Patrick Haslow at Bluesky

Lead Level Designer. #leveldesign and #UnrealEngine educator. AAA #gamedev since 2007.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Joining the important migration from Twitter, X.
Its a problematic platform owned by a robber baron sociopath and not worth the time.

Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Please, if you care about the rise of a fascist danger more than #gamedev, get your ass off of Twitter / X and over to Bluesky NOW.

Stop fucking shrugging your shoulders in apathy whilst worrying about follower counts.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

That other non- X platform is up to 21 million users, adding about a million daily.

Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

#gamedev #leveldesign

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

That other non- X platform is up to 21 million users, adding about a million daily.

Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

#gamedev #leveldesign

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Bluesky now top ranked free app on Apple Store.

Follow me for more #leveldesign, #gamedev posts on Level Design Learning

@patrickhaslow.bsky.social

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Joining the important migration from Twitter, X.
Its a problematic platform owned by a robber baron sociopath and not worth the time.

Follow me for more Level Design Learning posts: @patrickhaslow.bsky.social

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@YagubMehdi I really should but not yet.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

After seeing so much effort invested into #generativeAI I feel compelled to ask “why do you want computers to live your life for you?”

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@Beetlenaut Ooh these look familiar. Fantastic!

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@leighalexander No slights intended. A critique can contain complaints, that’s expected.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Happy #Blocktober ‘24

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

This #Blocktober, see AAA game level blockout planned and built from scratch in #UnrealEngine and worked to a first playable state! You can see the whole process in my #leveldesign videos at Unreal Online Learning.
#gamedev
https://t.co/Wu7CrhwYrV

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@HollyESpeirs My point here was not about BI. It was that in a commercial field like AAA gamedev its a luxury to be able to create marketable games according to ones own absolute principles.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

I remember her complaints about Bioshock Infinite, it’s certainly consistent.

It’s great to be able to choose an absolute ethos of gamedev without factoring intended audience with the entertainment proposition of the particular game.

One hopes it finds a sufficient audience.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@HollyESpeirs It sure had one of the biggest backlashes after initial reviews were posted

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

I’m seeing all the #StarWarsOutlaws art blast posts and although I’m happy for the artists, I’m always sad there isn’t a #leveldesign blast as well.

Ironically, what inspired me in #gamedev was “behind the scenes” footage of Star Wars.

The game equivalent is level design WIP!

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

Just bought #Hollowbody from @headwaregames. Loved the atmospheric horror of Chasing Static, really looking forward to this one!

https://t.co/3KpK7Q1WsP

[Empire State Building @EmpireStateBldg]

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@gnomeslair Bought it as a gift and played, it definitely pushes all the 1979 Alien buttons 👍

[Nath @headwaregames]

9 DAYS 👀

After three long years, my traditional survival horror game Hollowbody comes to Steam and GOG on September 12th.

you can help me out by wishlisting below :)

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

@osamadorias It might be a broader issue with the algorithm, which quite opaque.
If its goal is to find engaging threads for any user on a wide variety of topics, and if a user's posts tend to center on mainly one topic, then its more likely that user's posts get excluded from other's feeds.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

After a long hiatus from #gamedev education, am starting work on a video focused on puzzle design.

On #HogwartsLegacy I designed some puzzles in #UnrealEngine for Merlin Trials. Although the Avalanche team went in a different direction, there were some interesting 3P puzzles.

[Patrick Haslow at Bluesky @PatrickHaslow]

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