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Maarten Frooninckx

@marnamai.bsky.social
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Level Designer - Currently studying at DAE - Previously; Far Cry 6 | SteamVR maartenfrooninckx.mystrikingly.com

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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@stalker2.bsky.social his buddies did not take kindly to the fact that I killed one of them. The Northern side of Wild Island and Sourthern half of the Cement Plant are not overrun with Burers. #stalker2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIB...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
*takes iceream out of freezer* *it spontaneously combusts*
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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 22/06/2026
Steam Machine is here, and you can sign up now: Steam Machine 512GB Steam Machine 2TB Plus bundled versions with Steam Controller. Learn more and sign up here: store.steampowered.com/hardware/ste...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
That's assignment 2 complete, a corner of a room. Keywords: Vibrant, bright, inspiring joy, storytelling, 1 1024 material. skfb.ly/pJQFU
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DAE_Crib - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Final assignment for Game Art Fundamentals @ Howest DAE Design and create a scene that brings people joy. The scene depicts a part of a room, with two walls and a floor. The ceiling and other walls ...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I think that's a wrap for the highpoly car assignment. #blender
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Time to get into that grind of the final assignments. Curious if people understand from the "blockout" what kind of person lives in this space? skfb.ly/pJQFU
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DAE_Crib - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Final assignment for Game Art Fundamentals @ Howest DAE - DAE_Crib - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
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GSC Game World @gscgameworld.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Only the bravest stalkers will be ready to set out for new lands. Cost of Hope will allow you to explore two long-awaited regions that have been cut off for years and that every stalker in the Zone has dreamt of reaching. Add DLC to Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3765020/...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
8 months after having lived with German roommate who cooked eggs . every . single . day for her meals ... And I can finally stomach the smell of eggs again.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
New assignment, interbellum airplane but modified by Jinx from Arkane, ready for handpainted texturing. skfb.ly/pHMwG
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Indiana bones and the temple of beeeeg tooter. (god I really need a break from all the uni assignments)
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
One assignment done, 2 to go, it's gonna be a busy weekend ... skfb.ly/pHrIV
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
More practice
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
First time doing handpainted textures (WIP) for a uni assignment. My hand hurts :< sketchfab.com/3d-models/he...
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Heartsign - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Heartsign - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Practicing high poly hard surface modelling in blender, it still has a bunch of issues, but I am pretty happy with it so far. Feedback is welcome (especially topo / edgeflow) sketchfab.com/3d-models/ha...
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Hard surface high poly practice - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Hard surface high poly practice - 3D model by Maarten Frooninckx (@MaartenFrooninckx)
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Nearly final low poly diorama assignment for uni. sketchfab.com/3d-models/da...
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DAE Diorama - By The Ocean - 3D model by marnamai (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Diorama assignment for 3D1 @ Dae Howest The house of an old fisherman on the Alaskan coast. vertex colors for color variation on tileable textures low poly procedural ocean mesh and projected wa...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Don't talk to me or my son ever again ...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Doing a lil shitposting while working on my assignment, a low poly animal for the diorama.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Update on my diorama assignment for uni. WIP blockout. I have been experimenting with low poly procedural ocean mesh and using shrinkwrapped and decimated meshes for the wave decals. Shame @sketchfab.bsky.social does not support material blending. sketchfab.com/3d-models/da...
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DAE Diorama Blockout - By The Ocean - 3D model by marnamai (@MaartenFrooninckx)
Blockout and cheap procedural water mesh experiment Diorama assignment for 3D1 @ Dae Howest - DAE Diorama Blockout - By The Ocean - 3D model by marnamai (@MaartenFrooninckx)
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Valve @valvesoftware.com · 12/11/2025
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026: Steam Controller Steam Machine Steam Frame.  Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
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Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Valve Steam Frame Virtual Reality Headset Hands-On!
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Done with the unwrap, not super confident on the quality (and will probably need to redo it when discovering issues while texturing), but atleast the AO is working pretty well now. sketchfab.com/3d-models/sm...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Learning #blender at uni
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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teaching me python might be something my uni teachers will regret
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Dandadan season 3 is in development :D
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New beefy workstation, just missing one quite crucial part, the case ... Feels a little like Christmas morning :)
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This is turning out really sick. I can't wait to see it painted. www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/s...
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From the HalfLife community on Reddit: ☢️ HEV Suit [Cosplay/Costume]. 4 years down the line… and counting. First fitting of the real under suit. Still a handful of repositioning to do.
Explore this post and more from the HalfLife community
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Ah, finally sleeping in a real bed again 🤩 *banishes the air matress to the depths of hell *
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
*too lazy to do the math* *maps out elevator interior and Ikea package sizes in hammer to see if a bed fits in my tiny elevator*
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I got into "hand-to-hand combat" with a couch while assembling it and dislocated my shoulder (due to an old injury) ... fucking Ikea ...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Being so used to talking in English that when I said "dag"(goodbye) in Dutch (my native language), but started saying bye and halfway though changed it to dag, to end up sounding like an utter fool saying byaag >_> ....
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
The older you get, the more an air matress becomes a diabolical torturing device.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
New appartment. The previous tenant left it pretty dirty ... Been cleaning for days, cleaned the shower of mold today and I inhaled so much of it that I aM bEcOmE MoLd 💀
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 27/07/2025
fyi: we finally got a good level design tool for Unreal and it is Scythe many people are already using it in production. proper iterative level design is getting to happen in unreal for the first time in a long time. you are going to start noticing the difference soon
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I am not really big on anime, but I recently watched Dandadan and loved it, specially for its unique style, fast-pacedness and it drawing from Japanese folklore. Would love some recommendations!
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Dat moment when you wake up hungry, but there is no food at home, and it's too early for shops to be open.
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homer simpson is laying on a bed with a pink blanket
ALT: homer simpson is laying on a bed with a pink blanket
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I passed by the Lego store in Berlin, went in, and did some casual browsing. I told myself I won't buy anything since I will be moving to another country in 2 weeks. But my inner kid won ...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Is level design still level design if there is no spatial design involved?" I know companies can not agree on the role and description of the job being consistent, but I am genuinely curious what other #gamedev peeps are thinking about this?
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Russians are something else ... Who hurt you bro?
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I am so giddy about renting my own appartment, just paid the deposit (yay, no more roommates!😆) and I am weirdly enjoying making google spreadsheet overviews of all the stuff I need to buy. Maybe deep, deep down, there is a producer hiding in me.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
This took me way longer than I am comfortable admitting, but I finally got all the shinies ✨
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Walking away from my job in #gamedev after 7 years, right before getting my promotion to senior, especially now, sounds kinda crazy. It is the first job I ever walked away from, all my other non-gamedev jobs ended due to economic hardship and closures. It feels weirdly good to have this agency.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Between the lack of funding, constant layoffs to please investors, trend chasing, failing live service games, overblown budgets and AI ... This industry is royally fucked. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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20 foolproof ways to get laid off in the videogame industry
Tired of making games? Just use one of these simple tricks!
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Uh, yeaaa ... that just happened, 9 bloodsuckers in a single POI. A-life is bit wacky sometimes.
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Julien Eveillé @pataloon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
After two years at Crytek, I'm happy to announce I've left the studio ! If you are searching for a versatile designer specialized in systemic gameplay, vivid world building and with an obsession for creating game experiences that step out of the ordinary... I'm your guy. ❤️
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Anton @antonhand.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I continue to be surprised that there isn't more pushback from game makers of all tiers, AAA to Indie, to major platforms trying to put them all out of business by injecting AI slop creation tools in to mine free labor from children. The endgame of all these platforms is no discrete games for sale.
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Intrusive thought of the day: *in the corner of my eye I spot a bottle of liquid laundry detergent standing on my desk in where I usually have a drinking bottle standing* "I am thirsty, I should drink in it" wtf brain ... 😅
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
After 7 years at Ubisoft Berlin, I’m off on a new adventure! I’m heading back to Belgium to study "game graphics production" at DAE in Kortrijk for the next 2 years — a chance to expand my skill set, explore new ideas, and pursue a long-time ambition of moving to the US to join Valve in person.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 05/06/2025
Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: 'I've seen some sordid files, but on this scale, never' aftermath.site/ubisoft-sexual...
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Maarten Frooninckx @marnamai.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
That moment when the season gets warmer and you sleep with the windows open, but you are not getting any sleep cause a person in a neighboring building has terrible sleep apnea ... 😨
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Michael Barclay @michaelbarclay.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We’re hiring designers at naughty dog. If you love the kind of games we make and want to help us keep making them please apply. Im looking for folks that have a keen sense for level design, get the fundamentals but also feel passionate about pushing the discipline forward. Cheers
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