James "Care Level Zero" Henley
banner
carelevelzero.bsky.social
James "Care Level Zero" Henley
@carelevelzero.bsky.social
He/Him | 21+ Years in Design | Principal Designer at Red Hook Studios | Care Level Zero Inc. | Occasional #2DArt

Prev: Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, SWTOR, etc

#Twitch: twitch.tv/carelevelzero
#YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/carelevelzero
Pinned
Fresh intro time!

I'm a #gamedev with 20+ years of design experience.

Current: Senior Game Designer on Darkest Dungeon 2

Past: Jade Empire, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and a few others

Frequent #Twitch & #YouTube streamer & occasional drawer of cute girls & emotes.
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Sometimes I think it'd be a good idea for CEOs to be scored, Metacritic-style, based on how others evaluate how they run a company. I like to imagine it would encourage more restraint. Their incompetence does real damage. You shouldn't have to suffer executives just because you want to be a gamedev.
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule!

Virtual Couch's presentation of my favorite PS Vita RPG, Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines, continues as the Clan moves into its third generation of children! Will the new arrival be the beast we need? Did the Moby Dicking work?

Guess we'll find out!
January 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Small, free act you can do to bring some good in this world: add positive reviews to ALL you Steam games, especially the small indies. You don't need to write anything smart, just "game good" is enough. Every positive steam review tips the algorithm and helps your fav artists get more sales
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
SHOWTIME!

Oreshika, my favorite underrated RPG gem of the Vita era, continues with the Zeni of Clan Couch!

Celebrating my birthday early as Texas turns into a frozen Hellscape. Come chill with us!

#Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero

#YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdI...

#GoLive #Oreshika
January 24, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Busy week so the #schedule is late but Friday is all that matters and we're ON for it!

The Zeni of Clan Couch continue down the RNGenetics rabbit hole as the second Feast of All Demons nears. Celebrating my birthday that night as the megastorm comes to annihilate Texas! \o/

#Twitch #YouTube
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Busy week so the #schedule is late but Friday is all that matters and we're ON for it!

The Zeni of Clan Couch continue down the RNGenetics rabbit hole as the second Feast of All Demons nears. Celebrating my birthday that night as the megastorm comes to annihilate Texas! \o/

#Twitch #YouTube
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
The 10th Anniversary Darkest Dungeon Community Showcase video is live!

Thank you to everyone who submitted. The Darkest Dungeon community is an incredible place, and it is an honour to show off some of the amazing art our community members have created over the years.

#darkestdungeon
Darkest Dungeon - 10th Anniversary Community Showcase
YouTube video by Red Hook Studios
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Happy Birthday Darkest Dungeon!

Red Hook Studios co-founders Chris Bourassa and Tyler Sigman have shared the following message to mark the 10th anniversary of Darkest Dungeon’s 1.0 release.

#darkestdungeon
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Darkest Dungeon is celebrating 10 years since its wide release today!

In honour of this milestone anniversary, tell us about your most memorable Darkest Dungeon battle! Who was on your team, what were you fighting, and did it end in victory, or defeat?|

#darkestdungeon
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
SHOWTIME!

Oreshika, my favorite underrated RPG gem of the Vita era, continues with the Zeni of Clan Couch! The last of the first gen will die, a new child arrives, and we get a fancy new heirloom!

#Twitch: www.twitch.tv/carelevelzero

#YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cwn...

#GoLive #Oreshika
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I'm finally out from under the boot of this illness sufficiently for us to get back to it, even if it's a bit last minute!

This "week's" -- as in tonight's -- #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule!

Time to get back to the glorious madness of Oreshika in my first show of 2026.
January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.

We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
spryfox.com/a-16-year-ol...
A 16-year-old baby is born! Miracles do happen.
After three years under the Netflix umbrella, Spry Fox is once again a fully independent studio. As a studio, we’ve managed to somehow survive countless industry upheavals and release a whole lot o…
spryfox.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Regulus and I draw things from the 90s. And elves, lately.
January 13, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Man, 20 years using Evernote and they shit the bed *so badly* on their updated subscription pricing that I'm actually moving everything to another service.
January 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
@evernote.bsky.social I've used Evernote for nearly 20 years but I think this 'doubling my subscription cost' bullshit marks the end of that.

The only other option you offer is to downgrade and delete half of my notebooks, so I think it's time to switch to Obsidian.
January 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
格ゲー開幕ムービー風OC
May 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
done + cerritos and cpt freeman
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
January 12, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Politely places my environment work into your feed
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Man, my fingers were insufficiently crossed. I'm locked in combat with a shingles diagnosis so there's sure as Hell no show tonight. orz

Fuck 2026 so far. It owes me a serious win to counterbalance.

#Twitch #YouTube #Schedule
This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule, predicated on the assumption my back has recovered sufficiently by then. It's still...not great. <_<;

Fingers crossed!
January 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This week's #Twitch and #YouTube #Schedule, predicated on the assumption my back has recovered sufficiently by then. It's still...not great. <_<;

Fingers crossed!
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Regrettably, I have to cancel tonight's show on short notice due to an amazing combination of circumstance and injury; nothing to be worried about but there's no way my back and/or neck are going to handle 4 hours at a desk tonight.

We'll pick Oreshika up next week!

#Twitch #YouTube #Schedule
January 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by James "Care Level Zero" Henley
Hello! I'm Nanbu Yasumi, an illustrator & dev working on "The Land of Seidr" - an original Tactics RPG! Please wishlist if interested!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2679040/_/
Official: indomitable-blade.com/en/
The Land of Seidr on Steam
Lead the warriors of a doomed kingdom in this dark, tactical SRPG. All stats can be damaged by normal attacks, so even powerful units weaken over time. With scarce supplies and steadily deteriorating ...
store.steampowered.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:14 AM