Christian Sparks
@hippowombat.bsky.social
He/Him
Opinions are my own
Senior Tech Artist at Heart Machine on #HyperLightBreaker & #Possessors
Prev Senior Tech Artist at Bad Robot Games
Unfinished project enthusiast
Anti A/I Anti N/F/T
https://linktr.ee/hippowombat
Opinions are my own
Senior Tech Artist at Heart Machine on #HyperLightBreaker & #Possessors
Prev Senior Tech Artist at Bad Robot Games
Unfinished project enthusiast
Anti A/I Anti N/F/T
https://linktr.ee/hippowombat
back on my bullshit
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
back on my bullshit
Blender anim question - the mesh is skinned to a set of deformer bones, but I'm using non-deforming bones w/ custom shapes to constraint-transform my deformer bones, do I have to key the transforms of both the controllers & the deformers if I'm exporting the animations with Ony Deform Bones checked?
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Blender anim question - the mesh is skinned to a set of deformer bones, but I'm using non-deforming bones w/ custom shapes to constraint-transform my deformer bones, do I have to key the transforms of both the controllers & the deformers if I'm exporting the animations with Ony Deform Bones checked?
They let me put stuff in a game that's available on a console. Insane. What were they thinking?!
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
They let me put stuff in a game that's available on a console. Insane. What were they thinking?!
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Azuria Sky and Joel Corelitz awaken dreams and nightmares with the Possessor(s) soundtrack, a world of decayed pianos, haunting textures, and ambient melodies echoing what was and what remains. 🎹
🎶 Now available for streaming on your favourite platforms:
lnk.to/possessor-s
🎶 Now available for streaming on your favourite platforms:
lnk.to/possessor-s
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Azuria Sky and Joel Corelitz awaken dreams and nightmares with the Possessor(s) soundtrack, a world of decayed pianos, haunting textures, and ambient melodies echoing what was and what remains. 🎹
🎶 Now available for streaming on your favourite platforms:
lnk.to/possessor-s
🎶 Now available for streaming on your favourite platforms:
lnk.to/possessor-s
Possessors is out today! The team all worked really hard on this, please play it to make us smile! ❤️
The wait is over. Today, you meet Luca & Rhem.
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
Heart Machine & Devolver Digital are proud to present: Possessor(s).
PC + PS5. Available now. 😈
store.steampowered.com/app/2132890/...
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Possessors is out today! The team all worked really hard on this, please play it to make us smile! ❤️
I need a perforce tier between free for 5 users and $40 a month for 50 users. Gimme like $20 a month for 10 users or something, please.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I need a perforce tier between free for 5 users and $40 a month for 50 users. Gimme like $20 a month for 10 users or something, please.
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My heart is heavy & I might have more to say on that later, but I've got news today that my time at Heart Machine will come to an end after POSSESSOR(S) ships.
I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲
I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My heart is heavy & I might have more to say on that later, but I've got news today that my time at Heart Machine will come to an end after POSSESSOR(S) ships.
I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲
I'm honestly too busy... literally shipping the game to start actively looking for work, but I'll be looking for my next gig in December. 🥲
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
Making spreadsheets, kill me
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Making spreadsheets, kill me
Update: it's pretty good
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Update: it's pretty good
Adventures in cooking: our friend group is getting together to carve/paint pumpkins tonight & everyone's bringing food. I don't know how to cook much but I'm trying out making a brown sugar honey glazed ham. Following a tutorial, I made a glaze, ham is cooking now, final pictures once it's done:
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Adventures in cooking: our friend group is getting together to carve/paint pumpkins tonight & everyone's bringing food. I don't know how to cook much but I'm trying out making a brown sugar honey glazed ham. Following a tutorial, I made a glaze, ham is cooking now, final pictures once it's done:
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I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
October 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.
Please, share this. 🖤
I've done three "Hire X HIRE X" posts recently, but genuinely I'd like to ask that anyone looking for staff right now please look at the posts here or on LinkedIn from folks that are being laid off from HM, these people are SO talented and SO amazing and I'm heartbroken to lose them as coworkers.
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I've done three "Hire X HIRE X" posts recently, but genuinely I'd like to ask that anyone looking for staff right now please look at the posts here or on LinkedIn from folks that are being laid off from HM, these people are SO talented and SO amazing and I'm heartbroken to lose them as coworkers.
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Hey friends - my time at Heart Machine is ending after nearly 6 years. It’s difficult to say goodbye to a studio that has seen so much growth in myself and others.
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
If you know of any studios hiring for audio lead or senior roles, please send them my way. DMs are open!
#AudioJobs #OpenToWork
October 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
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It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
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[waking up]: oh, fuck off
October 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
[waking up]: oh, fuck off
Just watched Scream for (somehow) the first time. HILARIOUS.
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Just watched Scream for (somehow) the first time. HILARIOUS.
Couple more finds courtesy of my rad wife who is not on Bluesky
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Couple more finds courtesy of my rad wife who is not on Bluesky