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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

we actually did it

GUBBINS by Studio Folly

@folly_studio

10 months

🍄GUBBINS IS OUT NOW!🍄 (it’s a word game) 🍒Make cool words! ✏️Return daily to collect your Gub and play the daily level! 🔒Build and share deranged postcards with your pals! Free to play, once a day on iOS & Android RIGHT NOW!

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

Youtuber: This unused asset is an enormous discovery and changes everything we know about this game. I will explain the vast implications this has to the IP moving forward. Chapter one- [dev studio, years earlier] Dev 1: Did you clean up those old WIP assets? Dev 2: uh... yep

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

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Today's Tea: ) ) ) ( ) ) ) _(___(____)____(___(__ (__ \ GDC should be / _ \ held somewhere / | \ other than the /____ | \ USA / \ ____________ / \____________/

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@darcywsmith

5 years

Movie watcher: Eh, the movie wasn't for me. Game player: This game is fucking trash and the devs are incompetent morons. They are completely out of touch with their audience and they should be fired. I hope their company fails, I hope their families starve.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

this is ART

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@matttomic

3 years

Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was "The better of two sci-fi franchises", and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

I genuinely watch and love these vids btw. For those who get into this like I do, this tweet is inspired by this video

Breath of the Wild’s PERPLEXING Image - An Unsolved Mystery? (Zelda...

What's with this strange image found in Breath of the Wild's files?Unused files from Breath of the Wildhttps://tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wi...

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

Sometimes it’s important to lay the smack down

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

Finally getting your game ready for testing is so cruel, because you've been hard at work for months/years carefully crafting features & finessing your intro pipeline, then the first person who plays it is like "how do u jump lol" and it unravels your whole fuckin life

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

2 years

*my* hobbies? Well I like walking around my house asking my dog what he is doing in a variety of silly voices, even when he’s clearly doing nothing.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

2 years

Apparently there’s a tennis anime called The Prince of Tennis that features Melbourne and their depiction is 🤌💋 💕

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

omg what is this, I am DYING

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

saw a tiktok that asked "why do all NFTs look like bong stickers?" and that question has taken permanent residence in my quickly diminishing grey matter

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

@PhilosophyTube A million Groths! Here's to your next Grothillion!

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

pushing away people I care about like

Kim Kardashian Photos

@KimKPhotos

7 years

Kanye arriving at his office in Calabasas today

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

I love this message because I want to know what way they WERE thinking about it???

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

So I thought I wasn’t going to announce this because cool guys don’t look at explosions, but it turns out I’m not cool, AND I am now Project Lead for @ArmelloGame which is pretty cool actually. I am excited to continue making the sexy animal game you know and love. ❤️🐺🐭🐻🐰❤️

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

you and your wife sit at a fancy new restaurant, set menu. Heston appears, the memories of your wife are fabricated and she is the food

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

my job rules

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

2 years

me two years ago: Why are we all making the same games? Why are we just staying in the tried and true genres? Why is nobody attempting to reinvent the wheel? me two years from now after learning what an audience is: Pleased to announce our top down action adventure game.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

2 years

@JacobJanerka for $3 I can't see why you wouldn't

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

@dpfhaidon I feel like 1.5 button presses is the gateway drug to this shit

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

Honestly in a mobile world ravaged by UA it's crazy to see us holding our own. Thank you all for the overwhelming support <3

Hank Green

@hankgreen

10 months

Gubbins is currently the #14 top free mobile game in the US, just ahead of Subway Surfers... LET'S GOOOO

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

Gubbins: A tale of love, making a weird word game at a weird time, and gaining the support of an internet star.

