Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends

Chris Totten - Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends

@totter87.bsky.social

Award-winning gamedev. Animation/games Associate Professor. Level design author. SAAM Arcade founder. Making Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229030/Little_Nemo_and_the_Nightmare_Fiends/

3,832 Followers 7,835 Following 2,264 Posts Joined Jul 2023
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North Hall!

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If you’re at GDC, check out my books in the bookstore!

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World Design for 2D Action Adventures from Chris W. Totten and Adrian Sandoval on a table at the GDC book store inches away from Steve Swink's excellent book Game Feel

Hey friends at GDC: @totter87.bsky.social and my book is at the book store! Go take a look if you're there. Or get it here if you're not at GDC: www.routledge.com/Level-Design...

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doodle of Grace from RE9 in a chef hat mixing bits of metal and blood "Makin' Bullets"

how do you make bullets? why, metal and blood of course!
streaming more RESIDENT EVIL REQUIEM now!! 🩸
www.twitch.tv/othatsraspbe...

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Now, putting the Orange Box, which I very nearly did where Portal would have been cheating, would have been cheating, even though it’s very directly tied to my career/work. Portal got the nod because my wife and I played it together a lot when we were dating

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I can be very specific: I generally think that the collection is one of the great achievements in the field, but there is one game (to say which within the huge Miasma is a massive spoiler) that I found therapeutic after leaving toxic workplace years ago that still affects my mental health

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Hand-drawn picture of a boss from Gradius II, Famicom. Hand-drawn picture of a boss from Gradius II, Famicom. Hand-drawn picture of a boss from Gradius II, Famicom. Hand-drawn picture of a boss from Gradius II, Famicom.

Just look at these illustrations of the bosses of Gradius II for the Famicom, from a guide in Beep magazine. How delighful, especially those mini moai.

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Sure let’s do it, nine favorites of mine from my9games.com.

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Ordered mine, so it should be waiting for me when I get back from GDC. It’ll be a good reference for the Metroidvania level design project I’ll have them do after spring break

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Me holding the massive The History of Metroidvania: Decade One by Jeremy Parish

I don't think @jparish.bsky.social knows how to make a small book. And this is just volume one of three! (Not complaining, just trying to make room on my overfull bookshelves.)

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a man is sitting on a piano in front of a full moon . ALT: a man is sitting on a piano in front of a full moon .

What do Hayao Miyazaki, vaudeville, and Mickey Rooney have in common? Have you ever heard of Little Nemo, no not the fish, know what just come listen to the new episode that just dropped and let Host Brenda teach you all about it

maximumfun.org/episodes/sec...

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@totter87.bsky.social and @adriansandoval.net can tell you all about a Little Nemo video game that kicks butt!

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You are not alone! I wrote this Insider Insights section for @brettweiss.bsky.social’s SNES Omnibus.

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a pixel art illustration of garfield holding a baseball bat . ALT: a pixel art illustration of garfield holding a baseball bat .

Pac-Man 2 is an amazing toddler simulator

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I’m glad I’m not the only one who recognizes the greatness of Pac-Man 2. I honestly don’t know why Pac-Man 2 isn’t a long-standing indie game genre

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The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash

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As is custom

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This is one of my major problems with fandoms. You don’t have to make it part of your identity or know everything about it, or regularly participate in an online community for it. You don’t need constant content about it. You don’t have to treat it like a job or nitpick it. You can just…like things

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It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

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Horrifying and devastating to wake up to.

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Life lessons

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Inside you are 2 wolves…

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Bought him a cat PS5 and he is NOT impressed

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╭━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━╮
 はじめまして!
 ポケット モンスターの せかいへ ▼
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#ポケモン30周年

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one of my biggest unity tips is Just Buy The Tool Dude. idc if it's $100 that's a drop in the bucket if you're doing commercial dev and if it works well it will save you so so so so much in the long run

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Oh my god, this is just insane.

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I would give my life for Browt

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Epstein Files Are Missing Records About Woman Who Made Claim Against Trump

NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

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2 weeks ago

One of my favorite Little Nemo comics. We based a scene in our game Little Nemo and the Nightmare Fiends on it!

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“Diane…it’s February 24th…”

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