David C. Drake

@theDrake
76 Followers
285 Following
154 Posts
💻 Writer, programmer, game designer
🎮 Founder of Golden Drake Studios (@drake)
🌳 https://linktr.ee/dcdrake
Bloghttps://davidcdrake.com
This madness must end. If you're in the US military, contact the Center on Conscience & War: 1-800-379-2679

Our first development snapshot for #GodotEngine 4.7 has arrived!

Virtual joysticks, drawable textures, Windows HDR support, Vulkan raytracing groundwork, and more are ripe for testing:

https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-1/

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.7 dev 1 – Godot Engine

All the colors of the rainbow (and more?)

Godot Engine
Comparison of 'Super Mario Bros. 2' across the NES, SNES & GBA versions.
Happy Valentine's Day! 🐲❤️‍🔥🐍
#pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #snake #valentine

I love cross-pollinating ideas, and live hoping one day to find a combination that unlocks something useful for humanity.

Innovators throughout the ages have found ways to apply knowledge in one area of expertise to another domain to create breakthroughs. This series makes a strong case for "reasoning by analogy" and contrasts this with "first principles thinking".

See if this shift in perspective unlocks your inner genius.

https://nonzerosum.games/polymaths1.html

#Polymaths #Genius #Innovation #Musk

POLYMATHS

Explore the fascinating world of polymaths, their methodologies, and the significance of First Principles thinking in innovation and creativity today.

I finally finished my first full playthrough of The Elder Scrolls: Arena! 🎊 https://youtu.be/xLSJqHkEtMU Some of you may enjoy the Monty Python reference at the 40 second mark. 😁

Want to sample Arena's gameplay? You can now play as my character, the High Elf mage Eärendil: https://www.nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/78

Eärendil the Mage #24: Defeat of Jagar Tharn | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux

YouTube

With the release of Samsung Galaxy XR, the first headset using the new Android XR operating system, we are pleased to announce that Godot supports this new ecosystem. Read more about it in our announcement:

https://godotengine.org/article/announcing-android-xr-support/

Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One – Godot Engine

Announcing support for the Android XR ecosystem by the Godot Foundation and W4 Games

Godot Engine

This is what I would call a "first pass" at some new areas. I plan to come back and add details, maybe move things around a bit. But all the main elements are there...

#ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #CRPG #Lovecraft #Dreamlands

The Flower of Life, Anna (me), oil, canvas, 2025

Pixel art done by RedditAnnast at r/Art.
#pixelart #pixel #art #indiedev