Patrick McKenna
@coastwise
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R&D Programmer at La Forge @UbisoftToronto AI Programmer on Watch Dogs: Legion https://t.co/sxDWzKnhMg he/him
Mississauga, Ontario
Joined January 2008
What are y’all playing this weekend? jk we don’t care we’re a company. Buy our games.
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The junior dev asked the senior dev “why are you pushing this code with no abstraction? What if you want to change it in the future?” The senior dev responded “then I will change it in the future” In that moment the junior dev was enlightened
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Tim Bender, CEO of Hooded Horse, with a fantastic response to someone saying “Manor Lords is a pretty interesting case-study in the pitfalls of Early Access”. I didn’t think Hooded Horse could get any cooler but here we are 👑
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To celebrate the launch of our PlayStation Programming course at https://t.co/exEXBr6QV7, we are *GIVING AWAY* a PlayStation miniature from @Retroldtech. To put a number in the bag, simply retweet this post! 🙂
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Just look at it and tell me, isn't it really worth giving Dreams another chance? #playdreams
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Hey Sony, it's okay to admit the mistake and resume the development of Dreams for PS5 and maybe even a PC port. A gamble, sure, but the potential is the next Roblox, Minecraft, or even Metaverse machine, even if I hate that word. Maybe if you actually supported the next step with
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This is a bit awkward but if you're in a high up position (principal/lead/director/+) at a AAA studio or one of the big tech companies, and you've found my tech streams (+ open source code) useful could you reach out via DM, I could use a bit of help with something.
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A personal message to the several hundred people who worked for 6 or 7 years on #AvatarFrontiersofPandora 👋 I'd been avoiding long, open-world games for a long time, but this game far exceeds my expectations. It's a real pleasure to explore the world of Eywa. Hats off to you.🎩
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this is important, watch the video
I felt it was important to defend this HackerNews post, since the OP is talking about something that all professional game developers know: https://t.co/LFcSyUKH2r
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I felt it was important to defend this HackerNews post, since the OP is talking about something that all professional game developers know: https://t.co/LFcSyUKH2r
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I found a pub with an inverted normal map. If you understand what this means, you have to retweet.
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[Upcoming game] Star Wars Outlaws (2024) by @UbiMassive (The Division) This is the long-awaited Star Wars open world game. Meet cunning scoundrel Kay Vess and her adorable alien companion, in the Imperial era.
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“...maybe the real treasure was all the game engines we made along the way!” ~ @munificentbob
https://t.co/INIpjUkXoP
pikuma.com
Ah, the question that fuels passionate discussions everytime we start a new gamedev project. Should we code a game engine from scratch, or should we simply use a commercial one?
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what your chosen design specialization says about you, a thread i cannot explain but simply believe:
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This game is a bit silly and worth playing: https://t.co/OQomcbdTSD (needs to be played on a touchscreen device)
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play this. DO NOT look up anything about it. just play it. it's only like 24.99 u can download it on steam it's only like 20 hours. do it right now i'm very extremely serious.
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