Matthew Bofenkamp

Gamedev & YouTube personality | Tech lead @LunarwoodGames | @IGFnews Shortlist 2020 | Advocate for ppl in poverty | Taught @worldmusic_cmu | As seen on @cut

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

I’m Matthew, a programmer with a face that matches the gamedev stereotype, but my background doesn’t. For #thisiswhatagamedevlookslike, I’m sharing a pic of the bench I used to sleep on when I was homeless. To the kids in poverty out there, there’s a place for you in the industry

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

Absolutely gutted to hear about the passing of Toumani Diabaté. He was a fantastic musician, and so instrumental in building Mali into a musical powerhouse, and one of the countries with one of the most distinctly local flairs in all of Africa. May he rest in peace. 💐🇲🇱

[Caerie Houchins (KarebearQn) @karebearkorner]

I have two key roles I need to fill at @WickedFoxInc
1 - Principal Software Engineer/Architect - C#, Unity, UE5
2 - QA Lead - Set best practices for QA/ testing/ automation
We're pre-seed and on the verge of big things but need your help. It's ok to already have a day job!

[Wicked Fox Games @WickedFoxInc]

Hey everyone! 👋 Our debut at @official_gdc was a hit and an amazing experience and talking with you was an absolute blast! Our networking game was strong, and we're bursting with excitement to share some thrilling partnership news with you very soon!

#wickedfoxgames #GDC2024

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

I know my post-GDC brain fog is bad because someone asked me if I wanted to meet their cat and I said “no not right now thanks” like what is WRONG with me, who AM I???

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

Here I am with my old EBT card (food stamps) for #WhatAGameDevLooksLike reminding everyone that there are huge amounts of people in poverty who think you can’t make games without being born into money

Here’s some much-needed evidence that game devs can be from any income bracket

[Wicked Fox Games @WickedFoxInc]

We’ve been having a great time at @Official_GDC this week and have met so many amazing people. It’s been wonderful networking with so many talented people and teams. We’ll be here all day tomorrow, so please feel free to come by and chat with us!

#GDC2024

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@McFunkypants Thank you so much! I’d also recommend listening to norske viser, a folky singer-songwriter genre native to Norway that exemplifies koselig. Gressholmen by Kristian Kristensen is my favorite https://t.co/1eotALJNRY

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@Haffisnatten Det er viktig! Det hjelper man til å ro seg over

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

Y'ALL THE GLOBAL GAME JAM TOTALLY USED MY DIVERSIFIER SUGGESTION ABOUT NORWEGIAN CULTURE! THIS IS THE MOST POWERFUL I'VE EVER FELT! CHECK THIS CRAP OUT THAT'S THERE BECAUSE OF ME I DID THAT AHHHHHHHHH

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

More calmly, thank you so much @globalgamejam it honestly means so much that an event so big and so global is making a nod to my small-ish country specifically because it was suggested by me, I can't express the gratitude I feel enough

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

I love my cheese slicer! I use it constantly! Nobody knows what it is when they see it! I’m always like exCUSE me but this is the PRIDE of my COUNTRY as WELL as my kitchen thank you very much!!!

And then I make them brunost on toast with jam and they’re like wow this is amazing

[Tarja Porkka-Kontturi ✿ @tarja_pk]

Excuse me but isn’t this a normal household item everywhere??

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@PranModu @cut A lot of the class is visible at @worldmusic_cmu!

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

I got to be in another language guessing video! Thanks @cut for having me back! https://t.co/42ZEbqi8Hb

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

believe me i watch eurovision every year and have a lot of bad opinions about which songs are better than others, this is just the tip of the iceberg

(mostly I just wish romanian popular music had more creativity/artistry like Poland, Hungary, and Ukraine's popular music does)

[dolphin_dane @dolphin_dane]

He's like one disaster-bop away from being radicalized into a Eurofan 😭 #Eurovision

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

Oh hey I worked on this, we’re famous wow

[JADU @Jadu_AR]

Jadu is now LIVE, Top 38 in the AppStore Entertainment charts and quickly climbing!

It's time: https://t.co/DnMgb74hwO

[The Old Manchester Place @ManchesterManor]

Happy #screenshotsaturday!!!

We recently finished one of the minigames for Fiona, one of the playable characters for The Old Manchester Place (TOMP)

#gameplay #indiegames #gamedev #pixelart #TOMP

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@Zoroarts_Dev As an engineer, pixel art actually takes even MORE work for me, because I have to write extra code to make every object always line up to be pixel perfect, which is definitely not a simple or easy task. 3D is ironically much simpler for me than 2D pixel art for this reason

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@andrewprahlow Liking music is so low IQ, real geniuses only listen to cosmic background radiation and the humming of their own brainwaves

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@EhJaredJ I worked in a biology lab. Got a virus named after me. Decided that was enough science for a while

[Matthew Bofenkamp @matthewbofen]

@andrewprahlow You should! If anything just to give people more opportunities to hear your music, you’ve earned it