Monica Schmit

3D/2D Artist | Technical Artist | Former Senior QA Tester at Activision Blizzard

Also owner and operator of BFAs in Animation and Video Game Design

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

It’s a small thing but geezes cricky

I’ve spent so much time in bender/maya that I started having a mental breakdown trying to navigate in it

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

#StarField

Ok
But it’s a 3D game, right?

So the people who made it have to have opened a 3D modeling software at some point

So why is the ship builders rotation so extremely bad?

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

Like, it doesn’t rotate around the object you have selected so you’re constantly fighting to keep it centered on the thing you’re trying to place

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

@Yank_76 It’s very important

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

It’s almost impressive how terrible every single UI element/menu feels to use in this game

I honestly can barely tell if there’s an actual game through all of the bad UX #starfield

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

Wait, I've been asleep for the last year to recover, we shitting on Activision?

'Cause in that case: Gotta love how when I worked for them as a Senior QA tester, a new tester would be like:

"So now that the game is out, crunch will stop right?"

and I would be like:

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

@fsfblake Fake News, everyone knows you where born tired

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

@fsfblake Listen all you have to do to understand Jira is:

1) Turn on the Advanced Search option
2) Realize that half of Activision's studios don't require people actually follow their own bug guidelines
3) Cry
4) Accept that you will never be happy again

it's that simple

[Pliket-Pliket (commissions closed) @TazaPliket]

Another old art meme by me..

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

@ClairKruskamp hi!

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

New banner was made by my friend Andrew Fedie, a while ago he was drawing people as d&d classes and drew me as a fire obsessed sorceress, can't imagine why~

[𝔇, Hunter of the Dead 🌙✨ @dekubrush]

Things that DON’T make you ugly

- acne
- being over/under weight
- scars
- stretch marks
- amputations
- physical abnormalities

Things that DO make you ugly
- Layer01 copy copy
- final_finalv2qqqq.psd

[Will (アイリス・バーニング) 💾 @lucid_coder]

Good morning.

Maya crashed again.

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

Data doesn't have to be scary 👻😱 read all about how Brendan Bard (@Drabynoops ) made Aluna's data friendly! https://t.co/IESHHqbFtK #gamedev #madewithunity

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

In an effort to be historically accurate, one of our prorgrammers delved deep into researching toys and music from the 1800s. Read about it here: https://t.co/BFkKi9OqRE #gamedev #toys #music

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

Say hello to Selene! Read about how we designed our main character here: https://t.co/J2P2u9cAQK #gamedev #madewithunity

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

Hey <game item>. Are you a game piece, 'cause I need you to complete this shadow puzzle.

Read about how we implemented object interaction from our programmer, Jerimiah: https://t.co/hKdNninuHX #gamedev #madewithunity

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

Before building a house, we had to construct a foundation of knowledge. In this post, Matt Williams describes in what manor this is approached: https://t.co/jnqdSXjG9g

[Aluna @AlunaTheGame]

We're back from @Official_GDC and spring break! Follow us for development updates as we work on finishing our game 🤩🎉 #gamedev #madewithunity #GDC19

[Monica Schmit @Pineapple_Joy]

I'm about to destroy something beautiful