Jon Hickenbottom @jonmichael
Senior Level Designer @SonySantaMonica on God of War Ragnarok jonmichaelcreations.com Santa Monica, CA Joined July 2008-
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Posting less here, but had a moment to update my website with all the work I’ve been fortunate to work on for God of War : Ragnarok. jonmichaelcreations.com/portfolio/god-…
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Happy #Blocktober folks! I got the amazing chance to work on water level mechanics in Svartalfheim in #GodOfWarRagnarok. Lets look at the Water Sluices! While we could have supported larger, baked sluice setups, we opted for a modular approach for each sluice piece that…
Jon Hickenbottom retweeted
In the spirit of #Blocktober, I'm posting images of the design sheet I worked on alongside the wonderful art it was turned into by Sam Delfanti and Timo Pihlajamaki. This comes from a portion of the finale of God of War: Ragnarok, which involved many, many people so there are…
Check out some amazing work by @xylaei on Alfheim Deserts in #GodofWarRagnarok 🔥
Jon Hickenbottom retweeted
This arena also served as our testing ground for proving out increased mobility in combat! Grapples, drop downs, gap jumps, and all the fun in between. Not to mention some funky ragdoll collision! Having an arena that pushes many systems early is very helpful in development 👌🏽
This arena also served as our testing ground for proving out increased mobility in combat! Grapples, drop downs, gap jumps, and all the fun in between. Not to mention some funky ragdoll collision! Having an arena that pushes many systems early is very helpful in development 👌🏽
Jon Hickenbottom retweeted
Happy #Blocktober! Will be posting some gameplay and systems design from #GodOfWarRagnarok here! I got the amazing chance to work on so many little narrative moments across the game in #GodOfWarRagnarok. Lets look at the Train Align minigame moment today! @DaNightTrain , while…
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