David "Overdraw" Hellman

Artist from Braid, A Lesson Is Learned, and co-founder of @furnimatgames which made Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

Oh hey

[IGDA Toronto @IGDAToronto]

Our next event is up!!

We’re teaming up with George Brown Polytechnic for a panel on Visual Development in Game Design, exploring its impact on gameplay, marketing, and storytelling.

7 PM — Panel
8:30 PM — Meet & Mingle at Great Lakes Brewpub

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Jason from https://t.co/KXgqyw6DqI asked us about Arranger's inception! Did you know it was inspired by a Rubik's Cube? Nico explains…

Full podcast here! https://t.co/YuYzYOYWy4

ARRANGER https://t.co/UiI1rcIxPi

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

Amazing Jemma from Arranger art by @dumbyworm!

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Join me at #GDC2025 to learn how a doomed dalliance with 2.5-D spurred the invention of a games/comics hybrid visual format in #Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure!
@Official_GDC #VisualArts
Thursday 1:30-2 West Hall Room 2016
https://t.co/ryeudWQWty

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

we are a HIDDEN GEM 🫣💎
let's keep it that way!!
never shall we speak of Arranger again…

[Dope Indie Game of the Year Awards @DIGYawards]

Congratulations to the Best Hidden Gem game winner from today's @digyawards

Arranger: A Role Puzzling Adventure

@furnimatgames

🏆 Full list of winners posting to
https://t.co/i6tDG1ILJE

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

Arranger won BEST HIDDEN GEM 🫣💎 from the first annual @DIGYawards DOPE INDIE GAME AWARDS (DIGY). Witness our category and acceptance speech around 30:30 in this video. Thanks to the judges and organizers of this excellent event https://t.co/F24HBFuLjm

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It has come to my attention that some of you are not following my new breakfast Insta! Bad form!! https://t.co/pQLUEysN52

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Thanks @KitandKrysta for the creative activity, drawing for 15 min in the middle of recording let me recharge my social batteries. This practice should be podcast-mandatory! https://t.co/TDyJkA2JM8

[Kit & Krysta @KitandKrysta]

Special guest and video game artist @davidhellman (Braid, Arranger) joins us on a new Kit & Krysta Podcast to talk about his career in games as well as the story behind his touching tribute to Satoru Iwata!

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This episode is epic and may even change the medium of podcasting permanently. Stay tuned

[Kit & Krysta @KitandKrysta]

This week's Kit & Krysta Podcast will be coming a day later than usual this week since we're traveling for The Game Awards. If you can't wait to hear us share some Satoru Iwata stories with special guest @davidhellman, our $5 Patreon subscribers have the episode right now!

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

New fun art! I was inspired by classic box art like Super Mario Land and by the personalities of my subjects! Ancillary characters such as Gatorider may be spun off into their own franchises (speculation only). Available on a range of merchandise on the K&K store!

[Kit & Krysta @KitandKrysta]

We teamed up with the incredible @davidhellman to create our next line of community-inspired merch, this time in the video game adventure we've always imagined for ourselves! Catch the exclusive design in our online store for a limited time on clothing, accessories and more.

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@shawnethegirl it's their time now

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in this circumstance all animals should be freed!

[San Francisco BOO 👻 @sfzoo]

The Zoo has closed due to national weather emergency and tsunami warning. Guests have been evacuated, animals secured and staff have moved to higher ground.

[Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure @furnimatgames]

In Arranger, the goopy substance called STATIC is congealed human spiritual rigidity, or resistance to change based on fear. In practical terms, it won’t budge. Here’s a raft of design alternatives.

QUIZ
1. Which would you eat?
2. Which would you throw in a fire?

[Kosmonewt @k0smonewt]

I’m so glad I got to be a part of this and to have forged such a great relationship with my colleagues. Thank you so much @davidhellman for the feature!

[Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure @furnimatgames]

This is David (Hellman). This is an unused monster design from Arranger. You can see the brutality in his eye while the purple goo (later dubbed "static") inhabits him. He's evil but capable. The ears becoming shoulder pads is the best idea I had between 2017-22 (don't steal it)

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

Please give to my friend Ahmad in Gaza. 🇵🇸 Thanks to donations they replaced their tent destroyed by bombs. Now they're growing vegetables, & got flour. The family shared the joy of warm bread. They work hard, but many hardships remain. PLEASE GIVE & SHARE https://t.co/NvNtICp5Rz

[Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure @furnimatgames]

ES: Por favor, voten por su juego favorito, en especial si es Arranger!

ENG: Please vote for your favorite game, specially if that's Arranger!

☺️🧩⚔️

[Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure @furnimatgames]

Hellman here. I drew this map when we were pitching Arranger, and had finished a first pass on the intro town. These strange yellow temples, they served a gameplay concept. Town in ruins, fortified complex above, poisoned river… What survived in adapted form, what was lost?

[David "Overdraw" Hellman @davidhellman]

@schwartzhawke I read your review on lettrbx and i agree with you! It was virtuosic and idiotic in almost equal measure and very fun to watch