Patrick Haslow
@patrickhaslow.bsky.social
Lead Level Designer and #gamedev #leveldesign educator.
https://www.youtube.com/@LDLearning
#UnrealEngine Gotham Knights, For Honor, BioShock Infinite, Homefront, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/@LDLearning
#UnrealEngine Gotham Knights, For Honor, BioShock Infinite, Homefront, etc.
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Patrick Haslow
@patrickhaslow.bsky.social
· Feb 17
Patrick Haslow | Epic Developer Community
Veteran AAA level designer, created PvP, PvE, and Co-op experiences in titles such as Hogwarts Legacy, Gotham Knights, For Honor, Bioshock Infinite, Homefront, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
dev.epicgames.com
My Level Design Learning Path videos for #UnrealEngine at Epic Dev Community!
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
It's #Blocktober again, so its time for a reminder about my video for #EpicGames on creating #leveldesign blockouts in #UnrealEngine.
It's part of a series I created as a Level Design Learning Path:
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFE5...
It's part of a series I created as a Level Design Learning Path:
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFE5...
Creating a Level Blockout for Game Development - Epic Games Dev Community
YouTube video by Level Design Learning with Patrick Haslow
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October 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's #Blocktober again, so its time for a reminder about my video for #EpicGames on creating #leveldesign blockouts in #UnrealEngine.
It's part of a series I created as a Level Design Learning Path:
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFE5...
It's part of a series I created as a Level Design Learning Path:
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFE5...
Alien : Earth
An inspiring, rich history of evolution for Weyland-Yutani during its decades of existence:
Huawei AliBaba - Yutani
Amazon Apple - Yutani
Google Lynch - Yutani
Microsoft Dynamic - Yutani
Meta Threshold - Yutani
Tesla Weyland - Yutani
Weyland - Yutani
#corporategreed #inflation
An inspiring, rich history of evolution for Weyland-Yutani during its decades of existence:
Huawei AliBaba - Yutani
Amazon Apple - Yutani
Google Lynch - Yutani
Microsoft Dynamic - Yutani
Meta Threshold - Yutani
Tesla Weyland - Yutani
Weyland - Yutani
#corporategreed #inflation
October 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Alien : Earth
An inspiring, rich history of evolution for Weyland-Yutani during its decades of existence:
Huawei AliBaba - Yutani
Amazon Apple - Yutani
Google Lynch - Yutani
Microsoft Dynamic - Yutani
Meta Threshold - Yutani
Tesla Weyland - Yutani
Weyland - Yutani
#corporategreed #inflation
An inspiring, rich history of evolution for Weyland-Yutani during its decades of existence:
Huawei AliBaba - Yutani
Amazon Apple - Yutani
Google Lynch - Yutani
Microsoft Dynamic - Yutani
Meta Threshold - Yutani
Tesla Weyland - Yutani
Weyland - Yutani
#corporategreed #inflation
“That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for … what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers?”
Thank you David Cross for calling out the disgraceful behavior on display.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Thank you David Cross for calling out the disgraceful behavior on display.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
David Cross Slams Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle and Others Performing at Saudi Comedy Festival: “Disgusted”
In a scathing open letter, Cross is the latest to criticize his fellow comedians for participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival: "I am deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. How can any of us...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for … what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers?”
Thank you David Cross for calling out the disgraceful behavior on display.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Thank you David Cross for calling out the disgraceful behavior on display.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
Microsoft is hiking GamePass prices by exploiting the subjective myth of inflation perpetuated by the wealthy class.
Everyone can determine the amount of OUR demand vs. the supply provided by Microsoft.
Let corporate overlords know they have overestimated demand by cancelling your subscription.
Everyone can determine the amount of OUR demand vs. the supply provided by Microsoft.
Let corporate overlords know they have overestimated demand by cancelling your subscription.
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Microsoft is hiking GamePass prices by exploiting the subjective myth of inflation perpetuated by the wealthy class.
Everyone can determine the amount of OUR demand vs. the supply provided by Microsoft.
Let corporate overlords know they have overestimated demand by cancelling your subscription.
Everyone can determine the amount of OUR demand vs. the supply provided by Microsoft.
Let corporate overlords know they have overestimated demand by cancelling your subscription.
Started playing Fashion Police. Really digging the retro aesthetic with modern sensibilities and the subversion of violent FPS.
It feels like a really polished mod, and I mean that in the best way possible.
#FashionPolicegame
It feels like a really polished mod, and I mean that in the best way possible.
#FashionPolicegame
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Started playing Fashion Police. Really digging the retro aesthetic with modern sensibilities and the subversion of violent FPS.
