Studio Update 💜 October/November 2023 💛

In the month of October, we saw our community size increase massively.
Welcome to all of our new shipmates, and I hope you enjoy this update on our studio!
Join the Discord:
/ discord
Watch the Live Stream here!
piratesoftware.live
/ piratesoftware
Friends that make amazing things:
ThePrimeagen | / theprimeagen
ExcessiveProfanity | / excessiveprofanity
IngameAsylum | / ingameasylum
CardboardCowboy | / cardboardcowboy
DoigSwift | / doigswift
Bajo | / bajo
Get Heartbound on Steam here:
store.steampowered.com/app/56...
See the ferrets here:
ferrets.live
Learn more about us:
gopiratesoftware.com | develop.games
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:13 Heartbound Demo Update
0:34 New Ticketing System
1:08 Community: It's Big!
3:24 Community: Twitch
5:34 FerretSoftware
6:38 develop.games
7:15 Upcoming Game Jam
7:54 Russian Players
9:47 Outro
-
Edited by Steets

[@FingerPinky]

i saw this guy on my shorts and now im watching his dev updates I love this guy

[@kevinc6323]

I started seeing him in my YT shorts a few weeks ago and each short is brilliant. My son has just started a Uni degree in games programming, so I am watching now to learn how to support him

[@dewey4229]

@@kevinc6323 that’s awesome man

[@kingthing636]

Amen brother 😂. I'm honestly unsubscribing to unimportant stuff soon so it's just mostly pirate.

[@dmanley14]

I found him the same way. I know nothing about creating games but Thor seems like a genuine guy and he deserves to be at the top.

[@apollyon7x]

He has a voice for radio, doesn't even matter what he is talking about.

[@parcosmaulo1]

13k to 600k+ in a month is crazy! absolutely deserved, but crazy

[@JustinNoJay]

Now its 724k lol

[@The64332]

@@JustinNoJay now its 800k

[@mullz113]

He’ll hit a mill soon

[@TheYoutubsucks]

849k now lol@@The64332

[@The64332]

@@mullz113 yea its gone up almost 50k in a day😂 he’ll have it in a few daysp

[@vkjs2]

Case in point of “couldn’t happen to a nicer guy” I am so glad I got to run into your shorts full of gaming lore, and calm, cool & collected - and keenly - relevant narratives.

[@hawkc1208]

You keep thanking the community for the explosion of followers but I haven't seen a lot of thanks being given back. Thank you for the inspirational words, the insight into the Game Development world, the push for myself and many others to try their hands at things they once thought impossible. You have a way of being able to break down things that sound daunting and complicated and make those same things be realized as really simple and not as complex. I can't believe that you were at 13,000 subscribers only a month ago, but every day since myself and many others have found you we're shown that you deserved the explosion of coverage and recognition you and your team deserve.

[@josephcastle3872]

I second this! I knew about the game he is involved in developing, but I never knew who the guy was until recently! Really cool guy!

[@King133x]

yes!. Thanks for creating this SPACE that i don't know how to exactly describe yet. something along the lines of eating ass i think.

[@heather9048]

What happened to cause this massive explosion of followers?

[@josephcastle3872]

@@heather9048 He started getting editors to promote his channel more via KZbin Shorts and it has done very well for him. I think a lot of people realized who he was and followed him for that reason, but I also think he got a lot of new people because he has a lot of based takes.

[@Wirespeed91]

The Chat Goblin wants YOU to buy the demo!

[@acetrainerarcane1755]

I’ve already bought it for me and my friends

[@NotPaws]

7

[@mismatchingshoes5249]

Yep

[@PsychonunBO2]

7

[@adams6782]

I've bought 7 copies for stocking stuffers!

[@mr_farenheit]

Gotta say man, found you through the shorts. Stayed for the honesty, compassion, and kindness you have shown to yourself and others. Thank you for being such a wholesome, honest, encouraging guy that says what he means and means what he says. From a new sub, I hope that your channel continues to explode and that you get all the good things you deserve, especially as I have a feeling you will do good things with it all.

