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Storyteller

1 year

Storyteller, puzzle game about building stories that took 15 years to make is OUT

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

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Storyteller

@danielben

1 year

someone on steam accidentally reviewed game development

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@danielben

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Storyteller had a weird sales curve, when we luanched it seemed it would just die out but more than a year went by and we are doing *great* now

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@danielben

4 months

This past saturday the Storyteller artist, co-designer and my ten year gamedev partner Jeremías Babini has died unexpectedly. Beyond making Storyteller beautiful, he poured his humor into every character, every animation, every detail. He gave life to everything we did.

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@danielben

6 years

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Today we start working on Storyteller, the videogame about building stories! We partnered with Annapurna Interactive to help us make the highest-quality top-tier game possible (and now we *have* to finish it).

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@danielben

1 year

Here's some fun internet drama: Storyteller has been bombed with "it's short" bad reviews and has "mixed" score now, which is bad news on these platforms

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@danielben

3 years

PEOPLE YOU CAN PLAY A STORYTELLER PREVIEW RIGHT NOW

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

store.steampowered.com

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@danielben

1 year

To those that thought it would never happen...

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@danielben

7 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue, a puzzle-crawler where you are a dog, is available NOW - Go get it!

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@danielben

9 months

Argentina Only 🇦🇷 TLDR: Massa en la única opción viable para atravesar lo peor de la crisis que todavía está por venir. Milei/JxC pudieron haber sido un gobierno con propuestas diferentes pero eligieron armar el peor equipo posible. Este es mi 🧵 al respecto

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@danielben

7 years

#Fidel is a mix between a puzzle game and a roguelike. Coming out this month! (follow me to know when) #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

7 years

I quit my day job when I was 30 to start making videogames. I live in Argentina, a third world country. Now that I'm almost 40, I made a game that won an IGF award and I'm friends with the creators I respect the most in the world #NotUnder30

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@danielben

7 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue, a puzzle crawler where you are a dog. People who played it like it *a lot* but many missed it when it came out! #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

2 years

This is what "epic" sounds like in real life - last penalty that gave Argentina the world cup (credit @inyourscript )

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller still 3rd in puzzle top sellers!

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@danielben

1 year

My observations about people who teach/learn OOP confirm this: you can talk about object architecture and patterns forever without teaching any programming. OOP is about making up a puzzle to solve and then cram the actual code that solves the problem as an afterthought somewhere

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Hypothesis: actually teaching programming is extremely difficult, or maybe impossible, but universities have to offer programming courses which have to say something, and OOP was a savior because it has tons of unnecessary complexity to lecture on.

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Storyteller

@danielben

1 year

In a couple hours we release Storyteller for Steam and Switch, the first version we'll put out in the world. We put a lot of effort into making the game worth your time. I hope you like it enough so we get to keep making more of it!

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@danielben

7 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue 2.0 is OUT! New worlds, new monsters, less ghost, lots of new stuff! (thread)

