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Brandon Wu
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Everything we call ‘culture’, originates in play. (Johan Huizinga, 1938)

⚔️ Building BattleTabs.com
🧑‍💻 Games+apps production pepwuper.com
🎙 BAFTA member, Ex-Sony EA
🎾 obsessed

🇹🇼 ➮ 🇺🇸 ➮ 🇯🇵 ➮ 🇬🇧
Closing in on 6m

#gamedev
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
My latest deep dive into a closed game/studio examines the fall of Phoenix Labs and Dauntless, and the three lessons the team learned from the experience.

I hope you get something out of the story.

80.lv/articles/les...
Lessons Learned From the Sudden Collapse of Dauntless
In this story, discover the behind-the-scenes of the fall of Phoenix Labs and Dauntless, and the three lessons the team learned from it.
80.lv
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Nostalgia overdrive 🔥
October 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Between reconnecting with peers, giving a talk on our journey with BattleTabs, and enjoying Kölsch, some reflections from Gamescom 2025: thebrandonwu.substack.com/p/passion-pe...

#gamedev
August 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I've been printing custom D&D miniatures for a campaign I was DMing. Pretty new to 3D printing but decided to share the models! You can find them here: makerworld.com/en/@thebrand...

#3dprinting #dnd #miniature #D&D #ttrpg
July 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fandom drives creation

#gamedev
July 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Weapons in games peaked with fire flower

#gaming #gamedev
July 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Fans, what do I do without them ❤️ (from our discord community discord.com/channels/770...)

#gamedev #fanart #battletabs
July 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Polaroid's knocked this one out of the park

#polaroid #creativeadvert
July 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
Update on my pixel art guide for beginners:

Transferred all the information from Tumblr to a Google Doc, so anyone who doesn't have a Tumblr account can now read through the whole thing!
I also updated quite a bit of information too.
I hope it will help somebody!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
The post also contains the Steam store assets if you want some reference or use as template. Awesome project!

#gamedev
June 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I’d like to make a chess game with permadeath

#gamedev
a black and white drawing of a person 's hand holding a gun
ALT: a black and white drawing of a person 's hand holding a gun
media.tenor.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
To a T is what we all need right now.

#gamedev
May 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
Behind the Scenes: Check out Keita Takahashi's adorable To a T storyboard sketches
Slideshow: Check out Keita Takahashi's storyboards for 'to a T'
Take a look at a handful of formative sketches from Wattam and Katamari creator Keita Takahashi and see the concepts that would become the 2025 video game 'to a T'.
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
Apple has its first-ever internal studio after acquiring Sneaky Sasquatch dev RAC7
Apple has its first-ever internal studio after acquiring Sneaky Sasquatch dev RAC7
The two-person team will now develop video games under the Apple banner.
www.gamedeveloper.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"...love letter to retro adventure games " — I am here for the 2.5D transitioning to low-poly 3D. Gorgeoous ✨✨

#gamedev #indiegame #gameart
LONG GONE [Updated wishlist Teaser] - wishlist on steam now! Follow me on Twitch.tv/HillfortGames
to keep up with development.

#gamedev #longgonegame #indiegame #zombie
#videogame #pixelart #trailer #teaser #steam
May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Moebius-style Rendering in Godot, from an indie game that's aimed to be a mix between Attack on Titan and Gundam. SIgn me up! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9C...

#godot #madeingodot #gamedev #shader
Moebius-style Rendering in Godot
YouTube video by netbuffer
www.youtube.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🍞 The world can certainly use more fun like this right now 😻
This wrapping paper turns everything into bread 🥖

Created by Japanese designer Ippei Tsujio
May 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
'It was really wearing people down:' The funding challenges that followed 'runaway success' Another Crab's Treasure
'It was really wearing people down:' The funding challenges that followed 'runaway success' Another Crab's Treasure
Another Crab's Treasure massively exceeded the expectations of developer Aggro Crab, but investors have been reluctant to help the studio dream even bigger.
www.gamedeveloper.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wasn’t joking

#vr #gamedev #virtualreality
April 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trying to find my way back to making things — being the "business" person in a creative organisation often requires you to surpress your desire to create. I am trying to find a balance.

My rant: youtu.be/kZu3Xen84lY

#gamedev
I Miss Making Things
YouTube video by Brandon Wu
youtu.be
April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
And I found it @human.computer

#gamedev
April 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Reposted by Brandon Wu
The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games
The creator of Papers, Please wants developers to make weirder, more personal games
Lucas Pope received the Pioneer Award at the 2025 Game Developers Choice Awards.
buff.ly
April 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Time to relive my youth

#rct #applearcade #classicgaming
April 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"There was no sober solution to that problem" is my sentence of the day

#designthinking #product
April 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM