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
Looking to hire an experienced game dev? I'm open for work! Check out my portfolio: https://davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
Looking to hire an experienced game dev? I'm open for work! Check out my portfolio: https://davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
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If anyone's looking for an indie game programmer with decades of experience, I'm currently looking for work! I'm especially fluent with Unity and Godot in C#, but I can work with pretty much any engine or language.
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
Games don't even need to take that long to develop, especially with today's tools. Most of it is because studios are trying to make them bigger and prettier than they reasonably have to be, and the management gets in the way of any meaningful progress trying to shoehorn in some anticonsumer gimmick.
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
automaton-media.com/en/news/youn...
Young gamers in Japan may not be forming the same attachment to Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest because modern dev cycles are as long as their childhood, users theorize - AUTOMATON WEST
Japanese gamers on X discuss why classic titles like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quests are less popular among the country's young people.
automaton-media.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Games don't even need to take that long to develop, especially with today's tools. Most of it is because studios are trying to make them bigger and prettier than they reasonably have to be, and the management gets in the way of any meaningful progress trying to shoehorn in some anticonsumer gimmick.
Guilty as charged.
all the kinds of modern Indie Games:
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Guilty as charged.
Welp. I can kinda sorta see where Edmund was going with this but... Ugh. That was NOT a good idea.
I'm still curious about the game and I'm not mad at Ed, but it sure is feeling awkward.
I'm still curious about the game and I'm not mad at Ed, but it sure is feeling awkward.
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Welp. I can kinda sorta see where Edmund was going with this but... Ugh. That was NOT a good idea.
I'm still curious about the game and I'm not mad at Ed, but it sure is feeling awkward.
I'm still curious about the game and I'm not mad at Ed, but it sure is feeling awkward.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
🇧🇷 Brazilian "boomer shooter" retro fps time! 🇧🇷
VAL'TY will be a cool little game. 👽
Angry alien mom and daughter against the human-centric hegemony in sci-fi/fantasy.
Mostly inspired by MDK and Turok.
(work in progress)
Wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
VAL'TY will be a cool little game. 👽
Angry alien mom and daughter against the human-centric hegemony in sci-fi/fantasy.
Mostly inspired by MDK and Turok.
(work in progress)
Wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
🇧🇷 Brazilian "boomer shooter" retro fps time! 🇧🇷
VAL'TY will be a cool little game. 👽
Angry alien mom and daughter against the human-centric hegemony in sci-fi/fantasy.
Mostly inspired by MDK and Turok.
(work in progress)
Wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
VAL'TY will be a cool little game. 👽
Angry alien mom and daughter against the human-centric hegemony in sci-fi/fantasy.
Mostly inspired by MDK and Turok.
(work in progress)
Wishlist it here:
store.steampowered.com/app/3860970/...
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
Hey y'all.
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
“Please enjoy the museum”:
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
Relooted is OUT NOW!
Please share!
February 10, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Hey y'all.
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
A South African dev released a blackity black game during BHM and it's currently getting the usual suspects in the reviews.
Imma grab this up myself anyway, but can we all be some chums and help push the racists out of the reviews? 🙂
Age verification?
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Age verification?
I spent two months trying to make a plane controller good enough so I could sell it on the Unity asset store, and it's nowhere near production-ready for an average UAS customer.
Also, sales have dried up for my other stuff and won't pick up again.
... Time to accept I wasted 2 months of work.
Also, sales have dried up for my other stuff and won't pick up again.
... Time to accept I wasted 2 months of work.
a man is walking down a hallway with a suitcase and a backpack .
ALT: a man is walking down a hallway with a suitcase and a backpack .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I spent two months trying to make a plane controller good enough so I could sell it on the Unity asset store, and it's nowhere near production-ready for an average UAS customer.
Also, sales have dried up for my other stuff and won't pick up again.
... Time to accept I wasted 2 months of work.
Also, sales have dried up for my other stuff and won't pick up again.
... Time to accept I wasted 2 months of work.
Beep beep, motherfuckers! 🚗💨
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Beep beep, motherfuckers! 🚗💨
Honestly if it's that easy, I don't mind lol
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Honestly if it's that easy, I don't mind lol
"Gee, it says I have a new negative review, but I don't see it, I wonder why."
... Bro changed their review 2 years later when they found out I added a non-binary flag, and calls it "political" lmao.
Imagine being that triggered by a gender lol
... Bro changed their review 2 years later when they found out I added a non-binary flag, and calls it "political" lmao.
Imagine being that triggered by a gender lol
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 PM
"Gee, it says I have a new negative review, but I don't see it, I wonder why."
... Bro changed their review 2 years later when they found out I added a non-binary flag, and calls it "political" lmao.
Imagine being that triggered by a gender lol
... Bro changed their review 2 years later when they found out I added a non-binary flag, and calls it "political" lmao.
Imagine being that triggered by a gender lol
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
Throwback to when AI bros were saying they were digital artists because they both used technology to make art.
So as a digital artist I found a rock, burnt some sticks, and made a busty dragoness out of nothing but shit I had in my backyard.
Nothing will stop real artists from making real art.
So as a digital artist I found a rock, burnt some sticks, and made a busty dragoness out of nothing but shit I had in my backyard.
Nothing will stop real artists from making real art.
December 27, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Throwback to when AI bros were saying they were digital artists because they both used technology to make art.
So as a digital artist I found a rock, burnt some sticks, and made a busty dragoness out of nothing but shit I had in my backyard.
Nothing will stop real artists from making real art.
So as a digital artist I found a rock, burnt some sticks, and made a busty dragoness out of nothing but shit I had in my backyard.
