Ash McAllan
@acegiak.bsky.social
Gamedev Priestess. Game Director at Systemic Reaction Avalanche. Game design, ttrpgs, birds, weird robots.
Ok, y'all. The mortifying ordeal of being known. I expected y'all to wreck me
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ok, y'all. The mortifying ordeal of being known. I expected y'all to wreck me
Very happy with finally solving the problem of smooth terrain biome blending over very large distances in #ProjectWeirdLittleGuy this one has taken me a long time to figure out for myself. It's not #ScreenshotSaturday but I'm showing off anyway.
October 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Very happy with finally solving the problem of smooth terrain biome blending over very large distances in #ProjectWeirdLittleGuy this one has taken me a long time to figure out for myself. It's not #ScreenshotSaturday but I'm showing off anyway.
Welp, Im a casualty from last weeks Stockholm Gamedev Bloodbath
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Welp, Im a casualty from last weeks Stockholm Gamedev Bloodbath
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
10+yrs makin stuff, "an unstoppable creative force" & "patient, clear, & deft at design"
Here for creative leadership, game design, narrative, & good-trouble-making roles so reach out if you need me
linkedin.com/in/acegiak & acegiak.net
My YouTube feed today is sending weird mixed messages
September 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My YouTube feed today is sending weird mixed messages
It would be duct-taped and hacked together as hell but still be home
May 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It would be duct-taped and hacked together as hell but still be home
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
May 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first four you know:
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
CORW in print! It's so nice! 😍
If youve been wanting to try playing Blades In The Dark outside of the world of the Dagger Isles, City Of Red Waters is a whole new colonial setting drenched in blood, plus 3 new crew types, now in both digital AND print-on-demand! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
If youve been wanting to try playing Blades In The Dark outside of the world of the Dagger Isles, City Of Red Waters is a whole new colonial setting drenched in blood, plus 3 new crew types, now in both digital AND print-on-demand! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
April 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
CORW in print! It's so nice! 😍
If youve been wanting to try playing Blades In The Dark outside of the world of the Dagger Isles, City Of Red Waters is a whole new colonial setting drenched in blood, plus 3 new crew types, now in both digital AND print-on-demand! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
If youve been wanting to try playing Blades In The Dark outside of the world of the Dagger Isles, City Of Red Waters is a whole new colonial setting drenched in blood, plus 3 new crew types, now in both digital AND print-on-demand! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Happy #TransDayOfVisibility folks!
I'm Ash. I'm a game designer and game director at Avalanche Studios.
I'm ten years into my transition, 9 with medical help, living as an immigrant from Australia in Stockholm. Life still has struggles but it's amazing to just get to be a whole real Person.
#tdov
I'm Ash. I'm a game designer and game director at Avalanche Studios.
I'm ten years into my transition, 9 with medical help, living as an immigrant from Australia in Stockholm. Life still has struggles but it's amazing to just get to be a whole real Person.
#tdov
March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy #TransDayOfVisibility folks!
I'm Ash. I'm a game designer and game director at Avalanche Studios.
I'm ten years into my transition, 9 with medical help, living as an immigrant from Australia in Stockholm. Life still has struggles but it's amazing to just get to be a whole real Person.
#tdov
I'm Ash. I'm a game designer and game director at Avalanche Studios.
I'm ten years into my transition, 9 with medical help, living as an immigrant from Australia in Stockholm. Life still has struggles but it's amazing to just get to be a whole real Person.
#tdov
updated the PDFs for dungeonpunk with a fix for the armor rule. The Brace move now puts it in the player's hands.
Grab the updated pdfs from acegiak.itch.io/dungeonpunk
& if you haven't already checked it out and want a simple, fast not-DnD to play fantasy fun with your friends, maybe take a look.
Grab the updated pdfs from acegiak.itch.io/dungeonpunk
& if you haven't already checked it out and want a simple, fast not-DnD to play fantasy fun with your friends, maybe take a look.
February 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
updated the PDFs for dungeonpunk with a fix for the armor rule. The Brace move now puts it in the player's hands.
