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I make Indie Game Trailers! Trailer guy at @devolverdigital.com Survivor of 8 years in the VFX Industry! Dad to 2 awesome boys!

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06.03.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 995 πŸ” 251 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9
GDC 2026 Game Trailer Meetup Wednesday March 11 1:00pm PST (Yerba Buena Garden Theater area)

GDC 2026 Game Trailer Meetup Wednesday March 11 1:00pm PST (Yerba Buena Garden Theater area)

Critique My Page: Live at GDG
Chris Zukowski (Creative Director, Howtomarketagame.com)
Derek Lieu (Creative Director, Derek Lieu
Creative)
Location: Festival Stage, South Hall
Date: Wednesday, March 11
Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer
Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Independent Development,
Discovery & Marketing
Format: Special Event

Critique My Page: Live at GDG Chris Zukowski (Creative Director, Howtomarketagame.com) Derek Lieu (Creative Director, Derek Lieu Creative) Location: Festival Stage, South Hall Date: Wednesday, March 11 Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now! Audience Level: All Track: Independent Development, Discovery & Marketing Format: Special Event

Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into
Visibility
Series
Dana Trebella (Founder, Spoke and Wheel Strategy)
Derek Lieu (Creative Director, Derek Lieu
Creative
Location: Room 2010, West Hall
Date: Tuesday, March 10
Time: 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer
Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Independent Development,
Discovery & Marketing
Format: Lecture

Back to Basics: Translating Your Invisible Marketing Foundation into Visibility Series Dana Trebella (Founder, Spoke and Wheel Strategy) Derek Lieu (Creative Director, Derek Lieu Creative Location: Room 2010, West Hall Date: Tuesday, March 10 Time: 1:50 pm - 2:50 pm Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now! Audience Level: All Track: Independent Development, Discovery & Marketing Format: Lecture

My GDC schedule is now full enough that I'm guaranteed that many more "HI, I WISH I COULD TALK GOTTA RUN" encounters πŸ€ͺ

If you want to catch me while I'm not running, here are the places you can see me!

04.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A grey hoodie with text which reads:

β€œBuy a man eat fish,
He day, teach fish man
To a lifetime.”

A grey hoodie with text which reads: β€œBuy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man To a lifetime.”

Wise words

27.02.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 7945 πŸ” 1900 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 141
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The source is lost to time, but this is one of the funniest photos ever taken

22.02.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 6636 πŸ” 1442 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 117
HORSEY GAME - Insane Physics-based Horse Racing Simulator
HORSEY GAME - Insane Physics-based Horse Racing Simulator YouTube video by Marlon

Here's a YouTube upload for the Horsey Game trailer!

The idea for the VO came to me in the shower and it was almost entirely written and recorded before I was dry

youtu.be/AM1AUad2RhA

21.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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33 years ago today, Star Fox took flight on the Super Famicom. πŸŽ‚πŸš€ Argonaut designed the Super FX chip and programmed the game alongside Nintendo EAD, delivering the first hardware-accelerated 3D game on a home console. Happy anniversary to a legend! ⭐🦊

#StarFox #Argonaut #SuperFX #SuperFamicom

21.02.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 8
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Introducing the Celeste Keycap Set, new in our official collection.

www.fangamer.com/collections/...

18.02.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 665 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 54

Nobody fucking wants this. My backlog of quality games made by real developers is already long enough that I'll never finish them if I live another 50 years.

16.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
16.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Mute City (Arcade) Someone showed up in an online community I frequent, asking around $4000 for a classic SEGA 'Astro City' arcade cabinet. I've always wanted one, but almost immediately I realized I'd have to drive fiv...

This is simply the coolest shit around.
www.hangedmandesign.com/mute-city-ar...

15.02.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

We got a new progress update video from @sunlitspace542.bsky.social
On his super ambitious & impressive
"Star Fox CD" #romhack project

A #SNES hack with tons of cool features

- New vehicles & levels
- Super FX 3 support
- SNES Rumble
Courtesy of @randallinden.bsky.social

#romhacks #retro #gaming

23.10.2025 06:27 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is incredible <3

08.02.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Star Fox CD thing:
Added Daytona mode!
The landmaster is swapped with the Hornet, and the BGM is replaced with one of the 4 songs from Daytona USA! We've been playing Daytona USA a lot lately, so we thought it'd be funny, lol.
(level shown is a placeholder)

06.02.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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As we anxiously await tomorrow, please don't forget the best Nintendo Direct announcement ever made:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_LS...

