practice outside of that with whatever design skill I’m not using. Main job requiring lots of system design? Practice level design. Main job requiring level design? Practice puzzle design

Doesn’t get much better than you and the cat playing silksong together

I am all for the excitement of Hollow Knight fans crashing Steam. But please only temporarily! 😅

Rainbow season has kicked off in style here! 🌈 A kind of under-rainbow but triple!!

Today's the day! A silksong special announcement in less than 7 hours. I'm wearing my Hollow Knight T-Shirt in celebration 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGe...

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉 The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans. Deadline: September 28th More info 👇 grants.draknek.org

Games for username letters L onging U nsighted D yson Sphere Program I was a teenage exocolonist C hants of Senaar R esident Evil 2 Y es, Your Grace A strea: Six Sided Oracles N ine Sols

I’m not saying our wifi password is GustaveBestBoi (I’m also not not saying that), however, until Silksong comes out, Clair Obscur is my game of the year

We are incredibly disappointed by the Labour government's decision to seek advice from such a narrow segment of our industry. You can find our open letter here: www.gameworkers.co.uk/open-letter-...

If you have never made a puzzle but really want to give it a try, I wholeheartedly recommend the LOK puzzle system. It has spatial and temporal elements that really get the brain meat working! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI28...

How I tend to work is with one hand, whilst little Gertrude climbs into my arm and demands chin scritches and belly rubs.

Started Logic Bombs last night and it's a real delightful puzzle game. Scratches the same itch as Clues by Sam. The tutorial levels give only a tiny bit of information and they really rely on familiarity with nonograms and solving solutions in other logic puzzles. Highly recommend!

@ludicryan.bsky.social made a fantastic video about how to make a LOK puzzle! Using both pen and paper environment and the editor in LOK Digital, Ryan really exposed what makes a LOK puzzle tick. I also contributed a bit with an interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI28...

Our #indiegame #Kickstarter is now LIVE! 🤩🎉 You're the one whodunnit in this reverse detective #visualnovel - can you find the perfect scapegoat, get away with theft, and stomach some sickening consequences? 🔎☕ Head over to our project page and support SPILL THE BEANS! ➡️ bit.ly/stb-kickstar...

This morning my partner joked that they never have to worry about me cheating on them because I'd just be at home filling out my Monster Train 2 spreadsheet 😅 (Making a spreadsheet because I want to do a system design breakdown video of the mini-engines at play for each faction)

A new kind of heist game. South African game studio announces Relooted, a game all about stealing stolen cultural artifacts from museums and bringing them back home to Africa. Get the details here:

I've wanted to write about Sekiro for years but nothing I wanted to say about it was interesting until I reflected on the nature of play and my own experience swordfighting. Finally finished it though! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-c...

Ahhhh k-pop demon hunters was such a delight. Great songs and funny from start to finish

I've been practicing making LOK puzzles for the last few weeks in preparation for making a video on how to make and design LOK puzzles. Part of this practice is just creating a muscle memory of different solving and design techniques. Part of it is analysing existing puzzles and why they work.

Every job I’ve had since I started in the industry, I’ve made the joke to managers that I have a clause in my contract to have a week off when Silksong releases. I am excited that I may soon not be making that joke anymore!

Yay, a game I worked on was on the wholesome direct (MV3). Feels like a good game dev achievement! Now to buy this year’s t-shirt!

I'm still annoyed at the idea of these AI bros who don't really care about the craft of making games. The time and effort I've spent to just PRACTICE out of a love of game design is so important to me. The practice itself is enjoyable! All of these puzzles, riddles, levels, systems are important

I think the part that annoys me the most about this is that these people don’t care about making games anymore. They’re in it for profit. I want to scream at every single one of them “but what’s the point if you don’t want to actually put the hard work and effort into a piece of art!?”

This is insane behavior to me. You want to WRITE for a living but you don't want to WRITE?!?

We're excited to announce that the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will begin TOMORROW and run from May 29 - June 5! Featuring discounts on a selection of excellent puzzle games, streams from our favorite streamers, demos for upcoming games & plenty more! Links below 👇 www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com

Tonight’s double rainbow 😁

One of the pieces I’m most proud of was a couple months into the pandemic about The Longing. It coincidently matched the conditions of lockdown during the pandemic. I talked about game texts and Gadamer so it was complex but super interesting! youtu.be/D8viXQhT8zw?...