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Jason McCord

@monsterclip.bsky.social
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Level Designer at Valve. Previously on Highguard, Apex Legends, Titanfall 1 and 2, Modern Warfare 2 (OG), World at War, CoD 3 and Big Red One.

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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A fun part of development on Highguard was building bases. They were relatively quick to stand up and could support a lot of personality in the theme and gameplay. Here's an early one I made as we were figuring out the gameplay needs and metrics. Not our concept art. This didn't ship. #blocktober
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Between projects I like to update my level design portfolio. This time I went pretty hard, giving it a 'crisp' new look and adding a truly insane amount of detail and supporting material for each game/map. Check it out if you like that sort of thing! www.monster-clip.com
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Drew McCoy @dko5.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New job listing posted! Totally biased, but I think we're on to something really neat here. Come help us make it a reality!
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A whole bunch of studios just sighed a breath of relief, and a whole bunch of studios just went "ah shit"
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Was drafting a tweet about the dissonance between devs and live service players and ended writing a 400 word document. Might just keep this to myself as I'm not anxious to start a whole thing. Feeling for @harada-tekken.bsky.social right now.
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Me zooming out to pay $700 to play Vampire Bloodborne and Mario Kart Horizon
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Take Marvel Rivals characters, abilities, art style, etc. and drop them into an open world city similar to Spider-Man 2. Heroes vs Villains, Payday style objectives. 10 v 10 or more. Villains have objectives to blow something up/steal something and Heroes have to stop them.
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Spent my holiday break restoring my new #SegaNewAstroCity cabinet. New control panel, adjusting the CRT, some new wiring, a new florescent bulb for the marquee, tons of cleaning and a few games (XMvsSF and Street Fighter Alpha) Straight out of a 90's Japanese arcade and it plays so good.
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
#MarvelRivals and #BlackOps6. I was hyper pumped for Rivals as a Marvel fanboy. And I DO like it, but the gameplay is just not grabbing me and getting me to log back in day over day. Fights feel floaty/muddy, random attacks happen from all directions. Lots of steamrolling in either direction.
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BadMofo | Mohammad Alavi @badmofo.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Wildlight Entertainment has some job openings in the new year. We’ll be looking for a Senior Concept Outsource Manager, a Senior 3D Character Outsource Manager, and a Senior VFX Artist. 🎮 All the details about these roles can be found on our jobs page - www.wildlight.gg/join-us.
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Do all LDs have a layout/concept they use often? At Respawn, I used Tank Hangars a lot. I loved the big interiors with the Tank set piece, and Pilots had space to play cat & mouse, especially with the underneath paths. Also worked in Apex pretty well I think, at Repulsor.
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 11/06/2024
Just finished the full viewing of my interview with @mooreover.bsky.social on creating the OG Kings Canyon I loved it! Great production value and narration. Actually covering map design and letting me nerd out a bit on details. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbD0...
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The Complete History of Apex's First Map
Apex shook the world of gaming upon it's release. This is the story of the map that Apex Legends stands upon. Welcome to Kings Canyon --- A HUGE thank you to Jason McCord, who sat down with me to talk about Kings Canyon and Apex's early development. You can find him and support the new studio he works for, Wildlight Entertainment, here: https://x.com/Monsterclip_JM CREDITS Map Footage recorded with the assistance of Risen Rose https://x.com/risenrosegg https://sites.google.com/view/risenrose-net/home RECORDING ASSISTANT: ghostdog111dd ACTORS: -ghostdog111dd -PizzaTime561 -MOTL rBlaze -LEJIT -Mystic Titan -RevenantMain1 Thumbnail & Title creation made with the assistance of @JumbaGW MOOREOVER http://mooreover.carrd.co http://twitch.tv/mooreover_ http://twitter.com/mooreovervo http://patreon.com/mooreover Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:27 Title 2:16 Before Apex Legends 5:23 The Beginning 20:09 Ad Break 20:38 A Record Breaking Choice 22:58 The Evolution 30:14 The Faults of Kings Canyon 33:51 The End 36:19 What is a Legacy? 38:28 Credits
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Jason McCord @monsterclip.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Hi! Guess I'm here now. To celebrate, here's a pic no one's ever seen before. A heatmap of a Titanfall 1 map I worked on, Relic. Pre-release, when we were testing internally for hours a day. It's beautiful. The paths are well defined and they lead to common fight locations. What you want to see. 👌
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