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Philip Drobar

@philipdrobar.northsky.social
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Indie Gamedev (CHESTNUT GROVE, #GRIDHACK, #COGITO Godot template) at @thresholdanomaly.com VFX Editor (Spiderman NWH, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, etc.) www.philipdrobar.com he/him, Austrian 🇦🇹 in Canada 🇨🇦 Follows =/= endorsements.

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mcc @dryad.technology · 17h
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 02/10/2026
No war but class war.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nothing for me to say that 100s of women out there have already said better. Here's one of the bests: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktpe...
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Fire Drills
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Watch It Played @watchitplayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An 8 page thread. Concludes with a personal video. "AI" moderating, replies, content and other features run contrary to what gets me excited to wake up and make videos. I have strong reservations about most of these features. The A/B edit testing especially: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1q-...
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Dear YouTube!
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It's Trevor! @newbornstranger.com · 30/09/2026
Land acknowledgements remain empty gestures when Canada continues to drag our feet on Reconciliation. If South Africa took this long to enact T&R it would be a global shame: Canada deserves nothing less. Fuck this genocidal nation. #landback
A list of 14 completed Truth and Reconciliation calls to action, and 15 not yet started from https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/trc-calls-to-action-status-september-1-2026/A continuation of the list of not started recommendations, and a list of 34 stalled recommendations from https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/trc-calls-to-action-status-september-1-2026/the continued list of stalled recommendations from from https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/trc-calls-to-action-status-september-1-2026/The final piece of the list of stalled recommendations from https://www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/trc-calls-to-action-status-september-1-2026/
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Leona Neelam Maple 💛🍁 (she/her) @theleonamaple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Canada: Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism
Cliquez ici pour une version française de cette campagne. Last week, Public Safety Canada tried to quietly redefine anti-Zionism as antisemitic. This marks the first time the Canadian government has...
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Matt | DEMO OUT NOW! @pmrd.net · 30/09/2026
DEMO IS OUT RIGHT NOW!!!! darkroomsgame.com #gamedev #indiegame #darkrooms #demo
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Talarian @talarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey Canadian GameDevs, SGI is hiring game programmers of every level from junior to lead! C++ primarily, with some C#/Unity is preferred. Come work with me and my team! Hybrid and remote both available, but British Columbia residence required. smokingguninc.com/careers/#JOBS
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Careers - Smoking Gun Interactive Inc.
Join Smoking Gun's tight-knit team of passionate, talented professionals who love their craft, and build great things together.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can't wait for Intelligence 64™️
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 29/09/2026
When showing GRIDHACK, a small number of people react negatively to it's time pressure. Understandable, but my counter is this: What would TETRIS be like if the blocks didn't fall automatically? The pressure creates flow. ( PS: store.steampowered.com/app/3053870/... )
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Neha🍰 @nehapolitan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i am serious composer that writes serious music here is my serious trailer RTs appreciated!!
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everyone who went: Tell Full Indie what a fantastic job they did with a great Summit. I had some very nitpicky notes for what was overall a fantastic conference - the local game dev scene can consider itself very lucky.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 26/09/2026
9 years in this Country and this is my very first Slurpee
My hand holding a slurpee
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bijan (spooky version) @bijan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i think about this post all the time. you might too
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I am paid a very high salary to design new ways to hurt innocent people. Please don't hurt me. I want to live. My job is to hurt your children. Please, don't do anything to me. I want to be safe. My job is to make your family sick. I want to live. Please, I deserve to live. Pleas
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 24/09/2026
We all need to bring this up more whenever people say they use it. "You use ChatGPT, the app that helped in the murder of Canadians?" Shame em. Make using it feel icky.
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Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
looking back at stupid shit I've made, here's one from a year ago ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5STI...
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The Sponge of Bob | Opening Credits | NOB (Last of Us Parody)
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Young Horses @younghorses.com · 23/09/2026
Got another "I don't like your game because Snorpy and Chandlo are gay" emails. If you are going to do this please remember Lizbert and Eggabell kiss in the first few minutes of the game and are gay gay lesbian gya gaaayyyyy. It's simple media literacy.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 23/09/2026
Arlo Parks concert last night was fantastic.
Arlo Parks performing live.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote post with a meme that you lived.
"I saw this right before the outbreak." Says Joel while looking at a billboard poster of the Sonic The Hedgehog movie.
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Duck AI Slop!! @duckaislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
11 bit Studios / Frostpunk 1886 (And The Alters) "Frostpunk 1866 will make use of the technology, Apparently, it won’t be for anything “final”. Used for "speeding up the process". -y www.rockpapershotgun.com/climate-chan... store.steampowered.com/news/app/323...
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"Climate change isn’t about AI itself, it's about progress" - 11 Bit talk Frostpunk: 1886 and questions of scale
Frostpunk: 1886 game director Maciej Sułecki explores the thinking behind the Unreal remake of one of gaming's greatest and most depressing city-builders.
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW ARTICLE NEW ARTICLE 9yrs, 9 months, I was burned out and almost dead. It made it hard to do my yearly roundup. Let's talk about 2017 was one of the most important years of my life, and how these games shaped me as an artist. ...if I can remember them all. docseuss.medium.com/i-completed-...
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i completed 52 games and 8 pieces of downloadable content in 2017.
