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Nick Carver

@nickcarver.bsky.social

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Artist & developer making a cool thing with cool people. Prev: Riot, Blizzard, Epic, Heart Machine, Phoenix Labs, Wildlife, FRD.

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey #PortfolioDay
I do concepts, assets, art direction and real-time look dev for games &animation.

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 6h

Bloodborne and Silent Hill: two of the greatest games of all time and also two of the foggiest - Coincidence?!?!

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 6h

Go whole hog, like fog in a bog that's surrounded by smog.

Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 6h

Gamedev tip: If in doubt, fill it full of fog.

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Thomas Scholes @scholes.bsky.social · 22h

the saga continues;
- small room tests, borrowing prop textures for walls and floors, etc
- exploring another watercolor painting, now a kit
- back to the first room, exploring greater realism
- restart, greater UX focus but still seeking the spontaneous

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 3d

Fallen Angels (1995) - amazing cinematography and lighting by Christopher Doyle:

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Heather Penn @heatpenn.bsky.social · 3d

more level blockouts! #blocktober

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 5d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · Aug 13

hire me! I know what I'm doing 😊

castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here's Archery, Badminton, and 100meters.

I made this in 4 weeks. Handled everything from code to character design, from background art to animations to gameplay. It was a promotional sports game for a big advertising agency.

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Avelynmyre @avelynmyre.bsky.social · Sep 9

Some Avelynmyre (aka "Aves") OC ref sheets and early devlopment sketches. She's gone through lots of iterations!

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 9d

Digging through some reference folders I found this photo of my son from years ago on Cleeve Hill.

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 10d

Wait 20 minutes to get into an online-only game that most people play without interacting (or wanting to interact) with a single other player... Modern gaming is stupid.

Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 11d

Also, this ghoul is 81?!? How many blood boys does he have? 😂

Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 11d

We've only ever been useful as customers or workers to these 'visionaries'. Now that technology is reaching a point where neither is a requirement for their continued wealth and power, they can quietly drop the promises of a tech utopia and instead concentrate on surveillance and containment. Yay.

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 14d

Something new for family board game night!

Creepy 1930s boardgame called Physogs where you have to place the correct facial features in each head.

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Katherine Lam @katherinelam.bsky.social · 15d

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 16d

Me last night trying to explain why I'm watching The Great Waldo Pepper to my kids: 'It's about barnstormers in the 1920s! Robert Redford flew the planes and did his own stunts - including wing-walking!'

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Ladon Alex @ladonalex.bsky.social · Dec 17

camo

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SQUIDDY DOG @bigsquidman.bsky.social · Apr 11

Gas grab!

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 16d

Fungus Researchers

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Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 16d

'How should we announce the rebrand of GDC? It needs to feel new and fresh.'
'What if a 50s-style UFO appears and destroys an old billboard and then some cows look surprised?'
'Nice. Any music?'
'Perhaps a funky beat that quickly loses steam like it has no confidence in the messaging?'
'Perfect.'

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 17d

We're changing the game.

Nick Carver @nickcarver.bsky.social · 17d

Porth Wen Brickworks - a very Ghibli-esque place. I know that Miyazaki visited Wales during pre-production for Laputa and I wonder if he visited (or at least saw pictures of it)?