Navin Nair

Lead/Principal Designer, Riot Games. Prev: Sr Combat Tech Designer, Santa Monica Studio, Lead Designer/Lead Programmer, Section Studios. Part time indie dev.

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

Its been awhile since I found some inspiration and more importantly time/energy to do any creative side project. But recently found some inspiration to dive deeper into more traditional roguelikes and proc gen stuff. Starting this thread so I don’t give up on it :)

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@MDSVeritas @PaneerDevourer Yeah! No bipedal constraints give that extra freedom. Excited to see what yall cooked up!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@KatDoes3D I recommend a combination of making small games, game jams and study of the theory (lots of great books and videos out there). We are in a day where knowledge is not the barrier anymore. Even a simple deep query from an Llm will give you a ton of great starting points. Good luck!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@Tocelot @humancomputerco This looks really fun!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@PaneerDevourer Dude your dedication to souls games is admirable!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@brunovelazquez @YouTube Dude this is so hype!! Was hoping for a gow announcement :)

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@Blinkity Congrats to you and the team!!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

Let’s gooo!

[League of Legends @LeagueOfLegends]

In the darkest hours, there is always a beacon of hope 🪽✨ Watch the full 2026 Season 1 Cinematic now on YouTube.

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@Drututt I believe in our teams capability of getting the balance right over time. Things that push the boundaries and are truly exciting for players will sometimes come out not perfectly balanced. It is the price of innovation that we need to accept imo :)

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@playSUPERVIVE You guys made a great game that was unique and fun. Hope y'all are super proud of that achievement. Good luck with what's next!!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@truffle @ClaudeCode Haha cool….would love to read a breakdown if you ever get to it. Haven’t dove into skills too much. Mostly been using it for things like shaders, refactoring algorithms/code etc. I’ve found if your game data is text based, it is pretty good at parsing/extending it.

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@alexandrabotez This looks amazing! Congrats and good luck on the reveal/launch :)

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@alexandrabotez Sounds interesting! As a chess enjoyer, Is there a discord or place to check out early progress?

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@DannyLimanseta Highly recommend Godot too. Found it works very well with Claude due to the language being pretty easy to parse and being open source works well for it too!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@BrainEngineer Congrats to you and the team!!!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@Blinkity Dude blitz looks soooo good!!!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@itsrobdavis So hyped for it!

[Navin Nair @_zencoder]

@Bp__Dev Nice! Great work!