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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1h

Have you seen the crisps one? A masterpiece.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 9h

I encourage you all to watch this amazing video which occupies a certain Venn Diagram of 'deeply satisfying answer to something I've always wondered' and 'content for very boring men'

10/10

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

Is the slippery road sign possible in real life?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

www.youtube.com

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 6h

100% user rating on the Earth Must Die demo so far

You should download it, it's fucking funny!!!

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

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 3h

The number of emails I get from the various productivity apps I've used over the years begging me BEGGING ME to use their new AI tools suggests it's not going very well.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 3h

Ha ha well done. And thanks!

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 5h

That was over 10 years ago. Times have chaaaaaanged!

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 6h

(Mac version yes probably? But I've got to find a unit or someone to QA it, and neither of those are 'free'. And we don't do console versions at launch because those are WAY more expensive, historically for Size Five they're dependent on Steam revenue)

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 6h

Okay so look, don't send emails like this. I do get that this approach probably sounded funny in their head, but please realise when it lands cold in my inbox it just sounds very very rude.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 9h

I encourage you all to watch this amazing video which occupies a certain Venn Diagram of 'deeply satisfying answer to something I've always wondered' and 'content for very boring men'

10/10

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

Is the slippery road sign possible in real life?

YouTube video by Chris Spargo

www.youtube.com

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you! :D

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11h

NIGHTHAWKS looks lush, and has a demo live in Next Fest. Hop on it.

Wadjet Eye of Sauron @wadjeteyegames.bsky.social · 1d

The Nighthawks demo has arrived!

During Steam Next Fest, seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts.

Your second life begins tonight!

store.steampowered.com/app/1221950/...

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 11h

Noticing a certain recurring theme to the Earth Must Die Demo reviews

Steam review: "If they tried to get this game to ooze more charm they'd need to give it new orifices"

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha :D

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

This is absolutely wild.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, this was my thought. Bit odd still, though.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone explain to me why they're making me do maths on the front of this box instead of just writing 7?

Box of ear plugs. It says "6+1 pairs" on the front

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

AMAZING, the demo has hit 50 reviews just in time for Next Fest. Thanks SO MUCH to everyone who helped out with that, you're brilliant.

Earth Must Die info from the Steam Page. 50 reviews, Very Positive.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant, thank you so much!

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry to keep banging on about this, but we are *so desperately close* to 50 reviews on the EMD Demo

It'd be HUGELY helpful to be at 50 ahead of Next Fest, for boring and complicated algorithm reasons, so if you haven't reviewed it yet PLEASE DO thank you x

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 ...

store.steampowered.com

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Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely chat upcoming on my channel with @danthat.bsky.social about their adventure game EARTH MUST DIE & its fantastic cast (Ben Starr! Alex Horne! Tamsin Greig!)

The demo is out now & they need a few more reviews to get a push for Next Fest so give it a go! store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

Earth Must Die 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 ...

store.steampowered.com

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Getting MEGA reviews on the Earth Must Die demo ahead of Next Fest

If anyone hasn't tried it yet, please do! When we get to 50 reviews we get an extra visibility boost, so every single review is unbelieveably huge to us at this point

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

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Just code a robot with a quill.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds like SOMEONE has forgotten about our humble friend the printer. Simply print your code and consume, it's delicious.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

One last push: if you HAVEN'T reviewed the EMD demo yet please do, as it'll massively help us out with Next Fest tomorrow. Downloads and reviews get us prominence, apparently.

If you HAVE reviewed it, you're a shining example of the very best type of Terranoid, well done. Big star ⭐

Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

The Steam reviews for the EARTH MUST DIE Demo have certainly taken an unusual turn. We get an altogether better class of reviews here at Size Five Games

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

Steam review: This game doesn’t merely ooze with charm — it secretes it, thick and slow, from pores that shouldn’t exist. Each surface trembles as if beneath it, something vast and unseen squirms and breathes. The charm is alive here, a sentient fluid that remembers older, wetter worlds. It seeps between pixels, whispering through the code in languages not meant for lungs.

It pulses beneath the menus like veins beneath translucent flesh, its rhythm too steady to be human. Sometimes the charm glistens with a light that isn’t reflection, a phosphorescent shimmer like the soft wink of something watching from the dark. When you play, it reaches back — not maliciously, but hungrily — tasting you through the buttons and wires.

And when you close it, you’ll feel it still. In your fingertips. In your teeth. In the soft, wet corners of your dreams.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 2d

I could possibly get onboard with Halloween a lot more if John Carpenter's Halloween theme was playing on a loop as I walk around Waitrose.

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