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@danielben

7 months

~~~~~~ STONKS ~~~~~~

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@danielben

1 year

We are about to deliver the release candidate *finally* #storytellerthepuzzlegameaboutbuildingstories

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@danielben

1 year

I wish we'd all agreed to stop using the word "content" to mean creative work, it is applied to make our work feel indistinct and unimportant, as something that goes in a jar so someone can sell it

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@danielben

1 year

@Steve_deNiese Give this tweet and award

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@danielben

5 years

the death of flash is a precedent that show that a disaster can happen: losing a giant ecosystem of games, absence of a competent emulator AND the tech itself being replaced by an even wonkier, unreliable and less accesible toolchain (HTML5+whatever)

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@danielben

1 year

ARGENTINA ONLY: we have "castellano" as language, but you have to set it manually in the settings page, así lo juegan como corresponde

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller is a puzzle game about building stories and after 15 years it has evolved quite a bit...

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller is played just by drag and dropping characters into a comic strip. This is made possible by a "continuity simulator" that makes characters react to each other, building up a plot that makes sense. The challenge is to come up with a story that satisfy the title!

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller is really worth your time, regardless of whether you like puzzle games, play games regularly or not. If it's too expensive for you right now, wait.

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@danielben

2 years

Like if I should spend another 10 years on Storyteller instead of launching

Annapurna Interactive

@A_i

2 years

STORYTELLER from @danielben comes to Nintendo Switch and Steam on March 23, 2023. Wishlist on Steam now //

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@danielben

10 months

Storyteller UPDATE is out with a bunch of new stuff to play with and it's as DISCOUNTED as it will ever be for the forseeable future:

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

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@danielben

1 year

And one last thing: if you are reading this, chances are you have been following me for a while or feel disappointed that this is happening because my twitter followers have always been an outlier of awesome people. I am writing all this because I know that. Thank you!

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@danielben

1 year

Nobody on our side is suprised Steam players are finding the game too short, since it is not designed for the kind of players that are vocal steam users. But it is sad that the flock behavior can succeed in getting Steam to bury it, preventing other people from finding the game

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@danielben

5 years

Guys, I think we cracked the last big challenge in Storyteller's design. We have a game. This is happening.

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller is designed for people who value their time a lot and are not gaming regulars. Puzzle games almost always have you learn some abstract logic in order to play them, while Storyteller lets you play with the common sense and instincts you bring from outside videogames

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@danielben

7 years

A few years ago, I sat down to design puzzles for The Witness (one of them is in the game!). This is where my mind was when Fidel was born.

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@danielben

6 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue, a puzzle roguelike where you can rewind is OUT for **iPhone & iPad** including a significant update with core improvements

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@danielben

3 years

Storyteller is a puzzle game where you build stories and you can play a preview right now. It's the first one of its kind. Please wishlist it if you are intrigued!

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@danielben

7 years

@edmundmcmillen @tha_rami @megganpez I remember this Edmund drawing dicks on other people's awards.

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@danielben

11 months

MORE STORYTELLER

Annapurna Interactive

@A_i

11 months

Storyteller comes to iOS and Android through the Netflix app in two weeks on September 26, along with a new content update! Switch and Steam users will also receive the update for free.

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@danielben

11 months

The new Storyteller update releases this tuesday! If you haven't played this puzzle game where *you* build the stories, people seem to agree it's very good, and if you have hesitations about the price I strongly suggest you wishlist it today

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

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@danielben

7 years

Steam: why give awards to games that are already selling like crazy and permanently at the top of every list? How about an event where for a week unnoticed great games take over everything? Who knows... maybe you'll get sleeper hits...

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@danielben

7 years

Beta-ing "Into the Breach" 1) It's great 2) MUCH better than FTL imo 3) it's what Advance Wars should have been cc @subsetgames

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@danielben

7 years

#Fidel is a small adventure where you can rewind your steps. Coming *very* soon! (follow me to know when)

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@danielben

4 months

Thank you @bembidiona

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@danielben

7 years

#Fidel , a puzzle rogue-lite where *you are a dog* is about to be out, you can wishlist it NOW: #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

6 years

Enjoyed The Witness? Like roguelikes? If you own The Witness on Steam, Fidel Dungeon Rescue is 50% off **only for a few days** (discount shows in the cart)

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@danielben

1 year

News: We are working on adding new stuff to Storyteller and on September 26 everyone with a Netflix subscription will be able to play it on their phone and tablet!

Annapurna Interactive

@A_i

1 year

STORYTELLER is coming to Netflix on September 26 with an update full of new stories and characters to play with! The same update will also be coming to Nintendo Switch and PC. On sale now for Steam:

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@danielben

3 months

Finally met @DMullinsGames of Inscryption and Pony Island fame, I admire his work

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@danielben

1 year

I am going to be very spammy for a few days, sorry about that, feel free to mute. BUT WISHLIST THE GAME FIRST SO YOU DONT FOMO ALL THE WAY WHEN ITS OUT

Annapurna Interactive

@A_i

1 year

Build stories as you see fit in STORYTELLER from @danielben . Launches on Nintendo Switch and Steam this Thursday, March 23rd - wishlist now! Switch // Steam //

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@danielben

4 months

Jeremías was an unmatched illustrator, animator, he could model, draw, paint, do embroidery, program shaders, he made an entire NES game by himself that runs on the console. He was our Da Vinci. I can't replace him. I will never be the same.

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@danielben

1 year

Storyteller lets you play with love, death, ghosts, heartbreak, resurrection, amnesia, hate, suicide, murder, envy, curses, frogs, magic mirrors, secrets, kidnappings, revenge, monarchy, usurpers, monsters, infidelities, family, incest and a dragon

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

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@danielben

11 months

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@danielben

2 years

I am not supposed to be showing this

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@danielben

1 year

About Storyteller's story simulator or "continuity engine"

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@danielben

11 months

By @JDRagones

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@danielben

10 months

@edmundmcmillen We had to remove our cartoony, 8 pixel breasts from --biblical Eve-- for the US and Japan it's wild

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@danielben

7 years

We are nearing the final version of #Fidel , a puzzle rogue-lite adventure where you are a dog! wishlist on steam:

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@danielben

6 months

Well there may be news about Storyteller this year...

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@danielben

4 months

I feel very lucky that I managed to fulfill the promise I made during the hard times, and that he lived and left on his own terms. I believe if he could say one last thing he would say "I am fine with this". Now it's up to us to figure out the rest.

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@danielben

6 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue is a highly praised puzzle roguelike where you are a dog. Carefully designed, with many secrets to discover! Recently updated to 2.5, now it's bigger and better.

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@danielben

7 years

FIDEL DUNGEON RESCUE the puzzle-crawler where you are a dog, is out *August 1st* on Steam!

Fidel Dungeon Rescue - Trailer - 2017

Out on STEAM ! http://store.steampowered.com/app/573170/Fidel is a puzzle-crawler about finding the best path through monsters, treasure and magic. Each matc...

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@danielben

3 years

Storyteller demo has been played 20000 times already and we didn't need to do any updates. It's running the same version we shipped to Steam before launching. There are minor bugs and design stuff that could be improved, but it's pretty solid!

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@danielben

5 years

Storyteller keeps piling up reasons to hate. This game makes for the coolest enums.

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@danielben

2 years

Should we do it Y/N

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@danielben

3 years

I Wish I Were the Moon (remastered), a web native version, entirely made from scratch, is now out! It's just a couple minutes:

I Wish I Were the Moon by Daniel Benmergui

An artgame about a love triangle inspired by Italo Calvino. Play in your browser

danielben.itch.io

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@danielben

7 years

FIDEL DUNGEON RESCUE, a puzzle-crawler where you are a dog, is *out in 4 DAYS* wishlist now! #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

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@danielben

1 year

Some Storyteller levels are quite specific

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@danielben

5 years

My "design postmortem" of Fidel, where I dissect how we solved design issues ranging from how we procgen interesting levels to solving baffling ui problems. I crammed as much game design as possible!

NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Daniel Benmergui

NYU Game Center Lecture Series Presents Daniel Benmergui Thursday, November 1, 2018 Daniel is an award-winning game designer and one of the organizers of the...

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@danielben

7 years

We are shipping Fidel Dungeon Rescue tomorrow! Wishlist it now so you don't miss it!

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@danielben

2 years

Well it appears you can play the Storyteller demo one more time before we ship it!

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@danielben

5 months

Today at 4:00 PM I give a talk about the design of Storyteller at GDC!

