David Hellman
@davidhellman.bsky.social
http://davidhellman.art // artist from Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (video game), Braid (extremely old video game), A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible (evergreen web comic), Second Quest (graphic novel) // anti-zionist Jew 🇵🇸
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Now that Spooky Express is out, it’s time to shout out the people who made it happen! Thread follows... 🧵
Spooky Express
All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express!
spooky.express
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now that Spooky Express is out, it’s time to shout out the people who made it happen! Thread follows... 🧵
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Last week! 60% OFF! Don't miss it! Leave a nice review! 🧩⚔️
Arranger is 60% off ($7.99!) from now until Sep 3rd for its belated 1-year anniversary! Tell a pal!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2596420/
Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS5: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/p/arranger-a...
Itch: furnimat.itch.io/arranger
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2596420/
Switch: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...
PS5: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
EGS: store.epicgames.com/p/arranger-a...
Itch: furnimat.itch.io/arranger
Save 60% on Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure on Steam
Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles, along a charming journey of self-discovery.
store.steampowered.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Last week! 60% OFF! Don't miss it! Leave a nice review! 🧩⚔️
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I've wanted to keep this incognito for a while as the union launched and grew but the thing I am proudest of making this year is definitely designing the @videogameworkers.bsky.social logo 💪
August 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I've wanted to keep this incognito for a while as the union launched and grew but the thing I am proudest of making this year is definitely designing the @videogameworkers.bsky.social logo 💪
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Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is $7.99 on Steam buff.ly/b80CJxF
US PSN buff.ly/vsJBaRB
$14.99 in 2 game bundle on Fanatical buff.ly/VwQVMd6
US PSN buff.ly/vsJBaRB
$14.99 in 2 game bundle on Fanatical buff.ly/VwQVMd6
August 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is $7.99 on Steam buff.ly/b80CJxF
US PSN buff.ly/vsJBaRB
$14.99 in 2 game bundle on Fanatical buff.ly/VwQVMd6
US PSN buff.ly/vsJBaRB
$14.99 in 2 game bundle on Fanatical buff.ly/VwQVMd6
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Please donate to my friend Ahmad in Gaza so he and his family may survive the ongoing genocide. Anything you can give will provide immediate relief. gofund.me/dbb02ed8
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
June 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Please donate to my friend Ahmad in Gaza so he and his family may survive the ongoing genocide. Anything you can give will provide immediate relief. gofund.me/dbb02ed8
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
Please donate to my friend Ahmad in Gaza so he and his family may survive the ongoing genocide. Anything you can give will provide immediate relief. gofund.me/dbb02ed8
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
June 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Please donate to my friend Ahmad in Gaza so he and his family may survive the ongoing genocide. Anything you can give will provide immediate relief. gofund.me/dbb02ed8
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
🇵🇸 PLEASE DONATE AND SHARE 🙏
Mr Sleepy Man has won my heart. His plight mirrors my own. I love the music
Mr. Sleepy Man is coming to Nintendo Switch 💤💤💤
Here’s the new trailer!
Here’s the new trailer!
May 31, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Mr Sleepy Man has won my heart. His plight mirrors my own. I love the music
Arranger is in this awesome money-saving bundle! Such an honor :)
Mind Over Magnet is on sale as part of the @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social on Steam
store.steampowered.com/app/2685900/...
And it’s in a brilliant bundle with the amazing Arranger, Isles of Sea & Sky, and Elechead! What an honour!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/53643...
store.steampowered.com/app/2685900/...
And it’s in a brilliant bundle with the amazing Arranger, Isles of Sea & Sky, and Elechead! What an honour!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/53643...
May 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Arranger is in this awesome money-saving bundle! Such an honor :)
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Nico explains to Jason of @somanygames.co.uk the challenges of making a game with three co-directors, yowza!!! Also what is the biggest challenge with game development in general?
Watch the full episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
Watch the full episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
May 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Nico explains to Jason of @somanygames.co.uk the challenges of making a game with three co-directors, yowza!!! Also what is the biggest challenge with game development in general?
Watch the full episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
Watch the full episode here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
Ahmad’s family is in dire need of help. They have been displaced at night from shelling. Food is increasingly scarce. Please give them a chance to survive. Give whatever you can. Thank you. www.paypal.me/AMQudaih His IG: www.instagram.com/qudaih__ahmad
May 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ahmad’s family is in dire need of help. They have been displaced at night from shelling. Food is increasingly scarce. Please give them a chance to survive. Give whatever you can. Thank you. www.paypal.me/AMQudaih His IG: www.instagram.com/qudaih__ahmad
I've edited some 90 second clips from the great interview Nico and I did with Jason at @somanygames.co.uk. Do you like this?? At least 4 more on the way…
Jason from @somanygames.co.uk asked us about Arranger's inception! Did you know it was inspired by a Rubik's Cube? Nico explains…
Full podcast here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
Full podcast here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-il...
May 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I've edited some 90 second clips from the great interview Nico and I did with Jason at @somanygames.co.uk. Do you like this?? At least 4 more on the way…
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Some I've spoken with believe Wilson's optimism comes in no small part from wanting to go all in on generative AI.
If you work at EA and are seeing AI creep into your work like never before I'm [email protected] and ethangach on Discord.
If you work at EA and are seeing AI creep into your work like never before I'm [email protected] and ethangach on Discord.
