@charlieINTEL
Due to recent events, we have removed the “NICKMERCS Operator” bundle from the Modern Warfare II and Warzone store. We are focused on celebrating PRIDE with our employees and our community.
For the players - if you find yourself getting extremely angry over any videogame, don't message the first dev you find on socials. Instead, take a walk! Sip some water! Breathe for a little. You'll be okay
Wow, I haven't seen this many threats since launch!
Also, flattered so many are concerned with the security of my job and financial wellbeing after the removal of a skin from the store. For that group, venmo's the same as my twitter, please direct all your concerns there
Also - I'm very lucky to have a strong support system, from my partner to family to friends both in and out of the industry. I encourage healthy criticism, debate and discussion of every piece of media, just remember that the people that made it are human.
at the end of the day every dev loves games enough to bet their livelihoods on the chance to push the medium forwards
Everyone won't love everything all the time, but the art can be discussed without weird personal attacks on those involved
This this this
Im of the belief that everyone who works on games is a designer. A model made for a game is done with game design choices ingrained. Same with FX, sound, tools, any other thing you can think of. Regardless of title it all serves to design the game.
there's something that's been bothering me about this and it just clicked
people do not realize that game design is not exclusively the realm of people with "designer" in their title, even in AAA
coming up with 'how everything works' is collaborative across all disciplines
What a day. Shoutout to the few people in the comments having respectful conversations, rough to see how high the % is that come on so ready to fight and throw insults behind anon accounts.
He's BAAAACK
The season 5 intro marks the 12th postlaunch cinematic I've been designer on, feels like we evolve by leaps and bounds with each we put out
Great seeing the community love around this one especially
Been seeing an odd misrepresentation across CoD twitter regarding MWII vs III. The success of one studio doesn't downplay others. I'm a firm believer in the rising tide lifting all boats and have nothing but love for everyone trying to take this franchise to new heights
@JLHGameArt
Hey all! I'm Corey, narrative designer at Infinity Ward!
Outside of games I'm mostly trying new recipes and sketching nonsense on procreate, those hobbies may make their way to twitter soon 👀
"I cant BELIEVE there are families that don't support their game dev kids. Tell whoever doesn't have that supportive parent I'm proud of them for following their dream, happy holidays, all that matters is you're a good person. I will send you a letter." -my mom
Took PTO friday and didn't realize how much I needed that 4-day weekend.
Going into work today with my head clear, priorities in order, ready to put Morbius into
#CallofDuty
First day complete, I GET TO DO A VIDEO!!
Joined
@InfinityWard
's narrative design team, beyond excited to help this incredible team tell stories.
I grew up with
#CallOfDuty
and it's mind-boggling that I'll get to help bring it to all of you.
#gamedev
#newjob
27 today
Its been a big life-year! Moved in with my partner, got back in the gym, shipped a game + a few seasons alongside some great people and dove into hobbies both old and new
Much to learn, further to go, only onwards and upwards from here
Excited for
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
starting tomorrow! If you consider yourself a
#gamedev
, take a selfie and share what you do!
Yes, this includes:
✅QA
✅Marketing/publishing
✅Streamers
✅Consultants
✅Students
This is your industry too! You belong here 💜
Im tired now, but looking forward to a much calmer weekend playing d4 with my girlfriend and probably seeing spiderman again
Have a good night everybody.
There's really not a compendium of game dev knowledge like Twitter. We could fill GDC vault a thousand times over with twitter threads. I don't think this site will just disappear but for any interested:
Discord- Jackal
#5353
Instagram- same as twitter (dead tho)
also on linkedin
I was not impacted today, but want to dedicate my socials and my time to reposting and boosting those affected as much as possible
I'll be sharing and re-sharing as much as I can on linkedin and here, but DMs are always open.
This is a tough day.
@mrschief7
Facebook's automatic "if you reply, this person will also be able to call you and we'll send them your address" is the cherry on top to this
Assemble the squad. Season 1 arrives December 6 in
#MW3
and Call of Duty
#Warzone
🔥
🗺 All-new MP Maps and returning modes including Gunfight
🪂 Urzikstan
🔫 5 Free Weapons
🧟♂️ Next
#ModernWarfareZombies
Mission
➕ More
The industry's in for a great set of incoming game devs. Played some extraordinary games tonight, talked with truly driven and inventive people and just enjoyed the vibe
Saddest DMs award goes to all the people that sent me messages referring to me by she/her pronouns as a form of insult. As a cisgender dude I didn't expect that
Funniest go to the people that took the opportunity to yell at me about sbmm and WZ. Still not my job but I'll take it
Got a little bumped by a blue tesla while walking home, was in a crosswalk during a red light, they hit me and just drove off
Feeling lucky to be intact and annoyed that they just left
- do more paper design
- make small games
- do a lil VFX
- do a lil sound design
- reach out to more devs I admire
- tweet more (not just work)
✅ - get hired in games
Not the box I thought I'd tick first but yknow here we are ☺️
We've been nominated for the
#Grammys
! Thanks for the huge honor,
@RecordingAcad
🫡
Shout out to Sarah Schachner, Banda MS, Edison Flood, Destani Wolf, and SpiderFarm Productions for helping make this W possible 🙏
Goals for 2022
- do more paper design
- make small games
- do a lil VFX
- do a lil sound design
- reach out to more devs I admire
- tweet more (not just work)
- get hired in games
Bonus: working out, cooking, meditating and taking better care of mental health 🧠
#gamedev
I'll share here the thing I'm trying to keep in my own head, the piece of wisdom I've heard from so many friends at Riot and Epic and Google and on and on
We give ourselves every day to our work, but we are not our work. We were creatives before this and we will be long after.
