Noah Rigden
@noahgamesdesign.bsky.social
🎮 Freelance Game Designer // Current: Looking for new home // Previous: PurrPointProduction, London College of Communication
https://noahrigden.com/
https://noahrigden.com/
Maybe its rose tinted glasses but I feel like conventions have become very low quality as of late.
Like every stall is a bunch of 3D printed models that anyone can buy the file for, mystery boxes that are certainly full of junk, and there are very few artists with original cool shit :/
Like every stall is a bunch of 3D printed models that anyone can buy the file for, mystery boxes that are certainly full of junk, and there are very few artists with original cool shit :/
May 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Maybe its rose tinted glasses but I feel like conventions have become very low quality as of late.
Like every stall is a bunch of 3D printed models that anyone can buy the file for, mystery boxes that are certainly full of junk, and there are very few artists with original cool shit :/
Like every stall is a bunch of 3D printed models that anyone can buy the file for, mystery boxes that are certainly full of junk, and there are very few artists with original cool shit :/
Fuck WoTC for this shit.
Join a union guys.
Join a union guys.
Wizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize game worker union
Wizards of the Coast declines to voluntarily recognize game worker union
'When we spoke up about our desire to unionize, they responded only to the press.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Fuck WoTC for this shit.
Join a union guys.
Join a union guys.
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Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle.
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
April 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle.
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle.
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
April 27, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle.
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
It's been almost exactly a year since I started learning this song. It's easily been the hardest thing I've ever had to learn.
I literally quit guitar for 6 months because it frustrated me too much 💀
But ENJOY!
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What the fucken hell do better @baftagames.bsky.social this i so shameful.
Multiple times Alyx offered to make changes. Trailer work infamously deals with lots of last minute changes and moving parts. And despite that, the door was open to make further changes, but no, cancelled THE NIGHT BEFORE.
Multiple times Alyx offered to make changes. Trailer work infamously deals with lots of last minute changes and moving parts. And despite that, the door was open to make further changes, but no, cancelled THE NIGHT BEFORE.
BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.
April 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
What the fucken hell do better @baftagames.bsky.social this i so shameful.
Multiple times Alyx offered to make changes. Trailer work infamously deals with lots of last minute changes and moving parts. And despite that, the door was open to make further changes, but no, cancelled THE NIGHT BEFORE.
Multiple times Alyx offered to make changes. Trailer work infamously deals with lots of last minute changes and moving parts. And despite that, the door was open to make further changes, but no, cancelled THE NIGHT BEFORE.
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I love when you can tell a level designer was at the end of their rope at one point
April 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I love when you can tell a level designer was at the end of their rope at one point
I just have no faith in this sadly. Maybe it'll surprise me and be decent...
First poster for ‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM’.
In theaters on December 17, 2027.
In theaters on December 17, 2027.
April 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I just have no faith in this sadly. Maybe it'll surprise me and be decent...
It's so funny to read converative posts about the Trump Jesus Tweet.
They can all be boiled down to: "I can't condone this one".
What the fuck do you mean you could condone THE OTHER THINGS?
They can all be boiled down to: "I can't condone this one".
What the fuck do you mean you could condone THE OTHER THINGS?
April 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
It's so funny to read converative posts about the Trump Jesus Tweet.
They can all be boiled down to: "I can't condone this one".
What the fuck do you mean you could condone THE OTHER THINGS?
They can all be boiled down to: "I can't condone this one".
What the fuck do you mean you could condone THE OTHER THINGS?
I used to see this kind of stuff a lot with story based games outside of RPGs (Especially around The Last of Us and Horizon). Yes those games are story based, but they're not self insert games.
A character making bad choices does not inherently make a narrative worse.
A character making bad choices does not inherently make a narrative worse.
For anyone who doesn't know what the current discourse re: books and perspective is about
I offer you a lovely flashbang of information
And also some bog standard misogyny to go with the inability to understand that 1st person is a character telling YOU what happened, not you self-inserting
I offer you a lovely flashbang of information
And also some bog standard misogyny to go with the inability to understand that 1st person is a character telling YOU what happened, not you self-inserting
April 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I used to see this kind of stuff a lot with story based games outside of RPGs (Especially around The Last of Us and Horizon). Yes those games are story based, but they're not self insert games.
A character making bad choices does not inherently make a narrative worse.
A character making bad choices does not inherently make a narrative worse.
Shoutout to the game I'm working on being entirely squares.
