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Joe Halper

@gfjoe.bsky.social
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Developing and mixing amazing games, simulations & virtual worlds to play, learn and work in. Founder @happymanic.com

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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Updated Game Dev Job Search Guide (v1.9) The tool was turning into a bad news bullhorn. People using it already know things are rough. They don't need stats up front, they need help. Market context is now behind a toggle. Get straight to the boards and resources. Free tool at gamedevai.guide/jobs
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Game Dev Job Search Guide by HALP
Cut through the noise. Find where the jobs are, use AI tools that actually help, and avoid the traps.
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
One star. Because of an AI asset. I built a free tool to help you think before that happens to you. Five questions and one honest answer. happymanic.com/gamedev/ship... #gamedev #AI #indiedev
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Ship It or Skip It — AI Decision Framework for Game Developers
Five questions. One honest answer about whether AI is the right call for this specific task, right now, before you find out the hard way.
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
monkey. laser. face. feed your monkey bananas, they scream, it vaporizes your walls and opens your room onto a city of angry bananas in biplanes. an MR concept we sprinted in 2 weeks. didn't win, learned a ton, had a blast. no AI. hand-drawn by Noah Brewster 🍌🐒
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The two biggest game engines just shipped official MCP servers in the same month. Whether game devs want this or not, Epic and Unity have decided. The noise around it is loud. Most of it isn't coming from people actually shipping games. gamedevai.guide/mcp/
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Game Dev MCP Guide
Search, filter and compare MCPs for game engines, 3D tools, and NVIDIA, built for game developers.
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Epic shipped UE 5.8 with MCP support last week. Claude Code now connects directly to your scene, assets, and blueprints. Tried to take a month off from updates. Unreal Fest had other plans. gamedevai.guide/ai-tools
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AI Tools Wizard - Game Dev AI Guide by HALP
Find where AI can (and can't) help your game project. 14 disciplines, 42 recommendations, honest caveats, real shipped examples.
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
v1.4 of my free game dev job search tool is live. New Communities section: Discords, subreddits, mentorship, mental health resources, all scored to your discipline and situation. 105 lost at Red Storm last week, 1,000+ at Epic Monday. If this helps, share it. gamedevai.guide/jobs/
gamedevai.guide
Game Dev Job Search Guide by HALP
Cut through the noise. Find where the jobs are, use AI tools that actually help, and avoid the traps.
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Joe Halper @gfjoe.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Created a pretty crazy mixed reality level in my game Nope Challenge. It is wild what can be done and I learned a hell of a lot while developing this. #mr #vr #xr #mixedreality #quest www.meta.com/experiences/...
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