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Design Director / CEO of Deep Field Games ๐ŸŒŒ Lead on Abiotic Factor ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ abioticfactor.com Creator, Designer, Writer of Unfortunate Spacemen ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿš€ In the far south ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

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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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IT HAS SET IN.

21.10.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great, fam.

21.10.2025 20:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The ARC Raiders withdrawal has set in.

21.10.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

boo

21.10.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed, we do some wild stuff. Can't wait for someone to unpack it all.

21.10.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

SETTLE DOWN

21.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Listen we also have guard rails.

In most places.

21.10.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're welcome!

(Glad you're enjoying it.)

21.10.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is oddly specific.

21.10.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad you liked it!

21.10.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alright settle down

21.10.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jealousy is not a good look

13.10.2025 06:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

free idea after playing Megabonk for 37 seconds

Carmageddon 2 Vampire Survivors-like

13.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I would pay a lot for this.

09.10.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Stop making it sound like a good idea

07.10.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

good.

05.10.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Found some fog.

04.10.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.10.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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03.10.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If it's doing those numbers with that capsule art it might have serious potential.

03.10.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We were not made to know so many things at once.

03.10.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly I'm tracking these dating updates like fantasy football at this point

03.10.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great lighting

02.10.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that's more of a regional term (US vs. English spelling)

01.10.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All of Bungie's Halo games.

01.10.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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