Juan Morales-Rocha
@datjuandesigner.bsky.social
Game UX Designer @ Psyonix / Epic Games
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What’s good y’all! My name is Juan and I’m a Game UX Designer based out of California!
For my day job I work on Rocket League ⚽️🏎️
…and in my free time you can catch me tinkering away on some Game Boys, watching anime, or losing my voice while doing karaoke!
Look forward to connecting with you!
For my day job I work on Rocket League ⚽️🏎️
…and in my free time you can catch me tinkering away on some Game Boys, watching anime, or losing my voice while doing karaoke!
Look forward to connecting with you!
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it costs $0.00 to support a full-time indie dev🥹Wishlist #DropShot
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September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
it costs $0.00 to support a full-time indie dev🥹Wishlist #DropShot
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3465190/...
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Blink and you'll miss it, but yesterday's trailer for EA SPORTS FC 26 featured a sneak peak at the game's High Contrast Mode.
Thanks to @momoxmia.bsky.social for sharing this, and confirming it will be available in all game modes, including the competitive / PvP modes!
Thanks to @momoxmia.bsky.social for sharing this, and confirming it will be available in all game modes, including the competitive / PvP modes!
July 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Blink and you'll miss it, but yesterday's trailer for EA SPORTS FC 26 featured a sneak peak at the game's High Contrast Mode.
Thanks to @momoxmia.bsky.social for sharing this, and confirming it will be available in all game modes, including the competitive / PvP modes!
Thanks to @momoxmia.bsky.social for sharing this, and confirming it will be available in all game modes, including the competitive / PvP modes!
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We're collaborating with migrants and asylum seekers on Take Us North. By backing our Kickstarter, you not only support our diverse dev team (which is >60% female non-binary and over 60% BIPOC) but also contribute to art therapy projects for impacted communities. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
July 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We're collaborating with migrants and asylum seekers on Take Us North. By backing our Kickstarter, you not only support our diverse dev team (which is >60% female non-binary and over 60% BIPOC) but also contribute to art therapy projects for impacted communities. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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We're excited to share that Take Us North is now 90% funded on Kickstarter! ✨ Thank you SO much to everyone who has enabled us to reach this stage! Help us meet our pledge goal and begin working toward stretch goals!
Back the project now, and Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Back the project now, and Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
June 27, 2025 at 5:51 AM
We're excited to share that Take Us North is now 90% funded on Kickstarter! ✨ Thank you SO much to everyone who has enabled us to reach this stage! Help us meet our pledge goal and begin working toward stretch goals!
Back the project now, and Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
Back the project now, and Take Us North ⬆️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tak...
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I got to help out @wearegameheads.bsky.social last year and worked with this cat Abdou Khadr Seck. Dude's working with Epic Games now! Check out his story at (re-post if you can): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwh...
Gameheads Student Spotlight: Abdou Khadr Seck
YouTube video by Gameheads
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I got to help out @wearegameheads.bsky.social last year and worked with this cat Abdou Khadr Seck. Dude's working with Epic Games now! Check out his story at (re-post if you can): www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOwh...
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Game development be like…
May 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Game development be like…
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Excited to announce @nuchallenger.com's next game, Beatdown City Survivors, an immersive sandbox bullet heaven game!
🔥💧Manipulate elements 💥🧊
🗡️🥾Upgrade + Combine Weapons🗡️🥾
🤜👹Punch monsters👹🤛
Peep the trailer below & PLEASE wishlist!
youtu.be/MJj52RmiAjQ
store.steampowered.com/app/3383040/...
🔥💧Manipulate elements 💥🧊
🗡️🥾Upgrade + Combine Weapons🗡️🥾
🤜👹Punch monsters👹🤛
Peep the trailer below & PLEASE wishlist!
youtu.be/MJj52RmiAjQ
store.steampowered.com/app/3383040/...
Beatdown City Survivors Gameplay Announce Trailer
YouTube video by NuChallenger
youtu.be
April 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Ubisoft has released Chroma, an open source tool that adds colour blindness filters to in-game content in real time
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-rele...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-rele...
Ubisoft releases open source tool to help devs tailor games for colourblind players
Ubisoft has released Chroma, an open source tool that adds colorblindness filters to in-game content in real time, help…
www.gamesindustry.biz
April 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ubisoft has released Chroma, an open source tool that adds colour blindness filters to in-game content in real time
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-rele...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-rele...
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A little over 30 reposts (and please share your wishlist of Best down City Survivors) til I give out this Switch!
On Mar 31st 2020 we released Treachery in Beatdown City!
Now we're putting out Beatdown City Survivors in 2025! To celebrate, I'm giving out a brand new Zelda TotK OLED Switch!
Repost this, reply with a Beatdown City Survivors wishlist & at 500 reposts, I will pick 1 winner!
👉🏼 bit.ly/bcsrvrs
Now we're putting out Beatdown City Survivors in 2025! To celebrate, I'm giving out a brand new Zelda TotK OLED Switch!
Repost this, reply with a Beatdown City Survivors wishlist & at 500 reposts, I will pick 1 winner!
👉🏼 bit.ly/bcsrvrs
April 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A little over 30 reposts (and please share your wishlist of Best down City Survivors) til I give out this Switch!
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ICE took 37 people in Bellingham, WA this week. The Bellingham Public Schools Foundation (90% community-funded entity to help students with emergencies like homelessness) is using their resources to help the affected families with food and rent.
ALL money donated goes directly to the families!
ALL money donated goes directly to the families!
Bellingham Public Schools Foundation · Family Support Fund Crisis Relief
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April 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
ICE took 37 people in Bellingham, WA this week. The Bellingham Public Schools Foundation (90% community-funded entity to help students with emergencies like homelessness) is using their resources to help the affected families with food and rent.
ALL money donated goes directly to the families!
ALL money donated goes directly to the families!
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Our baby is out in the world!!! 😭♥️
South of Midnight is available NOW in Early Access with the purchase of the Premium Edition!
South of Midnight is available NOW in Early Access with the purchase of the Premium Edition!
It's time for Midnight 🕛
Watch the full launch trailer: youtu.be/nEZg6TYJTl4
Grab the South of Midnight Premium Edition to start your adventure TODAY, or play it Day One with Xbox Game Pass on April 8.
Xbox: bit.ly/3CpKUMW
Steam: bit.ly/43RdS3Y
#SouthofMidnight
Watch the full launch trailer: youtu.be/nEZg6TYJTl4
Grab the South of Midnight Premium Edition to start your adventure TODAY, or play it Day One with Xbox Game Pass on April 8.
Xbox: bit.ly/3CpKUMW
Steam: bit.ly/43RdS3Y
#SouthofMidnight
April 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our baby is out in the world!!! 😭♥️
South of Midnight is available NOW in Early Access with the purchase of the Premium Edition!
South of Midnight is available NOW in Early Access with the purchase of the Premium Edition!
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I finally put something together that consolidates some of my areas of focus in the last 10 years, and it feels kinda nice to see it all in one place. There's a lot I want to add but this is a start!
Check it out if you wanna learn about me a little more :] judyjetset.carrd.co
Check it out if you wanna learn about me a little more :] judyjetset.carrd.co
Jetset - About Me
A little bit about what I've been up to!
judyjetset.carrd.co
February 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I finally put something together that consolidates some of my areas of focus in the last 10 years, and it feels kinda nice to see it all in one place. There's a lot I want to add but this is a start!
Check it out if you wanna learn about me a little more :] judyjetset.carrd.co
Check it out if you wanna learn about me a little more :] judyjetset.carrd.co
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Congratulations to @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social for the release of their latest DLC, the Cozy Kitchen Expansion Pack! It's WONDERFUL, and I definitely already got the Capybun 🥰
To celebrate, I'll be giving away a copy of the base game on my stream tomorrow!
twitch.tv/jetset
🔔 on!
To celebrate, I'll be giving away a copy of the base game on my stream tomorrow!
twitch.tv/jetset
🔔 on!
March 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Congratulations to @spiritcitylofi.bsky.social for the release of their latest DLC, the Cozy Kitchen Expansion Pack! It's WONDERFUL, and I definitely already got the Capybun 🥰
To celebrate, I'll be giving away a copy of the base game on my stream tomorrow!
twitch.tv/jetset
🔔 on!
To celebrate, I'll be giving away a copy of the base game on my stream tomorrow!
twitch.tv/jetset
🔔 on!
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I've added instructions on how to import my 3D #gameassets in GDevelop, Bevy and UEFN (Fortnite) as well as improved the instructions for Godot, Unity and Roblox!
kenney.nl/knowledge-ba...
kenney.nl/knowledge-ba...
Importing 3D models into game engines · Kenney
kenney.nl
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I've added instructions on how to import my 3D #gameassets in GDevelop, Bevy and UEFN (Fortnite) as well as improved the instructions for Godot, Unity and Roblox!
kenney.nl/knowledge-ba...
kenney.nl/knowledge-ba...