Grab the updated pdfs from acegiak.itch.io/dungeonpunk
& if you haven't already checked it out and want a simple, fast not-DnD to play fantasy fun with your friends, maybe take a look.
Grab the updated pdfs from acegiak.itch.io/dungeonpunk
& if you haven't already checked it out and want a simple, fast not-DnD to play fantasy fun with your friends, maybe take a look.
Coming up in half an hour over at twitch.tv/actualplay , @andrewgillis.bsky.social @sidneyicarus.bsky.social and I are gonna check out Stewpot: Tales From A Fantasy Tavern by @noroadhome.itch.io and give it a whirl!
January 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Coming up in half an hour over at twitch.tv/actualplay , @andrewgillis.bsky.social @sidneyicarus.bsky.social and I are gonna check out Stewpot: Tales From A Fantasy Tavern by @noroadhome.itch.io and give it a whirl!
2024 flavours of Ash
January 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2024 flavours of Ash
#screenshotsaturday
Managed to get three dimensional wave function collapse working in Godot, with tile rotation around Y axis. Gonna do 7dfps with some cool folks and it's handy to have some procgen up your sleeve to multiply out gameplay quickly.
Managed to get three dimensional wave function collapse working in Godot, with tile rotation around Y axis. Gonna do 7dfps with some cool folks and it's handy to have some procgen up your sleeve to multiply out gameplay quickly.
November 30, 2024 at 11:30 AM
#screenshotsaturday
Managed to get three dimensional wave function collapse working in Godot, with tile rotation around Y axis. Gonna do 7dfps with some cool folks and it's handy to have some procgen up your sleeve to multiply out gameplay quickly.
Managed to get three dimensional wave function collapse working in Godot, with tile rotation around Y axis. Gonna do 7dfps with some cool folks and it's handy to have some procgen up your sleeve to multiply out gameplay quickly.
Turned 36 today. Despite everything I'm actually feeling very peaceful and proud of where and who I am right now. I'm worried about the future but I also trust future Ash to handle whatever comes her way with resilience and grace.
November 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Turned 36 today. Despite everything I'm actually feeling very peaceful and proud of where and who I am right now. I'm worried about the future but I also trust future Ash to handle whatever comes her way with resilience and grace.
It's one of the best self calming zone out games for me.
November 18, 2024 at 8:04 AM
It's one of the best self calming zone out games for me.
My costume for the work Halloween party:
November 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM
My costume for the work Halloween party:
#ScreenshotSaturday Playing around with setting up a cutscene system, got it populating the next match to be played in the career progression, and I'm feeling like I'm getting to a place I'm happy with for the character art for Pol.
#MeatDerby #indiegames #gamedev
#MeatDerby #indiegames #gamedev
October 12, 2024 at 11:42 PM
#ScreenshotSaturday Playing around with setting up a cutscene system, got it populating the next match to be played in the career progression, and I'm feeling like I'm getting to a place I'm happy with for the character art for Pol.
#MeatDerby #indiegames #gamedev
#MeatDerby #indiegames #gamedev
Been working on menus for Meat Derby, trying to make it feel like a horrific and mundane machine, like a vending machine that dispenses dessicated corpses. I'm liking using the blood smear focus marker, and the little conveyor window for network options. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #meatderby
September 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Been working on menus for Meat Derby, trying to make it feel like a horrific and mundane machine, like a vending machine that dispenses dessicated corpses. I'm liking using the blood smear focus marker, and the little conveyor window for network options. #screenshotsaturday #gamedev #meatderby
Death before detransition.
September 28, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Death before detransition.
This is a notification from the Google SMS app. I'm either going to have to root my phone or get a new one and root that so I can use any other SMS app.
September 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM
This is a notification from the Google SMS app. I'm either going to have to root my phone or get a new one and root that so I can use any other SMS app.
Turns out it takes one(1) evening to implement a new car type. So now I have a nice boxy car option to honor all the AE86s that died in my service over the years. It was never the car, it was always me that killed them.
September 16, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Turns out it takes one(1) evening to implement a new car type. So now I have a nice boxy car option to honor all the AE86s that died in my service over the years. It was never the car, it was always me that killed them.