Paul Evans
@paulevans.bsky.social
Game developer and engineer. AAA games and indie stuff. Worked at Lionhead on Fable II & III and other things. Looking to improve my programmer art. Husband and father. Always learning. He / him.
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Paul Evans
@paulevans.bsky.social
· Aug 8
Hey I'm Paul. I started programming when I wasn't even at school yet via books you typed in to make games on 8bit micros, which were a thing in the UK. I always wanted to be a game developer and through luck & work I managed that. My first AAA game was Fable II. I'm married, a dad now & moved to TX.
This doesn't happen so much anymore... but hey... application... if you don't have focus don't try and steal it.
Whatever is going on, it's not that important unless I say so :)
Whatever is going on, it's not that important unless I say so :)
November 7, 2024 at 7:32 PM
This doesn't happen so much anymore... but hey... application... if you don't have focus don't try and steal it.
Whatever is going on, it's not that important unless I say so :)
Whatever is going on, it's not that important unless I say so :)
I messed around a bit with UEFN this weekend.
Behold my Duck racing track!
The tooling is really nice. I would have *loved* something like UEFN when I was a kid.
Behold my Duck racing track!
The tooling is really nice. I would have *loved* something like UEFN when I was a kid.
November 4, 2024 at 9:05 PM
I messed around a bit with UEFN this weekend.
Behold my Duck racing track!
The tooling is really nice. I would have *loved* something like UEFN when I was a kid.
Behold my Duck racing track!
The tooling is really nice. I would have *loved* something like UEFN when I was a kid.
What a lovely way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Over The Garden Wall <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPq...
Over the Garden Wall | 10th Anniversary Stop Motion Short | Cartoon Network
YouTube video by Cartoon Network
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November 4, 2024 at 3:12 AM
What a lovely way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Over The Garden Wall <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkPq...
Thinking back to my teens I had one thing I made go viral, though just within the sixth form college I was at.
It was a fruit / slot machine written in Turbo Pascal. It was a bit X-Files themed so "X-Fruits"
All records of that have disappeared with time of course. Cool to remember though :)
It was a fruit / slot machine written in Turbo Pascal. It was a bit X-Files themed so "X-Fruits"
All records of that have disappeared with time of course. Cool to remember though :)
October 23, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Thinking back to my teens I had one thing I made go viral, though just within the sixth form college I was at.
It was a fruit / slot machine written in Turbo Pascal. It was a bit X-Files themed so "X-Fruits"
All records of that have disappeared with time of course. Cool to remember though :)
It was a fruit / slot machine written in Turbo Pascal. It was a bit X-Files themed so "X-Fruits"
All records of that have disappeared with time of course. Cool to remember though :)
The #demoscene always fascinated me growing up in the 80s & 90s when I had a C64 & Amiga.
I wasn't allowed a modem, so only saw disks that people swapped in the playground.
It'd have been wonderful to have had a mentor in my teens for this stuff. The internet has made those connections easier :)
I wasn't allowed a modem, so only saw disks that people swapped in the playground.
It'd have been wonderful to have had a mentor in my teens for this stuff. The internet has made those connections easier :)
I've put together a starter pack of #demoscene people on Bluesky that I'm currently aware of. If you know of someone I missed, or if I included you and you want out, send me DM or reply here. Anyway; here are some good people: go.bsky.app/QurewHJ
October 23, 2024 at 8:27 PM
The #demoscene always fascinated me growing up in the 80s & 90s when I had a C64 & Amiga.
I wasn't allowed a modem, so only saw disks that people swapped in the playground.
It'd have been wonderful to have had a mentor in my teens for this stuff. The internet has made those connections easier :)
I wasn't allowed a modem, so only saw disks that people swapped in the playground.
It'd have been wonderful to have had a mentor in my teens for this stuff. The internet has made those connections easier :)
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Senior Design Roles Alert!
It's not with my team but very close to my team (we often collaborate), and it's with a great team in a really exciting area of the business.
Senior Technical Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
Senior Gameplay Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
#gamedev
It's not with my team but very close to my team (we often collaborate), and it's with a great team in a really exciting area of the business.
Senior Technical Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
Senior Gameplay Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
#gamedev
Join Epic Games Today! See Our Latest Career and Job Opportunities.
Visit Epic Games Careers to see the latest jobs and employment opportunities. Join an exciting team pushing the limits in gaming and interactive entertainment.
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October 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Senior Design Roles Alert!
It's not with my team but very close to my team (we often collaborate), and it's with a great team in a really exciting area of the business.
Senior Technical Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
Senior Gameplay Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
#gamedev
It's not with my team but very close to my team (we often collaborate), and it's with a great team in a really exciting area of the business.
Senior Technical Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
Senior Gameplay Designer
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
#gamedev
Not for the first time, I really, really wish Slack had a way of hiding / muting messages like gmail does. So you can stay in a channel, just not have to read a message over and over until it scrolls off.
August 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Not for the first time, I really, really wish Slack had a way of hiding / muting messages like gmail does. So you can stay in a channel, just not have to read a message over and over until it scrolls off.
