jake rodkin
Designer at Valve. Helped make Half-Life Alyx, Firewatch, The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Tales of Monkey Island, Idle Thumbs
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- Reposted by jake rodkinVery minor but extremely satisfying victory: "scroll to read will" is back in my game. It was causing me great distress that I'd had to change it to a button press (since that initial transition is an overly-complicated canned animation), but then I remembered that computers can do arithmetic.
- Reposted by jake rodkinIPECAC & VALVE BRING THE “HALF-LIFE: ALYX” SOUNDTRACK TO YOU ON APRIL 24TH! Pre-order the 6LP Box, 4CD Digipak & 2LP Vinyl at valve.lnk.to/hla
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- Reposted by jake rodkinTruly the greatest American poem
- Reposted by jake rodkinI did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here: www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
- Reposted by jake rodkinQuake Brutalism Jam 3 is now out!! new weapons and monsters across 77 modernist levels!!... this year there's also a 100% free "standalone" download available, no Quake purchase required!... thx to @frwthr.bsky.social and @makkon.bsky.social for organizing!! LINK: www.slipseer.com/index.php?re...
- Reposted by jake rodkinholy fuck what an intro
- Reposted by jake rodkinPassport to Adventure: The SCUMM Story is a new documentary exploring the games, the creators, and the engine behind Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Sam & Max, Loom, and more. The journey begins early 2026. Join the waitlist at scummdoc.com
- Reposted by jake rodkin"Please, Spirit...tell me that this is not canon!"
- Reposted by jake rodkinthat the Whos celebrate Christmas suggests some knowledge of Christ, but whether this is our anthropic Christ or a distinctive Who-Christ remains obscure; some have argued Christianity was introduced to them during their refuge with Horton, which of course turns us to the matter of Elephant Religion
- Reposted by jake rodkinIntroducing my next documentary project. This is my concept, and my synopsis has had really upbeat feedback from the LucasArts and adventure community people I've shown it to. We'll have more to share in January, but for now please follow @scummdoc.bsky.social and sign up to the waitlist.
- Passport to Adventure: The SCUMM Story is a new documentary exploring the games, the creators, and the engine behind Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Sam & Max, Loom, and more. The journey begins early 2026. Join the waitlist at scummdoc.com
- Reposted by jake rodkinHad this idea for a music video made from b-roll of animators opening mouths. Harder to find clips than I thought so this is probably it unless you can help. Wouldn’t be this song obviously
- Reposted by jake rodkinHey! Are you gifted in piecing together game data? I'm going to need help during this live stream today! I'm putting raw EPROMs in a public folder, but need help piecing them together. Systems are NES, GEN, SNES, GB, GG, Jag. There are new unreleased games here! www.youtube.com/live/RJwR8jX...
- Reposted by jake rodkinAs part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels. Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
- Reposted by jake rodkinI'm the Unreleased NES Games Guy, so "revive a lost NES game and get it officially released" has been on my bucket list for a long, long time. That it is a fundraiser cartridge with 100% of the profits helping even MORE preservation work happen is even cooler than I'd hoped. I'm proud of this.
- We're partnering with @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social + @megacatstudios.bsky.social to release Xcavator 2025, a never before seen NES game from the legendary Chris Oberth. 100% of profits go to @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social! Pre-order now to play the newest old game on the market: bit.ly/xcavator-2025
- Just remembered I own morbius2.movie.
- Whenever I remember this fact again I will repost this again.
- Reposted by jake rodkinI propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:
- If you’re standing near me and think you faintly hear the Taskmaster theme, that’s because it’s been playing on loop in my head for two weeks straight now.
- Reposted by jake rodkinNovember 30th / December 1st
