Martynas A
@martanti.bsky.social
Game designer @ Estoty Vilnius, solo developing Lurking Behind, an action roguelike game. Big dreams, so little time! My opinions are my own.
From Lithuania 🇱🇹
He/Him
Other socials and devlogs: https://linktr.ee/marantis
From Lithuania 🇱🇹
He/Him
Other socials and devlogs: https://linktr.ee/marantis
Uuuuu, Rider's island theme is pretty pretty!
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Uuuuu, Rider's island theme is pretty pretty!
Went to the GameOn conference today in Vilnius and really enjoyed the talk by @thattomhall.bsky.social ! Also played some cool indie game, that I will link in the replies, give them a look!
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Went to the GameOn conference today in Vilnius and really enjoyed the talk by @thattomhall.bsky.social ! Also played some cool indie game, that I will link in the replies, give them a look!
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How poor leadership slows down game development
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How poor leadership slows down game development
Finally got into and finished Summertime Rendering. Heared many gold things before, but having the same composer as Nier Automata is what truly got me into. And I gotta say, the 25-26 episode rule holds true. Definitely worth a watch!!! Some really nice plot twists!
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Finally got into and finished Summertime Rendering. Heared many gold things before, but having the same composer as Nier Automata is what truly got me into. And I gotta say, the 25-26 episode rule holds true. Definitely worth a watch!!! Some really nice plot twists!
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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.
• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
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GUESS WHO'S BACK
BACK AGAIN
DOC'S BACK
TELL A FRIEND
That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...
BACK AGAIN
DOC'S BACK
TELL A FRIEND
That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...
building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine
So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…
docseuss.medium.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
GUESS WHO'S BACK
BACK AGAIN
DOC'S BACK
TELL A FRIEND
That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...
BACK AGAIN
DOC'S BACK
TELL A FRIEND
That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.
docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...
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It's crazy how saving and quitting in videogames is still frustrating to do. Even in games released within the last year!
Here is an explanation of how to design a save dialogue, with a bunch of examples over the decades: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga...
There is no reason to still mess this up.
Here is an explanation of how to design a save dialogue, with a bunch of examples over the decades: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga...
There is no reason to still mess this up.
October 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It's crazy how saving and quitting in videogames is still frustrating to do. Even in games released within the last year!
Here is an explanation of how to design a save dialogue, with a bunch of examples over the decades: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga...
There is no reason to still mess this up.
Here is an explanation of how to design a save dialogue, with a bunch of examples over the decades: rystorm.com/blog/save-ga...
There is no reason to still mess this up.
Google having Gemini button that looks like a cross at the upper corner of the screen, where the close button usually is, is so 😮💨😮💨😮💨
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Google having Gemini button that looks like a cross at the upper corner of the screen, where the close button usually is, is so 😮💨😮💨😮💨
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But why does confluence need 2 different "ask llm" buttons :'/
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
But why does confluence need 2 different "ask llm" buttons :'/
The Promise track from Signalis still slaps incredibly hard. Apparently I already saved it in 2023, two years before actually playing the game 😅
October 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The Promise track from Signalis still slaps incredibly hard. Apparently I already saved it in 2023, two years before actually playing the game 😅
Hey there! I've analysed some games that I have played and wrote down things on how to encourage the player to use consumable items! marantis.dev/2025/09/06/c...
Consume me, goddammit!
Some personal thoughts on how to help player to get into the habit of using consumables within games Hello hello! Recently I have been playing Elden Ring and been enjoying it quite a bit. Yes, the …
marantis.dev
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hey there! I've analysed some games that I have played and wrote down things on how to encourage the player to use consumable items! marantis.dev/2025/09/06/c...
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Please don't call it that
September 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Please don't call it that
A friend got me to play Ys Origin. And apart from technical difficulties and a bit weird layout, it's a very solid game with some really fun boss fights!
September 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A friend got me to play Ys Origin. And apart from technical difficulties and a bit weird layout, it's a very solid game with some really fun boss fights!
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Often when our list of Adobe alternatives is shared people comment that it's okay to pirate Adobe software. It's not, because that still supports Adobe through usage and staying in their ecosystem. Instead, do look into alternatives!
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
GitHub - KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives: A list of alternatives for Adobe software
A list of alternatives for Adobe software. Contribute to KenneyNL/Adobe-Alternatives development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Often when our list of Adobe alternatives is shared people comment that it's okay to pirate Adobe software. It's not, because that still supports Adobe through usage and staying in their ecosystem. Instead, do look into alternatives!
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
Damn, The Ascent's environments are honestly a such an eye candy! I feel like they worked Houdini to the bone lol
September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Damn, The Ascent's environments are honestly a such an eye candy! I feel like they worked Houdini to the bone lol
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
Been trying Zen browser for a while now. And today I found out you can have two windows side by side without having 2 different windows. And they are combined in the tab view. Such a great thing for wathcing videos and taking notes. I don't think I will ever come back to FireFox or Chrome
September 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Been trying Zen browser for a while now. And today I found out you can have two windows side by side without having 2 different windows. And they are combined in the tab view. Such a great thing for wathcing videos and taking notes. I don't think I will ever come back to FireFox or Chrome
Almost every year around this time I always get a notification that a wordpress subscription payment has bounced back. No idea how, it just happenes lol. So let the wordpress coupon hunting games begin!
August 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Almost every year around this time I always get a notification that a wordpress subscription payment has bounced back. No idea how, it just happenes lol. So let the wordpress coupon hunting games begin!
Just finished binging the second season of Arcane and holy hell was it good. Almost makes me want to play League. But maybe I'll go with Mageseeker, it's been on my horizon after reading a really cool boss fight design analysis article some time ago
August 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just finished binging the second season of Arcane and holy hell was it good. Almost makes me want to play League. But maybe I'll go with Mageseeker, it's been on my horizon after reading a really cool boss fight design analysis article some time ago
I rarely go to concerts, but when Gojira was showing up I decided to go for it! And I'm super glad I did!
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I rarely go to concerts, but when Gojira was showing up I decided to go for it! And I'm super glad I did!
I've started Final Fantasy XIV yesterday, after finally resolving account and game version issues. And ngl I've been enjoying it. Probably more than PSO2 New Genesis, which I kinda dropped when the free inventory extension period ended
August 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've started Final Fantasy XIV yesterday, after finally resolving account and game version issues. And ngl I've been enjoying it. Probably more than PSO2 New Genesis, which I kinda dropped when the free inventory extension period ended
Yeah, Sprawl is great. The music really hits that ghost in the shell vibe perfectly and the combat is definitely fun!
August 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Yeah, Sprawl is great. The music really hits that ghost in the shell vibe perfectly and the combat is definitely fun!
Damn. @docseuss.bsky.social was absolutely correct. Sprawl _is_ mad fun
August 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Damn. @docseuss.bsky.social was absolutely correct. Sprawl _is_ mad fun