Nele Steenput 🍂
@nele-st.bsky.social
Senior Character Artist at nDreams on Meta Quest Games (Reach, Ghostbusters, etc)
BAFTA Member
🗒️She/her 🇧🇪🇬🇧
🚫AI/NFT🚫
✏️artstation.com/nele_s
BAFTA Member
🗒️She/her 🇧🇪🇬🇧
🚫AI/NFT🚫
✏️artstation.com/nele_s
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Nele Steenput 🍂
@nele-st.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Time to do a little intro post...
Hello I'm Nele and I am a Belgian🇧🇪 senior character artist working on VR games at nDreams in the UK🇬🇧
Full time metalhead and part time gig goer 🤘
Please follow for WIP art posts & occasional game dev thoughts
Hello I'm Nele and I am a Belgian🇧🇪 senior character artist working on VR games at nDreams in the UK🇬🇧
Full time metalhead and part time gig goer 🤘
Please follow for WIP art posts & occasional game dev thoughts
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A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
September 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A few of my favorite of our environment shots from Sword of the Sea
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
Reminder that I'm looking for work as an Environment Artist or 3D Artist 🙂
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Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.
September 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Layoffs wreck studios. Institutional knowledge is SO valuable in the games industry. When you eventually replace that laid off employee, I don’t care if they’ve got 30 years of experience and dozens of games under their belt. They still have to learn the pipeline, the software, the systems.
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They sure aren't offering much $ compensation to sell your soul as a character artist
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They sure aren't offering much $ compensation to sell your soul as a character artist
They sure aren't offering much $ compensation to sell your soul as a character artist
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They sure aren't offering much $ compensation to sell your soul as a character artist
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I am sure that laying off the most skilled people, with otherwise unobtainable insight from decades of experience in game production, will somehow make games cost less to develop and by extension purchase.
July 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I am sure that laying off the most skilled people, with otherwise unobtainable insight from decades of experience in game production, will somehow make games cost less to develop and by extension purchase.
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My main reason why I will always prefer Pikmin 3 over Pikmin 4, or Mario Rabbids 1 over 2. I get trying to make it more accessible to a young audience but taking away the challenges takes away the fun in these cases
I feel like the "smoothening" of game design over the past decade or so has changed the way many players interact with the art form for the worse.
Friction often serves a purpose.
If something feels unsatisfying, why? Does that feeling contribute to the meaning of what you're experiencing?
Friction often serves a purpose.
If something feels unsatisfying, why? Does that feeling contribute to the meaning of what you're experiencing?
June 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My main reason why I will always prefer Pikmin 3 over Pikmin 4, or Mario Rabbids 1 over 2. I get trying to make it more accessible to a young audience but taking away the challenges takes away the fun in these cases
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I'm glad folks are finally waking up that this ridiculous rhetoric is dangerous and I applaud the folks with visibility pushing back on it.
Be honest.
If we keep repeating it, the fat cats at the top will expect it and it leads to workers abuse and overscoping.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Be honest.
If we keep repeating it, the fat cats at the top will expect it and it leads to workers abuse and overscoping.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
No, Geoff Keighley—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was not made by a team of 'under 30 developers,' and devs say repeating the myth is 'a dangerous path'
SGF's fascination with small staff sizes discredits the integral work of external contractors and contributors.
www.pcgamer.com
June 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I'm glad folks are finally waking up that this ridiculous rhetoric is dangerous and I applaud the folks with visibility pushing back on it.
Be honest.
If we keep repeating it, the fat cats at the top will expect it and it leads to workers abuse and overscoping.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Be honest.
If we keep repeating it, the fat cats at the top will expect it and it leads to workers abuse and overscoping.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
As a VR game artist, this hits extra hard
May 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
As a VR game artist, this hits extra hard
I love my water bill going up to £2500 a year by 2050 *just* so these guys can earn more than £2.5mill/year (currently)
Because surely they are very much entitled to this with the amazing job they've been doing
Because surely they are very much entitled to this with the amazing job they've been doing
extraordinary that Thames Water executives are getting *new* bonuses, this time as a result of the £3bn rescue loan from the spring - which loads the company with interest rates of nearly 10%
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
via me and Gill Plimmer
www.ft.com/content/1f6d...
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I love my water bill going up to £2500 a year by 2050 *just* so these guys can earn more than £2.5mill/year (currently)
Because surely they are very much entitled to this with the amazing job they've been doing
Because surely they are very much entitled to this with the amazing job they've been doing
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Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
May 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spain, you could do the funniest thing right now...
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Hi! Nice to e-meet you Alex. Wish it were under better circumstances. Anyhow
let’s address your points!
Sorry, this is gonna be a long one ☠️ So for those of you who hate reading this shit in a thread, here’s a google doc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Otherwise follow the conversation below:
let’s address your points!
Sorry, this is gonna be a long one ☠️ So for those of you who hate reading this shit in a thread, here’s a google doc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Otherwise follow the conversation below:
May 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Hi! Nice to e-meet you Alex. Wish it were under better circumstances. Anyhow
let’s address your points!
Sorry, this is gonna be a long one ☠️ So for those of you who hate reading this shit in a thread, here’s a google doc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Otherwise follow the conversation below:
let’s address your points!
