Patrick Haslow at Bluesky

Joining the important migration from Twitter, X. Its a problematic platform owned by a robber baron sociopath and not worth the time. Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

Please, if you care about the rise of a fascist danger more than #gamedev, get your ass off of Twitter / X and over to Bluesky NOW. Stop fucking shrugging your shoulders in apathy whilst worrying about follower counts.

That other non- X platform is up to 21 million users, adding about a million daily. Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social #gamedev #leveldesign

Bluesky now top ranked free app on Apple Store. Follow me for more #leveldesign, #gamedev posts on Level Design Learning @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

Joining the important migration from Twitter, X. Its a problematic platform owned by a robber baron sociopath and not worth the time. Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

@YagubMehdi I really should but not yet.

@PatrickHaslow @PatrickHaslow Hey Patrick, love your work! I've been following you for a long time. I just switched to bluesky and couldn't find you there. Are you planning to join bluesky? I'm really looking forward to following you there.

After seeing so much effort invested into #generativeAI I feel compelled to ask “why do you want computers to live your life for you?”

@Beetlenaut Ooh these look familiar. Fantastic!

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@leighalexander No slights intended. A critique can contain complaints, that’s expected.

Happy #Blocktober ‘24

@HollyESpeirs My point here was not about BI. It was that in a commercial field like AAA gamedev its a luxury to be able to create marketable games according to ones own absolute principles.

I remember her complaints about Bioshock Infinite, it’s certainly consistent. It’s great to be able to choose an absolute ethos of gamedev without factoring intended audience with the entertainment proposition of the particular game. One hopes it finds a sufficient audience.

@HollyESpeirs It sure had one of the biggest backlashes after initial reviews were posted

I’m seeing all the #StarWarsOutlaws art blast posts and although I’m happy for the artists, I’m always sad there isn’t a #leveldesign blast as well. Ironically, what inspired me in #gamedev was “behind the scenes” footage of Star Wars. The game equivalent is level design WIP!

Just bought #Hollowbody from @headwaregames. Loved the atmospheric horror of Chasing Static, really looking forward to this one! store.steampowered.com/app/2123640/Ho…

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

@gnomeslair Bought it as a gift and played, it definitely pushes all the 1979 Alien buttons 👍

But, should I?

9 DAYS 👀 After three long years, my traditional survival horror game Hollowbody comes to Steam and GOG on September 12th. you can help me out by wishlisting below :)

@osamadorias It might be a broader issue with the algorithm, which quite opaque. If its goal is to find engaging threads for any user on a wide variety of topics, and if a user's posts tend to center on mainly one topic, then its more likely that user's posts get excluded from other's feeds.

I'm not seeing a fraction of the engagement that I used to have with even a 10th of the follower count. It's 100% because of my posts about Palestine. Social media is complicit in genocide.

After a long hiatus from #gamedev education, am starting work on a video focused on puzzle design. On #HogwartsLegacy I designed some puzzles in #UnrealEngine for Merlin Trials. Although the Avalanche team went in a different direction, there were some interesting 3P puzzles.

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