Patrick Metz
@pattl92.bsky.social
Senior Environment Artist at Maverick Games || Former Ubisoft Leamington
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well it's a bit late for #blocktober but if you'd like some insight into the #leveldesign process of building the world of TANUKI Pon's Summer, i will be at Good Game Dev Fest on saturday talking about it! alongside a bunch of other talented devs and festivities!!
see you there? luma.com/GGDF25
see you there? luma.com/GGDF25
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
well it's a bit late for #blocktober but if you'd like some insight into the #leveldesign process of building the world of TANUKI Pon's Summer, i will be at Good Game Dev Fest on saturday talking about it! alongside a bunch of other talented devs and festivities!!
see you there? luma.com/GGDF25
see you there? luma.com/GGDF25
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The dude who voluntarily left his last studio in 2022 due to the game he directed doing badly now has sage advice. And it involves chat bots doing the work, now I’m no expert but good chance the director maybe part of the issue not just the staff under them not working fast enough.
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The dude who voluntarily left his last studio in 2022 due to the game he directed doing badly now has sage advice. And it involves chat bots doing the work, now I’m no expert but good chance the director maybe part of the issue not just the staff under them not working fast enough.
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We stand in solidarity with employees and ex-employees at Build a Rocket Boy as they file legal claims through our union and publish an open letter, condemning the way in which they’ve been mistreated and discarded by the studio’s millionaire executives.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...
www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...
October 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We stand in solidarity with employees and ex-employees at Build a Rocket Boy as they file legal claims through our union and publish an open letter, condemning the way in which they’ve been mistreated and discarded by the studio’s millionaire executives.
www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...
www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...
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NEW: Nearly 100 current and former developers at MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy slam Leslie Benzies and the rest of studio leadership for poor management and botched layoffs.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW: Nearly 100 current and former developers at MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy slam Leslie Benzies and the rest of studio leadership for poor management and botched layoffs.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
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HELLO FRIENDS i know times are tough right now but if you are able to throw a bit of cash toward keeping my friend galette with her human sara when she's forced to move out of sweden it would really mean a lot -
Donate to Relocate Galette to the UK!, organized by Nicole Armstrong
Hello! Our names are Nikky and Jacob and we're raising money for our friend Sara who has … Nicole Armstrong needs your support for Relocate Galette to the UK!
www.gofundme.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
HELLO FRIENDS i know times are tough right now but if you are able to throw a bit of cash toward keeping my friend galette with her human sara when she's forced to move out of sweden it would really mean a lot -
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the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective
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The right's Charlie Kirk cancellation spree has emboldened gaming's worst
aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...
aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...
September 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The right's Charlie Kirk cancellation spree has emboldened gaming's worst
aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...
aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...
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Sorry I hate to say it but 2018/19 art twitter is never coming back no matter how many places we try and run to. The world has changed, the way people use social media has changed. Sure I'd love if that kind of thing still existed but it's never going to be exactly like that ever again.
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sorry I hate to say it but 2018/19 art twitter is never coming back no matter how many places we try and run to. The world has changed, the way people use social media has changed. Sure I'd love if that kind of thing still existed but it's never going to be exactly like that ever again.
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Bluesky needs to ABANDON this new attempt at censorship against the art that is being allowed to be posted. It's COMPLETELY HYPOCRITICAL of what they are supposed to be about. NO CENSORSHIP FOR NSFW ARTISTS! #bskycensorship #artisticfreedom #freedomofexpressionfirst
DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!
Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship
Silence is compliance!
September 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Bluesky needs to ABANDON this new attempt at censorship against the art that is being allowed to be posted. It's COMPLETELY HYPOCRITICAL of what they are supposed to be about. NO CENSORSHIP FOR NSFW ARTISTS! #bskycensorship #artisticfreedom #freedomofexpressionfirst
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Teilt diese sachlichen Fakten, damit Rechte nicht gewinnen! Solidarität mit Dunja Hayali!
Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg
Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg
September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Teilt diese sachlichen Fakten, damit Rechte nicht gewinnen! Solidarität mit Dunja Hayali!
Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg
Abtreibungen seien schlimmer als der Holocaust, prominente schwarze Frauen hätten nicht die nötige „Gehirnkapazität“, um ernst genommen zu werden, und müssten einer „weißen Person den Platz stehlen“, um Erfolg
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Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts
It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.
www.theverge.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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"This thing we're putting into everything is great, but also don't use it on anything that's important or matters, just FYI"
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"This thing we're putting into everything is great, but also don't use it on anything that's important or matters, just FYI"
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Labour MP calling violently anti-LGBTQ Reform politician Ann Widdecombe “woke” (and meaning it in derogatory way) over the tiniest of concession that “some” trans women might be in danger if forced into men’s prisons shows how utterly lost Labour is on trans rights. Bigoted brain-worms & proud of it
In further proof the UK is spiralling over trans rights, this Labour MP just called Ann Widdecombe 'woke'
This Labour MP just called Ann Widdecombe 'woke' and no, we're not kidding
A Labour MP branded right-wing figure Ann Widdecombe as 'woke' for showing the bare minimum of respect towards trans people and we're so tired.
www.thepinknews.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Labour MP calling violently anti-LGBTQ Reform politician Ann Widdecombe “woke” (and meaning it in derogatory way) over the tiniest of concession that “some” trans women might be in danger if forced into men’s prisons shows how utterly lost Labour is on trans rights. Bigoted brain-worms & proud of it
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Here is an overview of how I’ve set up the Art-Pipeline for Gloom Gate 👀
The Characters and the Environment are pre-rendered. I use Unity for that step. Each Character has its own Timeline, which plays all animations and handles transitions if needed.
▶️🧵
#1bit #pixelart #playdate #gamedev
The Characters and the Environment are pre-rendered. I use Unity for that step. Each Character has its own Timeline, which plays all animations and handles transitions if needed.
▶️🧵
#1bit #pixelart #playdate #gamedev
July 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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technology inherits the biases of its creators
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
technology inherits the biases of its creators
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if you are a concept artist currently using Vizcom and believing that it's "just a tool", all you are doing is making absolutely certain you will shortly cease to be a concept artist
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
if you are a concept artist currently using Vizcom and believing that it's "just a tool", all you are doing is making absolutely certain you will shortly cease to be a concept artist
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Folks! The ban against states regulating AI is DEAD! It’s was voted 99-1!
This victory belongs to us all! Unfettered GenAi is an issue for us all, and groups from all walks of life came together to demand we regulate! Your calls and action made the difference! So thank you everyone! We did this!
This victory belongs to us all! Unfettered GenAi is an issue for us all, and groups from all walks of life came together to demand we regulate! Your calls and action made the difference! So thank you everyone! We did this!
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Folks! The ban against states regulating AI is DEAD! It’s was voted 99-1!
This victory belongs to us all! Unfettered GenAi is an issue for us all, and groups from all walks of life came together to demand we regulate! Your calls and action made the difference! So thank you everyone! We did this!
This victory belongs to us all! Unfettered GenAi is an issue for us all, and groups from all walks of life came together to demand we regulate! Your calls and action made the difference! So thank you everyone! We did this!
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For those not yet in the know, Vizcom is a generative ai program designed to slip right into the concept art process- the folks selling it are moving quickly & quietly to get it into as many studios as possible.
I’d link videos etc but I don’t want to give them views. They deserve nothing
I’d link videos etc but I don’t want to give them views. They deserve nothing
July 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
For those not yet in the know, Vizcom is a generative ai program designed to slip right into the concept art process- the folks selling it are moving quickly & quietly to get it into as many studios as possible.
I’d link videos etc but I don’t want to give them views. They deserve nothing
I’d link videos etc but I don’t want to give them views. They deserve nothing
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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!)
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!)
July 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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!)
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!)
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"We used AI for placeholder art" increasingly feels like such a cop-out man. Placeholder art just needs to fill a space. It is meant to be loudly temporary. It should be so obviously Not Meant For Release that it can't be missed.
June 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"We used AI for placeholder art" increasingly feels like such a cop-out man. Placeholder art just needs to fill a space. It is meant to be loudly temporary. It should be so obviously Not Meant For Release that it can't be missed.
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ai art is the modern aesthetic of fascism
June 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ai art is the modern aesthetic of fascism
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wishing everyone a joyful and unshackled pride month <3
June 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
wishing everyone a joyful and unshackled pride month <3
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New guidance suggests you can degrade and segregate us as long as you're polite about it
Front page of the Daily Telegraph. Shops and leisure centres can do this if they want. They will get sued.
May 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New guidance suggests you can degrade and segregate us as long as you're polite about it
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The level of surveillance and policing demanded by transphobia will always be more disruptive to your life than the rights and demands of trans people ourselves
This is going to be an absolute car crash, the Supreme Court verdict looks more absurd by the day
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
www.thetimes.com/article/86fb...
May 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The level of surveillance and policing demanded by transphobia will always be more disruptive to your life than the rights and demands of trans people ourselves