In March 2018, I ended up in the ER. I had been working far, far too much and too hard and it turns out I had a congenital heart defect…
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goba (ACT 2 out NOW!) @gobadev.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Posted about it on Twitter, but I figured I should talk about it here, too. CQ Act 2 is underperforming to a really disappointing degree. I'm considering my options moving forward, but it's looking very grim for my ability to continue working on games going forward.
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Istrandar - Making Carnholt @istrandar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thanks Casey, I'm making a roguelike deckbuilder where you use the corpses of your enemies to invoke powerful creatures and slay a god that refused death. store.steampowered.com/app/4544140/...
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Carnholt on Steam
Craft a deck of wild creatures and powerful spells, fight in tactical battles, and slay a God that refused death. Carnholt is a deckbuilding roguelike where you must bind your soul to an ancient beast...
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quote post with a meme that you lived.
"I saw this right before the outbreak." Says Joel while looking at a billboard poster of the Sonic The Hedgehog movie.
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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
if you are a character/creature modeler who's pretty quick and maybe wants to help us get this thing moving a little quicker, our previous person had to bow out over some irl stuff they're dealing with
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stickers have arrived let’s gooooo
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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Kay Lousberg @kaylousberg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yo! I've made a video covering some of the basics when it comes to setting up a 3D scene in #godotengine , it covers lighting and the world environment node. youtu.be/Vfr3n4WKsc0 #gamedev #indiedev
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Basic Environment and Lighting Setup in Godot
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 21/09/2026
We're not ready for whats coming.
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Bat-Tali 🦇🎃 (Vancouver era ✨) @talidev3d.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If there's a big indie event that takes place all day on a Sunday, all indie devs should not have to work on Monday thank you for your attention to this matter
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy September 21st
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy September 21st
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 20/09/2026
We've decided to publish a release candidate for Cogito For Godot 1.2.0 so we can collect more bug reports and polish the stable release more. Please find it on Codeberg here: codeberg.org/Phazorknight... #CogitoForGodot #GodotEngine
COGITO for Godot Eninge 4 - Immersive First Person Template - v1.2
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you're at @fullindie.bsky.social today, say hi! I'm here to yap.
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 20/09/2026
We've decided to publish a release candidate for Cogito For Godot 1.2.0 so we can collect more bug reports and polish the stable release more. Please find it on Codeberg here: codeberg.org/Phazorknight... #CogitoForGodot #GodotEngine
COGITO for Godot Eninge 4 - Immersive First Person Template - v1.2
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addMoreCoffee @addmorecoffee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Added a new power were you pull your left eye out to scout ahead for you. #Godot #IndieGameDev #SoloDev
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Full Indie @fullindie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Attention attendees: Full Indie Summit 2026 is TOMORROW! Also, it's not too late to get tickets--including for the Post-Credits Social, where we're offering portfolio review sessions by industry experts across many game dev disciplines from studios such as Relic, Sony, EA, sunset visitor, and more!
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Movie focus tests always end up boosting a request for more clarity, explanation and exposition Game focus tests always give the impression players are confused, frustrated and lost
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 18/09/2026
(typewriter sounds) "I've always had a vivid imagination, but this cake unsettled me. It was wild and dark and weird even by my standards."
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👻 Gordon Little 🎃 @gord.games · 18/09/2026
My eldest girl's 16th birthday is very soon and since we recently played most of the @remedygames.com games this summer together (Alan Wake, Control, Alan Wake 2), she wanted an Alan Wake themed cake. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you... Alan Cake. (Please tell @samlakewrites.bsky.social)
A photo cake with the Alan Wake logo image turned into Alan Cake.The Alan Wake logo image turned into Alan Cake via photoshop.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 18/09/2026
“The night before I broke a pretty wild story last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was at a conference in Edmonton promoting AI data centres. Then my story went live on Friday ...” @drewanderson.bsky.social writes about his scoop that’s causing a stir in Alberta. 🧵
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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’ve had a conversation like this at every networking event I’ve been to in the last year:
The umbrella academy driving meme. Chekhov is driving from right to left and making eye contact with Five as he drives left to right.
The captions read:
Top: diversifying into animation because the games industry is a binfire
Bottom: diversifying into games because the animation industry is a binfire.
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SQUEAKROSS: Home Squeak Home @alblune.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For players/developers with a steam game not launching on MacOS27 (OS Error 0): typing this in a terminal seems to fix it: softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license Feel free to share, as it seems to impact a lot of players, but there is no official fix from Apple (yet)
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 16/09/2026
As someone who has lived through a country joining the EU and who now lives in Canada, I think Canadians aren't aware of what joining the EU actually entails, and a vast number of Canadians would NOT be ready or against joining the EU if they did.
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Calvin Lin @calvinloveinternet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The best part of being an artist is that you can just draw whatever dumb idea comes to your head at 1am
A scene parodying the Neon Genesis Evangelion scene of Asuka and her Eva unit getting pierced by the spear of longinus. In this scene, Linguini and Remy from Pixar's Ratatouille take the place of the EVA unit and Asuka respectively. Linguinis eye is pierced by a fork version of the spear and Remy is depicted in an inset where he is grabbing his eye and screaming like the anime. There are anime subtitles at the bottom that say "AHHHHHHHHH!"
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Philip Drobar @philipdrobar.northsky.social · 14/09/2026
Battlefield 1 (2016)
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