Jacky Martin
@thejackymartin.bsky.social
Helping game developers reach their funding goals with beautiful visuals.
🥰 Founder @ https://www.gentleland.gg
• Art Lead,
• Computer Scientist,
• Game Dev
🥰 Founder @ https://www.gentleland.gg
• Art Lead,
• Computer Scientist,
• Game Dev
Since then, I’ve had the chance to help refine their pitch, talk strategy, and cheer them on.
Now, I get to collaborate with them directly and I couldn’t be more excited!
Because it’s bold, it’s weird, and it’s unforgettable.
Exactly the kind of indie game I love to support.
Now, I get to collaborate with them directly and I couldn’t be more excited!
Because it’s bold, it’s weird, and it’s unforgettable.
Exactly the kind of indie game I love to support.
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Since then, I’ve had the chance to help refine their pitch, talk strategy, and cheer them on.
Now, I get to collaborate with them directly and I couldn’t be more excited!
Because it’s bold, it’s weird, and it’s unforgettable.
Exactly the kind of indie game I love to support.
Now, I get to collaborate with them directly and I couldn’t be more excited!
Because it’s bold, it’s weird, and it’s unforgettable.
Exactly the kind of indie game I love to support.
I first met Ashe & the team during the GamesGround pitching contest in Berlin.
I was sitting in the jury and got to judge... 😁
They came in *very* close to 1st place, and their pitch stuck with me.
📸 (that’s me on the left, Ashe on the right presenting Dung Slinger)
I was sitting in the jury and got to judge... 😁
They came in *very* close to 1st place, and their pitch stuck with me.
📸 (that’s me on the left, Ashe on the right presenting Dung Slinger)
August 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I first met Ashe & the team during the GamesGround pitching contest in Berlin.
I was sitting in the jury and got to judge... 😁
They came in *very* close to 1st place, and their pitch stuck with me.
📸 (that’s me on the left, Ashe on the right presenting Dung Slinger)
I was sitting in the jury and got to judge... 😁
They came in *very* close to 1st place, and their pitch stuck with me.
📸 (that’s me on the left, Ashe on the right presenting Dung Slinger)
Quick timelapse for a new project! 🎨
🎩 Hero
⚔️ Knight
🌱 Novice
Three roles, three moods of the creative journey.
It’s funny how we all shift between these roles while building games (and life).
Which one feels like you today?
#gamedev
🎩 Hero
⚔️ Knight
🌱 Novice
Three roles, three moods of the creative journey.
It’s funny how we all shift between these roles while building games (and life).
Which one feels like you today?
#gamedev
August 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Quick timelapse for a new project! 🎨
🎩 Hero
⚔️ Knight
🌱 Novice
Three roles, three moods of the creative journey.
It’s funny how we all shift between these roles while building games (and life).
Which one feels like you today?
#gamedev
🎩 Hero
⚔️ Knight
🌱 Novice
Three roles, three moods of the creative journey.
It’s funny how we all shift between these roles while building games (and life).
Which one feels like you today?
#gamedev
Getting caught in action snapping a selfie with Sam against the Cologne Dome backdrop. Let’s just say, the dome definitely stole the show.
I also had the privilege of sharing Gentleland’s vision with so many thoughtful minds.
I also had the privilege of sharing Gentleland’s vision with so many thoughtful minds.
August 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Getting caught in action snapping a selfie with Sam against the Cologne Dome backdrop. Let’s just say, the dome definitely stole the show.
I also had the privilege of sharing Gentleland’s vision with so many thoughtful minds.
I also had the privilege of sharing Gentleland’s vision with so many thoughtful minds.
Just returned from Cologne after attending Devcom & Gamescom 2025 and wrote a small recap!
Meeting passionate developers, publishers, new friends and reconnecting with old ones was like walking from one insightful conversation to the next.
A personal highlight?
Meeting passionate developers, publishers, new friends and reconnecting with old ones was like walking from one insightful conversation to the next.
A personal highlight?
August 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just returned from Cologne after attending Devcom & Gamescom 2025 and wrote a small recap!
Meeting passionate developers, publishers, new friends and reconnecting with old ones was like walking from one insightful conversation to the next.
A personal highlight?
