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

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: https://archive.ph/RYbQn

  • DrMango@lemmy.world
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    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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      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.