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Daniel Johnston Menezes
@danjohnston.uk
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Game dev making free game assets & tutorials to help people make their own games! 🎮🕹️

https://chequered.ink/
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danjohnston.uk
I've settled on 400 sounds for the sound pack. Quality over quantity! No point recording 100 more sounds if I'm running out of ideas / equipment to make them with. Gonna clean up the 400 good ones we got now and release them soon! #gamedev
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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binarymoon.bsky.social
I made some sound effects for my open source game engine. Might give you some inspiration.

beepmini.com/examples/sou...

These are all made with zzfx in real time in the browser.
Sound Effects Example
Preview the built in sound effects.
beepmini.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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danjohnston.uk
Don't forget voting is open in the GMC Jam. You can play (and vote for) a handful of fun little games made in 5 days! chequered.ink/gmc-jam-57-v...

#gamedev #indiegames
Thumbnails of all 16 entries to the GMC Jam 57.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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danjohnston.uk
I want to have 500 sound effects in this pack but I've got to 335 and run out of things around the house to record / hit my skill limit on digital sfx. Any ideas for sfx you would like to see in a free game asset pack? #gamedev
danjohnston.uk Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 1d
Currently recording a bunch of random sound effects around the house so you don't have to. Opening & closing doors, jangling keys, dropping heavy objects into a glass of water. That kind of thing.

#GameAssets #GameDev
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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politicsintheuk.bsky.social
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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saltzman.bsky.social
Unionized developers
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
danjohnston.uk
I want to have 500 sound effects in this pack but I've got to 335 and run out of things around the house to record / hit my skill limit on digital sfx. Any ideas for sfx you would like to see in a free game asset pack? #gamedev
danjohnston.uk Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 1d
Currently recording a bunch of random sound effects around the house so you don't have to. Opening & closing doors, jangling keys, dropping heavy objects into a glass of water. That kind of thing.

#GameAssets #GameDev
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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moonana.bsky.social
YO LOOK AT THIS LITTLE ARROW I'VE MADE, IT'S SO CUTE DO NOT STEAL
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
danjohnston.uk
Currently recording a bunch of random sound effects around the house so you don't have to. Opening & closing doors, jangling keys, dropping heavy objects into a glass of water. That kind of thing.

#GameAssets #GameDev
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
danjohnston.uk
Don't forget voting is open in the GMC Jam. You can play (and vote for) a handful of fun little games made in 5 days! chequered.ink/gmc-jam-57-v...

#gamedev #indiegames
Thumbnails of all 16 entries to the GMC Jam 57.
November 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
danjohnston.uk
I guess I'm a big fan of Animal Crossing and Pokemon
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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bering.bsky.social
I painted and designed a Toy playmat for my game!

I apologize it's somehow rotated, but I mean a playmat works in any direction, so whatever!

#art #indiegames #gamedev #digitalart #procreate

The game:
store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/...
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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farmwandgame.bsky.social
Just in case it wasn't visible enough...animals can emote!
ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ
Who can resist this smile? 🥰

Wishlist #Farmwand on Steam now!💖
store.steampowered.com/app/1836840/...

#screenshotsaturday #cozygames #indiegame #indiedev
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
danjohnston.uk
This brings our total free game assets to around 6,500 - we have a plan to make that 10,000 by the end of the month. Watch this space!

