Daniel
@hoistgamedev.com
Tech Lead at Max Inferno Games working on keeping 'A Little to the Left' nice and tidy. Also a struggling gardener in a never-ending battle with grape vines.
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Daniel
@hoistgamedev.com
· Oct 17
Pinned post time! Hi, I'm Daniel!
I'm over on the Atlantic Coast of Canada working as the Tech Lead at Max Inferno Games. I made the jump to full-time gamedev after a decade of regular IT programming and am having an absolute ball working with these great folk on such a wonderful game!
I'm over on the Atlantic Coast of Canada working as the Tech Lead at Max Inferno Games. I made the jump to full-time gamedev after a decade of regular IT programming and am having an absolute ball working with these great folk on such a wonderful game!
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🎉 🌟Superstar Strategy releases RIGHT NOW! 🎉
Check out the announcement post and get some PRO TIPS on how to be the most effective tactician!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...
#steamrelease #turnbased #rpg #indiegame
Check out the announcement post and get some PRO TIPS on how to be the most effective tactician!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...
#steamrelease #turnbased #rpg #indiegame
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉 🌟Superstar Strategy releases RIGHT NOW! 🎉
Check out the announcement post and get some PRO TIPS on how to be the most effective tactician!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...
#steamrelease #turnbased #rpg #indiegame
Check out the announcement post and get some PRO TIPS on how to be the most effective tactician!
store.steampowered.com/news/app/175...
#steamrelease #turnbased #rpg #indiegame
Very excited to see another friend's game release! Folk should definitely give it a look tomorrow, will be a great Steam Deck companion!
Lead your troops into battle in Superstar Strategy TOMORROW when it releases on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steamrelease #indiegame #turnbased #pixelart
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steamrelease #indiegame #turnbased #pixelart
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Very excited to see another friend's game release! Folk should definitely give it a look tomorrow, will be a great Steam Deck companion!
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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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My dog Salty got a fun little mention in the most recent Max Inferno newsletter about the team expansion + move to a 4 day work week. It's very cute to see folk calling him out!
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My dog Salty got a fun little mention in the most recent Max Inferno newsletter about the team expansion + move to a 4 day work week. It's very cute to see folk calling him out!
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Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
KO_OP Game Reveal & Presentation
YouTube video by KO_OP
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Join us tomorrow at 12 PM EST for an exciting announcement of our upcoming game! youtu.be/rVEWbp1FiKg
So jazzed to see Hoot and their game get support! It's looking great even at this early stage!
Guess it's time for an announcement
Thanks to our canton, I can finally say that PROJECT, now with its real name "Edifice", is officially IN DEV. So stay tuned as more things will start popping up! For now, have this nice doodle that was done on stream for the occasion
#Swissgames #indiedev
Thanks to our canton, I can finally say that PROJECT, now with its real name "Edifice", is officially IN DEV. So stay tuned as more things will start popping up! For now, have this nice doodle that was done on stream for the occasion
#Swissgames #indiedev
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So jazzed to see Hoot and their game get support! It's looking great even at this early stage!
👀👀👀👀
Making a doodle that i'm gonna use for an announcement soon after ~
twitch.tv/hoot_patoots
#SwissGames
twitch.tv/hoot_patoots
#SwissGames
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
👀👀👀👀
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Been having some shit handful of days but managed to doodle this cool lil tank with a sort of neko arc general in it?
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Been having some shit handful of days but managed to doodle this cool lil tank with a sort of neko arc general in it?
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love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
So excited to have new faces at work, and polices at that workplace that put work/life balance front and center with the move to a 4 day work week!
We recently expanded our tiny team of 3, to 9 people! That may still be small but it’s a BIG deal to us!
We're excited to keep making fun games and have a better work/life balance with help from our talented team, and by moving to a 4-day work week. Excited to show you what we're working on next!
We're excited to keep making fun games and have a better work/life balance with help from our talented team, and by moving to a 4-day work week. Excited to show you what we're working on next!
November 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So excited to have new faces at work, and polices at that workplace that put work/life balance front and center with the move to a 4 day work week!
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trying to get over my art block
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
trying to get over my art block
Always so pleased to catch these porch visits.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Always so pleased to catch these porch visits.
Gosh I miss Switzerland.
November 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Gosh I miss Switzerland.
Indie Dev meetup tonight! Looking forward to seeing folk!
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
Indie Devs Half and Half - Play & Tell + Demo Floor, Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Welcome to the Halifax Indie Devs Play and Tell meetup! Our group is all about supporting and connecting independent game developers in Halifax.
At our meetups, we get to
www.meetup.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Indie Dev meetup tonight! Looking forward to seeing folk!
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
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📢RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Draft your units and prepare for war as 🌟Superstar Strategy launches on Steam NOVEMBER 28!
❤️Wishlist the game so you get notified on launch day!
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steam #srpg #rpg #indiegame
Draft your units and prepare for war as 🌟Superstar Strategy launches on Steam NOVEMBER 28!
❤️Wishlist the game so you get notified on launch day!
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steam #srpg #rpg #indiegame
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📢RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT!
Draft your units and prepare for war as 🌟Superstar Strategy launches on Steam NOVEMBER 28!
❤️Wishlist the game so you get notified on launch day!
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steam #srpg #rpg #indiegame
Draft your units and prepare for war as 🌟Superstar Strategy launches on Steam NOVEMBER 28!
❤️Wishlist the game so you get notified on launch day!
store.steampowered.com/app/1756730?...
