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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11d

EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

Delighted to announce that EARTH MUST DIE is available in English, French, German and Simplified Chinese.

I've never localised a game before and BOY is it quite the journey/ headache. The number of things that can go wrong with all your UI is ASTONISHING.

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...

Earth Must Die Demo on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

Sure, but make sure the subject header loudly mentions game-breaking bugs, just to freak me out 👍

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

I haven't really sold that. By "tutorial", I mean "opening 45 minutes or so", it's just that it contains all the tutorial stuff and it's a gentle lead-in. It's been a tough day, leave me alone.

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

^^ please do share that wherever you can.

ALSO if you find any bugs, let me know but please email me don't @ me on here because they might get lost. dan at size five games dot com. Thanks!

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2h

WAIT WHAT'S THIS?

💿There is a demo live for EARTH MUST DIE!

🕹️This gives you (most of) the tutorial section for the game! Have fun, and if you haven't wishlisted the full game yet DO THAT NOW PLEASE it really really helps us out.

Enjoy!

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...

Earth Must Die Demo on Steam

store.steampowered.com

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 8h

An image of three cool tories under the header "Meet the Young Tories deaming of a bright blue future" but I've replaced their portraits with images of Eddie, Spudgun and Dave Hedgehog from Bottom

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah, this looks great.

Luke Hebblethwaite @lukethehebble.bsky.social · 4h

Basically Streets of Rage x Hades, made by Guard Crush and Dotemu, you say?

OH MY

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3zh...

Absolum | Gameplay Trailer

YouTube video by Dotemu

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 4h

You and literally hundreds of others!

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 5h

When you say this, what I hear is "3D TVs and NFTs are here to stay"

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 19h

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 22h

It's an extremely good idea to follow NoClip2. It sends a strong message that there is value and an audience for weird little indie games to media and publishers alike.

dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 22h

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 23h

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 8h

Amazing.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 8h

I did not, no.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 22h

(also the videos are good and whatever)

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 22h

It's an extremely good idea to follow NoClip2. It sends a strong message that there is value and an audience for weird little indie games to media and publishers alike.

dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 22h

We've added 14k YouTube subs to noclip_2 in the past month, pretty much exclusively covering underground and indie games like this. Please come be part of what we're building over there.

/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 23h

House of Necrosis by @warkus.bsky.social wears it's influences on it's sleeve. But it's roguelite loop and mystery dungeon gameplay presents a whole new challenge.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Wb...

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Goes without saying, if you'd like me to liven up YOUR podcast/ radio show with some inappropriate bawdy sex chat, I am fully available to do that. Fling me a DM.

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

GOOD NEWS, I was on One Life Left this week, and now you can listen to it.

I blabbed some more about Earth Must Die.

One Life Left @onelifeleft.com · 1d

We took it beyond mere flirtation and went all the way with @danthat.bsky.social as this week's Super Special Guest on the show! You can listen to it NOW on your podcatcher of choice!!

Then write us a letter. Don't forget that bit!!!

hello.onelifeleft.com

#GameDev

One Left Left - Listen on Spotify - Linktree

View sevenoutoften’s Linktree to discover and stream music from top platforms like Spotify here. Your next favorite track is just a click away!

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

🚀🚀LITTLE ROCKET LAB IS OUT NOW!!! 🚀🚀

4 years of development, finally available on Steam and Game Pass

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

RTs unbelievably appreciated!! <3

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, I must be one of these "weird kids" of which you speak. Good to know.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 7d

I can answer this!

EARTH MUST DIE is about a dumbass authoritarian dictator, and the whole game is deeply, unashamedly anti-fascist in nature.

The GOOD news is, if you're a fascist, most of the jokes will go over your head and you can just look at the pretty colours? 👍

Steam forum post for EARTH MUST DIE. The question is raised "Is this game political? or will I be able to enjoy it and escape from this dire reality for a moment?"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

Very astute, Disney. However do you do it.

Notification from Disney+ "Because you watched Alien Earth, we think you'll enjoy Alien."

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

wait wait wait, "da bomb" is ancient now?

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

The music stopped at my gym the other day and it was AWFUL. So awkward, such a weird place to be. It reminded me of this www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-G...

Star Wars Minus Williams - Throne Room

YouTube video by Auralnauts

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Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social · 15d

I’m joining SHOC for their Big Sleepout on October 10th! We’ll be trying to stay awake all night to raise funds and awareness to help tackle homelessness in the local area.

There are also Taskmaster prizes to be won! Click the link to find out how you can get involved.

linktr.ee/littlealexhorne

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 6d

I signed Little Rocket Lab back in November 2022!

Finally coming in 5 days, unbelievably excited to get it out there.

Such a long time coming, and it's *genuinely* one of the best games I've ever played

store.steampowered.com/app/2451100/...

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