I never shared what I worked on due to the events of the last few days, but in spite of it all I'm very proud of our work this season. This was a very challenging season to develop, but the results speak for themselves. Here are some things I worked on! (1/2)
#FortniteChapter5
Today's the day: I can finally share that I produced this!
It's not coming till later in the season, but the ODM Gear has been an absolutely amazing feature to work on alongside so many talented developers!
#FortniteMEGA
#FortniteChapter4Season2
#AttackOnTitan
I'm very excited to announce that Monday is my first day as a Production Assistant working on
#Fortnite
at
@EpicGames
! Moving from a game where you play as Kratos to another game where you can play as Kratos has me feeling right at home! Excited for this new adventure!
I was the producer for:
- Grapple Blade
- Society Medallions
- Boss Mythics
- A bunch of other cool features coming later in the season! Keep your eyes peeled, I'll probably tweet again once they're out! ๐
Try them out if you haven't already! (2/2)
#FortniteUnderground
๐งต I'm in a ranty mood tonight, so I want to spend a little time talking about how most gamedev college/university programs are basically just scams that harm prospective students. This is gonna be a long one. (1/20)
#gamedev
Absolute Doom has been super fun during playtests ๐
Didn't work on this one personally, but I'm so proud of all the teams and devs that have; they absolutely cooked! Can't wait for all y'all to get your hands on it ๐
Calling junior devs across all disciplines within the game industry!
Do you have access to the portfolio or work that helped you get your first industry role? If so, I'd be very interested to see & compile it (with your permission) as a resource for students!
RTs appreciated!
I'm excited to announce that yesterday was my last day as a contractor. Today is my first day as a full time employee at
@EpicGames
! ๐
I'm continuing supporting the BR gameplay team for
@FortniteGame
. I can't wait for players to enjoy our team's hard work! ๐
#FortniteSeason3
I can't wait for players to get their hands on
#GodOfWarRagnarok
next year! I'm so proud of the game this team is building and am incredibly grateful I get to be a part of it
Shoutout to the incredible
@KoopaTha
, the designer for the Grapple Blade! There were a ton of other amazing folks that worked on the item as well, just unsure if they're on twitter haha
"One of the easiest pathways into games is called Associate Producer. Associate Producer is just a polite term for helper, like the guys you yell at to go get coffee" - former professor of mine (who's never worked in the industry and wouldn't know) to his level design class ๐ฌ๐
Incoming Battle Pass update:
Items in future Fortnite Battle Passes may be offered for purchase in the Shop after 18 or more months from a Battle Passโ expiration.
Find out more:
Colin is an amazing producer and a great guy. There is nothing he deserves less than the way so many of y'all have mistreated him. It's immature and frankly embarrassing. He works tirelessly, on MANY things, meant to make the game better for you. Seriously, grow the fuck up.
Excited to share something that Iโve been working on for the past year! The team knocked our overhaul of Fortniteโs locomotion animations out of the park and I couldnโt be more proud to have been the producer for it!
I'm excited to officially announced that I'm continuing my work on
#GodofWar
at
@SonySantaMonica
as a Production Coordinator starting this Monday!! I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity to continue working with this world class team on this incredible game!!
