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Game Director at Naughty Dog • Worked on The Last of Us Part I & II, Uncharted 4 • Accessibility tinkerer • ⚜️QC🇨🇦CA

Santa Monica, California

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@Gangles

Matthew Gallant

2 years

Excited to share that I got to step into the role of game director on The Last of Us Part I, working alongside @ShaunEscayg . I was a fledgling designer when I worked on the original almost a decade ago, and it's been a delight to revisit this beloved game.

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The Last of Us Part I - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

10 years ago today I moved from Montreal to Austin to begin my career as a professional game developer. Four games shipped, here's to many more! 🥳

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2 years

Having a legendary game designer do a detailed analysis of the accessibility menus in The Last of Us Part I is an incredible way to close out 2022, thank you for the kind words Sakurai-san 🙇‍♂️

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6 years

Underrated upshot for devs announcing Switch games: they get to take a cool photo of the handheld console in a tastefully arranged setting.

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Thrilled to reveal all the accessibility features we’ve been developing for The Last of Us Part 2. We strived to remove as many barriers as possible and really push the boundaries of accessibility in games, particularly for blind and low vision players.

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The Last of Us Part II isn’t just Naughty Dog’s most ambitious game — it’s the most accessible, too

How the developer is opening up the story to even more players.

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2 years

The Last of Us Part I is officially gold! Passing format requires many hands and a big team effort, my thanks to everyone who helped make this happen 🙏

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Naughty Dog

2 years

Thrilled to announce The Last of Us Part I has gone gold! 🏅✨ Congratulations to the Dogs and our partners @PlayStation who contributed their passion and talent to the growing world of #TheLastofUs !

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2 years

The Last of Us came out 9 years ago today! 🎂 I remember joining a group of ND devs at a midnight launch to sign games and posters, which felt so surreal and exciting. Thanks to all the fans who have been on this journey with us.

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Found a clicker 😱

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2 years

I'm excited to share a deeper look at the rebuilt art and enhanced gameplay of The Last of Us Part I. I'm extremely proud of what this team has made, their love for this game comes through in every detail.

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The Last of Us Part I Rebuilt for PS5 - Features and Gameplay Trailer...

Deep dive into interviews with the Game Directors of The Last of Us Part I and how the team went in and rebuilt the beloved game from the ground up. From Dua...

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Perfectly timed sunrise 🌅

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3 years

Today I dug through my junk box of random cables and found the exact one I needed, therefore justifying years of hoarding.

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2 years

Figuring out how to take advantage of the DualSense functionality throughout The Last of Us Part I was really fun. Shout out to @GrantHoechst and his great work here 🙌

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Naughty Dog

2 years

No ammo required -- just be sure to save some water for a drink, survivor. Check out more about The Last of Us Part I's water gun and adaptive triggers! Pre-order today for early unlocks and bonuses:

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2 years

Just got to watch the 1st episode of #TheLastOfUs (thanks HBO), and you should all be very excited for 1/15. Absolutely unreal seeing scenes from the game faithfully recreated with live actors, sets, and props. Congrats again to @neil_druckmann & @clmazin !

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4 years

@kurtmargenau Yeah it's an ant.

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Haven't shared this publicly, but I got a new job title for The Last of Us Part 2. 🙏 Incredibly thankful to @BadData_ @kurtmargenau @thegreatbluebit & @MrCambier for believing in me and giving me this opportunity to grow.

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6 months

It’s a minor miracle that this documentary came together, huge thanks to everyone at Naughty Dog and Area 5 who worked to make it happen!

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Naughty Dog

6 months

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II is now live on YouTube, and will be available directly through #TLOU2Remastered via a downloadable patch coming today! Watch now:

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2 years

"This kid wrote us a letter […] He loved the game […] and then he gets to the part where he says he was stuck in the desert for like four hours. […] he was deaf… and it's an audio puzzle. It crushed me, and I was like we cannot do this ever again."

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God of War Ragnarok team wanted to match The Last of Us "one for one" on accessibility options

"We're part of the first-party studio system - we have to lead the way", says game director Eric Williams

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

This might sound corny, but an underrated perks of being a game developer is getting to spend time surrounded by people who think video games are as important and meaningful as you do. You’re free to be very genuine about your enthusiasm.

