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Jon McEvoy

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CTO @ Brain Jar Games ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿซ™๐ŸŽฎ Previously: Manticore Games, SEMC, Trion Worlds, and more https://deadasdisco.com/

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part of me want's to say it's "just a demo" but I'm going to try to briefly enjoy this win, the product of so much hard work, hard decisions, careful planning, and calculated risk

01.06.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dead as Disco Demo on Steam Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat โ€˜Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Charlie Disco on a quest to confront the villainous Idols and r...

One of my career #gamedev goals has been to get into the "Overwhelmingly Positive" review category on Steam. Thanks to the hard work of the team and our great community the Dead as Disco demo made it! 560 reviews, 99% positive. I don't even know how to react store.steampowered.com/app/3763830/...

01.06.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As an engineer, one of the best lessons of my career has been to actually watch people using the tech once you think itโ€™s done. Itโ€™s so humbling when the unexpected weird workaround start coming out

28.05.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sometimes there's new concept art, that's "just" an iteration on previous art, but it locks the essence of the subject in so well. It's so satisfying to watch and be able to help build that

28.05.2025 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is going to be fun! Iโ€™m excited to see what players put out there with no NDA #gamedev

20.05.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is a roundabout way of me saying I'm re-learning the lesson to not schedule a first release candidate build for 12 hours before it's set to be played by users

16.05.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A tricky thing about #gamedev, particularly indie/startup, is the constant squeeze from both sides of the timeline (1) do it fast, get it in front of players and (2) make sure it's good, even at first try, because that's often all you get

16.05.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dead as Disco on Steam Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat โ€˜Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Charlie Disco on a quest to confront the villainous Idols and r...

As a first post, this is unlikely to get any traction, but I have to start somewhere ๐Ÿ•บ

Dead as Disco is available to wishlist on Steam! It's already so much fun and I can't wait for us to be ready to release a demo soon
store.steampowered.com/app/3404260/...

#gamedev #music #UnrealEngine #ue5

25.04.2025 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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