@davidgracia
Sr Producer. Design and Production Manager @ Directive Games. Ex-PlayStation, Ubi, EA, Behaviour. Design Creds: Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Ghost Recon, Medal of Honor, Syphon Filter, et al. Anthropology. History. House music. FGC. Wanderlust.
Did you know that Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon have a band called The Claypool Lennon Delirium? Complete news to me. But they dropped a single + music video today in anticipation of their new album coming out May 1 and it is some psychedelic funky goodness.
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Mate, my son was born six days ago and I've been singing Ooo De Lally to the little guy to get him to sleep.
Screen shot from the original Legend of Zelda where Link obtains the wooden sword from the old man in the cave. The prominent and memorable text above the old man reads "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that this game nudged the course of my life. There’s a straight line from that gold cartridge to the work I do now.
Forty years later, I still chase that feeling of stepping into the unknown with a wooden sword and no map.
Happy anniversary, Zelda.
The box art from a Sega Genesis game developed by Climax Entertainment called "Landstalker". It was a super difficult isometric action adventure
I started my industry career at Sega's customer service dept. answering gameplay questions... and oh boy did we get a lot of calls on this one.
If you haven't already - bookmark this one. The Game UI DB is such a useful resource. Congrats on the success and a sincere thank you for making my life much easier on multiple occiasions!
Real dev wisdom here. Getting this stuff in early helps everyone understand what the game feels like - and not just what it looks like. Makes it much easier for artists to align style to emotion instead of guessing, and heads off the 'oh shit we forgot about audio' tornado at the end of the project
A tip on how to ensure projects stay on track by using timeboxing
I made a bunch of one page tips on #gamedev with stuff that I learned over the years. It leans towards the direction + production side.
This is stuff that worked for me, maybe it can be of use for you.
Here is a thread of tips, starting with keeping your project on track with timeboxing
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Since the cat is already out of the bag over on Twitter... very proud of the team for pulling this one together. I'll always be a PlayStation guy and love testing with a controller in my hands.
We finally have a metric by which we can determine who has officially won the console wars: the Pornhub console traffic share. Congratulations, PlayStation.
Nothing but love and respect for you here, David. Really hoping that more FGC discourse makes the migration. Opening the other site these days feels like trawling through a sewer.
Been seeing a lot of promosky posts with things like Zelda, Arcane, and Mouthwashing, and I'm wondering when everyone got so enthusiastic about regular oral hygeine
#gameaudio #gamedev #UX tip: Sound is the best sensory modality to communicate temporal information. I'll start a thread with some thoughts and examples.
Seeing all these posts from people that managed to score a limited edition PS5 controller is bumming me the hell out
They would have an easier time filling vacancies if salaries in the UK were higher. The talent is heading abroad (often for for 2–3x the pay). There are plenty of Brits crushing it in games—but they're priced out of the UK at the senior and expert level.
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