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

"No matter what, you keep finding something to fight for." I hope you enjoy your travels with Joel and Ellie 👋

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Naughty Dog

2 years

The Last of Us Part I is now available worldwide! Thank you to the fans for your support and excitement, and thank you to the studio members and our partners at SIE for your incredible contributions! Have an awesome adventure -- endure and survive 🦒

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2 years

One of the things I love about Naughty Dog is working alongside professionals across every discipline who are at the absolute peak of their craft.

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4 years

If you missed our #GAconf talk live, the video is now available. @thegreatbluebit & I discuss accessibility feature development for The Last of Us Part 2.

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The Accessibility in Last of Us Part II: A 3 Year Journey

Emilia Schatz & Matthew Gallant, Naughty DogWith over 60 accessibility settings, The Last of Us Part II is the most ambitious game Naughty Dog has ever made ...

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

For people who are familiar with the accessibility features from Part II, I wanted to highlight a few new additions: 🎥 Cinematic Descriptions 🎮 Speech to Vibrations 💥 Tinnitus Sound toggle 🕹 Input complexity & time limit for a minigame in Left Behind

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PlayStation

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A suite of accessibility features opens up the world of The Last of Us Part I to new players. Full details on PS Blog:

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

We’re gold! ✨✨✨

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Naughty Dog

4 years

Our own @Neil_Druckmann has some exciting news about The Last of Us Part II... (Beware of spoilers in the replies)

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7 months

Wrote a short post about the game design goals of No Return, and how a roguelike structure provides powerful tools for combat designers.

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Wanted to share a bit of news about what I’ve been up to since shipping The Last of Us Part I remake in 2022. I’ve had the privilege to continue in the role of game director on The Last of Us Part II...

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Credits rolled on DEATHLOOP. I love how the game's structure gave me permission to have fun in an immersive sim, rather than the painful savescum near-perfect runs I usually can't help myself from trying. Makes me want to revisit previous Arkane games with a sloppier attitude.

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

The Last of Us Part I is ~8 days away from launch, and I'm so excited to share our new trailer. Shout out to @Samuel_Prince and the editorial team 👏

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The Last of Us Part I - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

https://www.playstation.com/games/the-last-of-us-part-i/Re-experience the game that set a new bar for single-player narrative storytelling with The Last of U...

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Thank you so much to everyone who worked hard to make The Last of Us Part II an accessible experience 🙏

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The Game Awards

4 years

The very first Award for Innovation in Accessibility goes to The Last Of Us Part II! INCREDIBLE @NaughtyDog 🎉 #TheGameAwards #TheLastOfUsPartII

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5 years

My talk about combat design & AI in Uncharted 4 is now free to watch on the GDC Vault! 🐾

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4 years

Feeling the love tonight 🙇‍♂️🙏

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metacritic

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The Last of Us Part II [PS4 - 95] is a Metacritic Must-Play: God is a Geek: "A genuine work of art, TLOU2 is Naughty Dog's best game, bravest story & proof that games can put players through the emotional wringer. A compelling yet devastating masterpiece."

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4 years

@Neil_Druckmann @PearlJam Can't believe nobody made the connection.

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3 years

Had the opportunity to share some thoughts on accessible design, including anecdotes of how novel solutions & ideas emerged while collaborating with @superblindman @PaulAmadeusLane & @JamesRath on The Last of Us Part II.

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"It's a true frontier of game design": How Naughty Dog and Insomniac Games think about accessibility

As part of our ongoing series looking at accessibility in games, we got in touch with some people working in the field …

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4 years

Omg accessibility feature fan art 😍

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Action Kazimer

4 years

Thank you, accessibility options. #TLOU2

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4 years

Barret appreciating the level design.

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10 years

Attention indie game makers, @NASA has just uploaded a huge library of free sounds:

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4 years

Lovely group photo from our first #TheLastofUsPart2 accessibility playtest!

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Misty Rayburn

4 years

7/27/18 @Naughty_Dog :) @JamesRath @superblindman @thegreatbluebit @Amadeus2k and more. Please tag people if you know their twitter handles @Beavs and @PortableKingpin and everyone else. I don't have them memorized yet :)

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Matthew Gallant

3 years

Damn these hand-drawn maps in @tunicgame . Instantly pulled back to a childhood of reading SNES instruction manuals and strategy guides.

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Matthew Gallant

8 months

Excited to share more of what we've been working on, shout-out to the editorial team for this incredible No Return trailer! 🔥💀

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The Last of Us Part II Remastered - No Return Mode Trailer | PS5 Games

https://www.playstation.com/games/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered/Experience The Last of Us Part II Remastered's deep combat via an entirely new single-pla...

