Devon Smith
@devgamedev.bsky.social
Senior Systems & Gameplay Design Lead | (Contributed to Halo, Mass Effect, Dead Space... and far worse) He/Him 🏳️🌈 | Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/1hxNJ
Bew now eats grass & leaves and uses the energy to fly.
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Bew now eats grass & leaves and uses the energy to fly.
What started as a Princess Peach style floating mechanic is evolving into filling the hole left in my inner-child’s heart by never getting a real E.T. game.
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
What started as a Princess Peach style floating mechanic is evolving into filling the hole left in my inner-child’s heart by never getting a real E.T. game.
After failing twice to do it on purpose… I’ve successfully/accidentally got drifting mechanics for my haunted shopping cart.
August 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
After failing twice to do it on purpose… I’ve successfully/accidentally got drifting mechanics for my haunted shopping cart.
My “haunted shopping cart mowing lawns” simulator is inching along between the bugs.
August 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
My “haunted shopping cart mowing lawns” simulator is inching along between the bugs.
Spent the apocalypse weekend teaching myself about lighting functions, texture-disabled emissives, and per-bone blending to dial in that classic dusty flashlight vibe.
July 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Spent the apocalypse weekend teaching myself about lighting functions, texture-disabled emissives, and per-bone blending to dial in that classic dusty flashlight vibe.
I’ve also been setting up hitbox reactions to specific body zones based on locomotion and physics velocity.
Like real kids, you’re gonna fall down a lot. Making that fun and part of the core loop is the key challenge.
Like real kids, you’re gonna fall down a lot. Making that fun and part of the core loop is the key challenge.
May 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’ve also been setting up hitbox reactions to specific body zones based on locomotion and physics velocity.
Like real kids, you’re gonna fall down a lot. Making that fun and part of the core loop is the key challenge.
Like real kids, you’re gonna fall down a lot. Making that fun and part of the core loop is the key challenge.
Been inching through building the scaffolding of a bunch of different systems (like dynamically holding items).
But took a detour to learn how to turn heightmaps into landscapes.
Finally have my beloved Mt. Hood in the background.
But took a detour to learn how to turn heightmaps into landscapes.
Finally have my beloved Mt. Hood in the background.
May 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Been inching through building the scaffolding of a bunch of different systems (like dynamically holding items).
But took a detour to learn how to turn heightmaps into landscapes.
Finally have my beloved Mt. Hood in the background.
But took a detour to learn how to turn heightmaps into landscapes.
Finally have my beloved Mt. Hood in the background.
All of this art will change one day to not be prefab kitbashes...
... but I'm slowly dialing in the vibe for my coop game about suburban latchkey landscapers scavenging themselves a new shelter.
All while tackling the elements, bullies, indigestion, and the mysteries beyond the void.
... but I'm slowly dialing in the vibe for my coop game about suburban latchkey landscapers scavenging themselves a new shelter.
All while tackling the elements, bullies, indigestion, and the mysteries beyond the void.
March 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
All of this art will change one day to not be prefab kitbashes...
... but I'm slowly dialing in the vibe for my coop game about suburban latchkey landscapers scavenging themselves a new shelter.
All while tackling the elements, bullies, indigestion, and the mysteries beyond the void.
... but I'm slowly dialing in the vibe for my coop game about suburban latchkey landscapers scavenging themselves a new shelter.
All while tackling the elements, bullies, indigestion, and the mysteries beyond the void.
Portland came close with the Mario themed Bao restaurant (sadly now closed).
March 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Portland came close with the Mario themed Bao restaurant (sadly now closed).
I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's completely okay to kitbash asset packs and all of those sweet, sweet UE5 plugins while to try to make the game in your head take playable shape.
Find the fun, then make it cohesive later.
Find the fun, then make it cohesive later.
March 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's completely okay to kitbash asset packs and all of those sweet, sweet UE5 plugins while to try to make the game in your head take playable shape.
Find the fun, then make it cohesive later.
Find the fun, then make it cohesive later.
Solo Gamedev with zero capital means making your own music.
It’s set Portland approximate, and I this idea awhile back to DIY refit a guitar that has guts made in the PNW.
It’s also turned into signature sounds coming from pedals built in my neighborhood.
It’s set Portland approximate, and I this idea awhile back to DIY refit a guitar that has guts made in the PNW.
It’s also turned into signature sounds coming from pedals built in my neighborhood.
March 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Solo Gamedev with zero capital means making your own music.
It’s set Portland approximate, and I this idea awhile back to DIY refit a guitar that has guts made in the PNW.
It’s also turned into signature sounds coming from pedals built in my neighborhood.
It’s set Portland approximate, and I this idea awhile back to DIY refit a guitar that has guts made in the PNW.
It’s also turned into signature sounds coming from pedals built in my neighborhood.