I can't wait for
#GodofWarRagnarok
to come out! I'm so excited to play ๐
I'm gonna spend a ton of time admiring the gorgeous environments and lighting the env artists and lighters worked so hard on! Every realm is unique and beautiful, I love how much variation there is ๐คฉ
I don't really want to delve into this because it's a whole big conversation in its own right, but I don't love how many are celebrating this as if it's a good thing. Bottom line, the people most impacted by this are hard working developers, not the execs responsible. ๐งต
It's like a year and a half late at this point, but I FINALLY decided to get the MEGA sign, and I set it up in my office and it looks so good ๐ฅบ
MEGA was one of my favorite seasons to work on and I've wanted the sign so bad so I'm so stoked to finally have it!! ๐
@AlexLeak__
Trust me, you and I are aligned on this. It's just unfortunately not something most of us have any say over, but I did complain about it when I heard we were doing it ๐
My mom is a naturalized Ukrainian immigrant. Her husband just came over from Ukraine. Elon's on my shitlist
Seeing how far
#GodofWarRagnarok
has come in the 8ish months I've been at SMS is honestly surreal. The teams here are just so talented across the board, and I'm so lucky everyday I get to work with and learn from them. Cheers to a new year of learning and growth! ๐คฉ
Yesterday was my last day at Santa Monica Studio, and I cannot be more grateful for this incredible opportunity, the talented people I've met, and everything I've learned in the last 9-10 months of working on God of War Ragnarรถk! (1/2)
My mom is in Kyiv right now. I'm extremely scared and freaked out. Praying for her safety and the safety of all the Ukrainian people. My heart goes out to them all.
I'm in the credits for
#GodofWarRagnarok
๐ฅบ
I'm so proud that the first AAA game I worked on was this one!!
I was definitely a little afraid I wouldn't be since I left SMS in February, but I'm so grateful to have been included among so many other incredible and talented folks ๐
I'm excited to finally share what I worked on this season with y'all! Reminder that these features are developed by a ton of super talented devs across a bunch of different teams!! (1/3)
#FortniteWrecked
#FortniteC5S3
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค
Gonna private my account for a lil while, I think. This blew up while I was working and the amount of notifs is a bit overwhelming, so I just want to relax. Appreciate all the support though ๐
How's it going, folks ๐ฎโ๐จ
Saw the FN community was having another perfectly normal one yesterday, and just going to be honest; I'm so tired y'all.
Criticism is one thing, harassment is something else entirely. Please do better. Please.
If you guessed Ride the Lightning yesterday, you were half right! ๐
I was the gameplay producer for BOTH Ride the Lightning and Metallica Loot Island!! โก๐ค
#FortniteWrecked
#Metallica
Feels bittersweet saying goodbye to Wrecked; it's been a pretty special season for me, but I can't wait to join the fight against Absolute Doom on the island tomorrow!
With downtime starting in just a few hours, here are my end of season stats! How'd you do this season? ๐ฅ
It's been a while since Fortnite has made me feel this alive while playing.
I've had more insane, locked-in, adrenaline-pumping moments in these few days playing BR than I've had for a while in this game.
I'm so, so proud of the team for delivering this ๐ฅบ
#FortniteWrecked
I'm 24 today! ๐
6 years ago, after my dad passed away, I struggled to even imagine a future for myself. Today, I've gotten to work on incredible games, accomplishing a dream I had as a child, and I still have a whole career in front of me. I think my dad would be proud ๐ฅน
Hey, folks!
The listings for next summer's
#PlayStation
internship program are up on the PlayStation careers page! As a recent alumni of the program, I cannot recommend it enough! It's an absolutely incredible experience, and I was so insanely lucky to partake in it! (1/2)
Dang, those teasers for next season are looking pretty hot, huh ๐ฅ
I can't wait for Friday morning; the teams working on it really prepared something spicy for y'all and I'm honestly a lil jelly I didn't get to work on it ๐
Today was my last workday this year! My time at
@SonySantaMonica
has been an absolute blessing and I've learned and grown a ton during my time working on
#GodofWarRagnarok
! All that said, I can't wait to take a much needed break and come back refreshed and ready to go in 2022!
Eyooo! Your boy was the gameplay producer for the TMNT mythics, the TMNT Drfitboard, and the TMNT Pizza Party!! Super excited y'all finally get to experience them; the team did such an incredible job on them all ๐ฅ
See y'all on the island! Cowabinga dudes! ๐ฅท๐ข
#Fortnite
#TMNT
Super excited to do another one of these! Just got promoted! Starting today I'm an Associate Producer! ๐
#FortniteMEGA
was an incredible season to work on and I learned a ton from its development! Can't wait to continue growing with my amazing team here at Epic! ๐
I just got this text from my mom who's currently in Dymer, about an hour outside of Kyiv. Please call your state's senators and representatives and spread this message.
