I didn't mention demos?
What I did say was if you want to get hired making video games, you should show video games and video game experience, above all else.
"Experience" is too vague - just be clear in what you're making. Is it a shooter? A puzzle game? Story-driven walking sim? Labels are good.
22.10.2025 08:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Don't get me wrong!
Multi-disciplinary stuff is great, tabletop experience is great, having a wide range of skills and inspirations is great, having experience doing all kinds of games is awesome. But if you're not MOSTLY designing video games, like... Unreal Engine 5 is the "tabletop" here.
22.10.2025 07:25 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
As I review game designer applications I can only ask game designers to do one thing: plz design games.
Don't design "experiences" (whatever that means), don't just design board games, don't only design card games.
Just make sure you actually design video games. For the video game design role.
22.10.2025 07:23 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
IT HAS SET IN.
21.10.2025 20:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Looks great, fam.
21.10.2025 20:42 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The ARC Raiders withdrawal has set in.
21.10.2025 20:41 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
boo
21.10.2025 20:39 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Agreed, we do some wild stuff. Can't wait for someone to unpack it all.
21.10.2025 20:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I think it's open to interpretation, so...
Still a freak, but like, so is half the dev team.
21.10.2025 20:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
SETTLE DOWN
21.10.2025 20:31 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Listen we also have guard rails.
In most places.
21.10.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
You're welcome!
(Glad you're enjoying it.)
21.10.2025 20:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This is oddly specific.
21.10.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Glad you liked it!
21.10.2025 20:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Alright settle down
21.10.2025 20:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Jealousy is not a good look
13.10.2025 06:32 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
free idea after playing Megabonk for 37 seconds
Carmageddon 2 Vampire Survivors-like
13.10.2025 01:11 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I would pay a lot for this.
09.10.2025 10:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Stop making it sound like a good idea
07.10.2025 10:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
good.
05.10.2025 08:38 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Found some fog.
04.10.2025 22:05 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
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03.10.2025 13:28 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
If it's doing those numbers with that capsule art it might have serious potential.
03.10.2025 17:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I have some concerns about the implications of all of society being a whale farm, which means everyone else is the content for the whales. If you understand free to pay ecosystems it is... Worrying.
03.10.2025 17:24 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We were not made to know so many things at once.
03.10.2025 16:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Honestly I'm tracking these dating updates like fantasy football at this point
03.10.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Great lighting
02.10.2025 19:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I think that's more of a regional term (US vs. English spelling)
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All of Bungie's Halo games.
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