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

The accessibility features are particularly near and dear to me, and I'm so thrilled about the new addition of cinematic audio descriptions! We’ll strive to continue pushing the boundaries of accessibility.

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4 years

Spotted in the wild! 🚂

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2 years

I'll be speaking at @fbtb_se this May about designing accessible games for everyone. See you in Stockholm! 🇸🇪

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From Business to Buttons

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Game Director Matthew Gallant joins #fbtb23 ! @Gangles has spent eleven years at @naughty_dog_inc working on all of their million-selling and critically acclaimed hits including the #TheLastofUs series and #Uncharted4 : A Thief’s End". Read more at .

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4 years

After being unexpectedly laid off from my first game industry job, moving across the continent to join the team making it ✈️

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PlayStation UK

4 years

7 years ago today, our journey with Joel and Ellie began. 💙 What's your most memorable moment from The Last of Us?

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Amazing to see the vibe of the games come through 💯 on film. Congrats to @Neil_Druckmann @clmazin & the entire crew, happy #TLOUDay !

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2 years

Save who you can save. The @HBO Original series #TheLastOfUs is coming in 2023 to @HBOMax .

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Some exciting stuff coming in the next patch! I’ve long been fascinated by permadeath runs, so it was a thrill to help design & develop that feature.

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Naughty Dog

4 years

Introducing our new #TheLastofUsPartII Grounded Update, launching Thursday! It adds: ◻️ Grounded Difficulty ◻️ Permadeath Mode ◻️ 2 New Trophies ◻️ Unlockable Modifiers ◻️ New Features & Improvements Watch the trailer: Learn more:

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2 years

There's so much technical wizardry behind gameplay transitions like this, much love as always to our gameplay animators (🙇‍♂️ @gameplayAnim ), programmers, and systems designers 👏

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#TheLastOfUsPartI

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@Neil_Druckmann @ShaunEscayg It was an incredible honour to step into this role and be entrusted with a game that means so much to so many people (myself included). Thanks again for the opportunity 🙏

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Had the opportunity to share some of my favourite accessibility stories from fan letters on the @PlayStation blog. I'm thankful to everyone who has written in, nothing makes me prouder as a game developer.

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6 years

When the whole gang rolls out. Cool that they kept this sequence "on the stick".

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4 years

Just saw the segment on #TheLastofUsPart2 accessibility on @CBCTheNational ! Absolutely unreal to see these features discussed on national news 🇨🇦

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3 years

This 🦀 was in our 2019 hands-on press demo. We used this market as a template for new AI tech that improves how NPCs search and clear buildings. The feature was therefore dubbed "crab shack markup"; it's even called "CRAB" in the post selector debug.

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🦀Daily Video Game Crabs🦀

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There is a crab in The Last of Us: Part II (2020, PlayStation 4)

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6 years

My contribution for #Blocktober — here's a very early prototype of the train combat sequence that was later developed for chapter 9 of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy — Train Level Early Prototype

An early prototype of the train combat sequence that was later developed for chapter 9 of Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.Prototype combat developed by Matthew Ga...

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Matthew Gallant

7 years

I wrote about four game development lessons I learned from working with @bruce_straley .

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Four Lessons from Bruce

In the last few years before his departure, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with Bruce on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4. Working under his creative direction made me grow...

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

It's exhilarating to watch @digitalfoundry break down all the minute details that go into making a video game at this level of realism & fidelity. Many thanks to this incredible team 🙏

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5 years

Edge case: handled.

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4 years

Always finding uses for our accessibility features that we didn’t expect! 👏

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Game Maker's Toolkit

4 years

Interesting, unintended byproduct of The Last of Us 2’s awesome accessibility options: the “highlight character” feature makes it really easy to mask characters out to put graphics behind them!

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2 years

Congratulations @MissFire4 and the SMS team for winning Innovation in Accessibility! 🔥👏

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

After keeping my old games in storage for the last ~3 moves, decided to get a big shelf for them. Here’s a decade or two of physical media accumulation (parents have my older games) and other junk. About time to go all digital, I think!

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Master thyself (over lunch). Congrats again to @youtheremehere @brunovelazquez @RobotMeyer and the SMS team! 🎊

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4 years

Excited to reveal the detailed list of accessibility features available in The Last of Us Part 2. My thanks to all the people at ND who made this possible, and our terrific consultants who provided guidance and feedback!

