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Danny Weinbaum

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Founder of Eastshade Studios. Dedicated to making games that feel like places. Working on Songs of Glimmerwick https://store.steampowered.com/app/1706510/Songs_of_Glimmerwick/ I make YouTube videos - https://www.youtube.com/@eastshadestudios8335

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what wonderful positive advancements AI is making for humanity. Just positive after positive.

03.12.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes I have! Very curious about the game, especially how much RPG it will have in it!

03.12.2025 22:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

rofl thank you for assuming the more positive definition. Oh no way I'd be honored! I'd pop on in a heartbeat! My sleep schedule is usually effed enough to comfortably chat with europeans too ๐Ÿ˜…

03.12.2025 09:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just learned I don't know what figurehead means. Yikes. That is NOT what I meant ๐Ÿ˜ฌ. "Industry legends" is what I meant

03.12.2025 08:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Loved every minute! Two industry figureheads talking shop. Fantastic!

03.12.2025 00:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธMike & Rami Are Still Here๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

The new podcast from me & @ramiismail.com

Listen to two old men from the video game industry ask the real questions, like "why am I so tired all of the time", and "who the heck are Ant and Dec?"

Listen on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, or wherever you want

mikeandrami.com

02.12.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 99    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

And I love how when it's wrong it's not wrong like a random person on the internet is wrong. It's like "yes gasoline is a great substitute for butter when making cookies!" levels of wrong.

02.12.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess some part of us wants bad games to be the result of ethical deficiency. We want to somehow tie bad products to bad people. It's upsetting to play something we didn't like, especially when we had high hopes for it. Maybe it's an uncomfortable idea that good people can try hard and still miss?

02.12.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wish people wouldn't use moralized language in games criticism. People like to use words like "lazy" or "stupid", not just to crit the work but to sate some desire to crit the character of its author(s). Not sure why something in us wants this. But it seems to be human nature.

02.12.2025 22:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For sure! My stream schedule is pretty random but I always get back to it! Can't tell ya when lol

28.11.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers and thank you so much!

27.11.2025 06:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey appreciate that! Thank you for checking it out!

25.11.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Their 0 Combat Game Made Them Millions
YouTube video by Jonas Tyroller Their 0 Combat Game Made Them Millions

I had a great time speaking with one of my favorite gamedev YouTubers Jonas Tyroller in this nearly 3 hour interview! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9u...

25.11.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

oh absolutely! Having a streamer friendly game is definitely a viable path. That method can attract lots of content creators. But lots of indies have this idea that if just one big streamer played their game the magical dam would break and they'd blast off.

19.11.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the biggest myths in gamedev is the idea that a single big content creator can open the floodgates on an undiscovered title. Streamers are subject to the same forces of interest as players. And when they do cover something, it doesn't move the needle as much as the layman thinks it does.

19.11.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I genuinely think not much. Imo Steam's algorithm is pretty good at unearthing stuff and there's enough people rolling through on the hunt to help with that. It makes the market quite rational. I imagine table top has a lot of other bottlenecks in the way that makes the market less rational.

01.11.2025 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Marketing is NOT Why Most Indie Games Fail Part 2
YouTube video by Eastshade Studios Marketing is NOT Why Most Indie Games Fail Part 2

I did a follow-up video to my much-discussed video "Marketing is NOT Why Most Indie Games Fail" youtu.be/zNGhfPFresw?...

01.11.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

Streaming gamedev now! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

12.10.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

#gamedev streaming now! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

11.10.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Songs of Glimmerwick Trailer Lines Open Audition Weโ€™re looking to record a few lines for a trailer for our upcoming witch academy RPG adventure Songs of Glimmerwick. We're an established indie studio, best known for our 2019 success Eastshade, where...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Calling all voice actors!๐ŸŽ™๏ธWe've got an open audition for some trailer lines! Find out more here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

10.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Songs of Glimmerwick Trailer Lines Open Audition Weโ€™re looking to record a few lines for a trailer for our upcoming witch academy RPG adventure Songs of Glimmerwick. We're an established indie studio, best known for our 2019 success Eastshade, where...

๐Ÿ“ฃ Calling all voice actors!๐ŸŽ™๏ธWe've got an open audition for some trailer lines! Find out more here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

10.10.2025 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

Gamedev streaming now! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

07.10.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Twitch Twitch is the world

Streaming gamedev now! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

06.10.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We could use a few more!

03.10.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I understand! It's typical for closed betas. We can't our prerelease build to anonymous people. Nor can we made anonymous people sign an NDA.

20.09.2025 05:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EastshadeStudios - Twitch Making a witch academy RPG!

streaming development now! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

19.09.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Songs of Glimmerwick Beta Thank you for your interest in the Songs of Glimmerwick beta! There are two betas: one for the demo and one for the full game.

We're looking for beta testers for Songs of Glimmerwick! Apply here: forms.gle/DxGnhiWf2fCD...

19.09.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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EastshadeStudios - Twitch Making a witch academy RPG!

Devstreaming for the first time in forever! www.twitch.tv/eastshadestu...

18.09.2025 01:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

thank you for letting me know!

12.09.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ooof! Wow I'm dumb. Thanks a million for letting me know! Should be fixed now!

12.09.2025 01:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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