Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment

03/13/2020

I should have probably shared this in the opposite direction, but oh well. :) Here is an HD version of the physics talk I gave in another lifetime about a game that was in yet *another* lifetime.

This is me giving a talk on May 31, 2007 at the local IGDA chapter in San Diego on how I implemented the physics for the PlayStation game Rally Cross that wa...

05/25/2019

So, Twisted Metal, a game franchise worked on early in the career on the original PlayStation, is coming back as...a TV series!

04/13/2016

Playstation Europe's givin' the love. https://twitter.com/PlayStationEU/status/719463622708224000

“Get your fill - : Extra Chunky Edition is coming to PlayStation, via & !”

04/07/2016

Here's the raw unedited press release for the upcoming partnership with Grimm Bros on Dragon Fin Soup: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/269837/GRIMM_BROS_ANNOUNCES_ldquoDRAGON_FIN_SOUP_EXTRA_CHUNKYEDITIONrdquo.php

Philadelphia, PA - April 6th, 2016 - Indie game developer, Grimm Bros, announced today that a fresh, new serving of its debut RPG Dragon Fin Soup: Extra Chunky Edition is coming later this year with a major update planned for PC, STEAM, PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. The game will also launch on Xbox One, iO…

04/07/2016

Grimm Bros' official KickStarter update about the upcoming partnership with us for getting Dragon Fin Soup updated on current platforms as well as to new platforms!

Hey Everyone! So sorry for the lack of updates! But as our future president Drumpf would say… we have HUUUUUUGGGEEEE NEWS! We are super excited to ANNOUNCE “DRAGON FIN SOUP: EXTRA CHUNKY EDITION!” Dragon Fin Soup: Extra Chunky Edition is coming later this year with a major update planned for PC, S…

03/31/2016

Grimm Bros is bringing Dragon Fin Soup to PAX East 2016! We're mentioned since, after wrapping up a current project, we will be helping them out with their game.

BREAKING NEWS: Rogue-Turtle-shaped-Planetoid Expected to Flash Earth.

Lead CosmicHerpetologist, Leonardo duBlastoise, predicts that massive planetoid could horribly transform all life as we know it at April 2016 in Boston, Mass.

Many fear close brush with our planet with result in catastrophic and doomsday-like settings, perfect for YA authors to repeat.
Massive testicle-like appendages expected to pe*****te the minds of gamers, over 1.6M feared infected so far.

Despite the expected casualties of numerous T-SHIRTS, POSTERS, KEYs, AND SECRET GAME CONTENT, unfortunate Presidential Front-runner Mr hopes to sue Rogue-Planet, because he thinks he can. Mr. also believes he can ‘build a cosmic wall’ and ban impending planet.

Numerous Cults across the world have banned together as well to pray the Rogue-Planetoid that has deemed as “ ” (A Sh*tLarge Uncaring As**at), in hopes the Rogue-Planetoid will ‘bestow’ it’s glorious wisdom. Recent reports say they have been covered in “white, sticky rain.”

Local Earth Hero, Code Guru, and Cosmic-Turtle Wrangler: Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment hoped to facilitate medical and emotional relief, such as: Mouth-to-Mouth, Intimate Cuddles, and Soothing Troll-banter.

More updates to follow....

11/15/2015

Just before starting Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment in 2005, I did some on-the-side for-fun work for a guy that was developing a game using the Qbism engine (based on Quake), adding mostly ragdoll support. He just launched a Kickstarter for a cool-looking game that uses Unreal 4. Check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/torquemod/andromeda-wild/

You are the sole survivor of an interstellar shipwreck and must use your wits to survive long enough to escape the planet.

09/30/2015

Oh, my, we blinked, and 10 years flew by! We incorporated Twitchy Thumbs Entertainment on this day in 2005! For lolz, since the company was originally formed to be a Sony PSP developer, here's a PSP resolution size of the original company logo before it got changed in 2009:

07/21/2015

Fun amongst game developers at escape room establishment Puzzalarium. We nailed it with only 9 seconds left on the 1 hour clock - 20th ("Whole Bears") out of 317! http://leaderboard.puzzalarium.com/

Results are tabulated from how many hints each team took, how many players were on each team, and how much time was left on the clock. Chosen Immersion intensity does not affect score. Escape room achievements also do not affect scores: just morale.

07/05/2015

Well, this is an unexpected obviously-unintended logo association. :) https://twitter.com/notrevenant/status/611660497771868160/photo/1

“there's something really familiar about the logo”

04/01/2015

New rug installed in the office, where this Rally Cross framed PlayStation CD-ROM cover picture resides, and rug installer asks if we worked on it. Hell yeah, we did! It turns out that he played a *ton* of this game after first getting a PlayStation at 11 years old. I *knew* the one Rally Cross customer existed out there, and it only took 18 years to finally meet him! :)

03/31/2015

Local San Diego indie developer's new game released today on Steam! It's also out on PlayStation4! Congrats, Dan!

Run with scissors and walk on walls in this award-winning local-multiplayer gravity battle arena game from the mind of a former Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer. Enter the pages of old books where you will find strange environments and a cabal of playable characters.