Dan Bruington
@lanethan.bsky.social
Principal Technical VFX Artist @ FXVille
He/Him
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🚨 "The Making of Double Fine's Keeper" is now available! 🚨
Many of you have been asking for this one; we're happy to say the cameras continued to roll here at the studio during Keeper's development. Come see how this very special game came to be, from the team themselves! 😊
youtu.be/1OOfRTfMnx0
Many of you have been asking for this one; we're happy to say the cameras continued to roll here at the studio during Keeper's development. Come see how this very special game came to be, from the team themselves! 😊
youtu.be/1OOfRTfMnx0
The Making Of Double Fine's Keeper
HEADLINE - Double Fine shocks with unprecedented development transparency!
Wait, what do you mean we do this all the time? ....33 episodes? Who has time for that in this day and age!? Thankfully,…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Check it out!
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This illustrates the full process of capturing the "Essence" of a mesh to be used in a morph. The distance field is retrieved and then the mesh is projected onto the cube-shaped "screen" in order to pack its surface properties into two cubemaps.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This illustrates the full process of capturing the "Essence" of a mesh to be used in a morph. The distance field is retrieved and then the mesh is projected onto the cube-shaped "screen" in order to pack its surface properties into two cubemaps.
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The second official trailer for my upcoming horror action RPG Withering Realms is up now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxS...
This one shows a few new mechanics, such as the camera, occult hand, blurry ghosts, and more. #wishlistwednesday
This one shows a few new mechanics, such as the camera, occult hand, blurry ghosts, and more. #wishlistwednesday
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The second official trailer for my upcoming horror action RPG Withering Realms is up now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAxS...
This one shows a few new mechanics, such as the camera, occult hand, blurry ghosts, and more. #wishlistwednesday
This one shows a few new mechanics, such as the camera, occult hand, blurry ghosts, and more. #wishlistwednesday
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I wrote a neat morph system for Keeper and hopefully I can share a bit more about it in the future. This particular morph was an experiment using symmetry that didn't make it into the game in the end.
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I wrote a neat morph system for Keeper and hopefully I can share a bit more about it in the future. This particular morph was an experiment using symmetry that didn't make it into the game in the end.
So excited for people to finally get to experience this! Proud to have been a part of bringing this vision to life.
🎉 KEEPER HAS AWAKENED 🎉
Watch this brand new launch trailer full of otherworldly eye candy, and then get ready for a reality-bending experience full of surprise, absurdity and delight!
** OUT NOW on Xbox and Steam**
@xbox.com / @steampowered.com
doublefine.com/games/keeper
Watch this brand new launch trailer full of otherworldly eye candy, and then get ready for a reality-bending experience full of surprise, absurdity and delight!
** OUT NOW on Xbox and Steam**
@xbox.com / @steampowered.com
doublefine.com/games/keeper
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So excited for people to finally get to experience this! Proud to have been a part of bringing this vision to life.
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Neat article on code golfing. Many techniques that I use:
blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...
blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...
Code golfing a tiny demo using maths and a pinch of insanity
blog.pkh.me
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Neat article on code golfing. Many techniques that I use:
blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...
blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...
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How about a little #ScreenshotSaturday? We'll be posting some glimpses of Keeper as we approach launch day! Let us begin, then...with a Beach Walk.
Keeper — An Odyssey of Mystifying Metamorphosis.
Wishlist Now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
Xbox: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Keeper — An Odyssey of Mystifying Metamorphosis.
Wishlist Now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
Xbox: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How about a little #ScreenshotSaturday? We'll be posting some glimpses of Keeper as we approach launch day! Let us begin, then...with a Beach Walk.
Keeper — An Odyssey of Mystifying Metamorphosis.
Wishlist Now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
Xbox: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
Keeper — An Odyssey of Mystifying Metamorphosis.
Wishlist Now!
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
Xbox: www.microsoft.com/store/produc...