It feels like a really polished mod, and I mean that in the best way possible.
#FashionPolicegame
It feels like a really polished mod, and I mean that in the best way possible.
#FashionPolicegame
Reposted by Patrick Haslow
This is the Flash game that was on a Bottom DVD. #rikmayall
September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is the Flash game that was on a Bottom DVD. #rikmayall
One of the best parts of Alien : Earth is the lack of transparent computer displays in the production design.
FFS its about time.
How many years since Minority Report did we have to suffer the fantasy of a completely impractical UX?
Star Wars got it right in 1977. Holograms for drama only.
FFS its about time.
How many years since Minority Report did we have to suffer the fantasy of a completely impractical UX?
Star Wars got it right in 1977. Holograms for drama only.
September 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
One of the best parts of Alien : Earth is the lack of transparent computer displays in the production design.
FFS its about time.
How many years since Minority Report did we have to suffer the fantasy of a completely impractical UX?
Star Wars got it right in 1977. Holograms for drama only.
FFS its about time.
How many years since Minority Report did we have to suffer the fantasy of a completely impractical UX?
Star Wars got it right in 1977. Holograms for drama only.
I used to get annoyed that the most popular mods for Star Wars games were fucking Zelda mods.
Actually, it still pisses me off.
#StarWars #videogames #Nintendo
Actually, it still pisses me off.
#StarWars #videogames #Nintendo
September 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I used to get annoyed that the most popular mods for Star Wars games were fucking Zelda mods.
Actually, it still pisses me off.
#StarWars #videogames #Nintendo
Actually, it still pisses me off.
#StarWars #videogames #Nintendo
Fuck it.
Canceled all my Bob Iger related subscriptions. #FreeSpeech
Canceled all my Bob Iger related subscriptions. #FreeSpeech
September 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Fuck it.
Canceled all my Bob Iger related subscriptions. #FreeSpeech
Canceled all my Bob Iger related subscriptions. #FreeSpeech
New playlist on Level Design Learning channel!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From Gotham Knights, a series of early prototypes of Mr. Freeze encounters in Blackgate Penitentiary. #leveldesign #gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From Gotham Knights, a series of early prototypes of Mr. Freeze encounters in Blackgate Penitentiary. #leveldesign #gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
Gotham Knights: Mr. Freeze Early Prototypes (Blackgate) - YouTube
In the Mr. Freeze story arc of Gotham Knights, there was a plan that would involve him being at Blackgate Penitentiary - originally both as a villain to visi...
youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
New playlist on Level Design Learning channel!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From Gotham Knights, a series of early prototypes of Mr. Freeze encounters in Blackgate Penitentiary. #leveldesign #gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
From Gotham Knights, a series of early prototypes of Mr. Freeze encounters in Blackgate Penitentiary. #leveldesign #gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
I haven’t engaged with X (Twitter) since March- previously November ‘24.
I check it monthly out of morbid curiosity.
Here is latest “recommended feed”. Literally nothing but a MAGA fan I’ve never heard about.
Proves the algorithm of is by default a right wing booster. The feed for past 5 months.
I check it monthly out of morbid curiosity.
Here is latest “recommended feed”. Literally nothing but a MAGA fan I’ve never heard about.
Proves the algorithm of is by default a right wing booster. The feed for past 5 months.
August 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I haven’t engaged with X (Twitter) since March- previously November ‘24.
I check it monthly out of morbid curiosity.
Here is latest “recommended feed”. Literally nothing but a MAGA fan I’ve never heard about.
Proves the algorithm of is by default a right wing booster. The feed for past 5 months.
I check it monthly out of morbid curiosity.
Here is latest “recommended feed”. Literally nothing but a MAGA fan I’ve never heard about.
Proves the algorithm of is by default a right wing booster. The feed for past 5 months.
I am starting to release my backlog of #gamedev #leveldesign videos. This week its a before and after playlist of the introductory story mission in 2022's Gotham Knights:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Subscribe to LevelDesignLearning channel to catch them all !
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Subscribe to LevelDesignLearning channel to catch them all !
Gotham Knights: Released vs. Development - Langstrom Mission (Gotham University) - YouTube
In this playlist, you can see a comparison of released and in development versions of Gotham Knight's first story mission - Langstrom (Gotham University). I ...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I am starting to release my backlog of #gamedev #leveldesign videos. This week its a before and after playlist of the introductory story mission in 2022's Gotham Knights:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Subscribe to LevelDesignLearning channel to catch them all !
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Subscribe to LevelDesignLearning channel to catch them all !
A few times a year, my Mod project trigger finger starts itching...
August 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A few times a year, my Mod project trigger finger starts itching...
New(ish) Quick Blockout Demos playlist at Level Design Learning channel!
7 levels sketched in ~20 minutes.
Helpful 3D exercise, but not a substitute for long, detailed work.
Fool your short attention span brain into feeling productive!
#gamedev #leveldesign #Unity
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
7 levels sketched in ~20 minutes.
Helpful 3D exercise, but not a substitute for long, detailed work.
Fool your short attention span brain into feeling productive!
#gamedev #leveldesign #Unity
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Level Design - Quick Blockout Demos - YouTube
Here are a collection of timelapse demos in Unity that illustrate some useful techniques and concepts to consider when creating blockouts. Originally recorde...
www.youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
New(ish) Quick Blockout Demos playlist at Level Design Learning channel!
7 levels sketched in ~20 minutes.
Helpful 3D exercise, but not a substitute for long, detailed work.
Fool your short attention span brain into feeling productive!
#gamedev #leveldesign #Unity
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
7 levels sketched in ~20 minutes.
Helpful 3D exercise, but not a substitute for long, detailed work.
Fool your short attention span brain into feeling productive!
#gamedev #leveldesign #Unity
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
What’s a poster you had in your room growing up
July 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What’s a poster you had in your room growing up
Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
In Arkham, I prototyped a CSI lab puzzle where players discover the creation of Man-Bats.
The fantasy of "world's greatest detective"- Before the final "2D" system, spline cameras zoomed into narrative puzzles.
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
In Arkham, I prototyped a CSI lab puzzle where players discover the creation of Man-Bats.
The fantasy of "world's greatest detective"- Before the final "2D" system, spline cameras zoomed into narrative puzzles.
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
June 17, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
In Arkham, I prototyped a CSI lab puzzle where players discover the creation of Man-Bats.
The fantasy of "world's greatest detective"- Before the final "2D" system, spline cameras zoomed into narrative puzzles.
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
In Arkham, I prototyped a CSI lab puzzle where players discover the creation of Man-Bats.
The fantasy of "world's greatest detective"- Before the final "2D" system, spline cameras zoomed into narrative puzzles.
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
Gotham University began the main story, also serving as a tutorial level. For a grounded sense of place, layout was re-imagined as looped circular paths connecting 3 campus buildings to a central plaza.
Commentary! 🔊
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
Gotham University began the main story, also serving as a tutorial level. For a grounded sense of place, layout was re-imagined as looped circular paths connecting 3 campus buildings to a central plaza.
Commentary! 🔊
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
Gotham University began the main story, also serving as a tutorial level. For a grounded sense of place, layout was re-imagined as looped circular paths connecting 3 campus buildings to a central plaza.
Commentary! 🔊
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
Gotham University began the main story, also serving as a tutorial level. For a grounded sense of place, layout was re-imagined as looped circular paths connecting 3 campus buildings to a central plaza.
Commentary! 🔊
#gamedev
#UnrealEngine
#Batman
Been thinking about the false analogy of #genAI to the human creative process, and this example from Nic Cage is an apt counterpoint.
Creative decisions have a an intrinsic relatable quality because of the emotional connection between creator and audience.
10:20 mark:
youtu.be/cjRnFoNso8c?...
Creative decisions have a an intrinsic relatable quality because of the emotional connection between creator and audience.
10:20 mark:
youtu.be/cjRnFoNso8c?...
Nicolas Cage Rewatches National Treasure, Moonstruck, Dream Scenario & More | Vanity Fair
YouTube video by Vanity Fair
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Been thinking about the false analogy of #genAI to the human creative process, and this example from Nic Cage is an apt counterpoint.
Creative decisions have a an intrinsic relatable quality because of the emotional connection between creator and audience.
10:20 mark:
youtu.be/cjRnFoNso8c?...
Creative decisions have a an intrinsic relatable quality because of the emotional connection between creator and audience.
10:20 mark:
youtu.be/cjRnFoNso8c?...
Some people just don’t understand art as visual design, only literal translation.
To them, game art is just shadows and reflections.
Valve games were great blends of cutting edge tech in service of visual design.
It’s needed to create new worlds.
RTX is cutting edge tech in service of mimicry.
To them, game art is just shadows and reflections.
Valve games were great blends of cutting edge tech in service of visual design.
It’s needed to create new worlds.
RTX is cutting edge tech in service of mimicry.
I appreciate the tech... but this is ugly AF with path tracing... We were going for a 1970 zombie horror film look... not generic "realistic"
Really shows what talented artists can do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHKB...
