Consider the example in that Metroid article that's making the rounds. Having a voice tell you "hey, I think you might've missed something" when you bypass a save room doesn't teach the player to look out for save rooms. It teaches them to listen for instructions. www.eurogamer.net/metroid-prim...

#pixelart #space

I'm so curious to see the actual distribution here cuz this is not representative of my experience & ppl I know, even senior folks I know in games only sometimes clear that. Is there some secret CA game studio that employs a thousand engineers for 300k skewing numbers here lmao

*beededededoop* Sam. It’s me, Die-Hardman. Wanted to let you know there’s banana bread in the kitchen. You can take a portion of this sweet cake bread anytime. Use the knife to cut off part of the loaf. You can take a full piece or a small piece depending on how hungry you are.

Arp 156 - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2dqvScX

Metroid Prime 4: Marvel Escort Quest. Nobody talk to me I'm inconsolable

DO NOT TALK TO SAMUS WHILE SHE IS WORKING

POSSESSOR(S) is launching today. I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them. 🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra

Void Impression Art - Dishonored Death of the Outsider

When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs

another reason mastodon is better is this post is too long for bluesky

in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority

every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites

It's difficult to play and enjoy a co-op game with people at different levels of familiarity, like Peak or Nightreign. A lot of joy is in the shared discovery of novelty or strategy, and if you have one person who knows how stuff works and how to behave optimally and the other doesnt, theres tension

I think the single most important design decision in the entirety of Destiny 1 or 2 was when they built the inventory/quest screens to be interactable during loading screens Not talked about almost ever, but it was so damn important to the loot game

Did some watercoloring with my ma

Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) over Sydney - From Ángel López-Sánchez - https://flic.kr/p/2iXo4Gy

a reason to exist #ac6

@realgdt.bsky.social has done it again with Frankenstein. My eyes and mind are fed, like biting into a juicy apple; rich with colour and life. With gorgeously lit sets, tangible horror and wonder tying together, he very firmly proves that ai does not belong anywhere near the cinema.

Hold music

TRANSGENDER FOR EVERYBODY

black hole knight 🌌⚔️✨

Planning some dialogue for mech game and so far it's 80% relationship drama, 20% philosophy and 0% talking about da war or whatever. This is probably good right

Why does Every cishet couple on Grindr looking for a weekend party tranny seem like they are trying to ritualistically murder you?

looking for a free TTS tool to make placeholder dialogue assets that ISNT AI driven is proving pretty dang hard lol

oh oh oh oh and look at that last line in the second image and think about what we had hammered into us about puberty blockers during the moral panic

“I was watching the baseball game” Interesting. I was contemplating solutions to the great global challenges of the 21st century. But your game sounds nice too 🤷‍♂️

My deranged gamer take that no one agrees with is that 90% of boss fights are annoying and stupid and I hate them. Especially when it's supposed to be some meaningful emotional sorta moment

B. Kliban drew one of the funniest comics I have ever seen before

We love a good itano circus~

forgot how stressful and scary moving is! augh!

On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.

Guy whos excited for the AI crash cuz he thinks graphics cards will finally become cheaper

this has nothing to do with any remake in particular, but god I fucken hate remakes dude they make me miserable just thinking about them

Report: Possessor(s) dev Heart Machine lays off more staff two weeks before the game's launch

pumkin

happy signalis day to all who celebrate

The Big News™️: Duck is coming to Steam next month. Release date dropping SOON!

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

gamedev

Positing a theory called Teleological Copium Game Design where ppl like a game that has Bad Things in it and then (theodicy style) decide those bad things are good/intended/necessary as part of a grand perfect design. This lets me objectively own fans of games I don't like with facts and logic

Deploy your grunts !

Only a brain as specifically warped as mine could be stressed out and mentally unwell playing a video game in my free time, and then feel relaxed and so healthy and well working on project instead.

🎶 Disappointment pt 2

Tip: if you're talking to someone midway through a game and intentionally trying to avoid spoilers, maybe don't phrase things like "hey do you have [upgrade] yet" or "did you get to the part where [thing] happens" eh

Echo

Entered silksong act 3 and again dumbfounded by how big this game is. Extremely fucking impressive and cool but also please make it stop I want to do other things with my life sobs

i know so many great game developers ready to make the good shit, the actual unambiguous everyone-thinks-so good shit, with no money for it. they will never get it. enough to shake a feller's faith in his fellow man.

I’m StuntmAEn Bob & I do pixel art 👀 #PortfolioDay