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chloehodgson.bsky.social
chloe "oe" hodgson
@chloehodgson.bsky.social
410 followers 270 following 240 posts
🎮 freelance UX designer for video games
✏️ workin’ on Denshattack! & NDA
🌿 previously Atomhawk and Ubisoft
🗡 accessibility specialist
✖️ bi, butch, straight edge

📍 the north, uk (she/they/he)

chloepatriciahodgson.co.uk
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noticed a lot of braille on the bannisters in Osaka

is this a common thing in other places too? feels weird that I’ve never really noticed it before if so
a bannister of a weathered staircase with braille poking out labelled 3 [kanji for floor] arrow pointing to 4 [kanji for floor]
October 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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jacob and I are on the way to Japan, where the games we’re both working on are set!

we found Stuff magazine where both games have articles next to each other!

thanks to @damisanthrope.bsky.social for writing about @denshattack.bsky.social and @denkiworks.bsky.social <333
A selfie holding up the magazine spread in the magazine section of a store. Jacob (white, masculine, floppy hair) is on the left and I (white, androgynous, shaved head) and on the right. We have bags and are both smiling.
October 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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unlike you, i get my news from a reliable source
A thumbnail from dan and phil hosting bbc radio 1 in 2014. Phil is holding a sign which reads Internet News.
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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trying and failing to write a fresh feeling intro to topic of UX and @ianmayor.bsky.social suggested that I take a successful format from a different field

thanks for the advice, ian
a long quote from the film Twilight crudely edited over in places with red text, for each new line of text there is a different screencap from the movies beneath. It reads: "About three things I was absolutely positive: First UX was a my job. Second, there was a part of me and I didn't know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for designing. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with getting paid"
October 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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and a new found appreciation for tea!
A screenshot from Avatar the Last Airbender of Zuko sitting happily holding a bowl near his face.
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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i'm very sad that the twilight marathon is finishing today so i drew edward
cullen 🌲🩸

it's okay because there's a new book coming soon, haha right guys?? 🤡
right?? 💀
a digital drawing of Edward Cullen, with fluffy hair, thick brows, and wearing the shirt from the baseball scene. The portrait is shoulders up and the background is rough green trees and a dull sky. The colours are similar to those in the green filtered first film. Signed by Chloe Hodgson
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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can't believe I didn't think of this immediately - from Impossible Creatures "the critters are under attack!"

this would bark out all the time from our shared computer in the kitchen and now 20 years later my Mam (never played but was forced to overhear) still just says it offhandedly all the time
the box art for impossible creatures - shows a large growling tiger head on a lobster body in the sky, behind mountains are being zapped by lightning and various other animal combinations fight below. A quote ripped into the graphic says "Best Real-Time Strategy Game of E3 2002" from XGR
September 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Show an old piece you still love 🎨

5 years ago - things I would change but I think the colour palette draws me back to it!
A digital drawing of a character with long blonde hair seen from behind. They're sat on a log and looking out at 2 dragon silhouettes in the sky above, which are framed by long thin trees with pink and red leaves. The drawing is very pink and blue which makes it feel airy.
September 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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i’ve fallen in love with chappell roan’s jester outfit from her edinburgh show and that wasn’t even the one i went to but i feel compelled to draw it
A screenshot of a sketch in procreate of chappel roan holding up a medieval flag with her name on and dressed as a court jester
August 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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tastes better than it looks!
a selfie with a cut open yellow cake
August 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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We just announced at the Gamescom ONL preshow!

Denshattack! was my first project since going freelance and I couldn't have asked for a kinder team or sicker game 💛

Check out the game (don't judge it by my cake please) and congrats to all the talented folks involved!! 🚄⭐
A selfie with the welcome screen for Gamescom Opening Night Live livestream on a TV. I'm holding a plate with a very homemade looking cake decorated to look like a yellow train The splash art for Denshattack! A brightly coloured train on the right drives towards the viewer, on the left there is a red haired girl wearing streetwear which matches the train colours
August 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I’m super excited to announce that I’ve been helping the folks at Fireshine and WeirdBeluga with Duskfade!!

