Nooka Dascalu
@nookada.bsky.social
Video game producer with a passion for art history & cooking
https://www.nookada.com/
https://www.nookada.com/
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these past few days I've been thinking a lot about what makes the world of hollow knight work so well, and I think it's because it's got an enormous amount of *character*
it's very, flavorful, created with a clear direction in mind, and executed so holistically across art/vfx/design/sfx/VO/music
it's very, flavorful, created with a clear direction in mind, and executed so holistically across art/vfx/design/sfx/VO/music
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
these past few days I've been thinking a lot about what makes the world of hollow knight work so well, and I think it's because it's got an enormous amount of *character*
it's very, flavorful, created with a clear direction in mind, and executed so holistically across art/vfx/design/sfx/VO/music
it's very, flavorful, created with a clear direction in mind, and executed so holistically across art/vfx/design/sfx/VO/music
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FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
Just calculated how much I will have to pay in self-employment taxes since I've never been a contract employee before and
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
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Swallow Rabbit🐰🪶
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Swallow Rabbit🐰🪶
I still remember the shocked disgust with which an ex-friend asked me, “How do you find new music?” when I said I don’t listen to Spotify because I don’t want to be fed music by an algorithm. I scavenge it myself like a normal magpie??? Much like my books collection???
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I still remember the shocked disgust with which an ex-friend asked me, “How do you find new music?” when I said I don’t listen to Spotify because I don’t want to be fed music by an algorithm. I scavenge it myself like a normal magpie??? Much like my books collection???
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To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
Unhappy endlings
What tales of the last days of extinct and dying species can bring to our own story
thenaturebeat.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
To mark Remembrance Day for Lost Species, which falls on 30 November each year, I am republishing something I wrote a few years ago.🧪🌏
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/unhappy-en...
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one side effect of the rise of generative llm that's personally advantageous and beneficial is how it made me even more open to letting my mind race and and heart soar at the sight of human creativity
From: Black Soul (2000), dir. Martine Chartrand, National Film Board of Canada
Chartrand spent over five years animating this film with paint on glass
Chartrand spent over five years animating this film with paint on glass
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
one side effect of the rise of generative llm that's personally advantageous and beneficial is how it made me even more open to letting my mind race and and heart soar at the sight of human creativity
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the space between video and games. make it one word. that's better. i'm right about this btw.
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
the space between video and games. make it one word. that's better. i'm right about this btw.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
All I wanted was a new wall calendar, not to be viciously mocked & attacked. This is just so insensitive.
Penguin, do better!!1! /j
Penguin, do better!!1! /j
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
All I wanted was a new wall calendar, not to be viciously mocked & attacked. This is just so insensitive.
Penguin, do better!!1! /j
Penguin, do better!!1! /j
Focus on getting back into game development full time (obligatory “not everyone’s rich enough to work in game dev” quote)
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Focus on getting back into game development full time (obligatory “not everyone’s rich enough to work in game dev” quote)
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working on some dragon paintings
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
working on some dragon paintings
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Today's Development Update Showcase is here! Today, we look at our prototype party inclusion and follower system. The goal of these Dev Logs is to show the community all phases of development from prototype to final build. Feedback is welcome, as always!
#jrpg #gamedev #devlog
#jrpg #gamedev #devlog
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Well it’s hard to believe, but we’ve made it to volume 5 of Game Audio Programming Principles and Practices (CRC Press). #gameaudio #gamedev
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Well it’s hard to believe, but we’ve made it to volume 5 of Game Audio Programming Principles and Practices (CRC Press). #gameaudio #gamedev
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😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
😈 Maleficent, the evil queen, had her goblins searching for Sleeping Beauty for 16 years.
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
🛑 BUT…. they were looking for a baby the whole time. Acceptance criteria fail!
🧠 This is why it’s so important for villains to leverage AGILE practices. Don’t let this become your team. My new ecourse will
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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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Thanksgiving, but instead of turkey, game developers get free chat/troubleshooting on their narrative/writing plans, and I get to recommend talented folks for the future.
Send through a DM or visit www.gregbuchanangames.com/contact -- happy to advise and chat as best I can throughout the week!
Send through a DM or visit www.gregbuchanangames.com/contact -- happy to advise and chat as best I can throughout the week!
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thanksgiving, but instead of turkey, game developers get free chat/troubleshooting on their narrative/writing plans, and I get to recommend talented folks for the future.
Send through a DM or visit www.gregbuchanangames.com/contact -- happy to advise and chat as best I can throughout the week!
Send through a DM or visit www.gregbuchanangames.com/contact -- happy to advise and chat as best I can throughout the week!
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Clip Studio 4.0 is out with a ton of new awesome features and 60% off sale right now!
If you would like a copy of the best drawing software on the market (IMHO) and want to show me a little support use my affiliate link!
Link: www.dpbolvw.net/click-101256...
Quick Vid of it in action below!
If you would like a copy of the best drawing software on the market (IMHO) and want to show me a little support use my affiliate link!
Link: www.dpbolvw.net/click-101256...
Quick Vid of it in action below!
March 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Clip Studio 4.0 is out with a ton of new awesome features and 60% off sale right now!
If you would like a copy of the best drawing software on the market (IMHO) and want to show me a little support use my affiliate link!
Link: www.dpbolvw.net/click-101256...
Quick Vid of it in action below!
If you would like a copy of the best drawing software on the market (IMHO) and want to show me a little support use my affiliate link!
Link: www.dpbolvw.net/click-101256...
Quick Vid of it in action below!
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Please don't tell me my guess is "as good as yours". My guesses — which are educated, by the way — are worlds better than yours
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Please don't tell me my guess is "as good as yours". My guesses — which are educated, by the way — are worlds better than yours
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Come see me this weekend at Renegade Craft Seattle at booth 34!
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Come see me this weekend at Renegade Craft Seattle at booth 34!
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the friction of digging and mixing what you apply is where the learning happens! not being able to get your hand held by someone who else any minute of the day is why you internalize! it is not fixable by the technology improving, if it was perfect someday this problem would actually be even *worse*
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
the friction of digging and mixing what you apply is where the learning happens! not being able to get your hand held by someone who else any minute of the day is why you internalize! it is not fixable by the technology improving, if it was perfect someday this problem would actually be even *worse*