Danny Colclough
@dannygamedev.bsky.social
Game Designer @ Playdemic. Designer on Golf Clash, Elite: Dangerous, F1 Manager 23, DIMB.
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Unearthing my BlueSky account just to post the hottest of takes that Hades is actually quite good.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Unearthing my BlueSky account just to post the hottest of takes that Hades is actually quite good.
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I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
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Okay, big breath...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
We Need to Talk about Disco Elysium, Again
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Okay, big breath...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
After more than two years since we published our last documentary on the topic, it's time we returned to Disco Elysium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZEA...
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Video games have a serious crediting problem, but unions can help
"Being properly credited on a title is essential to our individual careers as workers, and also just general fairness. Being able to say, 'Hey, I worked on this,' is important to show the work you did and not undercut labor."
"Being properly credited on a title is essential to our individual careers as workers, and also just general fairness. Being able to say, 'Hey, I worked on this,' is important to show the work you did and not undercut labor."
Video games have a serious crediting problem, but unions can help
How are unions working to fix the industry's issue with credits?
www.gamedeveloper.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Video games have a serious crediting problem, but unions can help
"Being properly credited on a title is essential to our individual careers as workers, and also just general fairness. Being able to say, 'Hey, I worked on this,' is important to show the work you did and not undercut labor."
"Being properly credited on a title is essential to our individual careers as workers, and also just general fairness. Being able to say, 'Hey, I worked on this,' is important to show the work you did and not undercut labor."
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VOLITION - Do it for the city. Go.
SHIVERS - Do it for the wind.
LOGIC - Do it for the picture puzzle. Put it all together. Solve the world. One conversation at a time.
SHIVERS - Do it for the wind.
LOGIC - Do it for the picture puzzle. Put it all together. Solve the world. One conversation at a time.
August 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
VOLITION - Do it for the city. Go.
SHIVERS - Do it for the wind.
LOGIC - Do it for the picture puzzle. Put it all together. Solve the world. One conversation at a time.
SHIVERS - Do it for the wind.
LOGIC - Do it for the picture puzzle. Put it all together. Solve the world. One conversation at a time.
I paused playing The Alters for a while and have finally come back to it.
I really want to finish this but the moment to moment gameplay is actually so not engaging. Constantly feels like a grind (possibly intentionally), but it really isn’t fun most of the time.
I really want to finish this but the moment to moment gameplay is actually so not engaging. Constantly feels like a grind (possibly intentionally), but it really isn’t fun most of the time.
August 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I paused playing The Alters for a while and have finally come back to it.
I really want to finish this but the moment to moment gameplay is actually so not engaging. Constantly feels like a grind (possibly intentionally), but it really isn’t fun most of the time.
I really want to finish this but the moment to moment gameplay is actually so not engaging. Constantly feels like a grind (possibly intentionally), but it really isn’t fun most of the time.
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And above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.
August 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.
Omg they’re finally taking down the scaffolding around my building just in time for summer to be over and I won’t need to look out my windows anyways.
August 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Omg they’re finally taking down the scaffolding around my building just in time for summer to be over and I won’t need to look out my windows anyways.
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noclip but instead of filming high-production value documentaries about great games and studios, we film high-production value previews of upcoming games from smaller, underserved development teams making cool stuff but with zero marketing budget
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
noclip but instead of filming high-production value documentaries about great games and studios, we film high-production value previews of upcoming games from smaller, underserved development teams making cool stuff but with zero marketing budget
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"Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games"
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Sony sues Tencent for allegedly ripping off 'Horizon' video games"
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
Well alright but surely it can't be that blata— lmao
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New ep and BIG MOVIE ALERT!
James & Maso activate their team-up ability to review #FantasticFour and all the latest red hot movie news on The Weekly Planet podcast
link.chtbl.com/weeklyplanet...
#weeklyplanetpod
James & Maso activate their team-up ability to review #FantasticFour and all the latest red hot movie news on The Weekly Planet podcast
link.chtbl.com/weeklyplanet...
#weeklyplanetpod
July 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
New ep and BIG MOVIE ALERT!
