Philip Drobar 🔜 VanGameExpo
@philipdrobar.bsky.social
Indie Gamedev (CHESTNUT GROVE, #GRIDHACK, #COGITO Godot template) at @thresholdanomaly.com
VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.)
https://www.hopp.bio/philip-drobar
he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦
Follows =/= endorsements.
VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.)
https://www.hopp.bio/philip-drobar
he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦
Follows =/= endorsements.
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I'm still chipping away at GRIDHACK, a sci-fi RPG where hacking = fighting Picross battles.
I've been working on this one for a long time. Reposts are greatly appreciated. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly
I've been working on this one for a long time. Reposts are greatly appreciated. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly
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Hey everyone, I am opening a handful of commission slots to cover my rent this month. really struggling with mental health issues and unexpected expenses this month. Get a cute custom model from me for 100$ USD! DM me if you are interested!
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hey everyone, I am opening a handful of commission slots to cover my rent this month. really struggling with mental health issues and unexpected expenses this month. Get a cute custom model from me for 100$ USD! DM me if you are interested!
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @thresholdanomaly.com
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @thresholdanomaly.com
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
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Wishlist GRIDHACK on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
GRIDHACK on Steam
GRIDHACK is a sci-fi puzzle RPG where you fight nonogram battles to hack your way on an intergalactic quest as you try to find out what happened to a planet called Earth!
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wishlist GRIDHACK on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
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Reposted by Philip Drobar 🔜 VanGameExpo
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
Clevelands game design musings definitely influenced me, but there's no excuse for this.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
'Korea—they are the Joe Pesci of countries,' Unknown Worlds co-founder compiles plan to take on Krafton in newly-surfaced 'Litigation Help' document
'Korea—they are the Joe Pesci of countries,' Unknown Worlds co-founder compiles plan to take on Krafton in newly-surfaced 'Litigation Help' document
In a series of notes submitted as evidence during the trial between Krafton and the ousted Unknown Worlds execs, Charlie Cleveland seemingly documents advice former Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Clevelands game design musings definitely influenced me, but there's no excuse for this.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
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HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
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I was doing a rough tally. About 25 people already confirmed on BSKY that they want to attend. 5-10 have mentioned to me offline that they're down too.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
You know for the price of sending one person to GDC you could probably sponsor the entire @gdcheese.bsky.social event.
A GDC pass, flight, hotel, meals, all gets expensive real fast.
A GDC pass, flight, hotel, meals, all gets expensive real fast.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I was doing a rough tally. About 25 people already confirmed on BSKY that they want to attend. 5-10 have mentioned to me offline that they're down too.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
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the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
This is for 3D hard surface modelling sickos.
Xingfu Meilin, another station on the Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 getting ready to open at the end of 2025. It has a plum blossom theme matching the station name. Pictures from the Chengdu Metro social media.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is for 3D hard surface modelling sickos.
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I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
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I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
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Join our gamedev skill potluck in devpods.gg - Try it for a month, only $1 early #blackfriday deal.
We use #unity #godot #unreal
Human teammates collaborating on art, audio, writing etc is better than AI!
We use #unity #godot #unreal
Human teammates collaborating on art, audio, writing etc is better than AI!
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Join our gamedev skill potluck in devpods.gg - Try it for a month, only $1 early #blackfriday deal.
We use #unity #godot #unreal
Human teammates collaborating on art, audio, writing etc is better than AI!
We use #unity #godot #unreal
Human teammates collaborating on art, audio, writing etc is better than AI!
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if you're in alberta, check out this website where they're organizing recall petitions for every single MLA who voted to override the labor rights of the teachers' union. get involved if you can operationtotalrecall.ca
Operation Total Recall — Organize Local Recall Campaigns
Grassroots hub to organize riding-by-riding recall efforts for the 44 Alberta MLAs who supported using the Notwithstanding Clause against not just teachers, but all Alberta workers. Find your MLA, joi...
operationtotalrecall.ca
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
if you're in alberta, check out this website where they're organizing recall petitions for every single MLA who voted to override the labor rights of the teachers' union. get involved if you can operationtotalrecall.ca
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i grew up in Alberta 💔 I always knew it as a stunningly beautiful landscape full of the friendliest people, ruled by a dynasty of corrupt conservatives. but it feels like they're entering a new stage toward fascism with recent actions like this bill & the crushing of the teachers' union
Alberta just introduced Bill 9, which exists for one and only one purpose: deleting the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it pertains to trans kids, denying them the right to life and stripping their healthcare away.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
This is cruel, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
i grew up in Alberta 💔 I always knew it as a stunningly beautiful landscape full of the friendliest people, ruled by a dynasty of corrupt conservatives. but it feels like they're entering a new stage toward fascism with recent actions like this bill & the crushing of the teachers' union
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Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Do you know Ren'Py? Would you like to help out on @truthscrapper.bsky.social? We're looking for a Ren'Py programmer based in Ontario, CA (remote) we can periodically contract for hourly paid work to solve problems and program certain items! More details here:
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
forms.gle/1DMXtpFkY6Pr...
#gamedev
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are you also as sick of seeing AI generated posters/flyers/etc in public as I am? I made some Big stickers about it and will be selling packs of them at future shows 🫶
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
are you also as sick of seeing AI generated posters/flyers/etc in public as I am? I made some Big stickers about it and will be selling packs of them at future shows 🫶
I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
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Does anyone know of a Godot developer who might be up for a bit of contract work to help us on Lancer Tactics? I'm trying to get off of dotnet and to do so we need to convert its one line-of-sight algorithm from C# to a C++ GDExtension. Should be short -- just a few hundred lines of code.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Does anyone know of a Godot developer who might be up for a bit of contract work to help us on Lancer Tactics? I'm trying to get off of dotnet and to do so we need to convert its one line-of-sight algorithm from C# to a C++ GDExtension. Should be short -- just a few hundred lines of code.
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Any sick mutual-or-extended-network VFX artists looking for freelance work round these parts? 👀
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Any sick mutual-or-extended-network VFX artists looking for freelance work round these parts? 👀
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I am SO beyond excited to announce:
My next adventure will be at Sunset Visitor, the studio behind the amazing 1000xRESIST!
I can't wait to get started and see what we can cook up together ❤️✨
My next adventure will be at Sunset Visitor, the studio behind the amazing 1000xRESIST!
I can't wait to get started and see what we can cook up together ❤️✨
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I am SO beyond excited to announce:
My next adventure will be at Sunset Visitor, the studio behind the amazing 1000xRESIST!
I can't wait to get started and see what we can cook up together ❤️✨
My next adventure will be at Sunset Visitor, the studio behind the amazing 1000xRESIST!
I can't wait to get started and see what we can cook up together ❤️✨
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People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People say Cancel Culture is real and then you see Lydia Tár being invited to meet the Pope. 🙄
Having the object hierarchy on one side, and an inspector window on the opposite side of a screen is terrible UX.
(yes, I'm calling out the default Unity / Godot interface)
#PhilsHotTakes
(yes, I'm calling out the default Unity / Godot interface)
#PhilsHotTakes
F*ck it: Each like/fav/boost = gaming/gamedev hot take.
#PhilsHotTakes
#PhilsHotTakes
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Having the object hierarchy on one side, and an inspector window on the opposite side of a screen is terrible UX.
(yes, I'm calling out the default Unity / Godot interface)
#PhilsHotTakes
(yes, I'm calling out the default Unity / Godot interface)
#PhilsHotTakes