Dan Goodayle

Every day we stray further from god's light

Sometimes it’s hard to remember that video games are inherently good

After being locked out of my Twitter account (@robertasaliani) for years, giving this new platform a spin. ❤️

One of the best producers I’ve ever worked with in games. She’s also an amazing partner ❤️ If you are after some secret knowledge to make games on time and under budget, she’s your gal.

Not sure what on my LinkedIn popped me up as a “Financial Analyst” given I’ve spent the last decade in the games industry 😂 So much spam on linked in. It’s even worse since I put “Game AI” on there.

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Programmer: The cup is a design defined amount of fullness, no, you can’t float in it without extra time in the sprint.

Are you looking for Game Programmers to follow? I’ve got some here! If you want into the list - what’s best, tabs or spaces? 💀 go.bsky.app/RPuNbAa

Are you looking for Game Programmers to follow? I’ve got some here! If you want into the list - what’s best, tabs or spaces? 💀 go.bsky.app/RPuNbAa

Pushing my daughter around town in a pram today and people opened doors for me, even offered me a seat in a cafe. I think that’s the first time it’s ever happened to me and it felt fantastic. 10/10 would walk baby again.

this is my “i’m just gonna watch shrek in my head”

Time for a fire! Woke up to frozen streets outside and our boiler is struggling to heat up the place.

Valve has updated its guidelines for season passes, including new rules regarding release schedules www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-update...

Anyone else looking forward to the STALKER 2 Release today?

Developers + publishers! We're putting together a Steam Sale Event! Specifically looking for people working on / who have released Sports-related games. Can be *loosely* sports-related too. Push the boundaries of what "sport" is and all that Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I've followed over a thousand people on here and my feed is filled with glorious game devs. Every time I open up the app there's something good to read or awesome artwork to look at.

You need to commit if you’re going to pull an insurance scam off with a fake bear suit

Creating video games is hard, but working with publishers can be even harder. To help level the playing field, I've been working with with a law firm to develop a foundational "starting point" for solo developers to use when developing publishing contracts. It'll be free and uploaded next week 🙂

A lot of value in here, make sure you grab an extra hard drive while you are at it

Indies, go here ASAP to add missing information to get your Steam games re-listed in Germany: partner.steamgames.com/healthcheck/...

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Seems a little drastic

My idea of a dream house, just need to find a plot of land somewhere to build a house on with giant floor to ceiling windows looking out into nature. www.reddit.com/r/CozyPlaces...

Taking care of a newborn is tough, be kind to yourself, sleep when you can. I get muzzle punched by my dog when my little one starts stirring.

These coffee sizes are mad.

no idea who these are but *sl (2/2)

Here are over 150GB of free sound effects, royalty-free and commercially usable on your #gamedev projects sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc

left behind 🌊 #pixelart

Happy Monday everyone! What’s everyone up to this week? Share some photos if you can. I’m going to be juggling a newborn, getting a Christmas tree and working on a little 2D prototype in Unreal. It’s completely overkill to use UE, but I do love the engine and writing some tooling is a lot of fun

I wanted to do a side-by-side comparison of my #procedural animation to hand-authored animations on some models I bought. This is so I can better study what I need to improve. When I got my comparison tool running for the first time, this is what I was greeted with! Step-height glitch I think. 😅

He’s a great little doggo

My reaction to Atlas.

Okay. It’s time for Christmas songs, a tree and a little fire in the fireplace. Time to chill out for the rest of the year.

What a ride! Give it a read, loved the whole thing

I’ve booted up Factorio for the first time in years, it’s still amazing, but my god it’s a time sink

Looking over a bunch of 2D artists on Fiverr for a prototype I’m working on, I’m pretty sure a bunch of them are using AI 💀

Devs with dogs! Message me so I can create a doggo starter pack with you ❤️

Also - here's a tutorial for creating a glitch effect shader and showing how to use stencil buffers in Unreal. youtu.be/UWWeEwid8pY

This picks up from where my last Unreal video left off. I talk about Effect Executions, what they are, and when you'd want to use them. I'll then show you how to get an incoming/outgoing damage multiplier setup using it. youtu.be/NXucLYFOp8Q

“Tell me you married a producer in one photo”

Starting up a Starter Pack for folks focused on indie games coverage. Streaming, writing, podcasting - let me know if I’ve missed you! go.bsky.app/4WNw4SU

This is Saint Bartholomew, the patron saint of tanners, plasterers, tailors, leatherworkers, bookbinders, farmers, housepainters, butchers, and glove makers (which seems pretty messed up given their end). I love the level of detail on this sculpture, it's easy to forget that this is marble.

Game dev fam, my new born is probably going to keep me awake this evening, send me some artwork, blog posts and stuff to do while I comfort them ❤️

The social media detox I’ve been in for the last couple of years has been amazing, I was spending way too much energy just “being online”, but I’ve really missed keeping up with other game devs. So I’m going to give this a shot again, I’ll probably take a while to respond to things but I’m here ❤️

What would you call the art style of Rimworld, the binding of Isaac or Cult of the lamb? I’ve been saying “vector art” but that feels way too generic. #gamedev

Hey there Bluesky, been a while.