Dean Dodrill

Half-Korean Christian Solo-Developer. Dust: An Elysian Tail and Never Stop Sneakin', and an unannounced project!

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And now, a very personal message to commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of Dust: An Elysian Tail!

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@Blakehascake007 @St1ka Well done, that remains my favorite console. I was the only person I knew who had one, struggling to save up to import some of my fondest memories.

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@Kat_1429 I love it!

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Mina The Hollower from @YachtClubGames looks delightful, really enjoyed the demo.

Dragon Quest XII looks great, although (and I know this sounds odd due to the pedigree) it gives me big Blue Dragon vibes.

And oof, those Steam Deck prices, eh?

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@Daaberlicious There's also some grass.

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Always grateful when one of my monsters finds themselves in an incredibly unique situation that helps nail a bug I didn't realize existed.

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Finally watched the Gameoverse pilot, that was fun! A huge thanks to @CuteXiora for the crossover!

[✨XioraBnuy✨🐇 @CuteXioraART]

#Dustanelysiantail #Gameoverse #Glitch

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@CuteXioraART @glitch_prod Thank you, I love it! Actually works really well too!

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@LeoRackTW Thanks, it was a fun little game. My biggest regret is that I assumed it'd be a really fast production, but still ended up taking me over two years. A good lesson learned, there really aren't any 'small' productions.

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My second game, Never Stop Sneakin', was a valuable lesson on implementing all control schemes from the start. Dust:AET went from gamepad to mouse/KB to touch, and required tons of input/UI work each time. Game #3 has definitely benefited from that experience.

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// exploitable but whatever

Probably the worst comment I've put into my code. Whatever.

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I still have this stack of junk mail and old bills where I've scribbled tons of mathematical equations from when I first started development on this game. Perhaps I'll scan those for a postmortem.

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I'm fairly certain I'll retire from programming having never fully understood bitwise operators, and how to modify them without a reference.

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@thomasbrushdev In my eight years of development I haven't used any procGen for my code or assets on this project, and have no intention to do so.

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@AlastorHeart Hatch green chili, so fairly chunky.

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Five months into '26 and my resolution to use green chili on everything has proved a success.

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@hachikoek Hey I know her! (She's my creation) And yes, animation is tedious, came out great though!

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@nocanwin That looks incredible.

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@mattwhitedev Combat's looking tight, the animation on her fabric is exceptional.

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It seems every few months I'm revisiting the shape and color of my game's blades of grass. Silly, I know, but you do spend a lot of time running through grass. I don't know how many hundreds of hours I've spent on foliage for this thing