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Ryan Warner

@rtwarner.bsky.social

Sr. Game Development Consultant II at Unity focused runtime performance, multiplayer, and graphics. Making a point and click horror adventure for PC, Mac, and Linux called Ave Satanas. https://rtwarner.itch.io Montreal, QC

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A blueberry clamshell iBook G3 on a kitchen table.

A blueberry clamshell iBook G3 on a kitchen table.

Today I acquired an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

03.08.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I grew up on these streets.

30.07.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you see this, quote this post with a game you would instantly buy if it got remastered/remade!

Same game from a plot perspective but remade as a 3D fixed camera point and click game like Syberia. And a new likeness for the protagonist.

22.07.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Roberta Vaughan: A Memorial Tribute to a Dear Friend | Adventure Game Hotspot It's with sadness at her loss and appreciation of her life that the Hotspot staff and our extended network offer a few personal words in tribute to one taken from us far too soon.

Roberta Vaughan: A Memorial Tribute to a Dear Friend adventuregamehotspot.com/blog/4724/ro...

22.07.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Text at the top reads: Senior Unity Programmer.

The job description reads:

Responsibilities
Taking ownership of and developing core game systems
Preferred: Overseeing the high-level rendering architecture of our projects
Supporting junior- and mid-level engineers

Requirements
Experience shipping multiple commercial games
Experience with Unity rendering, including SRP and URP. Good knowledge of URP internals preferred.
Experience developing gameplay systems in Unity
High level of fluency in C#
Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion
Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English

Preferred experience
Rendering programming experience or familiarity a huge plus
Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion
HLSL fluency
Shader and GPU pipeline optimization experience
Experience working on live-service games
Developing on Xbox consoles

This is a permanent position. After completing a probation period you will be a full democratic member of the company, contributing equally to all strategy decisions and sharing in all profits. If youโ€™d like to know more about co-ops, and KO_OP in particular, this profile goes into some detail about how we operate.

 

$85,700 CAD/year + bonuses and democratic decision making
Fully remote work (Hybrid available in Montreal and Vancouver if desired)
Health benefits
4-day work-weeks with flexible hours
25 annual days paid vacation, unlimited sick and personal days

Text at the top reads: Senior Unity Programmer. The job description reads: Responsibilities Taking ownership of and developing core game systems Preferred: Overseeing the high-level rendering architecture of our projects Supporting junior- and mid-level engineers Requirements Experience shipping multiple commercial games Experience with Unity rendering, including SRP and URP. Good knowledge of URP internals preferred. Experience developing gameplay systems in Unity High level of fluency in C# Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English Preferred experience Rendering programming experience or familiarity a huge plus Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion HLSL fluency Shader and GPU pipeline optimization experience Experience working on live-service games Developing on Xbox consoles This is a permanent position. After completing a probation period you will be a full democratic member of the company, contributing equally to all strategy decisions and sharing in all profits. If youโ€™d like to know more about co-ops, and KO_OP in particular, this profile goes into some detail about how we operate. $85,700 CAD/year + bonuses and democratic decision making Fully remote work (Hybrid available in Montreal and Vancouver if desired) Health benefits 4-day work-weeks with flexible hours 25 annual days paid vacation, unlimited sick and personal days

Text at the top reads: Senior Rendering Programmer. Text inside a white square reads: 

Responsibilities
Overseeing the high-level rendering architecture of our projects
Overseeing other rendering programmers and technical artists
Collaborating closely with artists to iterate on and achieve their rendering ambitions and visual targets

Requirements
Experience shipping commercial games
Extensive experience with Unity rendering, including SRP and URP, with good knowledge of URP internals
High level of fluency in C# and HLSL
Shader and GPU pipeline optimization experience
Experience with GPU debuggers, such as RenderDoc and Pix
A proven track record of working closely with artists
Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English

Preferred experience
Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion
Experience with Amplify Shader Editor, including template development
Developing on Xbox consoles
Compensation
$85,700 CAD/year + bonuses and democratic decision making
Fully remote work (Hybrid available in Montreal and Vancouver if desired)
Health benefits
4-day work-weeks with flexible hours
25 annual days paid vacation, unlimited sick and personal days

Text at the top reads: Senior Rendering Programmer. Text inside a white square reads: Responsibilities Overseeing the high-level rendering architecture of our projects Overseeing other rendering programmers and technical artists Collaborating closely with artists to iterate on and achieve their rendering ambitions and visual targets Requirements Experience shipping commercial games Extensive experience with Unity rendering, including SRP and URP, with good knowledge of URP internals High level of fluency in C# and HLSL Shader and GPU pipeline optimization experience Experience with GPU debuggers, such as RenderDoc and Pix A proven track record of working closely with artists Due to our small team and a significant number of our employees being international, we require potential applicants to be able to speak English Preferred experience Experience developing multiplayer games, especially in Unity and/or using Photon Fusion Experience with Amplify Shader Editor, including template development Developing on Xbox consoles Compensation $85,700 CAD/year + bonuses and democratic decision making Fully remote work (Hybrid available in Montreal and Vancouver if desired) Health benefits 4-day work-weeks with flexible hours 25 annual days paid vacation, unlimited sick and personal days

We're hiring for TWO positionsโ€”Senior Unity Programmer and Senior Rendering Programmer! www.workwithindies.com/work-with/ko...

โœจ You do NOT need to be Canadian to apply! ๐Ÿ™

$85,700 CAD/year
Health benefits
4-day work weeks
25 annual days paid vacation

21.07.2025 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I have a bit of a busy period coming up, but here's what I've been working on lately, in motion. More to come in a few weeks.

#pointandclick #adventuregame #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #retrogaming #sierraonline #lucasarts #horror #silenthill #residentevil #pixelart

21.07.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today, we lost a dear friend, Roberta Vaughan. I had the privilege of getting to know Roberta as the true beacon of positivity, diligence and love she was. Her passing will rock the adventure game community to its core. We will miss you Roberta, so very very much! Rest in peace. xxx

18.07.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Donate to Ease Roberta Vaughan's Medical Burden, organized by Josh Mandel This is a fundraiser for our great friend, Roberta Vaughan. She is a guidiโ€ฆ Josh Mandel needs your support for Donate to Ease Roberta Vaughan's Medical Burden

One of the absolute pillars of the adventure game community, Roberta Vaughan, is facing a very serious medical crisis. I won't get into what it is but trust me, it's bad.

If you have the means, please consider donating to this medical fund organized by ex-Sierra designer Josh Mandel.

16.07.2025 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Looking forward to that one Nick!

15.07.2025 12:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll be speaking at U/Day Montreal this Thursday, talking about building games for Xbox Play Anywhere and the new era of Windows handhelds. #Xbox #gamedev #unity

15.07.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A hand painted black and white model of a fem body, nude with no genitals.

A hand painted black and white model of a fem body, nude with no genitals.

travis scott holding up microphone stand in front of fire meme

travis scott holding up microphone stand in front of fire meme

*holds up my model like this cuz i'm proud af that I made this*

11.07.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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HeartLoop Games - Call for Musician / Audio Designer HeartLoop Games is looking for a musician and audio designer for contract work on our combat-focused game! High-energy, breakbeat-driven music with funky samples and an upbeat, playful vibe. Chopped v...

Hello friends!

My team is looking for a musician / audio designer for contract work on our combat-focused game!

We're looking for music that's catchy, energetic, featuring chopped vocals, funky rhythms, and a seamless mix of hip-hop, electronic, and funk.

07.07.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 469    ๐Ÿ” 397    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

I've added a VHS effect to my shader package, and uploaded it to itch! It's a simple red / blue channel offset but I think it looks pretty good.

rtwarner.itch.io/ditherdown-urp

#madewithunity #unity3d #techart #shaders #postprocessing #lighting #retrogaming #gamedev #indiedev

06.07.2025 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Over the last few weeks I've been revisiting some ideas I explored in the winter.

#pointandclick #adventuregame #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #retrogaming #sierraonline #lucasarts #horror #silenthill #residentevil #screenshotsaturday

05.07.2025 13:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Calling all artists! We need your help!

We're looking for artists and illustrators who would like to help us bring this year's characters to life.