Meeting passionate developers, publishers, new friends and reconnecting with old ones was like walking from one insightful conversation to the next.
A personal highlight?
While I was away one of my social media accounts made it silently to 16k!
Thank you all for the support!
I have not been posting much on X/Twitter, but there is still a large chunk of an audience that has never switched the platform to anywhere else.
Thank you all for the support!
I have not been posting much on X/Twitter, but there is still a large chunk of an audience that has never switched the platform to anywhere else.
August 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
While I was away one of my social media accounts made it silently to 16k!
Thank you all for the support!
I have not been posting much on X/Twitter, but there is still a large chunk of an audience that has never switched the platform to anywhere else.
Thank you all for the support!
I have not been posting much on X/Twitter, but there is still a large chunk of an audience that has never switched the platform to anywhere else.
🎮✨ Meet me and my team at Devcom & Gamescom 2025! ✨🎮
If you’ve ever wanted to meet the minds behind Gentleland, now’s your chance.
We are ready to connect, chat, and explore ways to build a gentler, more powerful future for game creators.
🗓️ Come find us in the Gamescom biz area!
If you’ve ever wanted to meet the minds behind Gentleland, now’s your chance.
We are ready to connect, chat, and explore ways to build a gentler, more powerful future for game creators.
🗓️ Come find us in the Gamescom biz area!
August 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🎮✨ Meet me and my team at Devcom & Gamescom 2025! ✨🎮
If you’ve ever wanted to meet the minds behind Gentleland, now’s your chance.
We are ready to connect, chat, and explore ways to build a gentler, more powerful future for game creators.
🗓️ Come find us in the Gamescom biz area!
If you’ve ever wanted to meet the minds behind Gentleland, now’s your chance.
We are ready to connect, chat, and explore ways to build a gentler, more powerful future for game creators.
🗓️ Come find us in the Gamescom biz area!
We’re in an era where attention is the most valuable currency.
Whoever shouts the loudest or disrupts the most, often wins.
But there’s a shift happening, and game developers need to pay attention.
One of the biggest costs to any business is customer acquisition. 👇🧵
#gamedev
Whoever shouts the loudest or disrupts the most, often wins.
But there’s a shift happening, and game developers need to pay attention.
One of the biggest costs to any business is customer acquisition. 👇🧵
#gamedev
January 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We’re in an era where attention is the most valuable currency.
Whoever shouts the loudest or disrupts the most, often wins.
But there’s a shift happening, and game developers need to pay attention.
One of the biggest costs to any business is customer acquisition. 👇🧵
#gamedev
Whoever shouts the loudest or disrupts the most, often wins.
But there’s a shift happening, and game developers need to pay attention.
One of the biggest costs to any business is customer acquisition. 👇🧵
#gamedev
What's the last book you read?
Well thought-out content you watched?
If you constantly consume "fast food" content, don't be surprised when your mind ends up malnourished with surface-level knowledge.
Social media is great at making us feel like we’re learning, when we aren't.
Well thought-out content you watched?
If you constantly consume "fast food" content, don't be surprised when your mind ends up malnourished with surface-level knowledge.
Social media is great at making us feel like we’re learning, when we aren't.
January 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What's the last book you read?
Well thought-out content you watched?
If you constantly consume "fast food" content, don't be surprised when your mind ends up malnourished with surface-level knowledge.
Social media is great at making us feel like we’re learning, when we aren't.
Well thought-out content you watched?
If you constantly consume "fast food" content, don't be surprised when your mind ends up malnourished with surface-level knowledge.
Social media is great at making us feel like we’re learning, when we aren't.
"I hate social media!"
Most game devs do.
It feels fake and salesy.
The issue often lies in trying to pitch and sell your game idea to everyone.
It feels awkward for everyone involved.
Selling is not the same as marketing.
Most game devs do.
It feels fake and salesy.
The issue often lies in trying to pitch and sell your game idea to everyone.
It feels awkward for everyone involved.
Selling is not the same as marketing.
January 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"I hate social media!"
Most game devs do.
It feels fake and salesy.
The issue often lies in trying to pitch and sell your game idea to everyone.
It feels awkward for everyone involved.
Selling is not the same as marketing.
Most game devs do.
It feels fake and salesy.
The issue often lies in trying to pitch and sell your game idea to everyone.
