Hey everyone! 👋

I thought I'd take the opportunity to introduce a project I'm currently involved in. I'm helping a small indie studio prepare for the Kickstarter launch of their upcoming game, Detective of the Dead! 🕵️

It's a narrative mystery adventure inspired by games like Grim Fandango, featuring Mexican folklore, Día de los Muertos, puzzles, unusual characters and even cooking tacos! You play as a detective who's already dead and has to investigate his own murder.

We're preparing to launch the Kickstarter on October 27, and we're also trying to get as many followers as possible before then.

If you'd like to support a small indie team, just visit the Kickstarter page and click "Notify me on launch". It's completely free, takes less than a minute!

🔗 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaelgeidel/detective-of-the-dead

🎮 Steam (you can play the game soon): https://store.steampowered.com/app/3084040/Detective_of_the_Dead/

Looking forward to getting to know you all, and thanks so much for your support! ❤️

Literally just bought Costume Quest last week, but still a great value if you don't have some of these.

The bus has arrived at its stop, passengers...

And, it's time to hop on because this bus is peeling out of here and we have no idea how to stop it!

Not that we would want to stop because this bus has rules, slapping, and somehow dolphins?

That's right: Thank You Bus Driver has officially landed on a PC platform near you for the low-price of a bus fare: $4.99! You can find it on:

• Steam
• GOG
• Humble Store
• itch
• Epic
• Game Jolt

To commemorate our very first Double Fine Action Labs title, we asked Thank You Bus Driver Lead Will Koehler some of the toughest transit-related questions we could (among other Thank You Bus Driver related things). Read what this bus-based developer had to say in this quick 10-question Q&A on our blog here!

And a preview question to entice you:

In real life, what's your favorite public transit method?

I’m actually more of a train guy, is that okay to say?

Read the full thing and let us know, is this blasphemy?

Can't wait to see you all behind the wheel on October 14!

While you wait, check out our slaptastic new launch trailer~

And don't forget to wishlist us on Steam: https://s.team/a/5067360

My Thrasher cosplay from RAD at Pax Aus 2026. The Mender Bat and the Firearm all lit up. I started off normal and gained mutations through the weekend.

Thanks for checking it out.

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Over the years there’s been many Double Fine portraits of Tim Schafer, here’s a couple I found via their website. I love the variety of art styles and how each perfectly captures Tim’s personality. I think the 2HB Tim is incredible, it’s my favourite.

I don't know if this has been discussed before but it's crazy to me that Double Fine still has Tim Schafer working there and most of the output tends to be from the other talent at the studio.

I know there are a tonne of talented people at the studio like Lee Petty etc who have put out some great stuff but to me this is like having a studio where David Lynch asks his crew to pitch ideas and they work on that instead.

Who knows how many more games Tim has in him but I feel like the emphasis from Double Fine should always be on the next Tim Schafer game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kavflW-YL78

Join Tim Schafer this Rocktober 13th online in Brütal Legend for your chance to get the "Six Degrees of Schafer" achievement on Steam and Xbox (Tim will be swapping between the two throughout the day)! If you're missing out on this achievement, this is a great chance to grab it 🤘

Very well written and nuanced reporting on the unionization attempt that occurred earlier this year, before the split with Microsoft. The piece gives a voice to the different insider perspectives on the matter.

One of my Favourite Things about Double Fine is the variations to the Two Headed Baby logo with Each Game/ Event that arrives. Here are just a small amount I’ve collated.

What’s your favourite variation?

Brutal Legend multiplayer survival game. Doesn't even have to be survival. Just give us the world and the ability to build our own structures, stages, merch booths, etc. Give us the 3 split types of zones/enemies. Allow us to make and play instruments. A guitar hero/rock band style interface while jamming would be incredible. Medieval melee weapons mixed with metal guitars for "spells". Metal steeds and cars. Please!!!!! Bring this world back to us. Please!!!!!

Autocorrect strikes again. Hear me out.

There are only six more days until this bus leaves the station and we have a fancy green checkmark to share with you ✅!

That's right, Thank You Bus Driver is officially Steam Deck Verified: https://store.steampowered.com/verified/5067360/Thank_You_Bus_Driver

Drive a bus on the bus, slap the passengers (in the game), and earn Thank You's (also probably in the game?)! Just don't forget to charge your Deck before you hop on either bus!

And don't worry, drivers, we checked and there are no rules against gaming on the bus 🚐

Hey Folks.
I’m wondering if some of you can help me. I’m on a mission to try find one of these for purchase, sadly I can’t find any listings online. Has anyone seen any listings for this or know of where to look?

I’ve got quite the collection of all things Double Fine (art, games, collectibles,etc.) so I’d really like to get my hands on one.

Thanks all!

Just before the Amnesia Fortnight Kickstarter ended, the add ons were updated. I was able to snag one of these Brütal Legend Art Prints. I believe this was originally only available at PAX West, but don’t quote me on that. Double Fine produces some of the best art out there!

Guess what, bus drivers?

We are officially ONE WEEK away from the launch of THANK YOU BUS DRIVER! We're also excited to announce it will be available for 💥$4.99 USD💥when it hits Steam on October 14. That's less than (some) roundtrip bus passes! 🥳

Help support our studio by wishlisting if you haven't yet: https://s.team/a/5067360

See you behind the wheel soon!

Up until 2 days ago you could upload pottery designs and get graded by other players. Since then it says „Come back later“
Any idea whats going on?

Given how much I'm starting to like Metroidvanias, I guess I have no choice. I'll either wait for another discount or just buy it at full price.

Thank You Bus Driver has officially crossed 25K wishlists on Steam! A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to wishlist! We can’t wait for you to be an appreciated and valued public transit employee ready to SLAP any rule breakers.

If you haven't wishlisted yet, don't forget to do it here. Every wishlist helps push the game out!

And are you a content creator who is also looking for some slap-happy fun? We have just opened up our Keymailer campaign (link here), where you can request a code for launch. We can't wait to get some of you behind the wheel and enforcing the rules of the road!

A little less than two weeks left to go, drivers -- see you then!

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Hi everyone.

Full disclosure: I used an AI model within Cursor to develop this. I'm a decent software engineer by trade but this would have taken absolutely ages or even been beyond me.

It's a very simple little script that patches a few bytes of the game's executable after backing it up first. Running it again will restore the game back to how it was (or you could use Steam to repair the file integrity).

I haven't thoroughly tested it yet as this will be my first play through and I couldn't enjoy it at 30fps - hence me getting the AI to make this. I'm hoping it all works fine and it looks much better from my initial tests at least.

The file can be found here in the "Game Patches" folder as a ZIP file. Just unzip it into your game's folder as per the README.md file and then run the .BAT file (Windows) or the .SH file (Linux).

Any problems, please do let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks.