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Max van der Merwe

@maxvdm.bsky.social

229 followers 784 following 35 posts

Makes stuff! Video games and .°˖✧technical art✧˖°. prev ustwo Games, The Line Animation London <-> SF

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thank you, Big-Ass Rainbow, for reminding me that magic still exists.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Boarding my 11 hour, transatlantic flight with a promise to myself that I WILL understand the Caves of Qud when I land.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

You just know the Rayonné is the dirtiest synth bass you’ve ever heard.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Oh hey, I did some fun work on this one! Well over a year ago now, very surreal to jump into a Monument Valley game as a player, essentially blind! (I assume it has changed greatly since my tenure)

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Hello America! (please be normal)

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

The tracker seems to imply a possibility that my flight could decide go to Jamaica today instead, which sounds ideal, fingers crossed!

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

I have somehow, through a series of unexpected personal and economical events, found myself on a plane to relocate my whole damn self, from the UK to the US, on election day. Everything feels totally unreal, here’s hoping I land in a normal country!

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Ag! Totally obsessed with The Devil's Plan. It's a korean reality game show with a heavy emphasis on game design, and a spiritual successor to 'The Genius' one of my favourite TV shows of all time! It's BACK baybee! (its on the netflix or can probably be gotten via other means or whatever)

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

Recording pitches with a face cam (yuck) and I’m not sure how people record long videos in isolation and remember to be aware of and personable to the camera. I’ve stuck a little guy up there to be my stand in audience and he’s helping me through it.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Just catching up on the unity walk-back now and oh dear! I get that there’s probably not much they can say about this, but this is a hilariously terrible excuse! I am simultaneously savouring the drama and frantically recalculating my own future plans.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

I can’t post gifs here, which sucks because it’s incredibly charming in motion, hopefully that changes soon! So cute though! Kind of like a passive doll house / fish tank? The guy in my computer has a dog and wears sunglasses even when he’s showering.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Just found out about 'Little Computer People' and I'm totally obsessed. LOOK AT THIS LITTLE GUY! The pitch is that ALL computers already have a tiny guy inside, and the disk just contains a 'house' that he will move into. Which is just, very cute.

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Max van der Merwe @maxvdm.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Ok, first things first. HELLO! I am Max! I make the video games, most of them are currently secret! When I'm not doing that, I do the graphics! When I'm not doing THAT I like to make models of cute little guys! That's my deal!

This is Alba: A Wild Life Adventure. I worked on this and made it pretty.

A person and a dog by a car overlooking a sunset view

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