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Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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Senior Level Designer at Grip. Ex Designer at Gameloft, Saber Int.

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How Atomic Heart uses exits from spaces to frame next doors

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #EnvironmentDesign #AtomicHeart #Mundfish
Atomic Heart. Exits From Rooms | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Yellow color as part of the character design in Alan Wake 2

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#GameDesign #CharacterDesign #AlanWake #AlanWake2 #Remedy
Alan Wake 2. Yellow Color on characters | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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Example of the adaptive difficulty in Ghost of Yotei

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#GameDesign #GhostOfYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Adaptive Difficulty | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Design of the Tutorial Widget in Ghost of Yotei

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#GameDesign #UX #UXDesign #UXUI #UIUX #UI #UserInterface #GhostOfYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Tutorial Texts | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Breakdown of the well recognisable visual art style in Atomic Heart

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#GameDesign #ArtDirection #LevelArt #Lighting #LevelDesign #AtomicHeart #Mundfish
Atomic Heart. Recognisable Visual Style | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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How Atomic Heart hooks the player

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#NarrativeDesign #GameDesign #AtomicHeart
Atomic Heart. FTUE and How the game hooks the player | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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January 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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How elevations of camps work in Ghost of Yotei

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #CombatDesign #GhostofYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. The role of elevations in camps | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Combat as a dance in Ghost of Yotei and how the camera works for different scenarios

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#GameDesign #CombatDesign #GhostOfYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Combat as a dance | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Why the bridge in Elden Ring's DLC was placed brilliantly

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #EldenRing #EnvironmentDesign #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Clever Design of the Bridge | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How Elden Ring uses the fog

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #Lighting #EldenRing #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Fog | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Ghost of Yotei. Issues with Grappling Hook metrics

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #GhostOfYotei #AssassinsCreedShadows #Sekiro #Metrics
Ghost of Yotei. Issues with Grappling Hook metrics | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Example of how focal points work in Elden Ring

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #LevelArt #EnvironmentArt #EnvironmentDesign #EldenRing #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Focal Points | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Spatial articulation as part of the bonfire's placement

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#EldenRing #FromSoftware #LevelDesign #GameDesign #levelArt #EnvironmentArt
Elden Ring. Articulation as part of bonfires | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Visual contrast of door frames in Elden Ring

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #EldenRing #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Visual Contrasts of Doors | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Dragon Temple Lift. Exploring the Design of a Small Elden Ring Location

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #EnvironmentDesign #LevelArt #EldenRing #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Dragon Temple Lift | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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December 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The Worf Pack in Ghost of Yotei is a remarkably interesting take on a character journal. What stands out the most to me is how this feature delivers information visually rather than through text.

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#GameDesign #UXDesign #UX #UIUX #GhostOfYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Wolf Pack | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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How Ghost of Yotei delivers the main story conflict through flashbacks and why it works

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#NarrativeDesign #GameDesign #GhostOfYotei #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Narrative design of the main flashback | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Visual language of memories in Ghost of Yotei

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#GhostOfYotei #GameDesign #NarrativeDesign #Directing
Ghost of Yotei. Memories | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Design of the camp in Ghost of Yotei and how it works from Narrative and Gameplay standpoints simultaneously

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#GameDesign #GhostOfYotei #NarrativeDesign
Ghost of Yotei. Design of the camp | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Analyze of geometry rhythms in Elden Ring

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #EldenRing #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Rhythm in Geometry | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Bloom effect as the part of visual language in Elden Ring

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#EldenRing #LevelDesign #GameDesign #FromSoftware
Elden Ring. Bloom Effect | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Visual Language of Traders in Ghost of Yotei

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#LevelDesign #LevelArt #GhostOfYotei #Sony #GameDesign
Ghost of Yotei. Visual Language of Traders | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Here’s my breakdown of trees design in Ghost of Yotei.

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#LevelDesign #GameDesign #Art #ArtDirection #GhostOfYotei #Sony #SuckerPunch
Ghost of Yotei. Design of Trees | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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How the Spider Boss Fight Delivers Story Through Gameplay: A Narrative Breakdown

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#GameDesign #NarrativeDesign #GhostOfYotei #Screenplay
Ghost of Yotei. Narrative aspect of the boss fight with The Spider | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Game Design Lessons I’ve Learned from Little Nightmares III

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#GameDesign #LevelDesign #Directing #LittleNightmares #LittleNightmares3
Little Nightmares 3. Lessons from the game | Game Designer Notes | Dmytro Nesterenko
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November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM