iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

David Wesst @david.wes.st · 06/09/2026

First meal was veggie burgers with a stack of grilled veggies. Burned myself a bit with oil, but this will be quite useful this fall.

Four veggie burger patties on the left side of a black griddle with a pile if brightly coloured peppers, onion, and mushrooms on the right and a cooked egg with a broken yoke. The grill has a sheen on it reflecting some light.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 05/09/2026

Where it started and where it ended.

Orange and black box in a garage on a concrete floor with the words “Blackstone 36’’ griddle” and a picture of the assembled griddle on the side. A box of cooking utensils sits on top and a black and yellow toolbox and socket set sit beside it.

A black steel griddle with the lid closed sitting on a concrete floor with the word “Blackstone” on the front with white lettering.

A black griddle outside on a set of concrete patio blocks with the word Blackstone on the front of the griddle in white lettering.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 04/09/2026

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!

An cabinet space with no doors showing a large white 200amp electrical panel with a fibre modem and wireless network hub. The back wall is all new plywood and looks very clean and professionally done.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 27/08/2026

I know it’s a small number, but I am DAMN proud of it. Thanks to everyone for subscribing, watching, liking, and especially for commenting. Woot!

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 17/08/2026

Current situation: supporting (and enjoying) the local theatre scene.

Outdoor covered stage with a large letters in dark and bright pink that say “Legally Blonde” with a red curtain behind them and a stage painted pink. Yellow chairs are facing the stage with people starting to fill them up.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 13/08/2026

Last night I wrote an article about the new stacked pull requests feature from GitHub and shared it along side yet another website refresh. 😅 Spoilers: It's useful. #indiedev #devlog #devops Full details on the blog: david.wes.st/blog/i-used-...

Terminal output with a black background and a text-based UI showing "Select PRs" highlighted, with green checked boxes for five branches being merged. The message "Will merge 5 PRs into main" appears in grey, with navigation commands at the bottom.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 28/07/2026

Current status: gaming IRL.

A Dungeon and Dragons character sheet with some yellow highlights on a pub table with a diet cola drink and a bunch of dice beside it.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 25/07/2026

Next up: Signals from the Outer Wilds. Love this soundtrack to death.

Vinyl record sleeve with words Signals from the Outer Wilds on the cover with characters from the game looking through a telescope at the planets in the game. Sleeve is sitting in a record player playing the record.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 02/07/2026

It has BEGUN!…again I suppose.

The title screen for Fonal Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn on a large TV screen.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 27/05/2026

Finished up a great @wpggamecollective.bsky.social event: Press Start 20x20. 8 speakers 20 slides each 20 seconds per slide. No stopping. Really loved this format and the community. Looking forward to the next one!

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 22/05/2026

Fridays are already great, however getting a box of produce from The Odd Bunch makes it even better. All of it fresh produced saved from waste at the grocery store. Love this service! #Winnipeg

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 18/05/2026

Like seriously— huge upgrade. It brings me genuinely joy to have this much hojicha. (Pipe mug for scale)

Two bags of loose tea with HOJICHA hand written on the label. The bags are of the same look, but the one on the right is almost double the size of the one on the left. A green mug that looks like a warp pipe from Super Mario Bros sits in front of the bags.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 17/05/2026

This is my “It comes in pints?!” moment. Found out I can buy my hojicha in fractions or whole numbers of kilograms AND I am rewarded with a discount when I do so in-store?! I mean, how could you NOT buy half a kilo of tea? Right? Thanks @corneliabean.bsky.social!

An exceptionally large bag of tea with a hand written label that says HOJICHA along with general tea brewing instructions

Loose hojicha which looks like a bunch of broken thin pieces of wood in a bag, reflecting off the side

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 24/03/2026

Sometimes this is the kind of day you had. Note, I don't code for a living.

A computer desk with two laptops, a PC and two other monitors all powered down.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 21/02/2026

They even had the Ark of the Covenant on display. I left before they opened it. All in all, a solid experience. Would do this again.

A replica of ark of the covenant from Raiders of the Ark with a man in a black and red Team Canada jersey standing beside it.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 21/02/2026

I'm pretty stoked for this.

Screen above the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra that says "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark LIVE in Concert. Welcome"

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 25/08/2025

Continuing the jams from last night (while staying awake to pickup someone from the airport) I am continuing my journey with the Outer Wilds. Indie web coding, records, and a soda is a great space for me.

Album cover for Secrets from the Outer Wilds showing a picture of the in-game solar system and a tear on it with a hand drawn circle that has been coloured in.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 24/08/2025

Next up: Signals From The Outer Wilds by @andrewprahlow.bsky.social This game might actually be the perfect game in my view. A huge part of that perfection is due to the music. Some songs still give me goosebumps or make me teary eyed.

Vinyl album cover for Signals From The Outer Wilds, whose art depicts father-son friendly six eyed humaniod aliens looking at the stars with a handheld radio telescope in what appears to be an empty clearing in the woods. In the night sky you can see a broken space states and multiple planets and many stars.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 24/08/2025

Record 1: @yasunorimitsuda.procyon-studio.com and Millennial Fair. Love this album. One particular song gets me everytime. All the best feels.

