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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer

@monsterurby.bsky.social

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38 | he/him Gamer, Level Designer, Mothership TTRPG Enjoyer, Father, ADHD haver, Former contractor @ Slipgate Ironworks Currently working on They Came From Dimension X and Half-Life: The Core, a long overdue mod.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hey there, Bluesky.

I am Urby, a level designer working primarily in Goldsource. I have worked with Unity and Unreal 4 in the past, but the majority of my experience lies with Half-Life.

I've also lent my voice to various mod projects, such as the TWHL Tower series. I am also ASTOUNDINGLY unfunny.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 4h

Tomorrow, October the 10th, is Mental Health Awareness Day. I've come to feel very strongly about this topic over the last year.

Remember in these CRAZY times that it's OK to not be OK.

Swallow your pride or sit on your fears for at least 24 hours and talk to somebody you trust.

You got this. <3

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 7h

I had to read this ever so punchy headline FIVE TIMES to fully process what was being said...

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 7h

Sorry to hear that. Take it easy. Disregard other humans for a little bit. 😉

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 1d

Go to therapy.
Challenge hatred in all its forms.
Never turn down the chance to have a pee.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 1d

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Jane Thrace @ladyjanethrace.bsky.social · 1d

teensy tiny preview of the updated laser lab in FUBAR, about a week of work so far & I'm already so, so much happier with this compared to how it looked before, WIP as always!💜

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 3d

feeling seen

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 9d

and I have a grand total of one day to get it finished before Arc Raiders also lands... Some serious first world problems going down here.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 13d

The tracks in this movie have absolute no right slapping this fucking hard. What the Hell!?

youtu.be/yebNIHKAC4A

“Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 18d

20 years ago, before making a name for myself in the Half-Life community as "Where's The Core!?" I bought into an ideas-guy's pitch and joined a Source modding team as a texture artist

The ModDB page is still up but none of my work was shown before the team dissolved

www.moddb.com/mods/h-l-f-l...

H λ L F - L I F E: Event Horizon mod for Half-Life 2

The Seven Hour War, the world's most devastating and destructive war. The one that resulted in the slavery of mankind, and the downfall of our civilization. We honor all those who fought in that epic ...

www.moddb.com

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 19d

When you're right, you're right. Archie has given all his whiteboard textures for The Core a makeover, using new Photoshop tools and a tablet.

The mod is full of Easter eggs, references and other things on the whiteboards and I think redoing them by hand really helps to humanise them a little more.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 26d

Hands tied. There will be no bed making today.

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Kim's in need of a job @iibo.games · 26d

game design is when you signal something to the player. the more signs there are the more game designed it is.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 27d

You don't follow me for my take on current events/politics. I'll keep this brief.

Do not applaud murder, regardless of how you felt about the victim or their views. It solves nothing and is more likely to embolden those who would otherwise keep to themselves.

Don't paint a target on your own head.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 27d

Scornkeeper by name, beekeeper at heart.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

I... may have already tested this. 🙃

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

Ahem, "nether regions" if you please. My goodness.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

Ha! I was literally about to ask Strideh, "Didn't you play this one as well?"

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

It's doable actually. func_breakable can't differentiate damage types like melee or explosives, but there's a way to do this with invisible buttons triggered and a game_counter.

An explosion can activate all the buttons at once, then the game_counter can trigger the wall to break.💥

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

Oh absolutely, but I'm no coder, hence my limitations.

Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

Sorry. Too talented.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 28d

Thinking about that metroidvania Half-Life mod again, now that Silksong is on my mind.

Without custom code, there's only five pickups I can think of that would open up new paths.

- Crowbar > Barriers
- Gun > Spicy barriers
- Gauss gun > Wall bang
- Long jump module > Wide gaps
- Maybe a key card?

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Tim?! from BlueKeyGames!🙃 @bluekeygames.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am actually really really happy with how the Hunger re-do came out. This thing is going to be terrifying with its clop-clopping around and its enormous teeth glistening in the dark (hopefully).

Getting eaten alive freaks me out.

An immense crab-like tentacled alien creature with enormous teeth. It is looking at you.

Rear view of an immense crab-like tentacled alien creature with enormous teeth.

Green eyes atop the eye stalk of an alien creature.

An immense crab-like tentacled alien creature with enormous teeth and a monstrous gaping maw. It is attempting to eat you.

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Monster Urby 🇬🇧 Level Designer @monsterurby.bsky.social · 29d

See these guys?

FUCK these guys!

#silksong

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