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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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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 15h

I'm busy and I'm tired, but honestly in general it's pretty well balanced thankfully, especially for the games industry. I've maintained a consistent 20 hours per week on Baby Trading and I'm getting time off next week to have a bit of a break. I just get restless easily and like to fill my time 😅

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 16h

There is also another (not-Strange Scaffold) contract gig project I'm spending about half of my work hours on per week at the moment and isn't announced but there's a very real chance that by the end of 2026 I'll have tripled my lifetime shipped projects in the span of like 2-3 years.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 16h

Outside of Strange Scaffold I also spent like a month or so in January working on an IP-based pitch that didn't pan out and also worked on a 10 Second Ninja X phone port that shipped months ago and I forgot to talk about. 2025 has been very busy actually.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 16h

That's not even including the Ninja Turtles game I had no involvement with and ANOTHER Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion game that release in partnership with the studio.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 16h

Like, I *work for Strange Scaffold* and even I can't really understand how all of that has happened.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 16h

I know people make a point of talking about how much stuff Strange Scaffold releases but I genuinely thought I Am Your Beast came out two years ago rather than one because since then I've been involved with two level packs for that, shipped CRDM3 and spent 4-5 months of 2025 doing Baby Trading.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 17h

lost media

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 19h

This. I'd have been such an easy mark for something that is all style, little substance if I just didn't have to ignore Jared Leto the whole time

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 19h

Like, I'm not trying to be a dick about it but this looks more like Marathon, both in terms of being spiritually connected to the original, and in terms of looking like the trailers for the upcoming game, than the actual new Marathon game does.

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 19h

This texturing work is so gorgeous, it genuinely doesn't even look like gameplay, in a good way.

Rogue @roguesite.bsky.social · 20h

Using the powerwashing gun is actually the least interesting part of Ambrosia Sky's Next Fest demo. www.rogue.site/editorials/a...

A screenshot from Ambrosia Sky, showing an abandoned residential area in a sci-fi colony with books and binders scattered everywhere. The room is lit with a circular window through which we can see pink skys and floating rock.

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 19h

Saltburn was a huge movie why is it so hard to find a clip of Jacob Elordi saying "I love spag bol"

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 22h

UNSOLD

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 23h

SOLD

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 23h

Fuck. Do I need to actually watch that King Arthur movie?

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

This is besides the point but that pistol model + view position + animation? Sublime. Just walking around a little looks good in this clip.

riordan (game developer) @riordan.bsky.social · 1d

this is what success looks like for me
#GodotEngine #gamedev

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Look collecting nature's labubu is a luxury hobby

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Patrick "Pat_Bren" Brennan @patbren.bsky.social · 1d

These people should be making a reboot of The Getaway

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot as she's been harvesting them to make soap

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

"and- wait, do you know the Stanley Kubrick film The Clockwork Orange?"

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

dating someone who's pretty offline does give you a new perspective on how deranged almost every single thing you see on a screen every single day is

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

I showed this to my conker collecting girlfriend, who's right on the millenial/gen-Z border, and her response was "I don't know what that word means"

innes @innes.bsky.social · 1d

"Nature's Labubu"

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𝕾𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊 @strangehouse.bsky.social · 1d

Pilgrims of the Murk Dome RPG

The Knave

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

I will say it's much more obviously CGI in motion (people especially). It is for sure true renders, just likely adapted from footage taken for accuracy

Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

Like, these are ALL CGI! That's totally what it looks like here!!

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Dan Pearce @gamedesigndan.bsky.social · 1d

We need to stop pretending that Nigel Farage is someone who genuinely loves Great Britain. You know who DOES love Great Britain? Whoever renders the videos for driving theory tests. I have never seen the beautiful mundanity of the UK so lovingly represented.

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