The project is a love-letter to classic 3D action-platformers, and I’ve had a lot of fun designing UI to match the beautiful world ✨🌙

Check the demo out at Gamescom and give us a wishlist 💙
a square splash-art for Duskfade features a young boy in an almost chibi style grinding along a rail and wielding a large sword which resembles a clock hand. He has a mechanical bird companion and there is a large tower in the background with chains coming from it. There are lots of purple and blues, with the title logo at the bottom of the image.
August 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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i have this on my wall, distributed by PM Press and I love it

design might be too much for what you want, but I love the quote
graphic which reads “we live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable, but so did the divine right of kings”
August 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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getting a change of scenery from the waterstones cafe
a page of pencil life drawing sketches of people in a park, mainly various sitting and lounging positions
August 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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we succeeded!!!!!!!!!!!

can't wait to cry off all my makeup again!!!!!!!
a selfie back when I had long hair, wearing a black marching band jacket like those from the black parade, and lots of red eye makeup with black eyeliner. Taken indoors before the gig photo mimics the one before except now it is after the gig in the dark and all my makeup is streaked down my face
August 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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jacob pouring custard into a cake
July 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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thanks for another lovely develop everyone <333

it means so much to have folks supporting my adventure into freelancing

also got to hang out with Bruma the dog (pictured being a tornado) and this beautiful bandstand
jacob mils and I smile for a selfie with icecreams holding a printed out photobooth set of 4 photos in a grid, we’re pulling various silly poses and in each photo at least one person is like half cut out of the frame a selfie with a white fluffy dog that’s mid shake so is all blurry like a drill also Joe is in the background looking sort of confused an ornamental pavillion on brighton front with clouds and a sunset behind
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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brighton i’m here and i have tacos
a photo of me posing with two plates of veggie mexican food. I’m white, androgynous and pouting with sunglasses on and a tie-dye shirt that says “dogfest”. A chain curtains makes the bright lighting speckled across the whole photo
July 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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learning to use these big chunky pencils the other day 🖍️
a crayon drawing of a magpie in flight with leaves and two red flowers / berries (it’s a bit ambiguous tbh). There is a big yellow sun behind and orange background otherwise with a red border. In the background on the table is an open pencil case with chunky stabilo pencils spilling out
July 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Two years ago I spoke at Develop Brighton

Last year I spoke at the Accessibility Gathering satellite event

This year I'm speaking no where except directly to yooouuuuu 🫵 (if you are a person who wants some UX help)

(or just wants to hang out!)
a photo of the burnt pier on Brighton beach with a digital drawing over the top. The drawing shows a cartoon self portrait in a sketchy style, wearing sunglasses and a t-shirt that reads "I love UX & working on your game". The character has a half brown half blond buzzcut and is gesturing such that their ice cream is falling off the cone. They have a speech bubble saying "I will be at Develop Brighton".
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Now we’re talkin
A sketchy digital drawing of a surprised cat man now with a mini cowboy hat on each sticky up ear
June 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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if you were an anthropomorphic cat man cowboy would you wear your hat like A or like B?
A sketchy digital drawing of two cat men showing: A. wearing a cowboy hat with pointy ears poking through the hat B. wearing a cowboy hat with ears flattened down by the hat
June 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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church of crab
a screenshot from a video game shows the exterior of a church with a stain glass window of a crab. The textures are quake-like except the windows and everything is red and foggy
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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satisfying purge of programmer art 😌
a screenshot from Git version control showing an MS Paint scribble of a stained glass window being replaced by a colourful illustration of a crab stained glass window instead. The new window features a crab with moons on it's back, raising it's claws to a sun and star
June 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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This is who runs this account

(and lived in this hat for 6 years)
Me as a child sits crossed legged on a sofa staring down at a mint blue DS Lite. I have long blonde hair with one of those holiday fabric braids under a blue beanie hat, a pink fleece top and grey bottoms.
June 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM