kebaux 💝 game designer/dev 💝
@kebaux.bsky.social
→ Founder & Studio Director @ntystudio.bsky.social ●
→ "games are never finished, only shipped" ●
→ 💝 addicted to highlighting the work of others 💝
→ say hi: https://linktr.ee/kebaux
#gamedev #gamedesign
→ "games are never finished, only shipped" ●
→ 💝 addicted to highlighting the work of others 💝
→ say hi: https://linktr.ee/kebaux
#gamedev #gamedesign
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Hello blue sky friends! My name is Kristian, I'm a game dev & designer by trade.
I'm the studio director for all things at @ntystudio.bsky.social ( #games, #music, #film, #products)
Hit follow if you want to learn #gamedev, #gamedesign, #ue5
If you're an #artist, check out @treiart.bsky.social
I'm the studio director for all things at @ntystudio.bsky.social ( #games, #music, #film, #products)
Hit follow if you want to learn #gamedev, #gamedesign, #ue5
If you're an #artist, check out @treiart.bsky.social
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The guiding light- 2024
July 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The guiding light- 2024
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Metal Gear Solid: Integral / Print ad / Konami / 1999
June 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Metal Gear Solid: Integral / Print ad / Konami / 1999
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This is the best thing I’ve seen today and I need a source. Bluesky, please help. Credit to whoever this rad group is.
May 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is the best thing I’ve seen today and I need a source. Bluesky, please help. Credit to whoever this rad group is.
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🧵of my level / game design videos, talks etc:
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🧵of my level / game design videos, talks etc:
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
Every game designer should understand Orthogonal Design:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5s...
Dishonored 2 LD critiques Dishonored 1 level:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVQD...
Why Speed Level Design videos are so misleading:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcCF...
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Hayao Miyazaki's illustration on the cover of Armour Modelling magazine (May 2025).
Originally used for the cover of Animage magazine (March 1994).
Originally used for the cover of Animage magazine (March 1994).
April 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hayao Miyazaki's illustration on the cover of Armour Modelling magazine (May 2025).
Originally used for the cover of Animage magazine (March 1994).
Originally used for the cover of Animage magazine (March 1994).
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Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more!
indiegamepublishing.com
indiegamepublishing.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Indie game devs! Worried you don't have a good publishing deal? May I present my firm's 2025 Publishing Agreement Data Report! Taken from 100+ actual Publishing Agreements ranging from 2017-2025, providing averages for rev share splits, advances, IP ownership and more!
indiegamepublishing.com
indiegamepublishing.com
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The Wingull update 🔊✨ I've been toying with the environment's atmosphere and details, stuff like caustics, footsteps, decals, etc. Also added a touch of handpainting to Squirtle's diffuse!
February 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Wingull update 🔊✨ I've been toying with the environment's atmosphere and details, stuff like caustics, footsteps, decals, etc. Also added a touch of handpainting to Squirtle's diffuse!
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Since releasing the demo for Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake, my wishlists got a huge boost!
I don't really play demos myself, so I wasn't sure if I should make a demo at first, but I am glad I did.
I don't really play demos myself, so I wasn't sure if I should make a demo at first, but I am glad I did.
January 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Since releasing the demo for Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake, my wishlists got a huge boost!
I don't really play demos myself, so I wasn't sure if I should make a demo at first, but I am glad I did.
I don't really play demos myself, so I wasn't sure if I should make a demo at first, but I am glad I did.
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Bloggies SNUBS! In a weekend edition of Prismatic Weekly, I wrote about 10 of my favorite blog posts (bangers all) that were each eliminated in their first matchup of this year’s Bloggies! Both to celebrate those posts but also to demonstrate just how good all 64 finalist posts are 💐
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
2024 Bloggies Snubs!
Extolling the Virtues of Eliminated Bloggie Finalists
prismaticweekly.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Why do video games cost so much to make these days? A recent NYT article pinned bloated budgets on the graphical arms race, but that's only a small part of the equation. The real problem? Rampant mismanagement.
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why So Many Video Games Cost So Much to Make
Graphical fidelity is only part of the reason that game budgets have swelled to hundreds of millions of dollars
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Why do video games cost so much to make these days? A recent NYT article pinned bloated budgets on the graphical arms race, but that's only a small part of the equation. The real problem? Rampant mismanagement.
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This week's column is a spicy one: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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agdq’s crazy taxi run has a mosh pit
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
agdq’s crazy taxi run has a mosh pit
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I am glad to announce that bullethelldatabase.com is back online!
Still with the old content, unfortunately I have not gotten around to adding new games and gifs yet.
#gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
Still with the old content, unfortunately I have not gotten around to adding new games and gifs yet.
#gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
Bullet Hell Database
The Bullet Hell Database is a combat design inspiration tool for developers creating bullet hell games. With its vast collection of gameplay GIFs, it offers valuable resources for exploring combat des...
bullethelldatabase.com
January 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I am glad to announce that bullethelldatabase.com is back online!
Still with the old content, unfortunately I have not gotten around to adding new games and gifs yet.
#gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
Still with the old content, unfortunately I have not gotten around to adding new games and gifs yet.
#gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
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After reading piles and piles of games this past couple years, I have this cryptic piece of advice to share.
www.explorersdesign.com/stop-hiding-...
Excerpts and details 👇🧵
www.explorersdesign.com/stop-hiding-...
Excerpts and details 👇🧵
Stop Hiding the Apes in Your RPG
How to show the cool and important parts of your game without muddling the work, burying the lede, and creating more noise.
www.explorersdesign.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After reading piles and piles of games this past couple years, I have this cryptic piece of advice to share.
www.explorersdesign.com/stop-hiding-...
Excerpts and details 👇🧵
www.explorersdesign.com/stop-hiding-...
Excerpts and details 👇🧵
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In Loading... your sleep is controlled by a slot machine. 🎰
#pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
#pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
January 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
In Loading... your sleep is controlled by a slot machine. 🎰
#pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
#pixelart #gamedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday
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Choosing bonus languages in standard D&D games is the worst. Either your choice matters a lot or it matters not at all.
Lots of ways to handle this, but I prefer my languages to have some *sizzle*.
Since I've seen a few blog posts talking about this recently, a🧵 of COOL LANGUAGES for your RPGs
+
Lots of ways to handle this, but I prefer my languages to have some *sizzle*.
Since I've seen a few blog posts talking about this recently, a🧵 of COOL LANGUAGES for your RPGs
+
December 29, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Choosing bonus languages in standard D&D games is the worst. Either your choice matters a lot or it matters not at all.
Lots of ways to handle this, but I prefer my languages to have some *sizzle*.
Since I've seen a few blog posts talking about this recently, a🧵 of COOL LANGUAGES for your RPGs
+
Lots of ways to handle this, but I prefer my languages to have some *sizzle*.
Since I've seen a few blog posts talking about this recently, a🧵 of COOL LANGUAGES for your RPGs
+
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A new mindstorm blog post to close out the year! I'm theory-posting about the cognitive load of worldbuilding and our ability to comprehend it. tl;dr: the more stuff you include that is "off baseline" the harder it becomes to understand.
www.mindstormpress.c...
#ttrpg #osr
www.mindstormpress.c...
#ttrpg #osr
Baseline Worldbuilding
Defining a baseline understanding when you're worldbuilding or writing an adventure.
www.mindstormpress.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
A new mindstorm blog post to close out the year! I'm theory-posting about the cognitive load of worldbuilding and our ability to comprehend it. tl;dr: the more stuff you include that is "off baseline" the harder it becomes to understand.
www.mindstormpress.c...
#ttrpg #osr
www.mindstormpress.c...
#ttrpg #osr
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Critique Navidad @agamemnonpress.bsky.social! Today I review the Painted Wastelands, a luxuriously written, lusciously illustrated sci-fi fantasy dreamlands setting! Is it worth dropping your dream campaign for, or is it an absolute nightmare? playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/12/25/c... #osr
Critique Navidad: The Painted Wastelands
This holiday season, I’m going to review a different module, game or supplement every day. I haven’t sought any of them out, they’ve been sent to me, so it’s all surprises, all the way. I haven’t p…
playfulvoid.game.blog
December 25, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Critique Navidad @agamemnonpress.bsky.social! Today I review the Painted Wastelands, a luxuriously written, lusciously illustrated sci-fi fantasy dreamlands setting! Is it worth dropping your dream campaign for, or is it an absolute nightmare? playfulvoid.game.blog/2024/12/25/c... #osr
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I'm seriously looking for an RPG comic artist to commission an intermittent but ongoing series of strips. From second quarter 2025, preferrably from and living in Sotheast Asia, South America, or Africa. The project is about boosting indie ttrpg creators from outside western and white circles.
I wrote something about using comics as a teaching tool in TTRPGs. I thought you all might be interested.
www.tumblr.com/jake-richmon...
www.tumblr.com/jake-richmon...
Why aren't comics more common in TTRPGs?
(This is about game design and presentation)
In school one of the things I discovered is that I have trouble absorbing info from a big text book. And most TTRPGs are presented as text books. Once I…
www.tumblr.com
December 25, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I'm seriously looking for an RPG comic artist to commission an intermittent but ongoing series of strips. From second quarter 2025, preferrably from and living in Sotheast Asia, South America, or Africa. The project is about boosting indie ttrpg creators from outside western and white circles.
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The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects!
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
October 8, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The Library of Congress has literally one gazillion public domain photos and illustrations that are free to use for your projects!
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
www.loc.gov/free-to-use
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Old but still mostly relevant - www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/how-to...
How to do subtitles well – basics and good practices
How subtitles are presented, both visually and structurally, can have a significant impact on a player's enjoyment of a game. The difference between a good and bad experience is usually down to the sa...
www.gamedeveloper.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Old but still mostly relevant - www.gamedeveloper.com/audio/how-to...
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On this week's Indie RPG Newsletter, I talk about a unique scifi murder mystery adventure for Traveller from 1983 called Murder on Arcturus Station.
Also, all the usual links and such!
ttrpg.in/2024/11/24/m...
Also, all the usual links and such!
ttrpg.in/2024/11/24/m...
Murder on Arcturus Station
I. Dear Reader, In 1983, Games Designers’ Workshop released an adventure module for Traveller called Murder on Arcturus Station. It’s a straight-up sci-fi murder mystery – an earl…
ttrpg.in
November 24, 2024 at 12:22 PM
On this week's Indie RPG Newsletter, I talk about a unique scifi murder mystery adventure for Traveller from 1983 called Murder on Arcturus Station.
Also, all the usual links and such!
ttrpg.in/2024/11/24/m...
Also, all the usual links and such!
ttrpg.in/2024/11/24/m...
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A part of my clues are ‘traveling clues’. When the players roll a crit success. They can find extra stuff. When they roll a crit fail. The clue isn’t lost. It just moved into the next logical location. Thus, an important clue is never lost. NPCs are the best clues. They are naturally mobile 😜
December 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
A part of my clues are ‘traveling clues’. When the players roll a crit success. They can find extra stuff. When they roll a crit fail. The clue isn’t lost. It just moved into the next logical location. Thus, an important clue is never lost. NPCs are the best clues. They are naturally mobile 😜
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I've been jotting down a bunch of ideas, feature requests & bugs from the past few weeks of working with #unrealengine StateTrees:
timoxley.notion.site/Unreal-State...
Much of this will likely be obvious/todo but interested to hear thoughts cc @siggigg.bsky.social @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social
timoxley.notion.site/Unreal-State...
Much of this will likely be obvious/todo but interested to hear thoughts cc @siggigg.bsky.social @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social
Unreal StateTree Bugs & Feature Requests | Notion
Bugs
timoxley.notion.site
December 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I've been jotting down a bunch of ideas, feature requests & bugs from the past few weeks of working with #unrealengine StateTrees:
timoxley.notion.site/Unreal-State...
Much of this will likely be obvious/todo but interested to hear thoughts cc @siggigg.bsky.social @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social
timoxley.notion.site/Unreal-State...
Much of this will likely be obvious/todo but interested to hear thoughts cc @siggigg.bsky.social @jeanpaulsoftware.bsky.social
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I don’t want to be rude but the answer is “Fun.” Be Fun first, Live Service second. In almost every case I can think of recent failure it had Live Service elements that came at the expense of Fun and the players recognize that.
I'm not really up on live service games. Why did Helldivers 2 and Marvel Rivals succeed where others didn't?
gamer-network.us15.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Marvel Rivals is a bright spot in a dark year for live service | Opinion
Turning points are tricky things: they seem so obvious in hindsight, but are tough to spot when they’re actually happen…
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December 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM
I don’t want to be rude but the answer is “Fun.” Be Fun first, Live Service second. In almost every case I can think of recent failure it had Live Service elements that came at the expense of Fun and the players recognize that.