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Richard B. Gray - LEVELORD 11/15/1957 - 10/12/2026 Just heard the news that an old friend of mine has passed on. Richard Gray - aka Levelord has departed the planet. I know he's dealt with cancer on and off for awhile now, a word that I cannot stand. Word comes from his wife Olga.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Regardless, as it’s been a literal decade since then, I’m going to be able to enjoy this fresh as a player. That’s pretty exciting!

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Squadron 42 is finally coming! I'm curious to see whether any work I contributed over a decade ago has survived in some form. The game has passed through the hands of many designers since then, so even if something remains, I'm sure it'll have evolved considerably! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4rV...

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Squadron 42 | Official Wishlist Trailer | The Oath

YouTube video by Squadron 42

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some footage from the SENTRY prologue - wearing our inspirations on our sleeves here 😅

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

So many details from IMMORTALITY & key inspirations came from out of print books, archive recordings of TV shows that aren't online, etc. Every detail I LOVED was one that could never be surfaced by AI because it was mentioned once in 1 place, could not be hallucinated out of averages

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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Research is the MAGIC TIME on any project where I get to go have fun and explore. And 100% what you are looking for are the surprising and amazing details and textures that you could never make up

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are in a miserable timeline right now.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm extremely rusty at SENTRY as I've mostly been working on tutorial stuff lately. So here's some footage of me in a panic whilst testing Hardcore mode... 😅

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 25/09/2026

If I could go back in time and tell teenage Andy running a Silent Hill 2 fansite in 2001 that one day he'd be in the credits of an actual Silent Hill game, he'd probably be like "Cool."

My name in the special thanks section of Silent Hill: Townfall's credits.

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Kevin Edwards ( Retro game developer ) @kevedwardsretro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just heard the very sad news that a former Software Creations friend passed away recently. All of his friends knew him as 'Bone'. He was a friendly, fun, knowledgeable guy who started in QA at Creations back in the early 90s, and was recently working on Star Citizen. RIP @bone6502.bsky.social

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 24/09/2026

It's really refreshing seeing shitey normal working class life depicted like this in a game, and a Silent Hill game no less. Pebble-dashed council flats, three-bar fires, Post Office counters, concrete shopping precincts. This must be how posh people felt playing Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.

A Post Office (well, 'Post Service') counter.

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KONAMI @konamina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

OUT TODAY SILENT HILL: Townfall is now available ▶ Get it now: konami.com/games/silent... #SILENTHILL #Townfall

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Lewis | ICO Partners @persistentworld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It would be wonderful if we could stop framing games as studio versus studio. All developers care about all games. I've never once heard a developer talk about another in this way. Most are simply glad to be doing what they love, while watching others do the same.

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Major Update 5 is out now! Lots of big and awesome changes/additions in this one - and it's discounted to celebrate, too 😁 store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

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SENTRY - The Prologue Update - Steam News

A massive overhaul and swathes of improvements arrive in Major Update 5!

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And if you're interested in this, then I have good news - we just put out an update today! store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

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SENTRY - The Prologue Update - Steam News

A massive overhaul and swathes of improvements arrive in Major Update 5!

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Some footage from the SENTRY prologue - wearing our inspirations on our sleeves here 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm extremely rusty at SENTRY as I've mostly been working on tutorial stuff lately. So here's some footage of me in a panic whilst testing Hardcore mode... 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The only valid use of this is if you're bored of X and do Y. Not oh hey, I'm bored of X, so here's some X I made when I was bored of X 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh man. It's some good stuff. The music. So good. I feel like the friction of not signposting the optimal boss order would be designed out of the game these days.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I wrote a little post to coincide with the release... sean-noonan.itch.io/pearly/devlo...

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

8 years later, I've updated Pearly! 😅 Pearly was my micro first-person puzzle-platformer made for the 2018 Mapcore Door Challenge. I fixed a bunch of bugs, improved performance and restored some things that had broken during the engine upgrade. Out now & free on itch sean-noonan.itch.io/pearly

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Pearly by Sean Noonan

Whilst waiting for your commute to reach its terminus, you reflect on the news of the day.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I remember playing Street Racer on the SNES in 4 player split screen where every screen was above each other. It was wild… why didn’t they split the screen into quadrants?

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Check out the latest beta branch to see what's coming in Major Update 5! store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

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SENTRY - MU5 Beta Branch build out now! - Steam News

Check out the latest MU5 Beta build in the August Dev Transmission!

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Nels Anderson @nelsanderson.zone · 02/09/2026

If you too would like to stop using increasingly shitty software made by bad people who make the world worse, I wrote a guide for how to lessen/end your small team's dependence on US-based tech services: nelsanderson.zone/a-guide-to-d...

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A Guide to Ditching US Tech (for Game Developers)

This post is based on a guide from Paris Marx, host of Tech Won't Save Us, author of one excellent book and upcoming (likely also excellent) book last updated September 2nd, 2026 At this point, it's...

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's been a little bit since I've posted much about SENTRY, so here's a snippet from an early level I was working on earlier today. Still working on it! #gamedev

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

...assuming they are often proximate to one another! I was assuming more of a tight duo, than say the disparate trio of GTA V.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In some ways I think not playing as her the obvious route because then I'm getting to see the better of the two characters emote and their scenarios play out, while I play as some blank slate vessel for the player.

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ICARUS @mistericarus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It still annoys me no end that so many popular games are absolutely sauceless, dry, run of the mill experiences and then Marathon is just over here with a spiralling player count putting out fan art like this.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Rhod @rhodjp.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bloody hell, if I could only have five arcade cabs in my arcade, it'd likely be these. #Binface PR making me want to move to #Clacton.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

“Can H Doom make pregnant”

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Interested in playing the new opening to SENTRY? Check out the details below 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

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SENTRY - Prologue Playtest (and July Dev Transmission) - Steam News

Let us know your thoughts on the new opening to the game!

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Fireblade Software @firebladesoftware.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Play the new beta branch to see the changes coming in Major Update 5! Details right here 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/125...

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SENTRY - New Beta Branch update available! - Steam News

June's Dev Transmission is all about the new beta for the upcoming MU5!

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Mischief @mischief.games · 30/07/2026

Welcome To The New Apocalypse

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Loved it - need to play more!

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ICARUS @mistericarus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No way Kavinsky died. The guy was foundational to the synthwave resurgenge. I mainlined his Outrun album back when I lived in France. I know everyone loves Nightcall, so let me suggest another banger from Outrun, First Blood RIP Kavinsky. music.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ueu...

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First Blood

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Yep, that’s quite likely! Very much what I assumed when I saw this doing the rounds. Unfortunately it’s being labelled more as a dumbing down rather than a bug. On Far Cry we used areas rather than volumes but mistakes would still happen from time to time… 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

At least you had the chance to patch it 😅

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It’s often a design constraint caused by wanting the art to look and feel larger than the play space. But in some games (mostly games with open worlds or heavy on streaming) it can be a technical constraint in order to keep mission content within memory budgets.

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I bet this was a misplaced volume or something. I did it myself back on Far Cry 4 and didn’t catch it til after launch. Level design cringe 😬

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Sean Noonan @seannoonan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Somewhat! People had some fun with it... I still need to make a Linux version. They've only been waiting 6 years 😅

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