samcember
@samuelbass.bsky.social
Senior Technical designer at Epic games. Sample projects, templates, tech talks, StackOBot 2.0, Project Parrot, Project Titan, Lyra and more! Ask me about Unreal, UEFN and indie stuff!
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samcember
@samuelbass.bsky.social
· Oct 13
2025 Tech Designers Toolkit | Unreal Fest Bali 2025
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
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Hey, #UnrealEngine #gamedev gang, my Tech Designer's Toolkit talk from Unrealfest Bali is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mntj...
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What’s the most fun game you ever worked on? I don’t mean the game itself being fun but the team/people you were with. My most fun one was GRiD with Codemasters, I really loved the environment art team, we had so many laughs during that project even though the overtime was very high. #gamedev
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
What’s the most fun game you ever worked on? I don’t mean the game itself being fun but the team/people you were with. My most fun one was GRiD with Codemasters, I really loved the environment art team, we had so many laughs during that project even though the overtime was very high. #gamedev
Lord of the Rings : Battle for Middle Earth 2. Amazing team, great leadership, EA was very hands off. Just a group of fun, super creative people who didn’t take themselves too seriously and had survived a truly terrible era at the studio.
The sense of joy was palpable.
The sense of joy was palpable.
What’s the most fun game you ever worked on? I don’t mean the game itself being fun but the team/people you were with. My most fun one was GRiD with Codemasters, I really loved the environment art team, we had so many laughs during that project even though the overtime was very high. #gamedev
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Lord of the Rings : Battle for Middle Earth 2. Amazing team, great leadership, EA was very hands off. Just a group of fun, super creative people who didn’t take themselves too seriously and had survived a truly terrible era at the studio.
The sense of joy was palpable.
The sense of joy was palpable.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Unlocked for all: Baby Steps is absolutely as good as everyone says it is. The best game-feel of the year. But is what it asks of you... necessary?
Baby Steps (Cuzzillo/Boch/Foddy, 2025) - exp.
Baby Steps is as incredible as everyone says it is. But is it worth what it asks of you?
expzine.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Unlocked for all: Baby Steps is absolutely as good as everyone says it is. The best game-feel of the year. But is what it asks of you... necessary?
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My hot take is that I don't give a fuck if someone without disabilities gets an accommodation. They get a slightly better grade on a test? Tests are just part of a grade or portfolio and also, who FUCKING CARES. I care that a disabled person isn't *penalized* for needing more time.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My hot take is that I don't give a fuck if someone without disabilities gets an accommodation. They get a slightly better grade on a test? Tests are just part of a grade or portfolio and also, who FUCKING CARES. I care that a disabled person isn't *penalized* for needing more time.
Some nights, you end up listening to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey and the Pogues. These are good nights.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Some nights, you end up listening to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, PJ Harvey and the Pogues. These are good nights.
Tonight was the first Xmas show of the season, with Alaska Thunderfuck 5000. Crucify by Tori Amos was covered. I am now appropriately seasonal.
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Tonight was the first Xmas show of the season, with Alaska Thunderfuck 5000. Crucify by Tori Amos was covered. I am now appropriately seasonal.
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I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
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The official #DOSember Game Jam release of Quest for Erasmus is out. tacoadventure.itch.io/quest-for-er...
Thanks to @thedeivore.bsky.social @invisiblespiders.com and slattstudio.com for making some of the screens for the game. The game is not complete yet and more is coming in the new year.
Thanks to @thedeivore.bsky.social @invisiblespiders.com and slattstudio.com for making some of the screens for the game. The game is not complete yet and more is coming in the new year.
Quest for Erasmus by tacoadventure
A Quest for Glory fan-game based around Erasmus' house from the original QfG1 EGA version.
tacoadventure.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The official #DOSember Game Jam release of Quest for Erasmus is out. tacoadventure.itch.io/quest-for-er...
Thanks to @thedeivore.bsky.social @invisiblespiders.com and slattstudio.com for making some of the screens for the game. The game is not complete yet and more is coming in the new year.
Thanks to @thedeivore.bsky.social @invisiblespiders.com and slattstudio.com for making some of the screens for the game. The game is not complete yet and more is coming in the new year.
Frank Darabont directed the hell out his first Stranger Things episode. The man has been out of the game a while, but it’s clearly time for a comeback.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Frank Darabont directed the hell out his first Stranger Things episode. The man has been out of the game a while, but it’s clearly time for a comeback.
I named my fists François and Truffaut because they’re going to deliver 400 blows.
I named my fists John and Cage because you're not going to be doing anything for the next four minutes and thirty three seconds
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I named my fists François and Truffaut because they’re going to deliver 400 blows.
