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Brendon Chung

@blendogames.bsky.social

🍊 Founder of http://blendogames.com 🍊 Most recent release: SKIN DEEP http://blendogames.com/skindeep 🍊 Co-founder https://glitch.city

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 4h ago

videogametoilets .com Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (2011) Flushable: Y Wooden: Y #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · yesterday

To this day I feel so lucky that this incredible crew made the Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer. So much talent in Jake, Derek, Chris, and Erin, planning, devising, and creating this amazing stuff 🙏🙏🙏

jake rodkin@rodkin.online · 2d ago

This is as good an excuse as any to re-share the Quadrilateral Cowboy trailer I got to help make with @derek-lieu.com @chrisremo.bsky.social and @erinyvette.bsky.social a decade ago. Still proud of it! youtu.be/S_IVvhSX2tY

austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 2d ago

two of my favorite games ever. two of the best games of the last 11~ years. what an absolute steal of a deal.

Brendon Chung@blendogames.bsky.social · 2d ago

Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 2d ago

Quadrilateral Cowboy & Invisible Inc are in a cyberpunk bundle together! store.steampowered.com/bundle/82990... I'm a big fan of Invisible Inc, what a joy to be bundled together🙏

Save 63% on Klei Cyberpunk on Steam

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 2d ago

Monday Sketch: the Sub Rosa Wrecking Crew #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Javy Gwaltney@jgwalt.bsky.social · 5d ago

lmao if you drive while wielding a one-handed weapon, Mike holds it in his free hand. If you drive while wielding a two-handed weapon, he drives with his foot. Good stuff, good stuff. This is what immersive sims should be.

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy late birthday to Dawn of Darkness, a Quake 2 mod I contributed to when I was a high school teen I only just learned today that some on the team would later make Control & Wolfenstein The New Order?? Some of my favorite games!!!!!! I made this very cool airship for the mod:

A floating wooden boat, made in the Quake2 engine

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 2w ago

FEAR 2 giving each book a unique title. true game dev sicko behavior 😌 #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Seattle-style crosswalk buttons in FEAR 2 😌 #archive

Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 2w ago

This page is fantastic. It's a "best hits of game narrative blogging" and it can teach a student more about narrative design and production best practices than many university programs will bother to. I am also very proud to report that my writing is on it several times

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 2w ago

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 2w ago

The Game Narrative Reader, Zeroth Edition

Announcing a curated, thematic link page of important essays and articles about video game narrative.

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 3w ago

I'm gonna speak at Game Devs of Color this year! :DDD For this talk I'm focusing on the trailer for Skin Deep by @blendogames.bsky.social. Everything from getting the job through finishing it up. It'll be a whirlwind walk through my process for making a trailer.

Game Devs of Color Expo@gdocexpo.com · 3w ago

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Derek Lieu: More Than Skin Deep: How an Indie Game Trailer is Made From Concept to Completion From the first call with #gamedev to final cut, Derek walks through the full trailer-making process - what to show, what to cut, & how to make your game impossible to scroll past.

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 3w ago

I chatted about filmic cuts --

This Week in Videogames@thisweekinvideogames.com · 3w ago

After years of videogames trying to recreate the one-shot take, 007 First Light and Mixtape are bringing back the art of the jump cut in 2026. But though they’re quick in execution, they’re not exactly easy to implement. We speak to Beethoven & Dinosaur + @blendogames.bsky.social to understand why.

ghoulnoise @ghoulnoise.com · 3w ago

startmenu@startmenu.bsky.social · last yr.

Skin Deep's music is a mix of fictional commercial jingles, techno sea shanties and Bond-esque melodrama that works remarkably well. @kellymerka.bsky.social interviews Priscilla Snow about creating the soundtrack for Nina Pasadena's exploits. www.startmenu.co.uk/home/skin-de...

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 3w ago

turn-based strategy mockups from ~2006 (❤️ Close Combat) #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've been replaying Wolfenstein The New Order and it's still SO good. Really wonderful work, one of my favorites. Amazing use of a modified Rage/idTech5 engine

hallway full of pipes, in the game Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)

bj blazkowicz holding a tray with 2 coffees

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 3w ago

Monday sketch: M828 Goldfinch #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 4w ago

welcome back, quake 3 mouth 😌

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Witcher 3: you can whistle for your horse before starting a conversation #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

Monday sketch: M821 Wallaby #archive

Tom McH @tommchenry.bsky.social · last mo.

action therapist trailer 1-4

PANEL 1: Title screen for Action Therapist, "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...By NIGHT"

PANEL 2: an ESRB rating of MATURE for Blood and Gore, Sexual Content, Attachment Issues

PANEL 3: A cab has pulled up to an airport arrivals terminal and Dr. Mariposa is getting in.

CABBIE: "All the way out to the university, eh? Well, it's your dollar, Mac..."

PANEL 4: The cabbie is driving Dr. Mariposa through the downpour.

CABBIE: "Did they ever find that famous professor lady who went missing up there?"

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is still in his dripping trenchcoat and being talked to by Dean Hondo, a heavyset duck with a beard and a coffee mug.

DEAN HONDO: "We're confident your...memory issues...won't keep you from a full load of case work."

PANEL 6:

DEAN HONDO: "Keep an eye on your Psy points. They can unleash special attacks and combos, but run out and you go nuts."

PANEL 1: a mockup of a video game screen. Dr. Mariposa stands in the foreground and Diane in the background in a building.

DIANE: "The police told me to take an ibuprofen and get over it..."

