David C. Drake
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David C. Drake
@davidcdrake.com
💻 Writer, programmer, game designer
🎮 Founder of @GoldenDrakeStudios.com
📜 https://davidcdrake.com
🌳 https://linktr.ee/dcdrake
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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. 🌑
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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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
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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
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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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.
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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
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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...
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.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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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
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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
Ding-dong, the warlock's dead!
Which warlock?
The Dick warlock.
Ding-dong, the ol' Dick Cheney's dead! ✨
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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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. 💻✨
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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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
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
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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
August 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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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.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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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
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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...
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
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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
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On 15 September 1977: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Silmarillion was published. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, the book details the entire history of the world before The Hobbit, and goes into the legends that underpin the entire mythology including the creation of the world. #BookSky
September 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉

With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone!

godotengine.org/releases/4.5/
Godot 4.5, making dreams accessible – Godot Engine
From mind-blowing effects now made possible by the stencil buffer to accessible descriptions of your GUI elements that opens up the possibility for people with disabilities to play your game — we are ...
godotengine.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Some info on my upcoming Ultimate 1-Bit pack:

✨ 2,000 tiles
✨ Each in black/white, or optional third color
✨ Categorized tiles
✨ Tilesheets & separate tiles
✨ CC0 (public domain), completely free

Previous version/pack: kenney.nl/assets/1-bit...
September 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
TES III: Morrowind is my favorite game, so it's fun to see how Dagoth-Ur and the rest of Morrowind were presented in 1994 by the first #ElderScrolls game: Arena! 🌋 I also enjoyed dropping audio "Easter eggs" here and there throughout this video. 😁
Eärendil the Mage #22: Dagoth-Ur | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux
YouTube video by David C. Drake
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September 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Clunky chunky elevator for cityofnone.com with @noelfb.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I've been making video games in some form for 20 years, so I wrote an article about my process - and why I don't use an engine.

noelberry.ca/posts/making...
Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)
Thoughts, tools, and libraries I use to make games
noelberry.ca
May 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm wondering...how many of you share my love of Linux? 🧑‍💻
Golden Drake Linux v1.2, a new and improved release of our custom Arch installer for gaming and game dev, has arrived! 🎊 Try it for your next #Linux install and let us know what you think. 🐧 Release notes and ISO available here: github.com/GoldenDrakeS... 💿
Releases · GoldenDrakeStudios/golden-drake-linux
Arch Linux for gaming and game development. Contribute to GoldenDrakeStudios/golden-drake-linux development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Latest single from my other passion project: Weird Wolves. Give it an ear ;) share if you like it. We’re on IG if you want to support us there.
The song is also on our Spotify Playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/1pu...
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM