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Daniel Marx

@danielmarx.bsky.social
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Game and Narrative Design @ Tiny Roar. Co-creator of the Orwell Series and Closer the Distance. Mentor at Games Lift Incubator. He/him. EN/DE. Spelled like Karl.

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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I definitely had too much fun writing Orwell
A screenshot from the Orwell Season 1 Episode 2 dialog structure, where one particular interrogation path is commented "You know nothing, Jon Snow."
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
The new Hunger Games movie poster art reminds me of something
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
As a representative of a Hamburg-based company, I'm thrilled to participate in the inaugural Portside Game Assembly! I look forward to meeting familiar and new faces from indie companies around the world. If you're attending, let's meet! portsideassembly.com #psga25
Portside Game Assembly

Where indie game leaders meet.

June 27, 2025
in Hamburg, Germany

I will be on board!

(next to the text, my face)
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Oh no, The Alters is bringing back my Stone Wave Cliffs trauma all over again
A screenshot from The Alters showing a planet surface with massive basalt pillars.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🔥
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Platzhalter-Texte in Orwell, ein Quell der Freude
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Ohhhh! Look what the cat... er, I mean, what Esther Katz brought in:
The Darkest Files - Key (for Steam) [redacted]
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Unser vom @bmwk.de gefördertes Spiel Closer the Distance ist für Beste Innovation und Technik beim Deutschen Computerspielpreis @derdcp.bsky.social nominiert! 🍾 ☺️ #derDCP @gameverband.bsky.social @games-stiftung.bsky.social @devcom.bsky.social
Closer the Distance - Deutscher Computerspielpreis - NOMINIERT - #derDCP
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Kommft fu mif fum Flufhafen
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Steam greeted with this recommendation by @welonz.bsky.social today. "In the veins of Orwell" made my day! 😳
Steam Review of Cyber Manhunt 2: New World:

RECOMMENDED
By Materwelonz 22 January
“[Based on 1st hour] "Hacking simulator" in the veins of Orwell. Fun to practice your social media stalking skills, although some characterization seems shaky and caricature-y.”
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Opening the Orwell: Ignorance is Strength project after years was a mistake 💀
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
if you see this post a room
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My own game continues to surprise me with awkward situations
A screenshot from Closer the Distance where Zek is playing his guitar at the campfire at night, next to his father Melville getting wasted. A speech bubble from Zek says: "This is for you..."
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Bei LinkedIn wird es existenziell.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Found random notes from Closer the Distance concept phase
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
You ok, IGF?
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Things that make my day? Messages like this one:
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Sounds kinda generic... I guess the Visionaire engine was updated to the latest version, maybe to fix some incompatibilities
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Didn't expect Chains of Satinav to get a patch... *checks notes* 12 years on 👀
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
POV: You're trying to appease the demon you summoned
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Fuck this guy
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Me pitching to publishers
A photo of US president Joe Biden with a subtitle saying "Folks, I hate asking for money."
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The actual scripts for regular dialogs in our game are quite similar to this! Overall its dialog lines + animations and branching logic. Here's an example from a different game:
Dialog script excerpt with branching logic.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Now that I'm back in business after TGA, let me give some insights into the development of Closer the Distance! Let's start off with something "simple" and look at how our (unpolished) dialog writing sheet looks like. Here's an examplary dialog between Zek and Jasper from the game:
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Ok, so we didn't win yesterday at #TheGameAwards. So what? I saw Harrison Ford, Sven Vincke's speech rocked, and I got a cool photo of Sam Lake
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Good morning from Los Angeles! I'm only mildly nervous about tonight's @thegameawardsfeed.bsky.social! OK, that's a lie. 👀 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh!!!
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Did we really win three awards yesterday at Deutscher Entwicklerpreis?! 🤯 Wow, it is a massive honor for us! Thank you!! ☺️ Congrats to all winners and nominees, especially @keengamesstudio.bsky.social and @pipapogames.bsky.social! 🏆 Credit: eosAndy / Andreas Krupa für DEP
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
He he he
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Ablaufplan für das Entwicklerpreis-Buffet morgen
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Just so you know, I count this as a success
Steam Review:

"Not Recommended
2.4 hrs last two weeks / 2.4 hrs on record
Posted: 2 Dec @ 2:18am

DEI AWARNESS.
You can't just stop sucking an inclusivity ♥♥♥♥ there in Hamburg, right, they/them developers?

Ugly chick in lesbian relationship and negros not on welfare forced into the town of 10 villagers by any means. Absolutely necessary for this story which is really touching, but come on."
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Proof:
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Do they literally use an AI-generated image (see the chair) for their "dedicated publishing manager"? Plus, surprise, no Helen Vetrov on the entirety of LinkedIn or in any relevant Google result.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Excuse me but what the fuck
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Enough social media for today, gonna play something entirely unrelated
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Disco Elysium Quote of the Day
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Ok, wer von euch war das?
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Wir haben Business-Pitches durchgespielt einfach
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Advertise your account with one image
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Those were the days when RDR2 was announced right before the Orwell release. 🥲
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Hi, Bluesky. Meet our game!
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
All's well that ends... not as bad as it could have! My first finished game this year is Baldur's Gate 3, mainly because I couldn't squeeze 131h into 2023, but def my game of the (last) year! As a player of BG1 and 2 I could not have been happier! Great work, Larian!
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
She is still here.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
The Day Before is a 'commercial failure', standing at 18k+ reviews on Steam only days after release, causing the dev to shut down. What the hell did they expect?! twitter.com/eurogamer/st...
A screenshot of the The Day Before Steam Storepage. The game stands at 18,420 lifetime reviews with a 'mostly negative' ratio of 20% positive reviews.
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Completed Alan Wake 2 yesterday evening and... holy shit. That was one wild ride! The game must have one of the most intricate game narratives I've ever seen. Thanks Remedy for a truly mind-blowing experience! Once more the ocean's a lake ...
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
In case you haven't seen yet, we're hard at work on Closer the Distance, a slice-of-life sim where you step into the shoes of the recently deceased Angela to help overcome an entirely simulated village overcome grief and find hope: store.steampowered.com/app/1991300/...
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Just dawned on me I still don't have all achievements in my own game 😂
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Daniel Marx @danielmarx.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
I fixed gluttony
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