[@CaptainHitsugia]

Thank you Thor! Soon you will have a ferret army.

[@MrKylePopovich]

I love those little rascals!!! Thor definitely helped me love those types of animals!

[@stefersondigiorgio]

Seeing you above critical role really hammers in how much success you've been having.

[@kyleallred984]

I was shocked to see that. Truly amazing.

[@blue-eyedwhitemoomin8767]

in the past two weeks, I have been showed a lot of shorts from Pirate Software. It has encouraged me greatly, especially with how much resources you offer when asked in a stream. I had been wondering, where have you been recently, and I'm glad that shorts are reaching again.

[@CrazyzzzDudezzz]

It’s incredible you did this for so long with little to no recognition - never expecting much, to being one of the fastest growing channels on the platform. It shows your level of dedication and wholesomeness as a rad human being

[@Tawleyn]

I've been around KZbin since basically its inception and I've never come across someone who is so warm, genuine, kind, intelligent and knowledgeable in the history of the platform. Every time I see any of his videos, I get inspired to do some work on my game.

[@jhbk5]

I just found your shorts and I've been deep diving the website you set up for game dev. It's been amazing. You are amazing. Thank you for putting all of this out there.

[@Cook-px8ne]

i was here for this for everything. been enjoying this man on all devices. his approach and understanding/experience in games/players. bros the best to just vibe to and play games

[@shofking2046]

literally found your shorts today. big congrats to your editor, they do an amazing job. i've always been interested in how games operate and how people abused them and your editor does a great job using your clips to convey the knowledge you share to others. as a kid i've always had a dream to do something with games, whether it's making game physics or model creation, or even problem solving for games as well. so this makes me really interested in viewing your channel. glad to see how you show how much you've grown and i'm amazed. that's a massive growth for a content creator such as yourself. i look forward to seeing your content more and more and see what your channel is really about :)

[@CoreyHart13]

He's just genuinely a healthy soulful dude pure of heart imo. It shines through and you hear it in his voice. Long live Thor

[@kevin1355]

You are even more badass than I thought based off of what I've seen on the shorts. I am so glad the algorithm launched this into orbit. So glad to have found the channel as a fellow dev!

[@chris5506]

I’ve been watching these shorts off and on for awhile and this is I think the first video I’ve watched in full on this page and I gotta say this is so awesome!!!

[@blanksuspect]

literally the only shorts that i've watched with any interest which turned into tuning into the livestreams and enjoying the demeanor and candor that you deliver (ferret time is also a bonus)

[@kevinc6323]

thank you for your channel - had started seeing your shorts a few weeks back, and now subscribed to you channel. My son has just started a degree course in games programming (in the UK) and your channel helps us to have conversations about his course, his projects and helps me to help him get what he wants out his time at Uni.

[@PrimalFears]

All I can say is your Shorts just randomly started popping up on my feed and I really liked the content. Your delivery and explication of material is very effective and understandable. I genuinely enjoy watching your videos. Happy for your success!

[@TheKraaaze]

You deserve the growth you recieved lately. You inspired me to make art and I am really glad for that, continue doing what you do, stay awesome. :)

[@auxiliaryboxes]

I saw a short of yours, was intrigued, watched your "make games" video, and it gave me the push I needed to pursue game dev professionally. Also watched your Inscryption long-play and I love the vibrancy you bring to the gaming and devleopment community as a whole. Thanks.

[@LarryStendebach]

I just wanted to say that it's really nice to see a content creator putting out good professional advice for people who want to get started in the gaming industry and with coding in general. Your advice is on point, based in reality, and genuinely helpful to people trying to get started in the industry or just to get started creating and coding cool stuff. I don't make many comments on KZbin videos but I wanted to just say I appreciate voices like yours helping create more doers. Keep up the good work!

[@jimgreen8476]

I took up coding the other day because I saw your shorts preaching the wonders of game dev. I've been working on my first little project and it's some of the most fun I've had in a long time. I don't want to discredit myself since ultimately I took the first steps but I'd also be remise not to acknowledge your substantial influence on that decision. Your demeanour is extremely comforting and your attitude is intensely inspiring, I can't thank you for being you enough! As ChatGPT says whenever you ask it a coding question, happy coding!