THEY SAID THE NUMBER ON STREAM SO I CAN FINALLY SAY IT HERE
We've written . . . 25,000 !! new voice lines ,, for Overwatch 2 ✍️💥 !!!!!!!!!!!!! twenty five thousand twenty five thousand twenty five ThOuSaND
If I had a nickel for every time a car blew up in front of my apartment I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot of money but it's weird that it happened twice
I know you all said it'd fly by but I've been at my job for a MONTH already??
Honestly, I'm loving it at IW. Still so much to learn about making games but im excited to get up and do it every day.
So ends
#BlizzCon2023
Leaving my first blizzcon feeling inspired by the awesome work shown and by the love of the devs and fans that bring an event like that to life
Reading all these is a mix of validating and upsetting. There's got to be a better way for an "essential" industry event to function than a $3000 pricetag that, when paid, puts marginalized people at extreme risk of harassment simply for engaging in that event
People posting breakdowns of their GDC costs is really useful: if you were at GDC, what did your hotel, travel, food, cabs, paperwork (ie. visas, proof of income, etc), and event tickets cost? It helps demystify the expenses & allows devs more informed choices on where to go.
I am Very Excited about the good news and am barely resisting sharing it with you all. Only staying strong to get certain things in writing first but I am ~vibrating~ with excitement
Hopefully more to share by Friday :)
I don't know how much I can speak to but I'm glad this is sparking conversation
I wish this moment was truly unbelievable and not a reflection of the very real systemic issues faced daily in the US and worldwide.
Unbelievable moment in the new Call of Duty campaign, where, stalking through a trailer park, the game tells you to de-escalate a situation, and "de-escalating" means pointing your gun directly at civilians
Well, that's it. Just submitted my 100th job app since graduating USC back in May, 60ish since moving to LA in September. Feels like a lot right now, but I know it's not even half of what friends sent before they got in.
The
#gamedev
#jobsearch
continues.
Life is short, first goal of the new year is to tell people I care about that I care about them more often, and be more vocal with how much I appreciate those I'm lucky enough to be surrounded by in this wild storm of life
Starting new job tomorrow 👀
Feeling some first day of school nerves but not as many as I thought I'd have. Excitement is high, meetings are set, desk is built, PC is up. Feeling very ready to begin
I...don't know what to say. Not to be cheesy, but as a Titan main, Lance felt like home. Hearing his voice/seeing him in a show randomly always made me feel calm, safe. He was such a light, the sweetest man. I can't believe he's gone. heartbroken, it feels like losing a friend...
Critical
#gamedev
tip: if you want animated Slack emojis, go to Preferences ➡️ Accessibility ➡️ check 'Allow animated images and emoji'.
This will allow you to party-parrot react to everything, which is loved universally across all studios.
Late to the party on this but wow...this scene
Didn't go into this movie thinking "yeah ill identify with a depiction of anxiety on a very real level" but certainly left feeling it
Just saw the most jarring depiction of Dutch culture in a video game.
@CallofDuty
is a $30 billion franchise yet somehow cultural sensitivity remains an glaring issue.
A (spoilery) thread 🧵(1/9)
Worked on a good bit of the MWIII campaign including open combat and linear mission narrative / VO and cinematics, assisting friends from High Moon, Sledgehammer and Toys for Bob. Small part played alongside the herculean effort of colleagues to bring this game to the world
Adding to Arin's points, I had a whole lot of luck with very patient industry folks who were receptive to DMs when I was job shopping. Politely reaching out and asking for a chat, words of wisdom or just being enthusiastic about people making awesome stuff went a long way
Why do I keep yelling at people to get on LinkedIn if everyone hates it?
Recruiters can search by skills/experience, find you, and invite you to apply if they see you're a good match.
The better your profile the more likely you are to get attention and avoid the cold apply.