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Dan Pearce

@gamedesigndan.bsky.social

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I make games in my pajamas. BAFTA Breakthrough, two time BAFTA award nominee and one time winner. Working on SPACE WARLORD BABY TRADING SIMULATOR at Strange Scaffold Prev: I AM YOUR BEAST, CRDM3, Clickolding, 10 Second Ninja X, Castles in the Sky

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · Jun 25

The good news doesn't stop. Maybe consider playing a game about someone telling you to get back in your box and you saying "hell the fuck no."

Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · Jun 25

I Am Your Beast is OUT NOW on @xbox.com and @playstation.com 🐺

Complete with DLC "Support Group" and "Cold Sweat" and all free updates.

www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...

store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...

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Sam Read-Graves @readgraves.com · 1d

An image I live my life by.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

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daffodil 🇵🇸 @daff.space · Jul 22

Since I got a handful of new followers this past couple months I'd like to remind y'all that I made and released an extreme street unicycling video game last summer and that you should play it

STREET UNi X @street-uni-x.bsky.social · Jul 22

Oh you like Xtreme Action Sports games with tricks and stunts??
Then you should play STREET UNi X:

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 20h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Unironically my biggest contribution to pop culture by far

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Seemingly the entire Mission Impossible: Fallout cast seemed to get asked about my "reloading arms" tweet during their press tour.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 1d

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

It's like how when The Office came out the premise was that it was a boring dead end job that was so mundane that anyone with ambition would want to escape it, and now it's retroactively become a cosy show about people having secure jobs and community

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

I was just listening to this and thinking "man if Beyond Good and Evil 2 was still in production this would definitely be in a trailer" and then found out it is??
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JIv...

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Might be the most cleverly structured story in any game btw.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is $14.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3Ci2R3j

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Giada Zavarise @cheerfulgoth.bsky.social · 1d

she doesn't even know what a merge conflict is

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

If you name a video like this I might still watch it but I'm going to make fun of you in my head the whole time.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Tears of the Kingdom - a Beautiful Disaster
Pacific Rim - a Masterful Disappointment
Westworld - an Ambitious Calamity
S Club: Seeing Double - a Vibrant Failure

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

photoshopped

小島秀夫 @hideokojima.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp · 1d

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

I still think of your Videobrains talk from yeeeeears back and feel joy any time I'm watching something on Youtube and the quality of your work is brought up

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

[Film/Game/TV Show name] - a [Positive Adjective] [Negative Noun]

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 2d

I think a lot of people in the UK, even those who are politically engaged, don't really consider political party membership as a thing that is 'for them', that they can actually participate in.

The Greens have genuine momentum right now and becoming a member is the easiest way to bolster that.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 3d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 3d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 2d

One Threesome After Another

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Peter MᶜNamara @mcnanarama.bsky.social · 2d

What? But the government assured me that we had a watertight export regime, that absolutely nothing more needed to be done and it was ridiculous to suggest that we could be supplying parts for the bombing of civilians?

James MacCleary MP @jamesmaccleary.bsky.social · 3d

Our sanctions against Russia have to be watertight and they clearly are not.

British-made parts being used in drones to kill Ukrainian civilians is appalling.

We must do more to slam shut the back doors that Russia is using to keep their war machine going.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

British parts found in Russian drones, Zelesnky says

The Ukrainian leader says British-made microcomputers were used in weapons launched at Ukraine this weekend.

www.bbc.com

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 3d

(running out of money after users generate 1000000000 videos of goofy selling crypto) maybe we can get disney on board

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah same. Like, the demand was so high and the response was so dire that they kind of _had_ to do it, but also I have played Hunt: Showdown with prox chat not once and that's literally one of the most tense and well designed games of any genre ever.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 3d

Good news - we have found the gameplay sweet spot where we all end up super invested in whatever baby is being betted on during meetings

Bad news - we are becoming deranged

Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 3d

"...you'll see where I cashed out midway through. This baby rode the lightning at critical health for half its lifespan."

- A recent post by a dev in our internal Discord.

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is out in 2026!

An alien child, green with large dark green eyes, has multiple alien creatures wearing suits scrambling up its head. Atop the babies head, where all the other aliens are reaching, is one alien holding a briefcase of cash. "Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator" is written next to the baby. Behind that text is a stock ticker arrow that has moved up and down but, at the end of it, is pointing up.

A furry looking baby floats in space. Beside them , text reads...

1 Pursued Night School
2 Survived a Suicide Mission
3 Punched Commanding Officer
4 Re-Drafted Into Service
5. Failed to defuse exposive

To the right of the baby is a stock chart, showing a good trend of growth on the investments made. Text by this chart reads

Baby Value
Invested Stock

Avg. Stock Price: 278
Avg. Sale Price: 335

Below it shows that after trading stocks on this baby the investory made 1427 and are now invited to continue.

Most of the screen is taken up by a line graph, charting the rise and fall in stock price of a babies life. At this point, thay are 46 and the line has had a big dip. Above the graph in red text in a box with arrows pointing down it says "Bitten by Horse". Which is, what has happened to the baby at this point of its life. The baby is called "Pollo" and the extra information to the right of this chart tells us they are "unwell". Which adds up, having being bitten by a horse. Who among us could claim to be at their peak post-horse bite? You? Well, honestly, I want to know your story. Did you develop powers? Did the collected germs in the horses mouth actually counteract some viral agent that had just recently hit your veins? Or were you just having such a bad time that the horse biting you was actually the best part of your day? Seriously, let me know!

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 3d

"What is Katamari Balling?"

"Uh, it's like... ok there's this game where you're a little guy, and you're pushing this little ball of stuff around, but as you stick more stuff to your ball then bigger stuff can attach to your ball... until it gets really big."

"...and this is like that?"

"Yes."

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 3d

my partner dabbles in games but not a huge amount and the other day I described an escalating situation as "Katamari balling" and she looked at me like I was a FREAK

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