Dandadan season 3 is in development :D

New beefy workstation, just missing one quite crucial part, the case ... Feels a little like Christmas morning :)

This is turning out really sick. I can't wait to see it painted. www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/s...

Ah, finally sleeping in a real bed again 🤩 *banishes the air matress to the depths of hell *

*too lazy to do the math* *maps out elevator interior and Ikea package sizes in hammer to see if a bed fits in my tiny elevator*

I got into "hand-to-hand combat" with a couch while assembling it and dislocated my shoulder (due to an old injury) ... fucking Ikea ...

Being so used to talking in English that when I said "dag"(goodbye) in Dutch (my native language), but started saying bye and halfway though changed it to dag, to end up sounding like an utter fool saying byaag >_> ....

The older you get, the more an air matress becomes a diabolical torturing device.

New appartment. The previous tenant left it pretty dirty ... Been cleaning for days, cleaned the shower of mold today and I inhaled so much of it that I aM bEcOmE MoLd 💀

fyi: we finally got a good level design tool for Unreal and it is Scythe many people are already using it in production. proper iterative level design is getting to happen in unreal for the first time in a long time. you are going to start noticing the difference soon

I am not really big on anime, but I recently watched Dandadan and loved it, specially for its unique style, fast-pacedness and it drawing from Japanese folklore. Would love some recommendations!

Dat moment when you wake up hungry, but there is no food at home, and it's too early for shops to be open.

I passed by the Lego store in Berlin, went in, and did some casual browsing. I told myself I won't buy anything since I will be moving to another country in 2 weeks. But my inner kid won ...

"Is level design still level design if there is no spatial design involved?" I know companies can not agree on the role and description of the job being consistent, but I am genuinely curious what other #gamedev peeps are thinking about this?

Russians are something else ... Who hurt you bro?

I am so giddy about renting my own appartment, just paid the deposit (yay, no more roommates!😆) and I am weirdly enjoying making google spreadsheet overviews of all the stuff I need to buy. Maybe deep, deep down, there is a producer hiding in me.

This took me way longer than I am comfortable admitting, but I finally got all the shinies ✨

Walking away from my job in #gamedev after 7 years, right before getting my promotion to senior, especially now, sounds kinda crazy. It is the first job I ever walked away from, all my other non-gamedev jobs ended due to economic hardship and closures. It feels weirdly good to have this agency.

Between the lack of funding, constant layoffs to please investors, trend chasing, failing live service games, overblown budgets and AI ... This industry is royally fucked. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Uh, yeaaa ... that just happened, 9 bloodsuckers in a single POI. A-life is bit wacky sometimes.

After two years at Crytek, I'm happy to announce I've left the studio ! If you are searching for a versatile designer specialized in systemic gameplay, vivid world building and with an obsession for creating game experiences that step out of the ordinary... I'm your guy. ❤️

I continue to be surprised that there isn't more pushback from game makers of all tiers, AAA to Indie, to major platforms trying to put them all out of business by injecting AI slop creation tools in to mine free labor from children. The endgame of all these platforms is no discrete games for sale.

Intrusive thought of the day: *in the corner of my eye I spot a bottle of liquid laundry detergent standing on my desk in where I usually have a drinking bottle standing* "I am thirsty, I should drink in it" wtf brain ... 😅

After 7 years at Ubisoft Berlin, I’m off on a new adventure! I’m heading back to Belgium to study "game graphics production" at DAE in Kortrijk for the next 2 years — a chance to expand my skill set, explore new ideas, and pursue a long-time ambition of moving to the US to join Valve in person.

Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never' aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...

That moment when the season gets warmer and you sleep with the windows open, but you are not getting any sleep cause a person in a neighboring building has terrible sleep apnea ... 😨

We’re hiring designers at naughty dog. If you love the kind of games we make and want to help us keep making them please apply. Im looking for folks that have a keen sense for level design, get the fundamentals but also feel passionate about pushing the discipline forward. Cheers

Going a little overboard with greyboxing. #leveldesign #source2 #HalfLifeAlyx

Me, after frantically trying to find some important paperwork all night and sending emails to my old local authority and the embassy at 5 in the morning ... Might as well get ready for work now.

Finally got around to updating my portfolio with some of the work I did on Far Cry 6 and Incursion, a collab with Nate Grove (who's now at Valve) on a wave based arena level for Half-Life Alyx. maartenfrooninckx.mystrikingly.com

Welcome to #Alpine, a luxurious resort nestled in one of the world's premier mountain ranges. A haven for skiing, climbing, relaxing, and taking hostages. From @lukyvald.bsky.social, @twinnienl.bsky.social, g3om, and myself comes a new map for @counter-strike.net.

ATTENTION INDIEDEVS Show off your art style

Politics affects everyone.

Museum of Asian art in the Humboldt Forum.

Alte Nationalgalerie.

Neues muzeum.

Another weekend, another museum, found these cocky little fellas.

Thought you Source nerds might appreciate this. credit: TeaDrinkingWarlock on the S2 Modding Hub discord

Imagine what a badass you gotta be to have an armor made from shark teeth.

Froggo got cheeks

Some more pics I snapped today as I visited the Bode-Museum.

Went to a bookstore, but it was closed due to International Women's Day. So I decided to go for a walk instead and took some pics.

Since I enjoyed Sprawl and Prodeus a lot, recommend me some more modern boomer shooters?

Took me a while to get around to playing it, but Prodeus is a very enjoyable "retro-styled" fps. The arc rail rifle is a beast, probably one of the most fun weapons in games. store.steampowered.com/app/964800/P...

Damn, textures.com dropped the free monthly credits -_-

More work on Shelter. Trying to wrap up the initial art pass of the adoption center. #cs2 #counterstrike #leveldesign #source2

Seeing a work calendar devoid of meetings for the next couple months is .... scary.

St John's Concert Hall Smith Square, London SW1P Cut stone building with small wooden door framed with ivy #reference #buildingreference #materialreference

Mod makers rejoice: The Team Fortress 2 SDK has arrived! We've updated the Source SDK with all of TF2's client and server game code. Change, extend, or rewrite TF2, and publish them as mods on Steam. www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...