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David Laskey

@d-lask.bsky.social

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ chicago game dev, currently w/ @younghorses.com ๐Ÿ“š ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใ€ๆ™ฎ้€š่ฏใ€italiano ๐Ÿƒ optcg player (2x Top 32, 1x Top 64)

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Latest posts by d-lask.bsky.social on Bluesky

Now for the bittersweet part of any launch day as a freelance worker, with the game out, I'm out looking for work again. So, need a UI/gameplay programmer, a top-notch senior/lead QA Analyst, a technical or educational game designer?

I'm open to freelance and full-time positions, hit me up! Please!

07.10.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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BATTLE SUIT ACES OUT NOWโ€ผ๏ธ

Adventure through the stars with the found family of the Zephyr and uncover the secrets of the mysterious Relic suits. Play the Battle Chef Brigade teamโ€™s new heartfelt, dynamic card-battling narrative RPG NOW on PC, PS5 and Switch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2870530/...

07.10.2025 15:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 424    ๐Ÿ” 223    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 68
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

14.09.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32164    ๐Ÿ” 8394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 372    ๐Ÿ“Œ 586
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Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine) Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games

I've been making video games in some form for 20 years, so I wrote an article about my process - and why I don't use an engine.

noelberry.ca/posts/making...

19.05.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1054    ๐Ÿ” 237    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Keeping an eye on this cause iโ€™d also love to see a build tool that isnโ€™t so overburdened. Something like Zigโ€™s built in build scripting would be amazing

14.06.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
the luxe logo on a big screen in front of a small character!

the luxe logo on a big screen in front of a small character!

dev log #15 - try luxe now!

As we continue to wrap up our goals for a wider release we're happy to note that you can try luxe already!

Read all about it in dev log #15!

luxeengine.com/dev-log-15/

#gamedev #createwithluxe #luxeengine

12.06.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
TumbleSeed Speedrun 6:43 No Pain No Gain
YouTube video by DexMax TumbleSeed Speedrun 6:43 No Pain No Gain

New No Pain No Gain WR for TumbleSeed by DexMax! Lot of really tense moments. youtu.be/dgqpYJ5GOkY

08.06.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had the privilege of working on this game up through the middle of last year, and now itโ€™s finally out! The team really did such a great job getting it across the finish line- go give it a try! ๐ŸŽ‰

02.06.2025 03:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wheel World on Steam Dive into Wheel World as Kat, a rider chosen by ancient cycling spirits. Race elite teams, trick out your bike, and perform the long overdue Great Shift ritual to save a universe on the brink! Your bi...

Wheel World is the game Iโ€™m most anticipating this year. 100% a dream game Iโ€™ve always wanted to exist. store.steampowered.com/app/1497460/...

30.05.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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to a T Demo on Steam A charming, colorful adventure game from the creator of Katamari Damacy and the uvula team about a teen navigating life in a small town with their cute dog companion. While their body is stuck in a T-...

โ€œto a Tโ€ Temo ouT Tow. Tope Tou Tnjoy iT, anT leT Te knoT whaT Tou Think.

store.steampowered.com/app/3727290/...

20.05.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 749    ๐Ÿ” 271    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Need to get the engine blog setup for real this summer. Learning a lot and need to brain dump somewhere, especially in this case getting harfbuzz and freetype embedded in the project from source, etc.

17.05.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been working on font rendering in my game engine and finally got simple Arabic shaping/positioning set up! Hoping to maintain parity of text effects for all supported languages as well.

Text system has a long way to go but wanted to get this working from the start

17.05.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
my son (face hidden behind an emoji) and I on the release day of rift riff

my son (face hidden behind an emoji) and I on the release day of rift riff

emotional day for me. managed to lead my team & release Rift Riff being caretaker of my wife (long covid, hasnโ€™t been out of bed this year) and our 2yo son. iโ€™m exhausted. proud. anxious.

it would make my day if u can repost, buy, enjoy, review๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

Rift Riff: store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/...

09.05.2025 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 608    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

I havenโ€™t taken the dive but have been getting linux-curious. Is there a core set of tools (IDE if any, etc.) or specific version of linux youโ€™d recommend for game dev?

06.05.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sad I didnโ€™t make it to at least r2 on day 2, but happy with how the weekend went overall. Lim is super fun, and more stoked than ever on the game itself ๐ŸŽ‰

22.04.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OPTCG Top Cut Events Peoria Offline Regional April 19-20.
Top 32 w/ GP Lim

= [Day 1] =
W - RP Luffy ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
L - Teach ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Pluffy ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Doffy ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Doffy ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Shanks ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Teach ๐ŸŽฒ โŒ
W - Pluffy ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
W - Shanks ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…
L - Shanks ๐ŸŽฒ โœ…

= [Day 2] =
Teach โœ…โŒโŒ

22.04.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

in addition to the things you said, to be clear! ๐Ÿ˜…

18.03.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I personally think the dev environments, required frequent updates, and app signing and all the cruft that isnt actually making the game is what keeps me away from mobile

18.03.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Made a Blender Geometry Node graph to make some procedural low-poly drums. No way I was doing all that by hand! ๐Ÿคฃ
#b3d

09.03.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 210    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

May 28Th Two Thousand TwenTy FifTh

24.02.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 55    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Wheel World Demo on Steam Tune your bike, outpace your rivals, and fulfill your destiny

You can now play a demo of "Wheel World" on steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3483160/... #SteamNextFest

24.02.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Dokapon Kingdom for Game of the Year

01.02.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SDL3 is officially released! | Ryan C. Gordon Get more from Ryan C. Gordon on Patreon

"Folks, we have climbed the mountain." www.patreon.com/posts/sdl3-i...

21.01.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 339    ๐Ÿ” 119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Working in After Effects for the first time since college and essentially figured out that Compositions = Prefabs/Templates and I just sped up my workflow by like 1000% ๐Ÿคฏ

22.01.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Me having to admit I was wrong when I said a good story couldn't be this intentional if it's this long wrt op all these years. I stand corrected ๐Ÿฅฒ

02.01.2025 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I regret to inform everyone that my enjoyment of One Piece now goes beyond the card game. Just hit chapter 400 of the manga and I'm like...fully bought in now vs just slowly poking at chapters like once a week.

02.01.2025 05:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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LOK Digital is a game about learning a cryptic language of magical words and mastering their mind-bending effects.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/LOK_Digital/

We'll have an exciting announcement to make as part of Day of the Devs - tune in Wed December 11th at 9am PDT.

04.12.2024 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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I am thrilled to present Amberspire, a science-fantasy dice city builder. In the glow of a gas giant, roll dice to build a city in harmony with an alien ecology atop the ruins of an abandoned moon.

Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...

03.12.2024 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1179    ๐Ÿ” 347    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

I wanna post more game engine work stuff here but don't have many cool visual things to share atm ๐Ÿฅฒ

16.11.2024 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Eyes up, pilots. Battle Suit Aces is coming soon.

28.10.2024 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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