Adam Hartling

do we need more pink?? It's Patrick Star today in🌟 Making a Young Suns character every *work* day until I'm unemployed 🌟

Blocking the Wayback Machine won’t stop AI scraping, writes Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle in The Atlantic. But it can undermine a vital resource for journalists and researchers. Learn more 👇 www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... #NotAllBots #ProtectTheWayback

"Tama-GYO-chi" A wonderful electronic death-stench pet that was made for you! You can play games, feed it, panic and it will never, EVER die!! #blender3D #Lowpoly3D #Horror#Spooky #Junjiito #Fakevideogames #Halloweens

Scream Fest Scream Fest SCREAM FEST! Check out Vroombi this week! store.steampowered.com/app/3992580/... #screamfest #indiegame

Halloween week horror pick: Toxic Dream is 30% off for Steam Scream Fest until November 2. It’s a pixel-art survival horror about the fears that follow you home. store.steampowered.com/app/2278940 #indiedev #horrorgame #pixelart #SteamScreamFest

VROOMBI is 30% again! Happy Halloween 🎃 store.steampowered.com/app/3992580/... #indiedev #horrorgame #indiegame

Oh and also it was a breach of confidentially because he stuck all the confidential game info into the AI tool to “make” the milestone so there’s also that 🙃 Just because you can order at a restaurant doesn’t mean you’re a chef.

Programming contractor delivers my client a milestone It’s broken and full of issues so we request revisions before acceptance. Contractor says he can’t and wants full payment Turns out it’s all AI and he doesn’t even know what he made So he’s not getting paid and he wasted my client’s time

Wishlist ABIDE: store.steampowered.com/app/4289310/...

Today is launch day for our Forbidden Solitaire DLC! Busy day(s) ahead. Perhaps we can sneak in a few more wishlists: store.steampowered.com/app/5238350/...

Trying to nail down my concept art portfolio because I want a coveted job in #gamedev. If you’re making an indie title and need illustration support, you know where to find me! #gameart #conceptart #indiegames #fantasyart #illustration #envirommentart

Little light Sunday reading

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Enfield Jack O'Lantern walk

Careful driving around the Sullivan's pond area in Dartmouth right now, there's a deer in the area. last saw it near the Esso station. #halifax #dartmouth #hrm

Warmup sketches this morning #conceptart #gamedev #illustration #design #gameart #sketchbook #sketch #art

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Some more squares pieces :) #sketchbook #cafesketch #illustration #localartist #halifax

I’ve decided to do an ambitious project — 50 or more stock TTRPG environments you can use for your game or media. I’m gonna be annoying about this, and by that I mean I’m gonna share ART. Here’s an adventure camp. #ttrpg #environmentart #art #visdev #gamedev

Love this painting, reminds me of being in the car as my parents drive us home after a Sunday visit

Noonday Sun Kym Greeley 2021

Happy Small Business Week, Nova Scotia! Small businesses are truly the heart of this province, and it's never been more important to support them. They create jobs, support communities, and make Nova Scotia a better place to live.

Gooooooood Moooooooorning! Welcome to the first Dawngaurd of the 20th Desert Bus We are caffeinated and ready to go! desertbus.org

Yeah... This is going to suck. Hard. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"We built [Toxic Dream] with counseling professionals so the monsters would mean something without turning anyone's real struggles into a gimmick..." Full post on @reframegames.bsky.social approach to building Toxic Dream through lived experiences with anxiety here: lnkd.in/p/gkuCAT49 #indiegames

Very cool to see such a big turnout at the Art Gallery of Ontario for @torontogamesweek.com’s Video Game Arts Appreciation Night! Featuring a bunch of games, including @insertdisc5.com’s Truth Scrapper, Furcula’s Morsels and @metanetsoftware.com’s N Plus Infinity Times Two.

The chat's already in the house! The tyres have been kicked, the fires have been lit! The only thing we're missing is YOU! Desert Bus starts in 30 minutes! Get in here! desertbus.org

HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!! Desert Bus for Hope 2026, the 20th year of Desert Bus! I hope y'all are ready for what promises to be the greatest show on Earth featuring a bus. What mischief, excitement, wonder and hilarity have we cooked up for this most auspicious year? Head to desertbus.org right now!

