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Rob McLachlan
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Lead Technical Level Designer at Half Mermaid on PROJECT D - Prev Lead Designer STILL WAKES THE DEEP at The Chinese Room
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It's rare that I see an entry-level writing job in games so I wanted to share that Media Molecule is hiring a writer.

www.brightnetwork.co.uk/graduate-job...

On site in Guildford.
Media Molecule - Writer 2025
Apply today for the Writer 2025 with Media Molecule. And find the best graduate job opportunities on Bright Network.
www.brightnetwork.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Love and pride to the STILL WAKES THE DEEP team for winning Best New IP at the BAFTA awards, as well as both Best Performer awards. What a night.
April 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I can count up to a point, typical games designer - we actually have 8 nominations, with two in Best Supporting Actor 🍾
Spamming 7 BAFTA Games reposts because we got 7 BAFTA nominations for STILL WAKES THE DEEP 😤
March 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Spamming 7 BAFTA Games reposts because we got 7 BAFTA nominations for STILL WAKES THE DEEP 😤
March 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Reposted by Rob McLachlan
Performer in a Supporting Role...

ABBI GREENLAND & HELEN GOALEN Hellblade II
ALDÍS AMAH HAMILTON Hellblade II
JON BLYTH Thank Goodness You're Here!
KAREN DUNBAR Still Wakes the Deep
MATT BERRY Thank Goodness You're Here!
MICHAEL ABUBAKAR Still Wakes the Deep

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Reposted by Rob McLachlan
The nominees for Artistic Achievement are…

ASTRO BOT
BLACK MYTH: WUKONG
HAROLD HALIBUT
NEVA
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
STILL WAKES THE DEEP

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The nominees for Audio Achievements are…

ANIMAL WELL
ASTRO BOT
HELLDIVERS 2
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
STAR WARS OUTLAWS
STILL WAKES THE DEEP

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The nominees for New Intellectual Property are…

ANIMAL WELL
BALATRO
BLACK MYTH: WUKONG
METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO
STILL WAKES THE DEEP
THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE!

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The nominees for Narrative are…

BLACK MYTH: WUKONG
DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
STILL WAKES THE DEEP

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The British Game nominees are:

A HIGHLAND SONG
LEGO HORIZON ADEVENTURE
PAPER TRAIL
SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II
STILL WAKES THE DEEP
THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE!

#BAFTAGameAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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The nominees for Performer in a Leading Role are…

ALEC NEWMAN Still Wakes The Deep
HUMBERLY GONZÁLEZ Star Wars Outlaws
ISABELLA INCHBALD Indika
LUKE ROBERTS Silent Hill 2
MELINA JUERGENS Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
Y’LAN NOEL Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

#BAFTAGamesAwards
March 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Come work with me and @stevelee.bsky.social as a Level Designer on Project D◼️◼️◼️◼️!
Hey bluesky! We're hiring for a few positions! Come work with us on Project D :) ->

halfmermaid.co/jobs

🌟 Senior Character Artist
🌟 Cinematic Manager
🌟 Senior Environment Artist (European timezones)
🌟 Level Designer (European timezones)
February 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Rob McLachlan
we are hiring again here at @halfmermaid.co !!

apply at halfmermaid.co/jobs for one of these exciting new roles on Project D :)

➡️ Senior Character Artist
➡️ Cinematic Manager
➡️ Senior Environment Artist (European timezones preferred)
➡️ Level Designer (European timezones preferred)

please share!
February 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Really gutted to see the news from Sumo. Such a lot of talent and so many great and kind people at all the studios. Thinking especially today of my amazing former colleagues at The Chinese Room.
February 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Just what I wanted! All the top brands, oh! even Uiizibvkjz!!!
December 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Quitting the Skinner Box that is World of Tanks once again. Not sure why I ever went back. Playing well (or having a good game by chance, perhaps a better scenario) is a great dopamine rush but not worth the time investment and obsession.
November 25, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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hello blueskiers. i have a discord that is about game dev, but not to the degree that it's necessarily weird if you aren't into game dev and are in there. feel free to join if you are not a fuckhead. link in bio

Here are some nice things people have spontaneously said about my discord
November 10, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Hi, I'm Olly Smith. You may remember me as the Evergreen Editor for Dexerto, and Senior Editor at GameByte.

Due to circumstances out of my control, I am currently out of a job and looking for work. If you're hiring for anything in media, publishing or marketing, let's chat.

www.ollywrites.co.uk
October 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Mostly detached from EVE nowadays but this is a hypnotic video, showing one of the largest groups of players in the game moving just a fraction of their ships and assets across the game world. Multiple millions of dollars of assets, built up over 20 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHU...
Imperium Capital Fleet Moves to UALX
YouTube video by Shingly
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2024 at 10:53 AM
BABBDI is the only worthwhile ethical use of AI art in a game yet demonstrated, and also has the best trumpet in all video games
OK Persona and Metaphor UIs are cool, but have you heard about BABBDI's?
October 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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was just reminded of rational level design and while i understand why it exists, it's gotta be one of the most rancid and toxic design methodologies to formalize and worm its way into education and smaller teams. this is shit dreamed up by metrics ghouls at AAAA studios, fuckin quit it
October 15, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Wrote a .mel script for the first time in about 12 years - the muscle memory of “space bar = cycle tools” from Unreal was unbreakable, so I had to recreate the behaviour in Maya. And it works! I am invincible!
September 9, 2024 at 8:21 AM
I talked with Nic at @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social about books I’ve been reading/have read/will read/have leant to friends who threw them in the bin: www.rockpapershotgun.com/whats-on-you...
What's on your bookshelf?: Still Wakes the Deep, Little Orpheus and Robocraft's Robert McLachlan
Robert McLachlan tells us about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 2, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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A series of environment graphics I created for the survival horror video game Still Wakes the Deep, which is set aboard an oil rig in the North Sea in 1975.
I believe it was released in the last few days.
#graphicdesign #illustration #games
June 19, 2024 at 12:02 PM