PANEL 2: the player, as Dr. Mariposa, is prompted to TALK

TALK: "Say more on that" 3 PSY
"That sounds like judgment." 5 PSY

PANEL 3: Diane is crying into her hands.

DIANE: "...Maybe you are the therapist who will break the terrible curse."

PANEL 4: Different view of a break room with stats for Dr. Mariposa. This area is called ADMIN BLDG BREAK ROOM and there are menu options to
MAKE COFFEE
MICROWAVE
BULLETN BOARD
DISH WASHER

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is in an aquarium talking to a different patient. Again the player is prompted to TALK: "Let's go deeper on that." 3 PSY
"You're being pretty hard on yourself." 10 PSY

PANEL 6: screenshot of a cinema scene where Dr. Mariposa is looking angrily at a pouncing astronaut

MYSTERIOUS ASTRONAUT: "You won't traverse the catacombs of my mind so easily, Doc!"

PANEL 1: Dr. Mariposa is standing in ruins under a purple sky and a wrong-looking moon. Its strange light shines on a pinkish lake. Crystal, a duck in a uniform from a restaurant is there.

CRYSTAL: "I'll tell you everything, but we can't tarry here..."

PANEL 2: The game interface shows a 24-hour pharmacy. Dr. Mariposa is a slightly higher level now but he has a CURSE status effect.

24 HOUR PHARMCY (NORTH)
* Fill scrip
* Develop photos
* Browse magazines
* Energy drinks

PANEL 3: Dr. Mariposa is talking to a shopkeeper in the faculty store. A flyer for a Walpurgis Night Sale 20% Off hangs behind him.

SHOPKEEPER: "I can only sell items to tenured faculty. You should publish a peer reviewed article!"

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in his underwear and his hair is messy. He's in his office. Diane is there and the sky is strange.

DIANE: "Maybe this CORN KEY x1 will be useful on your journey. It's been in my family for generations."

GOT CORN KEY x1

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is now talking to an astronaut in his office. The astronaut lays back on the couch in full spacesuit.

CMDR WALLACE: "We are building American pyramids on the moon, configured to strange geometries."

PANEL 6: Close up of a hand holding a book.

Text: "It's a paperback copy of Peter David's 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in novel 'Vendetta'"

PANEL 1: A spooky clocktower under a strange sky with an unsettling full moon. Bats are swooping around.

TEXT: "Maybe there's someone in the old clocktower who could benefit from talk therapy."

PANEL 2 : Game interface showing a treasure chest shaped like a corn on the cob.

TITLE: Hidden Corn Treasure Chest
Description: The small chest is shaped like a corn on the cob. It hums with a strange energy.

USE KEY:
* Office Key
* Corn Key
* Citadel Key
* Empty

PANEL 3: Panel from a cinema scene where Crystal the waitress is leaning in to confide to Dr. Mariposa.

CRYSTAL (here credited as only WAITRESS): "My mom tried to get me to go to therapy, but the therapist refused to talk about all the disappearances in town."

PANEL 4: Dr. Mariposa is in the clocktower at night. His flashlight is pointing at a nude woman, the Clocktower Hermit.

TALK:
* "That's black and white thinking." 3 PSY
* "Would you say that to a friend?" 18 PSY

PANEL 5: Dr. Mariposa is digging through a filing cabinet in a dark basement.

DR. MARIPOSA: "These are all my old patient notes from before the accident! But ... what are they doing here?"

PANEL 6: White text on black.

PHYSICIAN

HEAL THYSELF

FAST.

Messhof @messhof.bsky.social · last mo.

money is jut a concept but "Wheel World" is conceptually less than a Hamilton right now

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · last mo.

Wheel World (Steam) is $9.34 on Gamebillet buff.ly/Dds3JTl Deck verified also on Game Pass Premium

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

did you know??? Doom3 has a "saving throw" system. Melee enemies auto-miss fatal attacks, on a 5 second cooldown timer #archive

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

Monday sketch: M814 Polecat #archive

Jank @jank.cool · last mo.

Why I love the command line. www.jank.cool/i-love-the-c...

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

"They're waiting for you, Gordon... in the tessstt chammberrr" (Mt Wilson Observatory)

60 inch telescope in Mt Wilson Observatory

The interior dome of the 60 inch telescope in Mt Wilson Observatory

Klei @kleientertainment.bsky.social · last mo.

The award winning Quadrilateral Cowboy by @blendogames.bsky.social is celebrating their 10th anniversary with a game update! Check out the Steam Sale and new 10th Anniversary Bundle! More Details: store.steampowered.com/news/app/240...

Quadrilateral Cowboy - 10 Year Anniversary Update - Steam News

Celebrating Quadrilateral Cowboy's 10 year anniversary with an update!

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Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

Skin Deep is in the Steam Summer Sale, 40% OFF store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S... Here's 4 fun facts about the Skin Deep shotgun:

Brendon Chung @blendogames.bsky.social · last mo.

Celebrating Quadrilateral Cowboy's 10 Year Anniversary with a new update! 💾 Added a brand new EXTRAS menu with a collection of development videos 💾 Added a bunch of new Developer Commentary nodes throughout the game 💾 Squashed some bugs Enjoy! store.steampowered.com/app/240440/Q...

suzanne @binarypartitioned.space · last mo.

For your perusal: Skin Deep is 40% off for the next two weeks and it contains what I believe to be some of my finest work store.steampowered.com/app/301280/S...

Save 40% on Skin Deep on Steam

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this ...

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