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Daniel J. Menezes ๐ŸŽฎ

@danjohnston.uk

Game dev ๐ŸŽฎ Making game assets, tutorials & fonts. Creator of Gyro Boss ๐Ÿ›ธ 3-time winner & former host of the GMC Jam. Find my stuff at https://chequered.ink/

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A picture of me at my wedding. An average height white male with chestnut-colored hair, short on the sides but with a long fringe. A short, trimmed beard, wearing a pale bluish-grey suit and a vibrant blue tie. Hands in pockets smiling at the camera.

A picture of me at my wedding. An average height white male with chestnut-colored hair, short on the sides but with a long fringe. A short, trimmed beard, wearing a pale bluish-grey suit and a vibrant blue tie. Hands in pockets smiling at the camera.

Not at GDC (thank god) but here's #WhatAGameDevLooksLike - I will use these portraits from my wedding for anything and everything.

10.03.2026 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now I've done this gym in back tracking to all the old areas where being able to surf has unlocked new stuff! Trying to 100% the Kanto Pokedex if I can

09.03.2026 23:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
My level 35 Gengar facing off against Koga's level 43 Weezing

My level 35 Gengar facing off against Koga's level 43 Weezing

Koga giving me the SOULBADGE

Koga giving me the SOULBADGE

My trainer card showing I've played for 13 hours 31 minutes and caught 57 pokemon

My trainer card showing I've played for 13 hours 31 minutes and caught 57 pokemon

My team: Gengar, Dragonair, Golem, Persian, Ninetales and Venusaur.

My team: Gengar, Dragonair, Golem, Persian, Ninetales and Venusaur.

I was quite underleveled for this one A) because I only took the eastern route to Fuchsia, haven't cleared cycling road yet. B) I caught Dratini in the safari zone and let it steal everyones EXP with EXP share.

Managed to trade with my wife to evolve Haunter and Graveler though & get badge 5!

09.03.2026 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you're like me and use fonts for small hobby projects and don't want to learn all the intricacies of typography, cannot overstate how nice it is to have a giant folder of fonts neatly categorized so you never have to think about fonts again except for "oh this one looks neat"

09.03.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The icon for our All Fonts Pack showing a colorful variety of font samples and a big sticker saying 90% off

The icon for our All Fonts Pack showing a colorful variety of font samples and a big sticker saying 90% off

A screenshot from itch showing that the All Fonts Pack has a 4.98 star rating from 93 reviews

A screenshot from itch showing that the All Fonts Pack has a 4.98 star rating from 93 reviews

Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again - just $19 for 1200 fonts for full commercial use in your game dev projects, videos, art, merch, websites etc. It has a 4.98 โญ rating from 93 reviews - another great opportunity to get your hands on them if you've missed it before! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

09.03.2026 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 13 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Fair enough! I've been using GameMaker a long long time, but it doesn't feel safe being too reliant on one tool so it's nice to see you transitioned away from it but your game still holds up nicely compared to the original it seems

08.03.2026 17:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great! The original was in GameMaker right? How are you finding the switch over?

08.03.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Punge or bust

08.03.2026 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ninetales using flamethrower on Victreebel

Ninetales using flamethrower on Victreebel

Erika giving me the rainbowbadge

Erika giving me the rainbowbadge

My trainer card showing I got the badge at 9 hours 36 mins game play

My trainer card showing I got the badge at 9 hours 36 mins game play

My team after beating gym 4: Ninetales, Vaporeon, Ivysaur, Graveler, Persian and Primeape

My team after beating gym 4: Ninetales, Vaporeon, Ivysaur, Graveler, Persian and Primeape

Celadon Gym has SO MANY Pokรฉmon in it and I one shotted them ALL with Flamethrower. Every single one down in one hit with zero damage taken. Thanks Ninetales!

07.03.2026 22:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฉท ษชแด›'๊œฑ ๊œฑแดœแด˜แด‡ส€ แด‡๊œฐ๊œฐแด‡แด„แด›ษชแด แด‡! ๐Ÿฉท

07.03.2026 19:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 16268 ๐Ÿ” 4439 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 70 ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Gyro Boss - Apps on Google Play Face endless waves of rockets, lasers and squids in this non-stop boss battle.

My personal favourite game I ever made, and also my most popular with over 200K downloads, is turning 10 years old this month

I wanted to make a big anniversary splash for Gyro Boss but with the new baby and other life stuff going on the celebration will be small lol play.google.com/store/apps/d...

07.03.2026 18:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Over 1000 civilians dead, and we're letting Trump use UK bases to further his war.

Britain should stand firm against Trump's illegal warmongering, and stop these bombers landing on UK soil.

07.03.2026 11:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1536 ๐Ÿ” 495 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 68 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

I'm so averse to sequences I would totally just do this in code ๐Ÿ˜…

07.03.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ruined it for everybody

05.03.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing my Geodude (Rockstar) victorious against Lt. Surge

A screenshot of Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing my Geodude (Rockstar) victorious against Lt. Surge

3 badges by 5 hours 52 mins into the game with a Pokรฉdex of 26 and 39,000 money

3 badges by 5 hours 52 mins into the game with a Pokรฉdex of 26 and 39,000 money

My team after beating Lt. Surge: Graveler, Meowth, Ivysaur, Mankey, Mr. Mime and Pidgey.

