Mark Sassenrath 🎮
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gmajor.bsky.social
Mark Sassenrath 🎮
@gmajor.bsky.social
Game Designer on LoL, prev on LoR and Riot R&D. I like creativity, empathy, and sustainability. He/his.
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https://linktr.ee/msassenrath
My impression was things were getting better but I haven't really looked into it since 2020.

I do wonder if "games" is just too broad. Sim City, Celeste, CoD, and Threes being the same subject strains practicality. I studied Film and it did not have to stretch anywhere near that hard lol.
March 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I loved this game as a kid! Doom clone with psionics and FMV cut scenes 🤘🤘
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
On the bright side, shout out to @guildwars2.com support, who were super helpful and recovered my decade+ old Guild Wars 1 account 👍
February 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Tactical Breach Wizards is a goodun if you haven't gotten to try it yet!
January 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It was such an honor and a pleasure getting to work + game with you on LoR ❤️ can't wait to see what you do next!! Hopefully see you around, and lmk if you're ever in Tacoma area!
January 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ya I mean if your controller is oriented sideways you might wanna be selective about the UI on-screen. But they already don't match--the right joycon has ABXY.

Personally I just generally struggle with modern QTEs. I want the buttons to look different in more than one way. "Press X" like wym arrrrg
January 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yeah if you like had Animal Crossing and walked around campus early on you probably woulda seen more of it. It definitely faded over time unfortunately.
January 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Like maybe I'm basic but seeing "oh lol this is [insert coworker/neighbor/random airport kid I walked past]'s character??" I got a kick out of. Brought a sorta IRL social ambiance to single player games.
January 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yeah! I thought it was really fun seeing which little encounters/characters you'd get passing by crowded places or neighborhoods or school/work/whatever. I was mostly 3DS era, dunno if that was different form DS.
January 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wishlist confirms:
Backwards compatibility
Better shoulder button solution for joycons

Wishlist unclear:
StreetPass
Better joysticks on joycons

Wishlist denials:
Less awkward dock
Colors on the face buttons so button prompts actually work (also glares at PS5)
January 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The fact that you're right 😭
January 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Is this verbatim or a translation??
January 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM