Dana
@danarama.bsky.social
Slow runner and wimpy climber. Please give me doughnuts, coffee, and D&D. Code monkey by trade (he/him)
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Dana
@danarama.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Delve - A Roguelike CRPG by Dana
A roguelike rpg in classical style
danarama.itch.io
I have published Delve 0.4.0! Still incomplete but I think it is feeling even more like a game than 0.3.3.
Please play my dumb roguelike game and let me know what you think!
Binaries are available for macOS (apple silicon and x64) and Windows!
#roguelikedev #roguelike
danarama.itch.io/delve
Please play my dumb roguelike game and let me know what you think!
Binaries are available for macOS (apple silicon and x64) and Windows!
#roguelikedev #roguelike
danarama.itch.io/delve
Last RT: I still have an iPhone 11 and it does everything I want a phone to do? It's battery life is still great?
There's literally zero reason or inclination for me to buy a new phone and I can't see that changing until it physically stops working
There's literally zero reason or inclination for me to buy a new phone and I can't see that changing until it physically stops working
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Last RT: I still have an iPhone 11 and it does everything I want a phone to do? It's battery life is still great?
There's literally zero reason or inclination for me to buy a new phone and I can't see that changing until it physically stops working
There's literally zero reason or inclination for me to buy a new phone and I can't see that changing until it physically stops working
Reposted by Dana
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
oh no is Hank Green and SciShow turning into shills for gen AI companies??
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQ9...
SciShow Is Lying to You about AI. Here are the receipts.
YouTube video by Internet of Bugs
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
oh no is Hank Green and SciShow turning into shills for gen AI companies??
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IQ9...
Sometimes I remember what coding life was like before git* and shudder.
* I'm not saying git is the end-all and be-all of source control but I could never go back to not having cheap, easy branches for hacking on features and such
* I'm not saying git is the end-all and be-all of source control but I could never go back to not having cheap, easy branches for hacking on features and such
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Sometimes I remember what coding life was like before git* and shudder.
* I'm not saying git is the end-all and be-all of source control but I could never go back to not having cheap, easy branches for hacking on features and such
* I'm not saying git is the end-all and be-all of source control but I could never go back to not having cheap, easy branches for hacking on features and such
Oh thank goodness i absolutely do not have time to start playing Qud right now 😥
Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
The award-winning Caves of Qud is coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025!
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Oh thank goodness i absolutely do not have time to start playing Qud right now 😥
Reposted by Dana
Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
The award-winning Caves of Qud is coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025!
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
I've given copies of Green Grass, Running Water to so many people 😅
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I've given copies of Green Grass, Running Water to so many people 😅
Not one of my favourite authors!!
Someone on reddit posted the text of G&M article: www.reddit.com/r/canada/com...
It sounds like his folks told him he was part-Cherokee and only recently found out he wasn't. A little different than the Buffy St Marie situation
Someone on reddit posted the text of G&M article: www.reddit.com/r/canada/com...
It sounds like his folks told him he was part-Cherokee and only recently found out he wasn't. A little different than the Buffy St Marie situation
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Not one of my favourite authors!!
Someone on reddit posted the text of G&M article: www.reddit.com/r/canada/com...
It sounds like his folks told him he was part-Cherokee and only recently found out he wasn't. A little different than the Buffy St Marie situation
Someone on reddit posted the text of G&M article: www.reddit.com/r/canada/com...
It sounds like his folks told him he was part-Cherokee and only recently found out he wasn't. A little different than the Buffy St Marie situation
important work getting done
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
important work getting done
Writing a 16 line comment about why a piece of code sucks is just as good as actually fixing the problem, right?
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Writing a 16 line comment about why a piece of code sucks is just as good as actually fixing the problem, right?
Reposted by Dana
🔮 Love in the Time of Spellphage is one of the upcoming games in the #ChooseWiselyFestival!
The festival is focused on games where your choices matter and influence the outcome of the story. There will be a lot of cool featured games to check out!
#indiegame #vndev
The festival is focused on games where your choices matter and influence the outcome of the story. There will be a lot of cool featured games to check out!
