Danny Day
@dislekcia.bsky.social
IGF award-winning game developer. BJJ purple belt. Retired online community leader. Inline vert skater in a previous life. Gifted kid to adult ADD pipeline. Leftist, feminist, antiracist, anticolonialist South African. he/him
Every game dev has made at least one settings menu full of jokes. It's an important release valve.
September 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Every game dev has made at least one settings menu full of jokes. It's an important release valve.
I'm transporting a car across the country for my father in-law this weekend. It's fun finding equivalent distances, like driving from Portugal to Paris.
These absolute units were waiting at a rest stop, the bull is taller than me before the horns.
These absolute units were waiting at a rest stop, the bull is taller than me before the horns.
August 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I'm transporting a car across the country for my father in-law this weekend. It's fun finding equivalent distances, like driving from Portugal to Paris.
These absolute units were waiting at a rest stop, the bull is taller than me before the horns.
These absolute units were waiting at a rest stop, the bull is taller than me before the horns.
Train! Still impressed with this one, but we need more in SA, for everyone.
August 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Train! Still impressed with this one, but we need more in SA, for everyone.
Hi SALT!
Hexagonal mirrors, like the JWST!
Perched on one of the least siesmically active areas of the planet!
Hexagonal mirrors, like the JWST!
Perched on one of the least siesmically active areas of the planet!
August 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hi SALT!
Hexagonal mirrors, like the JWST!
Perched on one of the least siesmically active areas of the planet!
Hexagonal mirrors, like the JWST!
Perched on one of the least siesmically active areas of the planet!
Every time I fly this rail taunts me. One day I'll pack my skates as carry-on.
August 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Every time I fly this rail taunts me. One day I'll pack my skates as carry-on.
TFW you've accidentally won at braai construction.
July 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
TFW you've accidentally won at braai construction.
Dinnertime plans were followed to the letter.
July 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dinnertime plans were followed to the letter.
Shrinkwrapped vanilla, I think I won it in some RTS competition in the mid 2000s.
July 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Shrinkwrapped vanilla, I think I won it in some RTS competition in the mid 2000s.
No, *you're* back on your custom controller bullshit.
June 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
No, *you're* back on your custom controller bullshit.
Went for a walk today. Pictures don't do the waterfall justice. It tumbles down a massive cliff to end in a grotto swimming hole, showered by drips from the moss-covered walls.
June 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Went for a walk today. Pictures don't do the waterfall justice. It tumbles down a massive cliff to end in a grotto swimming hole, showered by drips from the moss-covered walls.
Our kid seems to have gotten up in the middle of the night to write: DNA -> ? Later
Tomorrow's going to be interesting.
Tomorrow's going to be interesting.
June 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Our kid seems to have gotten up in the middle of the night to write: DNA -> ? Later
Tomorrow's going to be interesting.
Tomorrow's going to be interesting.
I took a student loan to import an Alienware Area51-m to South Africa in 2004. The "logic" was I needed a high end machine, but was moving around all the time between uni, work and not really living at a fixed address. Learned how to take it apart, kept it running for ages. Absolutely loved it.
May 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I took a student loan to import an Alienware Area51-m to South Africa in 2004. The "logic" was I needed a high end machine, but was moving around all the time between uni, work and not really living at a fixed address. Learned how to take it apart, kept it running for ages. Absolutely loved it.
Played the Desktop Dungeons daily today, I had completely forgotten about Half-dragons interacting with plants! Petrifying things and then smacking plants into them feels great. They used to be able to generate infinite piety too, but we fixed that...
May 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Played the Desktop Dungeons daily today, I had completely forgotten about Half-dragons interacting with plants! Petrifying things and then smacking plants into them feels great. They used to be able to generate infinite piety too, but we fixed that...
Went to a scone place over the weekend where ducks and chickens wander around ready to do crimes. Took this pic specifically for @chrisdeleon.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Went to a scone place over the weekend where ducks and chickens wander around ready to do crimes. Took this pic specifically for @chrisdeleon.bsky.social
Yup! I have actually used this system for a deckbuilder, prototyping Desktop Dungeons 2 a while back. Extended it in some interesting ways and some hacky ones. Previewing event outcomes, true values on cards, modifiable costs, replays, etc. It uses self-contained "effects" a lot. Fun to work with.
April 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yup! I have actually used this system for a deckbuilder, prototyping Desktop Dungeons 2 a while back. Extended it in some interesting ways and some hacky ones. Previewing event outcomes, true values on cards, modifiable costs, replays, etc. It uses self-contained "effects" a lot. Fun to work with.
Dog would like everyone to know that she apologises for her previous behaviour and is glad that the wheel pact is still being adhered to.
April 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dog would like everyone to know that she apologises for her previous behaviour and is glad that the wheel pact is still being adhered to.
My wife is away on holiday and found this material in a craft store.
March 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
My wife is away on holiday and found this material in a craft store.
I found some. Perfectly regular sized, nothing weird about them at all.
March 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I found some. Perfectly regular sized, nothing weird about them at all.
Diving into some weekend work and I find this waiting on my desk <3
March 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Diving into some weekend work and I find this waiting on my desk <3
Thanks!
I do have some pretty good programmer socks tho.
I do have some pretty good programmer socks tho.
March 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thanks!
I do have some pretty good programmer socks tho.
I do have some pretty good programmer socks tho.
It's a completely uncommercial thing that makes interesting artifacts and redefines spaces in a way that I've never done with a game before. I like wondering how to make it better.
But I don't know how to square this sort of game with what indie dev is these days. It feels too hopeful, too silly.
But I don't know how to square this sort of game with what indie dev is these days. It feels too hopeful, too silly.
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It's a completely uncommercial thing that makes interesting artifacts and redefines spaces in a way that I've never done with a game before. I like wondering how to make it better.
But I don't know how to square this sort of game with what indie dev is these days. It feels too hopeful, too silly.
But I don't know how to square this sort of game with what indie dev is these days. It feels too hopeful, too silly.