[@james14294]

I am one of the newbies that found your channel, so glad I did, love your content and hoping to watch more soon. I used to make games for fun, but since getting my degree (Comp Sci, Games tech) oddly enough I can't get myself to start again, but I think I am close to overcoming the irrational barrier stopping me, a big part thanks to the things you've said. You deserve the channel growth.

[@sanpaij]

Thank you, Thor, for being the voice we all need to hear. And thank you for being silly with us. I'm proud of being a member of this community, and happy to see you grow

[@PaperBag2024]

I found you guys on a whim, and I’m so grateful for it. I want to become a game dev and finding you guys has taught me a ton (even though it was just the shorts) and I hope you guys keep growing!

[@mattjohnstondev]

I'm glad to have found you through this wave of growth, your positivity and chill vibe had me subscribing after watching just a couple shorts

[@TheRuiner84690]

Ever since the first short that came across my feed its been pretty much every day I'd see one of your videos. I always watched them all the way through. Finally decided to subscribe after a couple weeks of that, and I gotta say, I like it here.

[@BreakingYTown]

You are amazing and than you for being a driving positive force in the game dev community. I have been developing since I was 10 (now 41), but I have been told time and time again that "back end devs can't dev games." Once I get an engine installed, I will start on my game.

[@jerseyboycustoms]

I’m one of the new ones :) you randomly appeared in my shorts, and I don’t develop games or code at all, but your message is universal :) so much so, that I just sent your channel to a friend who wants to get back into this industry, and you really are the perfect mentor and role model I think for him so I just sent your channel to him so hopefully that’s another sub!

[@mcfarvo]

Ayo, it's the smooth-talkin' goblin master with a ferret army I see in Shorts!

[@user-vf2ph9sx3i]

Thank you so very much Thor! I started watching your streams just recently but the little while was enough to get inspired to start making the plot for my own game. I didn't really have many hobbies until now. I only wrote music and played computer games (fond of these two). One more hobby now. Have no idea what may come of it, but I feel a lot happier! You're amazing, man! 😁

[@runfromnuke]

Saw your shorts (YT, 'cause just about anything else would be creepy) starting two or three weeks ago, and I have to say that your insights into multiple topics has been really refreshing and encouraging. Been considering getting into game dev to experiment with storytelling, so this has been pretty timely too. Thanks, Thor!

[@Cydeamon]

9:16 - Thank you for this words

[@expida101]

hey i've just come across ur channel thru ur yt shorts, and i wanna say that u are an absolute joy to listen to and the information u give us is so valuable, and i hope that u and ur team are successful

[@throwdown515]

I could listen to this guys voice for hours. He’s like the Casey Kasem of gaming.

[@joshhaddock88]

You have single handedly re-ignited my interest and passion for game developing. I started a project the other week after watching one of your videos and immediately subscribed. Thanks for the amazing advice and incredible positivity you're spreading with your channel!

[@Naitsabes68]

I found out about you through shorts and would love longer forms videos in that same style. You are the first creator that made me subscribe for the stories you tell through shorts.

[@6fathom117]

This video, especially towards the end about the keys, is incredible. I’ve only started watching recently, but hearing you talk about the ferret rescue, both on stream and in this video, is really inspiring. The empathy and pure compassion toward people who are unable to reasonably access the game for no reason other than their country’s political/financial status is amazing, and seeing the reach making games you love can have really motivates me to learn things like coding and minor game development.

[@endlesnights3817]

Congratulations on the explosive growth. You've helped motivate this goblin get back up on that horse to continue making things.

[@Plight_]

Im a memeber? gifted? Thanks whomever you are. I found this channel after asmondgold watched your blizzard clip

[@vexillian]

A few people gifted a bunch of memberships today. I too was hit by someone's gift today. Lol.

[@Whootzie]

"Don't judge people based on their spawn point." No truer words have ever been spoken. Respect.

[@Buxky]

you are the most wholesome creator on this platform to me. what you create truly motivated me. not just the momentary motivation you get from watching a rocky training montage, but long lasting motivation and hope i can create what i want to make. thank you. thank you for being the way you are and making your knowledge public

[@nebraskaninja1984]

Started watching your shorts. First vid. Love the chill honesty. Wanna learn about this game you're building too

[@momparty]

love your stuff so far! Its really valuable to me to see the actual code behind the things you're making, it makes things feel concrete and attainable for me

[@xorcody]

holy shit, ya I just started seeing your shorts and was hooked instantly. you have a great voice, and seem super reasonable. which is nice. congrats.

[@jopro0]

I'm happy for you! Thanks for being so helpful and supportive to your community and teaching us everything you learned. I hope you will continue to do well.

[@Johnny547611]

I saw some of youre shorts and youre insights are super interesting. Looking forward to checking out the demo

[@ThatOnePlaythrough]

"no one chose their spawn point". eloquent, simple and what we all need to live by more.

[@Nikolazy133]

I know absolutely nothing of coding or what you are into, but your voice makes it impossible to not bingewatch.

[@SirLoafin]

I’m so happy to hear his ferret dream is coming sooner than later for him ❤

[@zerstyrer1131]

you and your team deserve it man. I haven't been let down by a single video and have enjoyed laughing along the way. also, idk why, but your voice is calming and just nice to listen to but it keeps me here! 😁

[@MelvinIsMerlin]

Anytime I see this dude randomly on KZbin I start laughing hysterically. That microphone and soundboard are doing a lot of heavy lifting. It's honestly magical that the technology has gone this far. LOLLLLLLLL

[@jeremystimpert4438]

Thor, I stumbled onto your channel like a lot of other people in the past month. I just want to say that your honesty, insight, and humble demeanor is so refreshing and welcome. I just wanted to send good vibes your way because you send good vibes to everyone else. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@SynapticGames]

Thank you for being you man. I couldn't think of a more deserving person to have such crazy growth in such a short time. I'm so happy to have been swept up in the storm and be a part of this wonderful community now. I also run the Ferret stream as often as I can now while I'm sleeping or at work etc. I'm a huge animal lover and love that I can help you help the little noodles in need.

[@devinabyrd]

New sub. Appreciate the work you put in, I'm one of those who saw your work seemingly after KZbin fixed your problem. Been through a ton of videos and can't wait to see what's next. Appreciated

[@Cookie-_]

This is the type of stuff I want from games companies, small devs are so good about keeping in touch with their communities, if bigger devs even gave us like quarter breakdowns where they go through what systems they worked on or what accomplishments they had it'd bring a whole new level of accountability and respect to them... On the other end the community also needs to be respectful... That's our biggest issue is immediately flying to death threats and bad acts... I know its a small group of people but still

[@cuppakek]

Honestly, you seem like such a great guy and not many people on this site that I have come across brought tears to my eyes like you have. This channel is just amazing and you are building such a great community. I look forward to not only what you bring to the future but also what people in this community bring to the future. Much love & kindness to all

[@NecrelKitsune]

This guy gives off a more technical software dev, definitely cleaner like young Howard Stern vibe. I'm here for it.

[@milan.mpeg4]

The man cares about security, he has an animal rescue inside his own home, this is like.... my dream community. I've always been fascinated by programming and wanted to learn how to program in html, and in the last few months I've gotten the courage to try. Thank you, Thor, for being you. Thank you as well for the amazing editors for the awesome long form content and the incredibly funny or/and inciteful short form content. This team is the best and I can't wait to start my journey as a programmer as well.

[@fowLalatah]

"Nobody chose their spawnpoint." So casual, yet powerful

[@specialzeroH8]

goblin lord exploded so much he got too busy making these studio updates

[@SpunkyPotato987]

The world needs more people like you. You are the pinnacle of based human beings. Don't ever stop being epic.

[@rickroodbergen5957]

I found your channel in this sudden surge over the last couple days. It is great to just have you talk while I am working(work in making geosoftware), keep being you and keep doing your content!

