The other week I had a booth at an expo in Melbourne called Gamespond, showed off David Get Keen in person! Might share some pics from the event. This here is footage I captured from the big screen, which rotated between footage from all the games at the event.
The Jazzyman: David Get Keen
@thejazzyman.bsky.social
Independent Australian game developer, currently making 'David Get Keen' Cathode Maker Wishlist David Get Keen pls https://store.steampowered.com/app/1586680/David_Get_Keen/
I did a piece for this contest!! Was a good excuse to fire up the Paint Dot Net hehe Had quite a lot of fun with this one, these characters lend themselves well to exaggerated posing
HEY! With the Trickstarter reaching 50% funded, we're doing a cool thing! Introducing the TRICKY ART CONTEST! Rules and such can be found in the most recent Kickstarter update. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
There's a design problem I wanna try tackle before the full version of David Get Keen releases: For a time, I changed the way using the homing attack affected the player's momentum. In all public releases using the attack drops the player's speed to 0, but I changed it so the player *gains* speed
Have kinda been going in circles with the NPC dialogue in Keen for a while now. It's actually pretty tricky to manage. I've now resorted to using spreadsheets, and am making a lot more progress now haha
TRICKSTARTER PAGE IS UP! Currently in pre-launch, you can opt in to get notified when it formally launches in August! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...
Coming soon: Tricky and the Dream Caster: A 6th Gen Throwback Platformer
A 3D collect-a-thon platformer that hearkens back to the early 2000s!
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imo, the thing preventing adoption of Linux isn't software compatibility or anti-cheat or anything like that. It's having to install an operating system. People don't like installing operating systems. I think for Linux to take off, it has to be easily available pre-installed in off the shelf PCs.
the sonic 35th anniversary livestream sure beat the 25th anniversary livestream hahaha, if anyone remembers that
We must be cautious to not let these corporations turn us into efficiency machines. The unexpected events and opportunities that occur while taking the long route are what make life worth living.
Please Use AI
For context, that isn't a fake trailer its a STOLEN trailer. These scammers follow a template. They find a small indi game (released or not) steal the assets and video, edited it to remove logos & such. Then upload the videos unlisted on youtube on new or stolen accounts. bsky.app/profile/bmas...
For additional bump & to show, these hackers will use stolen video trailers from real games upload them to YouTube, often mark them unlisted & sometimes change the title & description to whatever new fake game they've made a site for. THEY will do ANYTHING to make you think the fake games are real!
the scammer meta is growing, they making fake trailers now 💀
PSA: DO NOT Download this game, I didn’t get hacked luckily because I only looked at the trailer, but there’s a new scam game going around called Furkinomis. I don’t know much about the scam since I didn’t click on it but I’m trying to bring more awareness of this to others.
It's that time again! The dates for this year's SAGExpo 2026 is now up! Event takes place, September 11th - 28th 2026! A call for help and the media kit for this year's EXPO will be released in the near future! Follow us and stay tuned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtIV...
SAGExpo 2026 Announcement
YouTube video by SAGExpo
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Haha the difference 5 years makes 2021 vs 2026 (jesus christ this game has been in dev for way too long lol) #art #davidgetkeen #gamedev #mspaint
Haha the difference 5 years makes 2021 vs 2026 (jesus christ this game has been in dev for way too long lol) #art #davidgetkeen #gamedev #mspaint
Treble is holding onto a portable chainsaw for some reason... Getting back into random sketching. I gotta animate all them Keen cutscenes 👀 #art #sketch #davidgetkeen #treble
Just played through this! It turned out pretty great, there's quite a lot of levels and got good variety. Hehe also got a bit of cameo art hidden in there if you can manage to find it 👀
WARIO & THE TOWER OF GARLIC IS OUT!!! This was a very fun project to work on and we hope you like it as much as we did making it! Can you conquer the tower and come out a rich... garlic... man? DOWNLOAD HERE: drive.google.com/drive/folder... (there's an installation tutorial within the zip too!)
And with that, DUNGEON GALS has been officially released! Play as gaming's cutest throuple as you work together to save a floating island from certain doom! Explore vast areas, solve cryptic puzzles, fight huge bosses, get rich, take hormones, and SMOOCH! store.steampowered.com/app/2864880/...
I'll say, part of the reason Keen is taking so long is that the levels take forever to make. Each level is wholey unique, and it takes a while to come up with all the ideas and mechanics to get the most out of each location
The level screens in the HUB for the final release will look something like this, themed to each level. This is the current version of the Floaty Farm screen (cos I know y'all haven't been over-exposed Floaty Farm yet 😭) #DavidGetKeen #gamedev #art
The level screens in the HUB for the final release will look something like this, themed to each level. This is the current version of the Floaty Farm screen (cos I know y'all haven't been over-exposed Floaty Farm yet 😭) #DavidGetKeen #gamedev #art
Here were my contributions to this collab!: Susan (Susan Taxpayer) by @punkitt.bsky.social Furter (Fork of the Crimson Soul) by J Lawal Knight Avares (sonic.exe dark souls remake) by Kooner
Late but not last! Here is the mural celebrating an incredible SAGE 2025! What lies next? Well, I'd keep an eye out. #SAGE2025 #artwork #mural #SonicRiders
My SAGE 2025 mural entry based on @thejazzyman.bsky.social's "David get Keen" #biggayarttag #SonicAmateurGamesExpo 🦔
Treble in Disconnect Treble is hanging out in the city after a night out with friends. #art #mspaint #davidgetkeen
Working to try making the Nightclub level visually presentable in David Get Keen 😬 (fyi there is a nightclub level in david get keen) #davidgetkeen #indiegame #gamedev
In case you didn't see it, i dropped this image into the SAGE demo (it pops up if you quit the game from the menu) Basically, I'm not 100% sure if I can make it, but I'm going to see if I can finish Keen in 2026. Depends on how much life gets in the way #indiegame #indiedev #art #mspaint
Ah yea I wanted to thank all those folk who checked out my demo during SAGE, especially those who have been around since the early days. Honestly feels pretty weird and surreal seeing people enjoying this thing I've slapped together, especially after months of doubting and secondguessing.