Hey there! I'm Dave Bruno and this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike. I'm a Senior Animator who's mostly worked on Mobile Games like Monopoly Go and Big Fish Casino, and Slot Machines. I've also animated for some Indie Horror Games by @puppetcombo.bsky.social. Been in the industry for 15 years now!

Another day, another AI scambot emailing me telling me they "saw my work, but HERES THE CATCH, no one can find it" The work I did is always different but the content is always the same!

My attachment to each Nintendo franchise: 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Earthbound 💖💖💖💖💖 Metroid ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Star Fox ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Mario 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Rhythm Heaven ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 WarioWare/WarioLand ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 Kirby ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Donkey Kong ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Pokemon ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 F-Zero 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Fire Emblem ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Zelda ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 Pikmin ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Animal Crossing 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Splatoon 💖💖💖💖💖 Xenoblade

drawing giant monster bugs is simultaneously awesome and a pain in the ass WHY THEY GOTTA HAVE 6+ LEGS!?

So I decided to take a stab at designing my own logo for my next book (money is tight, and as much as Id love to work with my freelancers again, some areas I need to tighten my spending) but honestly, I kinda love this haha. Reminiscent of "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!" but very much its own thing.

Good Morning! #WriterShareWednesday I'm currently 13 Chapters into my outline for "Oh Sh*t! Bugs!", Ive also started drawing the monsters from it so I am consistent when I describe them. I've also started the process of a 2nd Edition Cover for "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!" www.amazon.com/Oh-ck-Dinosa...

Been a bit! Im making a new cover for Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs, one that now includes some reviews on the back cover and has my artwork on the front. Figured the @slimyswampghost.bsky.social versions could be first edition specials, so get them while you can! But my art is pretty cool too ya know.

Thanks again #HorrorWritersChat for making my Wednesdays fun. Im Dave Bruno, you can buy my Dinosaur Horror book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1L1QD1... But I also have Dinosaur Themed Merch here: schmuckies.threadless.com

#HorrorWritersChat Q4 Junji Ito, the drawings I drew for the interior of my book are inspired by his horror mangas. Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi for making me who I am via Evil Dead/Army of Darkness Harry Adam Knight and Paul Zindel for their Dinosaur Horror books to inspire mine.

#HorrorWritersChat Q3 Considering its about a group of college kids camping, Id say its all Campfire Food, like Smores and stuff, but maybe some Dinosaur Skull Cups or something. Anchor Steams because they come up as a joke (although Id have to BUY THE ANCHOR STEAM FACTORY to live that dream.

#HorrorWritersChat Q2 I would love it if @dropout.tv got the rights to my book "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!" and made a horror movie starring whoever they feel would fit these roles best among their crew. Honestly Brian David Gilbert pretty much IS Felix, Kimia Behpoornia would make an excellent Ellis.

#HorrorwritersChat Q1 I'm Dave Bruno, I write in Creature Features! Id say Jurassic Park and Cabin in the Woods. I've even heard some people call my book "Jurassic Cabin in the Woods." I will also take Evil Dead meets Jurassic Park, or as Kirkus puts it, "Snakes on a Plane meets Friday the 13th."

I've been featured in the November issue of Kirkus magazine! Find it on page 134. Thanks for the feature #kirkusreviews! And if YOU want a copy, you can buy it at this link (or search for it anywhere you buy books online) www.amazon.com/dp/B0F1L1QD1... #debutnovel #bookreview #dinosaur #horror

Here's my book, "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!:, a fun Creature Feature Horror novel. I originally drew the version on the right because I'm a artist, but I wanted something more painterly, so I hired @slimyswampghost.bsky.social for the art and @sarahjcoleman.bsky.social for the logo. To buy: a.co/d/dw2QNRs

The #GoodreadsGiveaway is officially ended and 50 lucky entrants have received their copies of my #Dinosaur #Horror #Novel! 2958 ENTRIES! I was blown away! Thanks for everyone who entered! And if you'd still like a copy before #Halloween, You can order it online or get it on Kindle Unlimited!

#HorrorWritersChat Thanks again for this! If you want to win a digital copy of my book, the Goodreads Giveaway is still live for 3 more days! Catch it before it goes Extinct! (Or buy it if you're nasty!) www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

#HorrorWritersChat Q4 I think Azi was the funnest to write. They're just such a mess, and the sassy way they talk is really fun. Id say Bernard is "my avatar" in the book, he's my like... anchor I guess. And they may be wondering where they're royalty checks are. I have to SELL the book first guys!

#HorrorWritersChat Q3 Legally obligated to say that my Dinosaur Horror Novel is inspired by Jurassic Park, should be a surprise to no one haha. Carnosaur, Dino Crisis and Resident Evil 1 specifically may ring a few neat bells though.

#HorrorWritersChat Q2 My weird tool is, if you have artistic talent, keep a sketchpad nearby. I've gotten out of a few Writers Block by switching my creative gears and sketching scenes I've outlined to just jostle the brain a bit and restore my mana.

#HorrorWritersChat Q1 Im Dave Bruno, author of "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!" I love writing Creature Features, and to the question I say "why let your dreams stay dreams?" And made my office my dream place to write!

so I made a cool design for Gym Shirts to work out in and I wanna sell that design online, but I'm having trouble finding a good website to do it. Anyone recommend anything for uploading custom art for athletic attire and selling it online?