Vinyl record sleeve with the album title yasunori mitsuda & millennial fair along with Japanese characters beneath it. The art work is gears, old time pieces, with a cosmic backdrop.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 23/08/2025

Yes, yes. A very fine vintage, indeed.

Big box PC game box top cover off showing its contents, which is a black and white manual with the title compendium showing, which is the instructions for Ultima VI

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 17/05/2025

A bit of a pivot since the last post, but rather than aircraft I'm focused on the airports themselves. I am calling this project "Kiosk" for the time being, and as weird as it seems-- the design overlaps quite a bit with "Charter", but has a much smaller scope. #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Screenshot of a debug build of the game ‘Kiosk’ showing a greybox 3D scene. The upper half displays a side orthographic view of a basic kiosk labeled ‘Skyway Kiosk’, with an orange character behind the counter and three green characters positioned nearby. All figures are capsule-shaped placeholders. The environment uses flat grey geometry for the floor and structure. The bottom half of the screen shows a top-down minimap view with green and orange dots representing character positions and a pink rectangle marking the kiosk’s interaction zone. The layout is minimalist, intended for MVP testing.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 19/04/2025

Dear Canadians, go vote. It is important. Early polling is open this weekend. Election day is coming up. So please, go vote.

A black sticker, with the text "It's Our Vote / C'est notre vote" on it with a bright green X on it.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 03/04/2025

Yesterday learned more about the legal/business side of #gamedev at a local event. Just a reminder to the other #indiedev folks that there is more to making games than just making games.

A small event space set up for a presentation or workshop. At the front of the room, a large screen displays “NMM New Media Manitoba – GameBiz Lab – Supporting the Next Generation of Local Video Game Studios in Manitoba.” Two standing banners are placed to the left of the screen. One is for North Forge's ElevateIP program, focused on safeguarding intellectual property, and the other promotes New Media Manitoba. Several rows of black chairs face the screen, and a small table with two laptops is set up at the front.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 30/03/2025

LOL-- well it turns out that animated GIFs don't animate if you upload them through the image function. 😓 Trying it again-- this time with the video actually playable! (Thanks to @sam-aru.bsky.social for pointing it out to me)

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 29/03/2025

Similar to the GIF from earlier for #screenshotsaturday, but put this together to remind me of some of my inspiration for this project. Putting this together put a smile on my face and made me proud of my work. Any Aerobiz players out there? 😄🛫 #indiedev #gamedev

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 29/03/2025

Experimented with a plane rather than a sphere for the earth in the game, and now I can control the camera how I want to-- plus some transitions and a skybox for fun. Focusing on finding the flow and feel for the game to get it towards a playable state. #indiedev #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

A greybox prototype of the flying game Charter. The scene shows a simple green terrain under a blue sky with a cylindrical purple marker labeled “Vancouver (YVR)” in bold text. A debug UI panel on the left displays flight settings, including origin (CYVR), destination dropdown, flight toggle, speed slider, and active camera selection. The player selects the destination to be CYWG and clicks the "Start/Stop" toggle switch, which triggers transition animation where white text and a line move into the screen stating "Prepare for Departure". The player adjusts the throttle control during the flight which changes the speed of the greybox aircraft. When it arrives at the destination city, the transition appears again with the text "Now arriving in Winnipeg".

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 22/03/2025

Trying this #screenshotsaturday for the first time-- This is a greybox prototype of a flight system I have been noodling with for the past while. It's very early days, but things are starting to align with the vision in my head. #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #godot #godotengine

A greybox prototype flight system is shown in a debug window. The user selects “Vancouver (CYVR)” as the origin and “Calgary (CYYC)” as the destination. Purple capsule-shaped objects represent airports, while a grey cylinder represents the player’s aircraft. Large, tilted text labels each city. Interface elements like “Flight Speed” and “Start Flight” hint at early gameplay mechanics in the works.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 30/08/2023

This is how I breakfast before work and podcasting. ✅ Contribute something valuable to the Internet Have a great rest of your day.

Plate on a teal table holding my "Magic Eggs" recipe, beside a mug in the shape of a Mario warp pipe. The table sits beside an inviting cushioned patio chair in a very green backyard.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 24/08/2023

Tonight on "Vinyl Playing While Doing Laundry" this beautiful album with arrangements from Chrono Trigger, complete with lyrics. I love this album. Side D always gives me goosebumps and all of the feels. #videogamemusic #vinyl #chronotrigger

Vinyl album witb various mechanical calendars and clockwork machinary with a background seemingly flying through time and space. The album name “yasunori mitsuda & millennial fair" is printed near the bottom with japanese text beneath it. The album is resting on top of the vinyl record player.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 17/08/2023

Today is a good day. Bought an old video game. Met a friend for a late lunch. Rode a double decker bus. Sometimes you just need to appreciate the simple things.

Hand holding the box of the NES game Wall Street Kid, which looks a lot like a comic book cover for a story about capitalism.

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David Wesst @david.wes.st · 07/08/2023

This is a moment worth catching on the internets.

Vinyl record sleeve of "Signal from the Outer Wilds" resting on my very cool vinyl player waiting to be opened by yours truly.

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