#IStandWithUkraine
#Ukraine
While God of War Ragnarรถk was the first AAA game I worked on (and I can't wait for its release), I'm so proud to share that
@FortniteGame
is my first AAA credit! ๐
This game is built on the hard work of so many talented people, and it wouldn't be what it is without them ๐
Today's my 2 year anniversary at
@EpicGames
working on
#Fortnite
, and what a crazy 2 years it's been!!๐
In these 2 years, I've worked on 5 seasons of BR and am working on my 6th right now ๐ ๐
Excited for what the future holds in store for me here!!
QA catches 90% if not more of the bugs we ship in Fortnite. Many get fixed, many do not. I triage bugs daily and always have to evaluate bugs' priorities (based on player impact, repro rate, etc.) against our dev timeline and potential risk associated with fixing said issue.
@710wonderdev
Something else that most people outside of software dev (not just game dev) don't realize is that, more often than not, QA *does* catch bugs that ship. But they still ship because of other reasons outside of QA's control.
Wild that even while I'm on break, I can say that something I worked on just came out ๐
Another one of the features I produced is out today; the Magneto Gauntlets!
Go check 'em out in-game today!!
Proud of all y'all who are channeling their extended downtime disappointment/using their free time in a positive or productive way! Seeing lots of amazing fanart being made of the BP skins already, y'all are excellent ๐
Trust me, I really want to play too! ๐ญ
Not long ago someone asked me who my favorite
#GodOfWarRagnarok
character is and the more I see, the more I'm sure it's Angrboรฐa. I can't wait for y'all to meet her and the rest of this amazing cast of characters later this year!
Hey, I'm going to be extremely direct about this. If you come into the replies of my tweets and start spewing bullshit about child mutilation and other transphobic rhetoric, that is an INSTANT block. I don't owe you shit; kindly fuck right off.
The last major feature I produced this season released today with the Cursed Sails event; Ship in a Bottle!
Another awesome feature I really enjoyed working on ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
So tired of this "easiest pathways" bullshit people like to sell students btw. Stop minimizing the hard work devs in different disciplines do simply because you don't understand it, yeesh
Woke up and remembered how lucky I am to work on
#GodOfWarRagnarok
with the world class team at SMS. It's hard work, but the game, the team, and the community make it worth it. Ragnarรถk is gonna kick some serious ass
AHHHHHH, THIS COMES OUT TOMORROW!! ๐คฏ๐
I'm so proud of all the teams and friends that have been working so hard on this, and it's genuinely so much fun! Also this trailer is amazing!! ๐
So excited it's finally coming out and that we'll all get to play it!! ๐
#LEGOFortnite
So tired of this gaming culture war bullshit.
Newsflash assholes: women play games. Women write and report on games. Women work on fucking games.
Many of the most talented developers I've had the pleasure of working with are women.
Women in games are only asking for respect.
Super proud to share that it's my 1 year anniversary at
@EpicGames
today ๐
The third season of
#Fortnite
I've worked on launches in less than two weeks now. I've worked with some insanely smart and talented folks in the last year. Cheers to many more ๐ฅ
And one last note to prospective students, please for the love of videogames, don't let the Princeton Review inform your decision of which colleges' gamedev programs are good or bad. It's 100% certified bullshit. (20/20)
Not only do I think it should be mandatory for colleges to disclose what percentage of their graduates have successfully broken into the game industry, but the very first thing any gamedev class should teach is the reality of pursuing games as a career. (6/20)
I feel like I say this all the time, but what an absolutely insane time to work at Epic!! Feeling super blessed to be here & I can't wait for the world to experience the future Epic has planned ๐๐
Some of the best gamedev education programs I've seen are from independent organizations like
@mass_digi
and
@code_coven
. Please check them out and support what they're doing, because it's far higher quality than anything most college gamedev programs can muster. (19/20)
Miles Morales IS Spider-Man. Just as much as Peter is.
