Brad (Strideh)
@strideh.bsky.social
Brad • hobbyist level designer • amateur texture guy • artstation.com/strideh • https://strideh.itch.io/
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Everyone I grew up thinking was cool, or who made cool things, has seemingly turned into an asshole. Except John Romero, bless him and his hair.
July 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Everyone I grew up thinking was cool, or who made cool things, has seemingly turned into an asshole. Except John Romero, bless him and his hair.
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thinkin' about Half-Life today? why not watch my video about some of the coolest surreal art ever made for it! some (me) are calling it 2025's best youtube video, woah! youtu.be/M8Dr2CxUeME
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
thinkin' about Half-Life today? why not watch my video about some of the coolest surreal art ever made for it! some (me) are calling it 2025's best youtube video, woah! youtu.be/M8Dr2CxUeME
Replaying Route Kanal and Water Hazard to gather a few reference pics and noclip around. I found 3 lambda caches I had no idea existed, so I'm taking it as a sign.
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Replaying Route Kanal and Water Hazard to gather a few reference pics and noclip around. I found 3 lambda caches I had no idea existed, so I'm taking it as a sign.
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exhausted and cba to actually finish this one at the moment but wanted to post anyways
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
exhausted and cba to actually finish this one at the moment but wanted to post anyways
Don't know if it's an early midlife crisis or what, but lately I feel like I blinked and the last 10 years just disappeared. Fucking me up.
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Don't know if it's an early midlife crisis or what, but lately I feel like I blinked and the last 10 years just disappeared. Fucking me up.
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Besides the obvious reasons for disliking Gen AI, here’s a personal one: I’m scared it’s going to ruin my enjoyment of Game UI.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Besides the obvious reasons for disliking Gen AI, here’s a personal one: I’m scared it’s going to ruin my enjoyment of Game UI.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
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still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
still looking for level design work!
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
I can work in Unreal, Unity, and probably whatever in-house engine you'll throw at me. I have worked on DLC for Sniper Elite 5, various community mod projects, and custom maps for TF2 and Half-Life 2.
portfolio ➡️ iibo.games
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Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social needs to be transfered by helicopter to a medical center where they can better treat her cancer, which means her gofundme needs $20k more. please give to support this trans game dev elder if you can!
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
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November 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Rebecca Heineman @burgerbecky.bsky.social needs to be transfered by helicopter to a medical center where they can better treat her cancer, which means her gofundme needs $20k more. please give to support this trans game dev elder if you can!
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Several years ago I played around with an idea of combining Soul Reaver with Mike Mignola / Darkest Dungeon kind of aesthetic
I felt like Raziel's character design combined really well with Mignola's angular style
I felt like Raziel's character design combined really well with Mignola's angular style
December 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Several years ago I played around with an idea of combining Soul Reaver with Mike Mignola / Darkest Dungeon kind of aesthetic
I felt like Raziel's character design combined really well with Mignola's angular style
I felt like Raziel's character design combined really well with Mignola's angular style
RAFFLESIA ONLINE
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November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Are there actually many books out there like Raising the Bar that aren't 'just' concept art collections, but have loads of level and game design sketches and thoughts? Ideally from the earlier days of FPS design. Was RTB kinda rare in that regard?
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Are there actually many books out there like Raising the Bar that aren't 'just' concept art collections, but have loads of level and game design sketches and thoughts? Ideally from the earlier days of FPS design. Was RTB kinda rare in that regard?
Becoming a pretty firm believer that no series should have more than 3 titles. And they already have to work bloody hard to justify 2 and 3.
November 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Becoming a pretty firm believer that no series should have more than 3 titles. And they already have to work bloody hard to justify 2 and 3.
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My new Thief 2 Fan Mission, Reflection in Red, is out! I am very proud of this one, and it is by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date. www.ttlg.com/forums/showt...
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My new Thief 2 Fan Mission, Reflection in Red, is out! I am very proud of this one, and it is by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date. www.ttlg.com/forums/showt...
I just rewatched Nineteen Eighty-Four, then read the Prime 4 news afterwards, and I can't decide which one made me sadder.
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I just rewatched Nineteen Eighty-Four, then read the Prime 4 news afterwards, and I can't decide which one made me sadder.
Customisable front is nice I guess, but the gabe cube has absolutely no design charisma. Just the dullest thing I've ever seen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Customisable front is nice I guess, but the gabe cube has absolutely no design charisma. Just the dullest thing I've ever seen.
Wish we could just run fuckers like this outta town, make em starve in a desert somewhere
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
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“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wish we could just run fuckers like this outta town, make em starve in a desert somewhere
Man, even if the film's a disaster, I can't stop looking at John Eaves' concept art for Ghosts of Mars
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Man, even if the film's a disaster, I can't stop looking at John Eaves' concept art for Ghosts of Mars
Phew, new Urban Decay update, finally. These broken windows took a lot of work, but I think they were worth it. There's now 940 bloody textures in this thing, so close to the big 1000.
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
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1.4 'The Windows Update'
No, not one of those windows updates. Here are 120 new textures, mostly focused around expanding the selection of windows available. There are new factory and residential windows, a handful of window....
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Phew, new Urban Decay update, finally. These broken windows took a lot of work, but I think they were worth it. There's now 940 bloody textures in this thing, so close to the big 1000.
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
strideh.itch.io/stridehs-urb...
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that one video from 2021 that (I think?) gave me the only sliver of cred in quake 1 community that I'm coasting on to this day
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
that one video from 2021 that (I think?) gave me the only sliver of cred in quake 1 community that I'm coasting on to this day
The only thing I've ever become more sure of with age, re: social queues, is I don't know a fucking thing and I should assume the best. If I ever become a scold just fucking shoot me.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The only thing I've ever become more sure of with age, re: social queues, is I don't know a fucking thing and I should assume the best. If I ever become a scold just fucking shoot me.
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
It's been so long that all I could really remember were the incredible creatures, and I'm sure teenage me really didn't get the bigger picture, but damn Pan's Labyrinth hits like a gut punch today.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's been so long that all I could really remember were the incredible creatures, and I'm sure teenage me really didn't get the bigger picture, but damn Pan's Labyrinth hits like a gut punch today.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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The pre-release for UZDoom's debut is here! If you'd like to help us test UZDoom in preparation for 4.14.3 grab the build here: github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo... (expand the Assets tab)
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The pre-release for UZDoom's debut is here! If you'd like to help us test UZDoom in preparation for 4.14.3 grab the build here: github.com/UZDoom/UZDoo... (expand the Assets tab)
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...
(Windows and Linux available; Mac coming later)
Read the details here: zdoom.org/wiki/UZDoom_...