Duncan Stead 🧄

Engine programmer now working at Poncle on Vampire Survivors!

Previously worked at Jagex on Runescape NXT and Void Hunters.

[BAFTA Games @BAFTAGames]

Winner of the Evolving Game award is… Vampire Survivors 👏👏👏 #BAFTAGamesAwards

[ayush @hyusapx]

built an ai tool for etymology nerds: deconstructor. live rn.
the goal was to analyze the origins of english words, but it ended up having a ton of amazing emergent properties (see below)

[Vampire Survivors | Vampire Crawlers 🧛 @poncle_vampire]

the long awaited Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania expansion is OUT NOW 🧛

🧄 20+ characters
💥 40+ weapons
🗺️ 1 monstrously large stage
🎶 30+ music tracks
+ a miserable pile of secrets to uncover 👀

[Vampire Survivors | Vampire Crawlers 🧛 @poncle_vampire]

we said summer... it's still summer 💙

Vampire Survivors will be coming to PS4 & PS5 on August 29th (yes, 2024) 🔥

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@varCompanion To be fair, the kitten would legit help 😂

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@CiroContns Pretty much the main feature I use from Odin is that [Button] annotation for debugging functions inside the editor. 😆

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@CiroContns I agree parameters would be a mess, but from the end user's point of view it would make the system a lot more flexible, even if it only worked on parameterless functions like the example in the video.

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@ThePerkyRiolu 1001 followers? I guess you must be insufferable now, so I'd better unfollow 🤣

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@kliqIMB @TylerGlaiel Why do I feel personally attacked 😅😆

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@iquilezles Where there's a Will there's a Way!

It's actually surprising how much cleaner 500 gaussians are compared to the 1000 dot one - did you change the genetic algorithm's strategy much?

[Vampire Survivors | Vampire Crawlers 🧛 @poncle_vampire]

Last week we hosted a Vampire Survivors *Co-op Player Party*! 🥳🦇🧄

Thanks to everyone who joined us at Platform Shoreditch for an exclusive first look 👀 at Couch Co-op! 🛋️🎮

It was great to meet you all and we hope you had a fun evening! 💖

#VampireSurvivors #VSPlayerParty

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

The Pallas's cat, also known as the manul, is a small, endangered wild cat native to Central Asia. https://t.co/zX1Mb6Hwsk

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@mattsmithone It's because you're such a fun-guy 💖🍄👨

[Tim Soret @timsoret]

This great video by @t3ssel8r is the same solution I developed solo over the years to make perfectly smooth, yet perfectly crisp 3D pixel art for The Last Night.
https://t.co/LWpv271crF

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@poncle_vampire @ScienXGamer These are great!
Ah man, I want a stop-motion animated version of the cardboard one so bad, complete with voiceover pew-pews and explosions 😂

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@poncle_vampire Account officially Garlified! 🧄🧛

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@AGDDavies @poncle_vampire Glad you're enjoying it 😀

[John O'Really 💜🟣🟪 @John_O_Really]

Hey everyone! Bit of an exciting announcement, today I start as the Lead Technical Artist on Vampire Survivors! 🦇✨

[Duncan Stead 🧄 @duncanstead86]

@Raicuparta @unity @camposanto @dukope @Nifflas I can imagine this would be great for interacting with streamers! Cool stuff!