My team after beating Lt. Surge: Graveler, Meowth, Ivysaur, Mankey, Mr. Mime and Pidgey.

Third gym down, again swept Lt. Surge's entire team with one Pokรฉmon - this time my trusty Geodude.

I'm also trying to catch (but not yet evolve) all possible Pokรฉmon on each route as I go through - hence having Mr. Mime in my party here! (Traded on route 2)

04.03.2026 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Donate - St Peter's Hospice Make a one-off or regular donation to the Hospice and help support patient care.

CW: grief. My much loved Nan passed away this week after 10 years with cancer. We're all going to miss her so much. She was surrounded by her family in her final days and supported at home by the wonderful St. Peter's Hospice. Please donate to them if you can www.stpetershospice.org/make-a-donat...

04.03.2026 16:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Join the jwaaaap Discord Server! Check out the jwaaaap community on Discord - hang out with 1442 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

semi-random reminder that Iโ€™m running a lil indie dev adjecent discord full of nice folks sharing feedback, fire emojis and food pics: discord.gg/nzFwRFRZWZ

04.03.2026 08:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 66 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

How is it a publisher with millions of dollars and a large staff can't pay me on time ever but the indie TTRPG crews have paid out invoices in less than 48 hours?

03.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 600 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Greens now in second place ahead of Labour for the first time in a new YouGov poll, and just two points behind Reform.

Lowest ever rating for Keir Starmer's party

REF: 23% (-1)
GRN 21% (+4)
LAB 16%(-2)
CON 16%(-2)
LDEM 14%(nc)

03.03.2026 07:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 857 ๐Ÿ” 207 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 88 ๐Ÿ“Œ 76
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90% off our All Fonts Pack thisย March To celebrate the coming of spring, we're giving you a whopping 90%ย off our All Fonts Pack for the whole of March!

Game devs, graphic designers & artists - our All Fonts Pack is back on sale at 90% off for the whole of March! ๐ŸŒป

- 1200+ fonts
- Commercial use in unlimited projects
- Free updates

01.03.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 43 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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My Seat Model:

SNP: 55 (-9)
RFM: 22 (+22)
GRN: 18 (+10)
LAB: 14 (-8)
LDM: 11 (+7)
CON: 9 (-22)

Changes w/ 2021.

01.03.2026 22:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 32 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

God I hope the lesson of the by election is that the tide is turning against this shit.

I want to see him cry harder when we beat him again next time ๐Ÿ’ช

01.03.2026 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So the elderly, who vote en masse for him, should be allowed to vote & everyone else should not. Pretty transparent contempt for democracy he's got himself there.

I hope he cries more when we beat him again next time ๐Ÿ˜ญ

01.03.2026 10:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
HOPE IS HERE

200K
GREEN PARTY
MEMBERS

Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE169GQ

HOPE IS HERE 200K GREEN PARTY MEMBERS Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE169GQ

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING ๐Ÿšจ The Green Party has over 200,000 members.

More members, more councillors, more MPs.

The Green Party just keep growing.

Join us โคต๏ธ

01.03.2026 10:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1464 ๐Ÿ” 467 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 74
A screenshot of Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing my Ivysaur looking on victorious as Misty gives me the CASCADEBADGE

A screenshot of Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing my Ivysaur looking on victorious as Misty gives me the CASCADEBADGE

A screenshot of my trainer card in Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing that I have two badges after 3 hours 5 minutes of game play

A screenshot of my trainer card in Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing that I have two badges after 3 hours 5 minutes of game play

A screenshot of my party in Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing Ivysaur, Mankey, Spearow, Geodude, Caterpie and Jigglypuff.

A screenshot of my party in Pokรฉmon Leaf Green showing Ivysaur, Mankey, Spearow, Geodude, Caterpie and Jigglypuff.

Misty and her gym buddies were no obstacle. One shotted almost every Pokรฉmon with vine whip, only Starmie took a few more hits. Ivysaur was MVP here.

01.03.2026 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The whole western press is a consent manufacturing machine for genocide

28.02.2026 13:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's a hopeful moment, but we need to brace ourselves, writes Owen Jones. โœ๏ธ

From the 'Project Fear' Scots are so familiar with, to the brutal demonisation of Jeremy Corbyn, modern history shows us the tactics the establishment will use against Zack Polanski and the Greens

27.02.2026 18:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 262 ๐Ÿ” 84 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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10,000 Game Assets by Chequered Ink 10k Handmade Assets For Your Games!

Last 13 hours to get our 10,000 Game Assets pack half price! Includes a wide variety of HD Art, Pixel Art and Sound Effects for all your game dev needs :) ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...

28.02.2026 10:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The US + Israeli governments are pure evil, murdering daily with complete abandon, and focusing their crimes against Muslims in particular.

And the UK commentariat wonder why Muslims here might vote en masse for a party of peace? (The Greens). Is it sectarianism to want to save lives?

28.02.2026 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These are extremely cute!! First person to make a game with these is going to be very popular

28.02.2026 10:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0