Scott's Avatar

Scott

@positronplays.bsky.social

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Senior QA Analyst at Epic Games ๐Ÿ“บ Sometimes Youtuber / Twitch streamer https://linktr.ee/PositronPlays

2,614 Followers  |  575 Following  |  463 Posts  |  Joined: 20.08.2023  |  2.3781

Latest posts by positronplays.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
Careers โ€” Gunfire Games

Gunfire Games looking for Sr Boss Designer, Sr Environment Artist, Technical Animator - Remote or Austin TX
gunfiregames.com/careers/

01.10.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm unsure on the sriracha, but the chips could actually work. You're still going to food jail for it, but there might be something there

30.09.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are somehow more Battle Network / Star Force style games than there are mainline Mega Man games

24.09.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With a ton of games coming out in the next few weeks, I feel it's a good time to send a reminder out into the world. When you find a bug in a live game, it's unlikely that it wasn't noticed, but that there wasn't time to resolve it.

Be nice to your QA friends, they've *seen* things.โค๏ธ

22.09.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

As much as I like Dark Souls, I wish that particular aspect hadn't been one of the things it popularized, for that exact reason.

Silksong technically allows you to 'bank' rosaries from the start, but it comes at a 25% penalty so it feels wildly discouraged

10.09.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Portfolio

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

04.09.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2130    ๐Ÿ” 979    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

I failed our captcha once while logging into the store for work and felt like I needed to reevaluate some things.

04.09.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am definitely both of these ๐Ÿ˜‚

03.09.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer

It's been a while.

Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.

store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...

03.09.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2599    ๐Ÿ” 734    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 124    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

This looks super fun, love the style too!

02.09.2025 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
CollabTrain - an Illustration Initiative Three people. One illustration. Infinite possibilities.

Ever wanted to collaborate with other artists, but talking to them is too intimidating? Come join the CollabTrain, running from Sept 6 to Oct 11, and collaborate semi-anonymously. It's like a game of art telephone, with a twist!

More info at ๐ŸŽจ collabtrain.carrd.co ๐Ÿš‚ Signups are open until Sept 4th!

27.08.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe that's correct on the BHG front! Yeah, Chafee did a number on Amalur's possible long term success. Whole thing was a big trainwreck. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

THQ Nordic ending up with the rights to Amalur is a bit of an odd circle that ended up with the Re-Reckoning release, wonder if we'll ever see a sequel.

27.08.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With all due respect, what I said was in regards to EA/RI's projection, but this is incorrect.
THQ was the original publisher, not Epic. 38 acquired BHG when it was shutting down, having them continue their prototype as KoA.
But investors weren't leaving, they just never came or were refused by 38 ๐Ÿ˜…

27.08.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I really like this idea. I played a ton of the World Tour mode in the PSX version of SFA3 that had some neat upgrading mechanics. But I am aggressively mediocre at fighting games, so a single-player focused one is right up my alley ๐Ÿ˜‚

26.08.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm so sorry to hear this! Your work is phenomenal and I hope you're able to land a new role quickly when you're ready.

26.08.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gremlins on the Apple IIe

I don't know if it was the utter silence for most of it or what, but this was the first video game I ever played as a kid and almost turned me off the whole thing. Freaked me right out at 5 years old

(The following year I played Zelda 1 and Mario 2, the rest is history ๐Ÿ˜‚)

24.08.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that's the only case I've seen of everyone being pretty universally pleased (self included) to have lootboxes come back as a thing ๐Ÿ˜‚

22.08.2025 04:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Title: Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer
YouTube video by Team Cherry Title: Hollow Knight: Silksong - Release Trailer

Hollow Knight: Silksong will be available September 4 on all platforms and day one on Xbox Game Pass!

Watch the release trailer: youtu.be/6XGeJwsUP9c

21.08.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5372    ๐Ÿ” 2067    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 156    ๐Ÿ“Œ 493

I was definitely not expecting a release date that was this soon! Maybe now the internet can chill a bit ๐Ÿ˜‚

21.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild just how many sites crash a mobile browser

21.08.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday! ๐ŸŽ‚

21.08.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we stop using dystopian fiction as a blueprint rather than a warning.

20.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seeing a console cross the $700 mark (PS5 Pro will be $749) is kinda insane. Not unlikely for another wave of increases to be necessary as well in the future with the current policies; next gen is going to end up impossibly expensive in the US at this rate

20.08.2025 18:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You got this!

20.08.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Played through the campaign near release with a couple friends and we had a great time with it!
It was egregiously broken at times, which was a shame, but sometimes that added to its b-movie charm. I think that team just needed to be allowed to work on it for longer and it would have been a success

17.08.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Keeping the ghosts in check

15.08.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(old, respectfully)

15.08.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/farl...

08.08.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/mike...

08.08.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a bummer to see, the library of games produced by this studio is vast and remarkable. Going to repost Mike's shoutout thread as well, lots of info on individuals from their recent release, if you see any of those folks that have been affected and have an opening that fits.

08.08.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@positronplays is following 20 prominent accounts