Dan Smith

Game Director @FuturLab

Created BAFTA award winning 'The Spectrum Retreat' - WGGB Award Nominated Writer

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Been off Twitter ages to focus on the next thing, but I now humbley return to ask for some help.

RTs appreciated ❤️
#gamedev #indiedev

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Two bits of very belated news...

1. I'm now Game Director @FuturLab 🎉
2. I also joined this

Thus end the one and only tweet of 2024.

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@mikeBithell @moons_artwork @ThatsWhatUGets This looks absolutely superb gents!

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@AlexRoseGames @thoughtrise thank ya sir

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@AlexRoseGames @thoughtrise Hmm in that case I'm thinking I could maybe do a combination of chrome remote and a smart plug. Set the bios to boot on power. Login with chrome and then switch to parsec.

And hope to avoid bad while loops. Dev on the road.

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@AlexRoseGames @thoughtrise Do you remote boot your PC? Love the idea of being away and doing this, but the idea of any power loss etc gives me anxiety that I just couldn't work

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@mikeBithell Afraid the experience is unlikely to improve once you start using the software 🤮

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@RaveofRavendale Recently left Santander in favor of Monzo Business and good lord do I wish I'd done that years ago

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For those hit by the horrendous lay offs at Epic and SEGA today, we're in good shape over at FuturLab and have a growing list of fully remote roles available.

Very friendly and talented bunch.
Stellar place to work!

https://t.co/I2c3Cua5ip

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Excited to announce I'm now Lead Designer @FuturLab 🎊

Hiring A LOT right now so, if remote working is your thing, take a look!

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@_GilesArmstrong I'll find you as soon as I'm cool enough to get in. Hopefully before this terrible place burns down entirely

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@AlexRoseGames @DannyT @willgoldstone Always wondered why more publishers don't offer a publicly visible 'menu' like this.

Here's what we offer devs (porting, QA etc) with a range of how much each will add to recoup threshold and affect rev share.

No reason to keep all of this a secret until negotiations imo

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@IndieGameIntl @RipstoneGames Thanks for having me, was great to chat :)

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@_GilesArmstrong @IndieGameIntl @RipstoneGames You're very welcome, sir. Thanks for your stellar work!

Can't believe it's been so long 😅

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@AlexRoseGames Sorry for your loss

[Jared @IndieGameIntl]

“You might lose your mind entirely.”

Just completed The Spectrum Retreat for a second time this year, first time on PC. I love this game. My second playthrough took 3.8 hours.

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#indiegame #indiegames #indiegaming #indiegamer #scifi #sciencefiction

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@AlexRoseGames yupp

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@AlexRoseGames Usually 1-9 are for user defined groups of units/buildings (Ctrl+num maps current selection to number for quick reselection)
Outside of groups, just direct left click on building/unit to select

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@AlexRoseGames Left-Click and drag to select multiple units (no key needed)
Right-Click to give orders (Hold shift to queue instead of override)
Hold shift to place multiple buildings

This is almost universal in recent years and works well :)

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@AlexRoseGames Thanks for guiding me to this harsh realisation ❤️

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If anyone on here is really good with Vector and Quaternion based mathematics, especially in the context of Unity's funky transform stuff, I'd really appreciate a DM❤️

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@AlexRoseGames Yep, you're right. No solution in current form. Gotta expand the Ns into quaternions instead of points and a dir.