A month out from launch, we're releasing the BIG HOPS documentary about the game's 6 year journey.
It covers Hop's origin, growing the team, navigating a tough design space, bringing it all together, getting dropped by our publisher, Kickstarting, and more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtee...
Started playing a lil game called Big Hops about a frog dreaming of adventure and the world beyond the forest. And while I could see the inciting event coming from a mile away, it still managed to surprise me and deliver on that narative hook to keep going.
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A drawing of flooded overgrown ruins in bird's eye view. A man is wading through the water on stilts.
A drawing of some items: A diamond ring with a snake design - a flint knife wrapped with string - a gold chain with small gold bees - two clay toy dog figurines - a cup shaped like the head of a horse or donkey - a horse shaped candle holder - two crabapples - a votive loaf of bread (shaped like a hand) on a plate, with a bowl of salt and a lit candle.
A drawing of a woman reading a Tintin comic on a balcony in summer.
A drawing of a small house by a windy beach in winter.
Hello I'm Anine!
I am an illustrator based in Scotland, and I'm available for work!
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Thanks for posting this! I definitely need to play this. The sewer is giving off super strong half-life vibes.
A sewer in Big Hops with a big yellow rotating platform surrounded by waterfalls.
🧵 Big Hops Sewer Exit Level Design Deep Dive Thread 🧵
Inspired by @radiatoryang.bsky.social's excellent Big Hops level design blog post and encouraged by Chris @luckshotgames.com, here's a thread where I dove back through the commits to look at our iterations on a single level in Big Hops.
Relaxed platforming metrics and simple puzzles are honestly the holy grail for the majority of players. I can't tell you the amount of times I designed something thinking surely it's way too simple, only to be proven wrong in playtests
new blog post: notes on level design workflows for the 3D platformer Big Hops www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/note...
An infographic of Enshrouded showcasing a bunch of milestones reached. The most salient points are: 20901 years collectively spent playing Enshrouded, Fell soldier is the deadliest enemy, and the game has reached over 5 million players!
It's the 2nd anniversary of Enshrouded, which is a respectable but small number. So here's a bunch of very big numbers, from our ever more numerous players!
5 MILLION of you have stepped into Embervale (and then on average each of you fell to your death about 10 times)!🪦
Thanks, Flameborn! ❤️
Some things worked better than others. Fromsoft took the feedback from the fans and adjusted accordingly for DS3. I'm glad they had the opportunity to mix things a little. In a world where big western studios pump out the same game every few years, that experimenting seems like a luxury sometimes.
In terms of design, DS2 is the weakest of the series, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. After the success of the first game, I'm sure fromsoft had a bunch of ideas they wanted to try out and what better place to do it than a sequel. After all, people expect some sort of evolution, right?
bluesky is the social media equivalent of going outside to touch grass
Maybe if you're a tools or engine programmer. Oh wait-
Human, the Half-Life 3 speculations are reaching critical levels
All I can say is.. Half-Life 3 confirmed
Ahhh, we love that new update smell... 😩
The changelog for Wake of the Water, Enshrouded's seventh major update, is finally here! Go check it out! 🎉
store.steampowered.com/news/app/120...
new blog post: notes on quest design in Dread Delusion, a very good indie first person RPG / Morrowind-like www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2025/11/drea...
Updating my LEGO White House
"Return of the Obra Dinn" is seven years old this week.
For this not-particularly-special anniversary, here's a re-cammed and narrated timelapse of (nearly) all character creation, object modeling, scene posing, and general 3D work for Obra Dinn from 2015 to 2018:
youtu.be/90vqCKEEj3s
Really considering making a map for it inspired by some old classics like lake and safehouse
It's a bit disappointing how lacking in maps arms race is in @counter-strike.net nowadays. Even if it's not the mode that brings in the numbers, 2 maps from valve and 1 community map since release is sad.
Very ornate library with beautiful glass ceiling
Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro
Thanks!
El Dorado update is now live!
Updated visuals, more treasure, more adventure and tons of little carefully placed details to find in @counter-strike.net.
Shoutout to @flowlee-art.bsky.social for the prop support to bring it all together.
Steam workshop: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...
Some renovations have taken place in Alpine for @counter-strike.net
Soon the resort is reopening...
#gameart #CS2 #counterstrike2 #leveldesign #cs_alpine
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It won the contest by delivering on the adventure theme and leaning into the novelty aspect of it. The name of the contest was Big Adventures after all. As for valve, it's anybody's guess. I personally think they saw it as a good experiment for their weekly missions and just liked the craziness.
Curious about what it takes to develop a CS2 map? Our 80lv article covers the entire dev process ranging from initial ideas to early blockout to art considerations and going all the way to release.
80.lv/articles/cre...
El Dorado update is in the oven. Before and after creating a proper mask for the wear and vegetation. Stuff no longer looks like plastic lego blocks.
Alien: Earth going downhill with every new episode
Pretty lacklustre episode 3 with a dumb alien encounter. They did this in Romulus as well where the aliens are dictated by the script not to move too fast or kill a character because reasons. But that always ends up being unconvincing. It's bad writing.
WATER is coming to Enshrouded in all its beautifully simulated liquid form! Check out the teaser we dropped at gamescom Opening Night live.
youtu.be/vBAnTKGioq4?...
