jacob mills ✉️🦝🚲
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currently freelancin' level design at Denkiworks 🦝. previously a Senior Level Designer on Rollerdrome at Roll7 🛼🔫. Sonic the Hedgehog fan 🦔. he/him 💀
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· Jul 31
Closing the Gap - Chasing Effective Level Design Processes for a New Genre in Rollerdrome
As seen at GDC and Develop:Brighton 2023! If you have seen this at GDC or in the vault, it's the same talk - don't bother, but feel free to leave a cheeky li...
youtu.be
events like GDC and develop sure are fun & educational but dang those ticket/vault prices are expensive huh
anyway, if you are interested in what i learned working on #leveldesign for 🔫🔫rollerdrome🛼🛼, here's a lengthy vid of me talkin about just that - https://youtu.be/mBXDTEjar9E
anyway, if you are interested in what i learned working on #leveldesign for 🔫🔫rollerdrome🛼🛼, here's a lengthy vid of me talkin about just that - https://youtu.be/mBXDTEjar9E
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
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Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
As the backlash to generative AI in video games continues to pick up steam heading into 2026, it'll be fascinating to see what is considered "made with generative AI." Can a dev team say they're not using AI if they're writing design docs with Copilot or using chatGPT to make schedules and budgets?
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Doing your budgets or schedules with a technology that routinely hallucinates is a terrible idea (as is contracts, legal advice, etc.).
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
Doing docs with AI is making the primary source of truth unreliable for the team and creates ambiguity or conflict, and thus also a terrible idea.
the moon is right
Paul McCartney by 'Wonderful Christmastime' but all the lyrics are THE MOON IS RIGHT
YouTube video by Michael M
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December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
the moon is right
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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when you wireframed for worst case 5 swords but it gets increased to 9
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
when you wireframed for worst case 5 swords but it gets increased to 9
"disappointing and distressing" is exactly right
With Critical Reflex being such a major player in the indie space, these accusations of covered up sexual harassment and unfair labour practices are all deeply disappointing and distressing. I hope this all gets tackled quickly and decisively.
noisypixel.net/critical-ref...
noisypixel.net/critical-ref...
Former Critical Reflex Employee Alleges Harassment And Unfair Labor Practices
Ex-employee Evelina Zemljic accuses Critical Reflex of sexual harassment, unpaid labor, and poor working conditions in a revealing YouTube exposé.
noisypixel.net
December 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"disappointing and distressing" is exactly right
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Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Our upcoming game The Hearth and Harbour is fully 2D, but with some neat tricks we’ve made it look 3D. Ethan, our environment artist, did this with a special type of texture called a Normal Map. (Thread! 1/7)
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you can tell AI is so good because everyone who uses it has to offer a really defensive justification beforehand
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
you can tell AI is so good because everyone who uses it has to offer a really defensive justification beforehand
one of a kind and lets hope they stay that way. each one of these monstrosities has the cold empty gaze of a killer. incapable of empathy. horrible.
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
one of a kind and lets hope they stay that way. each one of these monstrosities has the cold empty gaze of a killer. incapable of empathy. horrible.
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Hay you got something to point to when people who have never set foot in the fled of art say it’s not a big deal to have ai tools pushed on staff who have to put up with it. We have CEOs talking on the behalf of teams and they do not represent everyone’s feelings, talk to artists about art stuff.
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hay you got something to point to when people who have never set foot in the fled of art say it’s not a big deal to have ai tools pushed on staff who have to put up with it. We have CEOs talking on the behalf of teams and they do not represent everyone’s feelings, talk to artists about art stuff.
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
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So thing is nothing will stop people using Twitter other then lost engagement. But who knows maybe some will notice things like training rights or handing over DMs to officials may move the needle a little.
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
So thing is nothing will stop people using Twitter other then lost engagement. But who knows maybe some will notice things like training rights or handing over DMs to officials may move the needle a little.
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We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Major Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle - AUTOMATON WEST
After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
automaton-media.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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larian workers should unionize imo
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
larian workers should unionize imo
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Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Perfect screenshot. Worf as a focal point is already killer, then your eyes travel to Data in the friar haircut and you think "this can't possibly get any better," and then there's the finishing blow of Geordi in his space visor plucking a lute
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we are tapping the sign once again
Hi, we don’t use genAI in any phase of production ESPECIALLY CONCEPTING because doing so would defeat the purpose and role of concepting. Ok bye!
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
we are tapping the sign once again
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consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
consider my feedback: i loved working at @larianstudios.com until AI. reconsider and change your direction, like, yesterday. show your employees some respect. they are world-class & do not need AI assistance to come up with amazing ideas.
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stage wrestlers, carnival barkers, boardwalk nickels-toss game operators, and men of various flimflam industry all proved this year that they have significantly more backbone than any fortune 500 executive
December 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
stage wrestlers, carnival barkers, boardwalk nickels-toss game operators, and men of various flimflam industry all proved this year that they have significantly more backbone than any fortune 500 executive
"everyone at the company is more or less OK with the way we're using it" is just not gonna be true at all lmao nice try CEO
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"everyone at the company is more or less OK with the way we're using it" is just not gonna be true at all lmao nice try CEO
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
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🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
🧵 1/2
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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did u kno if you’re in the UK rn and you’re worried about the virulent strains of flu going around you can go to your local Boots and pay £20 to get a jab that will save you from having to touch an overworked NHS this winter even tho Wes streeting should be supporting doctors & welcoming more nurses
December 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
did u kno if you’re in the UK rn and you’re worried about the virulent strains of flu going around you can go to your local Boots and pay £20 to get a jab that will save you from having to touch an overworked NHS this winter even tho Wes streeting should be supporting doctors & welcoming more nurses