Daniel JM
@danjohnston.uk
Game dev 🎮 Making game assets, tutorials & fonts. Creator of Gyro Boss 🛸
3-time winner & former host of the GMC Jam.
Find my stuff at https://chequered.ink/
3-time winner & former host of the GMC Jam.
Find my stuff at https://chequered.ink/
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Daniel JM
@danjohnston.uk
· Dec 1
HUGE NEWS: Today we're launching a pack of 10,000 game assets! All existing Chequered Ink Assets + hundreds exclusive to the pack, across a variety of genres for commercial use in all your projects. AND they're all made by HUMANS 🫨 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev #indiedev
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Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.
Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.
Vote Green.
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
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font #982: Trxdxnt
nalgames.com/fonts/trxdxnt
new font, same story: available for licensing individually or via the chequered ink all fonts pack - for anyone that buys or has already bought it - for commercial use
ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
nalgames.com/fonts/trxdxnt
new font, same story: available for licensing individually or via the chequered ink all fonts pack - for anyone that buys or has already bought it - for commercial use
ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
font #982: Trxdxnt
nalgames.com/fonts/trxdxnt
new font, same story: available for licensing individually or via the chequered ink all fonts pack - for anyone that buys or has already bought it - for commercial use
ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
nalgames.com/fonts/trxdxnt
new font, same story: available for licensing individually or via the chequered ink all fonts pack - for anyone that buys or has already bought it - for commercial use
ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
I already made over 500 new assets I intended to add to this pack at the start of February before this sale kicked off, but then my wife had our BABY 5 weeks early so I have been A BIT BUSY to say the least 😅 I promise the extra assets will come Soon™️ #gamedev #indiedev
Our 10,000 game asset pack is back on sale, just $10 for over 10,000 assets AND COUNTING! We'll be updating it soon with even more graphics for use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev
10,000 Game Assets by Chequered Ink
10k Handmade Assets For Your Games!
ci.itch.io
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Just a little life update: my wife and I welcomed our daughter to the world last week, a little bit prematurely (she was too eager to get out and see us apparently). You understand this means a period of time away from The Web™️ while we look after our new squishy thing.
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Just a little life update: my wife and I welcomed our daughter to the world last week, a little bit prematurely (she was too eager to get out and see us apparently). You understand this means a period of time away from The Web™️ while we look after our new squishy thing.
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I had also intended to update it with more assets before this sale, but baby came a few weeks before its due date so that will have to wait a while 😉
February 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I had also intended to update it with more assets before this sale, but baby came a few weeks before its due date so that will have to wait a while 😉
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Now is a great time to buy our 10,000 game asset pack - not only is it on sale but also my wife just had our BABY and I therefore MONEY just became very important to us 😅 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
10,000 Game Assets by Chequered Ink
10k Handmade Assets For Your Games!
ci.itch.io
February 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Now is a great time to buy our 10,000 game asset pack - not only is it on sale but also my wife just had our BABY and I therefore MONEY just became very important to us 😅 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
Now is a great time to buy our 10,000 game asset pack - not only is it on sale but also my wife just had our BABY and I therefore MONEY just became very important to us 😅 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
10,000 Game Assets by Chequered Ink
10k Handmade Assets For Your Games!
ci.itch.io
February 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Now is a great time to buy our 10,000 game asset pack - not only is it on sale but also my wife just had our BABY and I therefore MONEY just became very important to us 😅 ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
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Thank you to everyone who helped out on this. The video game industry is a global one.
January 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Thank you to everyone who helped out on this. The video game industry is a global one.
I finished the jungle tile set for our pixel platformer pack. It brings the number of tile sets in the pack to 10! We'll probably release these before the rest of the pack tbh cos I have busy times coming up & just want to get them in your hands! #gamedev
January 27, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I finished the jungle tile set for our pixel platformer pack. It brings the number of tile sets in the pack to 10! We'll probably release these before the rest of the pack tbh cos I have busy times coming up & just want to get them in your hands! #gamedev
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In the beginning, there was an argument for 30%. building Infrastructure, SDKs, hosting etc.
But now...The infrastructure/hosting for a single game, is peanuts for most games. Ironically, it's the massive games that'll really cost them, and they tend to get sweetheart deals anyway.
10-15% is fair.
But now...The infrastructure/hosting for a single game, is peanuts for most games. Ironically, it's the massive games that'll really cost them, and they tend to get sweetheart deals anyway.
10-15% is fair.
PC games giant Valve has been told it has to face a £656 million lawsuit in the UK, which claims the Steam giant's revenue share is too high and negatively impacts consumers.
www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-to-fac...
www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-to-fac...
January 27, 2026 at 1:08 PM
In the beginning, there was an argument for 30%. building Infrastructure, SDKs, hosting etc.
But now...The infrastructure/hosting for a single game, is peanuts for most games. Ironically, it's the massive games that'll really cost them, and they tend to get sweetheart deals anyway.
10-15% is fair.
But now...The infrastructure/hosting for a single game, is peanuts for most games. Ironically, it's the massive games that'll really cost them, and they tend to get sweetheart deals anyway.
10-15% is fair.
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It's very simple to see where anyone invoking the sanctity of the Holocaust is: if they're doing it to stop someone from arguing children should not be murdered by or scared of violent authoritarianism, they're on the wrong side of the lessons we should've learned from the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 PM
It's very simple to see where anyone invoking the sanctity of the Holocaust is: if they're doing it to stop someone from arguing children should not be murdered by or scared of violent authoritarianism, they're on the wrong side of the lessons we should've learned from the Holocaust.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ WeTransfer now demands the right to just steal your intellectual property, feed it into AI, commercialise it etc.
Do not use this service.
Do not use this service.
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 PM
⚠️⚠️⚠️ WeTransfer now demands the right to just steal your intellectual property, feed it into AI, commercialise it etc.
Do not use this service.
Do not use this service.
If you're in the UK, and you don't want to look like the US in five years time, join the Greens and help us to win big starting right NOW.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
The Green Party now has over 190,000 members!
Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections... the Green Party is making hope normal again.
Join today!
January 26, 2026 at 11:29 AM
If you're in the UK, and you don't want to look like the US in five years time, join the Greens and help us to win big starting right NOW.
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Our 10,000 Game Asset pack is now available on GameDev Market! We want to make sure you can get our stuff in a broad range of places, and this is all part of the plan. Enjoy! www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/10000-... #gamedev
January 22, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Our 10,000 Game Asset pack is now available on GameDev Market! We want to make sure you can get our stuff in a broad range of places, and this is all part of the plan. Enjoy! www.gamedevmarket.net/asset/10000-... #gamedev
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After a request from a member of the community we've added outline variants for all 236 designs in our inventory icons graphics pack. This brings the total number of sprites in the pack up to a whopping 472! #gamedev
Outline variants added to our inventory icons pack
After a request from a member of the community here we've added outline variants for all 236 designs in our inventory icons graphics pack. This brings the total number of sprites in the pack up to a whopping 472!
chequered.ink
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 PM
After a request from a member of the community we've added outline variants for all 236 designs in our inventory icons graphics pack. This brings the total number of sprites in the pack up to a whopping 472! #gamedev
Someone on itch asked me to make outline versions for all 236 icons in our inventory icons pack... so I spent today doing exactly that, and now the pack has double the sprites! ci.itch.io/inventory-ic... #gamedev
January 23, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Someone on itch asked me to make outline versions for all 236 icons in our inventory icons pack... so I spent today doing exactly that, and now the pack has double the sprites! ci.itch.io/inventory-ic... #gamedev
I don't think it's hyperbole to say, if you're in the US and you've ever wondered "what would I have done to oppose the Nazis if I lived in Germany back then?"
You are doing it right now.
You are doing it right now.
I feel like this might be the single most disturbing thing I've worked on for Splinter to date. ICE has apparently in the last month just stopped sending the full detainee death reports to Congress that they're legally required to send. They're just assuming no one will stop them.
ICE detainee deaths were at record highs in 2025. This year looks to get far deadlier, and ICE seems to have suddenly stopped issuing legally required detainee death reports to Congress. #ICE #immigration #GeraldoLunasCampos #murder www.jezebel.com/ice-detainee...
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I don't think it's hyperbole to say, if you're in the US and you've ever wondered "what would I have done to oppose the Nazis if I lived in Germany back then?"
You are doing it right now.
You are doing it right now.
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ANNOUNCING:
✨ Completely free online events to help #indiedev s get ready for #SteamNextFest! ✨
The festival of the season is just over a month away, and here's what I've got planned for you... 👇
✨ Completely free online events to help #indiedev s get ready for #SteamNextFest! ✨
The festival of the season is just over a month away, and here's what I've got planned for you... 👇
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
ANNOUNCING:
✨ Completely free online events to help #indiedev s get ready for #SteamNextFest! ✨
The festival of the season is just over a month away, and here's what I've got planned for you... 👇
✨ Completely free online events to help #indiedev s get ready for #SteamNextFest! ✨
The festival of the season is just over a month away, and here's what I've got planned for you... 👇
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The GMC Jam 58 is coming in February - Daniel got to pick the theme after winning the previous jam, and we're also offering some great prizes! 👇 #gamedev
GMC Jam 58 Coming Soon
The 58th GMC Jam will be taking place from February 18th to February 23rd, and we're offering some great prizes!
chequered.ink
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The GMC Jam 58 is coming in February - Daniel got to pick the theme after winning the previous jam, and we're also offering some great prizes! 👇 #gamedev
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Good news! Our 10,000 Game Asset Pack is now available on GameDev Market. Just another way to get your hands on a shed load of sprites and sounds for your game dev needs! :) #gamedev
10,000 Game Asset Pack now available on GameDev Market
Our 10,000 Game Asset Pack, which we released in December, is now also available to buy on GameDev Market.
chequered.ink
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Good news! Our 10,000 Game Asset Pack is now available on GameDev Market. Just another way to get your hands on a shed load of sprites and sounds for your game dev needs! :) #gamedev
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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Whipped up another quick tile set for our pixel platformer pack - this time with various building blocks for a toy-based level. I was a huge fan of the series of toy-themed levels in Super Mario Land 2 on GameBoy, if anyone played that you'll know exactly what I mean! #gamedev #pixelart
January 22, 2026 at 12:49 PM