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and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
and you know what? these students should also be judged, and judged harshly for this. running to the admins and state legislators and the press because you got a fairly earned failing grade on an assignment is and should be seen as a mark of extremely poor character. it makes you a very bad person.
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I believed this. I still went to college because I was "the smart one".
I even went to a Christian College! Required Bible classes!
Which is where I learned about the Council of Nicea.
In 4.5 years I (and my college) undid 18 years of religious indoctrination.
This statement is wrong.
I even went to a Christian College! Required Bible classes!
Which is where I learned about the Council of Nicea.
In 4.5 years I (and my college) undid 18 years of religious indoctrination.
This statement is wrong.
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I believed this. I still went to college because I was "the smart one".
I even went to a Christian College! Required Bible classes!
Which is where I learned about the Council of Nicea.
In 4.5 years I (and my college) undid 18 years of religious indoctrination.
This statement is wrong.
I even went to a Christian College! Required Bible classes!
Which is where I learned about the Council of Nicea.
In 4.5 years I (and my college) undid 18 years of religious indoctrination.
This statement is wrong.
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Just got hit with a $3500 vet bill, so taking the opportunity to remind folks that I'm available for all kinds of consultancy work, including stuff like mock/silent reviews, which I legit LOVE doing.
Details here:
www.lukeplunkett.com/consulting-2/
Thanks!
Details here:
www.lukeplunkett.com/consulting-2/
Thanks!
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Just got hit with a $3500 vet bill, so taking the opportunity to remind folks that I'm available for all kinds of consultancy work, including stuff like mock/silent reviews, which I legit LOVE doing.
Details here:
www.lukeplunkett.com/consulting-2/
Thanks!
Details here:
www.lukeplunkett.com/consulting-2/
Thanks!
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A bit late into Black Friday but hey I got three courses worth of Narrative Design lessons up on sale for half price.
That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!
itch.io/s/171366/nar...
#narrativedesign #indiedev
That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!
itch.io/s/171366/nar...
#narrativedesign #indiedev
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A bit late into Black Friday but hey I got three courses worth of Narrative Design lessons up on sale for half price.
That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!
itch.io/s/171366/nar...
#narrativedesign #indiedev
That's right I've published lessons from Narrative Crash Course and Strangened Narratives course online. Plus Dialogue Design!
itch.io/s/171366/nar...
#narrativedesign #indiedev
Today’s Fortnite chapter finale was so much fun. At its best Fortnite feels like being a kid, staging epic battles between all your favorite toys and it really captured that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Today’s Fortnite chapter finale was so much fun. At its best Fortnite feels like being a kid, staging epic battles between all your favorite toys and it really captured that.
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Rip Tom Stoppard, the man who made Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade an all time classic.
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Rip Tom Stoppard, the man who made Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade an all time classic.
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The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The effortless shift in discourse from people insisting that anything that isn't a white statue of a dead roman dude isn't art like 3 years ago to demanding that they be treated as visionary artists for typing" x-men mystique big boobs she's my girlfriend" into a prompt window
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I've had a horrible holiday and I may need to pay for a tow on my car. If you like my writing and want this holiday to suck less, please consider my tip jar at paypal.me/stompsite
my writing, which is all freely available for you to read, can be found at docseuss.medium.com
my writing, which is all freely available for you to read, can be found at docseuss.medium.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I've had a horrible holiday and I may need to pay for a tow on my car. If you like my writing and want this holiday to suck less, please consider my tip jar at paypal.me/stompsite
my writing, which is all freely available for you to read, can be found at docseuss.medium.com
my writing, which is all freely available for you to read, can be found at docseuss.medium.com
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Brew is out on Steam and Epic Games!
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Brew is out on Steam and Epic Games!
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I really hate how Call Of Duty just sucks the oxygen out of the room. So, the campaign in the annual corporate franchise sucks this year? There's been more words written about that than probably EVERY OTHER FPS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMBINED.
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I really hate how Call Of Duty just sucks the oxygen out of the room. So, the campaign in the annual corporate franchise sucks this year? There's been more words written about that than probably EVERY OTHER FPS RELEASED THIS YEAR COMBINED.
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
And there have been so goddamn many, and so many great ones
At my wife’s family Thanksgiving with all the aunts and uncles and cousins and nephews and endless dogs, there’s nothing better. Big, boisterous family where everyone is nice and chill and friendly.
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At my wife’s family Thanksgiving with all the aunts and uncles and cousins and nephews and endless dogs, there’s nothing better. Big, boisterous family where everyone is nice and chill and friendly.