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Lead/Principal Designer, Riot Games. Prev: Sr Combat Tech Designer, Santa Monica Studio, Lead Designer/Lead Programmer, Section Studios. Part time indie dev.

Los Angeles
Joined September 2011
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Its been awhile since I found some inspiration and more importantly time/energy to do any creative side project. But recently found some inspiration to dive deeper into more traditional roguelikes and proc gen stuff. Starting this thread so I don’t give up on it :)
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Replying to @Mortdog
Thanks for the share! Always looking for great game design content :)
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Replying to @SungodCN
Do it! Make it great again :) Sometimes all you need is a spark to light a flame.
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Looking incredible. The god of war team are masters of action combat, can’t wait to play!
First look at Serpent Bow gameplay in ‘GOD OF WAR - LAUFEY’. Faye's weapon can transform from a bow into a melee weapon for both close quarters & ranged attacks.
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Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Your stuff is always inspiring to see :)
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Replying to @DannyLimanseta
Looks great! How did you do the rigging/animations/vfx - was that Astra too ?
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Replying to @BrainEngineer
Ooh nice. Need to bookmark this for the artistically deficient folk like myself :)
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Replying to @Ghostcrawler
It’s really disappointing. To edit a deck or sheet with AI, I have to export to a doc, make the change in Claude and then bring it back. It feels like such an easy win to not let your users out of your ecosystem. Wonder how stuff like this isn’t caught in basic user testing.
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We've finally done it. We figured out a way to go back to the good ol' days. But can @RiotPabro get @RiotMeddler on board? Tune in to MSI Finals on July 11 at 11pm PDT to find out.
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Yeah! No bipedal constraints give that extra freedom. Excited to see what yall cooked up!
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Companionssss! So excited to combo with cube :)
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Replying to @KatDoes3D
I recommend a combination of making small games, game jams and study of the theory (lots of great books and videos out there). We are in a day where knowledge is not the barrier anymore. Even a simple deep query from an Llm will give you a ton of great starting points. Good luck!
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This looks really fun!
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Replying to @PaneerDevourer
Dude your dedication to souls games is admirable!
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Dude this is so hype!! Was hoping for a gow announcement :)
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Replying to @Blinkity
Congrats to you and the team!!
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Let’s gooo!
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Replying to @Drututt
I believe in our teams capability of getting the balance right over time. Things that push the boundaries and are truly exciting for players will sometimes come out not perfectly balanced. It is the price of innovation that we need to accept imo :)
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Replying to @Drututt
Glad people are getting hyped for it. The team worked hard to get this update in!
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You guys made a great game that was unique and fun. Hope y'all are super proud of that achievement. Good luck with what's next!!
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Replying to @truffle @ClaudeCode
Haha cool….would love to read a breakdown if you ever get to it. Haven’t dove into skills too much. Mostly been using it for things like shaders, refactoring algorithms/code etc. I’ve found if your game data is text based, it is pretty good at parsing/extending it.
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