[@IHurtSnowflakeFeelings]

bro, I LOVE YOUR SHORTS (and videos now) and I'm gonna figure out how to give you a sub. As a disabled veteran, gamer, and maybe one day game dev in my disability retirement, you're a hero greater than me for all the good you do and stand for. Keep on being awesome and best of luck!

[@latko963]

You popped up on my shorts and your voice got my attention, then your advice on workplace etc got my subscription. Since then i've watched a ton. Congrats on finding greater success 🤟

[@martinlumsdon6946]

Hey it's MartyDumbston. Only just joined on twitch but I'm not afraid to say, I cried at how fast you are growing. I can see and feel that you are a kind person and that you are deserving of this growing community. Out of all the people in this world, the least of all people, would be this guy on KZbin shorts to truly inspire me. Much love dude!

[@DKraken991]

Came across this channel last month on my shorts reel. Extremely impressed with Thor, entire team is top tier. This channel is good.

[@mattiapezzano1713]

I saw you for the first time when you said your dad is the wow guy on south park. Your channel is awesome, I do game dev myself and started to lose passion for it after seeing it from the inside. Your channel gives me some hope!

[@president5301]

How am I just seeing this guy pop on my screen. Youre amazing !!

[@Amy_399]

Congrats on the 1 mil! gosh thats so fast out of nowhere, i wish you and your ferrets the best life, you've earned it

[@jcousins22]

Thor. Been watching your shorts, looked up your company, and just added Heartbound to my wishlist on Steam. Looking forward to watching you on this journey. Keep doing you man. Big fan

[@ravenseeker8267]

Finding your content has been really uplifting for me, gave me motivation to try and learn new things and to make more of my art. Thanks man.

[@G3Dem]

Seeing this channel explode is such a fun and deserved story. Awesome person gets awesome ammount of attention.

[@joz4059]

Can't believe you shouted out BAJO!!!!! For context I'm Aussie and good game is wonderful...thanks for your thoughtful, intelligent and hilarious content (Also thanks for your contribution to SC2 it was rad and the last great rts), I'm starting a twitch...Because you made it look fun and accessible. Appreciate you mate.

[@Kaizomusicofficial]

I remember back in 2017 when the original trailer and demo came out, and something about heartbound just struck a chord deep in my soul. Its a beautiful game, and the stories it tells just resonate with me perfectly. I really can relate to the story it tells. Thank you Thor, you’ve been a massive inspiration for me to try to make games. I am grateful. I was overjoyed to see the channel finally blow up like this! It’s amazing. Heartbound is in my top ten favorite games and it’s not even complete yet. Thank you.

[@kurtis-uf1lo]

So I’ve never watched your videos just your shorts I didn’t watch this one ngl I just wanted to comment and subscribe. I unno, but listening to what you say about the behind the scenes stuff is pretty interesting, and I like how you provide information for others who wish to pursue something like this but do not have the proper guidance to figure out where to start. Reminds me of that KZbin channel about the guy who teaches young men how to tie ties and change tires. Keep on it man, the world needs more people like you, the future generation needs more people like you.

[@DanRTS]

Great work with the yt explosion! So you have more data, yt has been showing me your shorts for the past month or so, and I've been really enjoying them, now I'm consuming your full content and you have another subscriber! Interesting that shorts is the route in. What youre doing is working, keep it up!

[@retr0_amp]

Saw you on shorts. I've been watching you since it got pushed to me and I really like what you do!

[@ThatBloodyHobo]

That's must have been why you started flooding my shorts feed, something I didn't know I needed until I started watching your shorts, keep up the good work mate!

[@jerymarika]

Thanks to you I found a great community and people to make games with! Thank YOU for all of YOUR support :D You deserve the growth!

[@nolanrudolph5463]

What a wholesome guy I started watching you because… well it’s hard to explain, but you GET IT. IT is understanding how the world operates, understanding it’s faults, and leveraging weaknesses to improve upon SOMETHING instead of succumbing to the unfairness. Its extremely generalizing, but maybe someone understands what I mean. Anyway, it’s super cool to watch, and can’t wait to see what you accomplish man, because we’re witnessing a beautiful mind here.

