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Daniel
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Tech Lead at Max Inferno Games working on keeping 'A Little to the Left' nice and tidy. Also a struggling gardener in a never-ending battle with grape vines.
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Daniel @hoistgamedev.com · Oct 17
Pinned post time! Hi, I'm Daniel!

I'm over on the Atlantic Coast of Canada working as the Tech Lead at Max Inferno Games. I made the jump to full-time gamedev after a decade of regular IT programming and am having an absolute ball working with these great folk on such a wonderful game!
A little to the left keyart.
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hoot.bsky.social
Just hanging out
December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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A bundle of snow for my birthday? You really shouldn't have have!
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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hoot.bsky.social
Unrelated to my game work but I had a lot of fun working alongside my students for an assignment where they had to make chars for a fake "Powerstone" type fighting game in the style of MML

So I made this guy. His name is Nebulon and he's a space-obsessed pop singer
A 3d Render of Nebulon. He's wearing a red jacket with a spacey pattern on the inside, white gloves, boots and belt (with star shapes on top of the boots). A red shirt inspired by Star Trek TNG. Blond spikey hair standing straight up and a blue and purple cyber visor. He also has a big dumb grin on his face A pixel art portrait of Nebulon styled like in a character select screen Concept version of Nebulon, with his arms stretched out and stardust coming off his gloves
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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youtu.be/JQYx_867ua0

Cannot wait to break out the HOTAS and play through the whole thing game in cockpit view.
ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Bandai Namco Entertainment America
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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adamatomic.bsky.social
holy moly, ok! we did it?? we made a collection??? it's the first 13 games, bundled up with unlockable dev notes, updated audio, some sneaky bug fixes, cloud saves, and Steam Deck support!! store.steampowered.com/app/4044300/...
CorgiSpace on Steam
CorgiSpace is a collection of 8-bit games that have short legs on purpose. This anthology includes more than a dozen action, adventure, arcade, and puzzle games, and each can be thoroughly explored in...
store.steampowered.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Daniel (not me!) has been showing off his progress on this over the years at the local meetups, so very excited to see it release!
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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landsharkrawr.bsky.social
probably a car guy
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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I couldn't help myself in the morning meeting today.
Fella in a dark basement office with a little Metroid attached to his headset
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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flannelbeargames.bsky.social
Scaling Up is coming out in February 12th, 2026!!! 🐍💚

The Snakes are coming!

#gamedev #indiegame #releasedate #gameannouncement #majorannouncement #TrailerTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Finally popped in the disc this evening and dang, wow, Summer Wars is great. What an absolutely delightful watch this evening!
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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idolon.bsky.social
UDLR has officially been rebranded to Clover's Quadrants. Nothing new on the store page, just some re-branding. Drop it a wishlist if you haven't! If you want.
Clover's Quadrants on Steam
A moderately challenging puzzle game where you are what you eat - and you have four stomachs. Your four directions of movement are also inventory slots, and items in those slots will affect only that ...
store.steampowered.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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adamatomic.bsky.social
the upper levels
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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hoot.bsky.social
Bob returns, as grumpy as ever, and in the THIRD DIMENSION. He'll also still have his little shop in Beach Slap. No vacations for him.

#screenshotsaturday #BeachSlap #SwissGames
A picture of Bob the owl, the shopkeep from Helvetii returning in Beach Slap. Now in glorious low poly 3D (and sporting a nice shirt) Original concept of Bob in Helvetii (with his green coat and talons holding some fat gold coins)
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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hownottodraw.bsky.social
I made a tiny game for PicoSteveMo with @dicey.bsky.social !

➡️ It's called King Stephen
➡️ You play as King Stephen (King of England 1135-1154)
➡️ It's a Reigns-like decision-making game
➡️ I did the writing + portraits
➡️ Made for a Stephen King game jam
➡️ It's very silly

dicey.itch.io/king-stephen
King Stephen by dicey
Thou shalt play as his majesty.
dicey.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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talberon.com
🎉 🌟Superstar Strategy releases RIGHT NOW! 🎉

Check out the announcement post and get some PRO TIPS on how to be the most effective tactician!

store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...

#steamrelease #turnbased #rpg #indiegame
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Very excited to see another friend's game release! Folk should definitely give it a look tomorrow, will be a great Steam Deck companion!
talberon.com Talberon Games @talberon.com · 19d
Lead your troops into battle in Superstar Strategy TOMORROW when it releases on Steam!

store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...

#steamrelease #indiegame #turnbased #pixelart
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.

youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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niall.codes
The onion 'sickos' guy sitting in the cockpit of a Battletech MadCat, laughing. He is living the dream
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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My dog Salty got a fun little mention in the most recent Max Inferno newsletter about the team expansion + move to a 4 day work week. It's very cute to see folk calling him out!
Text saying "BUP! PUP! There's so many cozy games which idolize and appreciate cats, even the banner for the current Cozy Steam Game sale has a cat!! and barely any for buppys like Salty!!" Text saying "PS. I think Salty needs a raise. ;) Maybe we'll see the adorable doggo in your next game??" Text saying: "Nifty news, good luck! Salty and hello from the other coast of CA!" Picture of a dog with the text "Daniel’s dog: Salty!" below it
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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ko-op.com
Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
hoistgamedev.com
So jazzed to see Hoot and their game get support! It's looking great even at this early stage!
hoot.bsky.social Hoot Patoots @hoot.bsky.social · 23d
Guess it's time for an announcement
Thanks to our canton, I can finally say that PROJECT, now with its real name "Edifice", is officially IN DEV. So stay tuned as more things will start popping up! For now, have this nice doodle that was done on stream for the occasion
#Swissgames #indiedev
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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👀👀👀👀
hoot.bsky.social Hoot Patoots @hoot.bsky.social · 24d
Making a doodle that i'm gonna use for an announcement soon after ~
twitch.tv/hoot_patoots
#SwissGames
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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hoot.bsky.social
Been having some shit handful of days but managed to doodle this cool lil tank with a sort of neko arc general in it?
A roundish tank with a huge cannon pointing forward. On top is a little turret with the head of a cat gremlin general with a big hat and a sword pointed forward.
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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adamatomic.bsky.social
love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
videogameschronicle.com VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 29d
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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So excited to have new faces at work, and polices at that workplace that put work/life balance front and center with the move to a 4 day work week!
maxinfernogames.bsky.social Max Inferno // A Little to the Left @maxinfernogames.bsky.social · 29d
We recently expanded our tiny team of 3, to 9 people! That may still be small but it’s a BIG deal to us!

We're excited to keep making fun games and have a better work/life balance with help from our talented team, and by moving to a 4-day work week. Excited to show you what we're working on next!
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM