Daniele Giardini (Demigiant)
@demigiant.com
Games+comics writer+coder+artist. I wrote Still There, drew Football Drama, illustrated some Risk of Rain LPs and stuff, made DOTween, Goscurry, etc.
No AI nonono.
Any/Any
Website: demigiant.com
Insta: instagram.com/demigiant
No AI nonono.
Any/Any
Website: demigiant.com
Insta: instagram.com/demigiant
Drawings for one of those billion personal games I start and usually never finish, but we'll see
September 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Drawings for one of those billion personal games I start and usually never finish, but we'll see
Reposted by Daniele Giardini (Demigiant)
SIAMO GIÀ A SETTE OSPITI CONFERMATI. MA SIETE ANCORA IN TEMPO PER AGGIUNGERVI!
Hai creato un videogioco indipendente, insolito, rivoluzionario, artistico, sperimentale, prototipale, artigianale, innovativo, balordo o semplicemente favoloso?
Sabato […]
[Original post on mastodon.maurovanetti.info]
Hai creato un videogioco indipendente, insolito, rivoluzionario, artistico, sperimentale, prototipale, artigianale, innovativo, balordo o semplicemente favoloso?
Sabato […]
[Original post on mastodon.maurovanetti.info]
August 31, 2026 at 1:53 PM
SIAMO GIÀ A SETTE OSPITI CONFERMATI. MA SIETE ANCORA IN TEMPO PER AGGIUNGERVI!
Hai creato un videogioco indipendente, insolito, rivoluzionario, artistico, sperimentale, prototipale, artigianale, innovativo, balordo o semplicemente favoloso?
Sabato […]
[Original post on mastodon.maurovanetti.info]
Hai creato un videogioco indipendente, insolito, rivoluzionario, artistico, sperimentale, prototipale, artigianale, innovativo, balordo o semplicemente favoloso?
Sabato […]
[Original post on mastodon.maurovanetti.info]
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A teaser of my next game 💜Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart 💚
Coming soon to Steam and itchio!
Wishlist and follow:
Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/4554030/...
itchio ➡️ kinmoku.itch.io/ace-and-aro-...
Coming soon to Steam and itchio!
Wishlist and follow:
Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/4554030/...
itchio ➡️ kinmoku.itch.io/ace-and-aro-...
August 31, 2026 at 2:31 PM
A teaser of my next game 💜Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart 💚
Coming soon to Steam and itchio!
Wishlist and follow:
Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/4554030/...
itchio ➡️ kinmoku.itch.io/ace-and-aro-...
Coming soon to Steam and itchio!
Wishlist and follow:
Steam ➡️ store.steampowered.com/app/4554030/...
itchio ➡️ kinmoku.itch.io/ace-and-aro-...
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There's something delightful about teaching people how to build cities in text. Better yet, it's an effective way to get a practical intro to game urbanism & the design of game cities.
Also, here's my *Create An Interactive City In Text using ink* course: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26...
Also, here's my *Create An Interactive City In Text using ink* course: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26...
August 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
There's something delightful about teaching people how to build cities in text. Better yet, it's an effective way to get a practical intro to game urbanism & the design of game cities.
Also, here's my *Create An Interactive City In Text using ink* course: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26...
Also, here's my *Create An Interactive City In Text using ink* course: www.d6learning.com/course/nov26...