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Great Siggraph 2025 presentation of Gran Turismo's tonemapping pipeline, which also includes a fantastic introduction to light perception and tonemapping, its origins and how it evolved over the years with display technology, recommended read: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
blog.selfshadow.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great Siggraph 2025 presentation of Gran Turismo's tonemapping pipeline, which also includes a fantastic introduction to light perception and tonemapping, its origins and how it evolved over the years with display technology, recommended read: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
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Feeling inspired by fancy sea slugs, so gonna make a new enemy today for Timespinner 2! Come watch the magic happen, lol :D
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #metroidvania #xna #seaslug
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #metroidvania #xna #seaslug
July 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Feeling inspired by fancy sea slugs, so gonna make a new enemy today for Timespinner 2! Come watch the magic happen, lol :D
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #metroidvania #xna #seaslug
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
#pixelart #indiedev #gamedev #metroidvania #xna #seaslug
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From @leepetty.bsky.social and Double Fine Productions, our new game is Keeper - a beautiful and surreal third-person, atmospheric puzzle adventure, and a story told without words.
On October 17 2025 — The Keeper Shall Awaken! Wishlist today, and find out more on www.doublefine.com
On October 17 2025 — The Keeper Shall Awaken! Wishlist today, and find out more on www.doublefine.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From @leepetty.bsky.social and Double Fine Productions, our new game is Keeper - a beautiful and surreal third-person, atmospheric puzzle adventure, and a story told without words.
On October 17 2025 — The Keeper Shall Awaken! Wishlist today, and find out more on www.doublefine.com
On October 17 2025 — The Keeper Shall Awaken! Wishlist today, and find out more on www.doublefine.com
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The World Building Guide v3 is now available in preparation of Unreal Engine 5.6 upcoming release.
Hope it helps, enjoy the reading and don't hesitate to share!
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
Hope it helps, enjoy the reading and don't hesitate to share!
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
World Building Guide | Knowledge base
This guide provides per-feature definitions, subjects to master, good practices and pitfalls, limitations, use cases specific to world building with Unr...
dev.epicgames.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The World Building Guide v3 is now available in preparation of Unreal Engine 5.6 upcoming release.
Hope it helps, enjoy the reading and don't hesitate to share!
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
Hope it helps, enjoy the reading and don't hesitate to share!
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
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Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
#gamedev #booksky
#gamedev #booksky
May 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Every commercial font we've ever made, all zipped up in one pack. There are handwriting fonts, techno fonts, pixel art - the whole pack has a vast range of genres and vibes to choose from. Use them in game dev, books, album covers, ttrpgs, web comics etc ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack
#gamedev #booksky
#gamedev #booksky
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hey so uh one of the main Nintendo Switch 2 Direct streams completely ate our trailer due to I guess technical difficulties?? so if you guys could share this it would mean a lot 😅
Introducing STARSEEKER, a brand new game from the developers of ASTRONEER.
STARSEEKER is all about the joy of discovery and the camaraderie that emerges from an evolving, cooperative experience. We hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it... sometime in 2026.
STARSEEKER is all about the joy of discovery and the camaraderie that emerges from an evolving, cooperative experience. We hope you'll enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it... sometime in 2026.
April 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
hey so uh one of the main Nintendo Switch 2 Direct streams completely ate our trailer due to I guess technical difficulties?? so if you guys could share this it would mean a lot 😅
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April 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Thank you to Rock Paper Shotgun for covering Withering Realms:
www.rockpapershotgun.com/bloodborne-a...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/bloodborne-a...
Bloodborne and Lies Of P players should check out Withering Realms, an action-RPG with combat dolls and graveyards
One of my Xmas selection box games last year was Withering Rooms, a delightfully frightful haunted house action-RPG tha…
www.rockpapershotgun.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you to Rock Paper Shotgun for covering Withering Realms:
www.rockpapershotgun.com/bloodborne-a...
www.rockpapershotgun.com/bloodborne-a...