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PlayStation

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60+ settings that make The Last of Us Part II @Naughty_Dog 's most accessible game yet:

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2 years

Always thrilled to see this category get celebrated, congratulations to all the nominees 👏🎉

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2 years

When you ask @c_desse & @Neilan how many physics objects they can put in one spot on the PS5 💥

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The Last Of Us Playstation GIF by Naughty Dog

Discover & share this Naughty Dog GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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Matthew Gallant

3 years

Sam Schaffel was a cornerstone of our accessibility effort on TLOU2, excited to see his work with the @insomniacgames team featured in this video!

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Sony - FUTURE PROOF: Co-Creating a More Accessible Future | Official...

Great design keeps accessibility in mind at every step. Meet the team at Insomniac Games creating innovative details and powerful modes for Ratchet & Clank: ...

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

I am constantly in awe of our amazing team of artists, and how much craft and specialization are required to create a world at this level of detail and fidelity 🙇‍♂️ Congrats to the team on their ArtStation drop!

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ArtStation.com

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💥 A new The Last of Us #ArtBlast just dropped!💥 Discover the artistry of the @Naughty_Dog and PSVA teams with this #NaughtyDog #TheLastofUs : Part I Art Blast: Artwork: @JonathanBenaino ... #PSVA #TheLastofUsPartI #TLOU #JoelMiller #ArtStationHQ

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8 years

Emergent gameplay.

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2 years

Going to pretend this is a next-gen Vita

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2 years

So exciting to get this glimpse of what's to come, congrats @Neil_Druckmann & @clmazin ! 🍿

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Naughty Dog

2 years

From a dream to reality — The Last of Us is coming to @HBO !

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4 years

Em & I are giving a (virtual) talk at @GA_Conf on September 29th!

@GA_Conf

The Game Accessibility Conference

4 years

Here it is, final announcement! @thegreatbluebit & @gangles chronicling development of The Last of Us II's #accessibility , including in-depth focus on features designed for blind & low vision players. Schedule & FREE registration at ! #gamedev #indiedev

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Feeling absolutely overwhelmed & blessed, thank you for all the love at @thegameawards tonight! 🙏🎉

@thegameawards

The Game Awards

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🏆 THE LAST OF US PART II IS GAME OF THE YEAR!! 🏆 Congratulations @Naughty_Dog on an INCREDIBLE night at #TheGameAwards ! #TheLastOfUsPartII

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Checked out the "dither punk" filter yet? 👀 (Shout out to Barry Evans and the rendering team!)

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2 years

Had a chance to go into detail on why we chose to remain faithful to the original combat mechanics and layouts. Game mechanics are intentionally designed to complement and balance each other, and to evoke a specific feeling and aesthetic in the player.

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6 months

My best at-home #NoReturn Daily Run since launch, thanks Yara 🙌

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

@JanDavidHassel Just played it for the first time late last year. Even having the big twist spoiled, I was blown away at how fresh and original it was, and how effectively it told a story through gameplay. Congrats! 👏

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Made a resolution at the start of 2022 to pick up a new skill by doing one pencil sketch per week. Halfway there now, hoping consistency & persistence compensate for talent ✍️

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Thank you for the love 💖

@GoldenJoysticks

Golden Joysticks

@GoldenJoysticks

4 years

Last but definitely not least, the award for the Ultimate Game of the Year as chosen by you: The Last of Us Part 2! Once more, let's give a round of applause to the teams at @Naughty_Dog and @PlayStation for their massive wins at this year's #goldenjoysticks

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Congratulations to @youtheremehere & the incredible team at SMS on the announcement, so excited to play VALHALLA!

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PlayStation

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Kratos returns. God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla is a free roguelite-inspired DLC epilogue and launches December 12. First details:

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3 years

Weekend home project. Alignment might need some iteration…

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@thedmatts @ToddDFoster @Julian_Elwood That was @c_desse & @GrantHJackson 👏

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Also, we're currently working on The Last of Us Part I for PC! We really want to get accessibility right on this platform. Please drop us a line if there's anything we should consider:

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2 years

Sketching practice: axe head fanart ✍️❄️

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

My toddler, every time she spots the train now: “Daddy they took your game off!” 😭

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4 years

Spotted in the wild! 🚂

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"I feel like we're all at this very early frontier of what is possible [with accessibility]. And it's nothing but potential out there." Really enjoyed our discussion @LilChopShopGal , thank you!

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The Last of Us Part 1 developers on the journey to PlayStation 5 and the endless promise of...

A chat with Naughty Dog about the accessibility options in The Last of Us Part One.

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Ok I’ve done the math on vibe. Half-Life 2 + NieR: Automata + Untitled Goose Game = Stray 🐈

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Matthew Gallant

3 years

U4 was a huge growth opportunity for me, stepping up as the main design owner of NPC AI, core combat, & encounter scripting. I integrated with other disciplines at ND and got a bigger picture view of gamedev. 5 years feels too long but also a lifetime ago.

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Naughty Dog

3 years

Over the 5 years since the release of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, it's been an incredible privilege to share Nathan Drake's most emotional journey with you. Thank you to the community and players for your support, enthusiasm, and excitement! #SicParvisMagna

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Good advice for the plat trophy in TLOU Part I though.

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Eric Smith

@ericsmithrocks

2 years

Roses are red, Bad parenting advice is wild,

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Matthew Gallant

6 years

Applying level design to parenting: turning off the lights in a room to make my toddler not want to wander in there.

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Matthew Gallant

6 years

Fun to see our scripting language on display at a museum!

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Neil Druckmann

@Neil_Druckmann

6 years

The Last of Us is part of the exhibit. Glad we were able to contribute. (Also, my notebooks are inside a glass case. WTF?!)

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

You know it's a dystopia because ska has been outlawed.

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Might have finally aged past the “final exam is tomorrow and I haven’t studied” nightmare. Just had the “GDC is tomorrow and I haven’t prepared my talk” nightmare 🤦‍♂️

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

PSA: Hollow Knight is free on PS+ this month and is legit one my favourite games in recent memory. Please go check it out and join me in anticipation of the sequel 🙏

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

@kurtmargenau

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Matthew Gallant

6 years

@bruce_straley I totally agree! The story missions feel epic but they're super fragile. I'm glad RDR2 makes an effort to stay with core controls, but wish they'd tolerate more deviation from the golden path & allow for more player choices.

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Matthew Gallant

11 months

Was fortunate to attend the opening of The Last Of Us at Halloween Horror Nights. Lovely getting to meet the cast and peek a bit behind the scenes, amazing & surreal to see moments from the game recreated in detail with real props & sets.

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Matthew Gallant

3 years

FB reminding me that, 9 years ago, I stretched Noby Noby Boy across to the Texas panhandle. Stay safe and warm, Texan friends 🙏

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Matthew Gallant

6 years

Wrote a new post about applying the book "Thinking in Systems" to game design (using some examples from @Gaohmee 's GDC talk)

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

Shout-out to our NPC animation team, they are wizards 🧙 (Big spoilers in the video!)

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Michal Mach

4 years

In case you were wondering what I did on #TheLastofUsPartII here's my Animation / Supervision Reel as a Head of Technical / NPC Animation. It was a blast working with so many talented people! Beware, there are spoilers in the video.

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

I'll be playing The Last of Us on the Naughty Dog Twitch stream in a little bit. Almost 7 years later, let's see if I remember any fun development stories.

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Naughty Dog

4 years

We're streaming The Last of Us Remastered in just a few hours! Be sure to join us at 11am PT as we continue our replay and chat about the making of the game over on and

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Matthew Gallant

2 years

Giving a short talk at @GA_Conf today at 2:30 PM PDT about the new accessibility features in The Last of Us Part I. If the words “descriptive audio pipeline” & “linear resonant actuators” sound intriguing to you, then I invite you to check it out. #GAconf

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Matthew Gallant

4 years

In the spirit of #blocktober , here's a video from 2018 of some of our early accessibility feature prototypes for players who are blind or have low vision. (Hostile Territory layout by @arnaldo42 , WIP art by @Mayday_artist @JeremyHuxley & Alex Harrington)

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The Last of Us Part 2 Accessibility Prototypes

Last of Us Part 2 development video from 2018 of some of our early accessibility feature prototypes for players who are blind or have low vision. (Hostile Te...

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Matthew Gallant

8 years

Finished Dishonored 2 this morning; no kills, but lots of save scumming. Damn fine game, smart new ideas built on the classic stealth core.

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Matthew Gallant

5 years

#dadlife

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