It feels awkward for everyone involved.
Selling is not the same as marketing.
Small reminder that I have a few free resources for game devs up here:
Ultimate Resource Database of free assets
Grants & Funds Database
Steam Page Guide
Impact & Goal Planner
Patch Note Kit
and much more
jackymartin.gumroad.com/
Share it with a game dev friend! :)
Ultimate Resource Database of free assets
Grants & Funds Database
Steam Page Guide
Impact & Goal Planner
Patch Note Kit
and much more
jackymartin.gumroad.com/
Share it with a game dev friend! :)
January 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Small reminder that I have a few free resources for game devs up here:
Ultimate Resource Database of free assets
Grants & Funds Database
Steam Page Guide
Impact & Goal Planner
Patch Note Kit
and much more
jackymartin.gumroad.com/
Share it with a game dev friend! :)
Ultimate Resource Database of free assets
Grants & Funds Database
Steam Page Guide
Impact & Goal Planner
Patch Note Kit
and much more
jackymartin.gumroad.com/
Share it with a game dev friend! :)
I feel when it comes to crafting visually captivating characters for your game, few resources are as insightful as Stan Lee's "How to Draw Superheroes".
If you are designing characters for your game, consider giving it a read and let me know how you liked it! :)
If you are designing characters for your game, consider giving it a read and let me know how you liked it! :)
January 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I feel when it comes to crafting visually captivating characters for your game, few resources are as insightful as Stan Lee's "How to Draw Superheroes".
If you are designing characters for your game, consider giving it a read and let me know how you liked it! :)
If you are designing characters for your game, consider giving it a read and let me know how you liked it! :)
What happens when everyone wants to be a creator but no one wants to be the audience?
In this piece I am exploring the challenges for game devs in particular and how we may restore balance in a saturated creative ecosystem.
In this piece I am exploring the challenges for game devs in particular and how we may restore balance in a saturated creative ecosystem.
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What happens when everyone wants to be a creator but no one wants to be the audience?
In this piece I am exploring the challenges for game devs in particular and how we may restore balance in a saturated creative ecosystem.
In this piece I am exploring the challenges for game devs in particular and how we may restore balance in a saturated creative ecosystem.
As a game and content creator, I often find myself asking:
What does the world need to feel right now?
A sense of hope?
Connection?
Challenge?
Games hold the power to answer these questions in ways no other medium can. I believe we need to start with our own truth.
What does the world need to feel right now?
A sense of hope?
Connection?
Challenge?
Games hold the power to answer these questions in ways no other medium can. I believe we need to start with our own truth.
December 28, 2024 at 11:59 AM
As a game and content creator, I often find myself asking:
What does the world need to feel right now?
A sense of hope?
Connection?
Challenge?
Games hold the power to answer these questions in ways no other medium can. I believe we need to start with our own truth.
What does the world need to feel right now?
A sense of hope?
Connection?
Challenge?
Games hold the power to answer these questions in ways no other medium can. I believe we need to start with our own truth.
My mission for 2025 is clear:
🌟 Build a haven where game developers can dream big, build their own studios, and create games that truly leave a mark.
And yes, I’ll be sneaking in some time for coding too 😋
What’s your mission for the year ahead?
🌟 Build a haven where game developers can dream big, build their own studios, and create games that truly leave a mark.
And yes, I’ll be sneaking in some time for coding too 😋
What’s your mission for the year ahead?
December 28, 2024 at 10:23 AM
My mission for 2025 is clear:
🌟 Build a haven where game developers can dream big, build their own studios, and create games that truly leave a mark.
And yes, I’ll be sneaking in some time for coding too 😋
What’s your mission for the year ahead?
🌟 Build a haven where game developers can dream big, build their own studios, and create games that truly leave a mark.
And yes, I’ll be sneaking in some time for coding too 😋
What’s your mission for the year ahead?
At Gentleland, every day feels like stepping into a game development quest.
But instead of swords and spells, we’re armed with vision boards, design tools, and a deep love for games and the people who create them.
Here’s a peek behind the curtain:
But instead of swords and spells, we’re armed with vision boards, design tools, and a deep love for games and the people who create them.
Here’s a peek behind the curtain:
December 28, 2024 at 8:00 AM
At Gentleland, every day feels like stepping into a game development quest.
