Nils Havild
@havild.bsky.social
Producer + UX-Interaction-Game-(and everything in between) Designer
Residing in the prettiest part of Denmark 🌊🌿🌲🌳
https://havild.com
Residing in the prettiest part of Denmark 🌊🌿🌲🌳
https://havild.com
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Welcome to fam, ya'll!
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Welcome to fam, ya'll!
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
(Growing our @steampowered.com Hardware Family in early 2026)
I finally got around to see Del Toro's new #Frankenstein. At first I got super confused with the actors speaking Danish, since I was expecting English. Then, I noticed that the ship they used in the movie heavily resembles Fregatten Jylland which is docked in my town (Ebeltoft), pretty cool!
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I finally got around to see Del Toro's new #Frankenstein. At first I got super confused with the actors speaking Danish, since I was expecting English. Then, I noticed that the ship they used in the movie heavily resembles Fregatten Jylland which is docked in my town (Ebeltoft), pretty cool!
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It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
The episodic superhero comedy features big-name actors like Aaron Paul and Jeffrey Wright.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
I'm giving this handy tool for installing the new #Affinity Studio on #Linux a shot; github.com/ryzendew/Aff...
- I'll reply on my experience once done.
- I'll reply on my experience once done.
GitHub - ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux: A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧
A repository that helps users get affinity software working on GNU/Linux 🐧 - ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
github.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I'm giving this handy tool for installing the new #Affinity Studio on #Linux a shot; github.com/ryzendew/Aff...
- I'll reply on my experience once done.
- I'll reply on my experience once done.
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Stop Killing Games offshoot "confident" EU petition will progress to legislative phase, with almost half of signatures now verified
www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing...
www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing...
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Stop Killing Games offshoot "confident" EU petition will progress to legislative phase, with almost half of signatures now verified
www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing...
www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing...
Hi @whilefun.bsky.social - great to see you on bsky!
I enjoyed using your asset First Person Exploration Kit on a project a while back. Currently, I'm thinking of starting a new project using it again, so it got me thinking; do you have any updates for the asset planned?
I enjoyed using your asset First Person Exploration Kit on a project a while back. Currently, I'm thinking of starting a new project using it again, so it got me thinking; do you have any updates for the asset planned?
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hi @whilefun.bsky.social - great to see you on bsky!
I enjoyed using your asset First Person Exploration Kit on a project a while back. Currently, I'm thinking of starting a new project using it again, so it got me thinking; do you have any updates for the asset planned?
I enjoyed using your asset First Person Exploration Kit on a project a while back. Currently, I'm thinking of starting a new project using it again, so it got me thinking; do you have any updates for the asset planned?
Dredge is just a perfect #steamdeck game in every way.
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dredge is just a perfect #steamdeck game in every way.
A bit more September appreciation for you all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddz...
One-Eyed Mule: "September Sigh"
YouTube video by One-Eyed Mule
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
A bit more September appreciation for you all
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wddz...
I am not impressed by this translator, to say the least.
September 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I am not impressed by this translator, to say the least.
Today it is exactly 50 years since this bad boy was released, and I must say, it has aged better than the finest wine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_Yo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_Yo...
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today it is exactly 50 years since this bad boy was released, and I must say, it has aged better than the finest wine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_Yo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_Yo...
Fall is upon us 🍂
Summer is great, but I think fall is my favourite season all in all. Reflection and barriers galore!
Summer is great, but I think fall is my favourite season all in all. Reflection and barriers galore!
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fall is upon us 🍂
Summer is great, but I think fall is my favourite season all in all. Reflection and barriers galore!
Summer is great, but I think fall is my favourite season all in all. Reflection and barriers galore!
I finally got around to format my PC and install a fresh distro. I'm super pleased to see that the Gnome desktop environment has become even more refined since whatever version I was on. Unfortunately, installing the proprietary nvidia drivers is still as dreadful as ever. I'll buy AMD next time!
August 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I finally got around to format my PC and install a fresh distro. I'm super pleased to see that the Gnome desktop environment has become even more refined since whatever version I was on. Unfortunately, installing the proprietary nvidia drivers is still as dreadful as ever. I'll buy AMD next time!
In a surprising move, the Danish Ministry of Digitalization has begun testing phasing out Microsoft in favor of #opensource alternatives. As a Linux user, I find this existing, but I also fear that it will be another half-hearted attempt to quickly fix something that takes a long time to get right.
June 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In a surprising move, the Danish Ministry of Digitalization has begun testing phasing out Microsoft in favor of #opensource alternatives. As a Linux user, I find this existing, but I also fear that it will be another half-hearted attempt to quickly fix something that takes a long time to get right.
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I teach a game writing class. Students have scripts, worldbuilding docs, treatments, etc due every week
About half the class used ChatGPT last semester even though I made it clear using an LLM = an F. When I asked why a studio would ever hire them if their work was just ChatGPT, they seemed stunned
About half the class used ChatGPT last semester even though I made it clear using an LLM = an F. When I asked why a studio would ever hire them if their work was just ChatGPT, they seemed stunned
This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
June 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I teach a game writing class. Students have scripts, worldbuilding docs, treatments, etc due every week
About half the class used ChatGPT last semester even though I made it clear using an LLM = an F. When I asked why a studio would ever hire them if their work was just ChatGPT, they seemed stunned
About half the class used ChatGPT last semester even though I made it clear using an LLM = an F. When I asked why a studio would ever hire them if their work was just ChatGPT, they seemed stunned
A cozy little game I made on the side is now *finally* live on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Please give it a try if you like piña coladas ...and getting caught in the gravity fields 🥥
Please give it a try if you like piña coladas ...and getting caught in the gravity fields 🥥
Gravicoco - Apps on Google Play
Get the coconut to the portal using your gravity manipulating super powers!
play.google.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A cozy little game I made on the side is now *finally* live on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Please give it a try if you like piña coladas ...and getting caught in the gravity fields 🥥
Please give it a try if you like piña coladas ...and getting caught in the gravity fields 🥥
[If you are a Dane] Check out my new project;
Folkeminder 2.0 - digitally curated local folklore, only accessible from the physical location it relates to.
