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@soundstrider.dev

Technical Sound / Haptics Designer Prev. Retro Studios, Respawn Entertainment, Merge Conflict Personal account, opinions are my own

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Ah gotcha! Those rose tinted glasses are hard to beat

07.03.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not going to say you're wrong for enjoying DS2, but I'm surprised of all the FromSoft games you're not choosing Bloodborne

07.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In kinda a last minute decision, I got some flights for GDC! Not going to be getting a pass, but if anyone is around for GDC and wants to talk tech audio or haptics, I'll be there!
I'm happy I managed to make this work since this would have been the first one I missed since I started going in '23

04.02.2026 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
10:30 am Check in / Registration
11:00 am More to Audio than Sound w/ Will Sords
12:00pm Game Production Q&A w/ Mario Rodriguez 
1-4pm Lunch / LG Valorant Cup / Games Showcase
1 - 5:30pm Tummydrops VR Showcase 
4-5pm One Month Game Project to Indie Studio w/ Arthur Dale and Adam Eckert / Motion Sickness in Games w/ Tummydrops
5:00pm Pitch Contest of Showcases 
5:45pm How Testing Analytics Informs Game Design w/ Ian Drayer 
6:30 - 7:30pm Game Dev Realy / Day in the Life of a Pocket World's Engineer w/ Drew Kenady and Ian Costello 
7:30pm Dinner with Game Showcase & Pitch Contest Results 
9:00pm Gaming Afterparty

10:30 am Check in / Registration 11:00 am More to Audio than Sound w/ Will Sords 12:00pm Game Production Q&A w/ Mario Rodriguez 1-4pm Lunch / LG Valorant Cup / Games Showcase 1 - 5:30pm Tummydrops VR Showcase 4-5pm One Month Game Project to Indie Studio w/ Arthur Dale and Adam Eckert / Motion Sickness in Games w/ Tummydrops 5:00pm Pitch Contest of Showcases 5:45pm How Testing Analytics Informs Game Design w/ Ian Drayer 6:30 - 7:30pm Game Dev Realy / Day in the Life of a Pocket World's Engineer w/ Drew Kenady and Ian Costello 7:30pm Dinner with Game Showcase & Pitch Contest Results 9:00pm Gaming Afterparty

If anyone in the Austin area wants to hear me yap about tech audio and haptics design, I'll be speaking at GDC^2 this year! My presentation is Sat 03/07 @ 11am. Huge thanks to the UT Game Dev Club EGaDS for giving me this opportunity!

Sign up - forms.gle/xsNfxtZxzKBP...

05.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this ๐Ÿ˜‰

06.03.2026 21:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 4121 ๐Ÿ” 990 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59 ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

Don't ever fuck around with Mario's legal team. They got some fucking hands

06.03.2026 19:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yooo sick!

06.03.2026 05:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wow, it's already GDC time again! I'm excited to be going next week with Shannon Zhao representing our new studio, Quietlight Games! I'll be hanging around in the park and at parties, so I hope our paths cross if you're going! Here's a sneak peak of what Shannon and I are cooking up with Flora Nova!

06.03.2026 04:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is the clearest black and white picture of how the US is fucked. illegal unprovoked war at the height of financial, healthcare and employment crises by a rogue pedophile president and it has 3/4ths approval from the "opposition" party.

06.03.2026 01:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3174 ๐Ÿ” 1239 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Working on a dynamic breathing system in Unreal currently, which has been an absolute blast! Tons of fun learning more about the engine and blueprints.
Now recording myself doing different kinds of breaths and efforts (and for multiple health states) is a lot less fun. How do voice actors do it? ๐Ÿ˜ญ

05.03.2026 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
10:30 am Check in / Registration
11:00 am More to Audio than Sound w/ Will Sords
12:00pm Game Production Q&A w/ Mario Rodriguez 
1-4pm Lunch / LG Valorant Cup / Games Showcase
1 - 5:30pm Tummydrops VR Showcase 
4-5pm One Month Game Project to Indie Studio w/ Arthur Dale and Adam Eckert / Motion Sickness in Games w/ Tummydrops
5:00pm Pitch Contest of Showcases 
5:45pm How Testing Analytics Informs Game Design w/ Ian Drayer 
6:30 - 7:30pm Game Dev Realy / Day in the Life of a Pocket World's Engineer w/ Drew Kenady and Ian Costello 
7:30pm Dinner with Game Showcase & Pitch Contest Results 
9:00pm Gaming Afterparty

10:30 am Check in / Registration 11:00 am More to Audio than Sound w/ Will Sords 12:00pm Game Production Q&A w/ Mario Rodriguez 1-4pm Lunch / LG Valorant Cup / Games Showcase 1 - 5:30pm Tummydrops VR Showcase 4-5pm One Month Game Project to Indie Studio w/ Arthur Dale and Adam Eckert / Motion Sickness in Games w/ Tummydrops 5:00pm Pitch Contest of Showcases 5:45pm How Testing Analytics Informs Game Design w/ Ian Drayer 6:30 - 7:30pm Game Dev Realy / Day in the Life of a Pocket World's Engineer w/ Drew Kenady and Ian Costello 7:30pm Dinner with Game Showcase & Pitch Contest Results 9:00pm Gaming Afterparty

If anyone in the Austin area wants to hear me yap about tech audio and haptics design, I'll be speaking at GDC^2 this year! My presentation is Sat 03/07 @ 11am. Huge thanks to the UT Game Dev Club EGaDS for giving me this opportunity!

