Jakob Raith
Developing games in 🇦🇹. I’m also a boyfriend, brother, son, friend, movie buff, (comic) book reader and handsome. he/him
- Reposted by Jakob RaithHey #IndieDev #GameDev! If you're not only staring onto your desktop, but also develop a desktop OS/Interface game, this #Steam festival might be something for you! (3 days to apply, so don't waste time!) 💪🎮🖥️ forms.gle/5G4uSLroqq7r...
- Reposted by Jakob RaithIch wurde jetzt schon ein paar Mal auf diesen Text angesprochen - weil er halt ein paar wirklich eklatante Missverständnisse aufweist sowohl was feministische Theorie, als auch die Incel-Bewegung angeht (und er Marx und Lukacs verwechselt):
- Reposted by Jakob RaithHier schon mal eine inoffizielle Vorankündigung, weil das Plakat gerade fertig geworden ist. @zeisi.bsky.social wird in den nächsten Tagen die Website online stellen und im Hintergrund laufen bereits alle Vorbereitungen. Demo. Männer gegen Gewalt an Frauen. 7. März 2026. Vor dem Parlament.
- Reposted by Jakob RaithJaja ich weiß, das Wort "Patriarchat" hängt euch zum Hals raus. Aber Gewalt gegen Frauen ist kein individuelles Problem von ein paar "Spinnern". Es ist Alltag. Es ist systematisch. Es ist eine direkte Folge des: Patriarchats. Und wisst ihr, wems am meisten raushängt? Uns Frauen.
- Aus (leider stets) gegebenem Anlass 😞🖤
- Reposted by Jakob Raith🚀🛸 Announcing: Toni's Turbo Tunnel 🛸🚀 A one button game for your phone with a new challenge every day. Play a quick round and compete on the daily leaderboards, you might even beat my score one day. Get it on the Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
- Reposted by Jakob RaithEssentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words. But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
- I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
- I think I broke the story for my game today on a gondola ride while skiing in the Dolomites 🚡⛷️🏔️ Crazy how snowy mountains got me thinking about my puzzle game set in a cubicle office #solodev #gamedev
- Current state of the demo level for my #solodev project #ScreenshotSaturday
- Reposted by Jakob RaithThe best way journalists can support indie games is to cover more than whatever the current indie hits/darlings of the moment are. Games like Hades, Blue Prince, and Silksong do not need help with visibility, but discoverability is the biggest challenge facing many indie devs today.
- I created a shader for the in-game OS to look like an old CRT screen. With slight curvature, chromatic aberration and scan lines. But since this will be a big part of gameplay, I didn't want to sacrifice all the readability and really toned it down. UI text and colors are all WiP #solodev #indiedev
- The vibe doesn't stop on the edge of the screen ofc 🧑💻
- Reposted by Jakob RaithAb sofort erhältlich: unser DIY-Printpulpmagazin DIE BLUTKATHEDRALE III (forms.gle/WevuUxU56QFf...)
- Update from the stakeholders
- Ich durfte schon zum dritten Mal eine Geschichte zur Blutkathedrale beitragen 💀 Genau richtig vor Halloween dreht sich diesmal alles um schaurige Sci-Fi 👽 Hier bestellen! 👇
- ‼️JETZT BESTELLEN‼️ Unsere 3. Ausgabe der BLUTKATHEDRALE ist da! 9 Autor:innen zerstören Euch mit grauenvollen, zynischen & abartigen Geschichten - meisterhaft schauerlich von Hand illustriert! Bester DIY-Pulp & Horrorscifi als prickelnde Print-Edition für Eure Regalaltäre! forms.gle/6cN2M3RswBgy...
- What an absolute treasure trove of knowledge that could help balance the scale for some of us ⚖️ Otterly fantastic 🦦🫡
- Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
- @liamflannery.bsky.social Hi Liam, fellow game dev here Congrats on the Steam Page, Factory 95 looks great 🎉 I'm working on a game with a similar vibe and curious bout your icons. Did you create them yourself, are they actual Win95 icons? Appreciate it if you'd share your approache 😇 All the best ❤️
- Great talk by @akjarosz.bsky.social about the journey of a solo developer at @gamedevgraz.bsky.social Always encouraging to hear similar stories from the local game dev community ❤️
- Reposted by Jakob RaithTHIS Saturday our 10th edition of gamedevdays is happening 🎉🎉🎉 the programme is now online at gamedevdays.com.. sooo many cool speakers and such a great team behind!! 💙💙💙 we hope to see maaany of you there... #gamedev #indiedev #gddg25 @gamedevgraz.bsky.social @tugraz.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jakob RaithMan of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027
- Reposted by Jakob RaithIch will nicht mit deinem Support-Bot sprechen, dein Support-Bot kann mir nie helfen, das macht mich wütend & den Support-Bot vermutlich traurig, weil er wohl die absolute Sinnlosigkeit seines Daseins erkennt. Wie oft erträgt er ein NEIN, wenn er fragt, ob mich seine Antwort zufrieden gestellt hat?
