Aaron Jacobs

Since there’s been such a huge influx of people, I figured I should make an intro post. Hey! I’m Aaron, a programmer at @doublefine.com, where I work on engine modifications, cameras, graphics, and whatever else needs to get done. Here’s a video showing the portals that I made for Psychonauts 2.

🚍 THANK YOU BUS DRIVER IS NOW AVAILABLE! 🚍 If you’ve ever loved anything we’ve ever done, now is a critical time to support us. It’s $4.99 USD for bite-sized bus driving shenanigans. Want to help us reach more players? Your shift starts now! Buy TYBD: https://doublefine.com/tybd

Always make sure to thank your bus driver

I am SO EXCITED that Keeper is out on PS5 now! We've also added a new Psychedelic Mode to all platforms. And a permanent price drop! Check out this new trailer we made (some spoilers, but hey, it's been out for almost a year!). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzc5...

🚨AMNESIA FORTNIGHT 2026 KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN IS LIVE 🚨  Help us keep making weird and wondrous games; 26 amazing game pitches await your votes, and in the end, one prototype will emerge victorious! The fate of THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE is in your hands! 🌌 http://www.dfaf2026.com

After a solid run of about 13 years at Double Fine, It seems I have found myself with an abundance of free time. If you know anyone hiring for games VFX, please let me know!

DF is losing some really amazing people today. They are some of the smartest kindest people you can ever work with. Please be on the look out for them as they search for what's next!

Hi everyone, today me and 22 others at Double Fine were hit by layoffs today. All the people who lost their jobs today care so much about the games they make and the people they work with. If anyone is looking for a tools SE with 7 years of experience and who brings baked goods on Mondays lmk.

Justin is always incredibly helpful, and an all around great guy. He set me up with my work computer on my first day at DF, got me oriented in the office, and DROVE ME HOME at the end of the day. Always going the extra mile. An IT champion.

Silvio is a top-notch engineer. For anyone in my network who is looking for a programmer who can do A LOT, here he is

Joining the chorus of people who are inevitably going to vouch for Ben

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I worked on Mina the Hollower for 4+ years - enemies, objects, bosses, npcs, weapons, sidearms, trinkets, menus, cheats, systems, and more. and now yall can buy it. so go buy it!! :O

🏺 KILN is HERE 🏺 Grab your aprons, spin up those imaginations, sculpt your finest clay body, and meet us on The Wedge. We can't wait to see all your amazing pots 🫖...and then smash them into smithereens on the battlefield! 💥 Buy Now: https://www.doublefine.com/games/kiln#buynow

GG to all the very-early-morning climbers who managed to make it to our annual GDC Bouldering Meetup! Already thinking about how to make next year even better... 🤘🕹️

Today's the day! Starting at 3pm you can join us at the historic Midway for Day of the Devs and get your hands on a bunch of all new indie games, including Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, Soundgrass, and Mixtape. https://bit.ly/dotd-gdc

We're happy to announce that development on Mirror Magica continues into the foreseeable future, and a demo is out now: gameheads.itch.io/mirror-magica. We would also like to announce that Mirror Magica will be shown off at this year's BIG Fest at GDC on March 9th. More details will be shared soon!

Yo #GDC goers - we're again doing a lil bouldering meetup on both the Monday and Thursday mornings! Dogpatch Boulders! 7am start! 🤘 #gdc2026

Fly through of part of a Keeper level directly in the Unreal Engine editor. Part way through I turn on all of the game objects the player doesn't see -- it takes a lot to make games work.

The wait is almost over. Mina the Hollower launches Spring 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Steam.

🚨🏺Introducing our newest game: KILN!🏺🚨 An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)! youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY

SURPRISE! A new Keeper update just dropped with some EXCITING features! 🖤 NOIR MODE 🖤 A custom-tuned black & white experience! ⬅️ ULTRAWIDE SUPPORT➡️ For maximum immersion! 👁️ HIGH CONTRAST MODE 👁️ Accessibility options for players with vision impairments! More Info: youtu.be/watch?v=Qhyf...

@2playerproductions.bsky.social continuing to do fantastic work - check out the Keeper doc!

This illustrates the full process of capturing the "Essence" of a mesh to be used in a morph. The distance field is retrieved and then the mesh is projected onto the cube-shaped "screen" in order to pack its surface properties into two cubemaps.

I'm so lucky to have been a part of this team, just an incredibly talented, passionate, and hard-working group of people. I'm excited for everyone to see what we've been up to :) Wild that the game is out and available for people to play!

Incredibly proud of this team ❤️ Super exciting that they'll be showing the game at the Tokyo Game Show!

Really glad I don’t have to keep this a secret any more!

News from me! Last week was my last week at Double Fine. It was an exciting time and I am very grateful to have learned so much at a beloved studio. This means I am looking for work! If you need someone with social media/community expertise, please reach out. Eager to start a fresh adventure!

We're back, in box form! The second run of PsychOdyssey is now available from @fangamer.com Get your copy here - www.fangamer.com/products/psy... Points of interest - New lower price - $65! New wallet style series holder But what's different? No Steelbook No individual numbering

Post-GDC ride

Best part of GDC!

Game dev friends! If you’re in town for GDC, I’d love to meet up. Let me know if you’d like to grab lunch / coffee!

ATTN: #GDC2025 folks - we'll be doing our annual bouldering meetups at Dogpatch Boulders again this year, so pack your climbing shoes! Monday March 17, 7am-9am Thursday March 20, 7am-9am Open to all skill levels, it's a very chill time. 🤙

Last year I wrote about the movement systems for Raz that we built on top of Unreal’s CharacterMovementComponent. This covers the architecture of our Move Mode system, how a few of our custom modes work, and a bit about dealing with inconsistent gravity. doublefine.com/news/behind-...

Devin's posts provide a fun look into the technical details of Raz's movement, definitely worth a read!

Finally got around to properly processing my eclipse photo from April. Took me a few attempts to find a good way to blend the individual exposures, but I'm much happier with the result. Significantly better detail in the corona, and less noisy overall. New image on the left, old on the right.

Drove up into the hills to get a view of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), along with its anti-tail! It’s drifting away from us now, but will still be visible for a few days - look for it in the western sky about an hour after sunset.

Due to a last minute change of plans I didn't have my full rig, but I still snapped some photos anyways. Hard to put into words, just wow.