#indiegame #vndev
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🔮 Love in the Time of Spellphage is one of the upcoming games in the #ChooseWiselyFestival!
The festival is focused on games where your choices matter and influence the outcome of the story. There will be a lot of cool featured games to check out!
#indiegame #vndev
The festival is focused on games where your choices matter and influence the outcome of the story. There will be a lot of cool featured games to check out!
#indiegame #vndev
wh a t ttttt
people are always like oh isn't javascript funny, it thinks a string is a number, meanwhile lua appears to have been designed by six of the world's most powerful and nefarious evil wizards to specifically torment humankind (me)
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
wh a t ttttt
Reposted by Dana
Reposted by Dana
Great breakdown of why every single parent I know who works in the games industry (myself included) will never let their kids touch Roblox
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great breakdown of why every single parent I know who works in the games industry (myself included) will never let their kids touch Roblox
In D&D news, my mildly OP 8th level gloomstalker ranger/fighter opened combat with a boss monster by dealing 105 pts of damage in the first round of combat and the gasp of shock/horror from the table was pretty great.
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In D&D news, my mildly OP 8th level gloomstalker ranger/fighter opened combat with a boss monster by dealing 105 pts of damage in the first round of combat and the gasp of shock/horror from the table was pretty great.
I’ve never really found a way I like to take notes digitally. I think I just like how tactile it is to scribble in a notebook, doodle, cross things out. So I fill notebooks full of notes for delve, work, things i want to remember. It’s not journaling but I do sometimes scribble down random thoughts
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I’ve never really found a way I like to take notes digitally. I think I just like how tactile it is to scribble in a notebook, doodle, cross things out. So I fill notebooks full of notes for delve, work, things i want to remember. It’s not journaling but I do sometimes scribble down random thoughts
I personal news, it's done! I think I have completed all the stuff I want to in Hades 2! Post-credits denouement quest, and finished all the side stories I was interested in!
a cartoon drawing of a woman with horns and a crescent moon on her head
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a woman with horns and a crescent moon on her head
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I personal news, it's done! I think I have completed all the stuff I want to in Hades 2! Post-credits denouement quest, and finished all the side stories I was interested in!
The next thing I'm working on is an underwater cave. I didn't like the underwater effect I made a while back, and here's a new version based off the fog animation I made a couple of weeks ago. Next up: filling the cave with vicious, nasty fishies...
#roguelikedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#roguelikedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The next thing I'm working on is an underwater cave. I didn't like the underwater effect I made a while back, and here's a new version based off the fog animation I made a couple of weeks ago. Next up: filling the cave with vicious, nasty fishies...
#roguelikedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
#roguelikedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
Reposted by Dana
Reposted by Dana
When I see a bakery.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When I see a bakery.
There is exactly one (1) pun in delve
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
There is exactly one (1) pun in delve
Oh huh, Microsoft released the source code for Zork 1, 2, and 3 under an MIT license. (I think the ZIL files have been floating around for a long time but now they officially have an open source license on them!)
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh huh, Microsoft released the source code for Zork 1, 2, and 3 under an MIT license. (I think the ZIL files have been floating around for a long time but now they officially have an open source license on them!)
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Linus Torvalds with a pro-trans, pro-queer message?
I'm a little surprised? Although honestly I don't know anything about his politics so maybe I shouldn't be?
I'm a little surprised? Although honestly I don't know anything about his politics so maybe I shouldn't be?
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Linus Torvalds with a pro-trans, pro-queer message?
I'm a little surprised? Although honestly I don't know anything about his politics so maybe I shouldn't be?
I'm a little surprised? Although honestly I don't know anything about his politics so maybe I shouldn't be?
Reposted by Dana
how infuriating
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
how infuriating
Rebecca Heineman was a developer for Bard's Tale and Bard's Tale III, two pretty formative games for teenage Dana!
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Rebecca Heineman was a developer for Bard's Tale and Bard's Tale III, two pretty formative games for teenage Dana!