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Game Designer - #Indiedev Evangelist - Marine - Alaskan - Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Serellan, LOTR, DC, Mad Max, Halo: Reach, Ghost Recon. BAFTA. Tweets mine.

Seattle, WA
Joined November 2009
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If you haven’t noticed, I’m back.
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"Hey honey, can I build some legos in the loft?"
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If Epic updates/amends the Unreal Engine EULA in the future, you have the choice whether to accept the updated terms, or continue with the current version with the software you already have. This is in the current EULA, available here: (Section 7.a.)
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*Marine *Combat Disabled *Paralympian *Job is investigating online child porn Now, accused of being a Nazi by a twitter mob based on a silly and erroneous association of a partial photo of one of his tattoos. Retweeted by the New Yorker, 12k RT's. Nice job, internet.
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@DocStrangelove2 It's not our fault.
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@mansoortshams An AR-15 uses the same exact round my Remington 700 used when I hunted deer at 12 years old.
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Finally checking out the new office digs.
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Tell the world you aren't gamedev without saying you aren't gamedev.
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Ok, here we go. The disruption in the #gameindustry is going to hit gamers down the line, and #gamedev now, of course. Publishers and developers have made cuts in staff in order to reduce costs. I won’t get into the causes…’cause NDA’s. 😉 But the long term effects…
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7 months
Let’s drop some truth bombs.
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5 years
Uh oh, just saw @DonutOperator at #e3 . Shit’s gettin’ real.
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Hi, #WhatAGameDevLooksLike . I'm Christian Allen, I've been in the industry for 20 years. Done AAA, AA, indie; Console, PC, VR, mobile. Huge hits and huge failures. Now I help game devs ship awesome projects and toodle around in Unreal Engine. I'm Alaskan and a Marine.
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Are you working on a @UnrealEngine #UE4 #gamedev #indiedev project? Are you in North America? Have questions about dev grants, royalties, consoles, mobile, etc? Just want feedback or to share? If so, we should be talking. Drop me a DM. Don't wait. Do it now.
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Excited to announce I am starting a new role at @EpicGames as @UnrealEngine Evangelist for North America! #unrealengine #gamedev #indiedev 1
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2 years
Remote work.
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8 years
viva l'Italia!
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Presenting to seventh graders the importance of math skills in #gamedev and game design.
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@juliaioffe @ggreenwald So...is the story true or a plant by Arkansas Russians using their special Russian only codes? Now I need to know!
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This weekend my son said game devs were "lazy" for not adding multiplayer to a certain title we were discussing at the dinner table. We had a talk.
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@TheOnion You didn’t google this one, did you?
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If you ever have questions about Unreal's royalty model on mobile...it's the same as on every other platform. Just like source code access... Always happy to chat with #mobilegame #indiedev .
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I love my team. #GDC
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As promised earlier this week, here is a quick ~10 minute tutorial on using Soft Object References in your #UE4 Blueprints! In it I give a general overview of what Soft Obj Refs are for, and demonstrate usage. Take a gander! #UE4Tips
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Marty says hi, everyone. @MartyTheElder
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The best kind of cosplay is cosplay at @InRangeTV Brutality matches.
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What an amazing, brand new concept!
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9 years
Let's just all block each other. Makes things easier. @oscon , can you block me too? I feel left out.
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9 years
Verification. @zero132132 @GGMatouba is real, gamergate. But he's kinda busy right now. http://t.co/hEg5sZSlj7
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Well, I finally wrote a book of faces post about my layoff from Epic, like the old Gen-X'er I am. In all seriousness, if you are a #UnrealEngine #gamedev or #indiedev that I positively affected in my time at Epic Games, a Linkedin Recommendation would be immensely appreciated.
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Epic Evangelists FTW. #GDC
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Putting some rounds downrange with #ReadyOrNot . Thanks to @VOIDInteractive for letting me try out some PVP!
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@ZoidCTF I created a scoreboard every time someone in MP died. And I accidentally made that scoreboard make a scoreboard. That created a scoreboard. That created a scoreboard. That... On every client. Right before design lockdown.
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Big #Indiedev news! We are launching a closed beta program for self-publishing on the @EpicGames Store! This program is engine agnostic, so whether you are a #UE4 dev, or using another engine, you should check the reqs if you are interested! #gamedev
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As it came up again today in discussion with an #indiedev : #UnrealEngine does NOT require you to display the UE or Epic logos on your game. Only a credits listing is required (see EULA 6.a.). If you WANT to display our logos, see here:
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9 years
Wonder why so many people think video games are all about violence and sexism? This. http://t.co/717SvL3uQ9
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#Veterans at Epic get challenge coins. #Gamedev #Vets
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Tonight my amazing daughter graduated from high school tonight. I’ve had a rule not to post pictures of her, but she’s an adult now and I’m a super proud dad. It’s a good feeling to know that you did at least one thing right in life. Love you, Isabel.
