Daniel Draper

@draperdanman.bsky.social

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Solo Indie Dev @ Mirror Door Interactive. Prev EA, Sledgehammer Games, Samurai Punk. Making jank jam games is very appealing to me. He/Him

shows the windows device manager properties window with the event log stating "Device settings not migrated from previous OS installation do to partial or ambiguous device match."
Dan has is arm and wristwatch in view, opens the app Ufo Mayhem and shows the title screen and a few seconds of gameplay before exiting the app.
Shows a textbox describing the game and then proceeds to a dithered highlight of each component on the screen with an accompanying description.
Instagram message that asks the user "Time for a scroll break?" With the sub text "Pause for a moment and consider taking a break"
l am desperate for someone to take a look at my game code. Feedback Request I have heartburn because so stressed!. I received a lot of help from the Al, but I'm not sure if it's okay overall.
That's disappointing. Creativity and tool use shouldn't be policed. It should be up to the developer how they choose to develop their game, and up to the audience whether they want to play it or not- a middleman shouldn't be butting in and policing that. My biggest issue is that this paints a target on the back of developers either way now- this sort of witch hunting should not be encouraged, it's already caused creators a lot of issues elsewhere. It's getting to a point where this sort of disclaimer is starting to sound along the lines of "No internet was used in the creation of this product", which is absurd.
A hooded figure with a wide hat is standing under a tree with petals falling slowly. To their right is a well and a little further is another tree.
A cloaked figure jumps into some water and swims down and off the screen to the left revealing a secret passage. The figure swims up and returns to the original area and finds a button to press on the wall. which opens a door on the right of the screen.
a cloaked figure begins on a moving platform and crosses into a new screen on the right. They drop into a pit and start attacking a blob enemy. Dealing damage fills the diamond bar in the top left and the figure picks up some coins which increases the number in the top left. The cloaked figure then begins aiming and throws a star.
A hyper stylized racecar drifting around a corner with yellow arrows on the left and a yellow barrier on the right. There is a curvy car ahead with red lights not drifting around the corner. There are industrial power lines above and an abandoned warehouse in the distance.
an image showing the new copilot settings on github that requires you to manually opt-out of training on your private repos.
A cloaked figure aims and throws some ninja stars at the walls. Eventually sticking the star to a button on the roof to open a door to the exit.
A gif showing a cloaked figure with a broad brimmed hat, falling down a rocky well to land at the bottom. Text appears across the top of the screen with "Bottom of the Well" shortly before disappearing. The cloaked figure jumps up a ledge to the right and passes by another individual, where a prompt to "talk" appear above their head. However, the cloaked figure continues off the screen to the right and is presented with a room with spikes and platforms.
code in rider showing how the api structs just point to platform layer functions.
a short clip of a fictional handheld floating down from the top of the screen before switching to a game selector menu with 5 game slots. the video opens the first three games and navigates around the menus before returning to the game selection screen.
Perfect Days is a 2023 drama film directed by Wim Wenders from a script written by Wenders and Takuma Takasaki. A co-production between Japan and Germany, the film follows the routine life of Hirayama (Kōji Yakusho), a public toilet cleaner in Tokyo
A little UFO with a smiley face is at the top of the screen moving left and right with a bit of a tilt. It's shooting down at little buildings and vehicles that are shooting back. a couple of buildings are destroyed and shake as they crumble to the ground.
A game menu with the title UFO Mayhem in the center. with a flashing "Insert Credit (A)" at the bottom.
A balding male sitting with their back to the camera saying "Well uh, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" to another balding male clad in black. Meanwhile, an actress is standing in a white robe with a half smile watches on.
A list view of podcast episodes live updating on the playdate in a 400x240 1bit image. a episode is selected and the app swaps to a audio player layout with a big play button in the middle.
the 1bit gif shows a basketball being thrown repeatedly at a hoop. It resembles the kinds of basketball games in physical arcades. The gif misses getting the ball in the hoop several times before finally getting a swish.
2025 Augustravanganza, over 60 playdate games are on sale! Image features the thumbnails of a few different games in the sale.
A lush green forest lies on a steep hill with a train track. There is a cable car in the left of frame with the reflection of the beautiful green grass. In the distance, the skyline of Kyoto can be seen.
A screenshot of Dan's Garmin stress levels since 6pm yesterday to 9am today. It's a bar graph where every hour is almost maxed out stress levels.
A selfie of Dan in front of a gate to the imperial gardens.
Depicts a transition to a black screen where a text box animates up from the bottom and fades in and say's "Rigs' MOVE has permanently increased." before prompting the user to press the 'A' button. Which then transitions to a new scene.
