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David Szymanski

@DUSKdev

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Made Iron Lung, Dusk, Squirrel Stapler, Chop Goblins, and more. Making a melee horror game called Butcher's Creek

Pennsylvania, USA
Joined May 2016
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David Szymanski
10 months
Butcher's Creek has a steam page! Use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest. Coming 2024 Wishlist now, link below
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GAMERS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RAIN BOX PACK IT UP BOYS, IT'S OVER
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8 months
Gamers have discovered our secret lol.. Could have been avoided if you parented the rain to the camera Bethesda
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For real tho
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11 months
I definitely see the dark humor in this whole Titanic sub thing, it's just... like, I made Iron Lung the most nightmarish thing I could think of, and knowing real people are in that situation right now is pretty horrific, even if it was their own bad decisions.
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DO NOT EXPLORE THAT RED PART DO NOT
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NEWS🚨: Hell planet discovered just 40 light-years from Earth...
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This feels so wrong
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5 months
Since people keep trying to gotcha me over this... once again, Iron Lung's price went up because the game is worth $8 so I want to charge $8, because I want to earn more money. If you don't agree with this price, I don't want your money. Go pirate it or something idc.
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I'm not even being ironic. As someone who loves horror, the visceral discomfort stuff like this creates should be admired.
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does this seem normal to you guys
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8 months
One time I was dating a girl and she didn't like that I was trying to tickle her so she grabbed my arm and bit it so hard it left bruises. We are now married.
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"Fallout 3 is a bad game" Fallout 3:
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Twitter: "eat the rich!" Twitter: "protect Nintendo's intellectual property!"
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One of the most frightening things I've ever heard is when someone pointed out that the existence of the uncanny valley implies that at some point there was an evolutionary reason to be afraid of something that looked human but wasn't.
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At some point we went from "talking about mental health is cool" to "having mental health problems is cool" and I reeeeeally don't think that's gonna serve people well in the long run.
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2 years
The Margit fight in Elden Ring uses a controversial game design technique known as "bullshit"
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8 months
So apparently you can do this with TWO CONSOLE COMMANDS
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8 months
Reddit user WeirdConcern4666 created a Starfield mod that lets you exit your ship in space, fly around, and land/walk on asteroids. Apparently they were able to create an outpost on an asteroid too. #Starfield
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Bruh
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3 years
"New Vegas has really good writing!" New Vegas:
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7 months
Yup, this looks like you're playing as Robocop
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Luis G. Bento 451 // CORPUS EDAX
7 months
Robocop is already my GOTY, I love this. complete with the last guy warping back to the railing to play the "falling over the rail" animation
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My cousin, who introduced me to Doom and jumpstarted my love of retro FPS, has MS and can only play games with one hand. He was able to complete Dusk on accessible using an MMO mouse. If your heart is "shattered" by Dusk's difficulty options that's your problem
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2 years
Objective list
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1 year
She walked so they could run
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2 years
Still one of the craziest deals in gaming
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I really miss when AI art was just us making benadryl nightmare shitposts
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1 year
So yes, tl;dr the reason I've been so busy lately is because I've been heavily involved with production of the Iron Lung movie, from assisting with the script and pre-production to now being on set for the shoot and even having a small cameo in the film!
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Welp, I have a son now.
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4 months
Everyone has informed me this is a sequel to a game called Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion which is AN EVEN BETTER TITLE
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4 months
The Pony Factory is blocked from the top spot of New and Trending by... *squints* ...Turnip Boy Robs a Bank ... that's a real good title fuck
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8 months
Have played about 14 hours of Starfield. Here's my opinion so far...
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7 months
Also regular reminder that yes, the Markiplier Iron Lung movie has my full approval! I've been consulted and involved at every stage of production, and I was even on set for principle photography doing all sorts of random little things, including a cameo.
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@DUSKdev Are you behind the Markiplier Iron Lung movie? Did they get your approval?
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"Epic games is on its way to transforming from a game developer, engine creator, and publisher into a platform - Epic 5.0" Guys, run Runnnnnnnnnnn
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Unpopular opinion: I'd rather pay Valve 30% and put up with their de facto monopoly than help Epic work towards their own (very obviously desired) monopoly
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Sebastian Aaltonen
8 months
Unpopular opinion: The gamers can blame themselves. In the past many gamers vocally boycotted games that were not available in Steam. They wanted to be able to buy everything with their Steam account instead of logging to alternative systems. This created the PC games monopoly.