About 15 years since Fable II was first on the shelves in London.
Yikes! Happy Fable II release week :) web.archive.org/web/20081024...
Yikes! Happy Fable II release week :) web.archive.org/web/20081024...
October 24, 2023 at 1:47 AM
About 15 years since Fable II was first on the shelves in London.
Yikes! Happy Fable II release week :) web.archive.org/web/20081024...
Yikes! Happy Fable II release week :) web.archive.org/web/20081024...
It is difficult to make a career in games.
You make the best choices you can with the information you have.
I hope those who have lost their jobs find a little space to grieve.
If you have lost faith in yourself I hope you find it again soon.
You are more than your job.
May your next job be kinder.
You make the best choices you can with the information you have.
I hope those who have lost their jobs find a little space to grieve.
If you have lost faith in yourself I hope you find it again soon.
You are more than your job.
May your next job be kinder.
September 30, 2023 at 6:16 PM
It is difficult to make a career in games.
You make the best choices you can with the information you have.
I hope those who have lost their jobs find a little space to grieve.
If you have lost faith in yourself I hope you find it again soon.
You are more than your job.
May your next job be kinder.
You make the best choices you can with the information you have.
I hope those who have lost their jobs find a little space to grieve.
If you have lost faith in yourself I hope you find it again soon.
You are more than your job.
May your next job be kinder.
Today I Learned that while using Windows Task Manager and sorting by CPU (for example), you can freeze the list by holding down the ctrl key... so you don't have to chase around that process to click. #dev #gamedev
August 17, 2023 at 8:50 PM
Today I Learned that while using Windows Task Manager and sorting by CPU (for example), you can freeze the list by holding down the ctrl key... so you don't have to chase around that process to click. #dev #gamedev
I'm trying out Logseq (https://logseq.com) to see if it beats out draft-never-to-be-sent-emails for keeping notes and being searchable.
It stores things in markdown and can auto-commit to git, so it's revision controlled.
I've used OneNote and other things in the past. Be interesting if this sticks!
It stores things in markdown and can auto-commit to git, so it's revision controlled.
I've used OneNote and other things in the past. Be interesting if this sticks!
August 16, 2023 at 8:15 PM
I'm trying out Logseq (https://logseq.com) to see if it beats out draft-never-to-be-sent-emails for keeping notes and being searchable.
It stores things in markdown and can auto-commit to git, so it's revision controlled.
I've used OneNote and other things in the past. Be interesting if this sticks!
It stores things in markdown and can auto-commit to git, so it's revision controlled.
I've used OneNote and other things in the past. Be interesting if this sticks!
Hey @kierannee.bsky.social - thanks for doing all the hard work of finding lots of cool people from real life and other networks we both know on this platform! :)
August 15, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Hey @kierannee.bsky.social - thanks for doing all the hard work of finding lots of cool people from real life and other networks we both know on this platform! :)
My other try at something-other-than-twitter is over here on mastodon https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@paulecoyote
Paul Evans (@[email protected])
32 Posts, 240 Following, 144 Followers · Programmer for as long as I can remember. AAA & start-ups. Aspiring good dad. My views don't represent employer. All content as is, not legal relationship, et...
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August 8, 2023 at 11:45 PM
My other try at something-other-than-twitter is over here on mastodon https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@paulecoyote
I'm on twitter over here https://twitter.com/paulecoyote
@jason.maltzen.org kindly shared an invitation so I could see what bsky is all about.
I've not been tweeting / tooting / whatever that often. When I do it's probably game related in someway... or some attempt at art.
@jason.maltzen.org kindly shared an invitation so I could see what bsky is all about.
I've not been tweeting / tooting / whatever that often. When I do it's probably game related in someway... or some attempt at art.
@paulecoyote on Twitter
Husband, Parent, Developer, Gamer. Ex-Lionhead, ex-Portalarium. Tweets are mine; they don't represent my employer. Content as is, not legal relationship, etc.
twitter.com
August 8, 2023 at 11:32 PM
I'm on twitter over here https://twitter.com/paulecoyote
@jason.maltzen.org kindly shared an invitation so I could see what bsky is all about.
I've not been tweeting / tooting / whatever that often. When I do it's probably game related in someway... or some attempt at art.
@jason.maltzen.org kindly shared an invitation so I could see what bsky is all about.
I've not been tweeting / tooting / whatever that often. When I do it's probably game related in someway... or some attempt at art.
Hey I'm Paul. I started programming when I wasn't even at school yet via books you typed in to make games on 8bit micros, which were a thing in the UK. I always wanted to be a game developer and through luck & work I managed that. My first AAA game was Fable II. I'm married, a dad now & moved to TX.
August 8, 2023 at 11:24 PM
Hey I'm Paul. I started programming when I wasn't even at school yet via books you typed in to make games on 8bit micros, which were a thing in the UK. I always wanted to be a game developer and through luck & work I managed that. My first AAA game was Fable II. I'm married, a dad now & moved to TX.