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Naud

@naud.bsky.social

technical game designer and UI peep 🥡 designing stuff @peripheralplaybox.com 🐜 website caseydahlgren.com 🌻 neopets influencer 👽 they/she 🤖 ask me about Godot UI

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leyla mamedova ✨@leylses.bsky.social · 3w ago

✨hello bsky game devs: i am once again actively job hunting // reposts appreciated✨ i am an experienced (8 yrs) producer (ex-xbox/ZOS) who specializes in creative pipelines. i come very highly recommended. i can work in big orgs or scale startups. i'm also funny. my slack posts rack up reacts.

my specialties (beyond the standard production/PM responsibilities): ✨ creative pipeline design, management, and remediation ✨ specifically, pipeline management for complex creative pipes (like cinematics!) ✨ teambuilding rooted in research and experience ✨ and i can be your shotgrid whisperer! my experience: 🌟 8 yrs exp across TV animation and games 🌟 full-cycle games production 🌟 live service exp 🌟 outsource management 🌟 both indie and AAA environments 🌟 both licensed and original IP 🌟 worked with UE4/5 setups, as well as custom engines 🌟 bonuses: former professional animator/illustrator, operations exp, fluent in russian what i'm looking for: 🌠 full-time or contract production/PM work 🌠 remote or hybrid out of the baltimore county area it's op with a fall out boy short, bandana, and chunky jewelry. her dog is flat in the background.
Chris Kerr@kerrblimey.bsky.social · 3w ago

Multiple sources feel that doing good work within Xbox Game Studios and delivering success will not save you at Microsoft, because Microsoft simply does not understand how to save itself.

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Naud@naud.bsky.social · last mo.

I wish people knew how office politics can affect your work, and in turn, the product. If you've ever worked at a place where office politics messed with your work, you get it. Game studios aren't different.

Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · last mo.

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

Naud@naud.bsky.social · last mo.

There is often a reason why certain features, genres, or combinations thereof are rare or haven't been done before. Sometimes there are intractable core design issues. Sometimes it just sucks and isn't fun

Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · last mo.

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

Justin Đoàn@soundaholism.bsky.social · last mo.

That the solution to their pain point is/should have been obvious, and is simple/quick to implement. "Obvious" solutions typically introduce new problems that players don't anticipate, are limited by the game tech/architecture, or require multiple people who are now tied up in other work

Cara Ellison@caraellison.bsky.social · last mo.

game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be?

Raj Patel@rajio.bsky.social · last mo.

Very few (close to zero) career gamedevs realistically get to choose what games they end up working on. Working on a cool and/or successful game is not an inherent reflection of the skills of the individual in question.

Nessa ✨@nessathewriter.bsky.social · last mo.

does anyone wanna fund my indie game? it’s called Keep All Of My Colleagues Gainfully Employed. it’s an ARG where you keep all of my colleagues gainfully employed. we’re workshopping the name

nathaniel@pedrothedagger.bsky.social · last mo.

As someone who started their career in the ps2/xbox/gen era - the problems you were trying to tackle at that point were much much smaller. The fundamental platform limitations constrained the distance between what a team could theoretically ship and what they could actually ship. Compute power and

AK Fedeau@akfedeau.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm very sorry to announce that I was one of the devs affected by the Obsidian layoffs today. At least for four years, it was a beautiful dream. If you need a writer with experience in everything from the fog of war to romance - especially if you're open to remote - please get in touch.

ari velazquez 🌯@arivelazquez.com · last mo.

been in the industry for 12 years and never had a game i worked on in stores and sad to realize it'll probably never happen. just one of those dreams since being a kid who wanted to make games.

ko²@foxgirl.systems · 2mo ago

people claim to want "indie games with worse graphics made by people paid more to work less" right up until said indie game costs more than $20