Shawn Alexander Allen
@shawndoublea.bsky.social
Director @nuchallenger.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
Fan of Hip Hop & sneakers
Writing, design, production, occasional art
Beatdown City Survivors, Treachery in Beatdown City + more
Ex-Rockstar/Ex-MLB
Organizing the future of games
#blackgamedev✊🏽 they/them
beatdowncity.com
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🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
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the new york times relies on its immensely popular games to both drive subscriptions AND generate ad revenue from non-paying subscribers. stop playing wordle, even if it's free.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the new york times relies on its immensely popular games to both drive subscriptions AND generate ad revenue from non-paying subscribers. stop playing wordle, even if it's free.
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Ambrosia Sky 🪐 | Launch Trailer
YouTube video by Soft Rains Games
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ambrosia Sky: Act One is available now!!
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
15% off on both Steam & Epic!!
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/ambr...
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
VR indie studio @warpfrog.bsky.social behind Blade and Sorcery have opened 2 new positions at their team:
🎨 Lead Character Artist
💻 Senior Unity Developer
👍 VR XP is +
🌐 REMOTE
remotegamejobs.com/warpfrog-9c2...
#gamejobs #gamedevjobs #Indiedev #madewithunity #VRGame #VRGameDev #remotegamejobs
🎨 Lead Character Artist
💻 Senior Unity Developer
👍 VR XP is +
🌐 REMOTE
remotegamejobs.com/warpfrog-9c2...
#gamejobs #gamedevjobs #Indiedev #madewithunity #VRGame #VRGameDev #remotegamejobs
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
VR indie studio @warpfrog.bsky.social behind Blade and Sorcery have opened 2 new positions at their team:
🎨 Lead Character Artist
💻 Senior Unity Developer
👍 VR XP is +
🌐 REMOTE
remotegamejobs.com/warpfrog-9c2...
#gamejobs #gamedevjobs #Indiedev #madewithunity #VRGame #VRGameDev #remotegamejobs
🎨 Lead Character Artist
💻 Senior Unity Developer
👍 VR XP is +
🌐 REMOTE
remotegamejobs.com/warpfrog-9c2...
#gamejobs #gamedevjobs #Indiedev #madewithunity #VRGame #VRGameDev #remotegamejobs
Was trying to show my kid what I looked like with a #1 haircut and was reminded of the horror of Dora the quadrupedal Explorer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Was trying to show my kid what I looked like with a #1 haircut and was reminded of the horror of Dora the quadrupedal Explorer.
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
Hey Game Masters! If you want to make art for your game but don't have any particular skills, or enough money to commission somebody, guess what? Grab some royalty free art and throw some filters on it in the photoshop knock-off of your choice. It'll look a lot better than AI, trust
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey Game Masters! If you want to make art for your game but don't have any particular skills, or enough money to commission somebody, guess what? Grab some royalty free art and throw some filters on it in the photoshop knock-off of your choice. It'll look a lot better than AI, trust
I was trying to explain the premise of Ratatouille to my kid when I realized that between a rat that handles food and a roach (Wall-e) as the "cute animal friend" no one at Pixar could've been from the hood.
Because NAH.
Because NAH.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I was trying to explain the premise of Ratatouille to my kid when I realized that between a rat that handles food and a roach (Wall-e) as the "cute animal friend" no one at Pixar could've been from the hood.
Because NAH.
Because NAH.
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
I maintain that the stinginess with five mics made the five mic moments all the more meaningful and it meant that four and up was still very high quality albums.
I’d already stopped reading by the time The Source editorial team pulled the “re-reviews” stunt.
What a day, regardless.
I’d already stopped reading by the time The Source editorial team pulled the “re-reviews” stunt.
What a day, regardless.
On November 9th, 1993 A Tribe Called Quest released 'Midnight Marauders' and Wu-Tang Clan released 'Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' on the same day. SOURCE MAGAZINE gave Enter The Wu Five Mics...And gave Midnight Marauders 4 Mics.
November 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I maintain that the stinginess with five mics made the five mic moments all the more meaningful and it meant that four and up was still very high quality albums.