16.01.2025 01:56 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
A photo of the long black frame on my office wall, with a PS5 box set of PSE at the top, and a little black plaque with lots of signatures in gold 

There’s also a Volvy plushie on the top of my little bookshelf under it, and a plum blossom Lego

A photo of the long black frame on my office wall, with a PS5 box set of PSE at the top, and a little black plaque with lots of signatures in gold There’s also a Volvy plushie on the top of my little bookshelf under it, and a plum blossom Lego

A close up of the black plaque with gold signatures that reads 

« STAR PERFORMER »
presented to
MYRIAME LACHAPELLE
Production under fire 

ahahaha πŸ₯°πŸ–€

A close up of the black plaque with gold signatures that reads « STAR PERFORMER Β» presented to MYRIAME LACHAPELLE Production under fire ahahaha πŸ₯°πŸ–€

The Possessor(s) team, as well as some other folks from Heart Machine & Devolver, conspired to make me an award frame thingy & I am ABSOLUTELY speechless 😭

The amount of love & care poured into this is.. astonishing. I loved this team so, so much & I miss them dearly πŸ–€

03.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
The actress Gillian Anderson plays the X-Files video game on a pc at a promo event. It looks AA little like she's been held hostage.

The actress Gillian Anderson plays the X-Files video game on a pc at a promo event. It looks AA little like she's been held hostage.

Gillian Anderson playing the X-Files video game (1998)

17.03.2025 20:44 πŸ‘ 1112 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 38
a photograph of a digital menu board with black electrical tape all over the sea foods section, like directly on the screen

a photograph of a digital menu board with black electrical tape all over the sea foods section, like directly on the screen

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The cool thing about digital signage is that you can update it instantly

26.01.2026 15:41 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1
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Testing reality-bending visual effects for my game!

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev #Steam #WishlistOnSteam #SteamGame #ActionAdventure #IndieGames #GamingNews #PCGaming #GodotEngine

24.01.2026 08:07 πŸ‘ 694 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 14
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Today is the 10th anniversary of this gif of me showing how to make games on TV.

21.01.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 2014 πŸ” 502 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 16
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some bits of wisdom from tunglr

21.01.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 7053 πŸ” 3117 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 88
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New Video Reveals The Inner Workings Of Nintendo's Ill-Fated Virtual Boy Ever wondered how the Virtual Boy draws its image?

New Video Reveals The Inner Workings Of Nintendo's Ill-Fated Virtual Boy.

20.01.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
the anime sfx-making tool!
It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top.
Then there's the controls:

In vertical pairs:
Left:
Pitch Rise
Rise speed

Reverb
Room size

On the right:
Wobble Speed
Wobble Amount

Tone Brightness
Volume

Next is a row of keys:
Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters
UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked
Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive.

Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles:

IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh

Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain.

Hope you enjoy it!

the anime sfx-making tool! It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top. Then there's the controls: In vertical pairs: Left: Pitch Rise Rise speed Reverb Room size On the right: Wobble Speed Wobble Amount Tone Brightness Volume Next is a row of keys: Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive. Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles: IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain. Hope you enjoy it!

I made a tool that makes retro anime sound effects. Meet AnimeVox!
I made it for a game, but it's free to use.

I'm using the forgotten (but popular in 80s japan) Schroeder reverb algo, and some wobble.

If you find it useful consider supporting me on itch :)

castpixel.itch.io/animevox

15.01.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 2581 πŸ” 1051 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 19

I just love how people are still figuring out ways to squeeze out every last drop of performance from this magical yellow machine :D

14.01.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.01.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

its working........

04.01.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 761 πŸ” 227 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
print advertisement for PC PowerPlay, an Australian computer gaming magazine, from 1998

print advertisement for PC PowerPlay, an Australian computer gaming magazine, from 1998

14.06.2025 09:57 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Arcade1Up is apparently shutting down (no official statement yet from Arcade1Up) www.reddit.com/r/Arcade1Up/...

11.12.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 363 πŸ” 119 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 76

Holy smokes! I didn't think it was possible to get images that clear with equipment like that! That's incredible! :D

26.12.2025 14:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey new followers! Here’s a starter pack of folks who do game trailer work πŸ‘€

Have a nice holiday πŸ˜™

25.12.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

At about $60K that's about 128 million graduate team indie games, at $150K about 500,000 small indie games, at $300K about 250,000 mid-size debut indie games, or at around $950K about 110,000 indie games by a team of more experienced devs.

There are a total of 110,000 indie games on Steam.

06.12.2025 03:08 πŸ‘ 2103 πŸ” 684 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 10