Senior Designer at Retro Studios. Metroid Prime 4, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Epic Mickey 1 & 2, and a few movie tie-ins. Views are personal.
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@partytimeHXLNT
is by far one of the coolest and most inspiring people I know. She blends games, tech, and art beautifully. She is a great speaker, community organizer, games historian, and friend. If you ever need some good vibes, just spend some time checking out her work.
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Retro Studios is hiring in design, tech, and art for Metroid Prime 4! Feel free to ping me if you're interested in working with us and want more details.
@epicmickeywiki
Hey I designed that level. Disney decided they didn't want to represent the hall of presidents like that. Makes sense, but I still liked the original.
@ChaseJonez
A lot of great memories, and despite the flaws I'm really proud of what we did. Really happy to have had the opportunity to work on those games.
@corybarlog
This could also be improved if more places would build/adopt a service that takes a queue and randomly selects people for high demand products. Make it tied to a phone number or something so dummy accounts are harder. Ending botting would go a long ways.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze releases today on the Switch! I did level design for the game and I'm excited that more people get a chance to play it. Check it out!
Tony Hawk 1+2 is the perfect blend of old and new. It combines the old "timeless arcade fun" feel with the new "55 minute install on the main menu after a 40 minute download/install" feel.
Got a Fitbit a while ago to track physical activity but the amount of times the 'find my phone' button saved me headache made it the actual killer feature.
@MartinKvale
@fullbright
I feel this so hard. I did a ton of permanence related work for a game. An error I (likely) made makes you skip to the final act if you buy a specific item from a specific vendor at one specific point of a 12+ hour game. The game treads on though, confusing players thoroughly.
Scare for a Cure was great as always. Our neighbors (we haven't met) happened to drive by as we were walking from the car to our house and they came to a full stop to stare. Good first impressions?
@feedthefishes
Doubt this helps but I was a lead level designer at 21, but mainly because no one else fit that role on the new project. I wasn't even very good at it at the time. My mid-level work at places down the road was dramatically better. Titles don't always tell the full story.
@momohine
@AnimationMerc
If you're going to all those places, make sure to look into the JR unlimited ticket for tourists. Unlimited train usage for a set price.
Spot on. I was going to include an onion emoji but despite being the world's most versatile ingredient, onions don't have one like other, lesser foods do.
@JuliaMinamata
Ahhhhh this is so good! This scene is the intersection between Sierra and Hugo's House of Horrors that I didn't know I needed until just now. Really great work.
@710wonderdev
This is so important. A positive side of this is also knowing it's never too late to form new connections that feel as important as older ones are/were. It's not the time, it's the quality.
@wombatstuff
The update definitely shook things up from the first completion. Made it through by snaking and changing directions more. On the successful run I don't think I generated any anti-circle bullets.
Riding the SkyTrain in Canada and the stop named "Yaletown Roundhouse" sounds like a combo finisher for a Vancouver themed Streets of Rage style arcade beat 'em up.
@Scuttlepunk
Disrupting things became a product design mantra. Eventually the message got lost and they started changing for the sake of changing and not because it made something better.
@chriswade__
Years ago I got into the habit of .gif-ing anything that seems worth watching again down the road, failures/bugs for fun, and also for prototypes that might not stay the same. Can confirm it's a great resource later for varying reasons. Screen area to gif programs make it quick.
@CosmicFunkonaut
I clicked start to launch something and I noticed a "tile" in the popup with an OLD (2008) game screenshot presented as a "memory". Dug in and realized it was from an old backup folder on my oldest HD. I guess Windows crawls through all your stuff to "Improve" your experience
@CosmicFunkonaut
Completely agree. There have been egregious privacy breaches in phone apps and the cloud, and it's weird to realize even our own PCs might fall under the same irresponsible privacy gaps. Stuff like this for example:
@oracrest
If I filter to only shipped games:
1: Music game starring rodents
2: Platforming adventure game starring a rodent
3: Platforming adventure game starring a rodent
4: Platforming adventure game starring a rodent
5: Platforming game starring a gorilla
@Enichan
Yeah. An aesthetic sometimes relies on how it doesn't use certain tech. A big example for me is how Epic Mickey 2 came out simultaneously on Wii and X360/PS3, but I prefer the look of the Wii version despite having a weaker GPU. It was the native platform for the art direction.
@oracrest
From what I gather, the reason this wall takes so much to break is because someone set the heath really high (9999 or whatever) to make it seem invincible until some other trigger removes it to get around some tool limitation.
@CosmicFunkonaut
I started keeping a list of games played on my phone for this exact reason. Maybe the question could be what are your favorite game moments of the decade, so it could include levels/bosses/mechanics/cutscenes.
@GraceSpelman
Teens at the biggest mall in our city on December 23rd, when shopping was peak. My sister walks to the mall help desk, says something, and walks away. Moments later on the (LOUD) mall PA: "Would Amanda Bone please come to the help desk". Laughed so hard I fell to my knees.
@crowsmack
@jasonschreier
Are you talking about Sensory Sweep in UT? Unpaid wages, stolen 401k, unpaid govt taxes despite paycheck withdrawal (IRS warnings to our homes), and retroactively declined (6 months) health insurance claims? Lived it!
@kenley_k
I think we are reaching a time where kids whose childhoods were defined by these kinds of things are now creators working on those IPs. I love it.
@TheArtOfAsty
For something a little different but still in the same theme, check out the NoSleep Podcast Season 12 Episode 9 story, "City in the Clouds".
@Bandygrass
@jervineyard
For elites/bosses, I've found a good rule of thumb is get 2 attacks in if you exploit a standard vulnerability window right away, 1 attack if a little late. Sounds slow but you spend way less time scrambling afterward. Hit more if it's a larger vulnerability window from specials
@stevepowers
Even if people are going to dig their heels on forgiveness it's a no brainer to end predatory practices like reverse amortization immediately. Cap interest rates and allow the debt to clear like other types of debt.
@kuraine
I loaded this up for a red eye flight home and dozed off while playing. I had a trippy half-sleep dream about interacting with a computer in a crazy digital future. Would recommend.