Sign up - forms.gle/xsNfxtZxzKBP...

05.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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5th Annual ATX Game Makers Showcase and Arcade The premier event to see Austin's greatest game makers, featuring a mix of local studios and indies. Play games & get free food and drinks!

It's happening. Our 5th Annual ATX Game Makers Showcase and Arcade! Please share the link and hit the link to RSVP - It's free and its going to be amazing!

www.eventbrite.com/e/5th-annual...

04.03.2026 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh okay thanks for the clarification article!
I still give Win a massive ๐Ÿ–• cause Win 11 is just an overall miserable experience IMO. If there was more stability in the audio workflow on Linux I'd be switching in a heartbeat

04.03.2026 17:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ohhhhhhhh boy. I don't have much love for Tencent, but you can't deny how much they're propping up so much of the games industry rn.
Riot, Epic, new Ubisoft subsidiary, and so much more. Bad news for the whole industry if this goes through

04.03.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh for fucks sake. Remember when Win10 was supposed to be "the last windows version"? ๐Ÿ™„

04.03.2026 15:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“– THE GAME NARRATIVE KALEIDOSCOPE โ„๏ธ is out NOW!

www.inklestudios.com/kaleidoscope

100+ essays on writing & narrative design, with articles from the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Control, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider, Sam and Max...

ALSO the Kaleidoscope Podcast with 2 full eps!

04.03.2026 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 609 ๐Ÿ” 304 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 109
In Death We've Just Begun ft. Poppy and Son Lux (Official Music Video) | Marathon Launch Cinematic
In Death We've Just Begun ft. Poppy and Son Lux (Official Music Video) | Marathon Launch Cinematic YouTube video by Marathon

AYO they got the Poppy feature? Didn't get a chance to check out the server slam, but the aesthetics of Marathon go crazy. Probably not going to pick the game up, but def going to keep my eye on it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw5...

03.03.2026 20:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cairn: Audio Feedback and Immersion. Martin Stig Andersen, Alistair Hirst. March 12th, 2026.

Cairn: Audio Feedback and Immersion. Martin Stig Andersen, Alistair Hirst. March 12th, 2026.

Next week, join Audio Director @martinstig.bsky.social & moderator @alistairhirst.bsky.social for an in-depth exploration of the sound of Cairn, featuring live gameplay with commentary!

๐Ÿ“ AMC Metreon 16 (Theatre 14)
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE Entry
๐Ÿ”— RSVP: hubs.ly/Q045fh2k0

#GameAudioGDC @thegamebakers.com #GameAudio

02.03.2026 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

One of my favorite parts of GDC last year! Come hang out and climb some rocks ๐Ÿ’ช

02.03.2026 20:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Silent Planet - Iridescent Listen to Iridescent on TIDAL

Todays music tidal.com/album/194712...

Yesterday was a big ERRA mood, super excited for the new album on Friday

02.03.2026 16:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Been staying off the internet today to avoid crazy psychic damage.
It shouldn't have to be said, but there is absolutely no justifiable reason that the United States should be bombing Iran, let alone a FUCKING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Everyone who did this deserves so much worse than I can put in words

01.03.2026 03:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Awesome! Super excited for it

27.02.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can't believe I really wanted Netflix of all people to buy WB. Now the Ellison's will control even more of the dwindling legacy media ๐Ÿ˜”

27.02.2026 00:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Hardcore Guide to Game Audio GDC 2026: What to do, hear and see when it comes to sound for games at GDC | A Sound Effect Game Audio Guru Damian Kastbauer gives you the ultimate guide to what to do, hear and see when it comes to sound for games at GDC 2026:

The Hardcore Guide to Game Audio #GDC2026 is available now at @asoundeffect.bsky.social! โœจ

www.asoundeffect.com/gdc26/

Looking for details, insights, and a schedule of interesting audio things-to-do during this years Game Developers Conference? #GameAudioGDC #GameAudio #GameMusic

26.02.2026 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey @regameyk.bsky.social if you happen to be going to GDC this year (so understandable if you're not), do you happen to know if there's bouldering being organized again this year? Haven't seen anything about it and it was an absolute blast last year!

26.02.2026 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

OOF.ogg

23.02.2026 23:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bring Me The Horizon - Doomed (MAPHRA Vocal Cover)
Bring Me The Horizon - Doomed (MAPHRA Vocal Cover) YouTube video by MAPHRA

This is honestly one of the most incredible vocal performances I've ever heard. The amount of control @maphramusic.bsky.social has over her voice is stunning. Going through her full range, while adding and removing distortion, and not hearing a single crack is mind blowing
youtu.be/r6L-GUOAhGo?...

23.02.2026 00:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd have to say Uncut Gems. I thought it was an incredible movie, but I don't think I can ever watch it again. I've never been so uncomfortable watching a movie

22.02.2026 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Jacob Collier Improvises With Orchestra (Live in San Francisco)
Jacob Collier Improvises With Orchestra (Live in San Francisco) YouTube video by Jacob Collier

I've never listened to any of Jacob Collier's work before, but this video legitimately had me crying. It's so incredibly beautiful, creative, and sincere, with genuine passion pouring out from everyone. I fucking love music โค๏ธ
youtu.be/BFul90BFjGc

21.02.2026 23:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trying Adderall for the first time today (fully prescribed for ADD) and hooooly wow. Is this how normal people feel all the time? You can actually focus on tasks without having 50 million ideas whirling through you all at once? Crazy

21.02.2026 20:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0