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Dean Hall
@rocket2guns
Game DesignerNew ZealandJoined August 2012
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DayZ is NOT a walking simulator. It is a running simulator. Who spends their time in that game walking?
Super excited to announce today is the FIRST DAY that I am back working with the amazing . He has joined as our Executive Producer on our massive (unannounced) survival game. We are about to start a play test! Incredible to be back working with you again!
Streamers and content creators are the very center of the video game industry. There would be no DayZ, no PUBG, no Fortnite without them. Without question Streamers made DayZ happen. That they get paid a part of the game industry pie should be celebrated. Frankly I hope it grows
Before loot respawn: "wtf ur game sux no loot respawn fix it". After loot respawn: "too much loot spawning ur game sux learn 2 code"
Can't wait for all the publishers and console manufacturers who gas-lit, lied, and mucked us around before passing on us to see this. Hope it hurts, we're coming for your bottom line...
HAD SOME SUGAR. GONNA GO INTO SOME DAYZ STREAMS SEE IF I CAN GET KICKED FOR ASKING WHY THE DUDE WHO MADE IT NEVER FINISHED IT. BRB.
Kevin Spacey in COD? Need Liam Neelson in DayZ "I don't know who you are. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have beans"
Who would have thought the most glaring thing I got wrong about the end of civilisation with DayZ, would be everyone hoarding Toilet Paper and not, you know, actual necessities
I’m alive after reaching the SOUTH POLE yesterday! Just arrived back in Chile and feeling really disoriented and overwhelmed with smells, sounds, and information it’s really weird
So I uh... got a little carried away. And I made it so you can basically make a computer in . In tomorrows patch!
I hate being political on here but… Climate change. Suicide. Obesity. Childhood obesity. Economic crisis (well several of them). War. Famine. Torture. Housing. But it’s *vaccine mandates*… that’s the hill being chosen to die on? Like im sorry for my language but what the *fuck*
To celebrate the release of DayZ 0.6. Here's a pic I took of a fun day workin on 0.27 ...
Deleted my Reddit account. Never coming back. You won, internet. You won.
Super proud of the visual benchmark we are getting with . This is a direct in game screenshot.
Well, 1 million copies in 4 weeks. So much for the death of PC Gaming. #DayZDaily
Run out of food. Car is at work. Got sore throat at gamescom. Had to eat one of the original dayz beans cans
So today I saw... work start on using new pathfinding with our zombies, first work on vehicles start, and plans for controls & action menu
Just told my mum I had to sign off skype to get food before my flight. She replies simply: "Beans?"
Ark: The game is nowhere near ready for that kind of price. It's greed - pure and simple. It represents a huge disconnect with the community
Social media made dayz, but it nearly destroyed me. But, finally, I’m back and I’m ready to tell everyone the crazy stuff we’ve been doing down here in nz and I want to go back to the old days of the mod showing the progress
Going to do a write up about DayZ, my thoughts on the experience, a congrats to the team, and offer a glimpse inside it all. Just need a bit of time to consolidate my thoughts. But suffice to say huge congrats to and team
I am going to trademark the alphabet. cause people use it in my game. sorry. send money pls
Instead of releasing a paid remaster we update Icarus every week for free.We have done 69 in a row, not missing a single week despite cyclones, floods, and holidays. We now have animal taming. All for less well less than $50. Just saying
After 2wks hard work. Beta Weekend 2 for nearly ready. Far from just storms, we have redeveloped the game for exploration, leveling animals, first look at firearms, 2 new building tiers, and dramatically opened up the map (over 30 caves). Based on YOUR feedback.
mfw job application shows their twitter username... and I've blocked them for salty dayz abuse...
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Just tried out the new mouse controls for DayZ. Getting raw mouse input (1:1) for character turning. So much better. #DayZDaily
Star Wars first day $120 million. Fallout first day $750 million. Video games killed the movie star...
I'm Anti-5G. I'm anti-5G because we're too fucking stupid as a species to deserve 5G.
In three weeks since launch nearly 800,000 people have bought and played DayZ. Means a busy 2014 for us to earn that huge vote of confidence
A tremendous loss :(
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Forgot to say. Every tree there? Harvestable. Every Bush? Harvestable. Every rock? Mineable. In an 8x8km area.
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Super proud of the visual benchmark we are getting with @SurviveIcarus. This is a direct in game screenshot.
Whoops. Totally forgot DayZ's birthday.... Thanks ! Hard to believe two years.... Thanks to all you made it possible!
I found a deer. Note these leaks are not approved lol but I’m just so proud of the team can’t help but share
DayZ is the 42nd highest peak players of all time on steam (within 3 hours of release). I was the 42nd NZ on everest. HL3 confirmed!