From the gamedev community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the gamedev community

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

It is me, the Greedy Game Developer. I produce DLC to ensure I pay rent in my six person sharehouse and comfortably eat food, FEAR ME.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

The bottom line is, when we're talking about breakpoints of $200k, we're talking about indies. We're talking about small teams who have shipped games on shoestring budgets and teams that are in critical phases of growth. Why target them? They aren't making the real money.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

Next week is my last week at @LeagueofGeeks . I love them dearly and this decision has been made with their support. They have my back. Not super comfortable about me clogging the airwaves with personal tales so I'll elaborate at a later time - feel free to reach out to chat. ❤

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

@_SoftScience god, this hit a very particular part of my brain

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

this speaks to me

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

Okay it’s a little bigger than I thought it would be

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

So my friend is a photographer and she needed to do a test shoot. Here are my FAVS

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

@DanielAndrewsMP For those people feelin’ like “Open it all up! Enough is enough” - I feel you, this shit is hard. The US are seeing 75,000+ daily new cases and 220,000+ people are now dead. Sorry, your desire to smash vinos on st kilda beach isn’t really a great case to be more like them.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

Take the time right now to positively review a game on steam that you've enjoyed. It'll take 2 minutes and it really matters.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

How come feminists spend their time discussing data, trends and solutions and MRAs just seem to spend their time attacking women????????????

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

Gubbins is intended to be light on monetisation, it's a game that many (hopefully) will play and few will actually purchase. To speak plainly, this is an overwhelming threat to Gubbins our future. We've been grinding for years, striving for stability and this could fuck us.

AGGRO CRAB 💥

@AggroCrabGames

1 year

SIGH

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

BTW Armello is experiencing it's second largest player spike ever, almost four years after launch. The largest was a free Steam weekend so it doesn't count.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

Two big benefits of encouraging applications from underrepresented groups in job descriptions... 1) More diverse applications 2) Scaring off the fragile dudes who don't see the value of diversity

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

Steam reviews are something I've grown to kinda obsess over, making this study absolutely fascinating. 'An Empirical Study of Game Reviews on the Steam Platform' - Threaded below are some valuable/interesting tidbits and takeaways.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

gamedev

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

Hey thanks for the Sound Design award this week @The_AGDAs ! @AShellinthePit are the best to work with, they immediately "got" the game and then immediately got us an award. Also thankful to even be considered for GOTY. Gubbins is an award winning game no takey-backsies

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

Nov 14th

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

8 years

A whole lot of Community Management is basically just saying "We're actual people" over and over again in different ways, forever.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

community management

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

dude im so tired why does anyone make videogames

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

I'm an indie gamedev and I have a super exciting day of work ahead! Today I'll be getting some✨paperwork✨done, taking it easy ✨on hold to the bank✨ so I can complete some ✨brazillian tax documents✨ in attempt to ✨unfreeze our google play account✨

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

Just got out of a HUGE meeting about the Armello's coming years and I'll tell you what, there will definitely be animals fighting with weapons

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

@JacobJanerka @moomoomang that way we can organise knife fights between devs that have had twitter beefs

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

@coyotemation @ffsdusty @ThisIsKris10 @zachbraff holy shit this thread is so funny you slayed me

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

What do you even mean

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

8 months

OH BOY WHAT

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

@Official_AIAS

8 months

We're pleased to announce the nominees for the 27th Annual #DICEAwards ! A total of 56 games are nominated this year, led by Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with 9 nominations, Alan Wake 2 with 8, Baldur's Gate 3 with 7, and COCOON with 6. See full list of nominees:

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

30 under 30 media luminary sweet baby brother Griffin McElroy!!!! I SO hope Gub postcards are ruining their family group chat

GUBBINS by Studio Folly

@folly_studio

10 months

Stoked to hear Griffin Mcelroy is a gubhead too!

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

About 10 years ago, Trent rolled the dice on me as LoG's 10th-ish team member. Over years of working, drinking and travelling, he taught me how to make (hopefully) great games. My successes are yours @TrentKusters , thank you for all you've done and congratulations✨💖✨

The AGDAs

@The_AGDAs

11 months

The #AGDAs23 Adam Lancman Award Goes to… @TrentKusters one of the founders of @LeagueofGeeks

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

Grimes is lookin weird af

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

Game development is without a doubt the fuckedest, most difficult voyage I’ve ever embarked on. Whether you lost your job this week or simply wrenched the last drop of creativity from your exhausted skull, try to remember that you make lives better.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

with Gubbins launching in a week, feeling blessed and thankful that I can finally take some much needed time off in 6-18 months time 🙏🤗💖✨

