🎮 Freelance Game Designer // Current: Looking for new home // Previous: PurrPointProduction, London College of Communication https://noahrigden.com/https://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mmmfts2wi22jMaybe its rose tinted glasses but I feel like conventions have become very low quality as of late. Like every stall is a bunch of 3D printed models that anyone can buy the file for, mystery boxes that are certainly full of junk, and there are very few artists with original cool shit :/24 May 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmmfts2wi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3ml3zii3i4k2uFuck WoTC for this shit. Join a union guys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3zii3i4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mkigqsfzhc2yMerry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle. It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn. I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀 But ENJOY!27 Apr 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkigqsfzhc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mkigqsfzhc2yMerry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle. It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn. I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀 But ENJOY!27 Apr 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkigqsfzhc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mjkhg2swvc2kI just have no faith in this sadly. Maybe it'll surprise me and be decent... [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkhg2swvc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mjh6kllimc2tIt's so funny to read converative posts about the Trump Jesus Tweet. They can all be boiled down to: "I can't condone this one". What the fuck do you mean you could condone THE OTHER THINGS?14 Apr 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh6kllimc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mim7rrgruc27I used to see this kind of stuff a lot with story based games outside of RPGs (Especially around The Last of Us and Horizon). Yes those games are story based, but they're not self insert games. A character making bad choices does not inherently make a narrative worse. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2026 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim7rrgruc27https://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mhvpbq2jzs2wShoutout to the game I'm working on being entirely squares. We also have a shitty JPG hammer with some VFX work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvpbq2jzs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mhss5ofj4k2bI was gonna post a head banging gif but it's just not appropriate. This is fucking bleak dude [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhss5ofj4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mgsslyw5cs2ofuck sake. Book of Lenses is a goated book. I guess everytime I look at it, I'll frown from now on 😭 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsslyw5cs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mgnfkjgix22lI swear you literally cannot win in this industry [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnfkjgix22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mg5m4rylmk2pWe are literally goverened by morons who are in the pursuit of destroying art. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5m4rylmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3megk2xcyis2jIs it weird to say I think Firewatch might be a revolutionary game? [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3megk2xcyis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3me2dvrip3s2hOne of the worst parts of applying for jobs is how I'm expected to write thousands of words tailored to a specific job, then just move on like I didn't spend like an hour or two on it only to see "we've gone with someone else, also no feedback". ._______.04 Feb 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2dvrip3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3mcuzyxlnwc2cI think applying for jobs has been the single most demoralising thing I've ever done in my life. Not just games industry, just in general. Stressing about money knowing there's no fucking end in sight for unemployment. It's awful.20 Jan 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuzyxlnwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m6m6xkgxqk2hhow is it possible to have a job application denied after an hour of applying when it's a massive studio and the job posting has been up for like 20 hours 💀27 Nov 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m6xkgxqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m6cwjyebp224Truly will avoid every game that uses Gen AI in some way (until some proper regulation but that's a pipe dream so probably forever). [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Nov 2025 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cwjyebp224https://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m5uc4s7ca22jFuck cancer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Nov 2025 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5uc4s7ca22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m5tpglnknc2wNice. Tune into the Game Awards Nominees announcement and they can't even do the bare fucking minimum of attempting to pronounce Erika Ishii's name correctly.17 Nov 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tpglnknc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m4zxabgr6s2mOne of those days where you wake up with a rejection letter before 9am and it drops you a mini existential crisis about whether or not you've wasted years training for an industry that will vehemently deny you07 Nov 2025 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zxabgr6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/noahgamesdesign.bsky.social/post/3m4sqaye7as2hI can't believe this is a real advert from a company. It looks so fucking bad I'd be so embarassed to release it oml [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:es7gfso3ctm7oe3lu25mwtxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sqaye7as2h