Acke
@ackehallgren.bsky.social
🎮 Lead Quest Designer on Star Wars Outlaws at UbiMassive www.ackehalllgren.com 🎮 Solo developer of What Never Was + Chapter II www.whatneverwas.se Formerly: The Division | Rage 2 | Ravenbound He/him.
I'd saved this article to read today over breakfast, and I almost choked... It's pure gold: direct, uncomfortable, and absolutely true "Post-mortems are written by the people who survived the project and read by the people who caused it" www.productionalchemist.com/p/inever-see...
I Have Never Seen a Game Fail Because the Artists Were Too Slow
AI is optimising the cheapest part of production
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Working on the sequel to a game you made a bunch of years ago sure is interesting.
Staff does a job well to make a company worth 55b but then post sale is too much so they need to make cutbacks so the staff are let go. I will never understand the economics at play when you’re super important to wealth making till you’re not.
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 4d agoThe months-long process of Electronic Art's acquisition finally came to a close late last night. https://bit.ly/4fE0ucf
Understand if people are excited about tje D&D / Star Wars collab, but having played a handful of different systems, Edge of the Empire is the perfect system for Star Wars and honestly my favorite ttrpg system I've played to this day.
Executives should be legally required to cut their own pay before resorting to lay offs.
Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social · 2w agoAfter laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones" www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-38-m...
Look. No matter how bad things get No matter how dark Musk is more miserable than you. Take solace in the fact that not only did being a trillionaire not make him happy, he is also not a trillionaire anymore. The richest man in the world is also one of the most miserable
Unreal Engine peeps: Making a first person game. A room is flooded. It is not huge, but it is not small. The water is still. If I'd want to make ripples in the water from my first person characters walking - what would your solution be? Dynamic sim? Particle when player moves? Something else?
Bioware did 3 Mass Effects from scratch, starting from pre-production in 2004 and ending in 2012. With inferior tools, on inferior hardware, with limited knowledge. They made the first one in 3 years. They did all 3 story heavy cinematic RPGs in 8 years. Like, what are we doing here?
I made my own short first person adventure point and click game in 2019. I am finally working on Chapter II again properly, with my friend Ronnie!
What Never Was@whatneverwas.bsky.social · 4w agoWe're happy to announce that we are now a two person team, and that What Never Was: Chapter II is now actively being worked on again! steamcommunity.com/app/1506730/...
This guy from Monsters Inc would somehow feel right at home in Doom 3 if he wasn't wearing clothes.
I made my own short first person adventure point and click game in 2019. I am finally working on Chapter II again properly, with my friend Ronnie!
What Never Was@whatneverwas.bsky.social · 4w agoWe're happy to announce that we are now a two person team, and that What Never Was: Chapter II is now actively being worked on again! steamcommunity.com/app/1506730/...
What Never Was is a short, story-driven first-person game focused on exploration and puzzle-solving. We are currently working on What Never Was: Chapter II. You can play Chapter I right now for free. ackehallgren.com/whatneverwas/
We're happy to announce that we are now a two person team, and that What Never Was: Chapter II is now actively being worked on again! steamcommunity.com/app/1506730/...
What Never Was: Chapter II is back in active development. :: What Never Was: Chapter II General Discussions
We're happy to say that What Never Was: Chapter II is now actively being worked on again. It is still a labor of love and is still being worked on in spare time outside of work, but I've been joined b...
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Realizing they might add a 'jump' button to the Ocarina of Time remake.
Me: Worried that the puzzle I'm working on in my game is not realistic enough in terms of world-building and make-sense. References I find online:
"I want one billion players a day" is like what your toddler says when you ask how many pieces of chocolate they would like.
The game industry sure is saving a lot of money by firing everyone and not making games. But at least the fiscal year will look good on paper. Let's worry about the future at some other time. In the future, perhaps!
Realizing they might add a 'jump' button to the Ocarina of Time remake.
Hey, Adios is 45% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1271400/... $10. 2 hrs. One of the best voice-acted games in history. Two men who love each other very much are trying to persuade the other to stand down, because if one of them doesn't, the Farmer will have to be killed.
Die Another Day truly is the Batman and Robin of the Bond franchise.
Into the Wind - A delivery adventure together with your sentient flying motorcycle! Game announced finally, find it and wishlist here on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2843060 #indiegame #gamedev #intothewindgame #indiegame
In other hot takes: I love that new god of war is basically ‘what if we took the premise of that cancelled gladiator 2 script by Nick Cave really fucking seriously’ I sincerely love it. Games do great things when they commit to the bit with slightly silly ideas.
live your life in such a way that you would not disappoint Guillermo Del Toro
I really detest gen AI for many reason, but the two at the top is: 1. I cannot just enjoy things anymore. I have to feel like I'm trying to decode an alien language every time someone sends me a funny image or video. 2. Easily finding reference for things has become impossible. So depressing.
