Dakota Herold
@dakotaherold.bsky.social
Software Engineer @ Secret Dimension. Board of directors @ Roc Game Dev. Enjoys fixing code and writing bugs. Opinions my own.
https://www.dakotaherold.com/
https://www.dakotaherold.com/
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It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Australia Did It - Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by MysticForge
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's been a while.
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
Glad to be announcing a new game, and happy that it is something experimental and weird: a tiny, tense, turn-based strategy game about merging units into spectacular combinations, and then watching them evaporate thousands of bugs.
store.steampowered.com/app/2396130/...
I had a great time on the inside Unreal live stream today! Huge thanks to Epic for having us on.
www.youtube.com/live/G8GrRA-...
www.youtube.com/live/G8GrRA-...
Exploring the Parrot Game Sample | Inside Unreal
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I had a great time on the inside Unreal live stream today! Huge thanks to Epic for having us on.
www.youtube.com/live/G8GrRA-...
www.youtube.com/live/G8GrRA-...
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The TikTok ban represents the most significant and widespread deplatforming of creators in American internet history. It far surpasses Vine's closure in 2017 in both scale and impact, and stands to permanently reshape the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape.
The Great Creator Reset
+ discount Cybertrucks, soup drops, Douyin goes global, a PNUT memecoin lawsuit, peak "it bag", and Gen Z's midlife crisis
www.usermag.co
January 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The TikTok ban represents the most significant and widespread deplatforming of creators in American internet history. It far surpasses Vine's closure in 2017 in both scale and impact, and stands to permanently reshape the ideological tilt of the online creator landscape.
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Heartbreaking to see TikTok creators I’ve followed for years post tearful goodbyes while explaining how the app changed their lives and became their full-time jobs. This is so fucked up. 💔
January 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Heartbreaking to see TikTok creators I’ve followed for years post tearful goodbyes while explaining how the app changed their lives and became their full-time jobs. This is so fucked up. 💔
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I wrote this post about the illusion that indie is a 'superior development style' about a week ago and waffled on whether or not it was still relevant enough to post. Aftermath putting up a podcast on the same topic today convinced me to finally shove it out the door.
auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I wrote this post about the illusion that indie is a 'superior development style' about a week ago and waffled on whether or not it was still relevant enough to post. Aftermath putting up a podcast on the same topic today convinced me to finally shove it out the door.
auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
auratriolo.com/blog/2025/01...
Happy New Year! 🥳
January 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Happy New Year! 🥳
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A great presentation for anyone transitioning to Unreal Engine by @dakotaherold.bsky.social and @jboswell.bsky.social 👇 #uetips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_5...
Unity to Unreal: Best Practices for Transitioning Developers | Unreal Fest 2024
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 8:59 AM
A great presentation for anyone transitioning to Unreal Engine by @dakotaherold.bsky.social and @jboswell.bsky.social 👇 #uetips
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_5...
Today’s my birthday! Feeling this one haha
December 10, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Today’s my birthday! Feeling this one haha
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Very excited to share that #RocGameDev is partnering with RIT MAGIC and IGM to host Global Game Jam 2025 in Rochester!
globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...
globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...
Roc The Jam | Global Game Jam
Roc the Jam welcomes artists, musicians, developers and game makers from the Rochester area. Come by yourself and find others to work with, or come with a team ready to roc(k). Located at MAGIC Spell ...
globalgamejam.org
December 8, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Very excited to share that #RocGameDev is partnering with RIT MAGIC and IGM to host Global Game Jam 2025 in Rochester!
globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...
globalgamejam.org/jam-sites/20...
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Want to know something those guys on those other sites don’t know? I’m doing a Ninten-Drawer GIVEAWAY exclusively on BlueSky! THREE winners will be selected to win a Ninten-drawer each. Winners will be randomly selected 12/1/2024
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Want to know something those guys on those other sites don’t know? I’m doing a Ninten-Drawer GIVEAWAY exclusively on BlueSky! THREE winners will be selected to win a Ninten-drawer each. Winners will be randomly selected 12/1/2024
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!
I didn’t plan on ever traveling to Winnipeg but I’m glad I’m here. It’s a pretty cool place 🇨🇦
November 30, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I didn’t plan on ever traveling to Winnipeg but I’m glad I’m here. It’s a pretty cool place 🇨🇦
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Personally I am of the opinion that video games rot your brain. However, so does everything else. In fact, everything else is worse. Video games actually are the slowest means towards your inevitable and total brain rot.
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Personally I am of the opinion that video games rot your brain. However, so does everything else. In fact, everything else is worse. Video games actually are the slowest means towards your inevitable and total brain rot.
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The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
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it might be hard and a long journey but a better world is possible
November 15, 2024 at 2:58 AM
it might be hard and a long journey but a better world is possible
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Made a ROC Game Dev starter pack. If you'd like to be added, just let me know 💜 go.bsky.app/2sp1rxa
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Made a ROC Game Dev starter pack. If you'd like to be added, just let me know 💜 go.bsky.app/2sp1rxa
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Hey all! Thanks for all the follows! Long overdue migration from Twitter. Happy to be here!
November 9, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Hey all! Thanks for all the follows! Long overdue migration from Twitter. Happy to be here!