If you're interested in a commission to create art for #AdvX25, please fill in our artist application form!

forms.gle/zR1qJM2unjoC...
adventurexpo.org

04.07.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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02.04.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 318    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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Save 50% on Time Bandit โ€“ Part 1: Appendages of the Machine on Steam A whoฬดอŠlesoฬถฬฌฬ™ฬme real-time adventure with a dark secret. At your relaxing new job managing resources and collecting crystals, everything you do seems to take ... much, MUCH longer than it should. In ...

reminder my real-time adventure game Time Bandit is 50% off! itโ€™s about uncovering a capitalist conspiracy and sneaking around at work to steal back from your boss store.steampowered.com/app/1481910/...

03.07.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Michael Klamerus

I don't have anything on sale on Steam but all my games on Itch are free (the paid ttrpgs have free community copies)

michael-klamerus.itch.io

27.06.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hollowbody Steam page

Hollowbody Steam page

Halp! Hollowbody is on sale again for the summer sale :)

and once again it's getting beat up in 'recent reviews' from folks who r buying it expecting something more than what I could achieve as a solo dev working on their 2nd 3D game :(

If you bought the game PLS PLS leave a nice review for me x๐Ÿ˜„

27.06.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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U/Day Montreal 2025 Join us for two games-focused conference tracks featuring talks by a host of Unity experts, covering everything from the Unity Engine Roadmap, the latest developments in graphics, user acquisition strategies, talent development, and more.

Are you a Unity developer based out of Montreal? Please come join us at the office for a U-Day on July 17! Iโ€™ll be speaking about profiling and performance optimization. ๐Ÿ™‚

udaymontreal2025.splashthat.com

#gamedev #indiedev #montreal #yul #unity3d #madewithunity

27.06.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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I remade my custom retro post processing pass in URP! This version was built with Shader Graph and works as a Full Screen Pass Render Feature.

Please feel free to use however you'd like!
github.com/ryantwarner/...

#madewithunity #unity3d #techart #shaders #postprocessing #lighting #retrogaming

24.06.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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AdventureX is now accepting applications to exhibit/speak at #AdvX25! The submission window is open until Monday 14 July at midnight!

All necessary information and links can be found on our website. www.adventurexpo.org

23.06.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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The final round of Alpha Weekends is LIVE from June 20th to 22nd for #MetaQuest and #SteamVR!

PLAY NOW by joining our Discord. It will be the last alpha leading to Prison Boss Prohibition's July 10th release.

Pre-orders are available on Meta Quest! ๐Ÿ”

#VRGaming #Indiedev

20.06.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A mint condition big box copy of the PC game Harvester.

A mint condition big box copy of the PC game Harvester.

Well I found the crown jewel of my collection.

#pointandclick #adventuregame #retrogaming #msdos #dosgaming

18.06.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

An image with many previews of all the different fonts in the All Fonts Pack

Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

#gamedev #booksky

16.05.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3272    ๐Ÿ” 1512    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

We are delighted to announce that AdventureX will happen on 22-23 November at LSBU Hub in London. Save the date!

Ticket sales are expected to open in August. More tickets will be available than in 2023!

Applications to exhibit/speak at #AdvX25 will open next week from Mon 23 June - 14 July.

18.06.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

Iโ€™ll be heading down on Thursday, first time in Philly!

17.06.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2 DAYS LEFT UNTIL OUR DEMO CLOSES ๐Ÿšจ

remember our limited time summer dekos will only be available during this #steamnextfest demo! hop on before it's too lateโ€ผ๏ธ

15.06.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I got some new animations and wanted to fool around with animator override controllers, and happened to have some beach people. So it seemed like a natural progression.

#gamedev #indiedev #adventuregame #pointandclick #summervibes #retrogaming #madewithunity #90s

13.06.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I couldn't find a model of a 3.5 inch floppy disk to save my life, so I made one with ProBuilder, Photoshop, and textures from AmbientCG. Turned out pretty ok! Just for fun I made it a Doom Dark Ages shareware.

#gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #doom #retrogaming #90s #dosgaming #msdos

04.06.2025 01:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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