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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Sep 10

We got some sneaky AGDA nominations for visual art, gameplay, narrative, sound design, music and game of the year.

Dave's gonna need some extra hands to hold all his accolades.

Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · Sep 10

The Drifter is up for six awards in the AGDAs! :O :O :O

The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social · Sep 10

🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉

IGEA celebrates the finalists for the 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards. This years finalists feature hit titles from talented teams. We are certain you can find a few favourites in this list.

Read more, and some exciting news about this years hosts: agdas.com.au/2025-finalis...

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Sep 4

Experimenting with some atmosphere for the Crab horror game @nicholasmc1.bsky.social and I are making. Still tossing up having music at all or just having ambience sfx. 🤷‍♂️
Nick was mad that I didn't have the HideTutorials preference on so now I'm leaving it off forever out of spite.

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 26

There's a weird level of connectedness I feel reading comments in a song someone made in in 1998. What was life like back in that distant past. Were they like us back then?

Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 26

Niche post but a thing that is cool & handsome to do if you are a fan of Unreal 1999, cause UMX files are just S3M and IT files under the hood you can download OpenMPT (Or any tracker software) and just open them up. All the samples are there. the whole composition is laid out. Genuinely interesting

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 23

There is a non zero chance I coded it in and then forgot about. I dont think I did but there's a chance...

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 23

Posting more unused Drifter songs because why not. Nobody tell Dave.
This was a song I was going to use in the kitchen in chapter 7 but it became way too energetic for such a small area that you enter and leave so quickly. Managed to reuse some of the elements in the last half of ch9 though.

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 20

Why didn't you tell me you were making a game where you move little guys around a grid. Moving little guys around a grid is one of my favorite genres

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 20

My boy Dan made this cool Playdate game.

Daniel Draper @draperdanman.bsky.social · Aug 19

My latest game for the Playdate is out now! It's a turn-based tactics game about becoming water fighting champions. It's silly and whimsical, and hopefully a good time to boot.

Mirror Door Interactive @mirrordoor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Super Splash League is now available on Playdate! Available on Playdate Catalog and Itch io!
play.date/games/super-...
mirrordoor.itch.io/super-splash...
#playdate

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 20

Oh dang. This looks sick!

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'm gonna make it a gacha game. I'll make millions

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 17

I wonder, if I announced it would @dave.powerhoof.com be forced to make it?

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thought I'd post the original first sketch i did for The Drifter 2 years ago. Back when I was planning to just make everything sound like Vangelis.
We've come a long way.

Minor spoilers for green blob character i guess...

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Drifter music is on bandcamp now for all you bandcamp freaks out there.
Give it an ear squiz if you want to hear some dark-synth jams and or bops. 🎼🎶

Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · Aug 13

The Drifter OST is now available now on Bandcamp!
🎵 powerhoof.bandcamp.com
Over an hour of saw-tooth bass lines, crunchy stings and fierce melodies from @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social and @louisdmeyer.bsky.social

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 7

You're gonna take my job!

Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 6

Now I gotta add a flickering light sound. :(

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 3

It's kind of just strip silence but it fades instead. Useful when changing the length of the clip would mess with the timing.

There's almost definitely a reaper package that does this already but i couldn't find it.

Hey, buy The Drifter!

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Aug 3

Just showing off my first custom script i made in reaper while mixing the VO for The Drifter (available now)
Made a script that iterates through all selected items and does a custom action which fades up to the first transient then fades out the item from a certain volume threshold. I think its neat

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 25

Thanks so much!

Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 24

We hit the overwhelmingly positive threshold! Don't think there is any benefit in terms of algorithm or anything but it feels nice.

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 22

New Tropical Fuck Storm album is sick by the way. Getting increasingly close to Feelin Kinda Free by The Drones which is a top 10 for me.

Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 22

With the existential dread that I'm feeling towards the advancement of AI I'm finding more and more joy in the small rebellion of making and supporting weird shit.

Sort of feels like I'm poisoning the well you know.
Make stuff that is un-generatable.

Allowing myself one doomer post a week btw.

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 20

In the critically acclaimed videogame The Drifter (Out Now)
the word "Drifter" is spoken two times in the over 11,000 lines of dialogue.
Subscribe for more DriftFacts.

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 17

Give yourself a little treat and point and click on that purchase button.

Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · Jul 17

🔥 The Drifter is OUT NOW! 🔥

Solve your own murder in our fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride. 15% off for launch!
Steam 🤜 store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/...
GoG 🤜 www.gog.com/en/game/the_...

It's been a long road working on this one- so exciting to finally get it in people's hands!

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 17

We've got radioplay interludes in the soundtrack. We're going to do a War of the World's up in here.

Dave Lloyd 💾 Powerhoof @dave.powerhoof.com · Jul 17

The Drifter releases in < 16 hours! And so does the Soundtrack DLC which starts with this banger. (Volume up 🔊🔊)
Big up to Mitchell Pasmans for putting the music together, alongside @louisdmeyer.bsky.social's amazing contributions. I'll be cranking it today as we count down the minutes!

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Mitch "Jazzhands" Pasmans @mitchellpasmans.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Drifter is coming to Steam SOON

A pulp adventure thriller where you play as a drifter trying to solve their own murder. 🔪🔪🔪

Featuring a darksynth score with BIG synth bass hits and JOHN Carpenter vibes.

Wishlist now! store.steampowered.com/app/1170570/...

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