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Retweet if you understand the ASDF movies represent an outdated sense of humor that's fallen out of fashion with younger generations, but you still think the "I am punching your salad" gag is pretty funny.
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Look, it was either that, or film a week of Iron Lung using the latex Mark body puppet and invisible string.
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7 months
Markiplier says he was meant to appear in the ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS’ movie but couldn’t due to scheduling conflicts. (Source: )
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"He's only doing this for the money" Yes, no fucking shit, I make games for a living. If I didn't want to earn money from them I wouldn't charge money for them.
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The Pony Factory is blocked from the top spot of New and Trending by... *squints* ...Turnip Boy Robs a Bank ... that's a real good title fuck
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2 years
Wait is he named "Morbius" because of the word "Morbid?"
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Like all the jokes I've been seeing are hilarious but also good lord nobody should have to die like that.
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7 months
Yeah, so the thing about Tintin is on the surface it's like "oh a boy and his dog going on globetrotting adventures" but what you don't realize is that those adventures involve things like gunfights with opium smugglers and destabilizing militant dictatorships.
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Sharkpunch 🦈 comms open(5/10)
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This is the most badass movie line Ive heard
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8 months
My experience of the last few days is that a shocking number of people will look at this and go "eww, broken game" rather than squealing in childlike joy.
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@Googleygareth JP Players have also innovated
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heh
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Iron Lung. Coming soon to theaters.
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2 years
It's really crazy how there have been what... now 7 Fromsoft Soulsborne games, all wildly successful and beloved, all centered around screwing with the player, and you still get people on Twitter being like "no this is bad design tho"
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I tried to warn you
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Amusing myself by reading through the list of Unity games and trying to guess which companies' lawyers will be the first to go full scorched earth.
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Guys The Robocop game Everything gets destroyed Like, you don't understand... EVERYTHING GETS DESTROYED You press left mouse and the entire office just starts flying apart. We are talking John Woo levels of gunfight mayhem. We are talking F.E.A.R++
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"The gameplay looks slow and tanky, there's no recoil, and the enemies just stand there stupidly" Yup, they nailed Robocop 👌
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Indie dev twitter is where you'll see someone pitch a game like "a relaxing cozycore about growing flower gardens and making friends with cats!" then their entire timeline is political beheading fantasies.
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1 year
Y'all thought I was joking lol
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1 year
This summer. Starring Markiplier as John Iron Lung and Jacksepticeye as The Fish. Soundtrack by @AndrewHulshult
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8 months
The thing that upsets me most about this is the implication that the 90s weren't an out of control tech race where hardware could become outdated within a matter of months and getting a game to even boot was a matter of arcane magic and desperate prayer.
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Luke Plunkett
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$100 whoever made this wasnt even alive in the 90s
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Quiet Rapture be like
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Enjoy
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Wario64
6 months
Iron Lung + Garfield Lasagna Party (Steam) is $5.99 total on Fanatical #ad
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Ok look, I know a lot of people like this sort of game, and I'm not saying it's bad, just... personally I'm getting really tired of >incredibly cool premise world and art design >is a coop survival crafting game
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Why did they believe that?
@Okami13_
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Epic Games Store still is not profitable, new court testimony has revealed. Epic Games reportedly believed it could get half of all PC gaming revenue if they kept paying for exclusives. (via The @Verge )
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9 months
Someone please review Chop Goblins to get rid of the bad number
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"Godot is only good for 2d games"
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Checking out if Godot can render me something pretty. Volumetric fog goes brrrrrrrr
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I think it's actually pretty awesome that I'm stuck on a boss in Elden Ring, and the solution is "either get better, or figure out a way to make it easier for yourself." I like that there are problem solving options.
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I like the business model of "I want money so I make something that I think is worth money, and you pay me that money and you get the thing, and we're all happy" That's it. There's nothing complicated or hidden here.
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@JollySwagMan45 I thought it was just really fucked up lol
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Random outlets keep writing articles about me being uncomfortable with the Iron Lung sales spike and then the replies are filled with this gif, and... yeeeeah...
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Me entering the Elden Ring boss arena for the first time vs me entering for the 80th time
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3 years
EA drove a great horror IP into the ground, axed the studio behind it, and now a few years later are hoping to sell you warmed up leftovers of the potential they squandered. Nice.
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Rumor has it that a Dead Space reboot is in development 👀
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Time to bring back this classic
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3 years
I usually try to be pretty nice but tonight I'm not going to be nice. Fuck you and fuck this garbage tweet. Modding keeps games alive and relevant. Modding introduces people to game development. Modding literally creates new genres and IPs.
