David Jalbert 🦥
@davidjalbertgames.ca
Indie game dev & artist from QC, Canada 🇨🇦 - Made the old-school FPS Extraneum 🔫 Get it on Steam! https://s.team/a/1999140
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David Jalbert 🦥
@davidjalbertgames.ca
· Aug 22
"Why am I addicted to this shit?" I say, as I keep scrolling.
I'm not asking or expecting much this Christmas, but if anyone has an extra Commodore 64C they want to get rid off, please think of me 😅
I just need the base unit. I can even pay for shipping!
I just need the base unit. I can even pay for shipping!
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm not asking or expecting much this Christmas, but if anyone has an extra Commodore 64C they want to get rid off, please think of me 😅
I just need the base unit. I can even pay for shipping!
I just need the base unit. I can even pay for shipping!
I've been making a conscious effort to ask myself, whenever I'm about to comment on something, "is my comment actually going to lead to a positive outcome?"
And then I hit "cancel", go on about my life, and forget about it, so I don't get into a needless argument and get pissed for nothing.
And then I hit "cancel", go on about my life, and forget about it, so I don't get into a needless argument and get pissed for nothing.
so, if you're mad on the internet:
1) is this really worth being angry about?
2) if i was unaware of this opinion, would it have impacted my life in any way?
3) do I like feeling how I feel right now?
4) am i in 'bitch eating crackers' mode?
5) what result will my involvement have?
1) is this really worth being angry about?
2) if i was unaware of this opinion, would it have impacted my life in any way?
3) do I like feeling how I feel right now?
4) am i in 'bitch eating crackers' mode?
5) what result will my involvement have?
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I've been making a conscious effort to ask myself, whenever I'm about to comment on something, "is my comment actually going to lead to a positive outcome?"
And then I hit "cancel", go on about my life, and forget about it, so I don't get into a needless argument and get pissed for nothing.
And then I hit "cancel", go on about my life, and forget about it, so I don't get into a needless argument and get pissed for nothing.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic, eh? I'm not interested personally, but you know what other wizard game I'm interested in? @ducky-dev.bsky.social 's Secret Agent Wizard Boy And The International Crime Syndicate, available on Steam in early access!
Way better than anything JK could come up with. 💯
Way better than anything JK could come up with. 💯
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate on Steam
Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.
store.steampowered.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic, eh? I'm not interested personally, but you know what other wizard game I'm interested in? @ducky-dev.bsky.social 's Secret Agent Wizard Boy And The International Crime Syndicate, available on Steam in early access!
Way better than anything JK could come up with. 💯
Way better than anything JK could come up with. 💯
I'm starting to wonder if having an account specifically for my business, and another for personal purposes, is actually worth it. Considering I'm not even having fun doomscrolling, perhaps I should just have a business account.
Any other devs here having the same thoughts?
Any other devs here having the same thoughts?
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm starting to wonder if having an account specifically for my business, and another for personal purposes, is actually worth it. Considering I'm not even having fun doomscrolling, perhaps I should just have a business account.
Any other devs here having the same thoughts?
Any other devs here having the same thoughts?
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
John Romero: “Don’t Make a Big Game.”
YouTube video by Louis DeSimone – Practical Game Dev
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I could never quite figure out how to make my airplane game interesting or unique, so instead of letting it rot on my hdd, I'm making it into a package for the Unity asset store. It did teach me a lot, at least!
Finished the sandbox scene today, tomorrow I'll start putting the code together. 🛩️
Finished the sandbox scene today, tomorrow I'll start putting the code together. 🛩️
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I could never quite figure out how to make my airplane game interesting or unique, so instead of letting it rot on my hdd, I'm making it into a package for the Unity asset store. It did teach me a lot, at least!
Finished the sandbox scene today, tomorrow I'll start putting the code together. 🛩️
Finished the sandbox scene today, tomorrow I'll start putting the code together. 🛩️
Considering what Steam's moderation is like now, my personal strategy will be to make my politically charged games just subtle enough so people with two brain cells to rub together will get it, but not those assholes, so by the time they figure it out, review bombing the game won't matter anymore.
We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in
Why does Valve allow this?
Why does Valve allow this?
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Considering what Steam's moderation is like now, my personal strategy will be to make my politically charged games just subtle enough so people with two brain cells to rub together will get it, but not those assholes, so by the time they figure it out, review bombing the game won't matter anymore.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I shot the serif, but I didn't shoot the calibri~ 🎶
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I shot the serif, but I didn't shoot the calibri~ 🎶
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
Dear Artists,
This is a reminder to STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CONTENT CREATOR.
This is corporate lingo meant to devalue art and categorize it as solely a product to be consumed.
YOU ARE VISUAL ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, SINGERS, ACTORS, etc...
This is a reminder to STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CONTENT CREATOR.
This is corporate lingo meant to devalue art and categorize it as solely a product to be consumed.
YOU ARE VISUAL ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, SINGERS, ACTORS, etc...
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dear Artists,
This is a reminder to STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CONTENT CREATOR.
This is corporate lingo meant to devalue art and categorize it as solely a product to be consumed.
YOU ARE VISUAL ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, SINGERS, ACTORS, etc...
This is a reminder to STOP CALLING YOURSELF A CONTENT CREATOR.
This is corporate lingo meant to devalue art and categorize it as solely a product to be consumed.
YOU ARE VISUAL ARTISTS, FILM MAKERS, SINGERS, ACTORS, etc...
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I just think it's fun that in 2025 you can still play brand new games for DOS
itch.io/jam/dosember...
itch.io/jam/dosember...
Submissions to DOSember Game Jam
itch.io
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I just think it's fun that in 2025 you can still play brand new games for DOS
itch.io/jam/dosember...
itch.io/jam/dosember...
