From Big Macs to Baftas: the incredible story behind the hit video game Vampire Survivors

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨soyagi@yiffit.net⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/aug/04/baftas-video-game-vampire-survivors-luca-galante

Luca Galante went from flipping burgers in Thornton Heath to accidentally creating a gaming sensation in one of the few true indie developer rags-to-riches tales

Archived version: archive.ph/RYbQn

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DrMango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Kind of funny that Galante was programming slot machines prior to making the game as there’s a lot of aspects of VS I’ve always thought were just great at triggering that good old reward circuit in the brain.

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chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Noclip made a documentary as well youtu.be/XQVdR8mJrds

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- ashok36@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If anyone hasn’t watched the documentary yet, I highly recommend it just for the recurring sight-gag. It killed me, every time.
  
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