Tristan 🏗️🏰
@tristanld.bsky.social
Level Designer at GRIP Studios • Occasionally Speaker & Workshop Host • Cologne Game Lab Alumni • He/him
https://tristanhantschel.de/
https://tristanhantschel.de/
If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.
September 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If you see this, repost with a vampire that's not Dracula.
Hey friends! I just started my new job (for which I moved to a different country 😱) as a Level Designer at GRIP Studios in Prague. ✨🎮
August 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey friends! I just started my new job (for which I moved to a different country 😱) as a Level Designer at GRIP Studios in Prague. ✨🎮
Look at this cute little* gladiator figure I found at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne.
(*blurry thumb for reference)
(*blurry thumb for reference)
July 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Look at this cute little* gladiator figure I found at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne.
(*blurry thumb for reference)
(*blurry thumb for reference)
I'm excited to share that I'll be judging the DevGAMM Awards again this year! The award is perfect for small teams, with a $130k prize pool up for grabs! 🙌
Submit your game by September 1: lnkd.in/eWUg4PrH
Submit your game by September 1: lnkd.in/eWUg4PrH
May 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I'm excited to share that I'll be judging the DevGAMM Awards again this year! The award is perfect for small teams, with a $130k prize pool up for grabs! 🙌
Submit your game by September 1: lnkd.in/eWUg4PrH
Submit your game by September 1: lnkd.in/eWUg4PrH
@kanaratron.bsky.social you made me buy it:D
March 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@kanaratron.bsky.social you made me buy it:D
You should also check out the work of Carl Werner, a contemporary of Roberts!
February 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You should also check out the work of Carl Werner, a contemporary of Roberts!
Watched "Universal Language" by Matthew Rankin & played "Mouthwashing" by Wrong Organ this weekend. Both incredible in their own unique ways!
January 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Watched "Universal Language" by Matthew Rankin & played "Mouthwashing" by Wrong Organ this weekend. Both incredible in their own unique ways!
Read both previous books by Schreier and loved them, his third did not disappoint my high expectations. Covering the over 30 years that Blizzard has been around gives not only a rare look behind the curtain but also a lot of context to recent developments and the direction the industry is heading.
January 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Read both previous books by Schreier and loved them, his third did not disappoint my high expectations. Covering the over 30 years that Blizzard has been around gives not only a rare look behind the curtain but also a lot of context to recent developments and the direction the industry is heading.
Focuses on emotions and their relationship to design. Starting with examples from product design, covering “The Devious Side of Design” in sales and later even emotional robots. As in Norman’s other books, his principles and thinking can be taken holistically and applied to design as a whole.
January 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Focuses on emotions and their relationship to design. Starting with examples from product design, covering “The Devious Side of Design” in sales and later even emotional robots. As in Norman’s other books, his principles and thinking can be taken holistically and applied to design as a whole.
The roughly 200 pages cover most of the typical obstacles a game dev will encounter & offer solid advice on topics like motivation and scope. Great lil comics! Imo it fits neatly into the category of books that the “101 Things I Learned in…”-series or Max Pears’ “Let’s Design:…”-series falls into.
January 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The roughly 200 pages cover most of the typical obstacles a game dev will encounter & offer solid advice on topics like motivation and scope. Great lil comics! Imo it fits neatly into the category of books that the “101 Things I Learned in…”-series or Max Pears’ “Let’s Design:…”-series falls into.
Covers different parts of the creative process of writers working on immersive entertainment projects and provides numerous case studies to underline its claims. Not directly about games but was a great to take a peek behind the curtain of this industry and offers a lot of
transferable knowledge.
transferable knowledge.
January 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Covers different parts of the creative process of writers working on immersive entertainment projects and provides numerous case studies to underline its claims. Not directly about games but was a great to take a peek behind the curtain of this industry and offers a lot of
transferable knowledge.
transferable knowledge.
Carillo managed to not only concisely characterize things like design skills at different levels of seniority, but also gives some great advice on problem solving, vision statements, and design methodology.
Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!
Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Carillo managed to not only concisely characterize things like design skills at different levels of seniority, but also gives some great advice on problem solving, vision statements, and design methodology.
Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!
Very much looking forward to the next book in the series!
Only covers most areas very roughly. Especially when comparing it to other LD-books some sections read quite amateurish/outdated. Felt like the planning process and levels were rarely considered in the context of entire games.
January 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Only covers most areas very roughly. Especially when comparing it to other LD-books some sections read quite amateurish/outdated. Felt like the planning process and levels were rarely considered in the context of entire games.
Written in a pleasant format, with digestible paragraphs accompanied by a couple of illustrations and graphs. Lemarchand offers further resources like playtest survey templates or examples for folder hierarchy on his website. “A Playful Production Process” belongs imo on every designer’s bookshelf!
January 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Written in a pleasant format, with digestible paragraphs accompanied by a couple of illustrations and graphs. Lemarchand offers further resources like playtest survey templates or examples for folder hierarchy on his website. “A Playful Production Process” belongs imo on every designer’s bookshelf!
Finished "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle"
a few days ago and it was an absolute blast. Loved the level design and the insane amount of cool props!
The game also has some genuine comedic moments that emerge during gameplay. Hope Xbox will let MachineGames make a sequel🙏
a few days ago and it was an absolute blast. Loved the level design and the insane amount of cool props!
The game also has some genuine comedic moments that emerge during gameplay. Hope Xbox will let MachineGames make a sequel🙏
January 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Finished "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle"
a few days ago and it was an absolute blast. Loved the level design and the insane amount of cool props!
The game also has some genuine comedic moments that emerge during gameplay. Hope Xbox will let MachineGames make a sequel🙏
a few days ago and it was an absolute blast. Loved the level design and the insane amount of cool props!
The game also has some genuine comedic moments that emerge during gameplay. Hope Xbox will let MachineGames make a sequel🙏
The wardrobe aesthetic I wanna go for in 2025:
December 31, 2024 at 1:28 PM
The wardrobe aesthetic I wanna go for in 2025:
"It's crucial to know and understand your (game's) target group!"
Hayao Miyazaki understood the assignment:
Hayao Miyazaki understood the assignment:
December 27, 2024 at 12:40 AM
"It's crucial to know and understand your (game's) target group!"
Hayao Miyazaki understood the assignment:
Hayao Miyazaki understood the assignment:
Simply hauntingly beautiful.
December 22, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Simply hauntingly beautiful.
Tonight I saw the original Nosferatu (1922) with a live score by "Interzone perceptible". Incredible how well this movie still works over 100 years after its initial release. (Apart from a few goofy lines) ⚰️🦇
December 22, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Tonight I saw the original Nosferatu (1922) with a live score by "Interzone perceptible". Incredible how well this movie still works over 100 years after its initial release. (Apart from a few goofy lines) ⚰️🦇
Visited the local theme park as part of the studio's Christmas party (I'm living the dream of every 5-year-old) and found this collection of "default video game props" standing in a deserted corner near a queue. 📦⚱️
December 19, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Visited the local theme park as part of the studio's Christmas party (I'm living the dream of every 5-year-old) and found this collection of "default video game props" standing in a deserted corner near a queue. 📦⚱️
Muss ich dann wohl mal Reinspielen😁
December 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Muss ich dann wohl mal Reinspielen😁
How it feels now that I've deleted my Twitter account and am finally starting to post more on here:
December 17, 2024 at 10:03 PM
How it feels now that I've deleted my Twitter account and am finally starting to post more on here:
Had the honor of attending the German premiere of "All We Imagine as Light" by Payal Kapadia today. Wonderful composition, terrific lighting, and a genuinely touching story about love, destiny, and sisterhood. Make sure to see it at the cinema if you get the chance!
December 16, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Had the honor of attending the German premiere of "All We Imagine as Light" by Payal Kapadia today. Wonderful composition, terrific lighting, and a genuinely touching story about love, destiny, and sisterhood. Make sure to see it at the cinema if you get the chance!
Heck yeah! There is a replica of the entrance in the exhibition on surrealism in the Center Pompidou👹
December 14, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Heck yeah! There is a replica of the entrance in the exhibition on surrealism in the Center Pompidou👹