Middleton’s own back-story started as a viewer on animation website Newgrounds, which inspired him to start making his own stop-motion animations and uploading them to YouTube: “The only way to show other people your videos without literally sitting them in front of your screen!”Ī keen gamer, he also started a Pokémon-focused YouTube channel in 2010 – Dan Plays Pokémon is still online – before discovering Minecraft, which was initially a side-project channel. The characters have evolved over time, with some of their traits generated by Minecraft’s quirks – Trayaurus’ clumsiness comes from the character’s habit of blundering into lava pits and other obstacles, out of Middleton’s control. So I started introducing him into more videos, then we went into a lab and found Grim, and it grew from there,” he says. “People really connected with the story of Trayaurus going through that video: it made it less of a tutorial and more of a story, even though they were still learning about the mod.
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For one mod based on dinosaurs, Middleton used one of Minecraft’s villager characters to help him explore the world. Middleton says his focus on narrative and characters was a “happy accident” that sprang out of his videos showcasing Minecraft mods – downloadable add-ons that customised the game. His young audience aren’t just watching him play Minecraft: they’re watching him tell stories using the game as the backdrop. Those characters have been key to the growth of Middleton’s fanbase on YouTube. The first DanTDM book is a graphic novel rather than a standard annual.
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