You're wrong if you think otherwise. He's honestly my fave Spidey too ๐ท๏ธ
Don't want to hear some dumb semantic argument as an excuse for what's really just thinly veiled racism ๐
Your cries for more Doom have been answered... with more DOOM!
The Isle of Doom will now appear more frequently, increasing each day until v31.20 next week!
Rejoice and revel in the opportunity to become one of Doom's Chosen.
Lmfao, lost a bunch of followers for calling out a goddamn genocide. There's nothing political about it, it's a basic human rights issue. Good fucking riddance, get lost. ๐ต๐ธ
Ahhh, I'm so excited this is being shared today!
@MissFire4
,
@KathleenTigue
, Sam Schaffel, and many others have done absolutely incredible work in pushing accessibility boundaries in
#GodofWarRagnarok
and I'm so excited to take advantage of some of these features myself!! ๐
God of War Ragnarรถk Accessibility Features - Highlight Thread ๐งต
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These programs fail students in so many ways, and I'm only going to touch on a handful of them that I'm most familiar with.
1. It is the college's responsibility to educate students on how competitive the industry truly is rather than promising a job on graduation. (4/20)
Just heard back from her after a few hours of radio silence. She is safe right now. She's about an hour outside of Kyiv, and it's quiet where she is for now.
Thank you so much for the outpouring of support โค๏ธ
My mom is in Kyiv right now. I'm extremely scared and freaked out. Praying for her safety and the safety of all the Ukrainian people. My heart goes out to them all.
The state of gamedev education is dire, especially in academia. Very few college gamedev programs prepare students for the industry, let alone help them become competitive enough to even enter the industry in the first place. (3/20)
This is absolutely insane! Two games I've worked on, Fortnite & God of War Ragnarรถk, have both been featured on digital billboards in Times Square only a few months apart ๐ฑ
That's fuckin wild! Can't wait for the review embargo to lift tomorrow!
#GodofWarRagnarok
#Fortnite
When it's in budget, why hire someone who's good at a bunch of things rather than someone who's great at the thing you're hiring for in the first place?
Giving students a little taste of everything is unhelpful - they need focused direction to stand a chance. (10/20)
I can't tell you how many seniors I meet who feel overwhelmed and anxious about graduating because they're totally unprepared. Portfolio in disarray, very little even entry level industry quality work to present, and uncertainty and fear on the mind. It's cruel. (8/20)
This is Snake. Can you hear me?
Become the master of stealth with the EMP Stealth Camo or try the Cardboard Box itemโฆ theyโll never see you coming
Also: the master of stealth is unlocked! Earn Solid Snake through the Battle Pass!
@JaydenB19689483
@ThisIsITalk
- Billionaire, isn't possible without mass exploitation of workers
- Transphobe
- Misogynist
- Values aligned with alt-right & violent dictatorships
So on and so forth. Lots of this info is readily available online and it's not my job to educate you.
The team at SMS is seriously world class, and I cannot wait to get my hands on the game when it comes out. All of you
#GodofWar
fans are in for something really special with this one. I'm gonna miss everyone, and hope to come back someday! Stay tuned for what's next! (2/2)
I feel so insanely blessed to have gotten the opportunity to work on Ragnarรถk and work as hard as I did. Ragnarรถk was the first AAA game I worked on, and while I had full confidence in the team and game, this has blown my expectations out of the water. Congrats to the team! ๐ โ๏ธ
23 revolutions around the sun! Proud of where I am today and what I've accomplished in the last few years, but excited to see what I can pull off in the next 23. Don't know many 23 year olds that can say they've worked on God of War Ragnarรถk, haha ๐๐
So like, this might be a lil bit of a hot take, but we're doing it live. I actually really like that the god designs have modernized elements to them. They're gods, almost canonically they should effortlessly adapt to whatever era they've returned to ๐ค