Dan Marshall

Dan Marshall

@danthat.bsky.social

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

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Dan Marshall
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EARTH MUST DIE is OUT NOW. Starring Joel Fry, Martha Howe-Douglas, @alexhorne.bsky.social @misterabk.bsky.social @benstarr.bsky.social @5teviem.bsky.social Tamsin Greig, Don Warrington and LOADS of other people. It's cheap | good | funny, check it out. store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.comSave 25% on Earth Must Die on SteamThese 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 ...
Dan Marshall
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Such strong, brave bravery here from the board members to, uh... let me just check my notes here... ah yes to *contemplate* quitting. Such strong moral centres.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A recent securities filing spotlighted what triggered Mark Zuckerberg’s months-long power battle with board directors at Meta — a fight that sparked not-so-veiled threats from Zuckerberg and led board members to contemplate quitting.

washingtonpost.comZuckerberg can control Meta after death. He refused to give up that power.The Meta CEO can control the company from beyond the grave. He refused to give up that power.
Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

I'm the number one person in the whole wide world who lives in my house called Dan 💪

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

EA cancels unannounced The Sims project, trims the Skate team and reportedly plans to lay off 400 workers: "We're the number one publisher in Western HD gaming". https://bit.ly/4zMFx65

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Okay so GREMLINS (1984) it turns out he got the Mogwai from ChinaTOWN which is not in fact in *China*. This is a detail I missed as a child. Exact same detail I missed in Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Turns out they are not constantly driving a truck to-and-from China. Young me was an idiot

Dan Marshall
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AAA games have a problem I've been struggling with for some time now where because everything looks so good, it's hard to distinguish objects at a distance? I first noticed it in Space Marine II where I was shooting grey monsters waaay off framed against a grey mountain and honestly I could have...

Dan Marshall
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... been shooting anywhere. Recently it's a problem in Galactic Racer, which occasionally leaves me wondering where the actual track is. This wasn't a problem in the old days when lack of detail meant screen readability was high. You need to do a lot of clever work at distance.

Dan Marshall
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I don't know what the solution to this is. I just think it's interesting as a by-product of the race for Very Pretty Graphics that actually, some things you take for granted about games have taken a weird hit.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces "fraud whistleblower incentive program" -- "Americans will now be able to go to fraud dot gov and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities ... if you turn somebody in and you find $1 billion, we're giving a commission of 1%. That's a lot of money"

Dan Marshall
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump announces "fraud whistleblower incentive program" -- "Americans will now be able to go to fraud dot gov and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities ... if you turn somebody in and you find $1 billion, we're giving a commission of 1%. That's a lot of money"

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Holy shit guys, calm it down.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

Sensor Tower data shows the yawning gap between GTA 6 and everything else. In terms of preorder numbers, Rockstar's game is 148% head of 2022's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 at this point from launch. https://bit.ly/4zHqw5q

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Fingers crossed that this all just leads to a single webpage with the words "YOU CAN'T" written on it in large, friendly letters.

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social

UKIE has partnered with law firm Sheridans to provide an AI Compliance and Accreditation Service, enabling studios across the UK games industry to use AI lawfully and responsibly www.gamesindustry.biz/ukie-partner...

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You can't tell me that the Star Wars Universe hasn't worked out how to make giant space heaters float far enough off the ground that I don't smack into the sides every. single. time. Darth Vader invented these like this on purpose, his most evil act. Fuck that guy.

Dan Marshall
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Oh hey check it out, it's the news story that's nonchalantly playing in the background on the TV at the start of every single zombie movie.

Reuters@reuters.com

Newly identified green star leaves astronomers amazed reut.rs/4yqaAUb

reut.rsNewly identified green star leaves astronomers amazedAstronomers for the first time have identified a green star, documenting a dense stellar remnant called a white dwarf that became a ghostly shade of chartreuse after ingesting rocky ​debris from planets that once had orbited it.

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Mike Futter | Wishlist The Final Cut of Lilith Cunningham!
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The fact that we have to be afraid to market our games because of AI theft is a condemnation of every executive who has pushed for this cancer in our industry and art form. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

pcgamer.comDeveloper cancels public demo of its upcoming horror drinking game, fearing it will be instantly cloned by AI vibe coders: 'We sincerely apologise for the short notice'Alliance Arts will instead host "closed sessions" for Drunken Goddess Reflux.
Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

You can't tell me that the Star Wars Universe hasn't worked out how to make giant space heaters float far enough off the ground that I don't smack into the sides every. single. time. Darth Vader invented these like this on purpose, his most evil act. Fuck that guy.

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Perfect choice of image. Perfect expression on its face.

Eurogamer@eurogamer.bsky.social

Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii releases new AI-generated game, and he says it took 30 minutes to make https://bit.ly/4s52rD9

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"HURRY UP"

Dan Marshall@danthat.bsky.social

Due to getting old, I recently installed a stretching app that I haven't had time to use yet. Its weird little passive aggressive reminders are getting weirder and weirder and now I guess it thinks I'm a woman who is trying to get pregnant?

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

"HURRY UP"

Dan Marshall@danthat.bsky.social

Due to getting old, I recently installed a stretching app that I haven't had time to use yet. Its weird little passive aggressive reminders are getting weirder and weirder and now I guess it thinks I'm a woman who is trying to get pregnant?

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Oh hey, this is a lot sooner than I was expecting. Game looks great, get on it.

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com

Remember when I asked if "Australia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business" would be superior a title to "Australia Did It" & y'all agreed & I said I'd go talk to the publisher about it? Oh, before I forget: launching November 10th! Please do wishlist :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBFl...

youtube.comAustralia Did It: End-of-the-World Railway Defense Business - Release Date Announcement TrailerYouTube video by MysticForge
Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

I'm in my forties and I just learned how to pronounce the word "Diaspora". It's not at all what I thought! How have I not heard it spoken out loud until now? This is exactly like that time I first heard the word 'tabernacle'.

Kitfox Games 🦊@kitfoxgames.com

Announcing Caves of Qud: Diaspora. 🌱 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5249200/...

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Adding this to the list of things video games have taught me in case I get into an argument with my mum over Sunday lunch about wasting my life away. The other thing on the list is the location of New South Wales thanks to Syndicate (1993).

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I have some space opening up in my schedule for game development consulting, and/or writing funny words. If your project could do with someone who knows what they're talking about sticking their oar in, or good dialogue drop me a line. I'm good at this sort of thing: dan at size five games dot com

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

The F2P market charming as always, I see. This vid is quite the eye opener regardless, brilliant work.

Morgan Johnson@poormojo.bsky.social

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Spent all day coding an insanely complicated new feature and now onto the hardest task in all of #gamedev: drawing a straight line in Photoshop.

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

I have some space opening up in my schedule for game development consulting, and/or writing funny words. If your project could do with someone who knows what they're talking about sticking their oar in, or good dialogue drop me a line. I'm good at this sort of thing: dan at size five games dot com

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

I'm very good at storming in and telling you where you're going wrong in development, and why things are taking way longer than they should. If you're being inefficient with your pipelines, I fucking *love* that, because it makes me feel really smug. Get me involved, I'll kick your arse.

Dan Marshall
@danthat.bsky.social

Loser ghosts, as well. Loser ghosts who couldn't even keep a boat, which can I remind you has ONE JOB which is to float, couldn't even keep a boat afloat. Stupid loser idiot ghosts, angry and released from their cocoon right now of all times.