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Mike Bithell

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Mike Bithell

@mikeBithell

Games! Currently directing TRON: Catalyst. Previously on Thomas Was Alone, John Wick Hex, Subsurface Circular, Solitaire Conspiracy etc. He/him

Manchester, at a computer

Joined February 2008

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Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Mar 30
* Pokes head in. I live on Bluesky these days, but if you’re interested in hearing about my next game, I have a mailing list now:
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Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Sep 5, 2024
Being English is constantly realising that every twee little turn of phrase you picked up as a kid is actually a reference to empire or an outright slur.
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
May 16, 2024
Imagine handing the competition an opportunity like this.
Holly - I like tech
@AnxiousHolly
May 15, 2024
Samsung is mocking Apple again
Samsung Mobile US
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Samsung Mobile US
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Jul 29, 2023
Truly a graphic design golden age we’re in right now
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Oct 6, 2023
In a healthy industry, this game would already have three publishers fighting for it, and an as of yet unannounced all star voice cast.
Jean Nguyen
@JeanAnimate
Oct 6, 2023
Update week 3 on Dino-Sword, a personal game project. All Rough animations for now. Music by @nestormronda give him a follow!
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Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
May 16, 2024
oh, an agency pitched this in the first couple hours I bet
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Sep 5, 2024
Replying to @mikeBithell
(being an english graphic designer is realising that every graphic design term originates in a victorian understanding of printing presses and/or family units)
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Jun 5, 2023
I absolutely hate that being technically competent in 2023 means sounding like a Luddite when it comes to the latest digital snake oil. These things are always cool, fascinating tech, but the are also always massively oversold and dishonestly represented, with roughshod ethics.
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Oct 24, 2023
I need someone from the team to DM me if this stuff was all written or if you folks put improv performers in the booth with each other for these moments. Either is impressive. The latter doubly so from a pipeline and approvals perspective.
TheeDreadGod
@TheeDreadGod
Oct 23, 2023
BRO DID YALL SEE THIS?? LMAOOO THE NPC CONVOS IN SPIDER-MAN 2 are HUULLARRIOOOOSSSSS😂😂😂
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Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Jun 28, 2023
(Alasdair’s cool and this is a joke) Fun thing: players don’t trust a smooth loading bar. The stutters and pauses show you that the load is ‘biting’. I’ve worked on games where we artificially faked it. Game design: often starts before the game does.
Alasdair Beckett-King
@MisterABK
Jun 28, 2023
Game developers need to invent a loading bar that moves at an even speed, reflecting the amount of time a game will take to load. Once that's done, they can start working on graphics, jumping etc.
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Oct 4, 2023
Used to quite like the corridor digital videos for their unpacking of complex stuff for punters. This swing to just insulting other artists (and often misrepresenting the processes they're showing) is just massively disappointing. The algo pushing them off course?
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Sep 14, 2023
You ever make a game about rectangles so good it changed your life and gave you an odd emotional attachment to the engine that made your career possible, only to see the same idiots you were escaping come along and ruin that too, cutting off that path for the next generation?
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Feb 6, 2023
Fill the replies to this tweet with awesome games from trans creators please! For absolutely no reason at all.
Mike Bithell
@mikeBithell
Jun 14, 2023
The biggest issue with these timelines continues to be cumulative impact of task estimation. Stuff like crunch comes about because the best project managers in the world cannot possibly be expected to spotlessly plan 5 years. Constantly paying off time debt they can't catch up on
VGC
@VGC_News
Jun 13, 2023
Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty has said that both game players and the industry in general need to realise that most big games now have development cycles of around half a decade. vgc.news/news/xbox-game…