- 🧵 It's definitely challenging to work on a game next to a full-time job. Finding time to work on it while also living a private life is a constant weighing of priorities. I'm trying to see the upsides as well though. 1/3
- The big one is of course that my financial wellbeing is not dependent on this being a success. And that means, I *can* take my time with getting this right! Demo out this year? Nope - I'll only show some screenshots to friends and colleagues. 2/3
- Pitching to publishers? - Nah get it where it needs to be first. It may take longer but I also have the freedom to make plans, use being forced into a longer timeline for a more measured approach. Take a run-up and when I have my trailer and my demo raedy, I'll soar #solodev #gamedev #indiegame 3/3
- Reposted by Jakob RaithSave the date! We are back in action on October 4th 2025! We got all the links you might need right here: Our event homepage! https://gamedevdays.com Want to be a speaker? docs.google.com/form... or an exhibitor? docs.google.com/form...
- Reposted by Jakob RaithZeigt eure Solidarität mit dem Peršmanhof, dem zentralen Erinnerungsort der Kärntner Slowen:innen, bei dem es heute zu einem massiven Polizeieinsatz kam. www.partizani.at/novice/press...
- Reposted by Jakob RaithHeute Razzia in der NS-Gedenkstätte Peršmanhof, wir reiben uns die Augen! Presseaussendung des Društvo/Verein Peršman: "massiver Polizeieinsatz, (...) sieben Polizeifahrzeuge, über 30 - teils schwer bewaffnete - Polizeikräfte) (...) Polizeihubschrauber, Drohnen und einer Polizeihundestaffel ..." 1/3
- Reposted by Jakob RaithThe pitch is never that AI will fold the laundry for us, it's always that AI will remove the good stuff from our lives. Picking a birthday present for my kid isn't a box I check, it's something I want to do, and six months later when that's the stuffy she sleeps with I get to feel good about that.
- Reposted by Jakob RaithLast night I was asked to reshare a talk I did back in 2017, which didn't get filmed the many times I gave it. Let's do it as a thread. I've not done an informational thread on here before, interested to see how folks like it. (forgive obvious stuff, it was ever so slightly fresher 8 years ago)
- Reposted by Jakob RaithIch verstehe nicht, warum es kaum jemandem gelingt, jetzt einfach zu sagen: "Ich habe mich von der anti-woke-Bewegung ein bisschen einwickeln lassen, ich finde noch immer, dass man bestimmte linke Übertreibungen kritisieren soll, aber die wahre Gefahr kommt jetzt natürlich von der anderen Seite."
- Reposted by Jakob Raith"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
- Reposted by Jakob RaithWas zur SPÖ & Solidarität Ich verwurschtel' jetzt ganz viele Dinge. Das TL;DR ist, "It's the Overton Window, silly." Wenn die SPÖ nicht schafft eine große Erzählung der Solidarität glaubhaft zu vermitteln, wird sie untergehen. Vielleicht nicht heute, oder morgen, aber evtl. in 5-10 Jahren. 1/X
- What was I thinking making a game whith the majority of the gameplay happening *inside* UI?
- Some nice refactoring and code robustness added to the in-game file manager today #UnrealEngine5 #solodev #gamedev
- Reposted by Jakob RaithA good chunk of the Gen AI argument is based on the same flawed discussion that there's been around skills for far too long. A fundamental lack of understanding of what an idea is. Visual art is not just 'a picture'. Having an idea about a single moment in a story isn't writing. Thread...
- Reposted by Jakob RaithIt's been a while since I've done this, and the world is bleak - so we can all use a little art & creativity. What is everyone creating nowadays? Games, art, music, video, writing, anything - whether it is early, almost done, or just shipped. Feel free to include trailers, images, links - whatever.
- Reposted by Jakob RaithI just started a list of awesome solo #indiedevs you can follow! go.bsky.app/FsTnmYb P.s. if you want me to add you to the list, please comment or DM! 💜at://did:plc:hnhexhbyacbcm7hzo6cl5lcj/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3ll4mbfxfeo2y
- Show me four GAMES that influenced YOUR current games project!
- So I'm creating this in-game desktop environment and I've been scratching my head about how I can create many different types of "files" in a semi dynamic way, but at least in a way that can be easily edited and extended. Instanced Structs really have saved me here! #SoloDev #UE5 #UnrealEngine