But instead of swords and spells, we’re armed with vision boards, design tools, and a deep love for games and the people who create them.
Here’s a peek behind the curtain:
But instead of swords and spells, we’re armed with vision boards, design tools, and a deep love for games and the people who create them.
Here’s a peek behind the curtain:
Loss often comes as a sudden and shocking reminder of life's fragility and unpredictability.
6 months ago I experienced losing almost two members of my family - and tragically, one permanently - to a brain bleeding.
Both events happened just one day apart from each other.
6 months ago I experienced losing almost two members of my family - and tragically, one permanently - to a brain bleeding.
Both events happened just one day apart from each other.
December 11, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Loss often comes as a sudden and shocking reminder of life's fragility and unpredictability.
6 months ago I experienced losing almost two members of my family - and tragically, one permanently - to a brain bleeding.
Both events happened just one day apart from each other.
6 months ago I experienced losing almost two members of my family - and tragically, one permanently - to a brain bleeding.
Both events happened just one day apart from each other.
Gamerrepublic was so kind to invite me to their new podcast!
I am talking about my own experience, how I joined the games industry and motivations.
The episode is in German!
And if you are interested you can find it on Spotify or Youtube:
youtu.be/jBn0T7AeGYs...
I am talking about my own experience, how I joined the games industry and motivations.
The episode is in German!
And if you are interested you can find it on Spotify or Youtube:
youtu.be/jBn0T7AeGYs...
November 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Gamerrepublic was so kind to invite me to their new podcast!
I am talking about my own experience, how I joined the games industry and motivations.
The episode is in German!
And if you are interested you can find it on Spotify or Youtube:
youtu.be/jBn0T7AeGYs...
I am talking about my own experience, how I joined the games industry and motivations.
The episode is in German!
And if you are interested you can find it on Spotify or Youtube:
youtu.be/jBn0T7AeGYs...
Expectations after clicking "apply" for a game development grant...
October 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Expectations after clicking "apply" for a game development grant...
"Let's just shadow launch our game..."
October 13, 2024 at 4:30 PM
"Let's just shadow launch our game..."
I admit, I do this way too often.
But it just works.
Each time you think about who you are making your game for, you also think about their needs, wants and beliefs.
But it just works.
Each time you think about who you are making your game for, you also think about their needs, wants and beliefs.
October 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I admit, I do this way too often.
But it just works.
Each time you think about who you are making your game for, you also think about their needs, wants and beliefs.
But it just works.
Each time you think about who you are making your game for, you also think about their needs, wants and beliefs.
Whenever I am not sure what task to tackle next, I listen to some ludovico einaudi and the world is fine again.
It's just the type of music that gets your right back into a flow.
At least for me that hyper-focus is so important to get work done.
It's just the type of music that gets your right back into a flow.
At least for me that hyper-focus is so important to get work done.
September 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Whenever I am not sure what task to tackle next, I listen to some ludovico einaudi and the world is fine again.
It's just the type of music that gets your right back into a flow.
At least for me that hyper-focus is so important to get work done.
It's just the type of music that gets your right back into a flow.
At least for me that hyper-focus is so important to get work done.
When you start your own game studio it's a lot of hard work & slow momentum.
But the good news is, there is a "tipping point".
That's when things become easier.
So don't give up.
But the good news is, there is a "tipping point".
That's when things become easier.
So don't give up.
September 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM
When you start your own game studio it's a lot of hard work & slow momentum.
But the good news is, there is a "tipping point".
That's when things become easier.
So don't give up.
But the good news is, there is a "tipping point".
That's when things become easier.
So don't give up.
What if I told you, that it's not just about the size of your audience, but the quality of your audience?
You can have 100k followers on any social media.
Launch your game and it's crickets.
The reason is that not every audience is created equal.
You can have 100k followers on any social media.
Launch your game and it's crickets.
The reason is that not every audience is created equal.
September 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
What if I told you, that it's not just about the size of your audience, but the quality of your audience?
You can have 100k followers on any social media.
Launch your game and it's crickets.
The reason is that not every audience is created equal.
You can have 100k followers on any social media.
Launch your game and it's crickets.
The reason is that not every audience is created equal.