Sorry, this is gonna be a long one ☠️ So for those of you who hate reading this shit in a thread, here’s a google doc:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Otherwise follow the conversation below:
Sooo... they usually used to wait a few years before Americans do a remake
(even uses the same theme song by Fontaines DC)😂
(even uses the same theme song by Fontaines DC)😂
May 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Sooo... they usually used to wait a few years before Americans do a remake
(even uses the same theme song by Fontaines DC)😂
(even uses the same theme song by Fontaines DC)😂
Happy to say I got to be part of the BAFTA Games jury this year for Artistic Achievement...
...and holy shit got invited to the Nominees Party and got to meet them in person?? (including Ashly Burch aaaahhhh🤗)
...and holy shit got invited to the Nominees Party and got to meet them in person?? (including Ashly Burch aaaahhhh🤗)
April 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Happy to say I got to be part of the BAFTA Games jury this year for Artistic Achievement...
...and holy shit got invited to the Nominees Party and got to meet them in person?? (including Ashly Burch aaaahhhh🤗)
...and holy shit got invited to the Nominees Party and got to meet them in person?? (including Ashly Burch aaaahhhh🤗)
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SCOOP: From the beginning of Trump’s administration, DOGE had a plan to monitor USAID payments and was preparing to use US Treasury systems to halt them, according to new court documents, emails, and affidavits obtained by WIRED.
Inside DOGE’s Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID
Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk’s DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SCOOP: From the beginning of Trump’s administration, DOGE had a plan to monitor USAID payments and was preparing to use US Treasury systems to halt them, according to new court documents, emails, and affidavits obtained by WIRED.
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"So just how much zoom zoom and pew pew is there in Rogue Eclipse?"
"Yes."
😎🚀💥
bit.ly/4bRLumD
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
"Yes."
😎🚀💥
bit.ly/4bRLumD
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
March 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"So just how much zoom zoom and pew pew is there in Rogue Eclipse?"
"Yes."
😎🚀💥
bit.ly/4bRLumD
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
"Yes."
😎🚀💥
bit.ly/4bRLumD
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #indiedev
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This makes me so angry - because this translates to "I too would like to make a lot of money"
But let's be real. You would not have published Balatro.
You want a lightning strike- fund 20 games. Fund 30 games. Fund so many damn games that maybe you find the right field to be struck by lightning.
But let's be real. You would not have published Balatro.
You want a lightning strike- fund 20 games. Fund 30 games. Fund so many damn games that maybe you find the right field to be struck by lightning.
Publisher bizdev people at events like GDC and Dice trying to sign "the next balatro" should realize that, statistically, the developer of "the next Balatro" you need to be talking to isn't at GDC or Dice talking to bizdev guys seeking 2m+ in funding
March 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This makes me so angry - because this translates to "I too would like to make a lot of money"
But let's be real. You would not have published Balatro.
You want a lightning strike- fund 20 games. Fund 30 games. Fund so many damn games that maybe you find the right field to be struck by lightning.
But let's be real. You would not have published Balatro.
You want a lightning strike- fund 20 games. Fund 30 games. Fund so many damn games that maybe you find the right field to be struck by lightning.
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AI story stuff always shows its hand by boringly spewing data and plot at breakneck speed. Storytelling is about graceful revelation and paced conveyance of information. Generative models don’t do negative space, or rather, they don’t do it asymmetrically.
March 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
AI story stuff always shows its hand by boringly spewing data and plot at breakneck speed. Storytelling is about graceful revelation and paced conveyance of information. Generative models don’t do negative space, or rather, they don’t do it asymmetrically.
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well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...
These guys have always been one of the best, and this just tops it ❤️❤️
With the industry in a slump and money even harder to come by we wondered if we could help, in our small but unique way, by offering our services to those in need for FREE!
A thread...
A thread...
March 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
These guys have always been one of the best, and this just tops it ❤️❤️
To those who are going to try for *that* gig today on Livenation...
Wishing you lots of luck! 🤞
Wishing you lots of luck! 🤞
February 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
To those who are going to try for *that* gig today on Livenation...
Wishing you lots of luck! 🤞
Wishing you lots of luck! 🤞
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🚀 I'm hosting a new showcase event in London, May 2025 & still on the look out for more games. I'm teaming up with a Marketing company so it'll be something like a showcase meets secret cinema 😆🍿🎬
For more info + signup, ➡️ forms.gle/9DqpwpLUfE4v...
Reposts appreciated, ty! 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
For more info + signup, ➡️ forms.gle/9DqpwpLUfE4v...
Reposts appreciated, ty! 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
Indie Games Showcase / Launch
I'm producing events to showcase indie games/cult games/games that deserve more love and would love to work with you! My events will be experimental, creating worlds for guests to enter into to, as th...
forms.gle
February 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚀 I'm hosting a new showcase event in London, May 2025 & still on the look out for more games. I'm teaming up with a Marketing company so it'll be something like a showcase meets secret cinema 😆🍿🎬
For more info + signup, ➡️ forms.gle/9DqpwpLUfE4v...
Reposts appreciated, ty! 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
For more info + signup, ➡️ forms.gle/9DqpwpLUfE4v...
Reposts appreciated, ty! 🙏
#gamedev #indiedev
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watching the industries like 3rd or 4th narrative single player games dont make money because executive decisions drove them to fail so the indusry collapses until someone makes one in a few years with sane executive choices and it makes a shitload of money. people never learn.
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
watching the industries like 3rd or 4th narrative single player games dont make money because executive decisions drove them to fail so the indusry collapses until someone makes one in a few years with sane executive choices and it makes a shitload of money. people never learn.