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Game developers on Twitter are sharing what their games looked like mid-development

A look at how games get made.

Kellen Beck

on October 3, 2017

Video game developers are taking to Twitter this month to give the world a peek behind the development curtain with #blocktober, a hashtag that level designers are using to share early builds of their levels.

It started with Michael Barclay, a game designer at Naughty Dog, sharing a level blockout (basically a simplified layout of a level before all the cool visual details are added in) of a level he built for practice at home.

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After that, #blocktober officially became a thing as more and more developers started sharing their own level blockouts.

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The #blocktober hashtag may also be good for people who want to block a lot of people on Twitter. Whatever floats your boat.

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Kellen Beck

Kellen is a science reporter at Mashable, covering space, environmentalism, sustainability, and future tech. Previously, Kellen has covered entertainment, gaming, esports, and consumer tech at Mashable. Follow him on Twitter @Kellenbeck