For the first time, we broke 50 players on a single DayZ game server. Great day for us all here #DayZDaily
NSFW... kidnaped and tortured in DayZ (by a very weird person) youtube.com/watch?v=PLveMF
The only way Star Wars Battlefront could get any better now would be to allow you to skin Jar-Jar alive upon starting the game
"I'm going to find you in new zeland and put a bomb in ur car" - birthday message. 1/10 for effort, I'm in Prague, CZ. #comeatmebro
I think I should start streaming again. Badly of course. What could I stream that im bad at. DayZ would be the natural choice. I’m gonna make this happen.
Does anyone else browse the steam "new releases" category and think maybe they need to rename "steam" to "hentai store"? PUSSY 3. Really? Really? It's a puzzle nudity game.
We really need to get frank underwood off console games and into PC games
It’s a Friday evening. So I decide to watch occupied season 2. Exiled prime minister of Norway is playing DayZ as his naked wife enters the room. With a PlayStation controller I might add.
Had really low numbers of women apply as programmers at - I know they are out there and we NEED diversity to make good games
The greatest curse of DayZ in my life is that cannot write the word "day" without unconsciously putting a Z on the end of it
This video is not authorized, but it shows a lightning bug in that was so funny i couldn't help but leak it... (laughter by )
Appearing in experimental build soon #DayZDaily (imgur mirror: i.imgur.com/HmliBcL.jpg and i.imgur.com/fjhZzNx.jpg)
Today one of our programmers fixed a bug that could allow a player to pass through walls. Looking forward to testing it out soon!
DLC. Those three letters used to make me excited for new content. Now they just make sad for another title lost to MONEY
Fucking hipsters. In my day this is how we hunted Pokemon..... By molesting them.
@ProSyndicate my lucky charm! Although my luck ran out... Was great to see you dude!
YES! Finally got weather sync'ing at engine level properly! Rain is going to start becoming a serious issues, affecting gameplay! #DayZDaily
Getting insurance for my Tesla here in NZ... "What litre engine is the electric car, sir?" ....uhh.... none? "I can't put zero in the field"
Also, 0.45 is released on experimental for testing. If success, it will go to stable Wednesday. Great job to the team! #dayz
DayZ now has over 2.5 million players since its release in December last year!
Discovered what could be one of the major causes of FPS slowdowns on client in cities. Will report on progress later #DayZDaily
Singing out Journey "Don't Stop Believin" full volume, nothing held back. Realize I'm open mic on teamspeak....
Thanks to the huge response from the community, we are crushing bugs like crazy. 2014 is going to be a GREAT year for DayZ I am excited!
Preload for is live now. Sales are going crazy. Can’t stop shaking! We all a much of nervous and excited
Lol I just got a copyright claim against the original DayZ video... Sigh... YouTube is top kek
Please don't contact me about why DayZ went on sale. I am as clueless and shocked as everyone else.
Looking for programmers, artists, etc... for my new studio . These roles initially based Dunedin, NZ. Email yolo@rocketwerkz.com
Looks like we're all go for a rollout of 0.44 to stable tomorrow! Brian tell's me it's ready, changelog being written now #DayZDaily
Ivan and Martin have been bailed after 128 days! helpivanmartin.org/2013/01/ivan-m This is the greatest news I could ever receive! Can't wait to see them
First day back at work. Found this in one of our project codebases... so very Rocketwerkz...
It's so weird how often I see Elon Musk explain why something failed in SpaceX and I'm like "oh yeah, that happens to me in KSP sometimes"
I have six screens/TV's in my apartment tuned to survivor games. Feels like centcom here...
Even though I know it's only going to be a modestly selling niche game, releasing Stationeers feels like its going to be a personal highlight for me because it's a game I've wanted to make for so long. Hard to explain.
Initial implementation of new zombie path finding coming out on exp today! Brian tells me he locked zombies in rooms with it...
I have revived 22k abandoned prospectors, and 42k dead prospectors in as a one-time help for those who lost characters due to our rocky launch. Working hard to get the bug fixed - hope this helps! When you login, you should see these previously fallen characters.
Feeling sad? World gone to shit? MOVE TO NEW ZEALAND. Rocketwerkz is hiring! Kitten days, cake, we have it all! yolo@rocketwerkz.com
Yeah but finish dayz when plz?
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We've updated Stationeers *57* times since it launched in Early Access!
That's approximately 2.19 updates per month, 0.51 updates per week and... 0.072 updates per day!
And now you can see every single one of those updates HERE: steamcommunity.com/app/544550/dis
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About 200 new players a second at the moment in the database... what the hell....
Me on the roof of the world, Mt Everest, watching the sun rise at 4:33am, 21 May. The forty second New Zealander ever
After an entire day of difficult and very stressful work. Raist (coder) suggested we add a facepalm gesture. #BestSuggestionEver #DayZDaily
Excited to show the huge iteration and progress for over last few weeks. Big focus on perf and stability, and of course the Arctic biome. Your mission will be “Icebreaker” store.steampowered.com/app/1149460/IC