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Clover can cast spells at any time, even while The Doll is mid swing. Here she casts a green "flash spell" which speeds up The Doll by 25% for 3 seconds - very effective on weapons with lots of fast individual hits like the Chain Dagger or Machine Gun.
#wishlistwednesday
#wishlistwednesday
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Clover can cast spells at any time, even while The Doll is mid swing. Here she casts a green "flash spell" which speeds up The Doll by 25% for 3 seconds - very effective on weapons with lots of fast individual hits like the Chain Dagger or Machine Gun.
#wishlistwednesday
#wishlistwednesday
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I'm thrilled to share a new JCGT paper, "GPU Friendly Laplacian Texture Blending." It uses simple image processing and computational photography techniques to smoothly blend/layer textures and materials while preserving local contrast and texture details without ghosting or over-blurring. 1/3
GPU Friendly Laplacian Texture Blending
jcgt.org/published/00...
jcgt.org/published/00...
February 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm thrilled to share a new JCGT paper, "GPU Friendly Laplacian Texture Blending." It uses simple image processing and computational photography techniques to smoothly blend/layer textures and materials while preserving local contrast and texture details without ghosting or over-blurring. 1/3
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Creating a new monster for Timespinner 2 during today's Development Livestream! Come say hi :D
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
February 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Creating a new monster for Timespinner 2 during today's Development Livestream! Come say hi :D
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
www.twitch.tv/lunarraygames
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Thank you for the incredible response to Withering Realms! I've posted a Gameplay Details & FAQ article on Steam with a few more details like what gameplay is like, console release, relationship to Withering Rooms and more:
steamcommunity.com/games/344199...
steamcommunity.com/games/344199...
February 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Thank you for the incredible response to Withering Realms! I've posted a Gameplay Details & FAQ article on Steam with a few more details like what gameplay is like, console release, relationship to Withering Rooms and more:
steamcommunity.com/games/344199...
steamcommunity.com/games/344199...
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I've cancelled my talk at GDC and my flights
I really hate to put this on the organizers so late in the process, who have been so kind to me, but the trump administration is starting to directly erase and target minority groups I'm in, and I just can't handle the stress of going. I'm sorry
I really hate to put this on the organizers so late in the process, who have been so kind to me, but the trump administration is starting to directly erase and target minority groups I'm in, and I just can't handle the stress of going. I'm sorry
February 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I've cancelled my talk at GDC and my flights
I really hate to put this on the organizers so late in the process, who have been so kind to me, but the trump administration is starting to directly erase and target minority groups I'm in, and I just can't handle the stress of going. I'm sorry
I really hate to put this on the organizers so late in the process, who have been so kind to me, but the trump administration is starting to directly erase and target minority groups I'm in, and I just can't handle the stress of going. I'm sorry
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Announcing my second game, WITHERING REALMS.
It's a horror action RPG about the adventures of Clover(a ghost girl), The Doll(wood, metal, bone, flesh) and Althea(a reporter).
Explore the town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards and rotting estates that surround it. 🧵
It's a horror action RPG about the adventures of Clover(a ghost girl), The Doll(wood, metal, bone, flesh) and Althea(a reporter).
Explore the town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards and rotting estates that surround it. 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Announcing my second game, WITHERING REALMS.
It's a horror action RPG about the adventures of Clover(a ghost girl), The Doll(wood, metal, bone, flesh) and Althea(a reporter).
Explore the town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards and rotting estates that surround it. 🧵
It's a horror action RPG about the adventures of Clover(a ghost girl), The Doll(wood, metal, bone, flesh) and Althea(a reporter).
Explore the town of Penwyll and the sprawling graveyards and rotting estates that surround it. 🧵
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Marionette room from Haunting Ground (Capcom 2005)
January 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Marionette room from Haunting Ground (Capcom 2005)