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· Aug 5
Hey y'all! I am Fairweather, and I make singleplayer levels for Quake, Team Fortress 2 and Doom!
Here's some of my work, I typically focus on encounter design, but here's some pretty visuals to catch your eye. Reposts appreciated.
Here's some of my work, I typically focus on encounter design, but here's some pretty visuals to catch your eye. Reposts appreciated.
I think that the most convincing argument against using AI in almost any circumstance, is that if you do, you become dependant on the whims of a corporation for your creative endeavours. They want to have you pay to think, pay to make things with your own two hands.
February 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
I think that the most convincing argument against using AI in almost any circumstance, is that if you do, you become dependant on the whims of a corporation for your creative endeavours. They want to have you pay to think, pay to make things with your own two hands.
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some niche shit that would only impress level designers: SHEEEESH
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
some niche shit that would only impress level designers: SHEEEESH
These people literally believe that walking around a horribly hallucinated 3D environment is what video games are. I'm scared that they're right and in a decade there'll be a hard split between 'real' video games, and these fake scenarios.
Google has released Project Genie, an AI tool that generates characters and explorable environments.
Videos of Genie outputs using licensed characters have since been subject to takedowns. Stock prices for some game companies have also dropped, though one analyst said the reaction was "overblown."
Videos of Genie outputs using licensed characters have since been subject to takedowns. Stock prices for some game companies have also dropped, though one analyst said the reaction was "overblown."
Google's 'Project Genie' World Generator Sparks Copyright and Investment Concerns
Project Genie is an "experimental research prototype" that lets users generate characters and explore worlds to move around.
thisweekinvideogames.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:57 AM
These people literally believe that walking around a horribly hallucinated 3D environment is what video games are. I'm scared that they're right and in a decade there'll be a hard split between 'real' video games, and these fake scenarios.
There is honestly no game which will make you feel more like a ninja than a shmup. Ninja Gaiden, Tenchu, nothing comes close to weaving through a gigantic fuck-off wall off bullets after finessing the enemy AI into giving you juuuuuuust enough room to glide your center pixel between it all.
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
There is honestly no game which will make you feel more like a ninja than a shmup. Ninja Gaiden, Tenchu, nothing comes close to weaving through a gigantic fuck-off wall off bullets after finessing the enemy AI into giving you juuuuuuust enough room to glide your center pixel between it all.
I think we could all do with following this advice a bit more often.
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I think we could all do with following this advice a bit more often.
KDE Plasma might just be the only Linux desktop environment made by human beings. I swapped to it and EVERYTHING is set up the way you would imagine it to be. There's a few random petty complaint stuff, but so far THIS is the way to Linux.
January 29, 2026 at 12:34 PM
KDE Plasma might just be the only Linux desktop environment made by human beings. I swapped to it and EVERYTHING is set up the way you would imagine it to be. There's a few random petty complaint stuff, but so far THIS is the way to Linux.
One of the worst things about linux is not being able to fucking open things by clicking on them. Every single fucking program wants you to do its stupid song and dance of figuring out which special words you have to type into a terminal like its 1994. Fuck offfffff mate
January 29, 2026 at 2:42 AM
One of the worst things about linux is not being able to fucking open things by clicking on them. Every single fucking program wants you to do its stupid song and dance of figuring out which special words you have to type into a terminal like its 1994. Fuck offfffff mate
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My map for Quake Brutalist Jam III: The Smell of Sunshine.
January 26, 2026 at 4:44 AM
My map for Quake Brutalist Jam III: The Smell of Sunshine.
Getting good at shmups has made me want to start designing dynamic difficulty systems into everything. Boomer shooter with a dynamic difficulty system lets go
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Getting good at shmups has made me want to start designing dynamic difficulty systems into everything. Boomer shooter with a dynamic difficulty system lets go
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Australia is the only colonised nation in the world that celebrates its national day on the anniversary of its own invasion. #auspol
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-j...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-j...
Why January 26 is not a date to celebrate and staying silent is not enough
January 26 is not neutral, and when leaders and brands stay silent, First Nations people continue to be harmed across Australia.
womensagenda.com.au
January 23, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Australia is the only colonised nation in the world that celebrates its national day on the anniversary of its own invasion. #auspol
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-j...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-j...
I'll have you know I spent 3 hours on this boss bullet pattern only to revert it to what I had originally 👍 GAME DEV
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I'll have you know I spent 3 hours on this boss bullet pattern only to revert it to what I had originally 👍 GAME DEV
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Celeste Deadlock with melanin
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Celeste Deadlock with melanin
Valve has the most Cunt character designs ever created, man.
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Valve has the most Cunt character designs ever created, man.
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My first feature of the year explores the phenomenon of Quake Brutalist Jam for @theguardian.com, and how the FPS mapping community is keeping old-school level design alive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:18 PM
My first feature of the year explores the phenomenon of Quake Brutalist Jam for @theguardian.com, and how the FPS mapping community is keeping old-school level design alive. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Quick Blue Revolver parallel mode 1cc to start the morning. That's one way to wake the fuck up!
January 20, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Quick Blue Revolver parallel mode 1cc to start the morning. That's one way to wake the fuck up!
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FATUM RACING CLUB
A race against time and fate in a digital vector world of early 2000s. This is a design concept inspired by the visuals of Wipeout, N, Darwinia and Colin McRae 2.0
Would you play a game like this?
A race against time and fate in a digital vector world of early 2000s. This is a design concept inspired by the visuals of Wipeout, N, Darwinia and Colin McRae 2.0
Would you play a game like this?
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
FATUM RACING CLUB
A race against time and fate in a digital vector world of early 2000s. This is a design concept inspired by the visuals of Wipeout, N, Darwinia and Colin McRae 2.0
Would you play a game like this?
A race against time and fate in a digital vector world of early 2000s. This is a design concept inspired by the visuals of Wipeout, N, Darwinia and Colin McRae 2.0
Would you play a game like this?
I am honestly going to be heartbroken when I inevitably have to change my shmup due to feedback. It's so incredibly fun and everything I add makes it more so.
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I am honestly going to be heartbroken when I inevitably have to change my shmup due to feedback. It's so incredibly fun and everything I add makes it more so.
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some screenshots of my map for Quake Brutalist Jam 3. go check it out, there are tons of maps and there's even a standalone version of the mod if you don't have #quake !
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
#qbj3 #leveldesign #trenchbroom
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
#qbj3 #leveldesign #trenchbroom
January 18, 2026 at 6:19 PM
some screenshots of my map for Quake Brutalist Jam 3. go check it out, there are tons of maps and there's even a standalone version of the mod if you don't have #quake !
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
#qbj3 #leveldesign #trenchbroom
www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
#qbj3 #leveldesign #trenchbroom
The worst thing about the Steam AI policy debacle that nobody is zeroing in on is that Steam STILL doesn't *actually* require any AI disclosure.
There is no penalty, so it's not really a rule.
There is no penalty, so it's not really a rule.
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The worst thing about the Steam AI policy debacle that nobody is zeroing in on is that Steam STILL doesn't *actually* require any AI disclosure.
There is no penalty, so it's not really a rule.
There is no penalty, so it's not really a rule.
Every single day I wake up happy that I am not Jonathan Blow. Thank God.
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Every single day I wake up happy that I am not Jonathan Blow. Thank God.
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rover from quake brutalist jam 3 i want to draw more but this style where i try to make the lines neat feels really slow
January 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
rover from quake brutalist jam 3 i want to draw more but this style where i try to make the lines neat feels really slow
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Screenshots of my entry in Qbj3.
January 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Screenshots of my entry in Qbj3.