We also have a shitty JPG hammer with some VFX work!
We also have a shitty JPG hammer with some VFX work!
March 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Shoutout to the game I'm working on being entirely squares.
We also have a shitty JPG hammer with some VFX work!
We also have a shitty JPG hammer with some VFX work!
I was gonna post a head banging gif but it's just not appropriate.
This is fucking bleak dude
This is fucking bleak dude
Epic Games has laid off over 1000 employees www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/n...
March 24, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I was gonna post a head banging gif but it's just not appropriate.
This is fucking bleak dude
This is fucking bleak dude
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GDC's 2026 IGF winner calls out U.S. cruelty at home and abroad
March 12, 2026 at 5:38 PM
GDC's 2026 IGF winner calls out U.S. cruelty at home and abroad
fuck sake. Book of Lenses is a goated book.
I guess everytime I look at it, I'll frown from now on 😭
I guess everytime I look at it, I'll frown from now on 😭
Me when I learned that Jesse Schell's Game Designer's Notebook talk was about using genAI.
I just walked out.
I just walked out.
March 11, 2026 at 9:14 PM
fuck sake. Book of Lenses is a goated book.
I guess everytime I look at it, I'll frown from now on 😭
I guess everytime I look at it, I'll frown from now on 😭
I swear you literally cannot win in this industry
I cannot emphasize enough that these people are being laid off for failing to do things that are literally impossible
March 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I swear you literally cannot win in this industry
We are literally goverened by morons who are in the pursuit of destroying art.
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
🧵 1/4
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
🧵 1/4
March 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
We are literally goverened by morons who are in the pursuit of destroying art.
Is it weird to say I think Firewatch might be a revolutionary game?
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Is it weird to say I think Firewatch might be a revolutionary game?
One of the worst parts of applying for jobs is how I'm expected to write thousands of words tailored to a specific job, then just move on like I didn't spend like an hour or two on it only to see "we've gone with someone else, also no feedback".
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February 4, 2026 at 4:58 PM
One of the worst parts of applying for jobs is how I'm expected to write thousands of words tailored to a specific job, then just move on like I didn't spend like an hour or two on it only to see "we've gone with someone else, also no feedback".
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You need to understand how fucking broken this country is and how little this will help. Why are Labour the worst? Jesus Christ the bar was on the floor and they still tripped.
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:14 PM
You need to understand how fucking broken this country is and how little this will help. Why are Labour the worst? Jesus Christ the bar was on the floor and they still tripped.
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The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
January 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome
Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February
I think applying for jobs has been the single most demoralising thing I've ever done in my life. Not just games industry, just in general.
Stressing about money knowing there's no fucking end in sight for unemployment. It's awful.
Stressing about money knowing there's no fucking end in sight for unemployment. It's awful.
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I think applying for jobs has been the single most demoralising thing I've ever done in my life. Not just games industry, just in general.
Stressing about money knowing there's no fucking end in sight for unemployment. It's awful.
Stressing about money knowing there's no fucking end in sight for unemployment. It's awful.
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Hah I found that great quote. The deities bless this wonderful person that is @neilnewbon.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hah I found that great quote. The deities bless this wonderful person that is @neilnewbon.bsky.social
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Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
December 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Using genAI for concept art is so fucking stupid because like... that's where you get the cool shit. Thats the blue sky phase where artists make pieces of art that will be seen by a teenager later and change their life forever. Why would you want to start from mediocre. Why would you do that.
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Our statement on the recent layoffs affecting workers at Coatsink, Splash Damage, Glowmade & Square Enix, putting over 300 workers at risk of redundancy in the run up to Christmas.
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our statement on the recent layoffs affecting workers at Coatsink, Splash Damage, Glowmade & Square Enix, putting over 300 workers at risk of redundancy in the run up to Christmas.
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
If you work in the UK games industry, join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
how is it possible to have a job application denied after an hour of applying when it's a massive studio and the job posting has been up for like 20 hours 💀
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
how is it possible to have a job application denied after an hour of applying when it's a massive studio and the job posting has been up for like 20 hours 💀
Truly will avoid every game that uses Gen AI in some way (until some proper regulation but that's a pipe dream so probably forever).
Ubisoft boss believes generative AI is as big a revolution for games as the shift to 3D, as tech is embraced company-wide
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-boss...
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Truly will avoid every game that uses Gen AI in some way (until some proper regulation but that's a pipe dream so probably forever).