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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I like what you're pushing Embark 🏳️‍⚧️ May God have mercy on your socials.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TLG Act II coming soon! Special thanks to @monsterurby.bsky.social for the opening narration. #indiedev #gamedev

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is audibly groaning and rubbing my temples a passive thing that happens automatically when an invisible "Urgh" meter is filled, or is it bound to a key to use as and when needed?

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Half-Life: Extended is one of the mods that's looking really promising and one that I'm keeping a close eye on. Unfortunately one of the developers, Vorti suffered a stroke earlier this year and needs some help covering the medical expenses. www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...

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We need your help news - Half-Life: Extended mod for Half-Life

One of our developers suffered from a stroke, and we need your help covering his medical bills through a fundraiser.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

...and this was how I learned that bluesky already takes care of that (1/2) (2/2) stuff for additional posts.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(2/2) In spite of that, there is one phrase that I wrote and then read aloud for the conclusion of a video review. A video which I then edited and uploaded, completely oblivious to my own nonsense. The four words which still make me shudder to this day: "...everything that followed beforehand."

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(1/2) I often look back at my attempts at creative writing from a decade ago and wince. However, I'm sure that I was doing the exact same thing back then and will likely be doing it a decade from now. If anything, it at least helps me appreciate how much I've progressed in that time.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I dunno if this helps... but the fact I'm seeing your textures pop up more and more in the Half-Life mapping community now, as well as Quake, is a testament to just how versatile they are. I believe I used several of your textures during my time at Slipgate too. Your work is truly appreciated.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

British FPS in which enemies apologise when you kill them. "Good heavens, I do appear to have been killed." "Sorry old chap, but it seems I have been neutralised." "Oh my. I'm afraid that I must retire from our engagement."

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some of my favourite effects in videogames, especially older ones, are those that sell the idea that the rest of the world exists beyond the boundaries of the playable space. Simply seeing a hallway fade into the darkness beyond a sealed door will suffice... but this? THIS!? Look at it! WHAT!?

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I thought Half-Life might be the obvious answer, or Duke Nukem 3D, but thinking about it... was 10 when Duke came out and 12 when I first played Half-Life. Origin game for me would be either Lemmings or Zool on the Acorn Archimedes.

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Gavin @fifthelephant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Mfw when someone says the customer is always right

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Del @del.art · 20/09/2026

When a game studio ships a solid game, it creates TWO valuable products: 1. A solid game. 2. The team that spent years learning how to work together make a game. Because Western studios keep disbanding #2 while development cycles get longer; we will inevitably see less of #1.

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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026

no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

All these armed forces moving towards AR-15 style weapon platforms is the equivalent of every company logo switching to sans-serif name on blank background. Snore.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm going to start ending conversations with it. And yes, I am both happy with and dedicated to being "that really weird guy" around the office.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I forgot how much Hitman 2 looks like The Sims 2...

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cammy @cammydev.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i keep seeing people sharing that hl1 ps1 "port" completely not knowing it's slopped up, it's just sad. stay away from that shit and any other ps1 port they make

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was only vaguely aware of it... and I'm now happy to remain as such.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The world will end not with a bang, but with a global disapproving shake of the head and tutting and an, "I knew THEY wouldn't help. This is THEIR fault." And then riots. And then... yeah OK, I expect a rather loud bang actually.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Pretty convinced at this point that if the Earth was at any risk of a major catastrophic event, one that could be easily averted by uniting humanity's efforts... ...we would instead simply squabble ourselves to death.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm enjoying it, but that sense of wonder and mystery is temporary. Best I can hope for is one day my kids will want to play it and I can be a silent tag along. Obra Dinn is another game that makes me sad like that. So good... but I solved it already.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I believe I'm now legally obligated to share a picture of Poppy with her little black heart nose. You can't adopt her though. She mine. 🖤

A black and white short haired domestic cat with greenish yellow eyes and a black, heart shaped nose. She is standing over a black, RGB backlit gaming keyboard on a weathered black desk, in front of two large monitors.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

They didn't inherit it from their father, I guess? Or they made it themselves? I have no idea...

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Taller, larger, longer, independently wealthy? I think I know exactly what's being referred to here... but the words are all incorrect. I've never before felt like that's too much information while at the same time being utterly baffled.

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Tim?! from BlueKeyGames!🙃 @bluekeygames.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Decided to finally update the laser pistol model and textures. Might dirty it up a little bit with some wear, might darken the metal a little too, but I'm liking the redesign a lot.

XP-2137 Reflective Laser Pistol from They Came From Dimension X.

Comparison of the 2021 and 2026 versions of the XP-2137 Reflective Laser Pistol from They Came From Dimension X.

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Sandi @sandedsandi.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I released the map sources for Half-Life: Savior Complex. Included are the map files, some xen prefabs i made, map concept sketches and the blender animation file used for the trailer! www.moddb.com/mods/half-li...

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Half-Life: Savior Complex Map Source Files

Map source files with map sketches and other stuff included. All the .wad files needed are included also and the spirit fgd for convenience sake

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ThighMonster @thighmonster.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Totally optional detail I spent way too much time in the WIP #counterstrike map; was the interior of this pizza oven which has steam effect, heat effect, led flicker, and bubbly-motion cooking effect on the models. Lighting is still being worked on. #goldsrc #gamedev #lowpoly

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title is “Cats living together”.
The first panel shows a black cat and orange cat cuddling with their eyes closed. The orange cat says “I love you”. The black cat says “I love you too”.
The second panel zooms in on them.
The third panel shows the orange cat opening its eyes.
The fourth panel shows the orange cat raising its paw to punch the black cat. It says, “Actually you know what”.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

So many ways to interpret this. Are they saying that they are a dentist who did this? Or are they saying that their dentist did this? Or are they saying that they went to the dentist with this problem, having exhausted all other options, and this was their dentist's attempt at a solution?

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

So he just pocketed the revenue and their salary? Cunt. Snivelling cunt. Snivelling rotten shit cunt.

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Chief Smokey @chiefsmokey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Putting some final touches on Sherwood Vale, an up-market shopping hub nestled deep in Prava's west end. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 13/07/2026

Some of y’all haven’t heard End Of The Tour by They Might Be Giants and you really should youtu.be/EoStYNsXcBk?...

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The End of the Tour

YouTube video by They Might Be Giants (For Kids) - Topic

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

And here we see the difference between twenty minutes work versus a few hours over a weekend. Small details that the player will blitz past, but I really enjoyed working on these and making them look somewhat official.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Imagine waking up in your sleepy fjord town one morning and there's a seventeen storey hotel now...

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've posted a new article over on ModDB about The Core and the small details we've included, as well as a brief explanation of the optimisation work that has been done in response to tester feedback. Check it out here: www.moddb.com/mods/the-cor...

Some side by side comparisons of old assets and textures, as well as a selection of whiteboards and calendars for the Half-Life mod, The Core.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Today on "Tim Sweeney Doesn't Get It" ALL of THIS nonsense. Sure, the only reason I never tried Marathon was because I wasn't peer pressured into dropping £40 on it by my friends over in-game VC. We're all on Discord actually, and this STILL never happened because they're not fucking assholes.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I love when context clues can tell you so much more than the actual article. I've not read either of these posts... but I can tell you what happened.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey, you! Yes, you! That noun you should be verbing? Just verb the f*ckin' noun! Think about it. Tomorrow you can say, "Man... that noun? Glad I finally verbed that."

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

AI for sure. Cats instinctively use their claws when they slide.

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