Dania Kamrul Ariffin

Gamedev side of Twitter. Always tired for no reason.

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

Hey hey hey back on twitter with an updated portfolio site and this time it's hosted in Github pages! All of them are hardcoded with HTML, CSS and a lil Javascript that I learn all recently in the past months. It's a bit janky on some parts but I get to put all the stuff in~

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

otherwise there are some surprising indie games. My favourite is Mission Mancala, a mancala/congkak game in an Inscryption/Buckshot roulette kind of room with a weird mask guy and a number go up game design.

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

I was at #LEVELUPKL2026 expo and it felt really small this year.

[Sinnoware 🔶 232.778 @Sinnoware]

I use Instagram like once every two weeks and this was the first thing I saw today 😭

[Matti Palli @tritlo]

Balatro is basically one long series of if-then-else statements, you can just do things

[Robert Aldridge @RobertJALA]

Game development education has failed, and the old guard has moved on, retired or been laid off. I've talked to recent graduates and people actively in school that know literally nothing about old techniques or optimization in any way. They expect the engine to do everything for them.

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

That dream is still far-fetch but I hope one day I can create a game as memorable as Ninja Gaiden Black.

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

Rest in Peace Tomonobu Itagaki. He may not create the best video games recently, but Ninja Gaiden Black was my first ever and getaway into video games in general, and it's one of the reasons I want to be a game developer.

[Wario64 @Wario64]

Tomonobu Itagaki (creator of Ninja Gaiden 2004, Dead or Alive) has passed away according to his Facebook

[Tyler Glaiel @TylerGlaiel]

Like 95% of game design essays look at a completed game and try to explain the design choices from that perspective.

But games start as a blank project file and get built up iteratively from that. If you're trying to MAKE games, you need to view design as a process, not a result

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

lrt at some point I want to pick C++ again. Maybe with UE5?

[伊東 豊（セガ・RGGスタジオ技術責任者） @YutakaIto_RGG]

ちなみに、龍が如くは「C++」という「プログラム言語」で書かれているのですが、ここで実際に龍が如く8で使われているプログラムをほんの少しお見せします😎
意外とシンプルなので、C++の基礎をしっかりと学んでいれば十分龍チームで働くことができると思います。就活生の皆さん、お待ちしています🙇‍♂️

[Weyrdlets - Available on Steam ✨ @weyrdlets]

Met so many people during Level Up KL! Let me just pull up some pictures 🖼️

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

wait not all game dev companies do this? We go to each others table just to point if they get what we meant/wanted.

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

In the past, I used to send notes to the staff on paper, but nowadays I use digital tools. But that sometimes doesn’t convey what I really want to say, so I walk over to the staff that’s actually doing that part. Happening all here.

[Weyrdworks ~ We Make Games @weyrdworks]

Here's the video we submitted for the Best Development Studio Award!

We'd also like to say a few words to all SEA game devs out there! 🧵

[Weyrdworks ~ We Make Games @weyrdworks]

We are INCREDIBLY honoured to be recognized as the Best Development Studio at the SEA Games Awards during Level Up KL 2024. This achievement wouldn’t have been possible without the passion and dedication of our amazing team at Weyrdworks.

This award is for you. 🏆

[Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @MaliceDaFirenze]

We're making a game where you play a courier rider in 13th century Mongolia

No combat, just you, the horse(s) you've tamed, bred and trained and the vast wilderness.

Would you play this?

[Dania Kamrul Ariffin @pillowdev]

Sadge Wagyu become hopeful Wagyu 🥺
https://t.co/GZsmbUTEVa

[Mirza Beig @TheMirzaBeig]

I believe #gamedev could benefit from more educational comics on shaders, math, and tech-art. People may not understand what 'Polar Coordinates' are.

✨ So much potential!

What other concepts could be explained like this?

#indiedev #realtimevfx

[Weyrdlets - Available on Steam ✨ @weyrdlets]

✨We got nominated as a SEA GAME AWARDS FINALIST!

Please support us by voting for Weyrdlets for the Audience Choice Award! ❣️

1) Sign up for an account using this link: https://t.co/ZXQlhBzkYW

2) Vote for Weyrdlets! 🫶

[Matt Hackett 📙 @richtaur]

It is time once again for the Game Development Map.

❌ Where are you on the map?