#gamedev
danjohnston.uk Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · 4d
New FREE game assets! Our 2D Platformer Pack contains over 900 graphics including tiles, backgrounds, a player, enemies and collectibles all for free commercial use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/2d-platforme... #GameDev #IndieDev
A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a chocolate cake. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a desert. This tile set is actually called "Beach" in the pack, but can be combined with either a desert or island background to give different vibes. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level with a basic grassland vibe. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a volcano.
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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anglerman.bsky.social
great guy
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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danjohnston.uk
New FREE game assets! Our 2D Platformer Pack contains over 900 graphics including tiles, backgrounds, a player, enemies and collectibles all for free commercial use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/2d-platforme... #GameDev #IndieDev
A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a chocolate cake. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a desert. This tile set is actually called "Beach" in the pack, but can be combined with either a desert or island background to give different vibes. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level with a basic grassland vibe. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a volcano.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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chequered.ink
It's finally here - Get your hands on over 900 free assets for use in your 2D platformer games with our new graphics pack. It's got tiles, backgrounds, characters & items! Enjoy #gamedev #indiedev
2D Platformer Pack
Kick start your platformer project with our 2D Platformer Pack, containing over 900 free graphical assets for use in your games and other projects!
chequered.ink
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
danjohnston.uk
New FREE game assets! Our 2D Platformer Pack contains over 900 graphics including tiles, backgrounds, a player, enemies and collectibles all for free commercial use in your games and other projects ci.itch.io/2d-platforme... #GameDev #IndieDev
A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a chocolate cake. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a desert. This tile set is actually called "Beach" in the pack, but can be combined with either a desert or island background to give different vibes. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level with a basic grassland vibe. A screenshot of a 2D platforming level based on a volcano.
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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danthat.bsky.social
At the self checkout it says "Would you like a receipt?" and if you press NO it says "Please take your receipt and bags" and it feels like that's the sort of thing that will get an indie game called "quite buggy" in Steam reviews.
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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danjohnston.uk
It's NEARLY DONE - our 2D Platformer Kit is nearly ready for release. It contains hundreds of tiles, interactive objects, a player, enemies and backgrounds. I'm just compiling it into one usable pack + making the promotional material! #gamedev #indiedev #digitalart
A screenshot of a 2D platformer game with flat-shaded cartoony graphics. The main character, a blocky dog-like creature, is jumping its way through a grassland level. Also on screen are several enemies - a plant, a wasp, an imp and a sniper.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
danjohnston.uk
My nan was being served tons of AI scam ads. Literally every 3rd post was some gen video of a celebrity offering "investment" opportunities. She was almost taken in by it, but is thankfully quite savvy by nature and asked me to check it for her first. More vulnerable ppl are definitely being scammed
jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 5d
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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chequered.ink
STAY TUNED, tomorrow we'll be releasing our 2D Platformer Pack, with over 900 assets for FREE commercial use in your games & other projects. #GameDev #IndieDev
A screenshot showing a level from a platforming game based on a big chocolate cake, with pink frosting on the floor and little cupcakes for houses. There are various sweets and fruits dotted around. The main character is a little blocky corgi-like dog, and there are a couple of spiky enemies too.
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
danjohnston.uk
It's NEARLY DONE - our 2D Platformer Kit is nearly ready for release. It contains hundreds of tiles, interactive objects, a player, enemies and backgrounds. I'm just compiling it into one usable pack + making the promotional material! #gamedev #indiedev #digitalart
A screenshot of a 2D platformer game with flat-shaded cartoony graphics. The main character, a blocky dog-like creature, is jumping its way through a grassland level. Also on screen are several enemies - a plant, a wasp, an imp and a sniper.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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philsturgeon.com
Deploy more solar, get more electricity. 🫡
marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
danjohnston.uk
Finally finished the last of our 2D Platformer Tile Sets - the house interiors. Most of the overworld sets contained little houses so it makes sense to let your players go inside 😅 Our paid patrons can get all 12 Tile Sets (768 assets) right now! www.patreon.com/posts/142909... #gamedev
A screenshot showing our house interiors tile set. This example shows a shop, with shelves full of books and bottles, posters on the walls, and a shop counter on the right. A screenshot showing our house interiors tile set. This example shows a library or museum, with shelves full of books, some crates, a treasure chest and columns extending from floor to ceiling. A screenshot showing our house interiors tile set. This example shows an NPC's house. There are some windows and a clock hanging on the wall. In the foreground there is a sofa, a bed, a wardrobe, a book shelf and some potted plants. A screenshot showing our house interiors tile set. This example shows a café. There is a set of table and chairs with two coffee cups, and a counter where the owner would serve customers.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM