Philip Drobar 🔜 VanGameExpo
@philipdrobar.bsky.social
Indie Gamedev (CHESTNUT GROVE, #GRIDHACK, #COGITO Godot template) at @thresholdanomaly.com
VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.)
https://www.hopp.bio/philip-drobar
he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦
Follows =/= endorsements.
VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.)
https://www.hopp.bio/philip-drobar
he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦
Follows =/= endorsements.
Pinned
I'm still chipping away at GRIDHACK, a sci-fi RPG where hacking = fighting Picross battles.
I've been working on this one for a long time. Reposts are greatly appreciated. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly
I've been working on this one for a long time. Reposts are greatly appreciated. Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
#GameDev #IndieGame #Picross #Nonogram #Puzzle #SciFi #LowPoly
We're all set up at @vangameconnect.ca!
Beat our demo, get your HACKER NAME and earn a Stamp for the stamp rally!
Beat our demo, get your HACKER NAME and earn a Stamp for the stamp rally!
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We're all set up at @vangameconnect.ca!
Beat our demo, get your HACKER NAME and earn a Stamp for the stamp rally!
Beat our demo, get your HACKER NAME and earn a Stamp for the stamp rally!
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Vancouver! Come find me slingin' art and comics and talkin' games at the Vancouver Game Expo today from 11-6!
Behold Vancouver Game Expo's exhibitor map! 🗺️
Check out the game, artists, and other fun activities we have in store for you when we open our doors this Saturday!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Check out the game, artists, and other fun activities we have in store for you when we open our doors this Saturday!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Vancouver! Come find me slingin' art and comics and talkin' games at the Vancouver Game Expo today from 11-6!
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Games crowd! 🎮
We're looking for a level designer at the studio I work in! Pls pass along to anyone who might be looking atm 🙏
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
We're looking for a level designer at the studio I work in! Pls pass along to anyone who might be looking atm 🙏
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Games crowd! 🎮
We're looking for a level designer at the studio I work in! Pls pass along to anyone who might be looking atm 🙏
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
We're looking for a level designer at the studio I work in! Pls pass along to anyone who might be looking atm 🙏
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
See y'all tomorrow!
👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @thresholdanomaly.com
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
See y'all tomorrow!
When you join an irregular company-wide zoom call and see that the CEO is there with the camera on.
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When you join an irregular company-wide zoom call and see that the CEO is there with the camera on.
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Reposted by Philip Drobar 🔜 VanGameExpo
Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hey all, do I have any UK based concept artists following me (or who knows anyone) who would be up for a long term 22 month contract working on Dragonwilds at Jagex? Remote with a very occasional day in office in Cambridge. Development experience and fantasy genre work is a must. Mid level role.
Vancouverites or anyone close by - this is THIS SATURDAY!
Get your tix and please say hello to me. 😇
Get your tix and please say hello to me. 😇
👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @thresholdanomaly.com
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Meet the devs behind GRIDHACK and play the demo at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Vancouverites or anyone close by - this is THIS SATURDAY!
Get your tix and please say hello to me. 😇
Get your tix and please say hello to me. 😇
This thread is what gamedevs tell each other around the campfire at night.
Total nightmare.
Total nightmare.
This week I had the maddest bug I've ever had since I started doing porting of Unity games to console ...
... join me on an adventure of discovery of what it was and how we found it!
(thread!)
#unity3d #unitytips #gamedev
... join me on an adventure of discovery of what it was and how we found it!
(thread!)
#unity3d #unitytips #gamedev
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This thread is what gamedevs tell each other around the campfire at night.
Total nightmare.
Total nightmare.
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👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @samkalensky.com
Step into Sam's world of cryptids and yokai and pick out your favourite little demon at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Step into Sam's world of cryptids and yokai and pick out your favourite little demon at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
👾 Exhibitor spotlight: @samkalensky.com
Step into Sam's world of cryptids and yokai and pick out your favourite little demon at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
Step into Sam's world of cryptids and yokai and pick out your favourite little demon at the Vancouver Game Expo on Nov 29!
Tickets available at vangameexpo.ca
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Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Officially looking for work again! My contract ended a week ago so I'm back on the job market.
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
If anyone is looking for an experienced character technical director for video games, I know a guy (it's me).
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We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're excited to announce YOUNG SUNS: a new narrative-rich co-op life sim set on Jupiter. Experience life in an optimistic future full of colorful characters. Play solo or with up to 3 friends. Visit planetoids, ruins, and stations. Craft and decorate. Help society heal.
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg?...
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Hey everyone, I am opening a handful of commission slots to cover my rent this month. really struggling with mental health issues and unexpected expenses this month. Get a cute custom model from me for 100$ USD! DM me if you are interested!
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Hey everyone, I am opening a handful of commission slots to cover my rent this month. really struggling with mental health issues and unexpected expenses this month. Get a cute custom model from me for 100$ USD! DM me if you are interested!
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
(please share!)
#b3d #Blender3d #gamedev
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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Wishlist GRIDHACK on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
GRIDHACK on Steam
GRIDHACK is a sci-fi puzzle RPG where you fight nonogram battles to hack your way on an intergalactic quest as you try to find out what happened to a planet called Earth!
store.steampowered.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wishlist GRIDHACK on Steam at store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/...
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Reposted by Philip Drobar 🔜 VanGameExpo
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When you solve a puzzle in @alblune.bsky.social 's Squeakross. 🔊🎵
Clevelands game design musings definitely influenced me, but there's no excuse for this.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
'Korea—they are the Joe Pesci of countries,' Unknown Worlds co-founder compiles plan to take on Krafton in newly-surfaced 'Litigation Help' document
'Korea—they are the Joe Pesci of countries,' Unknown Worlds co-founder compiles plan to take on Krafton in newly-surfaced 'Litigation Help' document
In a series of notes submitted as evidence during the trial between Krafton and the ousted Unknown Worlds execs, Charlie Cleveland seemingly documents advice former Nexon CEO Owen Mahoney.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Clevelands game design musings definitely influenced me, but there's no excuse for this.
Fuck them.
Fuck them.
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HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
HEY I'M ANNOUNCING MY COOL NEW INDIE GAME
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
Kick back, relax, and get cleaning solo or with friends! The multiverse is a messy place, and when things get dirty the S.K.R.U.B. Squad is there!
Please wishlist and share, it really helps a whole lot! 👇👇👇
store.steampowered.com/app/3900170/...
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I was doing a rough tally. About 25 people already confirmed on BSKY that they want to attend. 5-10 have mentioned to me offline that they're down too.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
You know for the price of sending one person to GDC you could probably sponsor the entire @gdcheese.bsky.social event.
A GDC pass, flight, hotel, meals, all gets expensive real fast.
A GDC pass, flight, hotel, meals, all gets expensive real fast.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I was doing a rough tally. About 25 people already confirmed on BSKY that they want to attend. 5-10 have mentioned to me offline that they're down too.
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
March 7, time TBD, venue TBD (Toronto), cover maybe like $5.
Anybody else want to attend? LMK so we can firm up numbers and plan!
PASS IT ON
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the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
This is for 3D hard surface modelling sickos.
Xingfu Meilin, another station on the Chengdu Metro Line 13 Phase 1 getting ready to open at the end of 2025. It has a plum blossom theme matching the station name. Pictures from the Chengdu Metro social media.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is for 3D hard surface modelling sickos.
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I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I found this metric for evaluating the use of generative AI (and more broadly machine learning) technology in games very useful, as it's a topic on my mind a lot right now. I actually did not have "Enhancement" as one of my criteria but I think he's changed my mind here.
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I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'll be at @vangameconnect.ca on Nov 29th with GRIDHACK!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!
Test your nonogram skills or just stop by to have a chat!