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Stop. Making. Them. Famous. That is exactly what they want. @Jezebel #Torontoattack
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Happy #Halloween , @simonpegg . 🎃☠️🤡
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2 years
#GDC is getting stormy. Don’t forget to layer your branding appropriately.
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@ID_AA_Carmack In a periscope sense, absolutely, for shooting behind cover, mainly in WWII.
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Is someone gonna tell them?
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Hello, fellow gamerz.
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I don’t talk about family much on public platforms to respect their privacy, but I just pinned my daughter on her promotion to Cadet Chief Master Sergeant with the Civil Air Patrol. So proud.
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Twenty-Five years ago today.
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So yesterday, someone told me that Noble Six is "canonically" male. This is incorrect. Noble Six is canonically whatever you played them as in Halo Reach. I apologize for any confusion.
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Well, that went a bit crazy. Go try out a new indie game. 😉
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Some important news as part of the announcement today. #UE4 #GameDev #indiedev More:
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@TheMorpheus61 @MimiLeroch @jerrysaltz I remember too. Hard battles were fought then. Brave men and women stood to defend our fort from relelentless attack from down the street. Hearts were forged in iron. Blood was spilled from splinters. The battle raged until the sun was low and mom brought out lemonade.
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#Indiedev tip: Playing in Editor in #UE4 is great for iterative testing, but sooner rather than later, you need to start packaging builds for your intended platform. You don't want to wait until you are leading up to ship to start this process. 1/
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Thank you Italy. I will film a response video tomorrow. Today I am just trying to keep up. #gamedev #indiedev
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Fanboy time.
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And no, thats not me. Wish I looked like that. Or that my wife would let me build that… 🤣
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10 years
I just registered http://t.co/4jBDaSuZao who's up for a kickstarter. #gamesonsvu lol
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10 years
I have to pull out of #GDC2015 . Yet I will still attend. Please give me more attention.
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@RepJohnYarmuth "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble..." I know hard right?
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Progression of the air quality today from 9AM to 3PM in Eastern #Washington #smoke . Was pretty crazy.
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Hey #StLouis #gamedev and #indiedev ! Want to get together tommorrow and talk #UE4 @UnrealEngine #blueprints ; or just game dev in general? Come on by. I might even bring 🍕 pizzas 🍕. 👍😎
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Best present today.
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Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
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Wow. Amazing day at the Epic booth. Gamedevs are awesome. #GDC
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@JRatompo This is also covered in the EULA (7.a). Support agreements are separate, covered by their own agreement. But the short answer is no, you would not get future versions, but have full source access to your current version to modify as you wish. So you could choose.
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Eight years ago, these two crazy indie devs spent an epic night partying at E3 and ranting about indie game development and how it could be better. Now here we are. Ranting about how to make indie game development better for everyone. @HighlySpammable
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Doing the Game Design merit badge with Scouts. Tough audience!
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The new Epic Dev Community portal is live! #UE5 #Indiedev #gamedev
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Sometimes as a designer, you go down a rabbit hole of scripting and up making things way more complicated then they need to be, and then try and dig yourself out. I have learned over the years that sometimes it's better to just revert your changelist and start fresh and clean.
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Movie directors realizing what game devs have known for a while. The first time some of your work disappears forever into the ether, never to been seen again, it sucks.
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Christopher Nolan says there’s concern of content disappearing from streaming services.” “There is a danger, these days, that if things only exist in the streaming version they do get taken down, they come and go.” (Source: )
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SPOILER: All of the good Alien bits in #AlienConvenant were in the trailer.
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Don’t market your #indiegame to other #indiedev . Market your game to fans of your game’s genre (or crossovers) and your gaming community. #ScreenSaturday
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So who wants to create an awards show about game developers? I've done the whole fancy famous people thing, would be nice to see one where devs are celebrated.
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If you are an #indiedev attending #UnrealFest this week and haven’t yet connected to Epic’s Evangelism team, be sure and track me down! I’ll be at the Dev Hub - Tues afternoon and Weds & Thurs mornings. Let’s sync up!
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@FunkerActual Now words needed.
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So I saw Polygon crapping on Far Cry 5. Thanks for the tip. Boom.
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K my post GDC resolution is to work on Parachess more. Chess logic is all done, just need to fix the end conditions, switch to Lumen in 5.2, fix cloth physics, and UI it. Easy peasy in my “spare” time.
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Everyone is freaking out about @SnoopDogg "shooting" @realDonaldTrump , but no one is mentioning the Harley Quinn appropriation.
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16 years today. Very proud.
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I spend a LOT of time talking to #indiedevs , and almost always during the conversation questions about the #UE4 / #UE5 game publishing license come up. So, exciting revenue and royalty thread inbound! Wohoo, indies love to talk about revenue! So let's jump in! 1/
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@pbump I believe this is what the kids these days call getting "ratioed."
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