Nothing will stop real artists from making real art.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
pick up the ash and berries
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 PM
pick up the ash and berries
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
If anyone's looking for an indie game programmer with decades of experience, I'm currently looking for work! I'm especially fluent with Unity and Godot in C#, but I can work with pretty much any engine or language.
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
January 27, 2026 at 11:12 PM
If anyone's looking for an indie game programmer with decades of experience, I'm currently looking for work! I'm especially fluent with Unity and Godot in C#, but I can work with pretty much any engine or language.
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
For more info: davidjalbertgames.ca/portfolio
#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
What am I doing on my 40th birthday, you may ask? Learning TCP/IP and UDP, and how to make multiplayer games. I figured it was about time I bit the bullet. 🕹️🛜
High-level multiplayer
High-level vs low-level API: The following explains the differences of high- and low-level networking in Godot as well as some fundamentals. If you want to jump in head-first and add networking to ...
docs.godotengine.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
What am I doing on my 40th birthday, you may ask? Learning TCP/IP and UDP, and how to make multiplayer games. I figured it was about time I bit the bullet. 🕹️🛜
I was born right between the events of the Challenger space shuttle explosion and the Chernobyl meltdown, and I gotta say, it was a great analogy for how my life would be like.
On the plus side, in exactly 4.5 hours, I'll be able to say the following sentence seriously. Happy birthday to me! 🎉
On the plus side, in exactly 4.5 hours, I'll be able to say the following sentence seriously. Happy birthday to me! 🎉
February 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
I was born right between the events of the Challenger space shuttle explosion and the Chernobyl meltdown, and I gotta say, it was a great analogy for how my life would be like.
On the plus side, in exactly 4.5 hours, I'll be able to say the following sentence seriously. Happy birthday to me! 🎉
On the plus side, in exactly 4.5 hours, I'll be able to say the following sentence seriously. Happy birthday to me! 🎉
Words cannot express how much I despise Adobe as a corporation. Flash was perfect, and they massacred it.
I hope they go bankrupt and die.
I hope they go bankrupt and die.
It cannot be overstated, fuck Adobe
They should open source this instead of ending it
They should open source this instead of ending it
February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Words cannot express how much I despise Adobe as a corporation. Flash was perfect, and they massacred it.
I hope they go bankrupt and die.
I hope they go bankrupt and die.
"How dare you have fun when-"
That's the point. They WANT you to be miserable. Then you'll be too depressed to fight back. Just like you need food to survive, you need joy to stay strong.
Dance, sing, draw, play! Show them you won't let them take your will to live!!
That's the point. They WANT you to be miserable. Then you'll be too depressed to fight back. Just like you need food to survive, you need joy to stay strong.
Dance, sing, draw, play! Show them you won't let them take your will to live!!
DON'T LET BAD PEOPLE STEAL YOUR JOY IN LIFE.
KEEP BEING CREATIVE AND LOUD.
KEEP BEING CREATIVE AND LOUD.
February 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"How dare you have fun when-"
That's the point. They WANT you to be miserable. Then you'll be too depressed to fight back. Just like you need food to survive, you need joy to stay strong.
Dance, sing, draw, play! Show them you won't let them take your will to live!!
That's the point. They WANT you to be miserable. Then you'll be too depressed to fight back. Just like you need food to survive, you need joy to stay strong.
Dance, sing, draw, play! Show them you won't let them take your will to live!!
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
Ever wondered why Google doesn't give you good results anymore, and why everything sounds fake and robotic? It's 100% by design.
On the bright side, there's a way to get better visibility... but you have to choose between that and your integrity.
On the bright side, there's a way to get better visibility... but you have to choose between that and your integrity.
Google is killing authentic websites & I made it worse 😔
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Ever wondered why Google doesn't give you good results anymore, and why everything sounds fake and robotic? It's 100% by design.
On the bright side, there's a way to get better visibility... but you have to choose between that and your integrity.
On the bright side, there's a way to get better visibility... but you have to choose between that and your integrity.
They're busy spilling tea and dishing just desserts one may deserve. 💅✨
January 31, 2026 at 3:12 PM
They're busy spilling tea and dishing just desserts one may deserve. 💅✨
And that is one of the many reasons why I love being my own boss. Imagine having to deal with someone who gets an aneurysm from thinking about olive oil.
For all we know, that applicant might have been the best candidate ever. And he said no, because of... olive oil.
For all we know, that applicant might have been the best candidate ever. And he said no, because of... olive oil.
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
And that is one of the many reasons why I love being my own boss. Imagine having to deal with someone who gets an aneurysm from thinking about olive oil.
For all we know, that applicant might have been the best candidate ever. And he said no, because of... olive oil.
For all we know, that applicant might have been the best candidate ever. And he said no, because of... olive oil.
Reposted by David Jalbert 🦥
I hang out with so many game devs and marketeers that I always (mistakenly) assume this is common knowledge. If you want to do a gamedev a gigantic favor that costs you literally nothing but 3min of your time, write them a Steam review. ESPECIALLY if they have less than 500 or so.
RE that RT.. it’s wild how steam reviews are still so damn important to getting visibility. If you play and like indie games, the most generous and helpful thing you can do is spend an hour popping positive reviews onto anything you like with <500 or so reviews.
January 31, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I hang out with so many game devs and marketeers that I always (mistakenly) assume this is common knowledge. If you want to do a gamedev a gigantic favor that costs you literally nothing but 3min of your time, write them a Steam review. ESPECIALLY if they have less than 500 or so.
I absolutely adore how these two movies are premiering on the very same day.
It's gonna be a real blood bath, am I right folks?
It's gonna be a real blood bath, am I right folks?
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I absolutely adore how these two movies are premiering on the very same day.
It's gonna be a real blood bath, am I right folks?
It's gonna be a real blood bath, am I right folks?