TOM FRANCIS
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Hello! I'm Tom. I'm a game designer, writer, and programmer on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. Here's some more info on all the games I've worked on, here are the videos I make on YouTube, and here are two short stories I wrote for the Machine of Death collections.
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Hey, You’re Not Chell
Portal 2’s beautiful and fun level editor just came out, and already there are 1,787 player-built puzzles for it, and already the simple rating system has lifted some incredible ones to the top. My favourite is Gate: very focused, only a few elements, but genuinely baffling for just the right amount of time. And unlike a few of the other tricky ones I’ve tried, you have to ‘get it’ to solve it, giving rise to the familiar “I’m a genius!” moment.
Let PCG’s Chris Thursten talk you through how to make a needlessly complex level for it.