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David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Skyrim small tables are actually shelves buried. If you can't see it ...
(Recreating my list of #gamedev tricks thread)

The table in Skyrim seem from below the ground, it's actually a shelve but buried to look like a table.

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Hi! time for a proper #introduction. I’m David and I’ve been working as indiedev for the past ~12 years, I made a few games for a variety of platforms, I like coding my own frameworks but lately also been using Unity and GameMaker for contract work and it’s always cool to learn new stuff. Sometimes I like coding experiments for older hardware like Gameboy and Dreamcast.

Quest of Dungeons game screenshot, showing the shopkeeper store

Gameboy Development on Visual Code running on a Steam Deck

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Don’t wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but let’s talk again later. https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/

Chat platform Discord files confidentially for US IPO, Bloomberg News reports

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

RIP notifications :)
A lot are asking "ok which alternatives?". Indeed there's nothing quite exactly like Discord and that's the scary part of them going public, they convinced tons of companies to ditch blogs/forums in favor of them. But because there's no exact replacement doesn't mean we should wait and see. Investigate! (some are in comments suggesting stuff) Remember Twitter and others stuff we had to leave when it was too late to slowly build momentum elsewhere. That's what I'm getting at.

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Start considering moving your communities out of Discord now. Don’t wait for the enshittiffication to arrive, the clock is ticking. No one will listen to me, but let’s talk again later. https://www.reuters.com/business/chat-platform-discord-confidentially-file-us-ipo-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-01-06/

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

this is a mobile phone from 1985 sold by Vodafone, it had a weight of almost 5KG, and it was sold in the UK for £1475, considering inflation it would be ~£4578 today. Back then Vodafone was a subsidiary of Racal, that's why there's both names on the device.

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

I usually don't install plugins but this one, to turn the default Godot Script editor into more of an IDE is pretty good, tabs on top, navigate methods and quick search https://github.com/Maran23/script-ide #gamedev #godot

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Hey! Wrapping up my current gamedev contract soon so I'm exploring what’s next.15+ years experience, gameplay, engine & porting to consoles. Also made my own games with custom engine. Seeking a team to work on cool stuff (Unity, GM2, C++, C#, Godot or other - I learn fast :)

https://www.david-amador.com

Quest of Dungeons - a game I developed on a custom engine running on Wii U and Nintendo 3DS

Vizati a game made in XNA and later on a custom engine to run on iPhone

Desk workstation using a SteamDeck with a gameboy SDK development suite

A custom particle System editor made for a game

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Skyrim small tables are actually shelves buried. If you can't see it ...
(Recreating my list of #gamedev tricks thread)

David Amador
@djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place

Hi! time for a proper #introduction. I’m David and I’ve been working as indiedev for the past ~12 years, I made a few games for a variety of platforms, I like coding my own frameworks but lately also been using Unity and GameMaker for contract work and it’s always cool to learn new stuff. Sometimes I like coding experiments for older hardware like Gameboy and Dreamcast.