[@nigelfwho]

Your shorts are what lead me here! About a month or two ago so kudos to your new shirts editor. I love all the things you post up! Very cool insights.

[@NatsuDragn33I]

Your voice hooked me; your insights into... nigh everything tech related are keeping me here. You're a hit on the net for a reason, I look forward to more from you in the future.

[@mistertitus6814]

Dude, this was 12 days ago. you've gained 50% more subs in just under 2 weeks. Good job man. Also, listening to your shorts is where i came from and i must say, your attitude about everything around games is 100 percent on point and i wish your stuff showed up to me sooner.

[@EphyMusicOfficial]

I won't lie, I hate that I watch shorts, I hate that I could scroll for an hour and not even realize. But damn it every time you come up it's either informative or funny as hell. So thank you for that. You're sitting at a cool 1.19m as of now. Can't wait to see what the next dev update addresses. I'm invested now. I don't even know anything about your game yet.

[@autouzi]

I like your videos, because you use true logic and give information that is truly useful. I hope you keep making more wholesome shorts, such as the one about calling your grandma.

[@darkeagle9824]

You and a couple others channels that recently popped up for me have reignited my want to get into game development at 34. I don't know if it'll go anywhere but wanted to say thanks either way.

[@BlackBerserkgasme]

Hey Thor! I don't know much about you or your game. But I've been introduced to you through KZbin shorts and I was initially grabbed by your stories from working at Blizzard, however I soon found myself endeared by your integrity, passion and your love for what you do, and I just want you to know that I think you are a really cool dude and to keep doing what you are doing, I plan on buying Heartbound very soon at full price. People like you who are passionate about what they do and more importantly care about things other than monetary gain are an increasing rarity in the videogame landscape and should be supported, and although it might not mean much coming from a fat Danish nerd, you have mine. Have a great day dude!

[@ThinkTooMuch69]

I stumbled across your page right after they fixed that issue. I didn’t even know that issue was happening, but I’m glad it’s fixed. Your videos are chill and always informative. Love that

[@s__c__o]

This guy is hard to stomach, he's overflowing with self entitlement and clearly knows everything.

[@LukasSMF]

Those YT Shorts rly paid off

[@SilentKaliSmoker]

I like the transparency you give. Wish many other studios would do the same.

[@wolvescrest]

The ferret room is so dope, reminds me when my fiance would manage the pet store. His two favorite responsibilities was to take care of the birds and ferrets. Hed prep their meals, clean them, play with them. I'll make sure to show him this later today.

[@matiaskamula1253]

Came up in my shorts, had to subscribe. Bro your voice is spot on.

[@johnflynn1569]

All the success is deserved my man definitely so happy to see someone deserving to blow up like this and be here to see it first hand. Keep up all you do brother I would suggest consider either streaming on KZbin and twitch at the same time or if you could put your twitch stream on KZbin after the fact I’m sure it would be well received and much appreciated I know I for one would watch your stream on KZbin especially if I could without the requirement of being there live 😎👍 Keep kicking ass can’t wait to see what comes next for you and your channnels

[@Deebus]

Thank you for inspiring me to start my game development journey. I downloaded blender and made my first donut last night and started looking at unity tutorials online. Thanks to you I have an interview lined up already for CEO of Ubisoft Brazil. Thank you Thor you’re really the best ❤️

[@OdinHagen]

Such an amazing person, love the streams. I put them on while I am working to give myself some good entertainment and knowledge bits that you drop on us. Keep it up. Also I am so glad that to have paid full price for the demo.

[@Krat4k]

Getting double your suscription count in a month is absolutlety bonkers, congrats thor and thanks for your great videos and quotes, you are a role model for a lot of us.

[@mayosunshine]

I'm so happy for you man, remember starting to follow your stuff back when heartbound was super early in development and you had just a few subscribers, you absolutely deserve the recent explosion in followers :D