Hervé Gengler
@hervegengler.bsky.social
Principal Game Designer.
I've been designing games professionally for ~20 years. Passionate about systems and RPGs.
Worked at Playground Games, Ubisoft & Ankama.
Views are my own. 🇧🇪 #GameDev #GameDesign
https://linktr.ee/herve.gengler
I've been designing games professionally for ~20 years. Passionate about systems and RPGs.
Worked at Playground Games, Ubisoft & Ankama.
Views are my own. 🇧🇪 #GameDev #GameDesign
https://linktr.ee/herve.gengler
August 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
We finished the jigsaw puzzle we got from the Floral Dragon kickstarter by @kintheartist.bsky.social and @hitpointpress.bsky.social yesterday with @khevna.bsky.social 🐉
It was fun and the result is awesome 😍
It was fun and the result is awesome 😍
June 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We finished the jigsaw puzzle we got from the Floral Dragon kickstarter by @kintheartist.bsky.social and @hitpointpress.bsky.social yesterday with @khevna.bsky.social 🐉
It was fun and the result is awesome 😍
It was fun and the result is awesome 😍
Getting some cool loots at the UK Game Expo with @khevna.bsky.social 🤩
May 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Getting some cool loots at the UK Game Expo with @khevna.bsky.social 🤩
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
I'm quite ok with that 😀
openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
I'm quite ok with that 😀
May 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
I'm quite ok with that 😀
openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/
I'm quite ok with that 😀
Played another two great games of #SpiritIsland with @khevna.bsky.social and two friends 🤩
Still my favourite board game ever 🥰
#BoardGames #SpiritIsland @rericreuss.bsky.social @greaterthangames.bsky.social
Still my favourite board game ever 🥰
#BoardGames #SpiritIsland @rericreuss.bsky.social @greaterthangames.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Played another two great games of #SpiritIsland with @khevna.bsky.social and two friends 🤩
Still my favourite board game ever 🥰
#BoardGames #SpiritIsland @rericreuss.bsky.social @greaterthangames.bsky.social
Still my favourite board game ever 🥰
#BoardGames #SpiritIsland @rericreuss.bsky.social @greaterthangames.bsky.social
We built the "Evolution of STEM" LEGO (21355) set this week with @khevna.bsky.social.
It has an amazing theme (STEM 🥰) and is a cool small set with nice hidden -and not hidden- details.
#LEGO #STEM
It has an amazing theme (STEM 🥰) and is a cool small set with nice hidden -and not hidden- details.
#LEGO #STEM
May 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We built the "Evolution of STEM" LEGO (21355) set this week with @khevna.bsky.social.
It has an amazing theme (STEM 🥰) and is a cool small set with nice hidden -and not hidden- details.
#LEGO #STEM
It has an amazing theme (STEM 🥰) and is a cool small set with nice hidden -and not hidden- details.
#LEGO #STEM
To shine more light on indie games, quote with 4 of your favorite indie titles!
Don't forget ALT text if you attach images. 🩷
Ask me in 10 minutes and instead of those 4 I may say Obra Dinn, Into the Breach, Inscryption and Monster Train 😅
#IndieGames #gaming
Don't forget ALT text if you attach images. 🩷
Ask me in 10 minutes and instead of those 4 I may say Obra Dinn, Into the Breach, Inscryption and Monster Train 😅
#IndieGames #gaming
April 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To shine more light on indie games, quote with 4 of your favorite indie titles!
Don't forget ALT text if you attach images. 🩷
Ask me in 10 minutes and instead of those 4 I may say Obra Dinn, Into the Breach, Inscryption and Monster Train 😅
#IndieGames #gaming
Don't forget ALT text if you attach images. 🩷
Ask me in 10 minutes and instead of those 4 I may say Obra Dinn, Into the Breach, Inscryption and Monster Train 😅
#IndieGames #gaming
I finished my first run of #Frostpunk2 this evening! 🥳
It took me a bit longer than expected due to limited access to my gaming desktop, but I made it 😎
The game is great, I'm happy the team took the scary risk of not doing a "Frostpunk 1.5" sequel.
Now I want the solarpunk version 😂
It took me a bit longer than expected due to limited access to my gaming desktop, but I made it 😎
The game is great, I'm happy the team took the scary risk of not doing a "Frostpunk 1.5" sequel.
Now I want the solarpunk version 😂
February 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I finished my first run of #Frostpunk2 this evening! 🥳
It took me a bit longer than expected due to limited access to my gaming desktop, but I made it 😎
The game is great, I'm happy the team took the scary risk of not doing a "Frostpunk 1.5" sequel.
Now I want the solarpunk version 😂
It took me a bit longer than expected due to limited access to my gaming desktop, but I made it 😎
The game is great, I'm happy the team took the scary risk of not doing a "Frostpunk 1.5" sequel.
Now I want the solarpunk version 😂
It feels good 😁
The process has now deleted all my tweets but my last two (which explains why I left Twitter for Bluesky).
The process has now deleted all my tweets but my last two (which explains why I left Twitter for Bluesky).
January 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It feels good 😁
The process has now deleted all my tweets but my last two (which explains why I left Twitter for Bluesky).
The process has now deleted all my tweets but my last two (which explains why I left Twitter for Bluesky).
