thomasmahler

@thomasmahler

CEO | Creative Director @wickedgame @moongamestudios Designer and Director of Ori and the Blind Forest, Ori and the Will of the Wisps and No Rest for the Wicked

Vienna, Austria

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thomasmahler
@thomasmahler
Feb 1
I have to say, I'm just so incredibly grateful these days! 👍 Just a couple of weeks ago we were still preparing everything for No Rest for the Wicked Together's launch and I was already mentally preparing myself for something to go awfully wrong considering that Multiplayer
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thomasmahler
@thomasmahler
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One of the things that has increasingly bothered me about games is how much of the industry has become incredibly focused on giving players little dopamine hits. Level Up, XP Gains, loot, achievements, new skin unlocks, daily rewards... basically just numbers go up. Dopamine is
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thomasmahler
@thomasmahler
Aug 30
No, don’t say that! That’s the Gil Amelio strategy at play all over again. You don’t point the ship that has a hole in the bottom in the right direction. You fix the goddamn hole!
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Rebs Gaming
@Mr_Rebs_
Aug 30
During an interview with Asha Sharma, BBC News said Halo isn't shining as bright as it used to and asked Asha what will she do to bring Halo back to the top spot. Asha said she's confident that Halo is a very important part of Xbox's portfolio, is focused on Halo's importance,
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thomasmahler
@thomasmahler
Aug 30
That’s correct and it’s been proven historically over and over again. The people who argue against that just likely never worked in a team that had these really strong key players. What I’ve found is that it’s amazing to work with people like that, but often they’re also the
Jakob Wahlberg
@Jakob_Wahlberg
Aug 30
I haven’t worked in AAA, but my intuition is that a 100 person studio could end up in serious decline after the departure of 1 and never know why. Some people are just key players. Tough pill to swallow. Some people just do that thing no one else does.
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thomasmahler
@thomasmahler
Aug 29
Truth is that only gamers think that way. It didn't even occur to me that people could take it negatively if I offer help to Playground to fix some of their combat woes... That's kind of ridiculous. Developers do this all the time. Whenever we have a game or an update to test, I
Khalid Makki
@KhalidMakki64
Aug 29
They should accept his offer. It doesn’t matter they’re the “bigger studio”. Drop the ego and let him help. See how you can improve the combat before launching the game in February. The combat looks dreadful. But it can be saved in the next 5 months with good direction.
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