I recognize that these changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before. Our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger. The success we’re seeing currently is based on tough decisions we’ve made previously. We must make choices now for continued success in future years and a key part of that strategy is the discipline to prioritize the strongest opportunities. We will protect what is thriving and concentrate effort on areas with the greatest potential, while delivering on the expectations the company has for our business. This focused approach means we can deliver exceptional games and experiences for players for generations to come. Prioritizing our opportunities is essential, but that does not lessen the significance of this moment. Simply put, we would not be where we are today without the time, energy, and creativity of those whose roles are impacted.
An isometric grid with some characters moving around. Each grid tile has a number ranging from 0 to 8 with some characters moving to the highest value square.
Twinkling stars in the night sky 100km from Melbourne, Australia.
A short stationary clip of Dan running along a dirt road with power lines above and a blue sky with a few pale white clouds.
A pinkish purple plush soft toy that resembles the Epstein-Barr Virus microbe. Next to the plush is a card with the text "Kissing Disease" with the word "Mono" in quotes.
An in-action photo of Dan running in a Marathon race. Pink and green sunglasses on his head with a slight smile as he approaches the 42km mark.
A picture of Dan running on a road looking right at the camera smiling with his left hand waving.
A title screen for Super Splash League on Playdate. With groovy jazz music. There is a stadium in the background with the name Super Stadium and a slowly flashing "Press any button" prompt.
A selfie of Dan looking lean, a little tanned and with scruffy hair. Dan is in a black shirt with PAX written on the pocket and a pair of olive coloured shorts about 5 inches long.
Top down black and white tactics game showing a set of directional arrows facing in the four cardinal directions around the character on screen. Highlighting the direction the characters are facing.
A top down animated gif of a black and white tactics game. There is a cursor that is moving over two of the characterss on the field and highlighting the squares on a grid around them.
A top down animated gif of a black and white tactics game. There is a cursor that is moving over two of the characterss on the field and highlighting the squares on a grid around them.
A menu with a scrolling tiled background, the heading reads "Please Select A Difficulty" and three options are presented "Easy", "Normal", "Hard".
A 1-bit dialogue with a portrait of a young boy, with the text "You're going down Markus!" and an "A" prompt to continue the dialogue.
A game screen showing a character portrait at he top left, with a rounded rectangle stretching out to the right. Inside which, some text indicates some banter between two characters "Hey, Are you ready to Splash?" the other responds "Ugh, I guess? What do I do?" which the first character responds "We soak the other team before they soak us!"
The title menu of the game Super Splash League appears with the rest "press any button", the screen then scrolls down and shows a menu with "new game", "load game", "Settings", and "Credits". The user selects some of the options and it scrolls in a different direction for each one. Notably, new game takes the user to a difficulty selection with "Easy", "Normal", "Hard", and "Master".
A grid with two characters. One moves and then attacks in a straight line. The attacking character then charges up a bar with the use of a crank.
A isometric map with a path being drawn to a moving cursor, the path adapts to the terrain and navigates around obstacles.
Dan's year in sport from Strava. 857 km of running. 484 km or walking. 1371 km or cycling outside and 1132 km of cycling inside. And finally 66 km of trail running.
An isometric view of a grid, with different height blocks. That are some palm trees and shrubs. As well as two characters standing in the middle, one has a highlighted area around them.
A dialogue box appears over a faded background with the heading "Time to Expand" and the body "this little warehouse is starting to get a bit cramped with these cyclists, might be time to expand"
The video begins with the Mirror Door Interactive logo dropping in and then fading out with a wipe effect to reveal the Main menu. Here there is a Teddy bear with a top hat on the left and the title "Teddison Inc" on the top right. Below are the options continue and new game. The user selects continue and reveals a scrolling map with a menu on the right listing some facility names.
The video shows the user pushing buttons and the screen moving around on a playdate device. They select some options and show off some of the animations.
A pixel art picture of the globe covered in lines between different icons. The picture is overwhelmed by lines. Bonkers.
Shoes a bike hooked up to a machine with the pedals spinning. A menu sits to the right that has the items "Cyclist", "Gym", "fluro shed", "factory" and it moves up and down on the right. The user swaps between the build tab to the shop tab to discover some more duplicate options.
A black and white map with a menu on the right. The menu contains stylish fonts for each item, their cost and how many you already have.
The animating gif shows a two dimensional globe of the earth spinning around as a menu is navigated on the right hand side of the screen. There are little icons on the globe that appear to match the menu items.