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David Szymanski
3 years
Please enjoy this thread of hilariously cursed GTA Remastered screenshots
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What the FUCK
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@Tecky_twt Yup, this is how rain is done in uhhhhh... basically every single game
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David Szymanski
1 year
This is how The Callisto Protocol's combat is actually supposed to work, btw. For those of you who are passing judgement from footage.
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𝕺𝖚𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕶𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙
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@DUSKdev How dare you! Bad combat, can't fight groups!
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I ordered my wife a personalized Toblerone bar online and entered "penis" into every text box.
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Elden Ring is a rhythm game change my mind
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Aww crap
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Ohhhhh, I charga for the online social status symbol I mistreata the employees, mama mia
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The Verge
2 years
Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification
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Nature is healing
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This game deserves way more attention than it's getting. Seriously, this is one of the best survival horror games in awhile, in a year filled with amazing survival horror games, and that's coming from someone who doesn't like other Amnesia titles.
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Man, imagine if instead of Skibidi Toilet, the children had discovered Gorgeous Freeman
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Wait doesn't everyone hate the Pirates sequels or is this some "the Star Wars prequels were good" historical revisionism again?
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Jared
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We need Gore back making blockbusters so we can get stuff this sweeping and romantic again.
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Capcom when they realize they must follow up RE4 Remake with RE5 Remake or RE6 Remake
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Honestly it's a bit sad to see gimmick accounts that were relatively entertaining previous to The Muskening turn into comment engagement farms
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Glad Jewish Bill Clinton finally got a shoutout at an awards show.
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I've said before I don't think difficulty options should be forced on developers, because they aren't necessarily right for every game. I also think if you're like "accessibility is ruining gaming" you're an asshole, because the more people who can play games the better.
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@TimSweeneyEpic @PVNKTHVG Would you be willing to return Unreal Gold to all storefronts in the name of the free market, then?
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8 months
What the FUCK
@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
8 months
I got some clarifications from Unity regarding their plan to charge developers per game install (after clearing thresholds) - If a player deletes a game and re-installs it, that's 2 installs, 2 charges - Same if they install on 2 devices - Charity games/bundles exempted from fees
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How on earth has the Hungarian tourist board not spread this information far and wide?
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7 months
This coffee stain on my counter looks like the Quake logo
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8 months
5 days...
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7 months
So who wants to do the Squirrel Stapler movie?
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Chris Wong-Swenson⚡
7 months
#FNAFMovie is gonna be a success... we'll eventually see Poppy Playtime and Among Us movies.
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I have to break my Twitter hiatus to talk about just how gorgeous Counter-Strike 2 is.
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2 years
Scorn's release is a great cautionary tale that if you are making a puzzle game, make damn sure people know it's a puzzle game because they will NOT appreciate being surprised by that lol
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FPS multiplayer peaked with mid 2000s Source games, when you could join a server with 30 people playing on a user map that was like a dozen brushes total with the gravity turned down and some 14 year old Russian kid was spamming bass boosted hip hop on his mic.
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11 months
Apparently Iron Lung is trending because of the Titanic sub
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5 months
@rubyrangerr That would honestly be really funny
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David Szymanski
7 months
Cheats update for Iron Lung is live now, plus information about its upcoming price change. Link in replies:
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If you don't think the things I make are worth the money I charge, that's completely ok. Don't buy them, or wait for a deep sale, or go the sneaky route and get them for free or whatever, and please tell me that so I can adjust the prices for whatever I release next.
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David Szymanski
2 years
I'd like to introduce you all to my new game... CHOP GOBLINS A bite-sized time-hopping FPS inspired by films like Gremlins, intended to be a fun experience that can be completed in a single sitting. Coming Jan 2, 2023. Store link and more details below. Retweets appreciated!
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David Szymanski
7 months
It is done
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11 months
In my continued quest to populate Google with less embarrassing pictures of myself, please like and retweet this selfie of me and my three copies of Daikatana.
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David Szymanski
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Played some more RoboCop: Rogue City and listened to three drug dealers lecture another drug dealer at gunpoint about the free market, then made my way through streets that resembled a war zone giving out tickets for parking violations. So yes, I'd say the satire is intact.
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David Szymanski
3 years
Apparently the "Steam shouldn't have reviews" narrative is making its way through indie twitter again so I want to again reiterate how damaging this would be for a lot of developers.
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David Szymanski
1 year
This should explain everything
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Mark
1 year
Iron Lung. Coming Soon.
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