It would be awesome if someone won a prize, went to accept it, and their speech is just "y'all are fucking stupid but thanks for the trophy I guess." and then they just leave without saying another word.
Hell, I'd do that.
Hell, I'd do that.
On Games for Impact:
“It's good that it's there, but it's also, in a way, kind of insulting. Because giving a special award for a game for actually meaning something or having some human content... we should be aspiring for that in every category."
postgame.substack.com/p/the-histor...
“It's good that it's there, but it's also, in a way, kind of insulting. Because giving a special award for a game for actually meaning something or having some human content... we should be aspiring for that in every category."
postgame.substack.com/p/the-histor...
December 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It would be awesome if someone won a prize, went to accept it, and their speech is just "y'all are fucking stupid but thanks for the trophy I guess." and then they just leave without saying another word.
Hell, I'd do that.
Hell, I'd do that.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I made a custom Firefox icon you can actually use as the app icon now! Also I did a little interview with the folks over at @mozilla.org about it, check it out :)
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/m...
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/m...
Meet the artist behind Firefox’s new community-created app icon | The Mozilla Blog
Last year, the Firefox team set out to test something fans requested: choosing a custom app icon. The experiment was simple. Offer a small set of options a
blog.mozilla.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I made a custom Firefox icon you can actually use as the app icon now! Also I did a little interview with the folks over at @mozilla.org about it, check it out :)
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/m...
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/m...
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I swear, meditation is impossible when you have ADHD. I have three songs playing in my head at the same time, at all times, 24/7, and there's no mute button to be found.
My brain is trying to kill me smh
My brain is trying to kill me smh
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I swear, meditation is impossible when you have ADHD. I have three songs playing in my head at the same time, at all times, 24/7, and there's no mute button to be found.
My brain is trying to kill me smh
My brain is trying to kill me smh
I was curious about something. Does anybody have information about what was the first popular game console to officially support a C compiler (or any high level language), instead of exclusively relying on assembly to code the games?
I think even the SNES was assembly only, but I might be wrong.
I think even the SNES was assembly only, but I might be wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was curious about something. Does anybody have information about what was the first popular game console to officially support a C compiler (or any high level language), instead of exclusively relying on assembly to code the games?
I think even the SNES was assembly only, but I might be wrong.
I think even the SNES was assembly only, but I might be wrong.
Late night veggie curry with basmati rice, let's goooooo ✨
I swear, curry is straight up black magic. Ain't no business being that good.
I swear, curry is straight up black magic. Ain't no business being that good.
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Late night veggie curry with basmati rice, let's goooooo ✨
I swear, curry is straight up black magic. Ain't no business being that good.
I swear, curry is straight up black magic. Ain't no business being that good.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I still can't believe my DSi is still working perfectly and that the battery is still holding charge, to be honest.
I feel we're very much at a point where new tech can't get meaningfully better, so enshittification is the only way to keep the line going up, making older tech functionally better.
I feel we're very much at a point where new tech can't get meaningfully better, so enshittification is the only way to keep the line going up, making older tech functionally better.
Cheap, minimally online if at all, doesn't spy on you, doesn't have subscriptions or micro transactions, won't be enshittified, you own it, reminds them of simpler times or childhood, modern pop culture is adversarial and alienating
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I still can't believe my DSi is still working perfectly and that the battery is still holding charge, to be honest.
I feel we're very much at a point where new tech can't get meaningfully better, so enshittification is the only way to keep the line going up, making older tech functionally better.
I feel we're very much at a point where new tech can't get meaningfully better, so enshittification is the only way to keep the line going up, making older tech functionally better.
I started playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare lately, because everyone seems crazy about it and I was wondering what I missed.
...So it's basically Team America: World Police but minus the puppets and humor, isn't it?
...So it's basically Team America: World Police but minus the puppets and humor, isn't it?
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I started playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare lately, because everyone seems crazy about it and I was wondering what I missed.
...So it's basically Team America: World Police but minus the puppets and humor, isn't it?
...So it's basically Team America: World Police but minus the puppets and humor, isn't it?
picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account
December 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
picture of the staff who operate this bluesky account
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
If anyone's looking for a skilled and multi-talented gameplay programmer, my portfolio's finally up and running, and I'm open for work, so feel free to check it out! ✨
davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
David Jalbert's Portfolio
Indie games, art, prototypes, and all things related to yours truly.
davidjalbertgames.ca
December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If anyone's looking for a skilled and multi-talented gameplay programmer, my portfolio's finally up and running, and I'm open for work, so feel free to check it out! ✨
davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
I love how he shows examples of both pixel art that works better on a CRT and pixel art that looks worse on one. Goes to show that intent, and the relationship between the art and the hardware, is more important than the medium itself, in the end.
NEW VIDEO HI NEW VIDEO NEW VIDEO HI HI GUYS NEW VIDOE
youtu.be/bC-8y2R6IxI
youtu.be/bC-8y2R6IxI
CRTs and Pixel Art
YouTube video by Noodle
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I love how he shows examples of both pixel art that works better on a CRT and pixel art that looks worse on one. Goes to show that intent, and the relationship between the art and the hardware, is more important than the medium itself, in the end.
And the reason is not because you actually suck or anything like that; it's because they want to get rid of the competition.
Fuck the haters, rise to the top, king! 👑
Fuck the haters, rise to the top, king! 👑
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And the reason is not because you actually suck or anything like that; it's because they want to get rid of the competition.
Fuck the haters, rise to the top, king! 👑
Fuck the haters, rise to the top, king! 👑
"Visibility limited" is what gets me lol. They know what they're doing.
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"Visibility limited" is what gets me lol. They know what they're doing.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!