EA says business primed for 'accelerated growth' following layoffs
EA says business primed for 'accelerated growth' following layoffs
CEO Andrew Wilson said the publisher has 'never been more optimistic about what comes next.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Some I've spoken with believe Wilson's optimism comes in no small part from wanting to go all in on generative AI.
If you work at EA and are seeing AI creep into your work like never before I'm [email protected] and ethangach on Discord.
If you work at EA and are seeing AI creep into your work like never before I'm [email protected] and ethangach on Discord.
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Apparently I'm out of a job. I really can't complain too much -- Polygon was a great place to work for the last decade-plus -- but if anyone's hiring, please reach out!
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Apparently I'm out of a job. I really can't complain too much -- Polygon was a great place to work for the last decade-plus -- but if anyone's hiring, please reach out!
Help I'm in the vault!
This is Hellman. Those of you with GDC Vault access can now watch my talk about the art of Arranger!
Within: our dalliance with 2.5-D, and later invention of a unique comic-like storytelling format integrated into the game world itself.
Lmk what you think!
gdcvault.com/play/1035318...
Within: our dalliance with 2.5-D, and later invention of a unique comic-like storytelling format integrated into the game world itself.
Lmk what you think!
gdcvault.com/play/1035318...
GDC Vault
gdcvault.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Help I'm in the vault!
How nice 😊 I really enjoyed this conversation with Jason and Nico about Arranger.
The new episode of the So Many Games Podcast is out NOW!!
Nico Recabarren and David Hellman join us to discuss the development and art of Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure.
Links in the comments below ⬇️
@cabezotta.bsky.social @davidhellman.bsky.social
Nico Recabarren and David Hellman join us to discuss the development and art of Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure.
Links in the comments below ⬇️
@cabezotta.bsky.social @davidhellman.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
How nice 😊 I really enjoyed this conversation with Jason and Nico about Arranger.
Fact, I invented open world Mario Kart several months ago in this iPad doodle. Tracks connect landmark-nodes in a sprawling landscape. That’s just what Nintendo showed this morning! If they have any integrity AT ALL they will add my name to the title
April 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Fact, I invented open world Mario Kart several months ago in this iPad doodle. Tracks connect landmark-nodes in a sprawling landscape. That’s just what Nintendo showed this morning! If they have any integrity AT ALL they will add my name to the title
I do Braid guy
Ep. 382 - Proustian Bargaining at GDC 2025
Brandon subjects well known video game characters (gamedevs) who just happen to be attending GDC 2025 to the famous Proust Questionnaire.
Yes, we know it’s pronounced “proost.”
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Brandon subjects well known video game characters (gamedevs) who just happen to be attending GDC 2025 to the famous Proust Questionnaire.
Yes, we know it’s pronounced “proost.”
insertcredit.com/show/382
Proustian Bargaining at GDC 2025
Brandon Sheffield subjects well known video game characters who just happen to be attending GDC 2025 to the famous Proust Questionnaire. Yes, we know it’s pronounced “proost.”
insertcredit.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I do Braid guy
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We love this Jemma art by @dumbyworld.bsky.social!!
March 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We love this Jemma art by @dumbyworld.bsky.social!!
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This a great deal folks!! 🌹
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure (Steam) w/ 1 more game is $14.99 on Fanatical Build your own Play on the Go Bundle buff.ly/j7IIq1K #ad
add more games to save more
add more games to save more
March 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This a great deal folks!! 🌹
My friend Ahmad was testing for university when the bombing resumed. In a short time hundreds have been killed. Ahmad sends me messages describing their terror as the world falls around them. And it is raining, they are sick, and need a new tent. Please donate and share widely. gofund.me/3cb11a7f
March 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
My friend Ahmad was testing for university when the bombing resumed. In a short time hundreds have been killed. Ahmad sends me messages describing their terror as the world falls around them. And it is raining, they are sick, and need a new tent. Please donate and share widely. gofund.me/3cb11a7f
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one of my favorite talks at GDC so far this year :)
seeing the art of arranger evolve and how a picture of a washer and dryer brought the art style together!
seeing the art of arranger evolve and how a picture of a washer and dryer brought the art style together!
March 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
one of my favorite talks at GDC so far this year :)
seeing the art of arranger evolve and how a picture of a washer and dryer brought the art style together!
seeing the art of arranger evolve and how a picture of a washer and dryer brought the art style together!
March 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Final reminder — if you are attending #GDC2025 and fail to attend my talk at 1:30pm today your car will be impounded
Join me at #GDC2025 to learn how a doomed dalliance with 2.5-D spurred the invention of a games/comics hybrid visual format in #Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure!
@furnimatgames.bsky.social @officialgdc.bsky.social #VisualArts
Thursday 1:30-2 West Hall Room 2016
schedule.gdconf.com/session/arra...
@furnimatgames.bsky.social @officialgdc.bsky.social #VisualArts
Thursday 1:30-2 West Hall Room 2016
schedule.gdconf.com/session/arra...
March 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Final reminder — if you are attending #GDC2025 and fail to attend my talk at 1:30pm today your car will be impounded
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cwa, which represents over 2,000 workers across companies like microsoft, is launching a new games industry-wide union that anyone can join, even laid-off workers. with legal frameworks for organizing under attack, it's a return to tactics that predate those systems
aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-vide...
aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-vide...
March 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
cwa, which represents over 2,000 workers across companies like microsoft, is launching a new games industry-wide union that anyone can join, even laid-off workers. with legal frameworks for organizing under attack, it's a return to tactics that predate those systems
aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-vide...
aftermath.site/uvw-cwa-vide...