Chakram Jester

One of the best games of 2025 is coming to consoles, and it has a Nova Scotia connection! Local artist and game dev @landsharkrawr.bsky.social contributed art to the game.

Look Outside on Nintendo Switch 2. Look Outside on Nintendo Switch. Look Outside on PlayStation 5. Look Outside on PlayStation 4. All on October 30. 🪟 👀

Here's a short I made last year on why you should play Look Outside youtube.com/shorts/QQ_lV...

Also, shouts to the dude @nitrorad.bsky.social, he put Look Outside as his GOTY 2025. I was high on gummies, just chilling, barely still on earth, watching his video and let me tell you it was fucking crazy when he says, youtu.be/FdA3h-kU5dw?...

Pile Bunker WIP. Finishing up the 0.7.4 build tonight. Should be out relatively soon! #mecha #pixelart #indiegame

Included in the Towers, Villages, and Huts stock asset pack is this tiny island fishing village. I like to imagine it sitting right at the edge of a coastal fishing port. callumisaac.itch.io/towers-villa... #art #digitalart #itchio #gamedev #illustration #indie #ttrpg #ttrpgart #procreate

I splurged on stickers! I'll have them with me at Hal-con 2026! #Titanomachina

Next Gen magazine covered Las Vegas' Classic Gaming Expo all the way back in 2000 - here's just a few of the photos they printed at the time from the full issue: https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/a0872e36-c404-4806-96b4-fa597923b981

JASON EISENER HALLOWEEN 3 FAN FILM

Nova Scotia film directory Jason Eisener just released a horror short film on Youtube that connects the story lines of Halloween and Halloween 3! #novascotia #movie #horror #halloween

My latest Let's Read video is now live! Learn how Expert Gamer #70 marked the beginning of the shift to GameNOW, the beginning of the mass exodus to gamers.com, and triggered my shift to EGM! #LetsRead #ExpertGamer youtu.be/4TkZc73nAuo

I just uploaded my first ever stock asset pack to itch, full of towers, castle gates, villages and dwellings. 10 images at 600 DPI, PSD versions included. Please clap for me! callumisaac.itch.io/towers-villa... #ttrpg #gamedev #art

If you are going to visit #Halcon2026 this November, you can find me in the Local Game Developers room on the 6th level (room 608). I have a table there for 4 to 5 hours each day, and will have some copies of each rule book available for sale. #TTRPG #ANDERS #TCoG #Valtetine

Check your mirrors, your alignment, and the speed limit: @desertbus.org for Hope 2026 is almost here! Starting today you can support Child's Play and keep the bus on the road with this year's shirt, plus a special anniversary design: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

The Strong's annual fundraiser auction is happening right now, and ends tomorrow! Tons of great packages that were donated specifically to support the museum. Pick up a signed Atari 2600, or even dinner with our CEO! playball2026.ggo.bid/n/package-list

Prisoner’s tower Debating between naming my forthcoming itch.io asset pack “Gatehouses, Castles, and Towers” or just “TOWERS.” Yes it’s funny but people might genuinely be confused because I’m including a couple of huts. #ttrpg #itchio #gamedev #conceptart #sketch #procreate #art #digitalart

After three long years, our search for the Avatar in Minecraft has finally come to an end. The Avatar Legends Add-On is here... and now we can restore Zuko's honour. 🔥

Tower sketch. I’m gonna be releasing my first ever TTRPG asset pack on itch.io full of castles and dwellings! Stay tuned for that :) #art #digitalart #castle #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #ttrpg #gameart #conceptart

Looking for a giant robot brawl for 2-4 players? #Titanomachina is card-driven tactical strategy game available as DLC for Tabletop Simulator! #BoardGames #WarGames #Mecha

Stylishly low-polygon or just 'all that was possible at the time'? Let's call it both, for Quest 64's first boss Solvaring, from this press CD provided to GamePro in 1998: https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/09643a3a-8ad4-479f-8b33-3fa40b9ed7e0

get yer pumpkin spice #indiedev #grapplewood