Gonçalo Marques

Doing the 1's and 0's @Funcom.
Gameplay Programmer working on Dune Awakening.
Melodic noise-maker. 🎮
Hot takes are my own.

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

How MicroSoft murdered Ensemble.

In a side note, Elon Musk himself dropped in on my Quake thread from a night ago. Sir - with respect, what are you doing commenting on my puny thread? Go take humanity to Mars!

Anyway, Microsoft's purchase of Ensemble (as described yesterday) was great for us. Our worthless Ensemble stock became valuable MicroSoft stock. I paid off my house. And MicroSoft's ownership didn't change much because they were already our publisher and we already had spent time working with their idiot marketers.

MicroSoft had learned lessons. When they bought FASA, they moved the company to Redmond, broken it up in different teams (different buildings even) and then FASA basically never did much again. When they bought Bungie, they moved them to Redmond, but kept them all in the same building working together. It took Bungie 6 months before they were able to produce. So when they bought us, they just left us in situe, in Dallas, figuring we'd become an awesome cash cow. Which we did.
1/6

[UpCastAlex (Codename:Prologue) @UpCastAlex]

Common UI which is Epic's implementation, It has very little reference material and is very difficult to get menus working.

UI Navigation 3 by @GoncaloDev, which has been a blessing. The menus in my game wouldn't exist or work with controller if it wasn't for his work

[BookAuthority @bookauthority]

Big news @GoncaloDev, We're thrilled to inform you that "Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine" made it to BookAuthority's list of best Game Development ebooks of all time! https://t.co/1mhZyZzygp

[Metal: Hellsinger @MetalHellsinger]

🔥 Metal: Hellsinger VR is now available on PSVR2 and Steam VR! 🔥

Plunge into the nine circles of Hell, destroy the Red Judge's empire, and take back what's yours while listening to an award winning, one of a kind soundtrack. 🤘

[Camel 101 @MrCamel101]

They never heard what came from the depths.
Will you dare to find out what lies BENEATH?

Wishlist now on Steam -> https://t.co/c3BTmjU9Kz

Please like & retweet! It really helps and makes us happy

#horror #gaming #madewithunity #indiegamedev

[ZarcAttack - Exophobia 🚀 @zarcattack]

Exophobia is part of Boomstock 2024!
Don't miss these 7 days filled of action. Find your favorite boomer shooters on sale and discover some more!
And don't miss Exophobia first sale, you can get it NOW for 20% off!

[Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography @ShashingoGame]

Shashingo is OUT NOW on the Nintendo eShop with a 10% launch discount!

This has been such a journey for me and I really appreciate all of your support along the way! ❤️🥹

[Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography @ShashingoGame]

This poor lil human can't afford to go to Gamescom this year, let alone show a trailer there...

So uh, please check out my Japanese language learning game that's available now on Steam, and very soon on Nintendo Switch! 🥺🇯🇵

[Pedro J. Costa @Dainomyte]

If you’re at #Gamescon, this the booth to check out!

[Gonçalo Marques @GoncaloDev]

@QuodSoler Are you talking about Data Assets or something else?

[Gonçalo Marques @GoncaloDev]

@ShashingoGame I think mostly yes.

[Humblemud @humblemudgames]

At GameStop! @zarcattack

[ZarcAttack - Exophobia 🚀 @zarcattack]

Have you been dancing to the outer space beats of Exophobia?

Exophobia OST is available now on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Steam! 🎶

20 tracks and more than 1hour of pure sci-fi awesomeness by the incredible @Dainomyte!

[José Castanheira - Zarc @jcccastanheira]

#Exophobia is a retro inspired first-person shooter with a metroidvania twist. Fight back an alien invasion in your ship using an evolving weapon and try to make it out alive.

Out now on Steam, PS4/5, Xbox and Switch🚀

[Camel 101 @MrCamel101]

Dive deep into the dark waters of BENEATH, a first-person survival horror adventure that will leave you gasping for air.

Wishlist BENEATH on Steam -> https://t.co/3dA92neUiS

Please like & retweet! We truly appreciate it 🤗
#indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #gaming

[Gonçalo Marques @GoncaloDev]

@QuodSoler Hey 👏
Great list! But maybe it could benefit from a new addition, a plugin I made a while ago called UI Navigation? 😁
https://t.co/JEn8nBIXTM

[Gonçalo Marques @GoncaloDev]

@ShashingoGame Congratulations! Best wishes for you and your SO ❤️

[Funcom @Funcom]

On this day 23 years ago, the first ever science fiction MMORPG, Anarchy Online was released!

Citizens of Rubi-Ka, we thank you for being one of the most passionate communities out there. 🧡