Just 3 more days to enter for a chance to win 1 of 50 copies of my #Dinosaur #Horror #Novel! Get in before this giveaway goes extinct! #JurassicWorldEvolution3 #JurassicWorld #HorrorNovel #GoodreadsGiveaway #Giveaway #Halloween #IndieHorror #IndieAuthor #Booksky #HorrorWritingCommunity

I have an AI book reviewer trying to scam me and... yall... It just feels like being "creative for the internet" benefits everyone else except the artist at this point. I wrote a book, the Book Reviewers made more money off it than I have. AI scammers stole it and make money off remixing it.

Day 10 of #artober is Senshi from #DeliciousInDungeon. I got into cooking this year and now I start grumbling narrations while I cook thanks to Senshi. #anime

Day 9 of #Artober is #DetectiveConan from #CaseClosed #Anime. I visited Japan earlier this year & a new DC movie came out so they were advertising it everywhere. I decided to give it a shot, watched it in Japanese w/ no Subtitles on Netflix, liked it and rewatched it w/ subtitles back in the states!

Day 8 of #Artober is #ChainsawMan. As a lover of Evil Dead, id say this is like my favorite character design ever. I guess I just have a thing for Chainsaws haha. #anime

Day 7 of #Artober is Okarun from #DanDaDan. Easily one of my favorite character designs this year. #Anime

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Skipping Day 5 (Osaka) and moving on to the Anime Block. Here's Soma Yukihira from Food Wars! I got into cooking this year so I watched cooking animes. Another cooking show will appear in this block too >.> #anime #artober #foodwars

Day 4, the Portugal work off site! Unfortunately we mostly stayed in the resort hotel the entire trip so I didn't get to really experience Portugal as much as the other places, so this is more about what we did for work. I won an award!

#TBBChat Thanks for these! I love answering questions haha. Im currently doing a Goodreads Giveaway for “Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!” You can enter here to potentially win 1 of 50 entries! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/421898-oh-f-ck-dinosaurs

#TBBChat Q4 I’m trying out “slice of life” for my next book… but as it’s a horror novel, emphasis on the SLICE…

#TBBChat Q3 I like the idea of the Oni characters in Delicious in Dungeon. Just really big with weird horns is neat to me haha

#TBBChat Q2 My day job would probably be the same, my books take place in the real modern day world. I’m a Game Animator, so I guess the only fun way my job interacts with it is knowing maybe one of the characters plays Monopoly Go on the toilet or something haha

#TBBChat Hey there! My name is Dave Bruno, and I’m a Creature Feature Horror writer who wrote “Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!”

#TBBChat Q1: Book 1 mostly takes place in an abandoned weird house in the mountains, however the stuff leading up to that are based on places I’ve been. For instance the Gas Station is 1 to 1 one I’ve been to near Napa. Book 2 I’m emulating the feel of conventions I’ve been to, like GenCon and ACEN

Day 3, Portland! incorporated a lot of stuff into this one. Multonomah Falls, the Peculiarium, Raven's Manor, Biking, The Skeleton Key Museum, the Insectorium, Powell's Books, the shark from the coffee place we went to, the Portland sign, Voodoo Donuts, the LGBTQ+ community, got it all!

Day 2 of #Artober, still on Travel from this year, is when I went to South Dakota to dig up Dinosaurs. I incorporated Wall Drug (IYKYK), the Buttes we dug at, Wild Bill Hickocks Guns and the Triceratops rib I dug up, among other fossils.

I’m not ashamed to admit I modded Silent Hill f on my second run. Just one small tweak, weapons do 4x more damage, and it like completely redeems the game for me. Battles dont feel like a slog anymore and I can back to the good stuff. Battles aren’t also 1 hit kills, it just feels less spongy.

#HorrorWritersChat End. Thanks again for hosting this @erynmccee.bsky.social! My name is Dave Bruno, and you can come on down to Goodreads and enter a Giveaway for a chance to win 1 of 50 copies of my Dinosaur Horror Novel, just in time for Halloween! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

#HorrorWritersChat Q4: My entire second book revolves around "trying to figure out how to live" and the fear of "not figuring it out before its too late." A slice of life, emphasis on the SLICE.

#HorrorWritersChat Q3: I think there's a tinge of relatability when "you're at your 9-5, you hate your bosses, the work you do is draining..." and now a monster is hunting you down in your workplace. Like something about all the factors before the Dinosaurs really makes it feel real.

#HorrorWritersChat Q2: In OF!D! Most of the characters are college grads that are younger 20s. We do have a side of the story told from older people. That side tends to reflect all of my frustrations with Capitalism haha.

#HorrorWritersChat Q1: Im Dave Bruno, I wrote the book "Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs!" (which currently is having a GoodReads Giveaway!) and Im 38. I think my 30s have been the best years of my life to be honest. Heres to hoping that trend continues!

Day 1 of my #Artober list, Im doing places I traveled to for the first 5 days. Today is #Tokyo! I incorporated some #Sanrio characters based on my family, Shibuya Crossing, the Diver City Unicorn Gundam, and this awesome view I got of Mt Fuji behind a Torii gate.

True Talent. Absolutely iconic work. RIO Renato. May heaven be your canvas.

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

Silent Hill has some of the coolest, thought provoking monster designs. So much beautiful symbolism to admire and unpack. For example, this creature embodies the notion of gggggeeeeet the F AWAY FROM ME—

I beat Silent Hill f. Overall I loved it, but I hate the combat. It’s just a slog. Like it’s the same maybe 6 enemies over and over again and it takes so long to kill them. Luckily the “everything else” was awesome, and Story Difficulty made Combat tolerable. Such a cool ass game!

Age yourself with a movie you saw in theaters as a kid (the original… not the like 3D re-release they did lol.)