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

SOMETIMES PLANET EARTH RULES, STOKED ON THE NOMS

GUBBINS by Studio Folly

@folly_studio

1 year

Wowowow, four whole AGDA's nominations for the Gubs. Thank you so much to everyone who has rallied around our game and contributed to the project, it means the world to us.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

name your favourite energy vampire Mine are people who disagree with you, but then just reframe what you've said back to you like... "Hey this looks like a dark red colour" Energy Vampire: Nah, I don't think so. That's more of a maroon.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

watching everyones feeds get demolished by beautiful, stupid gubbins postcards

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

@TrentKusters can we please get this framed for the studio? I've been told it's not a real quote but I just don't care.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

YOOOO @toucharcade GAME OF THE WEEK! Plus a 5 star review??? 😵😵😵😵

TouchArcade

@toucharcade

10 months

Gubbins is an adorable word game from @folly_studio that will have you thinking deeply to create the BEST word EVER only to have some little monster come and screw it all up for you. It's fun! And it's our Game of the Week:

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@darcywsmith

4 years

@letmebenow @DanielAndrewsMP Science and pandemic simulation algorithms or some basic Murdoch fan girl, lets see who wins

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@darcywsmith

10 months

read em and weep

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

8 months

There's something surreal about seeing Gubbins in a list amongst gargantuan, beloved titles. I'm so grateful for the support, so, so grateful people dig our silly game. Being in the same category as @tribandtweets ' What the Car is award enough 💖💖💖

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

@Official_AIAS

8 months

We're pleased to announce the nominees for the 27th Annual #DICEAwards ! A total of 56 games are nominated this year, led by Marvel's Spider-Man 2 with 9 nominations, Alan Wake 2 with 8, Baldur's Gate 3 with 7, and COCOON with 6. See full list of nominees:

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

So many people were so lovely to @jessicashipard , myself and our silly game. Thanks folks hopefully we're worthy. We're working hard and have some enormous, fantastic, outrageos news coming next week.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

3 years

Welcome to the family, Mots (surname, Arella)

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

Honestly SXSW ruled, I had such a good time. Sydney folks, don’t listen to the horrible things everyone (including myself) says (and will continue to say) about you. (please let me return)

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

7 years

@tha_rami Guy falls in a hole

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

@pant_leg baked egg

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

Hello, I’m a Community Manager. You may know me from my greatest hits such as “thanks for reaching out”, “we’re hard at work on a fix for that” and “we don’t have a date as of yet...”

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

the engagement people are getting from gub-posting is blowing my mind rn

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

Lol we wheeled a whole fridge in to discover the front of the fridge wasn’t magnetic at all, only the sides. All of the magnets on the front were literally taped on

Mei-Li

@UncannyTitans

10 months

Still can't believe how @folly_studio brought a whole ass fridge to PAX Aus last year. Legends.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

might fuck around and open a little gamedev studio I think

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

ur games could look like this but ur playin

ruby innes

@rubyinnes

10 months

shes mine now. she belongs to me. im rehoming this fake bitch

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@darcywsmith

3 years

WHY IS IT ME

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

Making even a small game is rudely difficult, impossibly hectic and you need to defy countless statistic improbabilities. To make something like this is simply unfathomable, especially as a new studio. Fuckin wild, hugely impressive, yall deserve it <3

Summerfall Studios - Stray Gods: Orpheus OUT NOW

@summerfallgames

1 year

“Lost in a moment…” Watch the brand-new trailer for #StrayGods : The Roleplaying Musical. Coming to PC on August 3. Wishlist now on Steam:

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

when we touch rings under the moonlight, they combine into a little metal mech

Jessica Shipard

@jessicashipard

10 months

@darcywsmith @abcnews The proof:

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

10 months

My real dream is for Gubbins to infiltrate other dev studios, distracting them and forcing them to unwind

Bugsnax (Young Horses)

@YoungHorses

10 months

We're embracing a Gubbins-forward marketing approach today. Please enjoy these Gubs I made about Bugsnax @folly_studio

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

9 months

So fucked up. Massive love to my old studio and all the good people involved.