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Despite our many advancements to do more with less, how do we spend our time saved? We bake bread. Build furniture. Play vinyl. Shoot on film. We choose to do some things the hard way because living is feeling the friction of the world around us.
March 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Despite our many advancements to do more with less, how do we spend our time saved? We bake bread. Build furniture. Play vinyl. Shoot on film. We choose to do some things the hard way because living is feeling the friction of the world around us.
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Check your color contrast for accessibility natively in
@figma.com —rolling out over the next week or so. Find it in a color picker near you!👏👏👏
• Auto adjusts for graphics / text size and weight
• Visualizes out of range options
• Click indicator to get accessible recommendation.
@figma.com —rolling out over the next week or so. Find it in a color picker near you!👏👏👏
• Auto adjusts for graphics / text size and weight
• Visualizes out of range options
• Click indicator to get accessible recommendation.
March 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Check your color contrast for accessibility natively in
@figma.com —rolling out over the next week or so. Find it in a color picker near you!👏👏👏
• Auto adjusts for graphics / text size and weight
• Visualizes out of range options
• Click indicator to get accessible recommendation.
@figma.com —rolling out over the next week or so. Find it in a color picker near you!👏👏👏
• Auto adjusts for graphics / text size and weight
• Visualizes out of range options
• Click indicator to get accessible recommendation.
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UC Santa Cruz professor roleplays gig economy, publisher negotiation, and layoffs with game design students
UC Santa Cruz professor roleplays gig economy, publisher negotiation, and layoffs with game design students
Retora Games founder and adjunct professor Tyler Coleman held classroom exercises with game design students in order to help prepare them for the harsh current realities of the game industry.
www.gamedeveloper.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
UC Santa Cruz professor roleplays gig economy, publisher negotiation, and layoffs with game design students
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This was our biggest Game Developers Conference yet. I loved seeing all of our students at the conference as participants, attendees and employees in the industry. One year, I'm going to have to actually sit in a workshop. 😄
March 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This was our biggest Game Developers Conference yet. I loved seeing all of our students at the conference as participants, attendees and employees in the industry. One year, I'm going to have to actually sit in a workshop. 😄
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Only if you let me know what I am losing youtu.be/9XVN3ZVoxyA?...
March 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Only if you let me know what I am losing youtu.be/9XVN3ZVoxyA?...
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meet your mutuals
March 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
meet your mutuals
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OMG I'm excited to be speaking again this year at #GDC2025!
I'll be talking about VR accessibility in Dimensional Double Shift by @owlchemylabs.com alongside @co16y.bsky.social talking about accessibility in Walkabout Minigolf!
Please join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 10:50 AM.
Room 2002 in West Hall
I'll be talking about VR accessibility in Dimensional Double Shift by @owlchemylabs.com alongside @co16y.bsky.social talking about accessibility in Walkabout Minigolf!
Please join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 10:50 AM.
Room 2002 in West Hall
March 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
OMG I'm excited to be speaking again this year at #GDC2025!
I'll be talking about VR accessibility in Dimensional Double Shift by @owlchemylabs.com alongside @co16y.bsky.social talking about accessibility in Walkabout Minigolf!
Please join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 10:50 AM.
Room 2002 in West Hall
I'll be talking about VR accessibility in Dimensional Double Shift by @owlchemylabs.com alongside @co16y.bsky.social talking about accessibility in Walkabout Minigolf!
Please join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 10:50 AM.
Room 2002 in West Hall
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game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
Enriching your Game with Disobedience
Authors: Alicia Fortier, Alexander “Droqen” Clair Tseu Martin, Tanya X. Short, Alexei Pepers, Kaitlin Tremblay, Linsey Murdock 🤔How to Use this Paper This paper is offered as a lens for you to (re)con...
polarisgamedesign.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
game designers!!! the day is here! Polaris 2024 reports are released: polarisgamedesign.com/reports/
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
and my group's is about how and when and why you might want to make your game's characters less obedient to the player's whims: polarisgamedesign.com/2024/enrichi...
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Cornerstone Studios will be at GDC! Schedule is filling up! If you want to meet about our studio and updates on our unannounced game DM for a time slot asap!
January 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Cornerstone Studios will be at GDC! Schedule is filling up! If you want to meet about our studio and updates on our unannounced game DM for a time slot asap!
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Hoy más tarde se publica una entrevista que le hice a @jrawry.bsky.social donde hablamos sobre diseño narrativo.
Entrevista con Jarory de Jesus
YouTube video by IGDA México Sur
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hoy más tarde se publica una entrevista que le hice a @jrawry.bsky.social donde hablamos sobre diseño narrativo.