David C. Drake
@davidcdrake.com
💻 Writer, programmer, game designer
🎮 Founder of @GoldenDrakeStudios.com
📜 https://davidcdrake.com
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🎮 Founder of @GoldenDrakeStudios.com
📜 https://davidcdrake.com
🌳 https://linktr.ee/dcdrake
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David C. Drake
@davidcdrake.com
· Nov 19
Pink Floyd's "One of These Days" in Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Nintendo Switch
I had so much extra footage of Link riding Master Cycle Zero in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild that I decided to create one more musical motorcycle ...
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My abundant footage of Link riding Master Cycle Zero through the lands of Zelda: Breath of the Wild inspired me to create one more musical motorcycle montage, this time set to "One of These Days" by Pink Floyd. 🌑
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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-...
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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-...
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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.
Thanks again to Playtopia Festival for curating our first regional category of the evening.
Stick It To The Stickman Receives the African Indie Game Award 2025
YouTube video by Six One Indie
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December 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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.
Thanks again to Playtopia Festival for curating our first regional category of the evening.
I finally finished my first full playthrough of The Elder Scrolls: Arena! 🎊 youtu.be/xLSJqHkEtMU Some of you may enjoy the Monty Python reference at the 40 second mark. 😁
Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eärendil: www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mod...
Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eärendil: www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mod...
Eärendil the Mage #24: Defeat of Jagar Tharn | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux
YouTube video by David C. Drake
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December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I finally finished my first full playthrough of The Elder Scrolls: Arena! 🎊 youtu.be/xLSJqHkEtMU Some of you may enjoy the Monty Python reference at the 40 second mark. 😁
Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eärendil: www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mod...
Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eärendil: www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mod...
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The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie.
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Indie Game Awards air on Dec. 18th, streaming on IGN, GameSpot, and Six One Indie.
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
It’s not a night for new trailers, but a night to celebrate global devs who swung for the fences with unrestricted creative freedom.
🕐 IGAs Countdown: 6:30 PM ET
🏆 Ceremony: 6:50 PM ET
🔗 www.indiegameawards.gg
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ascii stuff for the first time in a while
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ascii stuff for the first time in a while
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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...
godotengine.org/article/anno...
Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One – Godot Engine
Announcing support for the Android XR ecosystem by the Godot Foundation and W4 Games
godotengine.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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...
godotengine.org/article/anno...
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If I could live in a fantasy inn, it would be the Yew Tree Inn.
Here’s a moment from the inside.
#CallOfSaregnar
Here’s a moment from the inside.
#CallOfSaregnar
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If I could live in a fantasy inn, it would be the Yew Tree Inn.
Here’s a moment from the inside.
#CallOfSaregnar
Here’s a moment from the inside.
#CallOfSaregnar
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#MondayMood 🛫
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.
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.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
#MondayMood 🛫
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.
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.
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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...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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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
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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
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Launch Trailer 🎥
The truth is buried in lies.
My Father Lied is out now—a story-rich puzzle adventure steeped in mystery, madness, and Lovecraftian dread.
Can you uncover what your father hid from you?🌀
store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/MY…#IndieGamem#MysteryGamem#Lovecraftiana#PuzzleGameme
The truth is buried in lies.
My Father Lied is out now—a story-rich puzzle adventure steeped in mystery, madness, and Lovecraftian dread.
Can you uncover what your father hid from you?🌀
store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/MY…#IndieGamem#MysteryGamem#Lovecraftiana#PuzzleGameme
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Launch Trailer 🎥
The truth is buried in lies.
My Father Lied is out now—a story-rich puzzle adventure steeped in mystery, madness, and Lovecraftian dread.
Can you uncover what your father hid from you?🌀
store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/MY…#IndieGamem#MysteryGamem#Lovecraftiana#PuzzleGameme
The truth is buried in lies.
My Father Lied is out now—a story-rich puzzle adventure steeped in mystery, madness, and Lovecraftian dread.
