Navin Nair @_zencoder

Lead/Principal Designer, Riot Games. Prev: Sr Combat Tech Designer, Santa Monica Studio, Lead Designer/Lead Programmer, Section Studios. Part time indie dev. Los Angeles Joined September 2011

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

6 days ago

@Mortdog Thanks for the share! Always looking for great game design content :)

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a week ago

@SungodCN Do it! Make it great again :) Sometimes all you need is a spark to light a flame.

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

2 weeks ago

Looking incredible. The god of war team are masters of action combat, can’t wait to play!

DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm

2 weeks ago

First look at Serpent Bow gameplay in ‘GOD OF WAR - LAUFEY’. Faye's weapon can transform from a bow into a melee weapon for both close quarters & ranged attacks.

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

4 weeks ago

@DannyLimanseta Very cool! Thanks for sharing. Your stuff is always inspiring to see :)

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4 weeks ago

@DannyLimanseta Looks great! How did you do the rigging/animations/vfx - was that Astra too ?

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

3 months ago

@BrainEngineer Ooh nice. Need to bookmark this for the artistically deficient folk like myself :)

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@Ghostcrawler It’s really disappointing. To edit a deck or sheet with AI, I have to export to a doc, make the change in Claude and then bring it back. It feels like such an easy win to not let your users out of your ecosystem. Wonder how stuff like this isn’t caught in basic user testing.

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League of Legends @LeagueOfLegends

4 months ago

We've finally done it. We figured out a way to go back to the good ol' days. But can @RiotPabro get @RiotMeddler on board? Tune in to MSI Finals on July 11 at 11pm PDT to find out.

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

4 months ago

@MDSVeritas @PaneerDevourer Yeah! No bipedal constraints give that extra freedom. Excited to see what yall cooked up!

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

5 months ago

@KatDoes3D I recommend a combination of making small games, game jams and study of the theory (lots of great books and videos out there). We are in a day where knowledge is not the barrier anymore. Even a simple deep query from an Llm will give you a ton of great starting points. Good luck!

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

7 months ago

@Tocelot @humancomputerco This looks really fun!

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

8 months ago

@PaneerDevourer Dude your dedication to souls games is admirable!

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8 months ago

@brunovelazquez @YouTube Dude this is so hype!! Was hoping for a gow announcement :)

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

9 months ago

@Blinkity Congrats to you and the team!!

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

9 months ago

Let’s gooo!

League of Legends @LeagueOfLegends

9 months ago

In the darkest hours, there is always a beacon of hope 🪽✨ Watch the full 2026 Season 1 Cinematic now on YouTube.

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

9 months ago

@Drututt I believe in our teams capability of getting the balance right over time. Things that push the boundaries and are truly exciting for players will sometimes come out not perfectly balanced. It is the price of innovation that we need to accept imo :)

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

10 months ago

@playSUPERVIVE You guys made a great game that was unique and fun. Hope y'all are super proud of that achievement. Good luck with what's next!!

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Navin Nair @_zencoder

11 months ago

@truffle @ClaudeCode Haha cool….would love to read a breakdown if you ever get to it. Haven’t dove into skills too much. Mostly been using it for things like shaders, refactoring algorithms/code etc. I’ve found if your game data is text based, it is pretty good at parsing/extending it.