Happy New Year everyone! 😊🎉✨
January 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Happy New Year everyone! 😊🎉✨
✨EOTY Prompt✨ - Your best of the year:
1) Photo of you
2) Album
3) Movie
4) Series or Video Game
1) Photo of you
2) Album
3) Movie
4) Series or Video Game
December 27, 2024 at 5:39 AM
✨EOTY Prompt✨ - Your best of the year:
1) Photo of you
2) Album
3) Movie
4) Series or Video Game
1) Photo of you
2) Album
3) Movie
4) Series or Video Game
We had a blast playing -yet another- game of Spirit Island this weekend with @khevna.bsky.social and 2 friends (and are going to play another one tonight).
I think it may be my favourite board game of all time 🤔
#boardgames
I think it may be my favourite board game of all time 🤔
#boardgames
December 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
We had a blast playing -yet another- game of Spirit Island this weekend with @khevna.bsky.social and 2 friends (and are going to play another one tonight).
I think it may be my favourite board game of all time 🤔
#boardgames
I think it may be my favourite board game of all time 🤔
#boardgames
We received our copies of Tidal Blades 2 (board game and #TTRPG ) that we backed with @khevna.bsky.social and it looks SUPER CUTE and cool 🤩
December 5, 2024 at 11:20 PM
We received our copies of Tidal Blades 2 (board game and #TTRPG ) that we backed with @khevna.bsky.social and it looks SUPER CUTE and cool 🤩
December 5, 2024 at 11:59 AM
We celebrated my birthday this weekend. I'll let you figure out what was the theme 😁
Thanks @khevna.bsky.social for the amazing gifts and for cooking / baking / preparing everything edible and drinkable, making the party a huge success 🎉
Thanks @khevna.bsky.social for the amazing gifts and for cooking / baking / preparing everything edible and drinkable, making the party a huge success 🎉
December 3, 2024 at 1:51 PM
We celebrated my birthday this weekend. I'll let you figure out what was the theme 😁
Thanks @khevna.bsky.social for the amazing gifts and for cooking / baking / preparing everything edible and drinkable, making the party a huge success 🎉
Thanks @khevna.bsky.social for the amazing gifts and for cooking / baking / preparing everything edible and drinkable, making the party a huge success 🎉
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek
November 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Post a ship that's neither Star Wars nor Star Trek
Four games I’ve worked on
November 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Four games I’ve worked on
November 8, 2024 at 4:02 PM
What note-taking software do you use (if any) and why?
I've started using Obisidan recently and love it (apart from the lack of affordable syncing) but I wonder if Anytype or Notion (I don't like that they're missing an offline solution) would be better, especially for #gamedesign diagrams?
I've started using Obisidan recently and love it (apart from the lack of affordable syncing) but I wonder if Anytype or Notion (I don't like that they're missing an offline solution) would be better, especially for #gamedesign diagrams?
October 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
What note-taking software do you use (if any) and why?
I've started using Obisidan recently and love it (apart from the lack of affordable syncing) but I wonder if Anytype or Notion (I don't like that they're missing an offline solution) would be better, especially for #gamedesign diagrams?
I've started using Obisidan recently and love it (apart from the lack of affordable syncing) but I wonder if Anytype or Notion (I don't like that they're missing an offline solution) would be better, especially for #gamedesign diagrams?
I hate that, as a consumer, you don't even own a "game licence"; you own the licence to play it on a very specific ecosystem.
Wouldn't it make sense, now we can stream those games on our phones and play them locally on our desktops, consoles and PC handhelds, to only buy a game licence once?
Wouldn't it make sense, now we can stream those games on our phones and play them locally on our desktops, consoles and PC handhelds, to only buy a game licence once?
October 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I hate that, as a consumer, you don't even own a "game licence"; you own the licence to play it on a very specific ecosystem.
Wouldn't it make sense, now we can stream those games on our phones and play them locally on our desktops, consoles and PC handhelds, to only buy a game licence once?
Wouldn't it make sense, now we can stream those games on our phones and play them locally on our desktops, consoles and PC handhelds, to only buy a game licence once?
Last one for me was The Wildsea that I for first on @alchemyrpg.bsky.social before acquiring physical copies 🙂
October 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Last one for me was The Wildsea that I for first on @alchemyrpg.bsky.social before acquiring physical copies 🙂
Welcome here!
Very happy about the Vampire module. I'll probably master "A Taste of the Moon" 😁
Very happy about the Vampire module. I'll probably master "A Taste of the Moon" 😁
October 17, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Welcome here!
Very happy about the Vampire module. I'll probably master "A Taste of the Moon" 😁
Very happy about the Vampire module. I'll probably master "A Taste of the Moon" 😁
I've now been playing Metaphor: ReFantazio for a bit more than 20 hours.
I love how this team made a lot of smart choices to control their budget and still delivered such a fantastic experience.
A lot of AAA studios should learn from them.
I love how this team made a lot of smart choices to control their budget and still delivered such a fantastic experience.
A lot of AAA studios should learn from them.
October 17, 2024 at 4:44 PM
I've now been playing Metaphor: ReFantazio for a bit more than 20 hours.
I love how this team made a lot of smart choices to control their budget and still delivered such a fantastic experience.
A lot of AAA studios should learn from them.
I love how this team made a lot of smart choices to control their budget and still delivered such a fantastic experience.
A lot of AAA studios should learn from them.
October 7, 2024 at 3:44 PM