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David C. Drake

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๐Ÿ’ป Writer, programmer, game designer ๐ŸŽฎ Founder of @GoldenDrakeStudios.com ๐Ÿ“œ https://davidcdrake.com ๐ŸŒณ https://linktr.ee/dcdrake

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Larn (1986) โ€” FOSS gaming on Linux!
Larn (1986) โ€” FOSS gaming on Linux! YouTube video by Golden Drake Studios

Our "FOSS Gaming Extravaganza" continues with another classic roguelike: Larn! โœจ Can you find a potion to cure your daughter's illness within 300 "mobuls" (30,000 turns)? โš—๏ธ So far...we keep getting slain by dragons. ๐Ÿ˜… youtu.be/nBjqb8O54jM

03.03.2026 20:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An image in isometric pixel art style, depicting a Windows 95 PC. Green text is on the monitor, and a floppy disk is lying beside the mouse.

An image in isometric pixel art style, depicting a Windows 95 PC. Green text is on the monitor, and a floppy disk is lying beside the mouse.

Object study of another oldie. First machine I made pixel art on. I was four or something and scribbled stick figures in MS Paintโ€ฆ ๐Ÿซ 

#pixelart #ใƒ‰ใƒƒใƒˆ็ตต #isometric

08.02.2026 21:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 212 ๐Ÿ” 52 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The No ICE in Minnesota bundle has launched, raising funds for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Over 1400 items for $10.00!

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

12.02.2026 12:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3413 ๐Ÿ” 2375 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16 ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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I've been playing around with @crocotile3d.bsky.social yesterday! Here's a little basic scene with my asset packs!
#lowpoly #pixelart #iguess

19.01.2026 00:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 545 ๐Ÿ” 106 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Jacob Geller in an orange sweater, holding a copy of "How a Game Lives"

Jacob Geller in an orange sweater, holding a copy of "How a Game Lives"

As of today, the retail edition of How a Game Lives is available in bookstores, libraries, and online platforms. Ask for it locally! Get it from your favorite bookseller! bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

25.11.2025 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 715 ๐Ÿ” 84 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Stick It To The Stickman Receives the African Indie Game Award 2025
Stick It To The Stickman Receives the African Indie Game Award 2025 YouTube video by Six One Indie

Free Lives is an unstoppable force. Congratulations to the African Indie Game Award recipient for 2025, Stick It To The Stickman!

Thanks again to Playtopia Festival for curating our first regional category of the evening.

19.12.2025 00:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Eรคrendil the Mage #24: Defeat of Jagar Tharn | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux
Eรคrendil the Mage #24: Defeat of Jagar Tharn | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux YouTube video by David C. Drake

I finally finished my first full playthrough of The Elder Scrolls: Arena! ๐ŸŽŠ youtu.be/xLSJqHkEtMU Some of you may enjoy the Monty Python reference at the 40 second mark. ๐Ÿ˜

Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eรคrendil: www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mod...

17.12.2025 01:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie.

Itโ€™s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.

๐Ÿ• IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
๐Ÿ† Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
๐Ÿ”— www.indiegameawards.gg

12.12.2025 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 759 ๐Ÿ” 320 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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ascii stuff for the first time in a while

06.12.2025 03:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1131 ๐Ÿ” 132 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One โ€“ Godot Engine Announcing support for the Android XR ecosystem by the Godot Foundation and W4 Games

With the release of Samsung Galaxy XR, the first headset using the new Android XR operating system, we are pleased to announce that Godot supports this new ecosystem. Read more about it in our announcement:

godotengine.org/article/anno...

15.11.2025 21:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 245 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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If I could live in a fantasy inn, it would be the Yew Tree Inn.
Hereโ€™s a moment from the inside.

#CallOfSaregnar

28.11.2025 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 52 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#MondayMood ๐Ÿ›ซโ 
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A striking white coloration makes this spiny skate (Bathyraja spinosissima) easy to spot. These active swimmers hover and glide well above the seafloor, while their relatives tend to stay close to the bottom. This species is especially common in rocky lava fields.

10.11.2025 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 128 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Nightdive team is saddened by the loss of friend and industry legend, Rebecca Heineman. Her career spanned decades and impacted millions, with over 60 game credits to her name, including Baldur's Gate, Bard's Tale 3, and Killing Time: Resurrected.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

18.11.2025 20:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 414 ๐Ÿ” 91 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I'm gonna start adding a background to all my small sprite animations from now on, they work way better this way instead of the boring bluish black i always use

11.11.2025 04:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 114 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Launch Trailer ๐ŸŽฅ

The truth is buried in lies.
My Father Lied is out nowโ€”a story-rich puzzle adventure steeped in mystery, madness, and Lovecraftian dread.
Can you uncover what your father hid from you?๐ŸŒ€

store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/MYโ€ฆ
#IndieGame #MysteryGame #Lovecraftian #PuzzleGame

06.11.2025 17:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

07.11.2025 01:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 5734 ๐Ÿ” 1235 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 216 ๐Ÿ“Œ 113
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT โ€˜goadedโ€™ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

07.11.2025 01:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 8747 ๐Ÿ” 2348 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147 ๐Ÿ“Œ 384
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I have had a productive few days. I re-designed my whole map to be much more contained. So now when I think about adding all the details, I don't get totally overwhelmed. Speaking of which, here is an area I've been working on...

#GameDev #CRPG #Lovecraftian

27.10.2025 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love the nods to Zelda II in this beautiful game. ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ

05.11.2025 03:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping the Democratโ€™s stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the count...

Wonderful to have good political news once in a long while. ๐Ÿ™‚

05.11.2025 03:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ding-dong, the warlock's dead!
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! โœจ

05.11.2025 03:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ‚ Unix was born on November 3, 1971.

Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. ๐Ÿ’ปโœจ

03.11.2025 11:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 36 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Okay, sunshine! ๐ŸŒž And while you complain about others who try to make things better, as Proton did with their donation, the world will actually improve, but no thanks to you. I hope you manage to pull yourself out of this excessive cynicism eventually.

25.10.2025 12:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's what our #ChefsForGaza teams have been up to in the past few weeks: millions of fresh meals, families returning home, communities caring for one another.

24.10.2025 01:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 90 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I can't imagine ever saying to anyone, "Hey! Don't save the world!" ๐Ÿคฃ

25.10.2025 11:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good on ya, Proton! We should all be on "team humanity."

25.10.2025 11:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bad take.

25.10.2025 11:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a human being, I find your reaction to this disrespectful.

25.10.2025 11:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You...are either woefully misinformed or paid to spread a disgusting form of hasbara. Either way, shame on you. Open your eyes and do better.

25.10.2025 11:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s an honor to share this with you our film โ€œStill Playingโ€ won an award at its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival

Weโ€™re just at the beginning of our journey with Dreams on a Pillow, an upcoming game, and this recognition gives us even more energy to keep going.
launchgood.com/1948

16.08.2025 22:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 63 ๐Ÿ” 22 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0