#steam #srpg #rpg #indiegame
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Decided to draw a Mui but kinda cutesy. Didn't know what to do with colours tho :V
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Decided to draw a Mui but kinda cutesy. Didn't know what to do with colours tho :V
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_5...
doing a #gamedev pulse check update to go over what's in the game atm (also so people don't yell at me when the full game's beginning is not like the demo)
doing a #gamedev pulse check update to go over what's in the game atm (also so people don't yell at me when the full game's beginning is not like the demo)
Nov 2025 Update Devlog - Scanning + Persistent Enemies
YouTube video by Shweep Games
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=er_5...
doing a #gamedev pulse check update to go over what's in the game atm (also so people don't yell at me when the full game's beginning is not like the demo)
doing a #gamedev pulse check update to go over what's in the game atm (also so people don't yell at me when the full game's beginning is not like the demo)
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You like penguins? You like penguins with big hater energy? WITH ROLLKBACK? Then you should check out Beach Slap and wishlist us 👋🏻🐧!
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You like penguins? You like penguins with big hater energy? WITH ROLLKBACK? Then you should check out Beach Slap and wishlist us 👋🏻🐧!
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Who will own the beach? 🌴🐧
Slide 💨, stomp 👣, and slap 🖐️ your way to victory in Beach Slap — a wild penguin brawler for 2–8 players!
🎮 Play locally or online with rollback netcode!
💥 Wishlist now on Steam 👇
#pitchyagame
Slide 💨, stomp 👣, and slap 🖐️ your way to victory in Beach Slap — a wild penguin brawler for 2–8 players!
🎮 Play locally or online with rollback netcode!
💥 Wishlist now on Steam 👇
#pitchyagame
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Who will own the beach? 🌴🐧
Slide 💨, stomp 👣, and slap 🖐️ your way to victory in Beach Slap — a wild penguin brawler for 2–8 players!
🎮 Play locally or online with rollback netcode!
💥 Wishlist now on Steam 👇
#pitchyagame
Slide 💨, stomp 👣, and slap 🖐️ your way to victory in Beach Slap — a wild penguin brawler for 2–8 players!
🎮 Play locally or online with rollback netcode!
💥 Wishlist now on Steam 👇
#pitchyagame
It's now been two years to the day since going full time with Max Inferno.
It's hard putting into words how much this has all meant to me—getting to work with great people on a great game that a great number of folk care about continues to be an incredible experience that I'm forever grateful for.
It's hard putting into words how much this has all meant to me—getting to work with great people on a great game that a great number of folk care about continues to be an incredible experience that I'm forever grateful for.
Some personal news!
Working on A Little to the Left was such a delight that I've now left IT to go full time with Max Inferno Games next week as a Technical Lead! It was a childhood dream to call gamedev a career—I'm so very excited/grateful to now do so with these great folk!
Working on A Little to the Left was such a delight that I've now left IT to go full time with Max Inferno Games next week as a Technical Lead! It was a childhood dream to call gamedev a career—I'm so very excited/grateful to now do so with these great folk!
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's now been two years to the day since going full time with Max Inferno.
It's hard putting into words how much this has all meant to me—getting to work with great people on a great game that a great number of folk care about continues to be an incredible experience that I'm forever grateful for.
It's hard putting into words how much this has all meant to me—getting to work with great people on a great game that a great number of folk care about continues to be an incredible experience that I'm forever grateful for.
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
Another in person meetup! Had incredible turnout last month so excited to see how this one goes!
Another in person meetup! Had incredible turnout last month so excited to see how this one goes!
Indie Devs Half and Half - Play & Tell + Demo Floor, Fri, Nov 14, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Welcome to the Halifax Indie Devs Play and Tell meetup! Our group is all about supporting and connecting independent game developers in Halifax.
At our meetups, we get to
www.meetup.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
www.meetup.com/halifax-indi...
Another in person meetup! Had incredible turnout last month so excited to see how this one goes!
Another in person meetup! Had incredible turnout last month so excited to see how this one goes!
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AeroGauge because I made the original discovery of finding hidden messages in unused texture data, then got on the wiki to ask about starting a new page tcrf.net/AeroGauge
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
AeroGauge because I made the original discovery of finding hidden messages in unused texture data, then got on the wiki to ask about starting a new page tcrf.net/AeroGauge
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In the spirit of spooky day, we made some dev playthrus of the Halloween-themed "Trick-or-Tidy" puzzles in A Little to the Left!
We talk about our love of the season, biggest fears (solicitors 🫣), and showoff fav costumes! Plus a very scary jack-o-melon cameo 🍉
🦇 www.youtube.com/shorts/5vpgr... 💀
We talk about our love of the season, biggest fears (solicitors 🫣), and showoff fav costumes! Plus a very scary jack-o-melon cameo 🍉
🦇 www.youtube.com/shorts/5vpgr... 💀
Dev Playthrough - A Little to the Left - Halloween Levels - Bats
YouTube video by Max Inferno Games
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In the spirit of spooky day, we made some dev playthrus of the Halloween-themed "Trick-or-Tidy" puzzles in A Little to the Left!
We talk about our love of the season, biggest fears (solicitors 🫣), and showoff fav costumes! Plus a very scary jack-o-melon cameo 🍉
🦇 www.youtube.com/shorts/5vpgr... 💀
We talk about our love of the season, biggest fears (solicitors 🫣), and showoff fav costumes! Plus a very scary jack-o-melon cameo 🍉
🦇 www.youtube.com/shorts/5vpgr... 💀
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folks it is time for game #15 !!! i am proud to present!!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
Lil Kobold's Big Stew by Adam Saltsman
Help a little kobold make a really big stew.
adamatomic.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
folks it is time for game #15 !!! i am proud to present!!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!
✨ LIL KOBOLD'S BIG STEW ✨
adamatomic.itch.io/lil-kobolds-...
🐸 big. ass. OVERWORLD
🍄 TONS of puzzles
🧿 nasty little shortcuts dont worry about it
🧪 absolutely will NOT save your PROGRESS
happy halloween !!