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Darren Weekes

@tddaz

Senior level designer at Splash Damage Sphinx, Gears Tactics, Star Wars Hunters, Project Astrid When I'm not gamedeving, I'm riding my bikes! https://tddaz.artstation.com/ https://youtube.com/@darrenonabike

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Had a fun moment when running around NYC battery park in The Division 2 dlc. "Oh! That's the building where you start the campaign in Crisis 2!"

It's funny that my main memory of NYC is Crisis 2.

09.03.2026 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

7 hours to do the bike ride, then another two hours of cleaning the bike, the house, the gear and yourself when you get back. Glad I can finally sit down, relax and see what's happening in the world.

Oh.

09.03.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeh this is what I was thinking! Let's get the rest of the episodes

09.03.2026 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Explored some new trails on the North Downs Way today. Bleak misty vibes for most of the ride but when the hills call you gotta pedal towards them.

09.03.2026 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This mission in The Division 2 dlc lets you get inside a tunnel boring machine and its awesome.

08.03.2026 22:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Timeline cleanse...

08.03.2026 09:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cobham Woods Offroad Loop - Darren's On a Bike
Cobham Woods Offroad Loop - Darren's On a Bike YouTube video by Darren's on a bike

First one of 2026 ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿšดโ€โ™‚๏ธ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqLc...

06.03.2026 18:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hell yeah Alex! Hope it all goes smoothly for you tomorrow

05.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AETHUS, my solo-indie debut, launches straight to 1.0 (no Early Access!) TOMORROW, March 6th!

Story is so often an afterthought in survival-crafting games...

Not so in AETHUS - fully voice-acted, there's always a narrative reason to head underground or build up your mining base!

#IndieDev

05.03.2026 10:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

It's 2026 and perforce still doesn't have a good progress bar

03.03.2026 10:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I bought one excited to play the Nintendo back catalogue but it's all behind a monthly sub ๐Ÿคฌ at least most of the recent stuff is there.

I'm wondering if I should have got a steam deck instead...

Mario kart wasn't great. Completely empty open world, not sure what they were thinking? ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

02.03.2026 21:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Medway valley and an old burial mound that had all these trinkets tied to the trees. Really cool little hidden away spot.

02.03.2026 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another summer day? Took full advantage by riding my bike in a big old loop. Saw some cool stuff!

02.03.2026 19:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha I was thinking the same thing. Really love the world

27.02.2026 19:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AETHUS - AETHUS Launch Pricing, Editions, Bundles and FAQs - Steam News Learn about the price of the game, cross-promo bundles, FAQs and additional ways to support development!

AETHUS ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš€โ›๏ธ launches in just ONE WEEK!
Straight to 1.0 - no Early Access, no messing around.

The game is just $15.99 at launch, and you can grab a bundle with amazing games like @foreverskies.bsky.social to lower it even further!

Check out the full news post!๐Ÿ‘‡

store.steampowered.com/news/app/254...

27.02.2026 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't sleep on PD if I haven't played it yet. Bloody good one this :)

25.02.2026 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Evanescence - Afterlife (GUNSHIP Remix) [Official Lyric Video]
Evanescence - Afterlife (GUNSHIP Remix) [Official Lyric Video] YouTube video by GUNSHIPMUSIC

Yea!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO0L...

24.02.2026 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AETHUS - The brand-new AETHUS Demo is live! - Steam News Play the new demo now and seamlessly carry your progress into the full game on March 6th.

The brand new AETHUS demo is now live as part of Steam #NextFest! ๐ŸŽฎ

If you played the old one, you might want to give the new one a shot as your progress will carry straight into the game on launch next week, March 6th! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Check out the trailer and news post below! ๐Ÿ‘‡

#GameDev
shorturl.at/bbAbQ

23.02.2026 18:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Some more snaps from this weekend. Went back and reworked a few of them as I think I was a bit heavy handed with the colour corrections before.

23.02.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Green box with opening instruction picture that resembles someone pulling their arse open with the forefingers of both hands, sorry no funny or twee or slightly arch explanation comes to mind here, it's just nasty.

Green box with opening instruction picture that resembles someone pulling their arse open with the forefingers of both hands, sorry no funny or twee or slightly arch explanation comes to mind here, it's just nasty.

Roses are red,
I would rather not see
A packaging box
Inspired by goatse.

22.02.2026 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 501 ๐Ÿ” 175 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Pics from todays ride. Got some more that I might work on tomorrow. Quite like some of these ๐Ÿ‘€

22.02.2026 18:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Someone added floating text irl ๐Ÿ˜‚

22.02.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SWH Map Tour: Mos Espa Waystation
SWH Map Tour: Mos Espa Waystation YouTube video by QuickDraw

Post launch maps really upped the quality as well ๐Ÿ‘€ youtu.be/0qmwdiID0NA?...

21.02.2026 23:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Star Wars Hunters Utooni Archive Gameplay (1/2)
Star Wars Hunters Utooni Archive Gameplay (1/2) YouTube video by QuickDraw

I can't talk about SWH without mentioning Utooni, the most wonderful hero in the game ๐Ÿ˜‚ brain child of Brian Canary. The idea is hilarious and also solves the small hitbox issue! youtu.be/RI91owDYdeY?...

21.02.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This level started out as a floating arena in low orbit of a planet.. UT facing worlds style! Had to reign it in a bit ๐Ÿ˜‚

21.02.2026 23:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SWH Map Tour: Highline
SWH Map Tour: Highline YouTube video by QuickDraw

"High line" the goal was to make a single map traversal element take center stage. In this case a zipline that gets you right in front of the enemy goal youtu.be/7loujipvCaw?...

21.02.2026 23:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember the initial thought for this level was "break Los with undulating terrain". Hence the dunes ๐Ÿ˜‚ it doesn't need to be rocket science

21.02.2026 23:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SWH Map Tour: Dune Sea
SWH Map Tour: Dune Sea YouTube video by QuickDraw

Dusty Ridge ๐Ÿ‘€ the layout barely changed during dev but the launch ramps went through a ton of revisions. Team activated... timers... Enemy denial rules. The whole thing.. eventually we simplified to what you see here youtu.be/1-KLL7tPQlg?...

21.02.2026 23:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
SWH Map Tour: Mos Espa Podrace
SWH Map Tour: Mos Espa Podrace YouTube video by QuickDraw

Someone made a nice in-depth exploration video for my Star Wars Hunters map "Mos Espa Podrace". This was the first map I worked on for Hunters and it went through a ton of changes. Boss alien went to town with the art! youtu.be/J3tUEYQe_sQ?...

21.02.2026 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tfw you still have some edge cases to fix in your procedural locomotion system #gamedev

21.02.2026 16:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 8880 ๐Ÿ” 2883 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 74 ๐Ÿ“Œ 126