Devon Smith

Senior Systems & Gameplay Design Lead | (Contributed to Halo, Mass Effect, Dead Space... and far worse) He/Him 🏳️‍🌈 | Letterboxd:

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@Jsonilrd That’s the camera nightmare to mess with next. The cart is your vehicle/trusty steed/sentient basketball hoop.

I’ve got a few ideas about incentivizing them to be closer together, and I have some spline cameras that pull out into more of arenas or areas of interest.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

Designing a drop-in drop-out couch co-op game for 3 players was much more noble in my head… before my lap was full of controllers and I began trying to test connect/disconnect race conditions.

Mostly weeded out the prototype. Then I have to finish refactoring cameras.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@corhoonx So. Many. DONGLES.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@hthieblot Halo 2, Wind Waker, Zombies Ate My Neighbors

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LateNightHalo Happy belated, bud!

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@HorrorUntitled Show to show? Absolutely.

I think Goosebumps books have a story to story brainworm quality that kind of outlast what Gary, Sardo and the Campfire bring to the table.

But my hot take is that Slappy is the weakest link.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

^^This was the video I sent our 10 year old to show him he’ll be able to playtest with his twin brothers.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LateNightHalo @Rebikkuma It also reminds me that I always wanted a Pillow of Autumn. For Halcyon-class comfort.

(I only ever got like a redbubble approximate)

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LateNightHalo @Rebikkuma How the fuck did we never make those?!

This is incredible.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LateNightHalo @MrRaiiin You can see how we ended up with that cyan sky in SiCar. Not an Eddie thang, as you can see how these are kind outside is default color choices for Halo work.

But that literalism, you.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LateNightHalo @MrRaiiin In that they came after Boatcop Inception?

Yeah. Ben C’s group called Eddie for some Art assist to help shore up and create some visual targets for Saber artists if I remember correctly.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@LexMakeCreation Arby with allergies: Were it so sneezy…”

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@ChefandArbistor And even in the framing of post 9/11.

Who was a scrappy, underfunded force (complicit in its own atrocities) being invaded by an overwhelmingly technologically advanced alliance based on misinformation and scapegoating from their leaders?

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@ChefandArbistor This dude is like “no but you left the wrong cult because it wasn’t literal 1:1”, instead of “oh, I see myself going down a path that does not align with my values in the name of (reasons XYZ). I too question wanting to be part of it.”

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@ChefandArbistor And if you’re a player, who also occasionally looks out the window, you might wonder “wait, this feels familiar”.

Art begets culture. Culture begets art.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@ChefandArbistor And some truths can co-exist.

If you’re writing a video game where you have to shoot aliens because it’s fun, you might also want that invasion to have human motivation.

Out your window, there might also be a war or invasion showing how people respond to that.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

All of his work was a staple in my house growing up. He did something great for every audience.

Alien, Picket Fences, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias… SpaceCamp.

Thanks for everything, Tom.

[Variety @Variety]

Tom Skerritt, 'Picket Fences' and 'Alien' Star, Dies at 93 https://t.co/13H8QfV3vE

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

@D7c9k7fwr @JoeTheNiteOwl While Bill Murray exists to not just be a skeptic playing to the back row.

His general notgiveashitness contrasting against Dan’s is part of the sauce.

People often try to make those explicit story beats and *tell* you. GB’s vibe is to show you, and move right along.

[Devon Smith @DevGameDev]

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