DevDave

@davidhardie.net

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Game Developer @ HardieSoftworks in Ottawa. 📱 All my projects: davidhardie.net/gamesandprojects.html

a person holding up a megaphone to their phone in a desperate ettempt to hear the person on the line. The person says "hello welcome to fucker helpdesk PLEASE HOLD" the caller is then bombarded with loud noises. the text reads: THE LOUDEST MOST DISTORTED ELEVATOR MUSIC BEAMED DIRECTLY TO YOUR EARDRUMS
graph showing steam page views for Kiopioke over time from July 2024 to August 2024. Views are under 500 per day until the 10 review threshold is hit, then views spike to over 4500 in a day.
graph showing avg price of RAM in the first few months of 2026. Price increases for about 9 to almost 18. Graph also shows asset class size in MiB over time. One is for Disk size, which reduces from about 24 to 18. The other is for Memory Size, reducing from about 23 to 15.
a great example of what AI agents actually do: nothing of value.
Whiteboard of ice hockey defensive zone coverage.
Pseudo code reading: important opponent(s) enters my zone i am defender. i am responsible. so is my friend is he around? where is he? i cover 2 bads? or maybe MORE? i know! triangels
png of a sprite recolouring process. Shows each step of the process. Text is: Title: How I Recoloured Sprites (general process) UV Map + Character Sprite = UV Mapped Sprite UV Mapped Sprite + Coloured UV with Character Options + Shading = Final Sprite.
meme of cartoon kid praying on his bed. He says "Please god let the oilers play the kings in the first round again because it would be so fucking funny."
a data structure showing player stats: speed, shot power, shot accuracy, faceoffs
picture from a broadcast of a Habs/Vegas NHL game. The camera is focused on The Vegas coach, but a fan in the background is stealing the spotlight; he is wearing a Canadiens jersey with the nameplate "Leafs Suck" and the number 67, a reference to the last year the Leafs won a Cup.
pixel art video of hockey players spinning in circles.
screenshot of unreal engine PaperZD Animation blueprint with a pixel art hockey player. User has highlighted the multi-directional feature as a "game changer".
pixel art of hockey players, home and away sprites for the Atlantic division of the NHL: Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Boston Bruins.
Gameplay from Kiopioke featuring the two playable characters: Kiopioke and Rupert.
a spinning 3d model of a character head. The model is low poly and low resolution texture.
a gamedev video showing a client/server test for movement and abilities. The client pawn moves authoritatively and the movement/abilities are smooth on the server.
text from a Steam review praising accessibility options for a game.
Bluesky graphic showing the number of DevDave followers. It's 2000.
a picture of a seagull and a goose in a parking lot
Beta testing credits for Kiopioke, but one of the credits is translated from "NatalieIsNot" to "Natalie n'est pas"
A pixelart skyline of Toronto primarily using the colour palette pico8-secret. The CN Tower is prominently displayed in front of overcast clouds of pink and purple.
Footage from the game Kiopioke. The elephant character, Rupert, uses his trunk to grab hooks, launch, and repeat to get over spiky hazards.
header capsule image for Kiopioke. The titular character appears with wings spread in front of a forest background. The Kiopioke logo is prominently displayed. It's new and, like, a lot better than the old one.
pixelart of Waffles the elephant from Kiopioke.
pixel art of two antagonists from Kiopioke: Goop and Gulp. Goop is saying "IMAGINE NOT JUMPING, WHAT A HOSER."
pixel art picture showing two brass hooks on wooden scaffolding.
zoomed out view of the area and level design for the new Kiopioke DLC. Shows a chain of levels in a level design editor in unreal engine 5.
Pixelart celebrating one year of Kiopioke. It shows all the characters from the game.
pixel art of an elephant in 4 different colour variations: green, red, pink, purple.
a game in development shows a character controlled by a player walking through a cedar forest and chopping down a tree.
6 used notebooks on a table.
Damn got hands meme. First part reads: "ok ima lean unreal gameplay ability system". Second part reads: "damn i don't got enough brain". The joke is that I am dumb.
Unreal engine logo on top of Kiopioke key art