I’d already stopped reading by the time The Source editorial team pulled the “re-reviews” stunt.
What a day, regardless.
I’d already stopped reading by the time The Source editorial team pulled the “re-reviews” stunt.
What a day, regardless.
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com.
Signal boost please!
See this got *me* interested, as I know that like me, Xalavier does not utter the name God Hand lightly.
The strongest endorsement I can give for Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is that it feels like the kind of PS2 game that, after you play it, you are haunted by it forever.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
This is God Hand shit. This is “infest your mind and make a video essay about it in 10 years” shit.
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
See this got *me* interested, as I know that like me, Xalavier does not utter the name God Hand lightly.
Spent all day making a *meat mech* for Beatdown City Survivors.
Yes.
Yes.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Spent all day making a *meat mech* for Beatdown City Survivors.
Yes.
Yes.
Target Customer Service be like
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Target Customer Service be like
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
My birthday sale is now live! No discount code, prices are manually reduced on my end, including my full discography on Bandcamp which is around $40 today. Thanks for listening to my music!
2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
2mello.net/store
2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
2mello.net/store
2 Mello Birthday Sale
Nov. 7-9
Everything, including CDs, 50% off at both my Bandcamp and webstore.
Then! Friday Nov. 14 at 12PM Eastern time, I will restock the Sounds Of Tokyo-To Future vinyl for the last time this year.
Yes. Commerce, physical media, things of that nature.
Nov. 7-9
Everything, including CDs, 50% off at both my Bandcamp and webstore.
Then! Friday Nov. 14 at 12PM Eastern time, I will restock the Sounds Of Tokyo-To Future vinyl for the last time this year.
Yes. Commerce, physical media, things of that nature.
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My birthday sale is now live! No discount code, prices are manually reduced on my end, including my full discography on Bandcamp which is around $40 today. Thanks for listening to my music!
2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
2mello.net/store
2mellomakes.bandcamp.com
2mello.net/store
Great season.
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Great season.
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
hello game dev community, i am looking to interview a few people who have been in the industry for 5+ years and are comfortable in the role they chose for themself in their career. i want to hear from everyone, producers, engineers, narrative, community managers, etc. !!!
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
hello game dev community, i am looking to interview a few people who have been in the industry for 5+ years and are comfortable in the role they chose for themself in their career. i want to hear from everyone, producers, engineers, narrative, community managers, etc. !!!
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🤜🧟Beatdown City Survivors🧟 🤛
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
A bullet (fist?) heaven
survivors roguelite
set in a gritty, beat-em-up *style* city is releasing Q1 '26!
🛠️lots of weapon crafting
👥fun unlockable characters
🏗️dynamic/destructible environments
Wishlist today! beatdown.city/bdcsrstm
#pitchyagame
I once read a bug by a studio head that said:
"The camera's a bit fiddly here"
And for better or worse, GenAi cannot replicate that
🤭
"The camera's a bit fiddly here"
And for better or worse, GenAi cannot replicate that
🤭
Square Enix wants 70% of its QA work to be handled by generative AI by the end of 2027, in partnership with the University of Tokyo's Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory. https://bit.ly/4qKdyQR
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I once read a bug by a studio head that said:
"The camera's a bit fiddly here"
And for better or worse, GenAi cannot replicate that
🤭
"The camera's a bit fiddly here"
And for better or worse, GenAi cannot replicate that
🤭
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
This is like the 3rd time something I've been a part of got put on ice, and I'm finding out because of an article and not from the folks making the decision.
Even worse finding out that the answer had to be probed lmao
Well, I don't feel as bad about not attending this year anymore.
Even worse finding out that the answer had to be probed lmao
Well, I don't feel as bad about not attending this year anymore.
The Game Awards' Future Class program remains on ice
Future Class organizer Emily Weir has informed past honorees that The Game Awards has no active plans for the program.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is like the 3rd time something I've been a part of got put on ice, and I'm finding out because of an article and not from the folks making the decision.
Even worse finding out that the answer had to be probed lmao
Well, I don't feel as bad about not attending this year anymore.
Even worse finding out that the answer had to be probed lmao
Well, I don't feel as bad about not attending this year anymore.
