@danthat
Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage www.sizefivegames.com
Unpopular opinion, but a lot of this "doing it right" mentality is how we wind up with games all feeling the exact same.
Difficulty spikes, weird controls, ropey onboarding all of it critical to prevent games feeling like they're ground down and pumped out safe mush.
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I love the Games Industry but far too much of it is apparently run by very boring people.
screenshot from youraislopbores.me where someone has drawn me a sausage
can confirm youraislopbores.me is incredible
(via @innes.bsky.social)
Look at this game! The paper gets coloured in all pretty when you run around and it can catch fire!
Now THAT'S a GDC announcement www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM_3...
I love the Games Industry but far too much of it is apparently run by very boring people.
There are two types of announcement around GDC:
1. Look at this cool game we're making!!
2. ZynTek announces strategic partnership with Alphanatch to extend holistic data services beyond existing emerging markets and bring data-driven solutions for AAAA engine and resource IDEs
Be the first one.
One of the irritating things about making video games with any sort of procedural generation is their astonishing ability to generate things that are TECHNICALLY fine and correct but just deeply, *deeply* unhelpful for the one specific thing you're currently trying to test. It's uncanny.
Wow, really? I *loved* that ep!
Yes!
It's also, honestly, the sort of thing the MCU should be moving into (weirder, less formulaic stuff) but I suspect their takeaway from Wonder Man at the moment is to go back to cookie cutter scripts about superheroes shooting laser beams.
In case you're not aware, "Wonder Man" is the best thing MCU has done in... ages? Like, possibly ever?
I feel like it sank without a trace, but it's incredibly good. Like, 10/10 good, and you should actively seek it out.
I deffo used the guts one for the Wishlist Now splash at the end of the Demo. Should have been used elsewhere, it's gloooorious.
Artwork for Earth Must Die. A large logo with VValak and Milky standing next to it, VValak holding the earth in his hands looking evil. Milky is looking worried.
Same layout as the previous design with a large Earth Must Die logo with VValak and Milky next to it, but this time there's a bloody mess on the floor covering part of the logo. VValak and Milky are covered in blood splatter and various gibbage.
Just found these Earth Must Die bits of art I did. We made a safe and not-so-safe version, unsure if the bloody version was ever used?! I liked the art anyway!
This is a really interesting watch, and well worth your time. #gamedev
This about me again?
OKAY but STOP what's really important about this story is that the name of the PR who was unable to control the impulse to lash out is called Will Powers.
OKAY but STOP what's really important about this story is that the name of the PR who was unable to control the impulse to lash out is called Will Powers.
I think this is @terrycavanaghgames.com 's latest?
An old horse trough full of green liquid. A small sign reads "UNSUITABLE FOR DRINKING"
Agreed.
Literally one of the best to ever.
Hello Bluesky. I'm working on an animated short and just launched a Kickstarter for it. Please take a look and share with anyone you think will like it! 🙏
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alt...
Incredible work, well done
You'll probably be keen on a lovely big long inside look, then? Fingers crossed one day we get a Deep Dive
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"... never once having had the feeling that I was stuck or that the story slowed down. There’s always something interesting to see or do. If you enjoy absurd science-fiction humor, this is a title you don’t want to miss!"
💪💪 Thanks Johnny!
This sounds like an excellent game to play at book shops and I might start.
"Tess of the d'UrberWHAT?? Bullshit is that a real title" etc
10/10 game
Seize that man!
The game was pretty much wrapped up last may/ june time. Just spent a good long time fixing bugs and waiting for the right time to release.
VO as late as possible, yes ;D
(also obv very surreal to be sat there having someone of Don's incredible stature and place in British sitcom history acting out my dumb and puerile lines of dialogue)
Google photos popping up to remind me it was one year ago today that we recorded Don Warrington's lines for Earth Must Die. An absolute charmer of a man, so professional, funny, and a genuine warmth and interest in the project. Just an absolute joy to be in his presence.
