Thirty-three years young today. Feeling at my best I've ever been thanks to my loving wife and all the supportive people in my life. I'm also ready for the next big adventure that awaits us as we are just 2 weeks away from relocating to Helsinki. 😊😊
Alex Tokmakchiev
@atokma.bsky.social
Senior UI/UX on Chronicles: Medieval • Ex: Principal UX on Hytale, Lead UI/UX @ Creative Assembly on Total War • Proud member #WeCanFixItInUI • Space Cowboy • Organizer of Sofia Game Jam • All views are my own.
I dreamt of a fantastically engaging game with simple, but joyfull mechanics. I remember thinking in the dream how wonderful it'd be to make the game when I wake up. Then I woke up. And I had forgotten the entire game. 😭
The way this game is played feels very much like American sports. Great stuff.
With the recent Sony and Rockstar news, it sure seems like a good time to bring back this bad boy.
“The dead won’t rise. But their sons… will.” Excited to share the gameplay reveal trailer of our game Chronicles: Medieval which premiered at the Summer Game Fest. In-engine footage focuses on our strategic battles, which has been one of my primary UX focuses the past year. youtu.be/60uz4iicAig
Chronicles: Medieval | Gameplay Reveal Trailer
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One of my biggest highlights from the recent Steam Next Fest. Immaculate vibes all around and hits that sweet "just one more" feel like crazy.
Jake Birkett - Veteran Indie@greyalien.bsky.social · 3mo agoLAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT Forbidden Solitaire is out now! We are immensely proud to release this awesome game made by two veteran indie studios and we hope you really like it. Steam: tinyurl.com/ywj43ptj GOG: tinyurl.com/2s3sv45j Itch: tinyurl.com/3k4bjt8m Please share, many thanks! #indiedev #FakeOS
My talk on Applying Object-Oriented UX Design to Break Up Complex Game Systems from the 2025 Game UX Summit in Antwerp is now live: youtu.be/Il3HhY0djvc Check it out if you want to learn how to use OOUX to improve collaboration, scalability, and player understanding in complex, system-heavy games.
GUXS 25 | Applying Object-Oriented UX Design to Break Up Complex Game Systems | Alex Tokmakchiev
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This Steam Next Fest is hitting hard. Will be doing a thread on all the games I've been trying out, but CICADAMATA is a solid early contender for best demo I've played IN YEARS.
Chuckled out loud when I went to log Bugonia in my Letterboxed and it hit me with this 😅😅
It's that time of the year again! Holiday card #10 celebrating the 150+ hours we put into BG3 this year 😅
Alex Tokmakchiev@atokma.bsky.social · 2y agoMy wife and I have been making a holiday card for our friends and family every year for the past 8 years. This year, we went a bit vintage gothic. ^_^
As promised in our newsletter, we're organizing a giveaway of the Summer Eternal Anthology Deluxe Firestarter Bundle! To enter: 1. Follow us 2. Repost this post Winner receives one free pre-order for the Anthology Deluxe Bundle.
SUMMER ETERNAL@summereternal.com · 8mo agoWe're pleased to announce that Yanis Varoufakis, Ted Chiang, Prof. Richard Wolff, David Gaider and Mark Darrah will be joining as contributors on the first volume of our Summer Eternal Anthology.
Don't worry, it'll all *surely* trickle-down at one point. 🥲
Daniel Ahmad@zhugeex.com · 9mo ago"The top 10% of US households now hold 87% of all US stocks owned by households, with the top 1% alone owning 50%." Is this good?
Scored a couple of gems from this dope Copenhagen used games store. Bonus: A wild @arvy.bsky.social appears.
I just realized I'm turning 33 next year so you bet I'm making an Expedition 33 themed birthday party.
Movie-heists: Extremely complicated plan involving a dozen people, precise to the second timings and ultra high-tech thing-a-majings. Real-life-heists: Park a truck and raise a basket to the balcony.
Oh my god, I'm gonna be insufferable when this comes out. The amount of reaction and meme GIFs I'm gonna make out of Lestat's rock star era is gonna drown my company's Slack channels. youtu.be/dr0q5FHUO1E
Extended First Look at The Vampire Lestat ft. Sam Reid | Premieres 2026 | AMC+
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Went to my first MTG Commander Night yesterday. Played two of my precons, I couldn't do anything in one game cause I just did not draw any Forest lands, proc-ed real hard the second game, but took pity on another player and then he wiped me. Lesson learned. Also won a Cowboy Bebop promo card! 10/10
This is a fantastic and rare opportunity! Because it's not mentioned in the original post, Sunset Visitor are located in Vancouver, Canada.
sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now!@sunsetvisitor.studio · 10mo agoWe’re also hiring for 3D Artist Generalists! 💠 80k CAD salary 💠 Hybrid/remote work (relocation support available) 💠 Health benefits plan 💠 4-day work week 💠 4 weeks annual paid vacation, unlimited sick/personal days Job listing ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
After 55 years, Bulgaria is back in the finals of the Volleyball Men’s World Championship. Watching this team has been a roller-coaster of emotions and the biggest one starts in less than ~3 hours. Regardless of the outcome, these boys are absolute champions <3
Absolutely INSANE turn around! From 2:0 for USA, to 2:3 for Bulgaria and we are off to the World Volleyball Championship Semi-Finals!!!
