I’m happy to share that next week I’m starting a new position as Senior Lighting Artist @turtlerockstudios.bsky.social ! I'm stoked to be joining such an immensely talented team and look forward to building something amazing together!
TolerLive | Tyler Klimek
@tolerlive.bsky.social
| Currently: | Senior Lighting Artist @ #TurtleRockStudios | | www.tylerklimek.net | | Previously: | Lighting Artist II @ #EA #skate | | Senior Lighting Artist @ #DeviationGames | | Lighting Artist at #343Industries #Halo | | Twitch.tv/tolerlive |
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is my GOTY and very very likely in my top 10 games of all time. I'm not finished quite yet but wow. What a pleasant surprise!
I was responsible for lighting Chasm, a multiplayer map released with Halo Infinite Season 3. Designated as a "quick-map"-an idea to utilize existing campaign assets to speed up the release of Dev-made maps in the game. Usually it takes ~6 months to light a map depending on size, Chasm was done in 1
Oasis was one of the Halo Infinite Season 3 maps that I got to light! This one is really close to besting Scarr for the title of "My Favorite Map I Did Lighting For". And Oasis was DEFINITELY the most difficult from an optimization standpoint. (1/2)
Scarr was the last "released" map that I was the lighter on during my time at 343 on Halo Infinite. It was definitely one of my favorite maps I worked on during that time period. Initially the entire map was much more covered in the intense heat/lava vibes you now see on the red side (1/2)
Stuck traveling back to Colorado all day in airports/planes. Absolutely HATE flying and I've got to do this a few more times this year still.. send help!
Anyone in my community try Stalker 2 yet? I've heard it has some glitches but aside from that I've heard it's excellent! Really looking forward to trying it out soon.
While lighting Halo Infinite multiplayer maps was definitely my favorite part of my time at 343, I'll always have a soft spot for the campaign work I got to do! From the time I started there until the launch of Halo Infinite, I got to really dive into Zeta Halo and do some really cool stuff!
Created a starter pack for game dev lighting artists to find each other - I'll keep this updated as more artists migrate over here! #gamedev #lighting go.bsky.app/QADTe3H
Artists and devs- any end of year goals or personal projects you're working towards finishing?
I had a dream that I was Gordon Freeman last night, and I couldn't talk guys! I couldn't talk!
What's the most UNDERRATED game of the year in 2024?!
Bluesky feels like I took a Time Machine back to 2009 when I was still like “Hey this social media thing is going to make the world a better place.”
I LOVE Elden Ring and Shadow of the Erdtree, but I personally don't feel DLCs or expansions should be considered for GOTY awards. There should be a separate category for best expansion/DLC. If only 6 nominees are allowed a year, we don't need one of those slots spent on a DLC
It's really wonderful that Activision/Treyarch made the Black Ops 6/Warzone update so massive that it takes my entire work day to download so I won't be tempted into sneaking away from my work desk for a game or two!
Raise your hand if you're endlessly scrolling because you're unable to sleep and you're unable to sleep because you're endlessly scrolling!
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I think by the end of the year I'll be fully off of Twitter and mainly using Blue Sky for my game dev related postings (and whatever other random stuff comes to mind). I scroll through Twitter and 99% of what I see is complete garbage at this point.
Game Devs: What's one franchise or IP you haven't had the chance to work on but would be an absolute dream opportunity for you?
Super disappointed to hear Sony closed down the concord studio. Was really hoping they'd get another chance at a new game.
Its the best time of the year! Love me some fall adventures and halloween shit!
My Top 10 Games of All Time (and I dare you to make a better list!): 1. Halo 2 2. Red Dead Redemption 2 3. Ori and The Will of the Wisps 4. Halo 3 5. Telltale The Walking Dead 6. Gears of War 7. Ori and The Blind Forest 8. Skyrim 9. Bioshock 10. Left 4 Dead
Hello, new social media app! I'm Tyler, Im a Lighting Artist in the game Industry, currently working with #EA on the #skate franchise! I've previously worked with Deviation Games on a cancelled project and 343 on #HaloInfinite ! Happy to be on this new app and to see so many familiar names!