I'll admit that assigning the right unicode symbol to the logs of my main game managers is a lot of fun to me
(yes, I know it's a waste of time, but also not: helps reading logs much faster 👀)
(and yes: Unity's console supports almost all colored symbols)
(and sure: I strip them away in builds)
(yes, I know it's a waste of time, but also not: helps reading logs much faster 👀)
(and yes: Unity's console supports almost all colored symbols)
(and sure: I strip them away in builds)
August 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I'll admit that assigning the right unicode symbol to the logs of my main game managers is a lot of fun to me
(yes, I know it's a waste of time, but also not: helps reading logs much faster 👀)
(and yes: Unity's console supports almost all colored symbols)
(and sure: I strip them away in builds)
(yes, I know it's a waste of time, but also not: helps reading logs much faster 👀)
(and yes: Unity's console supports almost all colored symbols)
(and sure: I strip them away in builds)
we love Chainsmoker Cat here
July 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
we love Chainsmoker Cat here
The Last of Us Serbian Edition
(these are actually from a place called Niška Banja, which is very nice: nature, cats, some cool ex-communist buildings and some cursed abandoned ones)
(these are actually from a place called Niška Banja, which is very nice: nature, cats, some cool ex-communist buildings and some cursed abandoned ones)
July 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The Last of Us Serbian Edition
(these are actually from a place called Niška Banja, which is very nice: nature, cats, some cool ex-communist buildings and some cursed abandoned ones)
(these are actually from a place called Niška Banja, which is very nice: nature, cats, some cool ex-communist buildings and some cursed abandoned ones)
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🔪FULL TRAILER for our new game Apple Crumble! 🔪
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her.
Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom.
A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her.
Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom.
A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
June 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
🔪FULL TRAILER for our new game Apple Crumble! 🔪
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her.
Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom.
A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
It’s your grandma’s 84th birthday party and nobody is trying to murder her.
Stop suspecting your family members, and don’t worry about the strange man in your bedroom.
A new creepy-cozy mystery thriller from the creators of Duck Detective.
Artists, quote-post with something that's a circle
July 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Artists, quote-post with something that's a circle
beautiful: in Italian parliament a member of the hyperfascist party insisted on calling Anna Ascani Mr president instead of Mrs or just president, so she started calling him Mrs and he went batshit crazy because as usual these toxic males have the most fragile masculinity
youtube.com/shorts/14wsv...
youtube.com/shorts/14wsv...
Italian Deputy Speaker Corrects MP Over “Mr. President” Address | Mo of Everything
YouTube video by MO
youtube.com
July 14, 2026 at 8:10 AM
beautiful: in Italian parliament a member of the hyperfascist party insisted on calling Anna Ascani Mr president instead of Mrs or just president, so she started calling him Mrs and he went batshit crazy because as usual these toxic males have the most fragile masculinity
youtube.com/shorts/14wsv...
youtube.com/shorts/14wsv...
in Italy we thought we had it bad with the current fascists but now there's fascister fascists gathering around a party led by a kindergarten-level military bully and they started beating immigrants on the street and posting videos because they feel nobody can touch them. LET'S FUCKING TOUCH THEM
July 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
in Italy we thought we had it bad with the current fascists but now there's fascister fascists gathering around a party led by a kindergarten-level military bully and they started beating immigrants on the street and posting videos because they feel nobody can touch them. LET'S FUCKING TOUCH THEM
Wednesdays
And they say video games are bad for you...
July 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Wednesdays
Microsoft but also lots of other corps: "AI will help humans and make *things* better."
Proceeds to lay off most humans and make *things* definitely worse
Proceeds to lay off most humans and make *things* definitely worse
July 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Microsoft but also lots of other corps: "AI will help humans and make *things* better."
Proceeds to lay off most humans and make *things* definitely worse
Proceeds to lay off most humans and make *things* definitely worse
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Today, after a month on the road full of discoveries and amazing encounters, I finally reached Ithaca.
By the way, if you'd like to join us on our Ithaca, you have 24 left to back the project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
By the way, if you'd like to join us on our Ithaca, you have 24 left to back the project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
July 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Today, after a month on the road full of discoveries and amazing encounters, I finally reached Ithaca.
By the way, if you'd like to join us on our Ithaca, you have 24 left to back the project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
By the way, if you'd like to join us on our Ithaca, you have 24 left to back the project on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
I worked with Damien on two of these projects and he's sooo good and sooo nice! I still miss those good ol' times ^_^
Coucou 👋
Si vous cherchez un dev Unity freelance, j'ai de la dispo à venir.
11 ans d'expérience Unity/.NET/C# sur plusieurs prods complètes de tailles très variées.
Gameplay, prog UI, tooling, networking, backend, portages consoles, profiling & optim
Portfolio : dmayance.com
Merci 💌
Si vous cherchez un dev Unity freelance, j'ai de la dispo à venir.
