Ioannis Karavas 🔜 Gamescom
@karavas
My name is John (Ioannis), an experienced software engineer from Greece 🌞🌊 , trying out my luck in Game Development. I promise I'm not that shy- just under multiple NDAs :D
A friend wanted to go see The Odyssey, so I joined them. "As Nolan intended" is not a thing here. - IMAX is a 2,5 hours drive from where I live - Local cinema had a blown front woofer I reckon - The "fix" for the issue was setting the rest of the speakers to 150%. Movie was a good 6/10 for me.
Spam emails now feel like a breath of fresh air. I guess *I have money in the bank* to be able to afford that payment and I'm not aware of it!
Missing around ~30 books that are not relevant but this is how my total looks like if I buy all the audiobooks I've listened to related to Game Design/Development/Games. I really want to do this though. Perhaps step by step and a re-read!?
I finally managed to grab a copy of Curse of Monkey Island boxed <3 I’m amazed at the fact they localized the manual… in Greek!
Me, booking meetings for Gamescom: Learning more about the company, the people, if they are a good fit, messaging them about what I'd like to discuss and being as kind as I can be, because peopl's time is *very important*. Invites I get be like:
As a #gamedev I need to “touch grass” a bit so I’m going to the beach to relax and cool down… My relaxation:
So I wanted to try out how well my Macbook plays FFXIV. I swear to you, I've pressed this button at least 6 times now.
Everything reminds me of you. Keeper by @doublefine.com #keeper #game #art
I've got a lot of screen real estate but nah. This just feels more appropriate. thanks @maxkriegervg.bsky.social
Re-watched a play-through of Grim Fandango. I keep thinking @doublefine.com feels like Glottis getting sick from being away from "speed" too long. Genuinely loved Keeper and Kiln but DF's "speed" is Tim's games. I think... we need the rocket sled! We need @timoflegend.bsky.social 's new adventure!
Google photos sometimes is fun! Throwback on a dnd campaign that unfortunately didn't last long, but I seriously enjoyed using my tablet for drawing out what was happening!
Adding unscheduled maintenance on the list. Old machines need to be checked regularly!
watching Groundhog Day and streaming stopped at exactly this frame
Today I took some time to finish playing Keeper... and I’m really glad I did! I did not expect to get emotional over a fresnel lens. Honestly @doublefine.com you should try doing a story-mode Kiln. I'd play the heck out of it.
Found this screenshot on my old backup... @doublefine.com @timoflegend.bsky.social
The meat and spices might be slightly different depending but we call it gyros because of this contraption so essentially it’s very much like doner! And now I’m hungry 🤤
I get why this works as an example! We're not classically trained artists but this is real human art! a centuries-old style which hasn't been digitized much... Not only that, @manolismakris.com drew props and characters by hand, around a full-time job, caring for three daughters and an injured arm.
Been very quiet about our work, mostly because we're making a small game built around a very specific part of our culture, so we've only shown parts locally. *Still*, this is *exactly* what happened to us, too. from Indie Game Movement Podcast #399 with Andrew Pappas and @colin.how
OK this i wasn’t expecting. BEST UI AND TYPOGRAPHY I’VE SEEN IN A WHILE …and in GREEK 🇬🇷 ?!?! Who is responsible?! Who @timoflegend.bsky.social ?! @doublefine.com ? I need to hug them. Thank you. THANK YOU! P.S. Tim, don’t worry, you’re still getting a hug too. Honestly, this brightened my day.
It’s 2026 and somehow this is still an issue ? #ps5 #dvd #preservation
Modified #Unity timeline editor to make it work better for our game development needs. Been making tools for most of my life, so I couldn’t help myself- hopefully I won’t regret it At least I had fun learning ;) #gamedev #indie P.S Customizing actions and labels should be simpler @unity.com !
My @retrogamermag.bsky.social subscription days may be coming to an end... This is how they deliver the magazines here :(
Reasons why I use mpv to watch ad-free YouTube videos, although I have a Premium account.
Oh yeah- needed to get that plugin to finish my todo list today. Thanks Unity.
I'm very excited about %JOB_OPPORTUNITY%, %FIRSTNAME%! %RANDOM_JOKE%