Mark Storey
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Mark Storey
@StoreyXIV
Associate Lead Programmer for @TanglewoodGames! Prev. @Ballistic_Moon, @DPSGamesStudio, @SuperMGames. 🎮 Views are my own. From Belfast.





I don’t even know where to start... So, my boyfriend showed me this Instagram reel of a Spyro the Dragon statue. The sad part? It’s sitting in an abandoned building. The cool part? It was only 45 minutes away from us! I rewatched the reel a million times and tried to message the creator for details, but they gatekept the location. So, I took matters into my own hands and spent hours tracking it down. I posted on Reddit, and some amazing people reached out with the coolest history on this thing. Turns out, this exact statue was an exclusive promotional piece used all the way back at E3 for Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon! In the old photos, he was perched way up on a high stand looking awesome. Sadly, looking closely at the reel, his wings are missing now—but he’s still dope. After E3, the statue was bought by or donated to The Arc Arcade in Astoria. When the arcade shut down in 2018, the statue basically vanished... until now. Once I finally pinpointed the address, I had to track down the property owner, just crossing my fingers that he’d actually know what I was talking about. Because honestly, who calls a stranger first thing in the morning asking about a giant purple dragon? By the time I gathered all this info it was 3 AM, and I was wide awake like an owl, but I had to get some sleep for work. I finally called the owner around 10 AM. I asked if he owned the building, and he said yes. Then I asked if he knew what that huge thing visible through the glass door was. His response? “Oh, that purple lizard thing? I don’t know! It was there when I bought the building in 2021, and I have no idea what to do with it.” I was absolutely losing it such a hilarious response. Then, he literally asked me, “Can you just come take it on Monday?” and I was like, “Uh, YES!” If everything goes smoothly, I’m going to keep him in storage while I work on restoring him, with the goal of displaying him at a gaming expo in the future. Wish me luck and fingers crossed we get this baby out of there! #spyrothedragon #spyro #retrogaming #insomniacs #estatue






THIS SOLO DEV IS BUILDING A 2.5D MEDIEVAL SWORD FIGHTING GAME AND THE COMBAT LOOKS INSANE one person working alone on a full combat system with 2.5D art style he designed and built the art, environments, and animations himself. vibe coded the game mechanics with a game engine the silhouette work and the environments already look polished. the characters move through these detailed medieval landscapes with real weight to the animations 2.5D means the characters and world are flat sprites but rendered in a 3D space so you get depth, parallax, and lighting effects without needing a full 3D engine the combat has directional attacks, parrying, and what looks like a stamina based system. all built by one person i think it needs a bit more hit feedback like hit-stop and sharper audio on contact to make every swing feel heavier. small tweaks that would take it from looking good to feeling incredible but nonetheless this looks pretty slick. insane what one person can do now with vibe coding + a game engine solo game devs are building things that would have required a full studio 5 years ago

After successfully creating Minihausen at WWE Backlash, Danhausen is now seemingly attempting to resurrect someone else backstage in his lab

We're making a roguelike deckbuilder, where you become the coolest kid of the playground! 🐸 Craft every card yourself with hundreds of super cute stickers! ⭐ Wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder! It's "My Card Is Better Than Your Card!", out on Steam!

The full list of WWE releases as of now. - Kairi Sane - Aleister Black - Zelina - Uncle Howdy/Bo Dallas - Nikki Cross - Santos Escobar - Motor City Machine Guns - Dexter Lumis - Apollo Crews - Rowan - Joe Gacy - Andre Chase - Zoey Stark - Alba Fyre - Tyra Mae Steele - Sirena Linton - Tyson - Tyriek - Chris Island - Malik Blade - Trill London - Luca Crusifino We have not heard if additional releases are coming

This indie dev is making a spiritual successor to the PS1 Medal of Honor. If AAA won't, then indies will! - The WWII campaign we’ve been begging for - Developed in Godot - PS1-style retro visuals It's called Legion of Honor. Would you play this?