11 ans d'expérience Unity/.NET/C# sur plusieurs prods complètes de tailles très variées.
Gameplay, prog UI, tooling, networking, backend, portages consoles, profiling & optim
Portfolio : dmayance.com
Merci 💌
Portfolio - Damien Mayance (Valryon)
Portfolio - Damien Mayance
dmayance.com
July 2, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I worked with Damien on two of these projects and he's sooo good and sooo nice! I still miss those good ol' times ^_^
in Italy we got this family that lived in the woods and self-poisoned by accident: for that and more the state separated them from their children, which "angered" populist politicians, and it quickly became the most boring news cycle for months.
So, yes, GTA VI has now become more boring than that
So, yes, GTA VI has now become more boring than that
June 30, 2026 at 3:29 PM
in Italy we got this family that lived in the woods and self-poisoned by accident: for that and more the state separated them from their children, which "angered" populist politicians, and it quickly became the most boring news cycle for months.
So, yes, GTA VI has now become more boring than that
So, yes, GTA VI has now become more boring than that
such a lovely time with Florent, just too short, sigh sigh. And yes, fuck the rich side of the fence and check Ithaca out ^_^
Today on the road to Ithaca, we meet with one of the project's team members, Daniele Giardini, aka @demigiant.com, and we discuss looking on the other side of the fence and designing our the game's main character, Penelope.
Please back Ithaca on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
Please back Ithaca on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
June 29, 2026 at 7:59 AM
such a lovely time with Florent, just too short, sigh sigh. And yes, fuck the rich side of the fence and check Ithaca out ^_^
once again, it's very simple: an AI is not a human ffs 👀
June 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
once again, it's very simple: an AI is not a human ffs 👀
preparing to upload an update to DOTween and discovered a new change: Unity assets min version is now 2022.3 (released May 20, 2023). I'm frankly embarrassed that us asset devs are forbidden from supporting projects older than 3 years, which is a very short time in gamedev :(
June 23, 2026 at 9:18 AM
preparing to upload an update to DOTween and discovered a new change: Unity assets min version is now 2022.3 (released May 20, 2023). I'm frankly embarrassed that us asset devs are forbidden from supporting projects older than 3 years, which is a very short time in gamedev :(
this is beautiful and. Just. So. Fucking. Reasonable.
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
June 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this is beautiful and. Just. So. Fucking. Reasonable.
Florent (aka @thepixelhunt.bsky.social) be trippin' towards Ithaca to make Ithaca, which is a beautiful thing that should see the light of day and of that one polyphemous eye.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
Ithaca: A Narrative Road-Trip RPG About Climate Resistance
The world is burning. There’s a hostage in your trunk. How far will you go?
www.kickstarter.com
June 18, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Florent (aka @thepixelhunt.bsky.social) be trippin' towards Ithaca to make Ithaca, which is a beautiful thing that should see the light of day and of that one polyphemous eye.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ith...
the things is: quote with your yellow art
June 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
the things is: quote with your yellow art
yes: AI's political, economical, environmental, educative aspects are tragic. But every day it's the willingness of people to relinquish our humanity to the gluttony of generative AI, as if it was something that needed to be purged, that baffles me most
June 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
yes: AI's political, economical, environmental, educative aspects are tragic. But every day it's the willingness of people to relinquish our humanity to the gluttony of generative AI, as if it was something that needed to be purged, that baffles me most
this guy is talking as if he never heard of concept art before (he obviously did, his fake ignorance is part of the dishonesty of it all) and only AI could do something like that. Something that, previously, was made by human hands and gave us some of the most beautiful game-related art books
We asked the Crystal Dynamics team about its use of generative AI in developing Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. Here’s what Jeff Adams, experience director on the game, had to say.
June 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
this guy is talking as if he never heard of concept art before (he obviously did, his fake ignorance is part of the dishonesty of it all) and only AI could do something like that. Something that, previously, was made by human hands and gave us some of the most beautiful game-related art books