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@danielben

7 years

Check out this Steam's "250 hidden gems", games ranked by player love, not absolute sales numbers, @steam_games @aldenkroll why not take a look at this? (Full Disclosure: Fidel is on spot 45 here)

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@danielben

7 years

I Got Over It without Bennett Foddy

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@danielben

9 months

@Jonathan_Blow You have no idea what you are talking about here but we'll be happy to ship him to you.

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@danielben

1 year

I'd be happy to talk about why the game is not 10x the size or why it does not have a sandbox mode out of the box, but that would mean having a real conversation and not internet shouting.

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@danielben

3 years

TOMORROW

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@danielben

10 months

Reminder: Storyteller is BIGGER and DISCOUNTED for a few days

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

store.steampowered.com

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@danielben

1 year

now I need a steam review about how viral tweets don't help with sales

Storyteller

@danielben

1 year

someone on steam accidentally reviewed game development

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@danielben

9 months

Yo creo que en crisis necesitás un equipo que responda rápido, frío y con recursos. Si ponés un circo a gobernar se te multiplican los quilombos y podés terminar en una escalada de violencia social y contratos sociales rotos. Ahora todo se trata del equipo de gobierno.

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@danielben

7 years

New on this update: You can play with these pups... each requires a different playstyle!

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@danielben

5 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue, the roguelike where you can rewind, is a steal for 60% OFF RIGHT NOW:

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@danielben

9 months

Villaruel no quiere gobernar y eso queda claro en que le chupan un huevo todos los temas que no tengan que ver con su agenda personal: empoderar lo peor de la clase militar y volver a crear un problema económico/sanitario. O sea digamos crear problemas que no había.

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@danielben

7 years

Next week, Fidel Dungeon Rescue will get bigger, better and more accessible to new players. New worlds, monsters, more tolerance to mistakes/taking your time to optimize the levels!

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@danielben

5 months

This year I am giving a talk at GDC where I will tell how we designed Storyteller, nothing held back. It may be the last time I present at GDC.

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@danielben

9 months

Si ponemos a Milei/Macri va a ser un tren fantasma de idiotez e incompetencia hasta que vuelva el peronismo ya para quedarse indefinidamente.

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@danielben

7 years

Fidel still holding up on the New & Popular section. Did you know it's made in @haxelang ?

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@danielben

1 year

Please leave a review on steam if you like the game so the algorithm likes it too you can type "better than resident evil"

Storyteller on Steam

Storyteller is an award-winning puzzle game about building stories. Start with a title, settings and characters and create a story that fits the story’s description. Play with stories of love,...

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@danielben

3 years

For those of you still around waiting for Storyteller, wondering what the game is really about and what does it looks like now, I tell you: very, *very* soon.

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@danielben

7 years

Fidel Dungeon Rescue, a puzzle-crawler where you are a dog, 99% positive reviews! #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

7 years

#Fidel , a puzzle-crawler about finding a path through monsters and treasure is out in 9 days! #screenshotsaturday

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@danielben

1 year

Late to the party, but Outer Wilds was a worthwhile journey once I was convinced by @bembidiona to overcome my initial frustration (I bounced against this game a few times)

Outer Wilds on Steam

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless...

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6 years

We've hit our fist breakthrough since we restarted working on Storyteller. One of those wonderful solutions that fix several problems at the same time, without losing expressive power. I'm so happy to be back to work on this game...

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@danielben

1 year

This book was the starting point of Stortyeller!

scott⚡️mccloud

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1 year

Thirty years ago today!

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1 year

Storyteller is already out on Nintendo Switch! Will be up on Steam as soon as the spring sale ends (should be very soon!)

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@danielben

1 year

@moonscript itch is the by far the best platform for devs in almost every axis, I hope I get to see the day it replaces Steam

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@danielben

7 years

The sad thing about Flash dying is that HTML5 is still garbage to make videogames.

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2 months

I love these storyteller ripoffs, I will play all of them, if you find any please let me know! This one stole our sfxs too 😂

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1 year

@spectrebrown1 it is valid to say that you wanted more game, the problem is that it's convincing Steam that it's a crappy game and it hurts the possibility of funding more development

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