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/https://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mm3u2ht5vk27We used to be a proper society [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3u2ht5vk27https://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mm3swmgp5c27Me: Gen Z humor makes no sense Also me: (watches out of context clips of Space Ghost: Coast to Coast) https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/c8/45/s1m9jB4A.gif?hh=240&ww=320&mp4=U35yj5jgp0G0OxieWa3h&webm=guSNXWXIXXwmBXR6ed218 May 2026 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm3swmgp5c27https://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlxslstwqk2o [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxslstwqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlwaeqxjek2fThe cover art for Architectural Approach to Level Design 3rd Edition is done!15 May 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwaeqxjek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlvp7fh4hs2fThe cover of the new edition my #leveldesign book is going to have some commentary15 May 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvp7fh4hs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlu3xli3qk2pLevel design15 May 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlu3xli3qk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlrgsb7s3c2t@philsalv.bsky.social the latest Game History Hour podcast episode is giving me MAJOR Silver Spring/DC flashbacks https://static.klipy.com/ii/4e7bea9f7a3371424e6c16ebc93252fe/48/a0/N49Pe7K1qhnOKetybMZu.gif?hh=374&ww=498&mp4=O6xQJ72SjuOF8Pe&webm=JbuAZuUWuZWRj13 May 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrgsb7s3c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mlrcxdu7f22nThe cover art for the 3rd edition of my book, An Architectural Approach to Level Design, is coming along. The title block is just a stand-in (obviously at low res), and will be added for real by the publisher13 May 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrcxdu7f22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mla2fgoml22pPeople are dunking on the new Star Fox’s art style, but seeing it in motion - I like it? It looks good, and the music and vibe of the new briefing scenes they showed give it a bit more of a space opera vibe. The prologue looks awesome.07 May 2026 01:20 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla2fgoml22phttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3ml6ty45lds2sArguments about what a metroidvania is ignore a key element: a ripping 90s power ballad https://youtu.be/ywAg5UJGvfs?si=OxY6QWS4J8s-hRnd06 May 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6ty45lds2shttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3ml4kogb5d22x“I think it was Colonel Mustard, in the conservatory, with the candlestick!” “Okay I’ll listen to the accusation against the Colonel, but how do you explain these stab wounds or that the body was found in the library and does not appear to have been moved?”05 May 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4kogb5d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3ml2jesjqok2nIf I ever got to interview to help design a Resident Evil game: Them: “So what kind of monster are you adding to Raccoon City?” Me: (long pause) has anyone tried a…mutant…raccoon?04 May 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2jesjqok2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/totter87.bsky.social/post/3mkv2u7bah22lBad news gang, the youths have no idea what “Metroidvania” is (but know that games like Hollow Knight exist). The term just doesn’t mean anything to them because they aren’t super familiar with either franchise. To avoid them becoming “Hollow-slop”, what are folks’ bids for descriptive alternatives?02 May 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:f2ydrmwurqfqs75tsakcecdo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv2u7bah22l