A few examples 1) an old watermill close to my vicinity: havild.com/qr2/ and, 2) one an area in Thy: havild.com/qr1/
Folkeminder 2.0 - digitally curated local folklore, only accessible from the physical location it relates to.
A few examples 1) an old watermill close to my vicinity: havild.com/qr2/ and, 2) one an area in Thy: havild.com/qr1/
Karlens Natkvarter
havild.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
[If you are a Dane] Check out my new project;
Folkeminder 2.0 - digitally curated local folklore, only accessible from the physical location it relates to.
A few examples 1) an old watermill close to my vicinity: havild.com/qr2/ and, 2) one an area in Thy: havild.com/qr1/
Folkeminder 2.0 - digitally curated local folklore, only accessible from the physical location it relates to.
A few examples 1) an old watermill close to my vicinity: havild.com/qr2/ and, 2) one an area in Thy: havild.com/qr1/
I finally received my updated (physical) driving license, so I can proceed with #Google Play's archaic verification process. I find it so backward that in 2025, I had to wait weeks for a piece of plastic to publish something purely digital.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I finally received my updated (physical) driving license, so I can proceed with #Google Play's archaic verification process. I find it so backward that in 2025, I had to wait weeks for a piece of plastic to publish something purely digital.
To anyone using #Linux (Gnome particularly), know that Nautilus (the default file manager) is also an awesome and straightforward FTP client. In case you ever need to fiddle with some web stuff, I recommend giving it a try! It's much nicer than FileZilla :)
May 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
To anyone using #Linux (Gnome particularly), know that Nautilus (the default file manager) is also an awesome and straightforward FTP client. In case you ever need to fiddle with some web stuff, I recommend giving it a try! It's much nicer than FileZilla :)
...turns out that it is harder to get my ID verified by #Google than making the actual game!
Because of their terrible system, I have to get a new driver's license or passport (even though they are both valid) just to get verified - which will take weeks.
Because of their terrible system, I have to get a new driver's license or passport (even though they are both valid) just to get verified - which will take weeks.
April 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
...turns out that it is harder to get my ID verified by #Google than making the actual game!
Because of their terrible system, I have to get a new driver's license or passport (even though they are both valid) just to get verified - which will take weeks.
Because of their terrible system, I have to get a new driver's license or passport (even though they are both valid) just to get verified - which will take weeks.
So I was about to release a demo game I have been tinkering with the other day, but Google won't verify my ID. I cannot release it until I am verified (despite having paid the developer fee). It is clearly not humans processing the documentation and their algorithms are shit at reading Danish ID's
April 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
So I was about to release a demo game I have been tinkering with the other day, but Google won't verify my ID. I cannot release it until I am verified (despite having paid the developer fee). It is clearly not humans processing the documentation and their algorithms are shit at reading Danish ID's
2-month old bug down! 🐛🖐️
Thank you to strangers on the internet who eventually helped me find the root cause. Keep up the good and helpful work y'all out there 🫶
Thank you to strangers on the internet who eventually helped me find the root cause. Keep up the good and helpful work y'all out there 🫶
March 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
2-month old bug down! 🐛🖐️
Thank you to strangers on the internet who eventually helped me find the root cause. Keep up the good and helpful work y'all out there 🫶
Thank you to strangers on the internet who eventually helped me find the root cause. Keep up the good and helpful work y'all out there 🫶
Another grant application down! Time to pivot project/fokus again again. I think I'll spend the rest of the week on some very hands-on level tinkering 🧩
Solving academic problems is SO very different from practical unity-bugs kinda problems...
Solving academic problems is SO very different from practical unity-bugs kinda problems...
March 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Another grant application down! Time to pivot project/fokus again again. I think I'll spend the rest of the week on some very hands-on level tinkering 🧩
Solving academic problems is SO very different from practical unity-bugs kinda problems...
Solving academic problems is SO very different from practical unity-bugs kinda problems...
The spring sun is finally here and it is immensely appreciated ☀️
March 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The spring sun is finally here and it is immensely appreciated ☀️
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It was, in fact, much easier for russia to take over the US than to occupy 20% of Ukraine
March 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It was, in fact, much easier for russia to take over the US than to occupy 20% of Ukraine
I'm currently doing some research for a PhD project, and I am happy to discover that A LOT has happened within the field of Game Studies since I did my master's thesis in 2015. Specifically, within the theme of ludo <> narrative. That's great, except I now have a whole lot of catching up to do!
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm currently doing some research for a PhD project, and I am happy to discover that A LOT has happened within the field of Game Studies since I did my master's thesis in 2015. Specifically, within the theme of ludo <> narrative. That's great, except I now have a whole lot of catching up to do!