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Pat Mondou
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Human, video game designer & director, speaker, cartographer of fantasy worlds, board game prototypist and sci-fi nerd.
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Introduction post to #gamedev and #indiedev 👋 hello from Montreal, Canada! I do a bit of everything, lately game direction.

Some of my games: Mages of Mystralia, LEGO Starwars: Castaways, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Convergence: a League of Legends Story.

Working on #Surfpunk, an indie #coop #arpg !
Reposted by Pat Mondou
In Surfpunk, 🔹EVRESS🔹 is a magical, renewable energy source which can be harnessed to power technology and even cast spells.

It has become the most coveted resource and is only found in the ruins of the Fallen World. 🌴
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Playing D&D tonight 😁 thought I might share a bit more about Esdras. Our two Dwarf kingdoms are a few hundred miles apart. Dissident Dwarves left Uthor Batein long ago and founded Uthor Karzen in a mountain range much closer to the Human settlements and to the Elven Kingdom.
December 5, 2024 at 12:31 AM
We recently prototyped a system for randomly occuring challenges in our levels in Surfpunk. As players progress in challenges, the gauge fills up and the reward spawns from the trapdoor. What challenge would you propose? Now taking suggestions.

#GameDesign #indiedev #arpg #gaming #LevelDesign
December 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Tell me you’re a self-abusing gamer without telling me you’re a self-abusing gamer.
December 1, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Meet « the Tank », codename for one of the toughest enemies in Surfpunk!

Beautiful tech art by @e2n.bsky.social 🤘

#indiedev #gamedev
More #surfpunk stuff. Spawning VFX : Custom decal, particles and vertex/fragment shader.

#gamedev #shaders #vfx #realtimevfx #unity3D #techart
November 29, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Finally, a pertinent use of #AI!
This is what I got after feeding "Thanksgiving Videogame" in to an AI generator. Now you have to live with it's brined and shined meaty mess in YOUR brain too.
November 29, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Now streaming a couple of runs of Surfpunk and LMAO with @spillzndoodles.bsky.social :) check it out!

It’s still early in development, but already getting so exciting 😄

#gaming #indiedev #gamedev
#arpg
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Behold, the World of Esdras!

The longest-running homebrew world I ever ran as a DM. And because I’m a professionally biased #gamedev, it has gone through a never ending iteration process. See how it looked in 2014 😂

#fantasymaps #ttrpg #dnd #worldbuilding
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Yeah Arcane is preeeetty good.

@spillzndoodles.bsky.social and I headed a League of Legends Story project and watching the series just made me so nostalgic of that prod. Such a cool universe.❤️

#arcane #gamedev #indiedev #jinx 💔
Did you know I directed a story-driven metroidvania where you play as Ekko and fight a boss battle with Jinx? ⏳💣❤️

#arcane #timebomb #ekko #jinx #gamedev #metroidvania
November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Something I often do for #battlemaps and #fantasymaps in my games is adapting something inspiring that someone shares instead of creating from scratch.

For instance my city of Protidia needed to be quite big, so I started from this great map from Wisened_Cascadian on #inkarnate and modded. #dnd
November 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
How come irl I have the diy skills and resourcefulness of a common rock, yet as a kid I could finish this game with oven mittens on?

#retro #gaming
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Throwback to the year 2000.

Heroes of Might & Magic 3 will always remind me of symphonic metal like Therion and Nightwish because I had found out that the game’s bgm were mp3s in the game data, so I could substitute in my fav mp3s by naming them exactly like the game’s 😁🤘

#vintage #gaming #metal
November 26, 2024 at 12:42 AM
The Boss Room of the last #dungeon I ran in #dnd. It's the central tower of a large palace (so all roads led to it). The device in the center hung from the ceiling, accumulating charges for each level of spell that was cast during combat, sending a meteor down every 10 charges.

#battlemap #ttrpg
November 25, 2024 at 5:05 PM
The #videogames that made me:
November 25, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Post a video game gif from the year you were born.

Oh no! Why did you make me google that 😭
November 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Today I was introducing my son to Twilight Imperium 😅
We used the 2-players community variant called ‘Princess’, look it up it’s surprisingly decent. It’s lighter than the real deal, but great for learning the game.

#boardgames #ti4
November 25, 2024 at 12:02 AM
First published #videogame I was credited on (as level designer) is ‘Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus’ back in 2010

It was a rudimendary first person shooter for first gen smart phones, but it worked!

Does anyone remember playing that?

#gaming #fps #mobilegaming #gamedev
November 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Fun fact: my inspiration for naming ´Mages of Mystralia’ came from a long-running #dnd campaign in my friend’s homebrew world. Mystralia was a recluse kingdom where magic was frowned upon. For the videogame, I had help from Ed Greenwood to flesh it out more 😅

#indiedev #fantasymap #worldbuilding
November 24, 2024 at 12:29 AM
I wonder if Olan Rogers has a Bsky accnt?

I don’t know why, this week I thought about Final Space - the best animated #sci-fi show I’ve seen. Poignant, funny, exciting.

The series cancellation was so painfully relatable. I too have a projet I refuse to let go💔
Hang on to your dream projects folks!
November 23, 2024 at 7:06 PM
@osamadorias.bsky.social ah! Figured I’d find you here :)

Cheers my friend 🫶
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Introduction post to #gamedev and #indiedev 👋 hello from Montreal, Canada! I do a bit of everything, lately game direction.

Some of my games: Mages of Mystralia, LEGO Starwars: Castaways, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Convergence: a League of Legends Story.

Working on #Surfpunk, an indie #coop #arpg !
November 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Pat Mondou
Searching for a DM/GM for 4 individuals for an online DnD 5e campaign!
*Biweekly Saturday campaign*
#DungeonsandDragons
#DnD
#TTRPG
#DungeonMasterNeeded
#DMneeded
November 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM
One of the more memorable dungeons of my last #d&d campaign. An ancient hideout of shadow god cultists accidentally uncovered in the deepest levels of a mine at Anor-Bātim.

With multiple secret areas and environmental challenges :)

#ttrpg #battlemap #fantasymaps #inkarnate
November 23, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Déformation professionnelle: I’ve always been a fan of games that have a built-in level editor, esp those 3:

Excitebike: my first experience designing levels at age 10 triggered something in me

Portal 2: back then I’d just started my career in games

Mario Maker: made me admire nintendo even more
November 23, 2024 at 2:29 PM
My top-rated #boardgames according to my @boardgamegeek.com collection:

5. Ark Nova
4. Clank! Legacy
3. Scythe
2. Dune: Imperium
1. Twilight Imperium 4th ed

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November 23, 2024 at 12:51 PM