Can you uncover what your father hid from you?🌀
store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/MY…#IndieGamem#MysteryGamem#Lovecraftiana#PuzzleGameme
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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.
Tesla shareholders have approved a pay package that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire. https://cnn.it/43KZnkA
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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.
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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...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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 ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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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
#GameDev #CRPG #Lovecraftian
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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
#GameDev #CRPG #Lovecraftian
I love the nods to Zelda II in this beautiful game. 🗡️
In Enigma Heart, you begin the story as a wanderer, traveling from place to place. Why? We don't know. After an encounter in the woods with some monsters, you've lost your memory.
The cool part? You can wishlist it on #Steam right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/...
#ScreenshotSaturday
The cool part? You can wishlist it on #Steam right now!
store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/...
#ScreenshotSaturday
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I love the nods to Zelda II in this beautiful game. 🗡️
Wonderful to have good political news once in a long while. 🙂
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping the Democrat’s stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the count...
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Wonderful to have good political news once in a long while. 🙂
Ding-dong, the warlock's dead!
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! ✨
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! ✨
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Ding-dong, the warlock's dead!
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! ✨
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! ✨
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🎂 Unix was born on November 3, 1971.
Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨
Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎂 Unix was born on November 3, 1971.
Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨
Massive respect to legends Ken Thompson & Dennis Ritchie; the world runs on their vision. 💻✨
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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.
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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.
Good on ya, Proton! We should all be on "team humanity."
To help alleviate the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, Proton has donated $100,000 to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and other aid organizations working on the ground.
October 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Good on ya, Proton! We should all be on "team humanity."
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It’s an honor to share this with you our film “Still Playing” won an award at its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival
We’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
We’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
August 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s an honor to share this with you our film “Still Playing” won an award at its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival
We’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
We’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
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biden could have done this two years ago but chose not to do it. now, in addition to getting two years of genocide, the worst man possible gets the credit and will ride that into dictatorship.
so glad it's over, for now, but that doesn't change what happened or what's going to happen.
so glad it's over, for now, but that doesn't change what happened or what's going to happen.
a silhouette of a person 's face with a red background
ALT: a silhouette of a person 's face with a red background
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
biden could have done this two years ago but chose not to do it. now, in addition to getting two years of genocide, the worst man possible gets the credit and will ride that into dictatorship.
so glad it's over, for now, but that doesn't change what happened or what's going to happen.
so glad it's over, for now, but that doesn't change what happened or what's going to happen.
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Our "FOSS Gaming Extravaganza" continues with a look at the text-based game that launched the entire adventure genre: Colossal Cave Adventure! How many of you have played this classic work of interactive fiction? youtu.be/Wxg4iP3XDKE
Colossal Cave Adventure (1976) — FOSS gaming on Linux!
YouTube video by Golden Drake Studios
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October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our "FOSS Gaming Extravaganza" continues with a look at the text-based game that launched the entire adventure genre: Colossal Cave Adventure! How many of you have played this classic work of interactive fiction? youtu.be/Wxg4iP3XDKE
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In a world of soulless AI content we need more Drew Struzan's helping us dream. RIP.
gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...
gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...
Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died
The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.
gizmodo.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In a world of soulless AI content we need more Drew Struzan's helping us dream. RIP.
gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...
gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...
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Bugs and Drugs (1978) released on the PLATO mainframe by Mark Gorback, Dave Tanaka, and Paul Alfille is an early edutainment RPG. Targeted mainly towards medical students, players explore a hospital "dungeon" fighting diseases with fists or with medicine! (a deadly residency thread)
September 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Bugs and Drugs (1978) released on the PLATO mainframe by Mark Gorback, Dave Tanaka, and Paul Alfille is an early edutainment RPG. Targeted mainly towards medical students, players explore a hospital "dungeon" fighting diseases with fists or with medicine! (a deadly residency thread)