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Lead Level Designer and #gamedev #leveldesign educator. https://www.youtube.com/@LDLearning #UnrealEngine Gotham Knights, For Honor, BioShock Infinite, Homefront, etc.

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Maybe this would get me back in.

06.08.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly, I stopped going to the theatre- tired of badly behaving viewers.

At least my last movie was Blade Runner 2049 in IMAX.

06.08.2025 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Point taken though- its an unsurprising list of techbro judgments.

06.08.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I realize I could be wrong, but it is presenting some kind of calculation of the effect of AI in professions . Surely the number of employed in each profession are a factor in that calculation.

06.08.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve followed your posts for awhile now, its frequently been my best source of useful #UnrealEngine news.

06.08.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I failed to realize the job market was flooded with historians.

06.08.2025 06:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Its not everyday someone is lusting after Claude Rains, but now I have to see this.

06.08.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also interesting how horror is a frequent sure bet in the film industry when it comes to investment vs. return. Low investment, low risk, high potential for good ratio of return.
My guess is indie games figured out the same reasoning.

06.08.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now I know why I love horror/paranormal.
Remedy is probably the lone exception, I am not sure how they do it.

06.08.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

p.s. if you are a DC comics nerd there are some interesting trivia RE: #Batman #Gotham #DC #DCComics

06.08.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How the fuck are artists not on that list?

06.08.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gotham Knights: Released vs. Development - Langstrom Mission (Gotham University) - YouTube In this playlist, you can see a comparison of released and in development versions of Gotham Knight's first story mission - Langstrom (Gotham University). I ...

I am starting to release my backlog of #gamedev #leveldesign videos. This week its a before and after playlist of the introductory story mission in 2022's Gotham Knights:

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Subscribe to LevelDesignLearning channel to catch them all !

06.08.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Epyx published Rogue???
A veil has been lifted.
I was somehow aware of all other Epyx games except that one.

06.08.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't get me started, I need to focus...

06.08.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A few times a year, my Mod project trigger finger starts itching...

06.08.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Level Design - Quick Blockout Demos - YouTube Here are a collection of timelapse demos in Unity that illustrate some useful techniques and concepts to consider when creating blockouts. Originally recorde...

New(ish) Quick Blockout Demos playlist at Level Design Learning channel!
7 levels sketched in ~20 minutes.

Helpful 3D exercise, but not a substitute for long, detailed work.

Fool your short attention span brain into feeling productive!
#gamedev #leveldesign #Unity
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

30.07.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s a poster you had in your room growing up

05.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!

In Arkham, I prototyped a CSI lab puzzle where players discover the creation of Man-Bats.

The fantasy of "world's greatest detective"- Before the final "2D" system, spline cameras zoomed into narrative puzzles.

#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman

17.06.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I thought you were saying the one on the box cover was right but the interior one was wrong. I love original poster illustrations too- but I’d only ever seen the 2nd image for Mad Max.

16.06.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do you say that is the right cover?

16.06.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah the rate at which it enshittified since I left is impressive.

15.06.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty sure if they licensed real music then the worry of offending someone increases.

04.06.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to hear this. Bummer doesn’t even describe it.

01.06.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no disguise, just a bankruptcy of innovation.

If a sequel/reboot of a successful game is greenlit or funded, then that’s just sucking a preexisting money teat.

If the formula of another successful game is greenlit or funded then that’s just stupid magical thinking.

01.06.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!

Gotham University began the main story, also serving as a tutorial level. For a grounded sense of place, layout was re-imagined as looped circular paths connecting 3 campus buildings to a central plaza.

Commentary! πŸ”Š

#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman

28.05.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Or a prequel

25.05.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh nice its on Criterion, might need to watch.

25.05.2025 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For example, I don’t know how well it did $, but Mundaun was a great example of art direction in its own right.

24.05.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

True but I’m an optimist, I like to think that each approach can find its audience.

Not every game can or should target the GTA VI demographic.

24.05.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah sorry it is sarcasm. After Kaepernick, it was pretty clear they held no serious values.

24.05.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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