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Sean Noonan

@seannoonan.bsky.social

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Lead Designer on SENTRY. Previously responsible for level design on Gears Tactics, Star Citizen, Far Cry & Watch_Dogs among other #gamedev projects.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Oct 31

Let’s see how embeds work here! I recently joined a game jam where I 'demade' one of my levels from an unshipped Xbox 360 game - this time reimagined in Doom. Let me know what you think! #gamedev #leveldesign #blocktober www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBuI...

Creating My First DOOM II Deathmatch Map - From Concept to Playtesting

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 19m

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 19h

The inside story of how Oblivion Remastered caused immense worry, then sublime relief, for the industrious devs behind mod megaproject, Skyblivion

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 14d

Didn't have any time to do much art this evening, so I started working on the basement washer room in Something in the Water's midgame... #gamedev

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 3d

Aye, age identication/verification is costly, it's just easier to blanket ban (or in some cases for UK companies to just shut down the service). The scary thing is that the badguys could use this to swing public opinion in their favour... 💀

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 4d

Good point - I could probably use Proton whenever I need to look up blueprints. What a faff, though.

Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 4d

Basically...

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Paul Kilduff-Taylor @mode7games.bsky.social · 6d

Stop Killing Games originated from a laudable place but risks becoming a huge disaster if the industry doesn't wake up and deliver some workable proposals.

I've written up my thoughts on this here - please take a look if you care about these issues:

open.substack.com/pub/modecoll...

Stop Killing Games will become an endless nightmare if we don't wake up

A contentious campaign and an industry asleep at the wheel

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely stuff!

Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 4d

So I guess this is where I start looking into a VPN. Honestly this country is getting fucking ridiculous. Been a while since I've been annoyed about anything this much.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 5d

Sad times :(

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · 13d

The September Dev Transmission is here, check out what we've been up to... 👇
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SENTRY - Dev Transmission (September 2025) - Steam News

Hi everyone, here’s what the team have been up to in September. Passives becomes “Tech”!Since the first Early Access version of SENTRY, we’ve been wrapping the original Passive Gear into other systems...

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 14d

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 14d

Didn't have any time to do much art this evening, so I started working on the basement washer room in Something in the Water's midgame... #gamedev

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 15d

It’s my favourite of your games too!

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 15d

Silent Hill f has sold over 1 million units as of Sept 26th

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Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 15d

PlayStation: The First 30 Years

➡️ blog.playstation.com/2025/09/29/c...

Sony is releasing a new photography book with "never-before-seen prototypes, concept sketches, and design models that shaped hardware development at Sony Interactive Entertainment" - coming Spring 2026.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, I pretty much can't use reddit anymore 💀

Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 29d

This is still very WIP but a little #gamedev progress on Something in the Water's new starter enemy... what do you think? And yeah, I know it needs a face 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Sep 14

Bluesky just has a button you can press that hides trends. That's so awesome. Done in a heartbeat.

Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Sep 12

Hovering over the pre-order button right now 😅

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here's what we've been up to in August:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

SENTRY - Dev Transmission (August 2025) - Steam News

Hi everyone, In case you missed it, we planned out the remaining work for Early Access and posted up our new roadmap here: After the release of Major Update 3 in July, August was about diving into som...

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · Aug 21

Check out our upcoming plans in the Roadmap Update!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

SENTRY - Roadmap Update! - Steam News

Hi everyone, We’ve built out a plan for our remaining work on SENTRY, so we thought we’d create a new Roadmap post. First, if you haven’t been keeping updated on the changes thus far then you can read...

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Sep 2

Because the Internet :)

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yeah, this is one the biggest reasons I dread having to work on trailers or promotional video - it makes me realise how much I ordinarily multitask media and rely on music to power my work day.