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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The embers of creativity are glowing once again in my productivity furnace... Or something. Summers almost over. Time to get to work!!

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

If you're not so good at writing emails or marketing material you should practice and get better. Letting AI wrote it for you isn't doing you any favours...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Managed to get a good looking outdoor storm vibe in Alien Swarm Reactive Drop. Puddle reflections and particle systems etc... Its so old but I love this game so much #LevelDesign

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The Photoshop Guy @photoshopguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

late night shopping

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

"Hi. Please can you give us permission to sell your personal information for profit!?" “Hell no!" "Aw go on, we'll give you a free coffee once a month if you let us" "I can afford my own coffee thanks" "weirdo!"

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Bluesky and Discord seem to be the only AI free platforms for me at the moment. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and others are all AI generated toxic sludge. The Internet as we knew it will become unusable. I already no longer consider the internet to be real. LinkedIn were way ahead of the game.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Running around with generative AI desperately trying to find a use for it seems to be taking its toll on a lot of people. Web3 did the same for many. Everyone needs to put down the solution without a problem and get back to work.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Inspired by a re-reading of Salems Lot I'm designing an ARMA 3 mod thst simulates a vampire infestation. By day you search buildings and hunt for sleeping vamps. By night they search for civilians to turn or your team to feast upon. Find and destroy the master vampire to end the nightmare!!!

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

I don't like RnB. It's bland and forgettable music. That fuzzed up Drake type vocal is just annoying as hell and it's pouring out of every other car in London. I'm so lonely...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Restarting Red Dead 2. This time I'm gonna do it right... This time it'll be different.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I'm too tired to be angry at things any more. I give up. I'm cracking open a beer and watching The Rocketeer because it makes me feel good and Jennifer Connelly is stunning and Timothy Dalton makes an excellent Nazi...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Frozen Antlion Shack pics. This is coming together nicely. #HalfLife #Halflife2 #Gamedev #LevelDesign

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Finally got around to watching Promising Young Woman. Cary Mulligan is great and THAT scene is crazy powerful cinema. Just jarring seeing Schmidt as a bad guy... Still highly recommended.

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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 09/05/2025

this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Why is it every #Ubisoft game I've ever played on PC is a performance disaster. I really like #StarWarsOutlaws but the framerate is all over the place. Even with the settings universally on low it's choppy as hell. Other modern titles like Indy run just fine on my rig with no need to tweak anything.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#CaptainAmerica #BraveNewWorld is shockingly poor to me and I say this as a huge fan of the previous Cap films and Anthony Mackie. It's just very poorly written and edited. It plods along with no tempo or tension. It doesn't make you care about any if the characters or what's at stake. Such a shame.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I keep waking at 5... wish i was actually useful at this time of the morning... now I'm going to be tired and grumpy for the rest of the day... and unproductive. grrrr

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Kristopher @tastystakes.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Inspired by @jim--partridge.bsky.social to delve into some blasts from the past! Starting with Great Heights, a three round payload map I developed in 2009 (eesh!) for Team Fortress 2. #GameDesign #LevelDesign #teamfortress

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My creative drive took a stumble over the past few weeks but I changed my focus away from level design to D&D campaign prep... And now my level design creativity is back! Love it when you just need that spark to get the things flowing again...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

#Nvidia experience optimisation is terrible. Both Outlaws and Indy melted my PC after applying them.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

RIP lil Zeke. He made a lot of noise and ate a lot of hay...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Does adult content in games annoy you? Have you ever played a game with adult content where it wasnt just titilation for 14 year olds? Has it ever been necessary/relevant?

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

What's that you say? A new high quality module for the best rpg ever made? Set in Fricken Icewind Dale!! SIGN ME UP!! #NeverwinterNights

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Just found out that Gary Oldman is two days younger than Gary Numan... I give up.. Ffs...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

... aaand finally we come to the end of 2024 and my #Left4Dead2 campaign Pier Pressure. I'd wanted to do a coastal campaign for a while and finally found the right set of ingredients. I may return to Polish this a little more this year. #GameDev #LevelDesign steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Listened to some Charli XCX tracks. Sound like background music in a McDonald's... Incredibly bland. Not a fan.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Dry County was my 2024 #Left4Dead2 sandstorm campaign concept. Combining limited visibility exteriors with a rusty mining town. I really like this project and am glad it is played as widely as it is. Lt Rocky's model animation is stunning. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... #Gamedev #LevelDesign

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Mighty Haunter @mightyhunter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there. The show must go on.

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

#FridayConfessions I don't get the TV show #Seinfeld. I don't think it's funny. I also don't think Larry David is funny and I'm not sure why he's famous...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This #Superdrug tillside up selling is getting out of hand. 6 questions just to buy some aspirin...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Lock down made me productive. In 2022 I also released Stone Cold for #Left4Dead2. A two map campaign with slippery ice and a beached tanker finale. My buddy Ed Vincent was kind enough to modify his tanker model to help. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... #Gamedev #LevelDesign

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

So just how did the Statue Of Liberty get transported to the ape planet???!

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marlee_goat @marlee-go.at · 18/02/2025

new tf2 update is awesome

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Big Trouble In Little China (2022) is a survival map designed around the alleyway fight scene from the movie. Its my favourite movie. This might translate into a full campaign one day moving from the gritty streets to the magical underworld. #LevelDesign #Gamedev steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Zym 🐱💻🍉 @zym.lol · 19/02/2025

this pretty much sums up my opinion on the gamedev industry (as a gamedev myself)

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I WANT SHORTER GAMES WITH WORSE GRAPHICS MADE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE PAID MORE TO WORK LESS AND I'M NOT
KIDDING

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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 18/02/2025

Mod makers rejoice: The Team Fortress 2 SDK has arrived! We've updated the Source SDK with all of TF2's client and server game code. Change, extend, or rewrite TF2, and publish them as mods on Steam. www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Making games for a living seems very hard. I make games for fun and hold down a good, stable job in a diff industry. My projects don't get cancelled, they're always released and are played by tens of thousands of people. If you want to make games you don't have to do it for a living...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Would anyone like to buy a cat who wakes you up at 5am without fail?

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Rewatching the 98 XFiles movie. I'm a big fan of this. Did what a TV show movie should do. Just make an extra long episode that looks great...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

In 2020 I stepped back into #Left4Dead2 for probably my most successful project so far with close to 150,000 unique players and counting. Salvation Falls was a 4 map campaign with cave systems, flaming locomotives and a waterfall gauntlet. #GameDev #LevelDesign steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

In 2019 I took my first stab at a #Left4Dead2 campaign. Grave Consequences mixed a realistic spooky graveyard with gateways to the underworld. I overdid it on the volumetric lighting but it's become an annual Halloween favorite for some. #Gamedev #Leveldesign steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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IndieDevChrister @studiogauntlet.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Tomorrow we launch, feels strange that this time tomorrow, it’ll be out… 👀 #IndieGames #indiegame #indiedev #gaming #pcgaming #indiegaming

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Is there anyone who ISN'T making a fricken roguelite???!!! #gamedev

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Jim Partridge @jim--partridge.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Deeper Down (2019) was my re-imagining of the original concepts of Deep Down and is my most complete #HalfLife2 mod to date. 12 maps long it was a huge undertaking and took me two years to complete. I'm very happy with how it turned out. #GameDev #LevelDesign steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/...

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