James & Maso activate their team-up ability to review #FantasticFour and all the latest red hot movie news on The Weekly Planet podcast
link.chtbl.com/weeklyplanet...
#weeklyplanetpod
James & Maso activate their team-up ability to review #FantasticFour and all the latest red hot movie news on The Weekly Planet podcast
link.chtbl.com/weeklyplanet...
#weeklyplanetpod
Man, that musical number in the Alters comes out of nowhere but was a lovely surprise
July 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Man, that musical number in the Alters comes out of nowhere but was a lovely surprise
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It's absurd and dystopian that payment processors get to decide what we can and can't see on the internet.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
July 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It's absurd and dystopian that payment processors get to decide what we can and can't see on the internet.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
That companies like Visa and Mastercard can use their enormous size to bully companies into taking stuff offline - based on the reactionary politics of a small group.
I didn’t realise Alters could actually die. RIP Miner.
July 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I didn’t realise Alters could actually die. RIP Miner.
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Ubisoft said today that its new subsidiary (the spinoff entity announced earlier this year) will be helmed by two co-CEOs: company veteran Christophe Derennes and Charlie Guillemot, son of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. Keeping it in the family!
July 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Ubisoft said today that its new subsidiary (the spinoff entity announced earlier this year) will be helmed by two co-CEOs: company veteran Christophe Derennes and Charlie Guillemot, son of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot. Keeping it in the family!
Oh, and Develop was good fun this year. Having an actual pass and going to talks made me realise how little free time there actually is so I’m kinda gutted I didn’t get to see more familiar faces, but was still a lovely time!
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Oh, and Develop was good fun this year. Having an actual pass and going to talks made me realise how little free time there actually is so I’m kinda gutted I didn’t get to see more familiar faces, but was still a lovely time!
I started frying up some broccoli and then a thing crawled out of the broccoli the moment it hit the frying pan, and I’m no longer in the mood for broccoli or food in general.
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I started frying up some broccoli and then a thing crawled out of the broccoli the moment it hit the frying pan, and I’m no longer in the mood for broccoli or food in general.
I haven’t even been an F1 fan that long but fuck me seeing Hulk get a podium is like top 5 emotional things I’ve experienced this year.
July 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I haven’t even been an F1 fan that long but fuck me seeing Hulk get a podium is like top 5 emotional things I’ve experienced this year.
I can’t with this fucking race man
July 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I can’t with this fucking race man
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NEW: In March, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was so impressed by the demo of a Zenimax game codenamed Blackbird that Matt Booty had to tell him to stop playing so the meeting could continue. Yesterday, they canceled it.
Inside one of Xbox's most shocking cancellations: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Inside one of Xbox's most shocking cancellations: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Xbox Executives Were Blown Away by an Upcoming Game. Then They Canceled It.
Blackbird, a new game from ZeniMax Online Studios, impressed Xbox boss Phil Spencer earlier this year
www.bloomberg.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
NEW: In March, Xbox boss Phil Spencer was so impressed by the demo of a Zenimax game codenamed Blackbird that Matt Booty had to tell him to stop playing so the meeting could continue. Yesterday, they canceled it.
Inside one of Xbox's most shocking cancellations: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Inside one of Xbox's most shocking cancellations: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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just to keep banging the same drum: almost all the people who can eke out some sort of living doing indie stuff have a strong support network that allowed them to fail/practice/build up a name for years before "making it"
It's parents & partners all the way down
It's parents & partners all the way down
Babes. I mean this with the utmost kindness and respect, but funding your own projects or monetizing your social following or „just go indie“ is really, REALLY hard. I have a partner that’s employed and we have no dependents and no dept, and I still can’t make it lol
These cases are the 0.0000001%
These cases are the 0.0000001%
Kim, if tobert foxxington built undertale on his own in a cave with a box of scraps (gamemaker), you too can still work in games. If you really want it, you gotta pursue it, ya gotta believe!
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
just to keep banging the same drum: almost all the people who can eke out some sort of living doing indie stuff have a strong support network that allowed them to fail/practice/build up a name for years before "making it"
It's parents & partners all the way down
It's parents & partners all the way down
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I think we should start booing people at trade shows/industry events
July 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think we should start booing people at trade shows/industry events
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