Portland having a rise in The Oregon Trail’s most humiliating killer.
Shit.
Shit.
March 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Portland having a rise in The Oregon Trail’s most humiliating killer.
Shit.
Shit.
My indie game for 15 seconds!
(16 days into solo development).
Nightcrawlers is a co-op survival platformer about latchkey kids in grunge-era PNW battling rain, bullies, and the supernatural (while falling off everything in sight).
(16 days into solo development).
Nightcrawlers is a co-op survival platformer about latchkey kids in grunge-era PNW battling rain, bullies, and the supernatural (while falling off everything in sight).
February 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My indie game for 15 seconds!
(16 days into solo development).
Nightcrawlers is a co-op survival platformer about latchkey kids in grunge-era PNW battling rain, bullies, and the supernatural (while falling off everything in sight).
(16 days into solo development).
Nightcrawlers is a co-op survival platformer about latchkey kids in grunge-era PNW battling rain, bullies, and the supernatural (while falling off everything in sight).
Never wanted a slice of pie and a cup of coffee more in my life.
January 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Never wanted a slice of pie and a cup of coffee more in my life.
I know Microsoft would never break feature parity with their flagship console...
But if Indiana Jones on PS5 had dualsense haptics, and a 40 FPS quality mode, l'd double dip at full retail.
But if Indiana Jones on PS5 had dualsense haptics, and a 40 FPS quality mode, l'd double dip at full retail.
December 12, 2024 at 6:33 AM
I know Microsoft would never break feature parity with their flagship console...
But if Indiana Jones on PS5 had dualsense haptics, and a 40 FPS quality mode, l'd double dip at full retail.
But if Indiana Jones on PS5 had dualsense haptics, and a 40 FPS quality mode, l'd double dip at full retail.
I’m fucking loving it so far.
December 11, 2024 at 3:38 AM
I’m fucking loving it so far.
When you just wanna read some stolen documents, but the Nazis are going apeshit, and you have to escape armed with nothing but El Kabong.
December 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM
When you just wanna read some stolen documents, but the Nazis are going apeshit, and you have to escape armed with nothing but El Kabong.
The Great Circle out-Indys the last few Indiana Jones movies by a landslide.
December 8, 2024 at 10:47 PM
The Great Circle out-Indys the last few Indiana Jones movies by a landslide.
Skeleton Crew has all the ingredients…
December 5, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Skeleton Crew has all the ingredients…
Accidentally recreated movie magic in Star Wars Outlaws.
Wrong movie, but queue John Williams either way.
Wrong movie, but queue John Williams either way.
December 2, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Accidentally recreated movie magic in Star Wars Outlaws.
Wrong movie, but queue John Williams either way.
Wrong movie, but queue John Williams either way.
But the “brown” paint job unironically is the best appearance unlock.
Very much gives it some junker charm.
Very much gives it some junker charm.
November 30, 2024 at 10:03 PM
But the “brown” paint job unironically is the best appearance unlock.
Very much gives it some junker charm.
Very much gives it some junker charm.
Outlaws isn't without its paradoxes.
The ship gameplay is great; it's curated to be experiential in an overall Star Wars sandbox.
But for the Trailblazer being centered in the story as a special ship... it is absolutely sauceless in appearance.
VERY Star Tours.
The ship gameplay is great; it's curated to be experiential in an overall Star Wars sandbox.
But for the Trailblazer being centered in the story as a special ship... it is absolutely sauceless in appearance.
VERY Star Tours.
November 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Outlaws isn't without its paradoxes.
The ship gameplay is great; it's curated to be experiential in an overall Star Wars sandbox.
But for the Trailblazer being centered in the story as a special ship... it is absolutely sauceless in appearance.
VERY Star Tours.
The ship gameplay is great; it's curated to be experiential in an overall Star Wars sandbox.
But for the Trailblazer being centered in the story as a special ship... it is absolutely sauceless in appearance.
VERY Star Tours.
They really marketed Outlaws as this bleached, Disneyland/Galactic Starcruiser-ass depiction, but once you ditch Kay’s cosplay box art look…
This game oozes atmosphere.
This game oozes atmosphere.
November 28, 2024 at 10:18 AM
They really marketed Outlaws as this bleached, Disneyland/Galactic Starcruiser-ass depiction, but once you ditch Kay’s cosplay box art look…
This game oozes atmosphere.
This game oozes atmosphere.
Finally getting to the haziest memory corners of my X-Files rewatch.
This wasn’t even the most surprising alien in *this* episode.
This wasn’t even the most surprising alien in *this* episode.
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
Finally getting to the haziest memory corners of my X-Files rewatch.
This wasn’t even the most surprising alien in *this* episode.
This wasn’t even the most surprising alien in *this* episode.