Ryan Young
@ludicryan.bsky.social
he/him // Game Designer // Cat Dad
Previously worked on: Monument Valley 3, Surviving the Abyss, Dynasty of the Sands
Currently doing Game Design at Human Computer. Game developers must unionise! Based in Belfast
ludicryan.com
Previously worked on: Monument Valley 3, Surviving the Abyss, Dynasty of the Sands
Currently doing Game Design at Human Computer. Game developers must unionise! Based in Belfast
ludicryan.com
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Sadly my position has been made redundant and I'm on the lookout for a new role.
If you know of any current or future opportunities that may suit me please let me know.
Portfolio linked below:
gamesmegan.wordpress.com
If you know of any current or future opportunities that may suit me please let me know.
Portfolio linked below:
gamesmegan.wordpress.com
Megan Matthews
Game Designer
gamesmegan.wordpress.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Sadly my position has been made redundant and I'm on the lookout for a new role.
If you know of any current or future opportunities that may suit me please let me know.
Portfolio linked below:
gamesmegan.wordpress.com
If you know of any current or future opportunities that may suit me please let me know.
Portfolio linked below:
gamesmegan.wordpress.com
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After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
Fen Beatty
fensartden.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
After 9+ years at ustwo games I have unfortunately been made redundant.
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
If you are looking for a stylised 3D generalist with 10+ years experience to have on your team please give me a shout or let others know that I am available for work! I'd love to chat ✨
fensartden.com
fensartden@gmail.com
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Finally, a flag worth fighting for.
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Finally, a flag worth fighting for.
Got back into reading fiction in a big way the year before last after reading N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy. My family and partner were very good in gifting this haul of fiction over Christmas.
Already finished Blood Over Bright Haven and it’s electric
Already finished Blood Over Bright Haven and it’s electric
January 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Got back into reading fiction in a big way the year before last after reading N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy. My family and partner were very good in gifting this haul of fiction over Christmas.
Already finished Blood Over Bright Haven and it’s electric
Already finished Blood Over Bright Haven and it’s electric
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Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
One of the last puzzles I made for Monument Valley 3 was the Rubik’s Sphere. There were some cool technical and design challenges to bringing this one to life.
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One of the last puzzles I made for Monument Valley 3 was the Rubik’s Sphere. There were some cool technical and design challenges to bringing this one to life.
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Hironobu Sakaguchi, recently, on his X account, has been posting an absolute treasure trove of design docs and promotional materials from early games. These are early design docs from Final Fantasy 3.
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hironobu Sakaguchi, recently, on his X account, has been posting an absolute treasure trove of design docs and promotional materials from early games. These are early design docs from Final Fantasy 3.
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My level art..... ON DA TUBE????? 😳
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My level art..... ON DA TUBE????? 😳
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Last weekend I played so much News Tower that the news article symbols were in my dreams. Can’t wait to do the same again this weekend!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last weekend I played so much News Tower that the news article symbols were in my dreams. Can’t wait to do the same again this weekend!
Yaaaaayyy, playing through the new MV3 content that released today and the level I talked about in my video is in here as a mini puzzle! Weeeeeeee
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yaaaaayyy, playing through the new MV3 content that released today and the level I talked about in my video is in here as a mini puzzle! Weeeeeeee
One of today’s rainbows 😄🌈
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of today’s rainbows 😄🌈
It's a fortunate position to be in to make levels for a game series you really love. Even more fortunate for the studio @ustwogames.co.uk letting you make a video showing how these levels can be designed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
How to Make Monument Valley Levels
YouTube video by LudicRyan
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's a fortunate position to be in to make levels for a game series you really love. Even more fortunate for the studio @ustwogames.co.uk letting you make a video showing how these levels can be designed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL-F...
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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A bunch of new wonderful people added to this starter pack - collecting people working on indie games that explore better futures or critique the messed tangle of the present. Keep them coming! go.bsky.app/Fhw51ip #starterpack #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #future
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A bunch of new wonderful people added to this starter pack - collecting people working on indie games that explore better futures or critique the messed tangle of the present. Keep them coming! go.bsky.app/Fhw51ip #starterpack #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev #future
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This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
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We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We, the workers at Bethesda Games Studios, express our solidarity and support for the developers at Rockstar Games. Last month’s firings in the UK and Canada were a clear and disgusting case of union busting.
Terrific video about the recent union busting at Rockstar and the response by affected employees and supporters
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Terrific video about the recent union busting at Rockstar and the response by affected employees and supporters
Any London based game devs out there, I think this would be an important demo to show up to if you can.
The UK industry has to show Rockstar and Take Two higher ups that union busting will not be tolerated.
The UK industry has to show Rockstar and Take Two higher ups that union busting will not be tolerated.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Any London based game devs out there, I think this would be an important demo to show up to if you can.
The UK industry has to show Rockstar and Take Two higher ups that union busting will not be tolerated.
The UK industry has to show Rockstar and Take Two higher ups that union busting will not be tolerated.
This is utterly scandalous and shameful behaviour from Rockstar! The right to unionise should be inalienable for all workers.
That T2 and Rockstar would stoop this low is unconscionable!!
That T2 and Rockstar would stoop this low is unconscionable!!
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is utterly scandalous and shameful behaviour from Rockstar! The right to unionise should be inalienable for all workers.
That T2 and Rockstar would stoop this low is unconscionable!!
That T2 and Rockstar would stoop this low is unconscionable!!
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This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.
Riddle time:
I am a key of grey hue.
For dullness I am mocked.
I must often cross with sisters.
For purest crimson do I unlock.
What am I?
I am a key of grey hue.
For dullness I am mocked.
I must often cross with sisters.
For purest crimson do I unlock.
What am I?
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Riddle time:
I am a key of grey hue.
For dullness I am mocked.
I must often cross with sisters.
For purest crimson do I unlock.
What am I?
I am a key of grey hue.
For dullness I am mocked.
I must often cross with sisters.
For purest crimson do I unlock.
What am I?
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🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
The ZA/UM Workers' Alliance - a new union set up to represent a subset of UK-based employees at the company - discusses how it wants to help staff feel safe and comfortable in their jobs
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
www.gamesindustry.biz/after-layoff...
After layoffs, cancellations, and controversy, ZA/UM UK staff unionise as the Workers' Alliance
"We like being here. We want to continue being here. So let's try and get a seat at the table in the big management meetings."
www.gamesindustry.biz
October 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social
Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
Outside of the full time job as a game designer I try to practice outside of that with whatever design skill I’m not using.
Main job requiring lots of system design? Practice level design. Main job requiring level design? Practice puzzle design
Main job requiring lots of system design? Practice level design. Main job requiring level design? Practice puzzle design
Welcome, new followers! We're a group of game designers trying to push our craft forward through deep thought, collaboration, and open minds. We think, we chat, we write, we experiment.
How do YOU explore and improve as a game designer, besides making games? (Reposts welcome)
How do YOU explore and improve as a game designer, besides making games? (Reposts welcome)
September 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Outside of the full time job as a game designer I try to practice outside of that with whatever design skill I’m not using.
Main job requiring lots of system design? Practice level design. Main job requiring level design? Practice puzzle design
Main job requiring lots of system design? Practice level design. Main job requiring level design? Practice puzzle design
Doesn’t get much better than you and the cat playing silksong together
September 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doesn’t get much better than you and the cat playing silksong together