Really shows what talented artists can do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHKB...
Left 4 Dead 2 Path Tracing with RTX Remix On vs Off - Graphics/Performance Comparison | RTX 5080
YouTube video by MxBenchmarkPC
www.youtube.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Some people just don’t understand art as visual design, only literal translation.
To them, game art is just shadows and reflections.
Valve games were great blends of cutting edge tech in service of visual design.
It’s needed to create new worlds.
RTX is cutting edge tech in service of mimicry.
To them, game art is just shadows and reflections.
Valve games were great blends of cutting edge tech in service of visual design.
It’s needed to create new worlds.
RTX is cutting edge tech in service of mimicry.
My experience as a #gamedev in #leveldesign have come full circle.
Began with online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
WFH in 2025, reading online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
Except now with optional Slack huddles.
Began with online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
WFH in 2025, reading online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
Except now with optional Slack huddles.
May 18, 2025 at 5:05 AM
My experience as a #gamedev in #leveldesign have come full circle.
Began with online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
WFH in 2025, reading online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
Except now with optional Slack huddles.
Began with online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
WFH in 2025, reading online resources to learn about engines and tools to build playable content.
Except now with optional Slack huddles.
Yay now we can finally stop talking about my hometown Dannemora NY!
At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall.
Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates' escape from New Orleans jail
At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall.
bit.ly
May 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Yay now we can finally stop talking about my hometown Dannemora NY!
Am willing to bet the divide between these 2 shows mirrors these games:
BSG: Fallout 3/4
The Expanse: Fallout New Vegas
BSG: Fallout 3/4
The Expanse: Fallout New Vegas
Please choose your favorite 🖖
The Expanse
Or
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
The Expanse
Or
Battlestar Galactica (2003)
May 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Am willing to bet the divide between these 2 shows mirrors these games:
BSG: Fallout 3/4
The Expanse: Fallout New Vegas
BSG: Fallout 3/4
The Expanse: Fallout New Vegas
Playing RoboCop tonight.
I know there is a sprint button but I won’t use it because RoboCop doesn’t sprint.
The designers know that no one has any attention span in 2023 so there is a sprint button, but its essentially a “fast forward” for content.
No crouch button, and that is in character!
I know there is a sprint button but I won’t use it because RoboCop doesn’t sprint.
The designers know that no one has any attention span in 2023 so there is a sprint button, but its essentially a “fast forward” for content.
No crouch button, and that is in character!
May 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Playing RoboCop tonight.
I know there is a sprint button but I won’t use it because RoboCop doesn’t sprint.
The designers know that no one has any attention span in 2023 so there is a sprint button, but its essentially a “fast forward” for content.
No crouch button, and that is in character!
I know there is a sprint button but I won’t use it because RoboCop doesn’t sprint.
The designers know that no one has any attention span in 2023 so there is a sprint button, but its essentially a “fast forward” for content.
No crouch button, and that is in character!
Reposted by Patrick Haslow
My Level Design Learning Path videos for #UnrealEngine at Epic Dev Community!
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Patrick Haslow | Epic Developer Community
Veteran AAA level designer, created PvP, PvE, and Co-op experiences in titles such as Hogwarts Legacy, Gotham Knights, For Honor, Bioshock Infinite, Homefront, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
dev.epicgames.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My Level Design Learning Path videos for #UnrealEngine at Epic Dev Community!
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
This series of videos was contracted for Epic Games to show how to use the UE Editor specifically for #leveldesign. I hope to continue these videos privately at some point.
#gamedev
dev.epicgames.com/community/pr...
Continuing retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
The abandoned ruins of Arkham Asylum.
Shrouded in dark horror, the Bat family would uncover the League of Shadows grisly ritual of creating a Man-Bat army in a secret lab inspired by the 1990 film Darkman. 🧵
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
The abandoned ruins of Arkham Asylum.
Shrouded in dark horror, the Bat family would uncover the League of Shadows grisly ritual of creating a Man-Bat army in a secret lab inspired by the 1990 film Darkman. 🧵
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
May 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Continuing retrospective of my Gotham Knights #leveldesign!
The abandoned ruins of Arkham Asylum.
Shrouded in dark horror, the Bat family would uncover the League of Shadows grisly ritual of creating a Man-Bat army in a secret lab inspired by the 1990 film Darkman. 🧵
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman
The abandoned ruins of Arkham Asylum.
Shrouded in dark horror, the Bat family would uncover the League of Shadows grisly ritual of creating a Man-Bat army in a secret lab inspired by the 1990 film Darkman. 🧵
#gamedev #UnrealEngine #Batman