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Alex Hladkyi

@balsalmo.bsky.social
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Designer. I design apps, websites, app icons and icon sets. Also, a petrolhead, gamer, meat popsicle, regularly up to no good. 🇺🇦🤙 📍 Lviv / Kharkiv, Ukraine Portfolio: alexhladkyi.com

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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Weird. Double tap shortcuts still work in c2 if I’m not mistaken, they could’ve used those for super speed. I find MMB on most mice too awkward to use when there’s lots of action. Too often I would also inadvertently scroll which will switch weapons when I least want it.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
And it’s only clunky because of the default mapping. If you’ve got a mouse with thumb buttons, remapping nanosuite menu to one of those removes all of the chunkiness since you can switch between powers practically instantly.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
On high difficulty levels you become a true glass cannon, but also rewarded for aggression and quickly punished for trying to play passively. This is rare for FPS games in my experience.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I really need to record a demo someday. I feel like most people played it like a stealth game sneaking about, but there’s much more rewarding way to play in there too.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Yeah, also remapping the circle menu to a mouse thumb button allows you to switch powers just by flicking the mouse in certain direction with zero delay, no need to wait for the menu animation to even finish. C1 controls fluidity is really something else.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Also wow, I didn’t know that about the remaster, that’s just stupid.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If C2 existed as its own thing I would agree. But as a sequel it felt like a complete 180 in how it felt playing to someone who LOVES the first one. This was the first instance to me where I thought the systems became too streamlined.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So, yeah, to me in terms of controls og Crysis was much much better
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm one of those. Selecting a power from the wheel was not the only way to activate a power in Crysis 1. You could also double tap the key to do it, like space or f for power, crouch for stealth, s for armor and shift for speed. You could get really fluid with this and mapping power wheel to a mouse
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Another example is Flash and its demise that took all the wild UI experimentation with it. Arguably, we're still yet to recover from killing it off.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Surprisingly few mentions of tooling. If the only thing you have to work with is Figma and this month's flavor of cross platform framework, the finished designs will reflect that. Whereas in gamedev there're tools now that allow non technical folks create UIs like this mostly on their own.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Yes, screenshots and an app icon are the bare minimum for Apple's App Store. App icons are 1024×1024, at least a simple flat image one is required, but can have separate light, dark, clear and tinted(?) versions. Promo specs somewhere in here if/when featured by Apple help.apple.com/asc/appsprom...
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
My reaction is closer to
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
So, I got roped into a conversation about violence and games, and I decided to explain why A) games are not art (hehe), B) violence is good, and C) there are a lot of problems facing nonviolent games, but I'm sure someone can figure them out docseuss.medium.com/people-alway... please enjoy!
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people always ask why games are so violent, so let’s give ’em an answer
The other day, I got tagged into a discussion about violence in games. If people want to know my thoughts on the matter, I should do my…
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Ukrainian government has a list of places where you can donate to the war effort here. I personally just donated $100: war.ukraine.ua/donate/ Slava Ukraini.
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Donate to Ukraine’s defenders
The National Bank of Ukraine has decided to open a special fundraising account to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Constantine @teoyaomiquu.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
1️⃣ Ukraine has been left to fight without USA aid. We must rally behind it now more than ever. Please share this message and donate, it is critical. 🇺🇦 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...
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Urgent Quadcopters Fundraiser
Help Liberty Ukraine Foundation reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
new article. it's about what cozy and wholesome games are, why shitty people like them, and why I really liked I Was A Teenage Exocolonist. docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
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i was a teenage exocolonist (and so can you)
I’ve realized that I’m much better at discussing broad ranging theory than individual games, just because it’s easier to find ten games…
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Warlocks get a pass though, even if just because of the title.
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Wait, I thought the gifs worked now. Aw :(
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Alex Hladkyi @balsalmo.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Alright, that’s it, he’s been a menace long enough
Loading a double barrel shotgun
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