Another amazing game

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beautiful art direction

i love this game so much

should have been Nightdive

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my gf only plays stardew and similar games, is not very good at platformers or any action games but for some reason she is extremely good at Super Mario 2 (the raddish one) like almost speedrun level good

i can't emphasize this enough: don't make shit you don't need "I should add this variable in case later I want to tweak __" "I should refactor this in case later I want to add more __" If you don't KNOW you need it, you don't need it. You can't afford "what if later". You need to be certain NOW.

on the topic of minimalist games, how come all of the notable ones are cutesy whimsical fantastic where are the gritty gross depressing minimalist games

was just talking with a friend about how when you make games, the only thing that really matters is that the game world feels appealing the ambience has to pull you in. players just want to spend time somewhere cool mechanics, design, etc are extra to make it better (fumito ueda said it best 👇)

wrote this thing for my team on how I made my previous games

Looking to pick up a bit more work—if you're looking for stylistic, atmospheric art direction I'd be happy to chat!

Prison Of Husks illustration I did recently for the steam page. Wishlist our game at: store.steampowered.com/app/2975260/...

trying to get paid by bandcamp (real)

when im too tired to decide what to make but i wanna make something, i just make old guys smoking weed

speaking of minimalism, the new Guy Savage is amazing zero tutorials, zero HUD, no words spoken yet it is super easy to understand and has depth

ATS better do really well because I want to make a licensed game after it 😏

One of the best panels i’ve ever seen

Flexing the 3D environment art muscles, juicing stuff up. Now with air combos too :O! Is there anything I can't do?

my biggest learning in gamedev has been that 1 second is sooooo long

Man, do I love early 2000 Bump Mapping

the lil baby boots when aiming in first person lol

there's no grass in the world of ATS, so we can't do tall grass stealth so we do low mud

Godot is this magical thing that turns ideas I've been ruminating and documenting for TWO DAMN YEARS BUT COULDN'T GET TO MAKE BECAUSE I WAS BURNED OUT AS FUCK into cool 'perfect-dodge into wall combo' clips. This is about less than 2 weeks of in-engine + Blender work.

what if i came over and aimed at you like this

accidentally speaking spanish in the middle of work meetings because my brain has become mush

Hi y'all!! Still super pleased with how this came out, would love to see it on some folks walls!

I like that feel in Age of Empires where you win a game without really uncovering the whole map It feels so mysterious. You’ll never know what else was there An open world game would be cool with some thick fog, so you never really know if you’ve found everything

another hot take: MGS3 would be better if you didn't know your camo index and how suits affect it you should have to compare it visually and decide if it hides you enough and then learn by practice which ones work better telling the player makes it trivial, might as well not have camo mechanics

Part of the discussion of how much information the player should have There's the camp that likes the Mark of the Ninja approach, where the player knows everything I'm more in the MGSV/Thief camp where you know nothing and it only becomes intuitive once you play it for a long time

Hot take: I'm a strong believer that deadlines make art better. It's the best limitation to have. Forces you to make decisions. I think it's part of why games are mismanaged in this industry. Too much space to fuck around. Artists love to fuck around. I love tight deadlines

what's your take on the whole "last known position" mechanic where the game shows a little hologram of the player to let you know where the enemies last saw you

fun socks will improve your quality of life

teamwork makes the dream work

yes, DOOM, Mario 64, Half-Life, MGS series - they are all full of stock assets that's how things are made, nothing wrong with it

i see people lamenting that new AAA games use megascans or stock assets meanwhile the old games they praise are full of stock photos and stock sounds it has always been the same

why do i feel like a boomer when i send this guy

the MGSV man on fire music they added to Delta (and the bullets they added)

Kultist of Grail from my game, Three of Ghosts. Next up will be her rifle and then the other two kultists.

if you love BLAME!, you need to read Usuzumi no Hate its quiet, nostalgic version of the apocalypse feels very unique and beautiful

Retro Scifi dude, a mashup of costume stuff I've gathered lol Will probably use this look for a few things haha

dont search “watto” on this app. dont do it

If you, a tuber, ever make a retrospective on MGS and are in need of custom animated segments or transitions for your 40+ minute video, you should like, totally hmu maybe. My availability may vary but let's figure that out then and there, yes?

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i will make more retro-graphics games in the future, dont worry Still owe you a Rendar-like

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what happens when I’m both programmer and designer is that my programmer side will say “no, too much work” and so my designer side is forced to do minimalism that’s honestly my trick to scoping games

I love TLOU1/2 but for some reason, I never think of it as a stealth game. You also rarely see it in "best stealth games" lists either, but you see it in "best games" lists.