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Chris Holden
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Started a new environment piece over the weekend. Only clean meshes besides the lava texture so far. May be part of something bigger. Hoping to wrap it this weekend if weather allows.
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #leveldesign #gameart
January 21, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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I forgot rocks so I dug up a pack I bought ten years ago. Still looks great after reducing it to a since 512 diffuse. It's also massive scale as the cultist enemy is player sized.
#TemptGame #unrealengine #gamedev
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Weighted Authority by @chrisholden.bsky.social

A really impressive recreation of the Ritual Division from CONTROL. Crazy how accurate it looks considering the gap in technology.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Surface entrance to the Crypt.
Ambience video on discord.
#screenshotsaturday #TemptGame
#unrealengine #gamedev
January 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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built this collapsed tower area last night from flat, empty landscape. Pretty happy with the setting so far.
#TemptGame #unrealengine #gamedev #leveldesign
December 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Deep underground crypt level.
#screenshotsaturday #TemptGame #unrealengine #gamedev #leveldesign #indiegame #indiedev #horrorgaming #HorrorGames
December 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Had a lot fun building this beach fort.
#TemptGame #screenshotsaturday
#unrealengine #gamedev
#indiegame #indiedev
#horrorgaming #HorrorGames
December 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Tempt is back in development!
#TemptGame #unrealengine #gamedev
#indiegame #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
#horrorgaming #HorrorGames #gaming
December 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Today is 26th anniversary of Quake 2: Extremities (signed by the id devs at the time). Zaero was also released in November, but I don't know the release date. My first two game boxes in stores. #quake #gamedev
November 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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It's #ScreenshotSaturday! Here's an initial blockout and an early modular detail pass to see what pieces I need.
I have this whole platform adventure game prototype level as a playable build that takes around ten minutes to explore.
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #leveldesign
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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November 11, 2002 Goblin Commander was released for PS2, GameCube and Xbox. #gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Good morning #ScreenshotSaturday!

Start area representing about 1/10th of the planned #leveldesign for a puzzle platformer prototype. Already packed with level opening backtracking and tons of secret potential.

#UnrealEngine #gamedev
November 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Out here at a #Halloween party.
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Yo #ScreenshotSaturday. Here's ten area idea blockouts for a puzzle platformer. Had a lot of fun putting these together.
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #leveldesign #blocktober
October 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Quake Brutalist Jam 3 warm-ups.
#leveldesign #Blocktober #gamedev
October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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I'm proud to announce the start of the Quake Brutalist Jam 3, featuring a custom near total conversion mod
www.slipseer.com/index.php?th...
promotional image showing a cast of monsters and humans standing on a staircase in front of an imposing concrete structure. the text reads: "Quake Brutalist Jam III. Oct 19 - Nov 16"
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Happy #ScreenshotSaturday. More super clean bricks based on the previous ambience blockout posted last week
#UnrealEngine #gamedev #leveldesign
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Hey, more brick blockouts! #UnrealEngine5 #gamedev #leveldesign
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Ambience blockout 3 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
October 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Ambience blockout 2 #UnrealEngine
#gamedev
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Doing some ambience blockouts.
#gamedev #leveldesign
October 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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big gothic castle in quake from last year. didn't make it for any other reason than I was using it to make new textures and enjoying myself.
screenshot of a long stone bridge overshadowing a medieval town. the bridge has a gatehouse in the middle, which leads to the entrance of a castle the entrance to the castle. tall towers and turrets are scattered everywhere, it's an insane and dysfunctional layout mostly for showing off the implausibly large keep in the center of the castle. octogonal tower with turret towers in the corners that go up the whole length. a higher up view of the towers at the gate, with the massive keep visible in the back
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Anyone have any good examples of an edge enhance material in #UnrealEngine ? I'm happy with the stylized look so far, just needs something more.
The bricks are modular and clean. They'll be all roughed up and in variants later.
#gamedev
October 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I have an idea for a spooky stylized project for Halloween season. Just figuring things out now. #gamedev
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Last week was the 17th anniversary of Warhammer Online. Still love the work I got to do on this project.
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Warhammer Online, Chris Holden
Originally brought on as a World Artist, I made many of the buildings and props throughout the game with a majority in the Empire set. Due to my background Level Design and expertise in gameplay &...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM