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Derek Yu

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United StatesDirectorsBorn 1982 · age 44
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Derek Yu is an American independent video game designer, video game artist, and blogger. Yu has designed and co-designed several award-winning games, most famously Spelunky, Aquaria, and Eternal Daughter.

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Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe2026
This Is Not What I Expected2017 · ★ 6.8
Coffee or Tea?2020

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Television 7

I Am Nobody2023
Cross Fire2020
Sweet Teeth2021
十日终焉
明日有晴天2024
Us in Wonderland
Blades of the Guardians

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Derek Yu is an American independent video game designer, video game artist, and blogger. Yu has designed and co-designed several award-winning games, most famously Spelunky, Aquaria, and Eternal Daughter. He is also notable as a blogger and custodian of the influential TIGSource blog/community about independent video games. He has been called an "indie superstar" and a "genuine icon" of the video game industry.

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United States
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Born 1982 · age 44
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