League of Geeks

@LeagueofGeeks

9 months

We’ve got some unfortunate news to share, folks. A thread:

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

Okay okay okay, my GCAP talk has been accepted! The title is "User Reviews: Who, Why, and OH GOD WHAT'S HAPPENING?!" If you currently have, or plan on having a game on a storefront, you best understand why people review and how to harness the sweet, sweet review juice.

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

SO @jessicashipard and I are making a cute game and we're looking for a programmer for a flexible 12+ week contract. Please share this with your pals, we'd love to hear from diverse and underrepresented devs! Full details here:

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@darcywsmith

2 years

Is there a term or phrase for when you've worked on something for so long that you have no idea if it's good or completely insane? Like some kind of mental snow blindness?

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

I was hit by a car riding my bike today but luckily it was out front of @T2TeaOfficial because they were SO kind and took care of me and made me tea. Ambos checked me out, nothin' broken, no concussion but they were like "you're going to be in a lot of pain" cool cool cool cool

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

6 years

As a white dude, I can say with unwavering confidence that white dudes fucking blow

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

Robert Battinson

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@darcywsmith

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@darcywsmith

1 year

Thank you for playing with ya Gubs, honestly it means the world

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

OKAY I'm on the hunt for a composer for a small-ish freelance gig. Looking for someone to craft an amazing and cheesy 80s fantasy tune. If this could be your jam, or you have any good leads please let me know and/or share the love. ❤🐉⚔

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@darcywsmith

8 years

Who the fuck did this @Woodweird @lisyk

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@darcywsmith

1 year

HELLO in the next few days we'll be posting an ad for a full time Studio Folly Unity Developer for Gubbins AND BEYOND. If you're considering a new gig like this and you're excited to work in a growing studio with unbridled potential please reach out to chat early!

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@darcywsmith

11 months

Wake up Australia, we have news

GUBBINS by Studio Folly

@folly_studio

11 months

A wild @hankgreen appears!

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@darcywsmith

10 months

can you can you beat my DAILY SCORE?? #gubbins

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

I threw everything I had at this clan and genuinely fought to make it as ballistically fucking awesome as it could be. I really hope it shows. Big shout out @LeagueofGeeks for being the best and especially to @Woodweird for heading this up with me. 🐉❤️

Armello

@ArmelloGame

5 years

Savage heroes strong in scale and faith return to reclaim their birthright. The Dragon Clan have arrived. The Dragon Clan DLC is now available on Steam! 🦎

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@darcywsmith

4 years

Very excited that @FilmVictoria decided to back @jessicashipard and I on this here venture! We will show more when we're ready, all you need to know is that we're making a cute af word game. It's already a little bit good so hopefully it ends up very very good.

VicScreen

@wearevicscreen

4 years

👏 Congratulations to the 10 Victorian games studios whose projects were #FVsupported in our recent production funding round, incl architects-turned-developers @LucernalGames 's Little Ruin. Learn more & see the full list: #VicScreen

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@darcywsmith

10 months

This review is actually so lovely. 4.5 stars! We love that!

TouchArcade

@toucharcade

10 months

The word game genre is a tough one to stand out in, but Gubbins (It's a Word Game!) from @folly_studio manages to do just that with unique mechanics and an overwhelming amount of charm in its presentation. Our review: by @ShaunMusgrave

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@darcywsmith

1 year

[my livvy x baby gronk themed wedding] Do you promise to eternally rizz her, through fire and cringe, through the goated times and the yikes, for as long as you're both mortally vibing?

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

4 years

Alright alright alright, I’m ready to show off my rad new website. ✨✨✨✨✨✨

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

1 year

As diplomatically as possible, quit ur job and work for us instead

Work With Indies ❤️🖤🤍💚

@WorkWithIndies

1 year

The folks at @folly_studio are on the lookout for someone to work on their cheeky mobile-forward word game, Gubbins, and future Studio Folly titles! ✏️ Unity Game Developer 🦘 Remote (Victoria, AU) 💰 $80-100k AUD PA Apply below ⤵️

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

11 months

thank you all for the lovely messages and emails, especially from the person who said they are "quitting their job to Gub full-time"

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darcy w smith

@darcywsmith

5 years

The one and only @dangolding here at #GCAP19 honkin’ about Untitled Goose Game’s audio. @house_house_ 🌈⚡️✨

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