Been working on new bosses for Beatdown City Survivors
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Been working on new bosses for Beatdown City Survivors
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
Beatdown City Survivors Indie Horror Showcase Trailer
YouTube video by NuChallenger
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This week we dropped a new trailer for Beatdown City Survivors that dives into a city that's out to kill you.
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
🌆New stages
🧟♀️New monsters
😎New playable characters
And:
🪖Introducing a new threat, heavily armed special forces sent in with no oversight.
Run it up! 🔊Sound on🔊
youtu.be/UsjZyIFwXOo?...
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
Rockstar having to delay GTAVI and the Union busting are NOT isolated incidents.
See this as a victory. You have way more power than the Take Two money men. Without you the game wont get finished.
Join the fucking Union.
See this as a victory. You have way more power than the Take Two money men. Without you the game wont get finished.
Join the fucking Union.
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Rockstar having to delay GTAVI and the Union busting are NOT isolated incidents.
See this as a victory. You have way more power than the Take Two money men. Without you the game wont get finished.
Join the fucking Union.
See this as a victory. You have way more power than the Take Two money men. Without you the game wont get finished.
Join the fucking Union.
The Vince Staples Show | Season 2 Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
Danny Brown made one of the most creatively adventurous, sonically progressive, and best rap albums of the year.
@sonraw.bsky.social went deep on the experimental hyperpop fusion, omnivorous eclecticism, and sense of liberation of "Stardust."
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/06/d...
@sonraw.bsky.social went deep on the experimental hyperpop fusion, omnivorous eclecticism, and sense of liberation of "Stardust."
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/06/d...
On 'Stardust,' Danny Brown Runs Towards the Light | Passion of the Weiss
Danny Brown's latest, 'Stardust,' is one of 2025's most daring and rewarding rap albums.
www.passionweiss.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Danny Brown made one of the most creatively adventurous, sonically progressive, and best rap albums of the year.
@sonraw.bsky.social went deep on the experimental hyperpop fusion, omnivorous eclecticism, and sense of liberation of "Stardust."
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/06/d...
@sonraw.bsky.social went deep on the experimental hyperpop fusion, omnivorous eclecticism, and sense of liberation of "Stardust."
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/06/d...
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
Q-UP is OUT NOW and BUNDLED with UNFAIR FLIPS!!!
Q-UP is out NOW on Steam!
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
1. flip a coin on the internet
2. 50% heads, 50% tails
3. flip another coin
it's $8.99
... but more importantly it's $7.99 if you already own Unfair Flips
s.team/a/3730790
Save 10% on Q-UP on Steam
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator,...
s.team
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Q-UP is OUT NOW and BUNDLED with UNFAIR FLIPS!!!
Reposted by Shawn Alexander Allen
INCOMING CANON FIRE!
A deep dive into the ABSOLUM, the latest from the Streets of Rage 4 team!
I dig into how it evolves the arcade spirit of games like Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons beat-em-ups, its remix of fantasy tropes, and even its take on gender and identity.
canonfire.net/post/7992333...
A deep dive into the ABSOLUM, the latest from the Streets of Rage 4 team!
I dig into how it evolves the arcade spirit of games like Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons beat-em-ups, its remix of fantasy tropes, and even its take on gender and identity.
canonfire.net/post/7992333...
055: Absolum brings the arcade spirit of its fantasy inspirations roaring into the modern age
The latest from Guard Crush Games, one of the main developers on Streets of Rage 4, Absolum takes plenty from their work on SEGA’s brawler. The skeleton of the game can be seen in their experiments...
canonfire.net
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
INCOMING CANON FIRE!
A deep dive into the ABSOLUM, the latest from the Streets of Rage 4 team!
I dig into how it evolves the arcade spirit of games like Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons beat-em-ups, its remix of fantasy tropes, and even its take on gender and identity.
canonfire.net/post/7992333...
A deep dive into the ABSOLUM, the latest from the Streets of Rage 4 team!
I dig into how it evolves the arcade spirit of games like Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons beat-em-ups, its remix of fantasy tropes, and even its take on gender and identity.
canonfire.net/post/7992333...