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Dan Shannon
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Level designer @AurochDigital. Previously @SlipgateIron. Game dev dabbler. Notebook doodler. Professional dad-ler?
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Hey! 👋 First post time! I’m a level designer by day, who loves to doodle ideas in my sketchbook and tinker with personal gamedev projects. Big fan of retro shooters and classic consoles. #leveldesign #sketchbook
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DERELIKT is finally on Steam! Share & Wishlist to keep up with development: store.steampowered.com/app/3810510/...

DERELIKT is a narrative retro FPS inspired by Alien Resurrection, Doom 3 and System Shock 2, with a dash of lovecraftian cosmic horror.🪐
June 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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I'm updating my artstation, with older work, that I still think is good. So, here, a sneakpeek of some old, low poly work, with handpainted spec/gloss/diffuse! (2014-mobile spec)

#lowpoly #sorceress #knight #gamedev #3D
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Quake single player map for episode 3 of the Tremor expansion pack. #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 28, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Sketch of a small arena level that I built for a work game jam recently. The sketch is more recent than the jam and was me trying to work out if it could be expanded into a small single player quake thing. #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 28, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Small courtyard sketch to generate some ideas. Started playing around with some little details and tried out some coloured markers which looked crap (hence the greyscale) 🥲 #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 20, 2024 at 11:03 PM
More stuff from Graven. This was the lead up to the final boss at the end of ep 3. I built out the void area with existing rock assets and then created a custom modular interior section which followed the triangular motif of the entrance portal. #leveldesign #environmentart
December 20, 2024 at 8:48 PM
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Let’s see how embeds work here! I recently joined a game jam where I 'demade' one of my levels from an unshipped Xbox 360 game - this time reimagined in Doom. Let me know what you think! #gamedev #leveldesign #blocktober www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBuI...
Creating My First DOOM II Deathmatch Map - From Concept to Playtesting
YouTube video by Sean Noonan
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October 31, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Some of the work I did on Graven - episode 2. It was a combination of working with and updating existing parts of the level as well as integrating completely new sections built from modular pieces that I made in Trenchbroom #leveldesign #environmentart
December 19, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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Hello World!
I will be mostly posting Quake content, give me a follow if that is your thing :)

#Quake #leveldesign
October 17, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Various sci-fi (and some not so sci-fi) level doodles for a few different projects. #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Now that I’m on bsky, everything old I posted in that other place is now new again, so expect a lot of reposts 😅 Anyway, here’s some quake layout doodle of a swampy castle. #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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Hey guys, doing a new post saying I'm open for commissions, because I need money BAD. I barely have enough to pay rent and the rest of groceries this month
I do drawings but most of all 3d low poly models, ranging from items and machines to characters & creatures

Check my ko-fi for more info below👇
December 15, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Hey! 👋 First post time! I’m a level designer by day, who loves to doodle ideas in my sketchbook and tinker with personal gamedev projects. Big fan of retro shooters and classic consoles. #leveldesign #sketchbook
December 18, 2024 at 11:35 AM