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Boon Cotter
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Aussie in the USA | Game Developer | Lead Lighting Artist | Batshit Crazy | These are my words and are not representative of my employer / doctor / therapist / mum.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Nov 26
Heyo!

I’m a lead lighting artist @ nVidia. Previously Bad Robot Games and Naughty Dog.

I do #gamedev #lighting #artist things, mostly environments with some characters and occasional C++ shenanigans.

Former social media recluse, I am BACK. And I apologise in advance for all the things.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 9h
We’re now in a bar, and we need to figure out how to get down to the cellar without anyone noticing.

I just finished the session by wrapping my trophy chain around the potion bottle.

The DM lol’d very loudly. Everyone else looked at me like I’m crazy.

Next session, we’ll see who is crazy.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 9h
We recently had the opportunity to commission some magic items.

I commissioned a potion of instant rejuvenation. Everyone was wondering why I wouldn’t just buy (much cheaper) potions of healing.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 9h
In our DnD campaign, I play a barbarian. Of course. Himbo’s are my jam.

My character (Meatsnack) collects the toes of his defeated foes as trophies.

A couple months back we defeated some trolls, so now every night by the camp fire, Meatsnack shaves the toe down to prevent it growing a new troll.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 8d
💯 It’s insane that in one generation we went from baked lighting and a couple of runtime spotlights (if you’re lucky) to real time GI with essentially unlimited shadow casting light sources.

But if I ever have to babysit a bake until 4am again I will step into traffic.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 14d
The TV series wasn’t the worst thing ever created either.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · 27d
Don’t listen to the haters.

Borderlands 4 is 🔥🔥🔥.
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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 28d
it's honestly very funny that dogs are just SO friendly and sociable they're just allowed to smell like that
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 8
Silksong has made me realise I’m now, sadly, too old for some games.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 7
I’m surprised YouTube will play an uninterrupted 30 seconds of ads without putting ads in it.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 5
The last true masterpiece in the genre before Hollow Knight was arguably Ori, and it’s those inspirations that give us games like Hollow Knight. I think ultimately, while there are failures, inspiration fuels magic.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 5
I’m not sure that’s a bad thing? Team Cherry captured lightning in a bottle, and that’s not something you can manufacture, but that doesn’t invalidate the existence of good games that don’t reach that pinnacle. People are inspired by all kinds of things. A masterpiece is a good place to start.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 4
Tbf metroidvanias are on a pretty consistent release schedule. It’s my fav genre and I think there’s been at least one solid title every year-ish for a while. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was fantastically good, but unfortunately undersold.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 4
Still refreshing steam / PSN to see which is the first to unfuck their system so we can buy it 💀
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Sep 2
Isometric action puzzle games will always have an audience, and it’s a starved genre. This looks incredible, can’t wait to get my hands on it!
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 31
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 31
Ditto! I replay it every couple of years. But I rarely meet people who know it exists :(
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 31
This is 🔥🔥🔥

Memories of LandStalker, the most underrated game of the 16bit era.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 30
I’m kidding, he’s the best thing that’s ever existed.

The biohazard part is true tho.

Sweet baby cheeses.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 30
I think this qualifies as a biohazard.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 30
If someone had warned me about frenchie farts I think I would have reconsidered.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 30
Subscription fee for 3 years and then that will be ad supported too.

Everything is shit.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 30
Just noticed that at least every second post on Instagram is an ad now. Sometimes two in a row.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 24
Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)

Something about the music and that Psygnosis / Roger Dean aesthetic made my skin crawl.
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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · Aug 23
What was the first video game that scared you?

It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 23
Aliens: Wipe out 2/3rds of humanity and farm the remaining third as livestock.

Me in the pens, whose only coping mechanism is inappropriate humour: “This is still better than the ‘Invasion’ AppleTV series.”
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Boon Cotter @booncotter.bsky.social · Aug 19
His green eyes are the cutest! Especially when he’s side eyeing us to see if we notice he’s being naughty haha