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Chiril Russu
@chirilrussu.bsky.social
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Technical Designer - Escape Academy 2 / WaxHeart / Escape Academy
@coincrewgames.bsky.social & @waxheartgame.bsky.social
Portfolio - http://chirilrussu.com/
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A taste of your own medicine.
Screenshot from Hallow Knight: Silksong with an enemy stuck inside a cage trap that they set up for the player.
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Just did the Lace fight in Silksong and OMG it might be the most cinematic combat encounter I have ever played. Hornet's down attack is a huge addition and it works so well with the dash. Combat feels crazy fluid now. It seems they also increased the parry window with how many I got in this fight.
Screenshot from Hallow Knight: Silksong with the protagonist facing off one of the bosses on a metal bridge surrounded by heat and embers from the lava below.
September 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I am finally allowed to play Silksong
Hallow Knight game completion screen. Percentage 78%. Time 35h 20m 53s.
September 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I'm not a programmer so this is a big win every time.
3 panel meme of Vince McMahon getting progressively more excited. The panels read "Gotta program to make a prototype work" (rising interest) / "Missing functionality is only 1 line of code" (excitement) / "Works first try" (orgasm)
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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This version has been making the rounds lately as well
August 17, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Your boss DMs you on discord in the middle of the work day, saying "hey, how are you".
You - a normal human being, might respond with "oh hey, what's up?"
Me? I respond with this gif.
I'm great to work with 😇
August 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Some #LevelDesign progress for #ScreenshotSaturday. First pass to second pass of a temple atrium.
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #VideoGame
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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New wall art just dropped
Photo of 5 circular wall mounted CD frames with the following game disks: Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2, Elder Scrolls 3, 4 and 5.
August 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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This is my new favorite lil guy
August 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Saw one of these today and was meaning to make it for a while.
Here's my last 1.5 years of looking for a game dev job:
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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The git push queue is crazy today
Screenshot of a slack message saying "stop pushing, I wanna push" with a crying emoji
June 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Bow before my paint skills
June 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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This...this is a feature, right?
I can design a puzzle around this.
Ye!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDevs #VideoGame #PuzzleGame
June 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Another #WishlistWednesday to plug the two games I'm working on. Escape Academy 2 and WaxHeart. You can see the trailers, wishlist and even sign up to playtest both of them! Links below.
#GameDev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedevs #videogame #puzzlegame
Key art for the game "Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School". It showcases two students wearing academy uniforms. One of them is holding and looking at a key. The other is holding and looking at notes. The academy campus is visible in the background with the game's logo / title above the student's heads. Key art for the game WaxHeart. It depicts a boy made out of wax, wearing a cape and looking at the viewer. He is standing behind some black melting wax, oozing from above. The game's title is visible above the boy's head.
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Finally rolled credits on Avowed. Great game. Solid 8/10 IMO. Excited to start Pillars of Eternity next to see more of the world.
Avowed key art. Mostly depicting a skeleton holding a sword with one hand pointed up, wearing armor, a tattered cloak, and having fungal growth all over it.
June 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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I love the internet. Found an unfamiliar object in a video game, asked what it was, and now I'm in a youtube rabbit hole www.youtube.com/watch?v=p27u...
June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Here be monsters
Screenshot of a slack message and thread under it. Original message @s a coworker with a "help". 104 replies in the thread.
May 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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"every other tech advancement in history has taken hold"
May 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Was just posted in slack. Over half of the steam players beat the whole of Escape Academy base game. Crazy stat.
Screenshot of the steam achievement "You've Escaped!" with a 54.9% completion rate. You get this achievement by beating the final room in the base game of Escape Academy.
May 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Casually DMing a bug ticket along with a
April 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Ahh it looks so sick
Screenshot from Oblivion Remaster. A fire tornado column is swirling upwards from a spiked circular metal base. The stone room is lit up bright red
April 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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It is time
Screenshot from an intro cinematic of TES4 Oblivion Remastered. Showing the imperial city from the above. On the right is a large white stone tower with only it's base visible. Surrounding it is a circular wall. On the left is the title card "The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered". Roofs of buildings can be seen beneath it. As well as sprawling hills in the background above it.
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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First pass of my new room is locked in for playtesting at my volunteer project. #screenshotsaturday
Ingame screenshot of a boy wearing a red cape facing an open doorway. Beyond is dark room, with only a few glowing lines visible in the darkness. Unity editor scene view showing a room separated by a shallow cavern in the middle. The room is filled with moving columns, pressure plates, and lines connecting the various puzzle pieces.
April 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Do work -> find bug -> submit bug with video proof.
Lose work -> cry -> redo work -> no bug.
Cry some more.
Screenshot of 3 comments on a bug ticket: 1 - "re-implemented BASED ON THE VIDEO and NOW ITS WORKING AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" 2 - "REDACTED is working as well. IDK" 3 - Meme photo of a guy with crazy hair, squinting, with his hands up and the caption "ALIENS"
March 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM